Column in today's SF Chronicle reported Morant is being enabled in bad behavior by those around him including parents and friends. Suggested he look for guidance to Lebron, Dame and Steph Curry.
I love watching Ja! He’s only 23, I was a knucklehead at 23 but nowhere near as skilled, rich or hard working. Hope Ja figures is out cause he is so dynamic. But so was Kemp.
Colorado isn't charging him for waving the gun at the club. Having a gun illegally on a plane is probably a federal crime though? Doesn't matter, he'll be back before the playoffs.
I wouldn't go that far but I doubt they are going to press charges. Most he will get is an extended suspension.
It wouldn’t be that hard to prove it’s his gun, I would assume, since one would assume it’s registered?
Do you see a serial number on it in the video or something? It would take a lot to prove that the gun was transported on the plane. I sincerely doubt that the government has the proof to pull off an indictment, let alone a conviction.
"We have to stop putting ourselves in positions to where they can take away what we've worked so hard to get." I know this is only a 3 minute clip, so it's a bit hard to determine context, but who is the "We" and the "They" that Shaq is referring to in this quote?
Man this guy. Here is another incident that is coming out from last fall. https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/ot...31&cvid=e3c5655aa3ed47b098298368582ea6e9&ei=5
I’m assuming the “they” is the league/owners. Given that the money from fines goes to charity, I’m not sure Shaq’s comment makes a lot of sense.
Yeah it seemed like he was talking about stereotypical we and they in the context in which he was talking.
I think people are overthinking this. Is that too an overthink? Lol anyhow. I think he means “we” is his era of basketball that turned the nba around and “they” are the young spoiled youth of todays nba.
Interesting. I haven’t been following the story too closely. Is there any racial overtones involved? Or was this just a stupid move by an NBA player? Would Shaq have responded/commented the same if Morant was white?
Honestly, I think @Cugel is pretty much on the money here. I admit I may be giving Shaq too much credit, but I think he's talking about the broader societal context, independent of NBA players. Definitely feels to me like the "we" is the black community as a whole, and the "they" is anyone who has historically referred to young black men as "thugs", anyone who has denigrated hip-hop culture, anyone who has perpetuated the "blacks are violent" stereotype. What has his community worked so hard to get? Respect, legitimacy, equality, acceptance in the (white) mainstream. Incidents like these that feed into the unfortunate stereotypes give ammunition to those who seek to demean and delegitimize the black community.
