![]() ![]() Which is why I was so surprised recently to learn that some people, god bless them, do not do this. I can say, with certainty, that I’ve cursed at at least one person in every competitive game of basketball that I have played since I was 13. I couldn’t begin to guess what my career pickup basketball stats are, but I’d feel safe in assuming that I’ve remained somewhere near the league leaders in cussing at strangers. You just need to know that it started out politely enough and ended with me very loudly calling all of them bitches. Now, you don’t need to know all the things that happened for the 45 minutes I played 21 with these guys. Of the group playing, there was one guy who was clearly the leader (he was easy to identify because he was the one dunking the ball before the game started), a second-in-command (smaller, but compact, muscular, and quick in a way that made him more intimidating than the guy dunking), two guys who jostled for the Third Best Player title, and a big oaf who was there just because, were I to guess, someone told him he’d probably be good at basketball since he was such a big oaf. They were also all pretty good at basketball, which made me not like them even more. I said yes. All of them were younger and taller and more handsome than me, so I already didn’t like them. ![]() There were five guys in the gym - friends, it seemed - and they were all on the same side of the court about to start a game of 21. When I walked in, they asked if I wanted to join the game. Rather than go home, we decided to mill around for a bit and wait for the pool to open, which was just an excuse for walking back and forth in front of the doors that led to the basketball gym until she said I could go in there and play. We’d gone there to go swimming, but had managed to show up during a 45-minute block of time that the pool was closed. I don’t know if that’s ‘it’ or whatever, but I love ‘it.’ So I’ll just say that.A couple of weeks ago, my wife and the baby and I were at the YMCA near our home in Houston. He just talks because he wants to destroy you. “He gets a lot of flak sometimes for the trash talk stuff, but I don’t think he does it for any other reason that when the game starts, he’s mean. “I just like his makeup,” Rivers told The Republic's Duane Rankin. Last season, Philadelphia 76ers coach Doc Rivers discussed Booker's trash talking, which had become a hot topic after Booker and Warriors guard Klay Thompson exchanged words to the point Thompson received his first career ejection in 651 games. ![]() ![]() More: Devin Booker 'mesmerizing' in Phoenix Suns' NBA Playoffs win over Los Angeles Clippers Patrick Beverley of the Chicago Bulls was second at 25.2% and Dillon Brooks of the Memphis Grizzlies was third at 14.1%. To no one's surprise, the Golden State Warriors' Draymond Green was first in the voting with 26.3% of the vote. Yes, Booker is one of the biggest trash talkers in the league, according to his peers, who gave the guard 7.1% of the vote. Watch Video: Kevin Durant reflects on loss to Clippers in Game 1 of NBA playoffsĭevin Booker let his play speak for itself during the Phoenix Suns' 123-109 win over the Los Angeles Clippers in Game 2 of the NBA Playoffs on Tuesday night in Phoenix, impressing with 38 points on 14-for-22 shooting.īut the Suns star can also let his mouth do the talking when needed.Ī survey of 108 NBA players released by The Athletic before Phoenix's Game 2 win Tuesday ranked Booker fourth among NBA players for trash talking. ![]()
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