I am a CDR fan even if he gets only 5secs a game, anyways bugged me enough to try and find out what happened.
CDR tells his side of the story
January 30, 2009
Here's Chris Douglas-Roberts' side of the story regarding the rookie's verbal confrontation with assistant coach Doug Overton, who told him to, "Shut the ---- up! You're a rookie!" - on Thursday during practice.
Keep in mind that the following is how Douglas-Roberts responded, uninterrupted, to a single question. "So what happened?":
"We were playing one-on-one game, where you play on the wing, top of the key, on the other wing. It was a competitive game and it got physical. But the coaches don’t give me any calls because I’m a rookie. Whatever the reason is, they just don’t give me any calls. That’s how I was feeling, like I wasn’t getting any calls. But when I was fouling they were calling the fouls. Me being a competitor I got upset and I started talking and saying how I felt," he said.
"It wasn’t fair to me," he continued. "But that’s just me being a competitor and me wanting to win the drill. I guess Doug didn’t like that and he came over and basically said how he was feeling. He blew up or whatever. He got close and I just nudged him like, ‘Come on, Doug. Back up.’ And that’s what it was, in the heat of the moment thing. Because I felt if we were just going to be playing the bully ball, everybody should be playing it. I shouldn’t be limited on it. If we’re going to all foul, just let us all foul. But however it went, it didn’t go like that. I got in my mode where I was just taking it right back to them. It’s Detroit, outside basketball. So I was just going to foul every play."
Douglas-Roberts said "everything is fine" between him and the first-year coach but admitted that they hadn't yet spoken as of about 6:30. How's that work?
Anyway, Douglas-Roberts also had an issue with the article that appeared in the Daily News today that suggested he was about to cry as he walked off the court following the incident. Apparently, his teammates gave him some ribbing about that because it seemed like he hadn't read it himself but was well aware of the story. When he found out who wrote it, he just shrugged it off and smiled. So give the guy credit for being level-headed, at least when he's not between the lines. Either that or he's heard about my brand of Bergen County street ball and didn't want to go there.
"It was what it was. But it wasn’t crying," CDR said. "All of that is just foolish. Come on. But I was very upset."
By Julian Garcia on January 30, 2009 7:12 PM |
It immediately made me think of Kurt Warner - Anquan Boldin and their Todd the offensive coordinator for the Cardinals that all get into yelling matches all the time with each other... Unless CDR feels like going Spree on the coach it isnt a big deal.