Harden is avoided at All Star Draft, LeBron goes laughing

[EArl]

Chuck made it hilarious. And KD is such a horrible sport and interview...

I mean I actually think hes a great sport. He always give props to people. He answers the questions pretty straightforward and honestly and doesnt ham it up to waste anyones time. So agree to disagree

He always seems very defensive to me.

[DusterBuster]

Probably top 3 funniest moments in NBA history last night. Seeing KD piss-poorly trying to play it off as though he really was picking Gobert over Harden for basketball reasons... lmao, absolutely classic. :chefskiss:

[duppyy]

KD going for the Tyron biggums look.

[GopherIt!]

KD going for the Tyron biggums look.

He would pick Dave Chappelle over Harden right now.

[poultryfan]

KD seemed like he was mostly just trying to be diplomatic in an awkward situation. Obviously not gonna pick the dude that wanted out from your team.

Hilarious segment though. Probably will end up being more entertaining than the game itself.

[Zetsword]

KD perennially salty. I guess fame and riches is not enough to make everyone happy.

I mean I'd be kindy salty if my guy just kinda dipped on me like Harden. I'd more say he doesn't play into sh*t he's not cool with, which is good, being fake is more taxing on your health and spirit.

Being negative all the time is toxic. I’d say that is more taxing on your health and spirit. Positive emotions are contagious, so are negative ones. Guys like Lebron, Giannis, Boban etc don’t seem fake at all to me, they seem like genuinely light-hearted happy guys. And why wouldn’t you be when you’re a famous athlete getting paid millions to play the game you love. People would rather be in the presence of positive people than a curmudgeon that is “keeping it real”, life is too short to spend it that way IMO.

I didn't indict Lebron or Giannis. If KD doesn't want to fake laugh at jokes and put on heirs why is there a problem with that? And who's to say he's not happy separately from national televised interviews lol

[AussieBuck]

Holy **** the Jokic disrespect.

man is the reigning MVP, should be this season's MVP and he gets picks what, 4th on Lebron's team?

Been lots of good replies mentioning Lebron's strategic moves, still hurt my sensibilities seeing regular all star dudes picked before the guy water polo-ing the **** out of the league.

[Sgt Major]

Jazz fans are super pissed due to Gobert being picked out at the end again and again

[Maf]

I agree with Jokič being disrespected. Being picked after Derozan? My ass. And, 'I'm picking the wild card'... Wild card? Picking reigning **** of the league. Like all of us who love Nuggets know that Nikola will be perfectly happy if he goes like 10+5+7 and his team wins. He's not gonna put 20 shots like others'll do. But this?

[improper]

Hilarious segment though. Probably will end up being more entertaining than the game itself.

If all the drafts were this entertaining, I'd actually watch the All-Star game every year.

[shotsquatch]

God, KD is so awkward and humorless.

[BenoUdrihFTL]

KD is honestly one of my favorite personalities in the game. Dude is just authentic and sometimes seems like a borderline misanthrope lol

[Edrees]

God, KD is so awkward and humorless.

Personally I thought he was being serious because he knew it was funny. I kept laughing at how straight faced he was

[JoseRizal]

KD might suck as a GM, but he sure is one good dead pan entertainer...

[DavidSterned]

I actually enjoy that KD has embraced his schtick as the straight faced curmudgeon. I like him a lot more like that than I did when he was trying to be the fake nice and humble square guy.

[DutchManDanFan]

Last year Harden was the last pick as well, but he was one of the starters then. They just don’t like him.

[dockingsched]

I agree with Jokič being disrespected. Being picked after Derozan? My ass. And, 'I'm picking the wild card'... Wild card? Picking reigning **** of the league. Like all of us who love Nuggets know that Nikola will be perfectly happy if he goes like 10+5+7 and his team wins. He's not gonna put 20 shots like others'll do. But this?

Jokic is nicknamed Joker and Jokers are commonly used as Wild Cards in a deck of poker. I’m going to assume you’re not familiar with that.

[Maf]

I agree with Jokič being disrespected. Being picked after Derozan? My ass. And, 'I'm picking the wild card'... Wild card? Picking reigning **** of the league. Like all of us who love Nuggets know that Nikola will be perfectly happy if he goes like 10+5+7 and his team wins. He's not gonna put 20 shots like others'll do. But this?

Jokic is nicknamed Joker and Jokers are commonly used as Wild Cards in a deck of poker. I’m going to assume you’re not familiar with that.

I see I self-censored myself. Nikola is reigning MVP. And yeah I believe some play with the words instead of mentioning his MVP status is disrespectful.

[snaquille oatmeal]

So Jokic, Giannis and Luka on the same team? The Balkans brothers united!

Does this mean we can call Mexico a North American country here in the US?

What did you think it was??

It was a rhetorical question. I was basically making fun of people that only consider the US and Canada North America

[MartyConlonOnTheRun]

They really should have replaced KD with someone more charismatic, Lebron and Chuck carried that entire segment

"i-is he injured...is he playing ? is james healthy?" I laughed.

KD was playing the classic straight man role ... they could have given him a consultant to help him with his picks, though.

I really couldn't tell if KD was just playing along as bring the straight face bad guy or being a non charismatic dick the whole time. Like he answer of no on giving an injury update was either awkward as hell or comedic genius. I really don't know which, but I do know I was entertained.