The feud between Washington Wizards point guard John Wall and former teammate Marcin Gortat is one that was reportedly overblown during last season.

Shortly after Gortat was traded to the LA Clippers back in June, ESPN's Stephen A. Smith delved in depth on the issue during his radio show, detailing what went on between the All-Star guard and The Polish Hammer.

“My sources tell me, obviously earlier in the year, Gortat had a real big-time issue with John Wall as teammates with the Washington Wizards. Scott Brooks constantly allowing folks to switch all the time instead of manning up and forcing them to guard folks, because Scott Brooks is known for not liking confrontation, basically took heat off individual players by allowing switches to take place every second. As a result, because John Wall wasn’t considered somebody too eager to guard anybody, Gortat found himself in the precarious situations of having to guard guards – quicker, smaller players. He’s older, clearly devoid of the lateral movement that will enable him to guard guys, was lamenting the fact that he was put in bad situations by John Wall’s lack of defense, said so in a team meeting. John Wall turned around and M.F.ed him to death. From that moment forward, Gortat wanted out of Washington. Didn’t want to play in Washington any longer. Didn’t want to play with John Wall any longer and that situation fell apart.”

A source close to the situation in Washington reached out to Ben Standig of The Sports Capitol to shut down Smith’s dramatic cursed-out claims.

“It’s all made up,” the source said. “Nobody from the locker room speaks to Stephen A. Smith. Not fans, especially Gortat. Even though Gortat and Wall haven’t been great friends, they never had that kind of situation at the meeting. After the trade, everybody moved on – and then this story came out. It’s just made up.”

Wall's season was a rather frustrating one, setting career highs in 3-point percentage (37.1), free-throw shooting (72.6 percent) and blocks per game (1.1), while falling off in every other category after putting up career-best numbers in scoring, assists, steals, and free-throw shooting. He only played in 41 games due to knee problems.

Gortat had perhaps the worst season in a Wizards jersey, which could be pointed to an aging 34-year-old body, but also a lack of a defined role in the starting lineup with Otto Porter Jr. becoming such an integral piece in the rotation. Gortat suddenly saw a mere 6.8 shot attempts per game, and not many of those spoon-fed baskets from Wall — as he attempted the least amount of shots since his days in Orlando.

The truth unsurprisingly might lie somewhere in the middle. While they may not have quite been MF-ing each other, there were clearly still issues there.

Wall has been known to hold grudges in the past, so it wouldn't be surprising if Gortat had at some point become the cause of his utter frustration, in addition to his injury problems.