Picturesque and effective response from the Houston Rockets GM Daryl Morey to the insinuations of Rajon Rondo on Chris Paul.
Daryl Morey, General Manager of the Houston Rockets, responds to the accusations of Rajon Rondo following the Rondo-Paul fight on Saturday night at L.A.
On Tuesday, the former point guard of the Boston Celtics called Chris Paul "a horrible person", and one of the worst teammates that can be had. Rajon then commented on Paul's mild disqualification by explaining how the NBA acted in his view to "preserve the good reputation" of the nine-time All-Star.
Rondo referred to an episode from last season.
After a lively final match between Houston Rockets and Los Angeles Clippers, Paul's former team, a group of Rocket players attempted to reach the Clippers locker room. the reason for the animosity, a hint of a fight between Trevor Ariza - then the Rockets - and Blake Griffin after a tough contact between Griffin-Paul.
Rissa Rondo-Paul, Daryl Morey's answer
The Houston Rockets GM has entrusted Twitter with his response to Rondo's insinuations. The image posted by Morey is unequivocal:
The photo refers to an English idiom: "The pot calling the kettle black", which is equivalent to the Italian way of saying "The ox that gives the horned donkey".
Chris Paul, an intense basketball player and eager to improve, had his problems with some Clippers' locker room members at the time of "Lob City", and in particular with the second star of that team, Blake Griffin.
Rajon Rondo has certainly not been outdone during his 13 years as a professional. Ray Allen, his former companion at the Boston Celtics, tells in his autobiography of a restless Rondo, unavailable to listen to the advice of the veterans.
In his book, Allen talks about "relationship in pieces" between him and the former Kentucky Wildcats since 2011.
In Dallas, where he finished in December 2014, Rondo collided and was put out of team by coach Rick Carlisle.
The following year in Sacramento, Rajon was disqualified for a match, for having addressed the referee Bill Kennedy with a homophobic expression, refusing at first to apologize for the incident.
In 2016 in Chicago, the former Celtics was temporarily removed from the team "for deleterious behavior towards the team", and subsequently excluded from the revolutions by coach Fred Hoiberg.
Rondo then returned to the field to help bring the Bulls to the playoffs.
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