I think Willie is a good guy and it’s not awful. Just didn’t care for the tone of the quote about how it’s not coming back. I get it these guys are tight, but would like to see a little more professionalism, but to each his own
I think you guys are being too harsh. This is one of the repercussions of making these types of trades with a team that has developed a close knit relationship and chemistry with one another.
We fans see them as pro players only. But they see each other as friends and family. They spend more time with each other than anyone else. And when you have a group of guys largely 19-26 years old, they are gonna feel it more and react differently than older vets.
I mean, we can't have it both ways. We all want the team to be close and have great chemistry. While this team wasn't a title contender, the locker room was as good as any. So we have to expect and accept that many of the players are gonna feel as Willie does.
Willie has always been a brutally honest dude. Just because the other players haven't been as open as Trill doesn't mean they feel any different. And why can't Willie express himself? This is a new era where the players have been given that latitude under Adam Silver as opposed to the Iron Fist rule of David Stern. That's precisely why you also read the comments from LBJ today.. which wouldn't have happened 10 years ago.