Stephen Jackson says was cut for refusing to say green and ginobili were better

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Originally Posted by hater

:lmao Manu needing confidence boosts from role players :lmao

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:lmao

Pops ego is so massive. The real reason Pop cut him is that Pop was scared of him. Pop only coaches Uncle Toms.

https://overcast.fm/+Dt0uLs_5I/24:40

Jack can shut his trap, tbh.

Loved his fire, but it got the better of him. Twice.

Jackson desperate for attention.

Damn that's a truth nuke threat, we'll have to evacuate the Hard Rick.

Jackson was is better than Green not Manu

Lol Jax is high


2003 Jax was fucking awesome though :worthy

Jackson still trying to be relevant since no team wants his sorry ass anymore.

2003 Sjax #NeverForget

Jax is going to feel all types of butt-hurt whenever he keeps getting left out of the Hall of Fame.

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Originally Posted by marinoman

Some of you may already know this but it's news to me as to the specifics.

According to Jackson, Pop said tell green and ginobili they're better than you, he thinks pop was telling him to say that to give them confidence and not worry Jackson would take their minutes which he refused. I heard it on the dan lebetard podcast at 13:30 left to go on hour 1. I know this happened 4 years ago but like I said news to me

http://m.espn.com/general/play?id=18220299&cast=9941853

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Fake news.

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Originally Posted by cd98

It's pretty sad that Jackson would say all this. Makes him look silly. I'm sure it was probably Pop telling him to stop complaining and telling everyone that he's better than Manu or Green when he is not. I'm sure he was still sore about the Spurs choosing Manu over him after 2005. Spurs got that one right, though.

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This is actual news.

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Originally Posted by hater

:lmao Manu needing confidence boosts from role players :lmao

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EOT :lmao

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Originally Posted by HarlemHeat37

Jackson was literally the worst rotation player on a playoff team in the NBA during that season, tbh:lol

He used everything he had left during the 2012 run, where he was great..similar to Horry in 2007(we all waited for Horry to turn it on in 2008, never happened, he was horrendous all season and playoffs)..

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He had one good one. Game 7 vs the Hornets. That was it though.

Most overrated Spurs player ever relative to his contribution to the franchise..

GTFO scrub...Talking shit about 3 foundational members of the longest and one of the most successful runs in professional sport because you had a couple of moments in them..:lol

You know you're a fuckin piece of shit when you're antagonizing Manu of all people in this league..

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Originally Posted by tholdren

Jackson was is better than Green not Manu

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Jackson was better than Green if you compare their early careers, but at the time Jackson was creating locker room chaos, Green was by far the better player. Sure, Green wasn't a great scorer, but he was as good as Jackson was at that point. But Green was a way better defender. Jackson had lost all of his speed and was sssslllloooowwww. He was routinely beat off the dribble and moved like an iceberg. Jackson could only guard 4s and shoot threes, which gave him a small role on the Spurs. He wanted the Manu/Green two guard role because apparently his ego didn't blind him to the fact that Kawhi was better than he was. But still, he couldn't guard 1s, 2s, or 3s, so he had no business thinking he should take Manu's or Green's minutes, especially while we waited every 20 games for him to have the one game where he nailed a bunch of threes (and hooting and hollering about it to everyone in the building) while taking shots away from Kawhi. Nevermind that when that one game came along, he couldn't guard anyone on the other side so he gave up what he got.

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Originally Posted by cd98

It's pretty sad that Jackson would say all this. Makes him look silly. I'm sure it was probably Pop telling him to stop complaining and telling everyone that he's better than Manu or Green when he is not. I'm sure he was still sore about the Spurs choosing Manu over him after 2005. Spurs got that one right, though.

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Right. He was probably telling Pop that his playing time should be more than Manu or Green because he was better than them. I bet he gave Pop an ultimatum to play him or trade him that came back to bite him in the ass with a waiver.

Sour grapes

Danny Green is trash. If I was Stephen Jackson, I'd be pissed off too....

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Originally Posted by picnroll

Jackson desperate for attention.

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More than likely a product of a single parent environment. Freud was right.

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Originally Posted by spursistan

Most overrated Spurs player ever relative to his contribution to the franchise..

GTFO scrub...Talking shit about 3 foundational members of the longest and one of the most successful runs in professional sport because you had a couple of moments in them..:lol

You know you're a fuckin piece of shit when you're antagonizing Manu of all people in this league..

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Matt Bonner?

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Originally Posted by spursistan

Most overrated Spurs player ever relative to his contribution to the franchise..

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But enough about Porker.

Jax doesn't realize that if he really was that much better, he'd still be playing. He tried. Nobody wants him anymore.

Stephen Jackson getting cut by the Spurs had nothing to do with him being unable to admit other players were better than him. The whole story is ludicrous. He was released at a terrible time for a very good reason. While he was able to contribute spot minutes, his presence on the team would have adversely affected others. It wasn't worth keeping him on the roster. In hindsight, it was an easy decision.