Cavaliers center Tristan Thompson wasn’t happy about the fact that a report surfaced last week anonymously quoting three of his teammates who were critical of John Beilein‘s head coaching style. Thompson came to Beilein’s defense over the weekend and fired back at the teammates quoted in that report, according to Chris Fedor of Cleveland.com.
“Y’all better find them names ’cause I’ll pull up on ’em right now,” Thompson said. “You can’t do that s–t. At the end of the day if you’re going to build a culture and a family, you can’t have that Chatty Patty s–t going on. That s–t is whack to me.
“Everyone’s got to look in the mirror, there’s only so much coach can do and there’s only so much we can do,” Thompson continued. “Do we have the best roster in the NBA? No. But we’re going to go out there and compete every night. Guys got to look in the mirror. So I hope whoever reported that was just bulls——g and blamed it on a player.”
Here’s more from around the Central:
- After getting a rough reception from Pacers fans on Sunday, Paul George said he’s not the one those fans should be booing. What exactly did he mean? “The belief in Indiana is that he’s referring to Larry Bird,” ESPN’s Brian Windhorst said this week on an episode of The Jump (video link). Bird, now an advisor in Indiana, was formerly the team’s president of basketball operations and pushed George to move from small forward to power forward, something PG13 didn’t want to do, as Windhorst details.
- Speaking of the Pacers, they look like they could become a legitimate threat in the Eastern Conference once they get Victor Oladipo back in their lineup, writes Jonathan Tjarks of The Ringer.
- It has been up-and-down season so far for Denzel Valentine, who was out of the Bulls‘ rotation until late November. As Rob Schaefer of NBC Sports Chicago notes, Valentine has been playing his best ball of the year recently, making at least three 3-pointers and scoring in double-digits in each of his last three games. The 26-year-old shooting guard will be a restricted free agent at season’s end.
Bet a dollar Thompson is one of the anonymous sources. Thou dost protest too much, as they say.
Why do u hate me
I don’t hate Thompson. Just think it’s weird he’s mad about leaks…and suspicious too.
Because he’s catching blame and feels innocent. He might be. I think there’s a story behind the story and some speculating.
It might be the beleaguered polar bears, who are fighting climate change as well.
Chatty Tristan better get his act together for tonight’s game.
I would take that bet. Dont you think the reporters would know he was being hypocritical and out him?
First, there are a lot of reporters. If he was an anonymous source for one story, it doesn’t mean all reporters know what he did.
Second, reporters protect sources as part of their ethics. Not to mention, no smart reporter would burn a good source like an NBA player. Who knows what other stories Thompson might tell?
There was two reporters, Charania and Vardon. In addition,they presented their unsupported story to the Cavs FO first! And got an okay?? Anyway it was not stopped. Hmmm
I think someone wants a Love trade sooner rather then later. But no teams want to trade yet. Maybe in the meantime, Beilein changes his personalized technique names.
I am glad George is in the West. That way, I only have to listen to him whine once a year.
Lol
Anonymous comments are chicken s–t. Be a man and talk to the coach about your issues. Probably a scrub who is not good enough to play. Coach B can coach the game. He can’t teach desire to the lazy punks that don’t play defense.