Pistons coach Stan Van Gundy has never been known to mince words, and he isn't about to start this postseason.
But Van Gundy, who was fined $25,000 by the NBA on Monday for criticizing officials during Detroit's Game 1 loss to Cleveland, couldn't get a rise out of LeBron James after saying the Cavaliers superstar "gets to do what he wants."
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During Tuesday's practice, James calmly downplayed any talk of a beef between the Cavs and Pistons following Van Gundy's comments.
"I think it's a non-issue," James said, via The Associated Press. "He's going to say what he has to say to get an advantage for his team, but at the end of the day, the game is played in between the four lines and that's all that matters.
"Listen, I'm 31 years old, man. I don't get caught up in no shenanigans."
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Pistons rookie Stanley Johnson called out James' physical play, saying he couldn't believe how much he used his physicality to his advantage.
"I understand he's a physical guy, but if he wants to grab me and try to throw me to the floor and you call the foul on me, I just don't understand that," Johnson said. "I've never had a person grab my jersey and try to throw me to the floor and I come up on the wrong end of things like that. That kind of woke me up a little bit. From that point on, it was like, 'It's on.' You want to foul?
"We both can go to the floor next time."
This is shaping up to be one exciting series.