GT: Lakers @ The Evil Empire - 04/10/21 | 8:30pm EST | ABC Primetime

[Papi_swav]

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Well now I know why Schroader got ejected and rightfully so.

i don't see any problem here, just Kyrie going on a tantrum for whatever reason.

[Whiskey Slick]

No Kyrie for tomorrow either.

Shocking!

[ecuhus1981]

I'm so sick of this defense man. Drummond is making us his bitch.

Especially LaMarcus. There is no way he can be on the court with Joel, when he's letting Andre punk him. Honestly, I'm concerned with even a Bam or Giannis matchup at this point, Aldridge looked slow and soft 1v1 in the paint. He's had some nice recovery blocks, but point blank letting his man from backing him down, he's been poor.

Pure low post scoring is not common in today's NBA, but opposing coaches will notice a skidmark defensive performance like LMA posted. We'll get a steady diet of it until we bench him, or until he defends better. DJ is definitely winning this battle of wills with Nash.

[sashaturiaf]

I'm so sick of this defense man. Drummond is making us his bitch.

Especially LaMarcus. There is no way he can be on the court with Joel, when he's letting Andre punk him. Honestly, I'm concerned with even a Bam or Giannis matchup at this point, Aldridge looked slow and soft 1v1 in the paint. He's had some nice recovery blocks, but point blank letting his man from backing him down, he's been poor.

Pure low post scoring is not common in today's NBA, but opposing coaches will notice a skidmark defensive performance like LMA posted. We'll get a steady diet of it until we bench him, or until he defends better. DJ is definitely winning this battle of wills with Nash.

It was just poor effort. The nets definitely aren't the most physical team around but I think we've shown that through help defense and team rebounding that the team has been able to hold its own. I mean we held Zion to 33% from the field. If teams wanna build their offense around low post postups then by all means go ahead.

The team just didn't match the Lakers energy and desire, they clearly played the more aggressive basketball and we played like we knew we would blow them away eventually due to talent. Then the ejection happened and they got hot from 3, and that was that...

**** nights happen in the NBA. Just sucked this one happened in a statement game with the Lakers in Brooklyn. I think Kyrie realised it too since I've never see him so amped up. I hope the teams remembers this humiliation long and hard...

[therealbig3]

Again, can't comment on exactly what the personal reasons are for, but Kyrie taking this many days off during the season is just strange...I honestly can't remember any other player past or present that gets this many days off in the middle of the season for non-injury, non-suspension reasons. Would have been better if the Nets just called it a rest day instead lol.

Oh well. At least we got KD back. Hopefully, he doesn't have another 8 TO game.

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[MrDollarBills]

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Probably not the first time that those two have had words. People are making it a bigger deal than it is because that bitch ass ref had a quick trigger finger instead of letting the situation cool off after assessing the double techs. Neither player should have been ejected.

[Prokorov]

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He was. he took to twitter to talk more about it

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I dont really have a problem with this. I know its a black dude saying it to him but i dont have issue with any black person being ticked off being called the N word regardless of context or who it came from.

Side note: this was an AWFUL double-ejection now that we know what was said. are you REALLY as a WHITE official going to throw a black player out of a game because he was upset someone called him the N-word?

[Prokorov]

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Probably not the first time that those two have had words. People are making it a bigger deal than it is because that bitch ass ref had a quick trigger finger instead of letting the situation cool off after assessing the double techs. Neither player should have been ejected.

Yup. people are focusing more on Dennis/Kyrie because thats what parasites do but the real story is that a white official threw 2 black men out of a game because of a minor spat about throwing around the N-word. they didnt even attempt to deescalate things and it never came close to a physical altercation

Neither guy has ever been thrown out before and despite them going at it with words it wasnt even all that heated.

Dennis: back up N-word
Kyrie: dont call me the N word, you shouldnt use that word, watch your Fn mouth

larger discussion can be had about whether dennis was wrong or not to use the word or kyries view that the N-word should not be reclaimed but the refs had no business ejection either one. i dont think either should have even gotten a technical. this should have been blow your whistle 50 times and seperate them until they cool off.

Dennis ejection was kind of weak too. "bye" and waiving is taunting but i mean, thats a weak toss. For kyrie,threw him out for using the F word and it wasnt even directed towards the officialls

Before ive been to probably 100 or more celtics games during the KG era and another 20 or so as a net. he probably averagted 30 F-bombs and 50 N-words per game and never got tossed for it

[MrDollarBills]

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Probably not the first time that those two have had words. People are making it a bigger deal than it is because that bitch ass ref had a quick trigger finger instead of letting the situation cool off after assessing the double techs. Neither player should have been ejected.

Yup. people are focusing more on Dennis/Kyrie because thats what parasites do but the real story is that a white official threw 2 black men out of a game because of a minor spat about throwing around the N-word. they didnt even attempt to deescalate things and it never came close to a physical altercation

Neither guy has ever been thrown out before and despite them going at it with words it wasnt even all that heated.

