Official Anthony Edwards Thread

[BlacJacMac]

They are bondage harnesses not halter tops. How much they are wearing is not the point.

And if you want to jump to ANT saying what he did not because what they were wearing and just because they are gay that is on you. Maybe you are right, maybe you are wrong. I won't do that without a pattern of behavior, I just won't.

If what they are wearing is not the point, how come it offends you so much?

I'm jumping on Ant for making the IG post. What triggered him shouldn't matter.

I never said what they were wearing is not the point, I have said the opposite multiple times.

so...

What triggered him is the only thing that matters in that it is how you gauge if it is appropriate and proportionate.

What he posted is absolutely not appropriate. I don't even see how it could be argued any other way.

Dude made a mistake, but its magnified because he has a platform and a ton of influence.

The real question now is does he grow from this and lead (and really all he would need to do is ask for help from people on his sister team) or does he let a canned apology bury it and do nothing to counter the cycle?

[babyjax13]

Def. not worthy of talking about more, I just want to say that they are normal crop tops, you are watching the wrong thing if you think those are harnesses, lmao

[Folklore]

What he posted is absolutely not appropriate. I don't even see how it could be argued any other way.

Dude made a mistake, but its magnified because he has a platform and a ton of influence.

The real question now is does he grow from this and lead (and really all he would need to do is ask for help from people on his sister team) or does he let a canned apology bury it and do nothing to counter the cycle?

I agree. But growing from this won't happen because it stems from values.

Maybe I shouldn't say but I will because its reality.

I'm someone who doesn't agree with the "lifestyle" but I in no way, wish for anyone to have less rights as anyone else or to be hurt like anyone else. I think the majority of people feel like "hey it's your life live it the way you want to" nobody wants to actively hunt people down because of their orientation unless they're lunatics.
Did any of those guys come out as gay? Or is it that those in that "community" can get away with being way over sexualized in public so we all feel it's safe to assume they are? if so that's a stereotype

What Ant said I would have said about women, men, gay, whatever because I personally hate seeing sexualized people in public. I would have thought (WTF are these MF wearing?? do that sht in private.... what is the world coming to) because growing up down south with his grandma I can bet that he has God fearing ways in him. like most who go to church, being okay with dressing like that in public is a sign of the world going to sin because it's looked at as obscene because children can be around and just watching it as an adult makes a LOT of people uncomfortable.

By the way did any of those guys come out as gay? Or is it that those in that "community" can get away with being way over sexualized in public so we all feel it's safe to assume they are? If so that's a stereotype.

Hopefully he gets an actual adult around him because I bet that's his much older gf who's laughing in the clip. She'll be the end of him. like Towns I pay attention to off court things and a player's personality. She seems like his new mother figure unfortunately for him. But hopefully he can now focus on his training and faster decision making .. before the season.



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[WolfAddict]

What was so inappropriate about what they were wearing though? Jeans, no shirts and sports type bras is all I can see... It's not like they were standing there with their tackle out waving it around like a flag or anything...

I mean ****, I get around in summer here in Aus with no shirt on a lot. Shorts and thongs (flip flops) is all I wear in summer.

It wasn't inappropriate. They were out in public, not bothering anyone, and wearing what they like. Ant was condemning them.

It is a fetishized outfit. If you don't take offense to sexualized attire in PUBLIC no less you have to understand some of us only want to be subjected to sex by choice. These men removed that choice and by their actions regardless of intent didn't consider others, not really a crime, but not behavior you need to spare their feelings and with hold criticism either as that is exactly the respect they afforded others after all. If ANT can't criticize, it saying his feelings don't matter while others do, on two fronts, both the ability to offend and immunity from critique when concurrently ANT gets neither.

Fetishized..? I mean really?

Fair enough if they had the leather and chains on mate, but they were wearing jeans and no shirts... Hardly what I'd call "fetishized"

FWIW, I don't want Ant to be dragged over the coals for this mistake, just marvelling at the mental gymnastics required for thinking what they were wearing was some kind of travesty.

[Folklore]

It wasn't inappropriate. They were out in public, not bothering anyone, and wearing what they like. Ant was condemning them.

It is a fetishized outfit. If you don't take offense to sexualized attire in PUBLIC no less you have to understand some of us only want to be subjected to sex by choice. These men removed that choice and by their actions regardless of intent didn't consider others, not really a crime, but not behavior you need to spare their feelings and with hold criticism either as that is exactly the respect they afforded others after all. If ANT can't criticize, it saying his feelings don't matter while others do, on two fronts, both the ability to offend and immunity from critique when concurrently ANT gets neither.

Fetishized..? I mean really?

