You get up and snarl. Suddenly, the rest of the Clippers are there surrounding you, phones in hand, and throw the first punches in an Emoji War.

Chris Paul furiously types:

You respond with a heavy hit of your own:

"Blake Griffin" Blake Griffin types with ferocity.

Suddenly, Paul Pierce comes through with a hand drawn picture of a man holding nunchuks.

The Emoji war continues for many hours, no one escapes unscathed. All players and managers involved are suspended for the season after Adam Silver accidentally gets cc'd to the thread with a particularly offensive emoji.

Your phone beeps. It's a message from Vivek:

THE END