Just after 11 p.m. Central Saturday night, free-agent center DeAndre Jordan made it official in the most 2018 way possible. With an emoji.
Jordan has verbally agreed to sign with the Dallas Mavericks on a one-year deal close to the $24.1 million option he turned down from the Los Angeles Clippers on Friday, according to the New York Times' Marc Stein.
Jordan tweeted an emoji of a smiley face wearing a cowboy hat at 11:09 p.m., nine minutes after the midnight (Eastern time) free-agency bell set by the NBA.
Jordan averaged 12 points and a career-high 15.2 rebounds a game last season, his 10th for the Clippers.
Jordan famously backed out of a free-agent deal with the Mavs in 2015.
