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James Worthy on state of NBA: "All they do is practice threes … get tattoos and tweet"

Posted: Thu May 26, 2022 5:51 pm
by iLLmatic860
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Re: James Worthy on state of NBA: "All they do is practice threes … get tattoos and tweet"

Posted: Thu May 26, 2022 5:52 pm
by Bornstellar
Old man yells at cloud...

Re: James Worthy on state of NBA: "All they do is practice threes … get tattoos and tweet"

Posted: Thu May 26, 2022 5:53 pm
by Nate505
A bit of an exaggeration, and definitely some old man yelling at clouds in it, but I see what he's saying.

Re: James Worthy on state of NBA: "All they do is practice threes … get tattoos and tweet"

Posted: Thu May 26, 2022 5:57 pm
by binjumper
They have more specialized training now than they ever did. Dude is just angry they get paid more and get to live better lives than they did back then.

Re: James Worthy on state of NBA: "All they do is practice threes … get tattoos and tweet"

Posted: Thu May 26, 2022 6:00 pm
by HotelVitale
LOL, if a basketball player from today were to transport back to like 1985, they'd be like 'so these guys just walk up the court, stand around for a few minutes and then shoot a weird hook shot or a mid-ranger?' They'd look slow and worse at every major skill part of the game.

Re: James Worthy on state of NBA: "All they do is practice threes … get tattoos and tweet"

Posted: Thu May 26, 2022 6:01 pm
by druggas
binjumper wrote:They have more specialized training now than they ever did. Dude is just angry they get paid more and get to live better lives than they did back then.

What does he have to be angry about. He's got more money than he can spend, and college education, and the fame to be one of the greatest. Sounds like he's tired of what the NBA has become.

Re: James Worthy on state of NBA: "All they do is practice threes … get tattoos and tweet"

Posted: Thu May 26, 2022 6:02 pm
by Ein Sof
any player born after 1993 can’t play... all they know is three’s , charge they defenders, tweet, be bisexual , eat hot chip & flop

Re: James Worthy on state of NBA: "All they do is practice threes … get tattoos and tweet"

Posted: Thu May 26, 2022 6:07 pm
by Ron Swanson
Pretty sick of the "oLD mAn yELls aT ClOUd" retorts every time someone over the age of 30 criticizes the current NBA product/players.....but yeah, this is pretty much the personification of that meme in human form. I mean, "tattoos"? C'mon James. You'd think he was a 1950's suburban dad complaining about "rock and roll music" as opposed to a 20-something living the pro athlete lifestyle in LA during the 80's.

Re: James Worthy on state of NBA: "All they do is practice threes … get tattoos and tweet"

Posted: Thu May 26, 2022 6:09 pm
by DavidSterned
binjumper wrote:They have more specialized training now than they ever did. Dude is just angry they get paid more and get to live better lives than they did back then.


You're talking about James Worthy like he played in the '40s and not during the Showtime Lakers era...

Re: James Worthy on state of NBA: "All they do is practice threes … get tattoos and tweet"

Posted: Thu May 26, 2022 6:10 pm
by tsherkin
druggas wrote:
binjumper wrote:They have more specialized training now than they ever did. Dude is just angry they get paid more and get to live better lives than they did back then.

What does he have to be angry about. He's got more money than he can spend, and college education, and the fame to be one of the greatest. Sounds like he's tired of what the NBA has become.


Sounds more like he's kvetching about 40 years of evolution in the game that it isn't exactly the same as when he played. He's also full of it and very wrong, and running his mouth like a fool.

Re: James Worthy on state of NBA: "All they do is practice threes … get tattoos and tweet"

Posted: Thu May 26, 2022 6:16 pm
by shakes0
HotelVitale wrote:LOL, if a basketball player from today were to transport back to like 1985, they'd be like 'so these guys just walk up the court, stand around for a few minutes and then shoot a weird hook shot or a mid-ranger?' They'd look slow and worse at every major skill part of the game.


oh yea, cause when I think of James Worthy I definitely think of him just slowly walking up the court and standing around for a few minutes.


Log off 12 year old.

Re: James Worthy on state of NBA: "All they do is practice threes … get tattoos and tweet"

Posted: Thu May 26, 2022 6:17 pm
by Flopper
He's right. These guys need to be focusing on sky hooks, cocaine, and wild sex orgies.

Re: James Worthy on state of NBA: "All they do is practice threes … get tattoos and tweet"

Posted: Thu May 26, 2022 6:18 pm
by Ballerhogger
He right in lot of what he saying. Players are not as serious and as dedicated to game as they were.

Re: James Worthy on state of NBA: "All they do is practice threes … get tattoos and tweet"

Posted: Thu May 26, 2022 6:18 pm
by Ballerhogger
He right in lot of what he saying. Players are not as serious and as dedicated to game as they were.

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Posted: Thu May 26, 2022 6:19 pm
by Ballerhogger
Flopper wrote:He's right. These guys need to be focusing on sky hooks, cocaine, and wild sex orgies.

They still showed up and played.

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Posted: Thu May 26, 2022 6:19 pm
by life_saver
You would atleast expect former players to have bit of nuanced opinions but instead even some of them also go with hyperbole by giving overexaggerated clickbait statements like this.

Re: James Worthy on state of NBA: "All they do is practice threes … get tattoos and tweet"

Posted: Thu May 26, 2022 6:19 pm
by prophet_of_rage
iLLmatic860 wrote:
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Tweeted from the tattoo parlour?

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Re: James Worthy on state of NBA: "All they do is practice threes … get tattoos and tweet"

Posted: Thu May 26, 2022 6:27 pm
by DaddyCool19
Ein Sof wrote:any player born after 1983 can’t play... all they know is three’s , charge they defenders, tweet, be bisexual , eat hot chip & flop


Why the cutoff at 1983?

Re: James Worthy on state of NBA: "All they do is practice threes … get tattoos and tweet"

Posted: Thu May 26, 2022 6:30 pm
by sdeezy
There are valid criticisms to be made about todays players and the evolution of the game but a lot of these old timers choose the worst way to voice them. Like why even bring up tattoos? lol

And every generation complains about the next. The 60's era stars thought Worthy's generation only cared about money, drugs and hookers

Re: James Worthy on state of NBA: "All they do is practice threes … get tattoos and tweet"

Posted: Thu May 26, 2022 6:30 pm
by GSWFan1994
The pot calling the kettle black: Worthy was once arrested due to contacting a escort service that was under monitoring by the police.

He's not wrong, though.