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Elijah Millsap: Lindsey in exit interview: “if u say one more word, I’ll cut your Black *** and send you back to Louisiana”.

White Chocolate said:
Let’s walk through a potential situation. What conversation could Elijah be having with Quin that would lead to a reply like that from DL? What could Elijah have said that would make DL react like that?
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This is one of the reasons why I would love more context on this if it did happen because based on reading what Elijah said it makes it sound like he said it in a really intense way rather than a joking way. Based on my knowledge of these types of exit interviews they are not intense at all. Especially when talking about minimum contract guys that are just glad to have finally made a roster and will do anything stay there. That is especially the situation with Millsap who was already 27 and this was his first taste of the nba. It doesn't make any sense at all that this would somehow be an intense situation. It is not like a minimum contract guy with his pedigree goes into an exit interview demanding more playing time next year and crap like that. It just doesn't happen.
 
Saint Cy of JFC said:
At the end of the day it's a matter of public opinion. It isnt a right or wrong thing. Utah as a reputation (earned or unearned, not here to argue, but it exist). If this was a medium wage worker who worked in a non-public facing position it's a different conversation and one where I would lean more on the side of "We need stronger evidence/reasons to believe". DL is going to be fine regardless.

I'm sure Utah will let it simmer, see how the media picks up the story, then act accordingly based on player reaction. This could easily get swept under the media rug because what Elijah claims isnt that headline grabbing.

But yeah, I would probably fire him, especially if no players are coming out to defend him. Utah has to be more diligent about these things to help their image. I would probably wait to hear from Rudy as well since he says he would contact him for the larger story.
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I fear you're right about Utah letting it simmer. That's exactly the wrong thing to do. Get it in the open and deal with it head on. I hope Rudy comes forward with his impression if he does speak with Elijah, it would in effect force everyone's hand. I wouldn't think a direct conversation between Elijah and DL would be a bad idea either. The worst part about making an accusation, or conversely, being accused, is not having due process and finding a resolution.
 
Where are JA quotes when we need them? ha

Regarding this issue. No way to know what happened that day.

If I'm Elijah, I understand waiting all this time to say something. DL is a well-respected GM around the league and you don't want to burn any bridges when you think there is still a chance to get an NBA gig.

For DL, it could have happened like Elijah said (although I wonder what the context was, probably EM was also out of line). Racist/hurtful comments really stick, especially on the receiving end. I remember 17 years ago my ex-gf said something terrible to some drunk kids. I still remember it like it was yesterday. She probably doesn't. And I wouldn't be surprised if DL or other people on the room have no recollection of what happened that day. I have probably said some awful things last month that I'm completely unaware of.

Hopefully we get more information on this but so far it seems is flying under the radar...
 
framer said:
Memory is extremely unreliable. Elijah got fired from a job that was everything to him. Of course he hates Lindsley for that. He will for the rest of his life. After six years of stewing about what might of been, it is entirely possible that ALL of his memories of Lindsley have been distilled to a caricature of the villain he needs him to be.

And Cy, don't pretend you know Dennis Lindsley. You don't. I'm, in fact, really embarrassed for you.
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Cy is the biggest stand in victim on the board. He'll bear the cross of offense for anyone.
 
Saint Cy of JFC said:
I have fun with your wife while bearing the cross while she complains about her racially insentive husband.
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Saint Cy of JFC said:
Dude, DL being fired or not has little to no impact on the Jazz this year. I dont think its "screwing" the Jazz too badly in the immediate. Maybe it hurts the Jazz in free agency, but DL should be an easy fire with how many assistant GM's Utah has been grooming.
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I could see it being a distraction and hurting the players on the team mentally which could make them not play as well.

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It would be nice to go like a couple months without a story implicating the state, organization, and fanbase of racism. That’s all.

It’s a lot of guesswork on both sides of this is true and there is not going to be evidence one way or another of what is true.
 
Tom Pitt said:
Fairly mediocre doesn’t result in the best start in franchise history through 32 games and 4 games up in the loss column ahead of the 2nd place team in the league (who you happen to own the tie breaker against so 5 games up wow.


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Well a fairly mediocre GM could result in the best start in franchise history because we have a great coach who made something out of nothing and made the GM look ten times better than he actually is.

Do you remember who Cavs GM was when Lebron won them the championship in 2016? Or who Spurs GM is during all those years of their championships and playoff runs? Or who Lakers GM is when they won the titles three in a row?

Don't just automatically assume that simply because the team is doing great, everyone is doing great. Sometimes all it needs is brilliance of one particular player or one particular coach to covers everyone else's ***.
 
Just stop it people. DL simply isn't worth it. Ryan can thank him for getting the team to pay luxury tax for absolutely no reason before firing his ***.
 
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