The Clippers center said in a video for The Players’ Tribune website he had “second thoughts” and a “change of heart” after verbally agreeing to join Cuban’s Mavs — in other words, stuff we already knew.
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Regardless, here’s Jordan’s spliced-together, 3 1/2-minute soliloquy:
Jordan’s teammate Blake Griffin was way more forthcoming (and way more entertaining) in an accompanying piece about the reported “hostage situation” at Jordan’s Houston house the night Jordan re-signed with the Clips. “All of it was wrong,” Griffin said of the stories that blew up on social media.
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Well, hold up: Griffin said the media got one thing right: The crew did order chicken fingers from a local fast-food joint.
Griffin also repeated something some ace reporter had learned that night: “To be honest, the whole thing was pretty boring. It was like a super laid back family party. Some people were watching TV. Some people were playing video games.”
Then, Griffin said, everyone got on a bus and left for the airport after Jordan signed his contract. He didn’t say whether any chicken fingers were left over.
