Duke4life831 wrote:kio80 wrote:people are so sensitive these days, can't talk about sex, race, sexual preferences, religion and now, family history
Ya Im usually all for pushing boundaries, but they're literally making a reference to his dad killing a teenage girl or his dad getting shot and from the sounds of it its a reference to his dad killing a teenage girl.
I mean come on now. Its one thing if this was an actual roast or something where youre expected to push buttons as far as you can, this is a NBA TV broadcast. Maybe shy away from making jokes about players dad's killing teenage girls. Just a little recommendation is all.
It was an epic faux paux by Glenn Consor, but I doubt he was "literally making a reference to his dad shooting a 14yr old girl". If you read the article it talks about how KPJ was raised, how his Mom tried to shield him from the shooting, how he tried to follow in his Dad's footsteps, took his number, etc, etc.
I suspect Consor was trying to incorporate the common knowledge that Kevin has always said he plays to honor his father's memory and unintentionally or perhaps subliminally completely botched it by his choice of basketball terms.
I mean before someone started digging in to crime reports, this is the kind of stuff people were writing about KPJ and his father (all the way back to what he wore for the draft):
Porter Jr. lost his father so early in his life, and he likely has very little personal memories about his dad. However, he has obviously served as an inspiration for him throughout his life, and in arguably the most important moment of his 19 years of existence, Porter made sure that he would be able to share this with his father.
And yes, it's possible Consor could have mixed up Kevin Porter's dad for the Kevin Porter that used to play for the Wizards. Someone announcing Wizards games should have gotten "pull the trigger" out of his vocabulary years ago, though.
