Doc Rivers and Mark Cuban's beef involved DeAndre Jordan, all of Twitter, and a cage fight threat

For about 12 hours in July 2015, the DeAndre Jordan tweetstorm captivated the NBA and the sports world-at-large. The battling emojis and rapid-fire updates underscored a wild tug-of-war between two franchises vying to stay relevant in a changing Western Conference. But, most importantly, it gave us beef.

So how exactly did DeAndre’s “decommitment” lead to Doc Rivers threatening to fight Mark Cuban in a cage match?

Written and produced by Chris Pennant
Directed and edited by Jiazhen Zhang
Motion graphics and additional editing by Philip Pasternak

If you like what you hear, then you can find more from Chris over at The Skyhook Podcast. Link to that as well as his personal Twitter below

[kylebenbow]

The commitment to continue to call Bill Simmons a fan is commendable

[uncreative]

Now DeAndre Jordan is an NBA champ. What a world we're living in.

[jakestanley]

Hey everyone! Thanks for watching and thanks for the feedback. I miss Seth too, he'll be back soon. Clara is most definitely an all-time great, she, Seth, Joe, and Will were excellent examples to follow. Hopefully I'll get a chance to make it even better?

[rudinah]

Damn poor Chris does one episode and people hate on them immediately 😭😭

[pg]

The irony is that DeAndre ended up in Dallas, 3-4 years after all that😭

[dannydorito]

Congrats on your first Beef History, Chris! Very well done! Here's to many more in the future!

[mrfunny]

Ain’t no way Paul Pierce commented a rocket on that thread💀

[Chalk]

I still remember laughing at all of this - if you're banking on DeAndre Jordan, you're not a championship team.

[PLFMM]

"Following the example of terminator X and speaking with his hands" ...now thats a classic!😆

[Crundmama]

Cuban is beside himself. Driving around downtown Dallas begging (thru texts) Jordan's family for address to DeAndre's home

[Brown_Eyed_Cheryl]

I would like a separate beef just for Doc & all his 3-1 blown leads. I know it’s not possible, but I’d thoroughly enjoy it 😂

[Baggz]

Where is the lady that does these videos?… She has the perfect sarcasm for these Beef stories

[hawkeye]

Secret Base, you guys haven't done a Collapse episode in a while... Are you guys done with that?

[hardrockfreak]

Doc Rivers and blowing 3-1 series leads is like pb and j.

[kingtancred]

Good writing, good delivery, good beef, 10/10. Looking forward to more from Chris

[seandawson]

Doc is the most overrated coach of all time. Hands down no debate.

[stevenmullenix]

Good work Chris! Everyone has favorites but journalism and presentation is a world of many voices. Glad to hear another. 👍

[Wolverine]

Man Chris getting in on the fun now! I miss Seth too, hope he’s alright. Been really cool to see the rest of the team get in on the beef history though! Hope you guys all get to continue being part of this!

[Whyzee]

At first I turned this video off immediately because I was being a short sited dumb child about the new narrator. I came back to it today and actually really enjoyed it! Excited for more videos from you :)

[cookingwitchefzayy]

No disrespect brother but man the voice wasnt hitting for beef