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Boston Celtics guard Rajon Rondo stretches with teammates during NBA basketball training camp at Salve Regina University, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013, in Newport, R.I.

(AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Rajon Rondo and Kris Humphries don’t have any beef, at least not anymore, but they are still bound by a shoving match last season when they were opponents – mostly because Boston Celtics teammates won’t let them forget it.

"(Keith) Bogans is always joking about it. I think in the locker room, there's a thing that says Rondo and Hump," Humphries told Celtics.com this week, motioning like the names are side-by-side, "and I think we're tied with who would win in a fight on the vote."

Maybe he miscounted, though. Asked about the voting board on 98.5 The Sports Hub's Toucher and Rich, Rondo laughed and said, "I think I'm up."

Fight again!

Or maybe not, because now it’s just a locker room joke.

“We were going to start a feud on Twitter just to mess around with the fans,” said Rondo. “But Kris is a great guy, I have nothing bad to say about him. That was just a heat of the moment battle – and if somebody did that same thing to Kris during the game, I would do the same thing for him.

“That’s just how I look at the guys in my locker room, I just try to take up for them, not necessarily starting a fight, but just let them know we’re not going to be pushovers. And I thought that situation had to be handled that way. Other than that, I didn’t expect to get suspended or go into the stands. It’s just how it happened. Like I said, in the heat of the moment I’m very competitive and that’s how the game went.”

Added Humphries, “That was really nothing. It’s basketball. If you watch some old NBA games in the 80s man, people are throwing punches and not even getting kicked out of the game. That was nothing, and I’m actually excited to play with a guard that can play up-tempo the whole game, and be really – he’s exciting to watch, and I can’t wait to play with him.”

They might form a nice duo on the court, but they were probably more fun while fighting.

#NeverForget

(Photo credit: Humphries' Twitter)