{"id":407721,"date":"2022-09-29T00:23:58","date_gmt":"2022-09-29T00:23:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/?p=407721"},"modified":"2022-09-29T00:23:58","modified_gmt":"2022-09-29T00:23:58","slug":"awkward-drama-between-deandre-ayton-monty-williams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/awkward-drama-between-deandre-ayton-monty-williams\/","title":{"rendered":"Awkward Drama Between Deandre Ayton &#038; Monty Williams"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Speaking his mind has never been an issue for Deandre Ayton.\u00a0The Phoenix Suns centre claimed he and head coach <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.co.in\/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=web&amp;cd=&amp;cad=rja&amp;uact=8&amp;ved=2ahUKEwj4manw8Lb6AhWkR2wGHfU-AdwQmhN6BAguEAI&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FMonty_Williams&amp;usg=AOvVaw2gOG1cHJ53nbzTlK3S1K5P\">Monty Williams<\/a> haven&#8217;t spoken since Phoenix&#8217;s loss to Dallas in Game 7 of the Western Conference playoffs at Footprint Center on the first day of training camp on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Nnj--SJMelI\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Coach Monty Williams &amp;\u00a0Deandre Ayton Not On Speaking Terms?<\/h2>\n<p>Right now, Deandre Ayton seems to be channelling Eric Bledsoe.<\/p>\n<p>Ayton was questioned about how it felt when the Suns equalled the four-year, $133 million offer sheet he negotiated with the Pacers in the offseason following his presence at Phoenix&#8217;s Media Day.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Deandre Ayton said he and Monty Williams haven&#39;t spoken since Game 7 of Suns-Mavs series. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Suns?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Suns<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rdVJll9LYn\">pic.twitter.com\/rdVJll9LYn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Duane Rankin (@DuaneRankin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DuaneRankin\/status\/1574857434580910080?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 27, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;I was content. I suppose it was all finished<\/em>.&#8221; He responded &#8220;yup&#8221; when asked whether that was it.<\/p>\n<p>After being questioned about how he and Suns head coach Monty Williams were able to move on from the team&#8217;s Game 7 defeat to the Mavericks, in which Ayton played only 17 minutes, Ayton was back in the news 24 hours later. Ayton didn&#8217;t provide the most persuasive response when asked if he was happy to still be in Phoenix, claiming that he hasn&#8217;t spoken to Williams &#8220;at all&#8221; since the game.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, he replied,<em> &#8220;I&#8217;m Ok.\u00a0But he also mentioned concentrating on basketball.<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Deandre Ayton said he and Monty Williams have not spoken about their sideline incident in Game 7: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Z9rHYHr5yX\">pic.twitter.com\/Z9rHYHr5yX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Gerald Bourguet (@GeraldBourguet) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GeraldBourguet\/status\/1574855899377635328?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 27, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>At the team&#8217;s practice facility, Ayton stated, &#8220;<em>I haven&#8217;t spoken to Monty. &#8220;I&#8217;ve had no communication with him. since the contest.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Deandre Ayton responded, &#8220;<em>I&#8217;m here,<\/em>&#8221; when asked whether he hopes that will change soon.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;When I&#8217;m between those lines, I&#8217;m here to\u00a0work<\/em>,&#8221; Ayton said. <em>&#8220;I&#8217;m not playing for myself. I have an organization across my chest and a name on my back I have to represent. I&#8217;m just here to work.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Ayton later added, &#8220;I just haven&#8217;t spoken\u00a0to the man. A disagreement? I don&#8217;t know anything about that.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&quot;I haven&#39;t talked to a lot of guys.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Monty Williams addressing Deandre Ayton saying the two haven&#39;t talked since Game 7. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Suns?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Suns<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hDSFVuRAiK\">pic.twitter.com\/hDSFVuRAiK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Duane Rankin (@DuaneRankin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DuaneRankin\/status\/1574867349525606400?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 27, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>About ten minutes later, Williams had his post-practice interview, during which he was asked whether he and Ayton should speak one-on-one soon.<\/p>\n<p>Williams responded, &#8220;I think there are moments for that. &#8220;I believe that 1-on-1 conversations between guys who I have known for a while are always necessary. Some players require it, while others do not. In the course of the season, I&#8217;ll mention it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Williams believes that if he and Ayton don&#8217;t talk, this won&#8217;t persist.<\/p>\n<p>Williams, the NBA Coach of the Year for 2021\u201322, responded, &#8220;No, not at all. &#8220;I&#8217;ll converse with everyone as I normally do at camp. There won&#8217;t even be a problem.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YM_Dqylj-ek\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>FOR MORE NBA UPDATES-\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/nba\/schedule\">NBA SCHEDULE\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/nba\/odds\">NBA ODDS<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Speaking his mind has never been an issue for Deandre Ayton.\u00a0The Phoenix Suns centre claimed he and head coach Monty Williams haven&#8217;t spoken since Phoenix&#8217;s loss to Dallas in Game 7 of the Western Conference playoffs at Footprint Center on the first day of training camp on Tuesday. Coach Monty Williams &amp;\u00a0Deandre Ayton Not On [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":393538,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51,93],"tags":[509,1442,2553,1940],"class_list":["post-407721","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","category-phoenix-suns","tag-deandre-ayton","tag-monty-williams","tag-nba-2022","tag-nba-updates"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/407721","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=407721"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/407721\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/393538"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=407721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=407721"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=407721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}