Twitter Violence Erupts During Jazz Shootaround In Portland

by Ben Golliver on Dec 19, 2011 11:57 AM PST in News

On Monday morning -- the first official gameday of the 2011-2012 NBA season for the Portland Trail Blazers and the Utah Jazz -- media-on-media Twitter violence erupted during the Jazz's shootaround at the Rose Garden.

Brian T. Smith of the Salt Lake Tribune objected to Jazz radio play-by-play broadcaster David Locke tweeting out the team's supposed starting lineup prior to the shootaround's media access period.

Locke originally tweeted Utah's starting lineup for Monday's nights game as Devin Harris, Raja Bell, Gordon Hayward, Al Jefferson and Mehmet Okur.

Smith furiously responded in a string of tweets...

Jazz haven't opened shootaround but team employee is tweeting supposed starting lineup. #mediafriendly Jazz's Corbin hasn't announced starting lineup; shootaround hasn't opened. Team employee took lineup from game notes, which often change. If a beat reporter regularly announced official starting lineups from game notes, they wouldn't have a job.

That followed with an updated starting lineup from Smith that named C.J. Miles in place of Hayward.

That was met with an amendment from Locke.

My mistake on lineups. CJ Miles in for Gordon Hayward. With Harris, Raja, Memo and Al. Tyrone Corbin says he will continue to work with lineups through short pre season. Nothing is set or established.

I am aware of tweets of Brian T. Smith. Bottom line my lineup was wrong. I respect his work. Yes, I was a bit taken back. No worries, game day.

No one was harmed during the incident and order has been restored.

What have we learned here?

C.J. MILES IS STARTING FOR THE UTAH JAZZ DURING THE PRESEASON OPENER TONIGHT.

Blazers coach Nate McMillan said after shootaround at the practice facility that his starting lineup will be Raymond Felton, Wesley Matthews, Nicolas Batum, Gerald Wallace and Marcus Camby.

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HAHA!

well played Portland, well played.

by davidthecomposer on Dec 19, 2011 11:59 AM PST reply actions

Love this

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by AllThatJazzBasketball on Dec 19, 2011 11:59 AM PST reply actions

And I thought WE had drama between the team and the media....

Blazers win!

by The X-man on Dec 19, 2011 11:59 AM PST reply actions

aren't both those guys former PDX guys?

M, period. Fresh, comma.

by manzell on Dec 19, 2011 12:39 PM PST up reply actions

When's the pregame start again?

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by Oh. Em. Gee. on Dec 19, 2011 12:07 PM PST via mobile reply actions

Oh, Twitter.

What would our great society do without it? Crumble. That’s my guess.

by Hipster Olympic Team! on Dec 19, 2011 12:11 PM PST reply actions

by Timmay! on Dec 19, 2011 12:12 PM PST reply actions 1 recs

by williamswonder on Dec 19, 2011 12:51 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs

The starters

Are going to destroy Utah. The bench? I’m not so sure

by philthebballplayer on Dec 19, 2011 12:15 PM PST reply actions

This ^

is where we see what the Blazer brass really did. When it comes down to a 7 game series, and we have a bench lineup of
Nolan/Crawford then what ?? Lets say LA and Marcus are both healthy best case scenario. Nolan/Crawford/Nico – which is greatly improved from last year.
But ,your front line is still Smith/Thomas/ CJ. How far is that going to take you in a playoff series ?
My quess, we see Thomas/CJ pick up a lot of 5 minutes for Marcus.
So when LA needs rest, in that 2nd unit, it’s Smith? How far did the Clippers go in the playoffs ? How much did he even play behind Griffin ?

Smith and Crawford will have to be better than advertised to impress me. I set the bar high.

just win baby !

by FrenchieFan on Dec 19, 2011 12:43 PM PST up reply actions

you forgot to mention ewill

The tensions are so high because the stakes are so low!

by tylercomp on Dec 19, 2011 1:40 PM PST up reply actions

you have to look at the unit as a whole

guards: Felton, Matthews, Crawford…Smith…Williams

wings/forwards: Wallace, Batum

bigs: Aldridge, Camby, Thomas, Smith, Johnson

And most importantly remember that playoff basketball is largely based on an 8 man rotation. Remember also that Thomas can play with Camby, Wallace can play PF with Camby, etc… There are plenty of ways to get LMA some rest without digging way down on the depth chart, but Smith and Johnson are great guys to have there for when we want to. You know as well as I do that asking how far the Clippers went in the playoffs last year is completely irrelevant to Craig Smith and our current team. I also think that if you took the #3,#4, and #5 big men on most teams you will find that Thomas/Smith/Johnson with Wallace sprinkled in is not a bad situation to be in.

