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Redzero slobbering on Pauls as he tries to defend him in 3....2...1...
this guy is definitely going to be on the short list for NBA d-bag of the year. what an ass.
Updated: November 2, 2009, 11:55 PM ET
NBA looking into Rondo-Paul spat
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By Marc Stein
ESPN.com
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The NBA is reviewing events during and after Sunday's game between the Boston Celtics and New Orleans Hornets for possible sanctions after tensions ran high all night between star guards Rajon Rondo and Chris Paul.
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The league office confirmed Monday night that a formal review has been opened after Paul and Rondo tangled under the basket in the second quarter, resulting in each player being assessed a technical foul. Media accounts from the game also suggested that Rondo and Paul exchanged heated words after the final buzzer that eventually prompted Paul to try to follow Rondo off the floor.
According to the Boston Globe, Rondo approached Paul while the Hornets' guard and Boston's Paul Pierce were exchanging post-game handshakes. The Globe reported that shouting ensued and that the two guards had to be separated.
According to The Associated Press game story, Paul later tried to walk toward the Boston locker room as the Celtics were filing off the court before Celtics assistants stopped him. The AP reported that Hornets coach Byron Scott then came over to retrieve him.
Via his Twitter feed Monday, Paul said: "... [Just] to clear this up I never came close to approaching the Celts locker room last [night]. Not sure where that's coming from. Also me [and Celtics assistant coach Tom] Thibodeau never got in a shouting match. We talked. ... [Too] much respect for him, crazy how it's twisted."
Scott said the league didn't call to interview him about the incident and he didn't ask Paul much about it.
"I think there comes a point in time in a game or even after a game when somebody says something to you, and the only thing I heard Chris say at the end of the game when we were walking off was that, 'He's going to respect me as a man," Scott said. "So I don't know what Rondo said, but obviously Chris took exception to it."
After Boston's 97-87 victory, Celtics spokesman Jeff Twiss advised reporters before Rondo's post-game address that "Rajon has requested you not ask anything about Chris Paul now, tomorrow, or any other time."
Said Paul after totaling 22 points and eight assists in the loss: "I think Rondo's a lucky guy to be able to play with a guy like Paul Pierce, Ray Allen, and [Kevin Garnett], Rasheed Wallace."
Asked if that was meant as a slight toward Rondo, the two-time All-Star said: "Like I said, man, he's a great point guard. He has won an NBA championship, something I hope to achieve."
Rondo looked back at Paul as he walked to the Celtics' locker room after the final buzzer sounded, according to the AP, but kept going. The Globe reported that Rondo was ushered into the tunnel by Celtics director of security Phil Lynch, while Paul and Thibodeau continued their conversation.
"The game's over; you just want everybody to clear the floor," Allen said. "They're both feisty. They're both aggressive, in your face. It can get pretty chippy out there.
"But you have to be able to walk off the floor and say: 'Way to compete tonight. For those 48 minutes, I cannot stand you. I wanted to fight you. I wanted to do everything I could.' And when you walk off the floor, you say, 'Way to battle.'"
The NBA may have to take a look at another play involving Paul from Monday's game. Al Harrington came up with a loose ball in a scramble after a New Orleans turnover with about 5½ minutes remaining. Paul appeared to hit him in the head while they were on the floor fighting for the ball, but Harrington was able to maintain possession.
"When I dove, my head hit his knee," Harrington said. "He might have slipped a couple of jabs in there. It didn't affect me. You know I fight in the summer, so it's all good."
Redzero slobbering on Pauls as he tries to defend him in 3....2...1...
Alot of players seems to hate the Celtics..
I'm sorry, got Spurs fan, how exactly is this incident Paul's fault?
Well, Paul IS the one who allegedly went after Rondo in the locker room, post-game. Certainly isn't KG's fault or something.
Who knows, maybe he was trying to pull an Artest, presenting himself in his birthday suit, to let Boston know he was available for the mid-level exception.
uh so im assuming you didnt see the vid of Paul and pierce shaking hands and Rondo getting into Pauls face?Well, Paul IS the one who allegedly went after Rondo in the locker room, post-game. Certainly isn't KG's fault or something.
Who knows, maybe he was trying to pull an Artest, presenting himself in his birthday suit, to let Boston know he was available for the mid-level exception.
This is a Spurs forum. It doesn't matter what Rondo did, because they just hate Chris Paul.
Sounds like Rondo was the one continuing the when Paul and Pierce were doing their handshake. He must of said some real stupid stuff for Paul to get riled up like that.
This was pretty funny by Paul though...it's true too.
Said Paul after totaling 22 points and eight assists in the loss: "I think Rondo's a lucky guy to be able to play with a guy like Paul Pierce, Ray Allen, and [Kevin Garnett], Rasheed Wallace."
If CP3 were leading the Celtics instead of Rondo, they would be flat out unstoppable.
lol..just like spurs hate paul...i hate rondo. Rondo! lol
I think it's pretty clear from this incident that Rondo is a punk-ass , and CP3 is sensitive and whiny. Rondo obviously provoked Paul, which means Rondo is more at fault in my book.
they are both pieces of . Can't we all agree on that??
Rondo is a tiny little .
definitely.
bingo!!!!
You've got some serious brain damage if you can't connect the dots here. If Paul doesn't rush the C's locker room after the game, there likely isn't an investigation. But keep on showing love to your buddy Paul. He's the NBA's biggest bar none. No amount of knob-slobbing on your part will change that.
Does RZ know whether Paul's is as inflated as his ego?
Paul is on permanent period, and Rondo looks like a starving, Ethiopian teenage girl.. them both..
Rondo is a little who is afraid of kirk hinrich
This is basically a consequence of the sissification of the society and therefore of the league. An "incident" and an "investigation" because of guys talking to each other? Since when is trash-talking a reason to dislike a basketball player? Rondo provoked Paul with some weak-ass trash-talk ("I have a ring and you'll never got one"? Sam Jones used to say his opponents to go home because their moms were ing with the house dog), Paul didn't like it and tried to go after Rondo. He delivered some cheap shots at Harrington. What's the freaking big deal? None, except sissy fans complaining about how guys are es. Geez, get a grip.
What's more funny and ironic is that the same posters are always complaining about how the league lacks the fiercy of past times. Pathetic.
Were any of you kids around in the 80s? I doubt it, you'd probably hate every single player in the league and ask for jail sentences for most of them.
"But you have to be able to walk off the floor and say: 'Way to compete tonight. For those 48 minutes, I cannot stand you. I wanted to fight you. I wanted to do everything I could.' And when you walk off the floor, you say, 'Way to battle.'"They sure aren’t going to bemoan any lack of civility between opponents. Not when the book (which was co-written by Jackie MacMullan) contains page after page detailing how much the Lakers and Celtics despised each other in the 1980s. So they didn’t harp on LeBron James walking off the court without shaking hands after the Orlando Magic beat his Cleveland Cavaliers in the playoffs.
“I can remember when I played, I wouldn’t shake anybody’s hands after a loss,” Bird said.
Said Johnson: “The Celtics and Lakers, we never shook anybody’s hands.”
121-63 had better hope Paul doesn't get suspended. They can ill afford to lose him.
The NBA. Where "keeping it real" happens.
CP3 probably exaggerated it with his many flops
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