Clippers owner Donald Sterling has been taunting Baron Davis from his courtside seat in recent games, saying things like "Why are you in the game?" and "You're out of shape!"
Davis declined to talk about Sterling, but a source says the criticism is taking its toll. "I just got to be a little more free when I’m out there," said Davis. "I’m just trying too hard...I got to get in that flow. The flow is messed up, man." He's starting again, which is at least a step in the right direction.
Source: Yahoo! Sports
Sterling should just go away. If anything, BD is our biggest chance to be resepctful this year. Bledsoe is so far from a starting pg right now it isn't even funny and BD takes care of the ball better than anyone else on the team. We need a motivated BD, and Sterling spewing his crap from his courtside seat isn't going to help him.
Sterling has expressed his displeasure about Davis’ play by taunting him from his courtside seat at Clippers’ home games, several sources told Yahoo! Sports. Among Sterling’s verbal barbs:
– “Why are you in the game?”
– “Why did you take that shot?”
– “You’re out of shape!”
While Sterling has also taunted other Clippers players since the middle of last season, none have received it worse than Davis, the sources said.
“There’s nothing I can say,” Davis said of Sterling’s taunts. “I have no comment on that. You just get to this point where it’s a fight every day. It’s a fight. You’re fighting unnecessary battles. I’m fighting unnecessary battles.
Sterling “started getting a lot more vocal during the second half of last season,” one team source said. “He never had done that before at games. Baron’s his pet project. He absolutely hates Baron. He wants to get his money back.”
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