Dennis: back up N-word
Kyrie: dont call me the N word, you shouldnt use that word, watch your Fn mouth

larger discussion can be had about whether dennis was wrong or not to use the word or kyries view that the N-word should not be reclaimed but the refs had no business ejection either one. i dont think either should have even gotten a technical. this should have been blow your whistle 50 times and seperate them until they cool off.

Dennis ejection was kind of weak too. "bye" and waiving is taunting but i mean, thats a weak toss. For kyrie,threw him out for using the F word and it wasnt even directed towards the officialls

Before ive been to probably 100 or more celtics games during the KG era and another 20 or so as a net. he probably averagted 30 F-bombs and 50 N-words per game and never got tossed for it

The topic of the n word being used between two Black men is an entirely other discussion, but Kyrie has every right in the world to say "don't call me that word". Period and end of story.

That being said, double technicals should have been assessed because it was an incident that stopped play, and then the players should have been given a chance to cool off as they were separated. That ref was out of bounds by tossing both of them. Let them cool off, warn the both of them that if they keep it up they're gone, and if something happens again, THEN you kick them out.

I hate these refs who put themselves above the game. I didn't tune in to watch Kyrie and Schroder get kicked out for flapping them mouths at each other I wanted to see them continue to ball since both of them were bringing it to each other. Adam Silver needs to really start cracking down on refs that eject players for BS reasons like this.

[Prokorov]

Probably not the first time that those two have had words. People are making it a bigger deal than it is because that bitch ass ref had a quick trigger finger instead of letting the situation cool off after assessing the double techs. Neither player should have been ejected.

Yup. people are focusing more on Dennis/Kyrie because thats what parasites do but the real story is that a white official threw 2 black men out of a game because of a minor spat about throwing around the N-word. they didnt even attempt to deescalate things and it never came close to a physical altercation

Neither guy has ever been thrown out before and despite them going at it with words it wasnt even all that heated.

Dennis: back up N-word
Kyrie: dont call me the N word, you shouldnt use that word, watch your Fn mouth

larger discussion can be had about whether dennis was wrong or not to use the word or kyries view that the N-word should not be reclaimed but the refs had no business ejection either one. i dont think either should have even gotten a technical. this should have been blow your whistle 50 times and seperate them until they cool off.

Dennis ejection was kind of weak too. "bye" and waiving is taunting but i mean, thats a weak toss. For kyrie,threw him out for using the F word and it wasnt even directed towards the officialls

Before ive been to probably 100 or more celtics games during the KG era and another 20 or so as a net. he probably averagted 30 F-bombs and 50 N-words per game and never got tossed for it

The topic of the n word being used between two Black men is an entirely other discussion, but Kyrie has every right in the world to say "don't call me that word". Period and end of story.

That being said, double technicals should have been assessed because it was an incident that stopped play, and then the players should have been given a chance to cool off as they were separated. That ref was out of bounds by tossing both of them. Let them cool off, warn the both of them that if they keep it up they're gone, and if something happens again, THEN you kick them out.

I hate these refs who put themselves above the game. I didn't tune in to watch Kyrie and Schroder get kicked out for flapping them mouths at each other I wanted to see them continue to ball since both of them were bringing it to each other. Adam Silver needs to really start cracking down on refs that eject players for BS reasons like this.

As someone openly ignorant to it, not being black myself, is there general concensus on blacks using the N-word, in different contexts, or is it more split? Growing up playing ball around mostly black kids, i heard it used a ton. i also heard blacks and whites saying it while singing rap songs repeating the rappers lyrics and having that be common place.

this was also like 20+ years ago

[MrDollarBills]

Yup. people are focusing more on Dennis/Kyrie because thats what parasites do but the real story is that a white official threw 2 black men out of a game because of a minor spat about throwing around the N-word. they didnt even attempt to deescalate things and it never came close to a physical altercation

Neither guy has ever been thrown out before and despite them going at it with words it wasnt even all that heated.

Dennis: back up N-word
Kyrie: dont call me the N word, you shouldnt use that word, watch your Fn mouth

larger discussion can be had about whether dennis was wrong or not to use the word or kyries view that the N-word should not be reclaimed but the refs had no business ejection either one. i dont think either should have even gotten a technical. this should have been blow your whistle 50 times and seperate them until they cool off.

Dennis ejection was kind of weak too. "bye" and waiving is taunting but i mean, thats a weak toss. For kyrie,threw him out for using the F word and it wasnt even directed towards the officialls

Before ive been to probably 100 or more celtics games during the KG era and another 20 or so as a net. he probably averagted 30 F-bombs and 50 N-words per game and never got tossed for it

The topic of the n word being used between two Black men is an entirely other discussion, but Kyrie has every right in the world to say "don't call me that word". Period and end of story.

That being said, double technicals should have been assessed because it was an incident that stopped play, and then the players should have been given a chance to cool off as they were separated. That ref was out of bounds by tossing both of them. Let them cool off, warn the both of them that if they keep it up they're gone, and if something happens again, THEN you kick them out.

I hate these refs who put themselves above the game. I didn't tune in to watch Kyrie and Schroder get kicked out for flapping them mouths at each other I wanted to see them continue to ball since both of them were bringing it to each other. Adam Silver needs to really start cracking down on refs that eject players for BS reasons like this.

