Marcelo Huertas had a rough run with the L.A. Lakers ... and now he's clapping back at his former team and the NBA for how they coddle their superstars.
"In the NBA, players are babies ... everyone is afraid of dealing with the athletes," Huertas told Portuguese hoops blog Bala na Cesta.
"That's not a thing in Europe. If you step over the line, you're punished athletically, financially, you're thrown out, suspended, whatever the hell. That doesn't exist in the NBA. I would see things and say, 'There's no way this is possible.