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Like Miller a generation ago, Young thrived in front of the Madison Square Garden crowd, which tends to be creative and colorful with its taunts. Young is a natural showman, and the basketball world saw it last spring in the Hawks' first-round win against the New York Knicks. Maybe they're still upset about that."įor Atlanta Hawks star Trae Young, his "wave goodbye" moment came during the 2021 playoffs in the world's most famous arena. "I mean, I hit a game winner in the playoffs to send home, and I did the same thing to send home. "At that point, I was like, I'm gonna fire something back," Lillard said. They end up being so worried about the person they're talking to more than the coach they should be listening to."īeverley did his best impersonation of the goodbye wave at the end of the game, with George joining in on the fun as their howling continued well after the final buzzer. "I think certain players, you really can rattle. Lillard uncharacteristically missed a pair of free throws late in a loss to the LA Clippers in the 2020 bubble, and Patrick Beverley responded by animatedly tapping his wrist, literally rolling over in laughter while on the bench in street clothes. Such gestures occasionally used to mock, as was the case in another trash-talking saga featuring Lillard and George. Lillard cited examples such as staring down the opposing bench after making a 3-pointer, Westbrook pretending to rock the baby after scoring on a post-up and Draymond Green flexing after an and-1. "There are trash-talkers in the league," Lillard said, "but in this era, it's more gestures." Then as he walked off the court, he looked back and waved goodbye. His 50th point in Game 5 came on a 37-footer over Paul George at the buzzer, one of the most iconic shots of this generation and one that sent the Thunder on vacation. The series didn't last long - Lillard made sure of it.

People were saying stuff after the game in the media, stuff like that." "That was probably the most trash talk I've ever done in my life, like in the game, where we all was just kind of talking s- to each other," Lillard said. It had been chippy the entire 2019 first-round series between the Trail Blazers and Oklahoma City Thunder, with Lillard and Russell Westbrook playing leading roles. REGGIE MILLER HAD "the choke." Dikembe Mutombo had "the finger wag." Lillard routinely does the "Dame Time" wrist tap, but his most memorable gesture was a wave. "It's not really a verbal assault like it used to be." "You don't see too much Kevin Garnett- and Gary Payton-type trash talk," Portland Trail Blazers star Damian Lillard said. But the best in the game still find ways to gain an edge. Rather, it has become more subtle, more sporadic and sometimes won't include the "talk" at all. The days of trash-talking titans overtly jawing at opponents for 48 minutes might be gone, but the art hasn't disappeared. The NBA is regarded as a much friendlier league than in previous generations, a shift that can be reflected in the nature of trash talk, or lack thereof, between players. Said Butler: "We've been good ever since. "Ever since then, we've gotten along pretty well." "I was like, 'I'm with it, because I'm trying to save some money, too,'" Ingles said. Butler and Ingles exchanged daps, buried their beef and protected their bank accounts. The Utah forward was instantly agreeable. DeMar DeRozan and his late-career renaissance with the Chicago Bulls."We've been in this league for way too long now. "OK, man, give it a break," Butler, now a member of the Miami Heat, recalled telling Ingles during their pregame treaty. They never exchanged blows, but Butler and Ingles have traded trash-talking jabs every time their teams have met since, often resulting in double technical fouls and the accompanying four-figure fines. " staring at me like he was bloody about to beat the s- out of me," Ingles recalled. Fortunately for Ingles, his teammate Trevor Booker pulled Butler away. It left Ingles sprawled on the floor with the then- Chicago Bulls forward standing over him. There, Utah Jazz swingman Joe Ingles stood, watched and waited as the All-Star closed in.Īt this point, the quick wits, sharp tongues and competitive fires of both Butler and Ingles had been clashing for years, a powder keg sparked early in Ingles' career when he tried to blow up a screen Butler had set. JIMMY BUTLER INTERRUPTED his pregame warmup and made a beeline toward half court.