<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Jazz swingman Matt Harpring, a team captain, pretty much put himself in the shoes of his troubled teammates, and he and several other Jazzmen had some empathy for the two rookies who got themselves into a scrape early Sunday morning in Park City. "Sometimes you go to bars, and it might not be your fault," Harpring said. "Someone tries to push up on you, or do something, just because you're in the NBA." It is a common occurrence, said Harpring, who added it happens to him. "Sure, it happens all the time," he said. "They're trying to get their name in the paper, and it's a way for a player to get sued, so I tend to try to walk away." In this instance, Whaley and Williams gave Park City police aliases rather than their own names ? they were each charged with a Class C misdemeanor on Wednesday ? and Whaley lied to team officials, teammates, the media and the public about how he sustained a six-stitch cut in his hand. "He shouldn't have done that," Harpring said. "Lying is never good. Especially, I think, in this case telling the truth would have been his best alibi: 'Hey, I got in a scuffle, someone did something to me.' " Jazz guard Devin Brown was of the same opinion. "Yeah, my only thoughts about that ? when we're able have days off, you have to be careful the places you go, whether it's restaurants or bars or anything," he said. "You just have to really watch out for yourselves."</div> <div align="center">Source</div>
