Before the Clippers pulled off the greatest free-agency coup in franchise history last season, their most dramatic offseason moment took place on a Wednesday in 2015, when every player on the team simultaneously discovered how to use travel emojis.
Five years ago today, the NBA community was enraptured by the DeAndre Jordan free agency saga, as the Clippers persuaded the All-NBA center to back out of a contract agreement with the Dallas Mavericks and come back to Los Angeles. They then held him “hostage” at his home in Houston until the deal could officially be signed at 10 p.