This report comes from San Francisco Chronicle reporter Susan Slusser. Slusser got the story from two A”s players who insisted on remaining anonymous because they didn’t want to appear to be taking sides.
According to these two players, an equipment company representative spotted an off brand of spikes in Danny Valencia‘s locker. Valencia asserted that he only wore them in warm-ups and not in games. However, Billy Butler refuted that claim and suggested that the shoe rep needed to cancel their contract with Valencia.
Valencia then told Butler:
“Don’t you ever loud-talk me in front of a rep.