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RIFT IN JAZZ LOCKER ROOM

I think that there is very little doubt at this point that Donovan (and other players) didn't like how lightly Rudy took being sick or his jokes touching them/their belongings and that's what led to this so called "rift".

Donovan was probably understandably upset in the aftermath of finding out. Teammates were probably frustrated too.

But I would hope that Rudy and Donovan would be able to put it all in the past once they get healthy again. Almost every person "in the know" that I've seen comment has said that Rudy is a great guy and meant no harm in the jokes. Donovan is by all accounts a great guy. Rudy apologized and I would hope Donovan accepts that apology and moves forward.
 
Ujfanatic said:
I suppose that is why Porzingis is still a Knick...
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I think if either is gone it will be Rudy. Donovan is fine with everyone else it seems. I honestly do think for the most part it’s everybody else and Rudy. Like I think they’re okay with Rudy but Rudy’s not really anyone’s best friend on the team anymore. Everyone Rudy was really close with is gone.
 
LoPo said:
I cannot believe some of you are going at Donovan over this. Have you heard the guy speak? Of course he wrote the Instagram post. That's who he is and who he has always represented himself to be. He is the class act youngster of the NBA.

Some of you idiots are gonna hide behind your biased love for Gobert and maybe irritate Donovan to a point where he might want out. I like Rudy, but our future is Donovan. When times get tough against good teams and especially in the playoffs, we can't rely on Gobert. Recently, Rudy is throwing temper tantrums all over the court and it's Donovan there trying to calm him down.

Get the story straight. Donovan has a right to be irritated if his teammate gave him a pandemic illness. Anybody would have that right. Regardless, Donovan didn't come out and bash Rudy over this. You are all reading between the lines.

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Let me start off by saying I have no dog in this fight. I’m neither a huge Gobert fan nor some rabid Mitchell fan as I find each of them fatally flawed on the court. Regarding what’s recently transpired and the post to which I’m responding, yes, Mitchell has a right to be irritated. But one shouldn’t react on emotions, especially as one in the public eye, and if Mitchell has an ounce of a ****ing brain in his head, it takes all of two seconds to realize he has absolutely zero clue as to how he contracted Covid-19. It could’ve been through another player in the league, a fan, some random *** person on the streets, any ****ing one. So to post on IG what he did, whether he constructed the post or not, is ****ing weak sauce. Completely and utterly ****ing weak. It’s not surprising imo. Donovan has always been concerned about Donovan. I’ll go a little full on @oneye here but his constant smiling through his teeth, and “good guy” posts online have always felt completely transparent to me. I’ve always found him to be a bit of a phony quite frankly. And I think if there’s any true substance or character in who he is as a person, it really needs to reveal itself publicly in the coming days or weeks. Rudy deserves that, whether he was careless or not. Because again, Donnie hasn’t a ****ing clue as to how he contracted it. And like others have said, he very well may have gotten it first and given it to Gobert.
 
Wes Mantooth said:
Let me start off by saying I have no dog in this fight. I’m neither a huge Gobert fan nor some rabid Mitchell fan as I find each of them fatally flawed on the court. Regarding what’s recently transpired and the post to which I’m responding, yes, Mitchell has a right to be irritated. But one shouldn’t react on emotions, especially as one in the public eye, and if Mitchell has an ounce of a ****ing brain in his head, it takes all of two seconds to realize he has absolutely zero clue as to how he contracted Covid-19. It could’ve been through another player in the league, a fan, some random *** person on the streets, any ****ing one. So to post on IG what he did, whether he constructed the post or not, is ****ing weak sauce. Completely and utterly ****ing weak. It’s not surprising imo. Donovan has always been concerned about Donovan. I’ll go a little full on @oneye here but his constant smiling through his teeth, and “good guy” posts online have always felt completely transparent to me. I’ve always found him to be a bit of a phony quite frankly. And I think if there’s any true substance or character in who he is as a person, it really needs to reveal itself publicly in the coming days or weeks. Rudy deserves that, whether he was careless or not. Because again, Donnie hasn’t a ****ing clue as to how he contracted it. And like others have said, he very well may have gotten it first and given it to Gobert.
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Well said!

To add a point, Rudy has gotten his "bad look" out of the way and is dealing with the repercussions. Donovan is still working on his bad look and has so far not shown any sign of thinking it's done yet.
 
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