chrisab123 wrote:SmartWentCrazy wrote:nickgammon wrote:
That’s how I believe AD’s dad feels too. He’s talking about loyalty when his son’s demanding a trade. Doesn’t make sense. If I was Shelbourne, my follow up would’ve been “would you have wanted him to play there before the IT trade?” And, not to put words in his mouth, but I bet it would be something like “No, that team wasn’t talented enough.”
If the reports of KCP not being included in the trade package, it’s so obvious that he’s just trying to stack all of his players on the same team. That is 100% a conflict of interest and the NBA should launch an investigation. They won’t launch one until LeBron is tired and the headlines settle down and then unveil the corruption 10 years after the fact, because all of this stuff is good for ratings and they’re scared to go after LeBron or anyone in his circle.
On the note of racism, it happens everywhere, but Boston gets a bad rep and I can see why. I’m not from Boston, but I’ve met some folks from there and while most are terrific people, I’ve met some that have floated some racist **** by me that I was quick to shut down. Just a reminder, if ya’ll see someone at a game spouting some racist remarks or just crossing the line with taunting players in general, let them know to cut that **** out. Boston is under the microscope.
The entire country is racist— LA is no different than Boston, which is no different than Philladelphia, Toronto, New York or Chicago. Unfortunately the disease has impacted the country through and through, though I’m optimistic that its being acknowledged and people are working to fix it.
Boston is the punching bag of the east coast due to the busing crisis in the 70s. Apparently racism didnt happen anywhere else during that time. But yeah that stuff will be out there before the deadline. Rich Paul is pulling out all the stops. Then you get LeBron trying to pressure New Orleans to take Lonzo Kuzma and a pu pu platter of scrubs. Its actually quite interesting how the media is playing this for LeBron. I guess this is what happens when LeBron doesn't get his help.
All that being said Boston has been ripped for the last couple days since they have the best package for AD. At this point Ainge is probably going all in on him. Even though i think theres a real risk he pulls a Kawhi from last year and has a "quad injury" which causes him to miss 70 games or so unless he goes to LA.
Oh yeah and the KCP stuff is pretty alarming
Boston’s a punching bag because others are in denial about themselves. To the credit of the city, people are acknowledging our ugly past and are working to make a better future. Here are a bunch of stories about racist Philadelphia/Pennsylvania from the last year:
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/starbucks-arrests-ceo-apology-philadelphia-protests-kevin-johnson-20180416.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/business/wp/2018/04/24/white-golf-course-owners-said-five-african-american-women-were-playing-too-slow-then-they-called-the-police/?utm_term=.8d5c2233c4d2
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/youth-hockeys-racist-taunts-arent-limited-to-one-team-one-rink-or-even-one-race/2019/01/10/b2278d34-14f1-11e9-90a8-136fa44b80ba_story.html?utm_term=.b47fad280dc7
This **** happens everywhere. Its a massive problem, and pointing at Boston/Massachusetts and acting like were somehow different than any other place in the country makes it worse— denial is just delaying a remedy for the problem.
