Afflalo Refusing to Enter Game?

[Glenn]

I have not read this whole thread because I think it is silly. When Vlade was hired, the team knew he had no experience and he knew he had no experience. To me, Vlade is like your average rookie in that it will take awhile before we know how good he is. I will bet money that already he has a working relationship with Yoeger and that he is a calming influence, he is a piece of stability. I'm willing to wait a few years to see how he evolves.

 

[whoopdeedoo]

Dave doesn't claim to have vast insider knowledge. He passes on what he hears in a lot of cases, leaving it to the reader/listener to determine how much relevance they care to give it.

There are times, however, when Dave does get tips, etc. that he may or may not be able to pass on. That's the nature of his business.

Dave's one of the good guys.

Ya, I agree and I like him. That's why I worded it how I did and made sure to say "...fans give his tweets..." I just think it's important to keep in mind that there is plenty of scenarios where a player may pass on entering a game that others could purposely/accidentally change that situation and say he refused to enter a game. Refusing to enter a game is a lot more serious to me than a player just being pouty he isn't starting anymore as Afflalo seems to have been.

 

[VF21]

Ya, I agree and I like him. That's why I worded it how I did and made sure to say "...fans give his tweets..." I just think it's important to keep in mind that there is plenty of scenarios where a player may pass on entering a game that others could purposely/accidentally change that situation and say he refused to enter a game. Refusing to enter a game is a lot more serious to me than a player just being pouty he isn't starting anymore as Afflalo seems to have been.

Here are the tweets in question (I posted them in the Mavs grade thread initially):

Carmichael Dave ‏@CarmichaelDave 4h4 hours ago
Worth following: according to league sources, Aaron Afflalo was slow to enter the game in Utah, declined to enter in Houston. Stay tuned.

Carmichael Dave ‏@CarmichaelDave 4h4 hours ago
Aflallo was on the bench tonight and in Memphis, but recorded two DNP-CDs. My guess: there will be a few more to follow.

Carmichael Dave ‏@CarmichaelDave 4h4 hours ago
Got a lot of questions about Afflalo lately,seems to be a situation that's been brewing on the downlow.Can't imagine Coach wasn't perturbed.

Dave made it clear he had heard it from someone else and he did not claim personal knowledge.