On top of being one of the very best coaches in the NBA, Dallas Mavericks chief Rick Carlisle is a noted ping pong enthusiast. As one would expect, he takes it VERY seriously. Carlisle is totally the type that would insist you call it “table tennis.”
Anyway, Chandler Parsons has claimed that he beat Carlisle in a game of ping pong. When asked by ESPN’s Tim McMahon about it, Carlisle scoffed at the notion:
Major Mavs friction: Chandler Parsons brags that he beat Rick Carlisle in ping pong. Carlisle calls BS. pic.twitter.com/LhYjQOSDzn
— Tim MacMahon (@espn_macmahon) February 3, 2016
Carlisle certainly didn’t mince words, even insinuating that Parsons cheated his way to his lone victory in a best-of-three series over the coach. We may need to add “Ping Pong Tournament” to All Star Saturday Night in order to get to the bottom of this. With the Ping Pong-gate and the Dirk Nowitzki haircut controversy, it sounds like tensions are running high in the Mavs locker room these days. We can only hope that this latest incident doesn’t tear them all apart.
Also, Rick Carlisle having “table tennis brethren” is hilarious and not surprising in the least.