https://uproxx.com/dimemag/nba-wine-cj-mccollum-josh-hart-interview/ CJ McCollum Turns Passion Into Purpose With Wine (BlazersEdge title) “There’s so many things that you have to go through to learn about wine,” he continues, “For me, I’ll never learn everything and I’m comfortable with that but I’ll continue to try and expose myself to different avenues of wine to educate myself. To have those long days at the vineyard where I’m in the cage drinking wine and learning more about things, speaking to the people who love wine even more than I do.” If only CJ would apply that much passion and interest into creating for teammates, making them better, passing, and playing defense.
I’ve never understood why some people think that professional athletes can’t have outside interests like the rest of us. How is CJ going to work on his passing? Demand the entire team practice even more than the already do together? Just seems like an unfair criticism to expect players to have zero outside interests that allow their minds and bodies to recover from playing their sports.
I agree with what you're saying but I don't know that the OP was really criticizing CJ for having so much passion about his wine but that the poster wished he had passion like that for sharing the ball and defending. At least that's how I read it. Players should be smart like Dame, LeBron, CJ and so many others finding other things in life that they love besides just the game. I think it actually makes them more well rounded people and thus better at basketball in a lot of ways. Oh and CJ doesn't have to "work" on his passing as in training to pass better... the guy just needs to pass the fucking ball when that's the right play to make. He has plenty of skill as a passer, he's just not willing.
Stupid comment TBpup. CJ is a great player, no he isn't perfect, but its cool he is excelling at other interests. Your standards are ludicrous.
Exactly. CJ and Dame may be at the point where additional practice would hurt. Humans aren't robots that can work on one activity 24/7
My goodness.....for both this and @WesleyMatthews. Where is there ANYWHERE in the OP anything about them not being able to have outside interests. @blazerkor got it. Feel free to inject things in there that I didn't come close to saying if that is what you need.....but I didn't say anything of the sort. Guess this is where #FakeNews comes from.
dude, he’s not THAT involved in the winemaking. I know in general how these kinds of arrangements work because I’m directly involved in handling several of such arrangements and because I’m friends with folks involved in this specific arrangements. I’m have no doubt there’s a bit of sarcasm/facetiousness in the comment, but just sayin’. and @Orion Bailey, CJ can’t afford me (just like he can’t play D).
Seriously....where is anything I said about his interest in wine or any arrangment? My goodness, so much being injected into one simple sentence that is such a reach.
Lol I saw the thread and I thought...the OP misspelled Whiner, I have to fix this, then came in and saw it was actually about wine.
That's the way that I read it as well. To me, it just felt really unnecessary to be said, especially coming from someone who questions why he or others are labeled as CJ "haters". A thread about his wine passion doesn't ALSO have to be critical of his basketball skills. That's not keeping it real, or being unbiased, or showing both sides. It's just "hating", small throwaway comment as it is.
I guess is someone wants to pick and chose, reach, infer incorrectly...no problem. Just earlier today posted about what a gifted scorer CJ is. But likely someone in their infinite wisdom will turn that into hate as well. I've posted that I think CJ could possibly be an all-star if he had his own team....more hate I'm sure. Posted about his ability to create, his handle....but likely even more hate? Then again, it's become sadly too much the norm.
I'm not picking, choosing, or inferring anything. I'm simply saying that starting a thread about CJ's interest in wine, but taking a quick potshot at him is why you're likely to get labeled as such. Right, wrong, I dunno. Just is what it is.
....as is the desire he worked a little more on his passing, defense, creating for teammates and making them better. He certainly has the skills. He can do whatever he wants with wine.....in Oregon, that is not even a big deal because so many people are involved in the industry. Just what it is.
I wish he was a ton better as well. All of us do. I wish he averaged 7 assists a game, and played lock down defense. All of us do. If I start a thread to discuss his interest in wine, I'm not going to mention basketball. Unless I wanna take pot shots at him. You can bring up positive things you say about him, but they're irrelevant if in any other mention of him it has to be met with some negative. Again, thats where the label is gonna come from. Don't cry about being called a hater if a topic unrelated to basketball still makes you find a way to take shots at him.
If it wasn't about basketball, I would have put it in the OT section. And if one can't list both positives and negatives.....and somehow that lands you in the hater category or somehow it makes the statement "irrelevant', then reality takes a complete vacation. But likely that will garner much more reaches of things I didn't post based on history.
You posted an article about his interest in wine. What does that have to do with his passing and defense?
