If Elijah actually is lying like Lindsey is stating then there is no way he should reach out to him. We are talking about someone that is trying to destroy Dennis Lindsey and make no mistake about it that is Millsap's intention here. If it wasn't his intention then he would have actually called him to discuss this.
Elijah Millsap: Lindsey in exit interview: “if u say one more word, I’ll cut your Black *** and send you back to Louisiana”.
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homeytennis
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If the guy has NBA talent virtually every team will be beating a path to his door. I don't buy that blackball angle. He was called up from the GLeague about the same time as Bryce Cotton and Jack Cooley. Both those guys are playing overseas after their lack of NBA talent was apparent.
He thinks the Jazz organization trashed him to other teams and that is the reason his NBA career didn't continue. He continues to work out and thinks he may resume his NBA career at some point.
I mean is it possible that what he calls the Jazz FO trashing him was the Jazz FO giving an honest opinion about what kind of player he is? And that he's not fully grounded in reality and thinks the only reason he isn't on a roster is because of the Jazz FO, specifically DL?
And maybe in that conversation DL was telling him that he needed to get better in areas where Elijah felt he was super awesome already, and maybe Elijah tried to flip it back on the Jazz saying the reason he didn't succeeded was because of how they screwed up? And DL told him something close to what he remembers, but he has such a negative view of the franchise and DL that he thinks cost him his NBA career that over the course of 6 years that conversation has taken on a life of it's own in his head?
For me the more info that comes out on this the more I think this is a non-issue. I already think it's a relatively minor issue even if Elijah's 100% right about DL's comment. Not a non-issue, not a "it doesn't matter at all" issue. But not some major bombshell that will derail the Jazz season and cost DL his job.
As somebody defending Millsap and cautoning people from jumping to conclusions, I'm not gonna lie: This quote triggered my sus-o-meter. And this following one here:
Straight up is not a good look for him. It makes it sound like this is indeed about a grudge, and not about shining a light.
I don't know what the truth is, but he's basically just answered the question "Why would he lie?"
That is kind of where I'm leaning as well. Paul and the jazz always seemed to have a great relationship.
Yeah...how's that going to pass with the players on this team. You're not even going to hear what Elijah has to say and call him liar instead...really? What kind of message does that send to your players who believe what their friend is telling them. There is no harm in hearing what Elijah has to say. Quite frankly, that is the only path for DL to exonerate himself. If you truly believe you did nothing wrong, there is nothing wrong with hearing what he has to say.
This idea that Elijah is looking to destroy someone's life is so ridiculous to me. If he wanted to destroy him, why wouldn't he accuse him of something that would actually destroy him. He could be on tape saying this, it would not destroy him. Why would he go on to say that this is a one time thing and that he does not believe he is a racist.
We don't know the full truth and we never will. I find it very uncomfortable that people are so willing to dismiss Elijah and call him a liar whose trying to destroy someone. It's as uncomfortable as someone calling DL a racist without knowing the full truth.
SteakNEggs
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Elijah displays that he has resentment for things the Jazz did to him and also claims they talked to other teams about him(not sure how he knows this). He waited 6 years to say a word.
DL has witnesses who say he never said it. Not one other person or player has yet to has come forward with DL saying anything even remotely negative.
Unless someone comes out and says DL has said something similar, it's going to be really hard for him to get the benefit of the doubt.
DL has witnesses who say he never said it. Not one other person or player has yet to has come forward with DL saying anything even remotely negative.
Unless someone comes out and says DL has said something similar, it's going to be really hard for him to get the benefit of the doubt.
No offense dude, but let's assume Elijah is lying, and you're DL. Somebody on twitter just posted a blatant lie about you for the entire world to see, without reaching out to you first.
Why on earth wouldn't he think it was malicious? Why on earth wouldn't he immediately seek legal counsel on how to proceed, considering this is jeopardizing his career and professional reputation? Any lawyer worth their salt would tell him NOT to contact the accuser.
This is of course assuming Elijah is lying, which we obviously don't know. But if he is, Lindsey's actions are completely justifiable.
It will pass with the players just fine. We already know what Elijah has to say and if Lindsey says he is lying then there is no reason to speak with someone that you consider to be a terrible person.
Also there is nothing ridiculous about believing that Millsap wants to destroy Lindsey. In fact it is pretty ridiculous to think otherwise with the way he has gone about this. If the goal wasn't to hurt Lindsey then there are better ways to go about this.
No kidding. The fact that he thinks that Lindsey somehow owes him a conversation if he is in fact lying is crazy to me.