Sports·Posted on Jul 9, 2015A Definitive Timeline Of The Wackiest Night In NBA Free AgencyIt started with an emoji war and turned into a kidnapping.by Rawan EewshahBuzzFeed Sports Social EditorLinkFacebookPinterestTwitterMail It all started when DeAndre Jordan, one of this year's premier free agents, had doubts about signing with the Dallas Mavericks. Marc Stein @ESPNSteinLine Story going online now: ESPN sources say Clippers lobbying DeAndre Jordan to reverse his decision to join Dallas and stay in LA with Clips 04:27 PM - 08 Jul 2015 Reply Retweet Favorite Reportedly, DeAndre's LA Clippers teammates were lobbying to convince him to stay with the team. Marc Stein @ESPNSteinLine ESPN sources say Blake Griffin has already huddled with DeAndre Jordan on the matter and that Chris Paul could also still join the process 04:48 PM - 08 Jul 2015 Reply Retweet Favorite Once that news broke, an emoji war among NBA players began. Chandler Parsons @ChandlerParsons ✈️ 06:02 PM - 08 Jul 2015 Reply Retweet Favorite Clippers guard JJ Redick was planning on driving to DeAndre's home in Houston to meet him. JJ Redick @JJRedick 🚙 06:11 PM - 08 Jul 2015 Reply Retweet Favorite Blake Griffin was taking several means of transportation to get there. Blake Griffin @blakegriffin32 ✈️🚁🚙 06:22 PM - 08 Jul 2015 Reply Retweet Favorite Chris Paul was leaving his vacation on a banana boat to get there too. Chris Paul @CP3 🍌🚤 06:39 PM - 08 Jul 2015 Reply Retweet Favorite Paul Pierce was... Paul Pierce wasn't sure what he was doing because he tweeted a PICTURE of an emoji instead of an actual emoji. Paul Pierce @paulpierce34 07:12 PM - 08 Jul 2015 Reply Retweet Favorite What are you gonna do, fly your rocket ship? And then things got REALLY weird. It appeared as though the Clippers were literally trapping DeAndre in his house until he agreed to resign with them. Adrian Wojnarowski @WojYahooNBA So far, Clippers able to keep everyone else out of house, including Cuban, agents. Everyone. They're in four-corners until midnight Eastern. 12:48 AM - 09 Jul 2015 Reply Retweet Favorite No seriously, they were trapping him in his house. Ramona Shelburne @ramonashelburne Clippers believe DJ is returning to LA but I'm told they are staying at his house until he can sign at midnight. 12:28 AM - 09 Jul 2015 Reply Retweet Favorite I aint lying to y'all! Blake Griffin @blakegriffin32 Don't agree with the furniture layout but I'm not an interior designer. 01:49 AM - 09 Jul 2015 Reply Retweet Favorite Which left Mavs owner Mark Cuban apparently wandering the streets of Houston looking for DeAndre's house. Chris Broussard @Chris_Broussard CORRECTION: Sources: Cuban beside himself. Driving around downtown HOUSTON begging (thru texts) Jordan's family 4 address to DeAndre's home 02:52 AM - 09 Jul 2015 Reply Retweet Favorite And Mark Cuban's brother asked the question we were all thinking. How could Chris Broussard possibly have *sources* IN the car with Mark Cuban? Brian Cuban @bcuban How could you possibly know that. STFU https://t.co/7n2qnHL69L 02:26 AM - 09 Jul 2015 Reply Retweet Favorite Exactly. Mark Cuban @mcuban .@Chris_Broussard that's is the dumbest shit Ive ever heard. If you had any ethics u would msg me and I will give u his address 01:58 PM - 09 Jul 2015 Reply Retweet Favorite Chris Broussard isn't backing down though. Chris Broussard @Chris_Broussard @mcuban if you had the address last night, you would've gone to the house. I stand by my multiple sources who had u calling & texting them 02:53 PM - 09 Jul 2015 Reply Retweet Favorite Like every great event in NBA history, the twitter memes were glorious. Jonathan Jones @jjones9 Doc Rivers preparing DeAndre Jordan's house for the Mavericks 12:59 AM - 09 Jul 2015 Reply Retweet Favorite Corey Stewart @CoreyAStewart BREAKING: Scene in DeAndre Jordan's bedroom... 12:55 AM - 09 Jul 2015 Reply Retweet Favorite BuzzFeed Sports @BuzzFeedSports Live look at DeAndre Jordan right now 01:16 AM - 09 Jul 2015 Reply Retweet Favorite No event in NBA history is complete without the MJ crying meme. Ishmael Johnson @Ish_46 @DragonflyJonez 02:55 AM - 09 Jul 2015 Reply Retweet Favorite Also a good point. David Cho @davidcho DEANDRE, LISTEN TO ME. THESE PEOPLE ARE NOT YOUR FRIENDS. FRIENDS DON'T TRAP PEOPLE IN THEIR OWN HOMES. FRIENDS HIGH FIVE YOU. DON'T FORGET. 01:07 AM - 09 Jul 2015 Reply Retweet Favorite As it turns out, DeAndre was *maybe* just playing hard-to-get with the Clippers while simultaneously avoiding the Mavs. Tim MacMahon @espn_macmahon This isn't the Clippers holding DeAndre Jordan hostage. This is them keeping him company while he avoid facing the Mavs. 01:21 AM - 09 Jul 2015 Reply Retweet Favorite After the dust settled, DeAndre resigned with the Clippers (and got a pretty sweet contract out of the ordeal). Marc J. Spears @SpearsNBAYahoo DeAndre Jordan's four-year, $88 million contract with Clippers has a 15% trade kicker & player option in 4th year, source said. 05:50 AM - 09 Jul 2015 Reply Retweet Favorite The Clippers hugged it all out and played cards. Adrian Wojnarowski @WojYahooNBA Yahoo Source: Clippers, DeAndre Jordan meeting was short. It was clear he was returning to them. Then they started to play cards. 02:30 AM - 09 Jul 2015 Reply Retweet Favorite And video games. Ramona Shelburne @ramonashelburne They are also playing video games inside DJ's house. One source who left the meeting said, "It's done. I wouldn't have left if it wasn't." 02:45 AM - 09 Jul 2015 Reply Retweet Favorite And ended the night with a sleepover. Blake Griffin @blakegriffin32 Alright everybody goodnight! 02:19 AM - 09 Jul 2015 Reply Retweet Favorite ~End Scene~