{"id":4298,"date":"2017-04-23T23:00:18","date_gmt":"2017-04-24T04:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fredsportsextra.com\/?p=4298"},"modified":"2017-07-08T12:32:30","modified_gmt":"2017-07-08T17:32:30","slug":"houstonoklahoma-city-game-4-leaves-bad-taste-players-lack-of-professional-etiquette","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fredsportsextra.com\/?p=4298","title":{"rendered":"Houston\/Oklahoma City Game 4 Leaves Bad Taste….Players Lack of Professional Etiquette"},"content":{"rendered":"

As\u00a0an NBA fan and season ticket holder in the Association,\u00a0I was not pleased with what I saw today in the Chesapeake Energy Arena in Oklahoma City. Total disrespectful behavior by players; total disrespect for the game by faking fouls; and total disrespect by a player to a member of the media in a post game interview. For all that care, this kind of stuff turns me off on this game, called PROFESSIONAL basketball on the highest level. It has nothing to do with the score and who won the game.\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Headline:\u00a0 WATCH: Rockets bench laughs at OKC’s Andre Roberson for free throw struggles.\u00a0 (http:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nba\/news\/watch-rockets-bench-laughs-at-okcs-andre-roberson-for-free-throw-struggles\/)<\/p>\n

The Houston\u00a0Rocket bench\u00a0displayed a\u00a0lack of professionalism as they laughed at a\u00a0player on the\u00a0other team for his lack hitting free throws.\u00a0 In over 58 years of watching basketball in the Association I have never seen such unsportsmanlike behavior.\u00a0 The Rockets\u00a0players acted like little kids that do not deserve to make millions of dollars and wear the uniform of an NBA team. You might say that the awful foul shooting by the Thunder player Andre Roberson was, in fact laughable.\u00a0 Well, a real professional in sports never laughs at a fellow player in such a manner.\u00a0 Let the players in the\u00a0 league turn the association into a league of comedy and let us see this type of behavior at every game? I don’t think so. Taunting is not allowed and this was worse that that.\u00a0 It is almost to the degree of applauding an injury to a player.\u00a0 Think not?\u00a0 I would put money on it that the NBA will investigate this form of disrespect toward a player in the Association. And if they do not, a big negative to the Association and why the f do I attend this product?\u00a0Anyone needing season tickets Clay?<\/p>\n

Give James Harden the\u00a0disrespect he has for the game in\u00a0trying to have the officials call “fake fouls” as the game is played. It was the first of the four games played that James and his acting did not get an Oscar nomination.\u00a0 He tried but for this night it did not work so well for him.\u00a0 James is in fact a great player that has\u00a0a knack for being a dishonest player.\u00a0 And if you want to get right down to it, James Harden\u00a0and Houston had the game won with 20 seconds as he had the ball in the Oklahoma City backcourt and could have avoided defenders and run the clock down to almost nothing.\u00a0\u00a0 The Rockets held a five point lead. But James Harden is not a smart player as he went\u00a0on\u00a0a drive to score\u00a0and lost the ball, giving the Thunder a last second chance to win.\u00a0 James Harden is not an MVP. MVP’s know the time and situation at every point in a game.\u00a0 As a fan of basketball, I was let down by Harden today.<\/p>\n

Let us\u00a0get to the Russell Westbrook and\u00a0Steven Adams\u00a0post-game press conference.\u00a0 Russell Westbrook, a no thank you for being an ass in how\u00a0you treated a member of the press….Not professional in any which way.\u00a0 They ask the questions and the players answer the questions. Not only was Russell disrespectful toward the media person that asked the question but also to Steven Adams who did not get to answer the question.\u00a0 And having Russell telling the media person how to ask a question it totally out-of-line.<\/p>\n

Time for the NBA to put their players in place. I was\u00a0 not happy with the players today.\u00a0 A lack of professionalism is not putting the game in a good light. That is my take sports fans.<\/p>\n

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