1.   He also took thinly veiled shots at the chaotic nature of the offense, how Nelson radically changes plays and sets.

2.   He took only veiled shots at the Suns, as if he had already used up his vitriol.

3.   The J. Lo tune sounds like a thinly veiled shot at the rap impresario, who still gushes over her in interviews although they announced their breakup last winter.

4.   They have argued on the team plane and taken veiled shots at each other in print.