Joe Young might’ve had one of my favorite non-crucial story lines for the Indiana Pacers this year (non-Lance Stephenson edition).
Young, who employs full court pressure regardless of the score, mixed it up with noted trash talker Brandon Jennings. Jennings took exception to the weird thing Joe Young was doing (teammates explained to Jennings later that this was called “defense”, and is actually an expected part of basketball), and pushed and jawed his way to both of them getting thrown out of the game. The next time the Pacers and Knicks played, Aaron Brooks got the night off as Young handled the backup point guard minutes — against Brandon Jennings.