Fortson Grows Tired of "Tattletale" Tactics Seattle Times With the television cameras rolling, Danny Fortson said all the right things yesterday about his return to the basketball court. The nagging right turf toe still caused him discomfort, but he was managing. The stomach virus that forced him to miss Sunday's game against the Houston Rockets in Laredo, Texas, had passed. He was happy to be playing again and eager to make his preseason debut tonight against the Los Angeles Clippers at KeyArena. Away from the media horde, the much-maligned Sonics power forward challenged critics. Fortson has been the target of criticism from current and former teammates who have grown tired of his on- and off-the-court antics and believe he had exaggerated the severity of his injury. "Come to me as a man," Fortson said. "If you have a problem with me, come say something. Don't go to the newspaper like some little girl. That's something my little daughter does. She's a tattletale right now and I'm trying to teach her not to be a tattletale. "I think somebody on this team might have girlish characteristics that need to be turned into a man. Because if we're going to win, we need warriors. We don't need girls. Girls are for the dance team." Last week, a Sonics player who requested anonymity told The Seattle Times: "At some point in time, we're going to have to figure out if we're going to have two sets of rules on this team. One for Danny and one for everybody else." The comment and a remark from ex-Sonic Antonio Daniels irked Fortson, who questioned if the tight-knit Sonics are as close as many believe. "I pick up the damn paper and I see that and I'm like, which Sonics player [said] that," he said. "I don't care if he's the captain, bench player, high-class, middle-class, lower-class, be a man and quit being a little girl. If you got something to say or if you don't like Danny Fortson, pull Danny Fortson aside and say something. "They're ain't no two sets of rules for Danny Fortson. Danny Fortson has been fined more than probably anybody in this league." Coach Bob Weiss clarified the situation Sunday when it appeared as if Fortson arrived two hours late for practice. He said Fortson informed the team that morning that he was feeling ill and was given permission to skip the workout. Source
I love it. Danny complains that calling a player out in the media is acting like a tattletale, so he then proceeds to compound the situation by not only returning the newspaper callout to the anonymous player instead of doing it behind closed doors, but also calls them a girl . It doesn't get much better than Danny Forston talking about himself in the 3rd person. The bottom line though is that we really need Forston to step it up this year, at least give us some consistency throughout the season. Preseason records don't concern me, but I don't like seeing that we consistently are getting outrebounded - Danny helps alot.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Roland Hood:</div><div class="quote_post">I betcha it was Ray </div> I dunno..maybe Johan is positioning to get fortson out of his way
I think the person dat said this will soon be very upset to find out Danny thinks he is a little girl..This looks bad in my view, itll do nothing but ruin team chemistry. I think Ray may have said it.
