Arron “Afflatus” Afflalo supposedly refused outright to enter a game for the Kings when called upon by Dave Joerger. That’s pretty messed up. Like, seriously messed up. Did he just sit there and pretend he didn’t know he was supposed to go in? Did he outright say no? Did he say no with a pair of middle fingers directed at his coach? We can only speculate, but if my boss called and told me I needed to work (during normal working hours), and I was just like “yeah, nah”, I would probably get fired. I guess NBA players aren’t as easy to dismiss.
Relations must have smoothed at some point, because Afflalo played 30 minutes tonight in the absence of Rudy Gay. He made the most of it, scoring 19 using his typical fadeaway kobe-esque jumpers and some threes. The kind of shots that made Knicks fans hate him, but also the kind of shots that almost got him an All-Star nod while he was with Orlando.