Report says DeAndre Jordan has “rubbed teammates the wrong way”.

Absinthe · Post #1 » by **Absinthe** » Wed Nov 14, 2018 12:34 am

http://www.sportingnews.com/us/nba/news/nba-news-dallas-mavericks-center-deandre-jordan-rubbed-teammates-wrong-way-luka-doncic/1p9k8iccb8zlg16gr7hki38ntf

The report cites selfish play. Should the Mavs ride his contract out since he’s a huge expiring or trade him before team chemistry goes completely awry?

burek3 · Post #2 » by **burek3** » Wed Nov 14, 2018 8:07 am

Wat.

A "report" meaning one quip from MacMahon on ESPN which he based on one twitter video of DJ grabbing a rebound?

Overblown.

arkuo · Post #3 » by **arkuo** » Wed Nov 14, 2018 8:14 am

Dennis already shot the rumor down.

deb · Post #4 » by **deb** » Wed Nov 14, 2018 11:12 am

Just the fact that he rubbed them is wildly inappropriate.

burek3 · Post #5 » by **burek3** » Wed Nov 14, 2018 12:25 pm

Depends, if the balls were touching...

Darren · Post #6 » by **Darren** » Wed Nov 14, 2018 4:10 pm

People judge DJ on one rebound but ignoring Matthews taken shots and playmaking duty away very often. I think the major problem is deteriorating athleticism and jumping skills. DJ's defense is pretty poor. LAC is on winning records without him. This really bothers a lot of fans.

Archx · Post #7 » by **Archx** » Wed Nov 14, 2018 5:05 pm

Darren wrote:People judge DJ on one rebound but ignoring Matthews taken shots and playmaking duty away very often. I think the major problem is deteriorating athleticism and jumping skills. DJ's defense is pretty poor. LAC is on winning records without him. This really bothers a lot of fans.

Wes as a spot up shooter is amazing, anything else besides that and he is useless. So if he stays in his lane, he can be a valuable asset.
But he is certainly not a starter. DFS does a way better job on the defensive end and he also can hit a 3 easy. That's the problem with Wes, if he can understand that the bench role is better for him, he can be good.

Post #8 » by **Dirk** » Wed Nov 14, 2018 6:01 pm

We unfortunately live in this age where we need to be fed or are fed 'news' 24x7. Sites need to generate hits desperately. And in order to do so they have these clickbait reports. Jordan's play looked bad. Doncic's reaction to it was of clear frustration, but I sure would hope that it is nothing more than that... a random play.

The most interesting thing about how this works is that you often have a viral event on social media, then you fabricate a report based on it and it gets so big that it leads to the ones involved or teammates to talk about it and in some way validate it.

As fans we should just focus on what we see in games. I have been trying really hard to figure out if I notice any bad body language and I honestly can't see it. The season is so young, Doncic's is so early into his career here... it'd be terrible if you had a toxic environment with conspiracies about vets not passing him the ball and some of that stuff that we've seen written. Just relax.

Lord Cuban · Post #9 » by **Lord Cuban** » Thu Nov 15, 2018 1:51 am

Watch on YouTube

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Absinthe · Post #10 » by **Absinthe** » Thu Nov 15, 2018 1:48 pm

The title to that McGrady video is very misleading. He says at the end of it that some players on the bench and Cuban have looked irritated or bewildered and this needs to be addressed. All three on the panel have said he looks disinterested and they don’t understand what is going on with him. They’re better defensively with him off the court. It does make sense.