Green Bay Packers supporters, as well as sports enthusiasts from all markets, have been following a recent public feud between Super Bowl-winning wide receiver James Jones and Milwaukee Bucks head coach Doc Rivers’ son, Austin Rivers. Earlier this week, the former NBA lottery pick made headlines on social media by claiming he could take 30 NBA players and place them in the NFL. Furthermore, he claimed that they will be successful as professional footballers.
Furthermore, he claimed that no NFL players would be able to succeed in the NBA. Former NFL players, including future Hall of Famer and Wisconsin Badgers standout JJ Watt, criticized the assertion. Watt said on X, “You don’t have a job in either right now, go head and try it…” Former Packers wide receiver James Jones, who led the NFL with 14 touchdown passes in 2012, reacted strongly to Rivers’ claim. James Jones, a former Green Bay Packers wide receiver, went off on Austin Rivers.
As previously reported last week, Jones used his platform to relay the following message to Rivers. “Number one, show respect for our sport. It is not enough to just sprint and catch the ball before turning around. It’s not enough to just hand over the ball. It takes a lot of dedication to your skill to do what we do on a football field.
“And Austin Rivers, if you stepped into a football field, you would not make it. We know this right now. Because you barely made it to the NBA, and I’m simply keeping a buck. Football is not a simple game, puppy. That’s why many basketball players who have played football have returned to the basketball court because the game is not easy.
“There is a lot that goes into the NFL. And don’t walk into the NFL expecting to catch and turn around. Try it again, homeboy. Do some homework on the NFL, man. Watch football games or whatever you want to catch up on, because 30 NBA players aren’t doing that. Rivers responded by posting on X that he had never heard of Jones and that he was a former lottery pick who spent 11 years in the NBA. He also referred to Jones as a “meat head” and stated that the Super Bowl-winning wide receiver barely made it in the NFL, having only played eight or nine years.
Former Green Bay Packers wide receiver James Jones clapped back at Austin Rivers. Jones responded to Rivers’ message, saying, “Alright, homeboy. Because I am a meathead, I will remain with my homeboy, guy, because we are on TV. I see eleven seasons and seven different teams. Top-10 pick, I envision you averaging nine points each game during your career. Only two rebounds and two assists in your career.
“Do you know what a top-10 choice sounds like to me? In the streets, we call you a ‘bust,’ homeboy. That’s what it sounds like. Now, if my father played in the NBA and I were drafted, I’d most likely be a top-10 pick as well. “But once I was in the league, I would have handled my business. Now I lead the league with touchdowns. I won a Super Bowl in the top league. You did none of that. You don’t have any All-Stars — well, you won’t have them because you had nine points, two assists, two steals, and 65 (%) free throws in a game.
“So, I’m not going to keep going back and forth with you; I’m going to suggest that if you’re 6-4, 200, you should’ve tried football. You might have had a better career, homeboy. Basketball was not your career, based on what I’m reading here. So, I’ll leave it at that.” Jones didn’t mince words, and he wasn’t kidding around. Obviously, he done his research before engaging with Doc Rivers’ son again, which cannot be said for Rivers’ subsequent answer. Austin Rivers responded to former Green Bay Packers wide receiver James Jones in a now-deleted video.
If Jones got a little personal by bringing up stats, one would say Rivers went too far in his answer to Jones, which he put in a video on X. He stated (via Awful Announcing). “James Jones, I saw your comments, and I’m going to make this film as my final response to you, dude. I don’t have time for these pranks with you, man. “You’re an idiot, and I can’t blame you for your thoughts…” “Trying to throw out some clickbait BS such as yourself, I don’t understand where you’re coming from…”
“I’m not even sure who you are, so this is sort of absurd. We’re only here because you were angry when I mentioned that a few NBA players could make the move to the NFL. “So if you’re upset by that, that’s on you; the truth hurts. And then to attempt to come at me personally and say, ‘You could never play in the NFL.’ I never claimed I could.
“And then for you to attempt to bring up my career, which has nothing to do with my statements, is kind of dumb. And it’s even more ridiculous coming from you, given that you were also a role player in your NFL career; nothing supersonic jumps out, for real. “There is a clear distinction between you and me when it comes to numbers, which we both recognize. I don’t want to discuss finances with a person who I out-earned… I believe your entire career earnings were comparable to one year of mine. It’s pointless for us to argue or converse.”
As previously stated, Jones won the Super Bowl and led the NFL in touchdown receptions in 2012. The fact that the Bucks’ head coach’s son brought money into the issue, on the other hand, demonstrates that he lacks credibility. He knows Jones had a more successful professional career than him, but he refuses to admit it.
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