Or that Paul’s nearby teammates Carmelo Anthony and Eric Gordon would have reacted. Rondo added that, if he intentionally spat on Paul, his body language would have morphed into that of a man expecting a punch rather than keep his hands down. Rondo has since further doubled down on his denials, telling ESPN: “I had a mouthpiece in my mouth and I exasperated because I was about to tell him to ‘get the out of here.’ ” Rondo and the Lakers denied this, but video evidence surfaced confirming, at minimum, spit from Rondo’s mouth tagging Paul. Seconds later, all hell broke loose as the two threw jabs and haymakers.Īt first, it appeared Paul instigated the fight by poking a finger in Rondo’s face and eye, but he later claimed this was in reaction to Rondo spitting in his face. As the jawing players were separated, a new scrum formed with Rondo and Chris Paul at its center.
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Ingram, seemingly frustrated by the reigning MVP getting to shoot what felt like his billionth free throw, shoved him. The mood was set when James Ennis literally clotheslined Josh Hart and escaped with a mere Flagrant 1, but the brawl began after Brandon Ingram was called for a foul on James Harden. That mentality was on display during last Saturday night against the Houston Rockets in a game that devolved into a fourth-quarter brouhaha with hands being thrown and multiple suspensions eventually levied. “If it’s a personal thing or something that needs to be settled it shouldn’t be brought to the court,” Wilkens said.He’s such a savant at running offenses that he can be viewed as an extension of the coach, but he also has a history of pushing up against the game plan if it’s not to his liking. Over the last few seasons, Rondo has built a reputation for mentoring young players, but the man is decidedly old school. Toronto coach Lenny Wilkens wasn’t amused. “He’s jeopardizing their team and their playoff position to settle something that no one knows why.” “It’s almost funny,” Sixer guard Eric Snow said. He was fined $15,000 and suspended for three games earlier this season for hitting Jeff McInnis during a shootaround. Before a preseason game in Chapel Hill, N.C., Oakley slapped Hill in the head during the pre-game warm-up and both players were ejected before the game even began.īut a Reuters news service story said a report earlier this season claimed Hill owes Oakley $60,000. This is not the first run-in between the two players this season. “That’s just one incident out of 11 years (in the NBA),” Hill said. Oakley actually took three tosses at Hill. Hill didn’t have much to say about the incident with Oakley, who was suspended for Tuesday night’s game and fined $10,000 for hitting Hill in the head with a basketball. “Everybody makes mistakes, that’s the way it is.” I’ve got to act the way my mom brought me up and my dad brought me up, be professional. You can control the way you carry yourself and the way you come to work. “It’s just one of those unfortunate things that happen. “I feel sorry for him, I feel sorry for Pat,” Hill said. We have a Sixers family … we truly do and I have my own family so this is doubly painful for me that there would be some integrity issue.”Ĭroce said he met with John that night, but had King handle the matter, which resulted in John Croce’s dismissal. … I just couldn’t believe what I was seeing, I just couldn’t believe that what we’ve created is so great in the past five years I mean we, the players, the coaches. I felt sick, I really felt sick, physically sick by watching this, and then I felt angry.
… I see that Billy is hurt, I say ‘What is this?’ He couldn’t even talk. … I look at Billy (King) and I look back at the tape. “I go in the conference room and he plugs a video tape in and I’m looking to see, maybe there is some outrageous player we’re after and I see my brother in the locker room. It’s after practice and Billy King says, ‘Pat, I have to talk to you.’ ” I’m watching a videotape and I really don’t know what I’m watching. “It was awful, I thought it was surreal,” Croce said. This is not an ongoing issue.”Įarlier this season, after players complained that money was missing, general manager Billy King had surveillance cameras installed at the team’s locker room at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine.Īfter John Croce was caught on tape, King took the matter to Pat Croce.
“First of all let me tell you that there is no controversy, there was an issue, a very painful issue for me and the franchise and we put an end to it immediately once we found out about it.
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