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mad-mo wrote:For those who missed it here's Jennings draft entrance:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLwVq48W5AQ
lmaooooo has to be the best draft entrance in nba history
Plus, Jennings was on a live stream with Joe Budden the other day and when asked about the Knicks passing on him he replied "F*ck the Knicks!, them (explicit) ass (explicit) always going to suck!!"
alivinglegend wrote:Aren't most people here forgetting his entrance was only that "epic" because he was too much of a pussy to show up to the theater and not get picked high enough for his fragile ego to take. I mean honestly the guy epitomizes everything that is wrong with gangster culture, As in:
1) He's arrogant as hell with basically no body of work to back it up.
And
2) He's an attention hog who's willing to say and do whatever to have people look his way.
And the worst part is some of you guys are actually fans of his for acting like it. Maybe I'll just put it down to 12 year old gangsters posting on this board but the fact remains that anyone giving Jennings their respect for ridiculous stunts like this is probably the same type of person who thinks Marbury is a great player because of his stats and that Iverson would help out the Raptors next year.
And that's the end of my rant, sorry if I offended anyone (wasn't intended) I just really hate to see punks like Jennings get respect for being egotistical clowns.
alivinglegend wrote:No that's not what I meant at all, if Jennings was white and acting like this I would have exactly the same critiscism. In my opinion race has nothing to do with gangster culture, case and point are guys like Bogut who I feel the same way about and who are from a completely different background.
“It’s extraordinary to see a young man who is new to Italy respond so quickly and reach out with such a generous donation to make a difference in the lives of so many of those families that are suffering from the devastating earthquake,” NIAF Acting Chairman Jerry Colangelo said.
”After living in Rome this year, my family has found a second home. When I heard about the devastation of the earthquake I knew I had to do something,” Jennings said. “Growing up in Southern California, I am no stranger to earthquakes and after seeing on television and on the internet how many people died and how many families lost everything, I wanted to do my part,” Jennings added.
alivinglegend wrote:And its not possible to be a decent human being AND a gangster? You're the one who keeps saying they're the "lowest members of society" and all of this stuff I never once mentioned and do not believe.
And contrary to what my first post may have made it seem like, my anger isn't really directed toward guys like Jennings I'm sure he put in a lot of hard work to make the league and like you said he did donate money in a disaster situation, my anger is directed toward the people who glorify the questionable actions of celebrities (and yes those things I mentioned about Jennings before do count in my view, though they're VERY minor compared to the acts of other public figures, he was just the topic of this thread.) and respect these celebrities more for them. In the case of Jennings its doing no harm and I was probably overly harsh in my criticism of him, but when it gets to an extreme and people start respecting celebrities for going to prison or glorifying ridiculous things like "no snitching" its not exactly a benefit to society now is it? So to say that its "people like me" (like you have any clue who I am) who are what's wrong with society is completely unfair but I suppose we'll probably just have to disagree.
And yes, to answer your question, I think Rubio is even more arrogant for doing that to Minnesota, at least Jennings was happy to go to the team that drafted him.
