Lakers’ Rajon Rondo Calls Chris Paul ‘Horrible Teammate,’ Denies Spitting on Him

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Los Angeles Lakers point guard Rajon Rondo was suspended three games by the NBA for spitting and throwing a punch at Houston Rockets point guard Chris Paul during a Saturday night matchup between the teams.

Rondo has continued to maintain he didn’t intentionally spit on Paul, however, as he told ESPN.com:

“I had a mouthpiece in my mouth and I exasperated because I was about to tell him to ‘get the [expletive] out of here.’ Look at my body language [in the video]. My hands on my hips. I turn away for a second. Look at Eric [Gordon] and Melo [Carmelo Anthony] in the video. If they saw me spit, they would have turned their face up or something. They had no reaction.”

Rondo also suggested Paul only receiving a two-game suspension was due to Paul having a “good guy” image around the NBA:

“Of course, the NBA went with his side because I got three games and he got two. Everyone wants to believe Chris Paul is a good guy. They don’t know he’s a horrible teammate. They don’t know how he treats people. Look at what he did last year when he was in LA; trying to get to the Clippers locker room. They don’t want to believe he’s capable of taunting and igniting an incident.”

This article will be updated to provide more information on this story as it becomes available.

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