First Monroe, imo before he’s annointed to be an allstar he should really put some, any type of effort into playing defense, and please dont anyone tell me ” he’s just not a good defensive player” how can you not be a good defensive player ? thats like telling me he’s not good at tying his shoes. Defense is all about effort either you play hard, with passion or you dont.  The L.A. game was disgusting, and I’m talking about the whole team effort or lack thereof. Have some pride, play hard show me that you want to a professional basketball player.

Now Annie Drummond, what a joke now I know why there were questions about his motor in college. Allowing a player to drive from the 3 point line and go in for a uncontested dunk. Will someone please tell this kid to grow a pair and at least pretend he’s in the NBA now ? sheesh !!!!!!!!!!!!

L Frank please keep this child on the bench until he earns the right to play professional basketball. Heres some advice, put in Viacheslav Kravstslov maby he’ll play like a man should play, with passion/force and pride.

Let the Kwame comparisions began ,ughhhhhhhhhhh !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!     

But the mood in the clubhouse took a serious turn and tension surfaced when veteran Octavio Dotel told [Miguel] Cabrera to address the media because it was his job as the leader of the team[.] Cabrera turned down all interview requests and sat at one of the tables in his dress clothes with his arms crossed. Dotel, still in uniform, sat at the other table and shook his head. 

As for BK7, his play has been about the same as the other slouch at the 2 guard, you know the king charger, that hopes for a trip to the free throw line #3, and shoots about 10%. 

But from a team perspective, it can be a bad look, specifically what Mayo describes Knight doing — ducking out before media availability. The NBA makes teams open their locker rooms to media. If guys who don’t want to do it are ducking out, it leaves the same players with that responsibility every night, and I’m sure that could get annoying. Knight, whether he pans out or not, is treated by the organization as a cornerstone-type player. Part of that responsibility is dealing with media — he’s on the court a lot, so obviously he’s a person that media would seek out to talk to.

If you follow the Tigers, we saw this creep up with them — Miguel Cabrera kept ducking out of the locker room after losses in the playoffs and not talking to media. His teammate, Octavio Dotel, got mad about it and actually called Cabrera out for not talking.

It’s not that it’s super important — postgame quotes rarely yield anything interesting, and that’s mostly because media routinely ask uninteresting questions. But it’s still a league-wide rule that every team must do. If one of your star players is avoiding it, that’s not great leadership and it’s putting an undue strain on players who are in the locker room to talk more.