Cavaliers Player Refusing To Play In Blowout Win Is The Ultimate Power Move

Cavaliers Player Refusing To Play In Blowout Win Is The Ultimate Power Move

Cleveland Cavaliers player Rodney Hood is the man for refusing to enter a blowout victory against th..

Cleveland Cavaliers player Rodney Hood is the man for refusing to enter a blowout victory against the Raptors Tuesday night.

How big of a power move is this? Well, its such a power move that the Cavs decided to not suspend him as of Tuesday afternoon.

Not a great time for former Jazzman Rodney Hood. After being taken out of the rotation he refuses to enter the game pic.twitter.com/EA66GRuMbt

— David Locke (@Lockedonsports) May 8, 2018

Rodney Hood refused to check into Game 4 when Tyronn Lue attempted to sub him in during the fourth quarter. https://t.co/kjwPAyrBVR

— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) May 8, 2018

Heres the thing. Back in the day, I played on a 29-0 state championship ball team, and used to pull this stunt regularly. I was on the team for something to do with my friends. It was really that simple, and I had next to no interest in playing in blowout victories. Why risk getting hurt or anything in the final minutes of a game?

Im here to be on easy street. Now, did I enter the Final Four and championship game? Of course, but thats different. You have no idea how many “injuries” I started feeling when the second half of a lot of games rolled around. I always got a kick out of it.

Sounds like Hood and I were doing it for two different reasons. I was probably doing it because I just didnt really want to play. Hood is doing it because hes pissed at a lack of playing time. Not sure I condone that, but I still find it hilarious that a guy making tons of cash to play ball is refusing to check in. Power moves for days.

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