Tony Allen on Steven Adams: 'Somebody gonna probably hit him'

Tony Allen's Memphis Grizzlies were ousted from the playoffs by Steven Adams and the Oklahoma City Thunder in the opening round of the playoffs, and Allen certainly hasn't forgotten about the incident which led to Grizzlies forward Zach Randolph's suspension for Game 7 of that series.

Randolph was controversially suspended for an altercation with Adams late in Game 6 in which he appeared to punch the Thunder big man in the jaw.

Allen spoke with ESPN 92.9's Chris Vernon, and was asked how much he hates Adams on a scale of 1-10.

"Oh, man. I’m almost over that, man," Allen said, via NewsOK. "I’m like 50, I’m like 50 right now. Because that’s one of his tactics. You don’t have to just play. That’s a measly guy. You don’t have the shine to do that, you guys up throwing cheap shots, things of that nature."

The Grizzlies lost to the Thunder by a score of 120-109 in Game 7 of their opening-round series.

"It’ll catch back up with him," Allen said. "Somebody gonna probably hit him and it’s not gonna be a push next time. He better be careful who he doing that stuff to. You know what I mean, it’s for real. If Z-Bo woulda really punched him, he would have been, you know (Vernon: "Out?") exactly. He playing those cheap shot games, it’s gonna catch up with him."