Who wasn’t glued to Twitter last night as the insanity that was DeAndre Jordan’s free agency circus unfolded? The emojis, the Los Angeles Clippers barricade, Chris Broussard claiming Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban was driving relentlessly through Houston trying to find Jordan’s house. It was essentially reality TV, perhaps even more of a sideshow than that.
As Jordan ended it all by reneging on his verbal agreement with the Mavericks and re-signing with L.A., I couldn’t help but wonder how it all affected the Cleveland Cavaliers. Naturally, they didn’t have one bit of rooting interest in where Jordan ended up. However, make no mistake, Jordan returning to the Clippers does have an impact on the Cavs’ free agency moves from here on out.
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