<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Why does everybody hate J.J. Redick so much? Is it because he's good and knows it? Or is it because he's a hot dog who's been known to do the shimmy after burying a 3? Or is it that he's a cocky kid who once hit a shot in college and asked the opposing fans sitting in the front row, "Man, am I good or what?" Or is it because he played college ball at hoity-toity, high-and-mighty Duke, the stuck-up private school of the privileged and powerful? Or maybe Grant Hill, struggling and searching for an explanation as to why his Magic teammate and fellow Duke alumnus is the most hated college basketball player in history, stumbled upon the real reason for Redick's infamy. "Maybe," Hill said of the Magic's No. 1 draft pick, "it's because he's white." Voila! Leave it to a Duke grad to have the insight and intellectual honesty to unearth one of the great mysteries of modern-day basketball: The Plight of the White. In a sport where about 80 percent of NBA players and 60 percent of college players are black, it's become accepted practice to hate the white guy. Think of the most despised players in recent basketball history, and chances are it'll be someone of the Caucasian persuasion. The most hated NBA player of the past 20 years is undoubtedly former Detroit Pistons white center Bill Laimbeer, the elbow-throwing, foul-feigning flopper whom his own fans nicknamed "His Heinous." Some might argue that Dennis Rodman was more hated, but I disagree. Rodman was an amusing freak show; Laimbeer was an appalling bad guy. By most accounts, the two most-despised college players of the past 20 years are Duke's fair-skinned antiheroes -- Redick and Christian Laettner. Cracks Hill, who was Laettner's college teammate, "It wasn't just the opposing fans that hated Laettner, we hated him, too." Locally, too, there's nothing that incites like the sight of white. Since the University of Florida basketball program emerged into the national limelight a decade ago, two white players -- fiery point guard Teddy Dupay and floppy-haired shooting guard Matt Walsh -- clearly have been the most universally disdained by opposing fans. At Florida State, former white star Bob Sura was singled out for fan ridicule and resentment more than any other Seminole I can remember. Sura was so reviled, a former UF assistant coach shoved him after Sura dove for a loose ball and landed on the Gators' bench.</div> Source
Thanks for the article shape, but I definetely don't hate him because he's white. I hate him because he can do one thing, score, despite the Magic not really needing a scorer and us needing more of a defensive guy/playmaker at SG, which is what Ronnie Brewer will be.
I thought that was a very poorly written article. Personally, I hate when people play the race card, and this guy didn't even play it properly. He lists a bunch of legitimate reasons why people hate him and then brings up his race. Instead of giving an argument behind it, he just lists previously hated white players, as if that's all the proof he needed. Anybody can play that game though. What about Ron Artest? Bruce Bowen? Kobe Bryant? And conversely, there are the white players that everyone likes. Dirk Nowitzki? Mike Bibby? Steve Nash? There's always a specific reason for the hate. In Redick's case, I think college fans disliked him for his arrogance, the school he played for, and the fact that he was just that good. NBA fans seem to dislike him, because he's been overrated by the media and they're skeptical about how he'll translate to the pros.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting GatorsowntheNCAA:</div><div class="quote_post">Thanks for the article shape, but I definetely don't hate him because he's white. I hate him because he can do one thing, score, despite the Magic not really needing a scorer and us needing more of a defensive guy/playmaker at SG, which is what Ronnie Brewer will be.</div> I don't know, with Redick out there defenses are going to be reluctant to leave him to double team Howard or Darko in the post.
i use to hate him...until we drafted him and i understood the reasoning behind picking him...but it wasn't cause hes white, im white too
<div class="quote_poster">shapecity Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">I don't know, with Redick out there defenses are going to be reluctant to leave him to double team Howard or Darko in the post.</div> He will be a good threat on offense, but Ronnie Brewer can hit 3's too and my big thing is HE CAN WIN GAMES WITHOUT SCORING. JJ just flat out can't. He needs to hit shots to be effective. If Ronnie isn't hitting shots he will just lock down on defense or be a playmaker and create and give wide open looks to everyone. Ronnie Brewer basically single handedly beat the Gators last year and he didn't put up that many points. Brewers points are very timely, but he locked down on D to stop Corey Brewer. I see Brewer as being a better version of Deshawn, which is what we need at SG. He will be just as good on defense, but a more reliable person who can give Dwight/Darko the ball in good spots, plus he is way more versatile then JJ. Again I hope JJ proves me wrong, but I just can't see him anywhere close to the overall impact that Ronnie Brewer will bring to the Jazz.
<div class="quote_poster">GatorsowntheNCAA Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">He will be a good threat on offense, but Ronnie Brewer can hit 3's too and my big thing is HE CAN WIN GAMES WITHOUT SCORING. JJ just flat out can't. He needs to hit shots to be effective. If Ronnie isn't hitting shots he will just lock down on defense or be a playmaker and create and give wide open looks to everyone. Ronnie Brewer basically single handedly beat the Gators last year and he didn't put up that many points. Brewers points are very timely, but he locked down on D to stop Corey Brewer. I see Brewer as being a better version of Deshawn, which is what we need at SG. He will be just as good on defense, but a more reliable person who can give Dwight/Darko the ball in good spots, plus he is way more versatile then JJ. Again I hope JJ proves me wrong, but I just can't see him anywhere close to the overall impact that Ronnie Brewer will bring to the Jazz.</div> You basically just described Keith Bogans. Now that we signed Bogans, I'm not against the Redick pick as much. As long as Redick can stay healthy throughout his career, I have no problem with him.
<div class="quote_poster">Swish15 Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">You basically just described Keith Bogans. Now that we signed Bogans, I'm not against the Redick pick as much. As long as Redick can stay healthy throughout his career, I have no problem with him.</div> Not really. Brewer would actually be an offensive weapon. Bogans will just be relied on to finish the fast break and hit wide open 3's. Brewer can actually set up the offense and his strength is taking it to the rim and dishing it out to give better looks for his teammates. He made basically a weak Arkansas team into a NCAA tourney team. They basically just had Hill at C who blocked a couple of shots a game and Modica who was good and Brewer. That was it. Ferguson was alright too. Bogans will be strictly defense and wide open 3 balls. Brewer would be defense and helping to set up the offense. They both are defensive minded that is about it.
I would have actually liked Rodney Carney. The man is a freak of nature and would have helped a lot. Didn't we draft Travis Diener? What's the difference between Travis Diener and JJ Redick? Well, JJ did go to Duke. But what else? They both can't defend. They both CAN shoot 3s. They both aren't good ball-handlers. I don't understand the reasoning for drafting JJ. I'm hispanic but I don't like him because he's white. I don't like him because he can't do anything but shoot. That's it.
