Here's the link for those intrested. I find some Gortat's quotes very interesting. First, the journalist tells that John Wall must be a tough guy in regard to his hand problems. Marcin then agress and adds:
"He was ready to bare fight with Jae Crowder after the game. Crowder is a kind of poser, he really wants to be seen as a bad guy, as a tough guy that nobody fucks with. But we all see that when John threw a punch from the left, Crowder didn't even noticed a hand before his eyes. Good thing they stopped John from hitting him because instead of $15,000 fine for this swing, he would have gotten probably $500,00 for a hit. Marcus Smart who stood nearby Crowder is also a fight-seeker. He's a boy from the gang and if I recall corectly, some other gang was chasing him with guns even on the day of draft. They [Crowder and Smart] thought they can bring those kind of practice onto the NBA court. John and Bradley Beal did a little trash-talking in the game and the tough guys from Boston just broke."
So are they working to be the new "Bad Boys"?
"Naaah. You can believe me or not but if there is a real fight out there, not many players could really fuck with Wizards. They had to put some policemans between our locker rooms in Boston just because we all would stand up for each other, all fifteen of us, if there is a need. But we're not stupid to start the fight and just then think that we could really use the money from fines much better."
Marcin is a great guy and I had a chance to meet him (he's doing those basketball camps in Poland, a really big thing) but what is he talking about here? The whole beef started with Randy Wittman saying that Jae Crowder is soft. Then Crowder replied with some harsh comments about Wizards not getting Horford. What happened next? Wall attacked Smart in the D.C., then sent an "inviation" to meet him outside and Beal elbowed Smart this last meeting at TD Garden. And now the Wizards - the team that accused the Celtics of being dirty - will wear all black for today's meeting, while the players are saying they hope to keep the game clean. Well, I just hope we beat their asses out, just like we did that one time when some other team came up with "all black" idea.
Submitted January 24, 2017 at 11:24AM by Timi093