Court demeanor. As a referee of 18 years, I'm an expert at judging court demeanor. He's a fucking lil' diva the way he treats his opponents and the referees. Look at his interactions with Kanter and Nurkic. I don't need to furnish you a quote or anything. You got google. Do some finger work. And while you're clamoring a Rich Paul client, you can be sure that if he's gonna try and force his way out...
Cool, that's some serious conjecture. As Blazers fans we know very well that court demeanor doesn't tell us shit about who a player is off the court (see Sheed). I've done the "finger work" and there's literally nothing besides the one radio jockey/local newsman from the Bay Area making a blind accusation without citation. He did date Kylie Jenner but deducing anything about who he is from that would just be more wild unsubstantiated conjecture.
Sooo.... you really don't have any real reasons for not wanting Ben. "Expert" got a chuckle out of me, not gonna lie. lol Nurkic is a Rich Paul client. So is our new guy Ben McLemore. So what?
the way you come into threads at such an immediate high temperature, when you tell somebody to do finger work, I'm pretty sure of which finger will be worked
See Sheed??? As someone who knows and has hung out with Rasheed Wallace you don't know WTF you're talking about. That's the MF who hit Boomjte Boomjte in the back with basketball in practice. That's the guy who threw a towel in Sabas face. Blind conjecture? FOH. He's an asshole it's easy to see. Man, you're carrying so much water for this selfish prick... You master your craft at 10K hours right? I have about 9500 hours into refereeing high level basketball. I'm as close an expert at is as you can get. You're comparing Ben McLemore to other Rich Paul Clients like AD and now Simmons who's demanding a trade? Stop...
there are tangible reasons to not want Ben. I disagree with 99% of them because I understand the kind of talent he has, but this dude has yet to bring up a single one. lol @ "court demeanor."
One of the most freeing experiences is not giving a fuck what people who don't know you think about you. You don't know me. Bottom line, folks are overrating a literal headcase who doesn't attempt shots. One who's demanding a trade after losing the playoffs for his team...
It's easy to tell who's a dick or not. The many times I reffereed players like Payton Prichard, he was a class act. With his teammates, opponents, and referees. OJ Mayo, was a fucking dick. Even to his teammates. Malcolm Porter was a flopping whiner who expected every call. Terry told me to T him up. It's not hard...
Soooo Chris Paul isn't a flopping lil Diva? He's not whiny lil' complainer? You can't use court demeanor to determine that?
so your reason for not wanting him has nothing to do with basketball, you've made that clear. i just hope you said all this nonsense about not wanting james harden last year either. just for consistency sake.
Dviss Bringing the heat!! I brought up some reasons to not want him. So did platy. Seems to be ignored by some though…. oh well…
I have my reservations about Simmons as a player in today's league (he'd have been an easy top-five superstar in past eras), but I don't blame him for wanting out of Philadelphia. His coach said he wasn't sure you could win a title with him and his co-star called him out after the playoff loss. They're perfectly entitled to drag him publicly if they want, and he's perfectly entitled not to want to be around people who dog their players/teammates in the media.
forgettem. I posted that earlier. Not the tweet. Just the situation. No comment. No response. they know there have been valid reasons mentioned but refuse to acknowledge them and are stuck on one facet that's been mentioned.
He's several times talked about how he shoots poorly, with the wrong hand, is unwilling to do so in clutch situations, and should be because he's such a poor free throw shooter. Those are all basketball reasons that @dviss1 has listed for why he doesn't want Simmons.
