Like football, too summer basketball is to be taken with a grain of salt. The “scream” news follows one another almost daily. Before and Isaiah Thomas, capable of scoring 81 points (and set the tournament record) in lega Pro/Am organized every year a Seattle by Jamal Crawford; then, only a few days pass, the news bounces that in a tournament in Portland the second year of the Boston Celtics Payton Pritchard (one who in high school has rewritten all kinds of records for points scored) even puts some 92 in the semifinals, to repeat with 57 and a triple double in the final. When too much is too much, he may have thought Nick Young, one who is certainly no stranger to having built a certain reputation by exploiting summer tournaments (in his case the famous Drew League a Los Angeles). “I don’t want to disrespect anyone, but Seattle and Portland must have the worst summer leagues if they let anyone score 92, 81, 70, 50 and 50 points. Come on, stop recruiting people stationed outside liquor stores asking him to come and play basketball … “.
Seattle players react to Nick Young’s words
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Even with the due premise (“I don’t want to be disrespectful” …) the words of the former NBA champion with the Golden State shirt were unwelcome by several protagonists of the Seattle city scene. Sibillina the reply via Twitter from Isaiah Thomas himself, who, even without ever pronouncing Young, replied by quoting his idol Nipsey Hussle: “The public should not even react to the pathetic ideas of a clown. Let him do it, until he does it will end up self-destructing by itself“. Another great veteran of the Seattle scene, Will Conroy (seen briefly also in Italy and today assistant coach at the University of Washington), he wanted to respond directly to Young’s tweet, taking the defense of his friend Thomas with education but also firmly: “Calm down, friend… IT was able to score more than 50 points even in the NBA on one hip. I’m sure if he wanted to, he could score 80 or more points every time he takes the field in any Pro / Am league across America. Apart from that, however, stop lacking respect to the players of our city“. City – Seattle – from which the very Italian also comes Paolo Banchero, destined for Duke next year and then possible first overall choice at Draft 2022. “Think you’re cute and witty“, his reply to Nick Young’s” shot “. Who, even away from the league, has managed to create new enemies for himself, at least virtual ones.
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