As someone openly ignorant to it, not being black myself, is there general concensus on blacks using the N-word, in different contexts, or is it more split? Growing up playing ball around mostly black kids, i heard it used a ton. i also heard blacks and whites saying it while singing rap songs repeating the rappers lyrics and having that be common place.

this was also like 20+ years ago

Depends on the person. Some people say it (the ending in an A version), some people don't. Some folks think the word should be abolished, some people don't care as long as the person who is using it is Black. I grew up in predominantly Black and Brown community so when I was young it was common place to hear "n*gga" in sentences because there was no negative connotation.

At the age I'm at now, I don't say it anymore like I did when I was younger because i'm not feeling it, but if one of my boys says to me "what's up my n*gga, how are you?", it's not going to offend me.

Knowing how Kyrie is, and the historical disgrace attached to the word as a whole, he probably doesn't want anyone calling him that period regardless of the context and spelling and I understand 100%.

[Prokorov]

The topic of the n word being used between two Black men is an entirely other discussion, but Kyrie has every right in the world to say "don't call me that word". Period and end of story.

That being said, double technicals should have been assessed because it was an incident that stopped play, and then the players should have been given a chance to cool off as they were separated. That ref was out of bounds by tossing both of them. Let them cool off, warn the both of them that if they keep it up they're gone, and if something happens again, THEN you kick them out.

I hate these refs who put themselves above the game. I didn't tune in to watch Kyrie and Schroder get kicked out for flapping them mouths at each other I wanted to see them continue to ball since both of them were bringing it to each other. Adam Silver needs to really start cracking down on refs that eject players for BS reasons like this.

As someone openly ignorant to it, not being black myself, is there general concensus on blacks using the N-word, in different contexts, or is it more split? Growing up playing ball around mostly black kids, i heard it used a ton. i also heard blacks and whites saying it while singing rap songs repeating the rappers lyrics and having that be common place.

this was also like 20+ years ago

Depends on the person. Some people say it (the ending in an A version), some people don't. Some folks think the word should be abolished, some people don't care as long as the person who is using it is Black. I grew up in predominantly Black and Brown community so when I was young it was common place to hear "n*gga" in sentences because there was no negative connotation.

At the age I'm at now, I don't say it anymore like I did when I was younger because i'm not feeling it, but if one of my boys says to me "what's up my n*gga, how are you?", it's not going to offend me.

Knowing how Kyrie is, and the historical disgrace attached to the word as a whole, he probably doesn't want anyone calling him that period regardless of the context and spelling and I understand 100%.

Thanks for sharing that. Hypothetically, you and a dozen of your friends are hanging out, with a couple fringe friends. one black person calls the other person a "N-word" in a non threatening but not friendly way "like N---a" you trippin'. the person says "dont call me that" how would the group react? would they think he is overreacting or be like "just chill lets not use that"

[MGrand15]

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Close up and mics of the ejections last night

Ok well if that's the case it is what it is. Don't call him that word.

Also, the dude who tweeted this is a clown. Kyrie had 18 points in 21 mins how was he getting fried? The hate is hilarious

Twitter is the worst.

The video shows Kyrie heated before he even says that - so obviously there was more to it.

[MrDollarBills]

As someone openly ignorant to it, not being black myself, is there general concensus on blacks using the N-word, in different contexts, or is it more split? Growing up playing ball around mostly black kids, i heard it used a ton. i also heard blacks and whites saying it while singing rap songs repeating the rappers lyrics and having that be common place.

this was also like 20+ years ago

Depends on the person. Some people say it (the ending in an A version), some people don't. Some folks think the word should be abolished, some people don't care as long as the person who is using it is Black. I grew up in predominantly Black and Brown community so when I was young it was common place to hear "n*gga" in sentences because there was no negative connotation.

At the age I'm at now, I don't say it anymore like I did when I was younger because i'm not feeling it, but if one of my boys says to me "what's up my n*gga, how are you?", it's not going to offend me.

Knowing how Kyrie is, and the historical disgrace attached to the word as a whole, he probably doesn't want anyone calling him that period regardless of the context and spelling and I understand 100%.

Thanks for sharing that. Hypothetically, you and a dozen of your friends are hanging out, with a couple fringe friends. one black person calls the other person a "N-word" in a non threatening but not friendly way "like N---a" you trippin'. the person says "dont call me that" how would the group react? would they think he is overreacting or be like "just chill lets not use that"

Depends, is the person being called "the n word with an a at the end" Black as well?

Honestly bro I can't answer that. It depends on the people in that group

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Ok well if that's the case it is what it is. Don't call him that word.

Also, the dude who tweeted this is a clown. Kyrie had 18 points in 21 mins how was he getting fried? The hate is hilarious

Twitter is the worst.

The video shows Kyrie heated before he even says that - so obviously there was more to it.

It was definitely a build up to this, but none of this warranted an ejection. Seems like the ref heard the n word and started pissing their pants about this escalating.