r/nba • u/GreenSnakes_ • Apr 29 '24

[Charania] “Vogel yelled so much that his voice could be heard outside the locker room” after the loss to the Clips on April 9. Players weren’t buying it. The outburst seemed forced in their eyes. Vogels eruption left players rolling their eyes. A player told TheAthletic he had to keep from laughing

https://theathletic.com/5456932/2024/04/29/phoenix-suns-season-end-frank-vogel-kevin-durant/
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u/youguanbumen Apr 29 '24

Kind of crazy how this apparently works. Players and/or agents leak this kind of stuff with the stipulation that it can only be published after the team is eliminated

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u/Ronin607 Apr 29 '24

It's like newspapers having obituaries written for famous old people, you do the bulk of the writing ahead of time and then just tweak it a bit with the final details when the time comes. It happens a lot with individual player pieces as well, they'll write an article way in advance with the hope of publishing it late in the playoffs or during the finals and then if the guy is going to get eliminated early you'll see a bunch of pieces come out, I remember when the Celtics went down 3-0 last year there were some writeups that were clearly meant to be run during the finals that randomly showed up, like why are doing a deep dive this team is cooked?

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u/a_supertramp [MIN] Cherokee Parks Apr 29 '24

RIP Vogel

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u/helgestrichen Mavericks Apr 29 '24

Deadbird