2023-24 Season Discussion and Speculation 3 - Post Free Agency Discussion

[Saberestar]

I would like to back track on my DA social media position. Dudes flat ironing his porn star girlfriends hair on IG? No good comes of that - give you two guesses on who's calling the shots now for DominAyton.

I came on here today to see if anyone had commented on it yet. Bruh this dude is in his own little world.

Btw I was once told on here that he's a super serious family man enough to the point he can't form some chemistry in the offseason with his teammates. Apparently he's got time to be out there running with a sex worker.

It won't be long before this train completely derails.

Ayton isn't doing anything bad, come on, he is a free man. I am not judging who is his friend, girlfriend or whatever.

[enigmatics]

Ayton isn't doing anything bad, come on, he is a free man. I am not judging who is his friend, girlfriend or whatever.

I never argued that he wasn't a free man.

I will however argue that you simply can't see the forest from the trees when it comes to the landscape of his career. He got his bag and now he's drifting in a direction most athletes who aren't serious do. In the process he's inviting criticisms and potential career/image potholes that can easily be prevented - all because there's a real lack of maturity there and I doubt he has any high quality handlers working with him.

Dude is literally coming up on what is likely a pivotal year in his career yet he's warring with fans calling them all haters, posting passive aggressive BS on social media, and now running around with a literal SEX WORKER.

[MrMiyagi]

Ayton isn't doing anything bad, come on, he is a free man. I am not judging who is his friend, girlfriend or whatever.

I never argued that he wasn't a free man.

I will however argue that you simply can't see the forest from the trees when it comes to the landscape of his career. He got his bag and now he's drifting in a direction most athletes who aren't serious do. In the process he's inviting criticisms and potential career/image potholes that can easily be prevented - all because there's a real lack of maturity there and I doubt he has any high quality handlers working with him.

Dude is literally coming up on what is likely a pivotal year in his career yet he's warring with fans calling them all haters, posting passive aggressive BS on social media, and now running around with a literal SEX WORKER.

Who cares?

[enigmatics]

Ayton isn't doing anything bad, come on, he is a free man. I am not judging who is his friend, girlfriend or whatever.

I never argued that he wasn't a free man.

I will however argue that you simply can't see the forest from the trees when it comes to the landscape of his career. He got his bag and now he's drifting in a direction most athletes who aren't serious do. In the process he's inviting criticisms and potential career/image potholes that can easily be prevented - all because there's a real lack of maturity there and I doubt he has any high quality handlers working with him.

Dude is literally coming up on what is likely a pivotal year in his career yet he's warring with fans calling them all haters, posting passive aggressive BS on social media, and now running around with a literal SEX WORKER.

Who cares?

Not you that's for sure! Prolly sitting around with one hand waiting for their sex video to drop.

[MrMiyagi]

I never argued that he wasn't a free man.

I will however argue that you simply can't see the forest from the trees when it comes to the landscape of his career. He got his bag and now he's drifting in a direction most athletes who aren't serious do. In the process he's inviting criticisms and potential career/image potholes that can easily be prevented - all because there's a real lack of maturity there and I doubt he has any high quality handlers working with him.

Dude is literally coming up on what is likely a pivotal year in his career yet he's warring with fans calling them all haters, posting passive aggressive BS on social media, and now running around with a literal SEX WORKER.

Who cares?

Not you that's for sure! Prolly sitting around waiting for their sex video to drop.

I'm sure you'd be the one to find it based on your current level of cyber-stalking

[sunsbg]

Didn't Booker have a story with a hooker ? If true makes me like him less, but can't find anything related after doing a search for DA's IG. Followed Suns IG just recently.

Edit: Found it on GB, right next to Jokic drunk thread.

[sashaturiaf]

On Ayton. Let this guy have his fun now it's the offseason, but I sure hope he's bringing his big boy pants this season.
He's gonna be in the crosshairs of every talking head around if the Suns start off slowly.

[sunskerr]

Why do we care about these peoples social medias lol...

Well, I guess its offseason. But in general the focus on these peoples social medias is so stupid. It's not the game of basketball I could not give single **** what they do. I learned something recently...even the little eyes emoji they do or things like that, the little cryptic messages, not even those things matter.

[enigmatics]

I'm sure you'd be the one to find it based on your current level of cyber-stalking

Social media is public genius. No stalking required. This dude puts his crap out there for all to see.

[MrMiyagi]

I'm sure you'd be the one to find it based on your current level of cyber-stalking

Social media is public genius. No stalking required. This dude puts his crap out there for all to see.

So of all the places on social media you could be looking, you choose to stare at DA's insta?

Sounds like you need to focus on your **** more than Ayton needs to focus on his.

[enigmatics]

Why do we care about these peoples social medias lol...

Well, I guess its offseason. But in general the focus on these peoples social medias is so stupid. It's not the game of basketball I could not give single **** what they do. I learned something recently...even the little eyes emoji they do or things like that, the little cryptic messages, not even those things matter.

