The situation with Rip Hamilton, John Keuster and the Detroit Pistons just seems to get a little more twisted each day.
Chris Iott of Mlive.com has posted what apparently happened (or didnโt happen) Saturday night (times are approx.).
6:15 p.m.: John Kuester was asked about the Hamilton situation during his pre-game session with the media. This is exactly how the exchange went:
Reporter: โHave you spoken with Rip since last nightโs game?โ
Kuester: โYou know what? Iโll tell you, weโve made overtures. One of the things thatโs important is, he is somebody thatโs on our team now. And we know that. Weโve reached out to him.โ
Reporter: โIs there a better relationship now?โ
The first word out of Kuesterโs mouth was โno,โ but he quickly switched the scope of his answer to focus on how the team has been searching for a winning combination and how well the current rotation has been working.
7:45 p.m.: I saw a Tweet from a media member that said Kuester had said prior to the game that he had met with Hamilton. Have learned since then that this was erroneous and was simply a misinterpretation of Kuesterโs โweโve reached outโ comment, but I believed it to be true at the time. (This is important later.)
10:20 p.m.: Not knowing that the Tweet was erroneous, after the game I asked Hamilton directly, โDid you meet with Kuester?โ He said no. โReally?โ I asked. He repeated that he had not.
Of course, had I known at the time that the Tweet was erroneous, I would have followed up my original question with another direct and valid question to Hamilton, like, โDid Kuester reach out to you?โ)
Now according to Iott, the only thing that is known about all of this is that Keuster said he โmade overturesโ and โreached outโ to Hamilton. However, Hamilton is saying he never met with Keuster.
No further comment was made after the team practiced on Sunday.
Stay tuned for more on As the Piston Turns
Source: Mlive.com
Keuster reaches out to Rip? Hamilton say's no meeting took place
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