The player’s resistance to therapy left the Charlotte Hornets angry, preventing Kai Jones from participating in training camp
This past Tuesday, 22nd, the pivot Kai Jones revealed his side of the story during his appearance on the Vizion Podcast about what was behind his dismissal from Charlotte Hornets on October 11th of this year, two days after asking to be exchanged for the franchise NBA.
Due to personal problems and problematic activity on social media during the offseason, mistreating his teammates Mark Williams It is Nick Richards In comments and a video sweating excessively speaking nonsense words, among other things, Jones ended up being dismissed by the Hornets before training camp. On the program, the pivot highlighted that the franchise was not concerned with his performance on social media, but with other things, such as his sleep hours.
Kai Jones on why he was released from the Charlotte Hornets:
“I felt bad because my great-grandmother had died.
The team was concerned about my sleep pattern, and suggested therapy. I hesitated, I didn’t want to go, I just wanted to meditate and deal with the situation alone.
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The 22-year-old player revealed that he had lost his great-grandmother during the period in which everything happened and had been going through difficult times, motivating the Hornets to insist that he seek professional help, which was not so well accepted by the pivot. “[Os Hornets] they were [falando coisas] like ‘Kai, man, we told you to be okay, we want you to see a therapist.’ At that time I was stubborn and I was like, ‘Brother, I don’t want to see a therapist, I just want to meditate and clear my head, figure it out my way, you know, use my intuition to figure out my own problems.’ And they followed it up with ‘No, you have to see a therapist.’ I ended up going, but I felt like the therapy wasn’t helping.”Kai stated.
Resistant to therapy, Jones was prevented from participating in training camp, prompting his request for a trade. However, according to the player, Mitch Kupchak, general manager of the franchise, would not have that thought and ended up dismissing the pivot. Selected 19th in the 2021 Draft, by the Charlotte franchise itself, Kai participated discreetly in his two years in the NBA. Through 67 games, he averaged 2.7 points and two rebounds.
Kai Jones feels like he’s misunderstood
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