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Julius Hodge has responded to the blog from his former teammate while with the Adelaide 36ers, Brad Davidson, that labelled Hodge as “Self centred and deluded” and branded “The worst teammate I’d ever had on my team,” by Davidson on his website.

Less than 45 minutes after the Melbourne Tigers dropped their fourth consecutive game, and surprisingly lost for the second time with Hodge in uniform, I caught up with the flashy import to get his thoughts on the blog that had rocked the world in the past few days.

I asked Julius if he had read the blog that Brad Davidson had posted, and Hodge responded that he had, “Heard about it but not read it.”

Not to worry, I just happened to have a copy of it in my back pocket.

Julius read through the harsh words of Davidson, who amongst other things, questioned whether Hodge had given “everything” during his second stint in Adelaide last season and closed off with, “I think it’s sad that Julius is back.”

Hodge read through the blog in a very calm manner, and after a few minutes was done reading from start to finish.

His thoughts on the blog began with Hodge saying, “I think people fail to realize there are worse things going on in the world.

“Really it’s,” paused Hodge, “Wow.”

Hodge continued, “It’s just, worse things are going on out there for me to be bad mouthing Brad Davidson. If that’s what he feels like he has to do and bad mouth me, that’s his opinion. I would like to see him say it to my face. I know that wouldn’t happen. I guess that’s some people’s style, you’re never going to hear me bad mouth anybody. If I have anything bad to say about anybody, I’ll say it to their face.”

Taking the high road and not attempting to have a battle through the media, Hodge remained calm, but I needed to know if what Davidson's blogged had “hurt” the newest addition to the Tigers roster.

“No, it doesn’t hurt at all,” explained Hodge, “If Brad has a blog and he mentions the name ‘Julius Hodge’ people are going to read it and pay attention to it. Now if it’s just Brad talking about Brad, no one is going to pay attention. So I understand it from a marketing standpoint, maybe he wants to be a radio personality or basketball commentator, so maybe that would be a good route for him. I wish the best for him and the 36ers.”

But Julius, you were compared to Anna Kournikova!!

Pulling out that trademark grin, Hodge answered, “She’s very beautiful and I would like to give a thanks to Brad cause he did know that by far I am the most handsome teammate he’s ever had. So, cheers mate.”

Julius Hodge and the Melbourne Tigers venture to Adelaide on December 5^th for a battle with the 36ers that is sure to be the biggest regular season game of the season.

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written by dragon1000, December 23, 2009

AGAIN , MR HODGE , ALL ABOUT YOU . WHEN WILL YOU LEARN .

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