![]() Invisible bridge used to step over said person when open floor is available left to right,” said Ayesha Curry through her Twitter handle coach Tyronn Lue endured his share of trash-talking as an NBA player guarding Allen Iverson and playing with Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O’Neal. “I’ve taken the high road again.”Ĭurry’s wife, Ayesha, even got involved in the trash-talking with a tweet that appeared directed to James. “I’m not going to comment on what Klay said,” James said. We’ve all been called plenty of bad words on the basketball court. “I don’t know how the man feels,” Thompson said. Thompson said with a laugh that he was “shocked some guys take it so personal” when asked about James. Marreese Speights tweeted out a picture of a baby bottle that appeared directed at James. The Warriors, however, believe James was being overly sensitive. You can’t call me a ,” Barkley told The Undefeated via text. Hall of Famer Charles Barkley says that five-letter word is crossing the line. ![]() So is the word “b-” fair game and not worthy of being left the floor? As long as it doesn’t cross the line, I think everything is pretty much game and should be left on the floor.” Said Curry: “There’s a lot of emotion, a lot of competition on the floor. You have to let it go and let it stay on the court.” But when it’s just bad words or some cuss words, man, that’s emotions. “The only time it’s really crossing the line, is bringing someone’s family into it or talking about race or gender or something. Warriors guard Klay Thompson explained the second unwritten rule in trash-talking: During Game 3 of the 2015 NBA Eastern Conference semifinals, James dunked hard on Chicago Bulls center Joakim Noah and had words and a stare for him afterward. That actually wasn’t the first time that an NBA player described James that way. Green responded back, according to the player, by saying: “You’re still a b-.” One NBA player in earshot of the trash-talk told The Undefeated that James responded by saying that he was the father of three kids and a man. So what exactly did Green say that made James so upset?Īccording to sources, Green looked James dead in the face and called him a “b-.” While Green’s suspension was the biggest news on the eve of a possible series clinching win by the Warriors, talk of the trash-talk that bothered James was a hot topic as well. Us players, we got to play on no matter what happens.” “The league handled it as they felt they should handle it,” James said. The Cavs superstar, who received a technical foul for his role in the play in question said he wasn’t trying to bait the Warriors’ playmaker, nor was he aware Green was one technical foul away from suspension. Angered, Green responded with a hit to James’ groin and side. The incident took place when James stepped over a crouching Green. Green, however, will be sitting that game out because of a suspension triggered by the flagrant foul 1 assessed by the NBA on Sunday for being physical with James in Game 4. “And being a guy with pride, a guy with three kids and a family - things of that nature - some things just go overboard and that’s where he took it.”Ĭleveland is now down 3-1 in the best of seven Finals with Game 5 Monday night in Oakland, California. “Some of the words that came out of his mouth were a little bit overboard,” James said. Feeling disrespected by strong words from the Warriors’ outspoken power forward Draymond Green, James went public after the Cavaliers’ 108-97 Game 4 loss in the NBA Finals. ![]() So you have to leave it on the floor.”Ĭleveland Cavaliers star LeBron James, however, felt justified in breaking that unwritten rule. It’s just that you don’t want to see it ever cross the line and become personal, because the game of basketball is never that serious in regards to disrespecting people. “Trash-talking is part of the game,” Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry said. The first unwritten rule in trash-talking is that whatever happens on the court stays there. It’s been commonplace on blacktops and gyms across America for decades, too. Michael Jordan, Gary Payton, Kobe Bryant, Charles Barkley, Reggie Miller, Allen Iverson, Kevin Garnett, Larry Bird - all of them took pride in talking trash on the NBA hardwood. From Rucker Park in New York City to the Drew League in Los Angeles, part of the entertainment is the verbal sparring that even the public address announcer takes part in. Trash-talking goes hand-in-hand with basketball probably more than any other sport. ![]()
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