re: Grizzlies vs. OKC Playoff Thread

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You got fined $25,000 for confronting Oklahoma City's Kendrick Perkins. Did you whoop his arse?
"I didn't whoop his arse; that's the thing about it. Hopefully I get some back. I'm trying to get some back. I was surprised. … They said it was because I went through the double doors. I guess I went on their side. I don't know."

Are you guys lunatics? You both went to the back after getting ejected and were going to fight?
"You know what, I tell you, those basketball games, they get real emotional. Two guys, it's physical, emotional, it gets rough down there. And emotions flared. One thing can lead to another on the court."

But it sounded like Perkins was talking to Marc Gasol on the court, not you?
"Well, you know, when you're talking to Marc, you're talking to me. That's how I roll, on the court or off the court. And that's the same way with him. I think he got mad because Marc, remember that move? Marc had crossed him over at the elbow and had the pump fake. I said, ‘Oh my gosh, bust his butt, Marc,' walking down the court."

Did you try to go in their locker room?
"Nah, I didn't try to go in their locker room. There are some doors … and their locker room was right there to the left and I had went through some doors into the hallway. … Lesson learned. It won't happen again. I ain't going to lose now $25,000 again. I'm done with all that bluffing on the court because them guys do a lot of bluffing. I'm from the bluff city; we don't do no bluffing, man."

Could you whoop his arse?
"Hahaha. I'm good with these hands. I'm a jacking dude. I'm pretty good with these hands. Every day I came out the house, I had to fight, so me and my brothers. … I'd say too many fights to count. Probably about 30 or 40. We're talking about, like, from middle school and freshman year, mainly when I was young."

[i]How many have you lost?
"I'd say [my record would] be about 28-2 or 28-4. … I used to fight older guys, because once older guys, they've got their chest high. … We never backed down. … They wasn't even in our weight class, but they respected us."

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