No not really. Upmost means uppermost and it can be used in a variety of ways including the way he used it.
He could have said it in modern english: Was the utmost disrespect Was mos def disrespect yo Was totally dissing me man Was hella disrespecting me dude
Disrespect the game and other players, sore losers, cheap shot artists, crybaby floppers (my name is dirk nowitski in flop-anese) , chicken, fake tough guy, fake hustle douchebags. In one game? I remember in high school the teams D tackle sat next to me in history. A snake of a person stole his wallet out of his back pack, wouldn't give it back while we all sat waiting for it to be returned (hi, did you think a DT couldn't block a door?)...slid it across the floor because he was too chicken to give it back, dropped a flagrant n bomb on him for rightfully accusing him of stealing...CHALLENGED the guy to a fight after school, which basically the whole school showed up for because we wanted to see the justice...and then ran when he saw his fate looming. That's what this game reminded me of. That snake in the grass kid who wouldn't take the ass kicking he requested.
It was implied by the Bill and Bull that Dallas was playing a bit rougher than normal. Apparently, trash talking up another level as well...
The mavs were mad by the end of second quarter since they were being blown out and swept by the Rockets, that's why the trash talking started to heat up and it got worse in the third when it clearly looked like blowing the **** out of them. That's why Carlisle didn't play Dirk and bogut at all in the second half and stuck with mathew and Deron along with the bench.
In Eric Gordon's quick post-game interview, he was throwing some heat at the Mavs. It's been long enough that I don't remember his exact words, but it was something like "they can't win so they're trying to talk their way into a win and that's not how it works." I laughed - he's usually pretty low-key so it seemed out of character. This explains it.
From ESPN.COM " Tim MacMahon ESPN Staff Writer James Harden after the Rockets routed the Mavs: "That other team was trippin' tonight, just upmost disrespectful, unprofessional, players and coaches. I don't know what was their problem, but I think that got us going. They wanted to throw a little cheap shot and just woke us up a little bit and it was over from there.
He was on point though. It wasn't even basketball anymore. It was the refs managing Mavs hurt feelings. Tell me the refs wouldn't have ended that game after 3 quarters if they could. Hell, I'm honestly surprised they honored carlisles timeouts at the end.
Interesting that Bev went off on Carlisle and James called their coaches unprofessional. The player stuff you kinda expect, but I'd love to know what happened w/ the coaching staff.
If Harden said this, the league office can take to the bank. Dude is like one of the coolest players that I have ever seen, given the level of pushing and shoving he absorbs.
