Dennis Lindsey, executive vice president of basketball operations at Utah Jazz, on Wednesday denied allegations that he made major comments during a retirement interview for former player Elijah Millsap in 2015.
During the issuance of a series of posts On Wednesday on Twitter about how bragging ‘is still very well present’ and is an issue that needs to be addressed, Millsap claimed that Lindsey ‘made big comments in my retirement interview while talking to Q. Snyder’ I will tell you cut black hole and send you back to Louisiana. ”
In a statement to the Deseret News on the allegation, Lindsey said: “I strongly deny that I made the statement.”
Jazz coach Quin Snyder said Wednesday he could not think of that conversation.
“I can not fathom that Dennis says something like that,” Snyder told reporters after Wednesday’s game.
Millsap averaged 4.2 points and 2.8 rebounds in 67 games during the 2014-’15 and 2015-’16 seasons. He is the younger brother of Paul Millsap, who played his first seven NBA seasons in Utah before leaving for the 2012-13 season.