Already been discussed.

You may want to make light of it - but a lot of these guys put their lives out there for the world to see. We're no longer restricted to media friendly reporters letting us in. I mean for f- sakes these guys take down any association to their team when they're pissed off at them now. Let's not act like all the posts are relegated to mental farts.

[enigmatics]

I'm sure you'd be the one to find it based on your current level of cyber-stalking

Social media is public genius. No stalking required. This dude puts his crap out there for all to see.

So of all the places on social media you could be looking, you choose to stare at DA's insta?

Sounds like you need to focus on your **** more than Ayton needs to focus on his.

Many of them are posted in this forum slick!

[enigmatics]

Didn't Booker have a story with a hooker ? If true makes me like him less, but can't find anything related after doing a search for DA's IG. Followed Suns IG just recently.

Edit: Found it on GB, right next to Jokic drunk thread.

Booker's social media was EXTREMELY immature early on. He has progressively locked it up since then and promotes the positive aspects of his career ascension - just look at this offseason so far.

[MPT]

I argue that this IS actually a red flag in the whole DominAyton "will he, won't he" saga. I don't believe it's that outlandish to see a pattern in affect here. A young, highly paid and questionably motivated athlete already surrounded by speculation + an extremely attractive distraction who's career does, for better or worse, revolve around getting attention. Didn't he already delete at least one story of his that had her in it recently? Then there's this one where it's clearly from her live stream, that he wasn't exactly trying to be in. Gives vibes of her inserting herself into "his" public view. I don't need to go into anymore speculation though. Just hoping for no Zion baby-mama level distractions resulting in some mid season apology statement, or worse.

I agree that there is a lot of focus on his social media, but it's the off season and we would be eating this up if it was another player on another team. I'm with ya'll trying to turn a blind eye to what is suppose to be a powerhouse of a season. Keep them fingers crossed!

[bwgood77]

So it seems many have emphasized my point after I referred to KD. What someone says in interviews and does on social media has zero relevance to what they do on the court. KD is very insecure but he brings it (though he has choked a bit in big games). DA may be a bit sensitive but so are a lot of players. But if it''s a big issue for some of you, and we want to harp on that as well as all the other stuff you whine about, fine, but these are separate things.

[bwgood77]

Why do we care about these peoples social medias lol...

Well, I guess its offseason. But in general the focus on these peoples social medias is so stupid. It's not the game of basketball I could not give single **** what they do. I learned something recently...even the little eyes emoji they do or things like that, the little cryptic messages, not even those things matter.

I don't know. Ayton probably posts less than most players, but everything he does is dissected, bashed,whined about, etc by the same people repeatedly.

[bwgood77]

Ayton isn't doing anything bad, come on, he is a free man. I am not judging who is his friend, girlfriend or whatever.

I never argued that he wasn't a free man.

I will however argue that you simply can't see the forest from the trees when it comes to the landscape of his career. He got his bag and now he's drifting in a direction most athletes who aren't serious do. In the process he's inviting criticisms and potential career/image potholes that can easily be prevented - all because there's a real lack of maturity there and I doubt he has any high quality handlers working with him.

Dude is literally coming up on what is likely a pivotal year in his career yet he's warring with fans calling them all haters, posting passive aggressive BS on social media, and now running around with a literal SEX WORKER.

Who cares?

Those who wake up in the morning thinking "what can I bash about Ayton today?" First let me check his social media. I think these are grown men doing this too, dissecting someone's social media who is in their early 20s.

Maybe Ayton is trolling at this point knowing some will get super worked up about it.

[enigmatics]

Those who wake up in the morning thinking "what can I bash about Ayton today?" First let me check his social media. I think these are grown men doing this too, dissecting someone's social media who is in their early 20s.

Overly reductive gaslighting I see.

You do you though!

[enigmatics]

So it seems many have emphasized my point after I referred to KD. What someone says in interviews and does on social media has zero relevance to what they do on the court. KD is very insecure but he brings it (though he has choked a bit in big games). DA may be a bit sensitive but so are a lot of players. But if it''s a big issue for some of you, and we want to harp on that as well as all the other stuff you whine about, fine, but these are separate things.

Yeah because Zion has been the pinnacle of conditioning and career responsibility in parallel with his social media related antics. Good point bro!

It's clearly a case-by-case basis. But DA has yet to build any kind of confidence across the entire fanbase that it shouldn't be scrutinized. KD has. Comparing the two is wild - KD has won MVP and NBA Finals! DA won a qualifying round for a chance to win a chance to play in the Olympics.

[MPT]

You can be so undeniable that things like social media no longer matter. Ayton isn't undeniable yet. Is what it is.

It's not like IG is some private corner of the internet. What's put out is what the person wants others to see. It's meant to be analyzed, that's the whole point. And if the extent of it is just Ayton flexxing his girl, then props. Still seems like the beginning of a bad situation for him.

Also - this is already making its rounds on popular NBA related accounts. You can imagine what the comments are like These things practically write themselves.