Fair enough if they had the leather and chains on mate, but they were wearing jeans and no shirts... Hardly what I'd call "fetishized"

FWIW, I don't want Ant to be dragged over the coals for this mistake, just marvelling at the mental gymnastics required for thinking what they were wearing was some kind of travesty.

They did not have jeans on. you can clearly see that it was tight shorts. I'm angry because he said "nigz" by the way

[Dewey]

People just love to judge… as mentioned he can believe or think whatever he wants… he just should not have posted the video. Period. No reason for all the drama…

[winforlose]

People just love to judge… as mentioned he can believe or think whatever he wants… he just should not have posted the video. Period. No reason for all the drama…

Bingo! What he says in his car is his business. What he posts online for the world to see becomes public domain. 21 year old men will say something dumb at some point (so will 20 and 22 year old men.) Just keep it off social media and it won’t be a story.

[WolfAddict]

It is a fetishized outfit. If you don't take offense to sexualized attire in PUBLIC no less you have to understand some of us only want to be subjected to sex by choice. These men removed that choice and by their actions regardless of intent didn't consider others, not really a crime, but not behavior you need to spare their feelings and with hold criticism either as that is exactly the respect they afforded others after all. If ANT can't criticize, it saying his feelings don't matter while others do, on two fronts, both the ability to offend and immunity from critique when concurrently ANT gets neither.

Fetishized..? I mean really?

Fair enough if they had the leather and chains on mate, but they were wearing jeans and no shirts... Hardly what I'd call "fetishized"

FWIW, I don't want Ant to be dragged over the coals for this mistake, just marvelling at the mental gymnastics required for thinking what they were wearing was some kind of travesty.

They did not have jeans on. you can clearly see that it was tight shorts. I'm angry because he said "nigz" by the way

Tight shorts?!?! Those absolute monsters!

Some of you would pass out if you came to Aus and watch the vast majority of us in summer...

Stubbies (short shorts) and thongs (flip flops) is standard dress... Well, if you hail from western sydney like me anyway LOL

Anyway, this is all just opinions and everyone, including Ant, will have their own. I mean no disrespect to those I've replied to. (I feel I need to add this as my aussie humour can come across as combative at times)

[Battletrigger]

People just love to judge… as mentioned he can believe or think whatever he wants… he just should not have posted the video. Period. No reason for all the drama…

This.

All the drama around here is too woke for me.

[twolves31]

People just love to judge… as mentioned he can believe or think whatever he wants… he just should not have posted the video. Period. No reason for all the drama…

This.

All the drama around here is too woke for me.

Oh no wokeness is going to bring us all down. Always funny when the Fox News viewers loves to regurgitate whatever Tucker tells them.

[Zonarosa]

if i found myself worried about potentially being offended by what people chose to wear in public, i'd probably have to move to some small community out in the sticks.

anyhoo, dumb video by a youngin that he hopefully learns from. moving on now...

[KGdaBom]

People just love to judge… as mentioned he can believe or think whatever he wants… he just should not have posted the video. Period. No reason for all the drama…

This.

All the drama around here is too woke for me.

Oh no wokeness is going to bring us all down. Always funny when the Fox News viewers loves to regurgitate whatever Tucker tells them.

I've never watched Fox News and the only reason I've ever heard of Tucker Carlson is Liberals keep mentioning his name. This conversation will devolve into back and forth standard arguments based on party lines, but if being woke means I will endorse biological males competing in gender protected sports I would rather stay asleep than be woke.

[shrink]

People just love to judge… as mentioned he can believe or think whatever he wants… he just should not have posted the video. Period. No reason for all the drama…

This.

All the drama around here is too woke for me.

Oh no wokeness is going to bring us all down. Always funny when the Fox News viewers loves to regurgitate whatever Tucker tells them.

Geeeze man. If you can’t avoid your own hypocrisy, and not knee-jerk respond with the same regurgitation, spouting liberal boogeymen and Fox News to blame for any opinion that differs from your own, at least have enough self-awareness to not post it on a basketball message board.

I am not a political guy, and certainly not under either party’s thrall. And bringing this back to basketball, I didn’t like Ant’s comment, but I’m going to forgive them and hope he learns from it and does better in the future. I will offer you the same courtesy, twolves31. And I personally don’t see the judgemental woke community making the same efforts to bring people together, rather than permanently cancel them.

[Domejandro]

All Anthony Edwards discussion is suspended from the forum for 24 hours. I will open a new thread to discuss basketball-related topics about Anthony Edwards soon, which will exempt this conversation completely.

There are a substantial amount of dodged bullets in this thread, moderation wise. If anyone tries to circumvent the ban to further discuss this train wreck, that will be a week long suspension.

This is a basketball forum. Every time non-basketball related topics come up, the forum is a complete dumpster fire, so discussion not related to basketball will be prevented, in the future.