bwgood77 wrote:[
Yeah, I remember Zach Lowe saying when he got traded that he was curious if he'd be happy with his usage, which is definitely the lowest in his career. His shots are tied for the lowest with the year he came back from the bad injury...at least since 2016 when he played half the year in Denver behind Jokic.
But someone will be unhappy. I think Beal is the one guy who seems to accept more or fewer shots (which is nice given he has always been the #1 in WAS), but KD, Book, Gordon and Nurkic definitely want theirs.
But yeah, he's definitely being passive agressive with the second comment, particularly the last part.
Read his words again:
"I just try to do my role, whether I like it or not. We can talk about that, but I accept it. The owner (Mat Ishbia) and GM, James Jones, they explained it to me. It's appreciated what they're asking of me. It's been weird to be used the way I've been used."
What is passive aggressive about saying his role has been weird compared to his role on the Blazers? That's just a man speaking an obvious fact that it's a big difference in utilization but he's accepting of it and adjusting. Oh btw he also went on to say he's willing to do anything for this Suns team competing for a championship. This is the very same man promoting his teammates on social media almost every night and in the media as well.
Only thing passive aggressive has been the continuation of your veiled lack of support of Big Nurk or acknowledgment of his contributions and 10000% clear you didn't watch the interview.