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by sammymohawk on Dec 19, 2011 1:59 PM PST up reply actions

apparently Chuck Hayes failed his physical

the Kings have voided his contract. must be somewhat significant issue

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by douglast on Dec 19, 2011 12:19 PM PST reply actions

Whoa!

That completely changes my playoff seedings. The Warriors are now the 8 seed.

by Hipster Olympic Team! on Dec 19, 2011 12:25 PM PST up reply actions

how did Portland dodge this bullet?

the Blazers usually get caught holding the bag re: news of this kind

feel bad for CH, hopefully his career isn’t over

When reached 40+ years of following Portland basketball you have, be as passionate of the Trail Blazers you will not!

by two4larue on Dec 19, 2011 12:40 PM PST up reply actions

It does sound serious, and more like an illness than like an injury

“This morning, in one of the most heartbreaking moments of my professional or personal life, Chuck Hayes was notified that he failed his physical exam with the Sacramento Kings. Subsequent to that, the contract signed on December 9th has been voided. At Chuck’s request, we will have no further comment at this time.” – Geoff Petrie

by Norsktroll on Dec 19, 2011 12:54 PM PST up reply actions

Wow, that was a bad day for Geoff and a worse one for Chuck.

by Timmay! on Dec 19, 2011 1:18 PM PST up reply actions

Someone must have opened the can on the rest of the league...

Boston has to deal with Jeff Green being out for the year with an aortic aneurism discovered during his routine physical.

by signal_lost on Dec 19, 2011 1:44 PM PST up reply actions

Yeah, now Petrie has to find someone worth 5 million bones.

Phase 1: Collect underpants
Phase 2: ???
Phase 3: Profit!

by HailOden! on Dec 20, 2011 12:04 PM PST up reply actions

How dare you list out the starting lineup, Ben.

How. Dare. You.

by Ryan_PDX on Dec 19, 2011 12:25 PM PST reply actions

for some reason i picture Allen Iverson saying

“We’re talking about pre-season! Not a game…..pre season!”

by BornWinner on Dec 19, 2011 12:27 PM PST reply actions

This does remind me of locals taking pot-shots at Barret

whenever he interviews Blazers, most note-worthy being the Paul Allen interview before the 2010/2011 season. “I would have asked him the difficult questions”, said one Canzano. The broadcasters are team employees, so they’re under a totally different set of ‘guidelines’. Also, I don’t think PA owes it to anyone to grant interviews whenever they wish.

by Hipster Olympic Team! on Dec 19, 2011 12:30 PM PST reply actions

"Violence"

You keep using this word. I don’t think it means what you think it means.

by 77 Conception on Dec 19, 2011 12:30 PM PST via mobile reply actions 2 recs

Ben has a.... 'theatrical' streak

It cam work, especially when you agree with him.
Sometimes, not so much.

Wake me when the game is on.

by Berkeley on Dec 19, 2011 12:38 PM PST up reply actions

one might say that he's employing hyperbole.

by williamswonder on Dec 19, 2011 12:42 PM PST up reply actions

If I were Hyperbole,

I’d start looking for a different job.

by 77 Conception on Dec 19, 2011 1:02 PM PST via mobile up reply actions

Inconsthievable!

by signal_lost on Dec 19, 2011 1:45 PM PST up reply actions

I do not think it means what you think it means.

by Jomo D. M. Greenidge on Dec 19, 2011 1:54 PM PST up reply actions

I know less than half of you half as well as I should like, and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.

by haildablazer on Dec 19, 2011 2:47 PM PST up reply actions 5 recs

Crazy Mormons….

by BigDaddy72 on Dec 19, 2011 12:32 PM PST via mobile reply actions

Looks like Paul Millsap is out

Leaves just Alec Burks, Enes Kanter, Josh Howard(if he plays), Derrick Favors, and Gordon Hayward as anyone off the bench with talent for Utah. Not that Portland has anything better still.

by philthebballplayer on Dec 19, 2011 12:33 PM PST reply actions

If Hayward and Babbit are on the floor same time I need my sunglasses tonight.

by breakerfall on Dec 19, 2011 12:37 PM PST reply actions

Going to be a long season...

…for Smith if he doesn’t loosen up a bit…

"We will have no speculation as to The Jazz starting line-ups until they are officially released! How can you know the line-ups if they haven’t been officially released? He took the line-ups from Game Notes! Wrong Do it again! If you dont eat yer meat, you can’t have any pudding! How can you have any pudding if you don’t eat yer meat? You! Yes You! Behind the Bike Sheds! Stand Still Laddy! "

"Mother Nature started this fight, I think it's about time we ended it!"

by Krang on Dec 19, 2011 12:39 PM PST reply actions