Around the NBA: December to Remember 2018

Im good with deleting my posts, especially if they’re offensive. I honestly shouldve started a thread in OT about this and I apologize to you and the other mods.
Just let me know and I will self moderate
myself.

 

Kurucs had been on my radar for 2+ years prior to this draft and he has been Brooklyn's best player since entering their starting lineup.

 

I'm not going to judge his intent, I just think it falls into that category. Seems similar to me the people that love the"passion" and"spirit" of college basketball, and think it's all team first, but find the nba to be too"one on one". You can try to make that argument on face value, but there's a root to where that's coming from.

 

"Nets found a player in Rodions Kurucs. He leads BK in Net Rating by a wide margin

Nets have outscored their opponents by 53 points in the 322 minutes Rodions Kurucs has played this season.

Nets have been outscored by 36 points in 709 minutes Allen Crabbe has played this season."

 

And if Cuban had an actual issue, he could blame the coaches. The sponsors. The money pouring in to AAU. The manipulation of children. The use and abuse. Can bash the NCAA for being a shit show. Could put all the blame where it belongs, on the higher ups, and the(generally white) people in actual power. Instead he comments on the taunting and mix tapes. Get the fuck out of here.

 

Wow..So as a white person I have an obligation to "right my ancestors wrongs"? Get the fuck outta here

 

I'd say we absolutely do. It's not reparations. It's not 40 acres and a mule. It's righting a wrong. It's equality. It's recognizing privilege. It's breaking down the system. It's breaking down barriers. It's destroying the institution of racism.

 

I like to think I'm doing that just by the way I treat people. But I'm not doing it out of some obligation I owe to anyone..I just think it's the right thing to do

 

I didnt know taunting was a racially exclusive act. I didnt know making mixtapes was either. I think that's just speaking to the attitude of any kid.

 

No one should be blamed for being born the way they are. I'm white and I treat everyone equally. That's all I can control. I don't owe anything to anybody

 

That’s the point D. He’d finally get his percentage up if he shot his threes this way.

 

Russ just don’t give a shit!!!

 

I'm not really impressed with that list at all from Portland but wow was that a good find. Nicely done my friend.

 

Danny Ainge is one i totally forgot about. Him and AC Green. Do you remember Mel Counts? I think he got a couple championships?

 

Oh boy.... Here we go. Did you really just say that? You are the one that needs to "Just Stop!" Hope you enjoy your day.

 

Luka has a good chance to be the best of both groups.

 

Might be already? Course it would take time to cement it. Needs a couple chips.

 

I don't really care about the racism that happens in Indochina (I do of course but that isn't effecting me, nor can I do much to make change in their country)...
I care about the racism effecting me. Bringing up what happens in other countries doesn't interest me as much.
I'm worried about AMERICAN racism.

That said, to this day the average white american citizen still benefits from Slavery and Jim Crow. And since these institutions are still ingrained and supported, most don't really even know how they continue to benefit.

 

You can have an opinion, you just truly can't have an informed one.

Dog whistle calls like Cuban's comment happen everyday on purpose. Cuban's comments are a symptom of a much bigger problem.
A problem that continues to be propagated by folks who can't seem to latch on to how racist our country is, and how people say racially biased things without even thinking or knowing.