Chill out... you don't have to hurl insults at me...
I agree it's not Jared's fault that Yahoo decided to link his twitter account with the following headline:
"Jared Dudley knows how to stop Manu Ginobili — ask Twitter"
Like I said it's not like Manu will make it personal... but he is a frequent surfer of the internets, probably one of the most technologically savvy players in the NBA... anyway... any incentive is as good as any to go at an opposing player...
and now he has one (just ask Shaq, who had to make up stories about David Robinson not signing an autograph for him... as an incentive to play against him)...
Dudley could have avoided saying... "it worked..."
think incentive...
not insulting...
and that's where Dudley tripped up...
any player should play down the media's attempt to label them a ____-stopper...
They tried to do that to George Hill a few days ago... he wisely played it down and deflected the question...
As you already noted... Dudley asked a simple innocent question, complimenting Ginobili in the process...
He should have stopped there...
I've nothing against the dude... he seems like a classy player... And while he might have commited an honest mistake stemming from the euphoria of the Suns' win... it's a mistake nonetheless...