If anyone on the Spurs could confidently address the intentions of Spurs center Jakob Poeltl, it’s DeMar DeRozan.
DeRozan, who was traded to the Spurs along with Poeltl this past offseason in the blockbuster Kawhi Leonard deal, defended his teammate against questions of dirty play ahead of Saturday night’s Game 7 against the Denver Nuggets.
“Jakob is not a dirty player,” DeRozan said. “Anybody that thinks Jakob is a dirty player, they have a dirty mind.”
Poeltl caught Nuggets point guard Jamal Murray with a knee to the thigh early in the second half of Game 6.