Collin Sexton and the NBA draft--(Lebron moving, the Lakers, and it's the off-season.)

[BamaFan334]

Seriously? Name a time Lebron has had even a SEMBLANCE of the off the field issues either of those have. That is such a weird comparison.

You know when you make a rational, coherent comment like this an "angel gets his wings."

It wasn't a crime against society, but there are questions about his gate being vandalized by a racial slur, but no video evidence, and we never heard anything else about it. It died off pretty quick making it seem like it never happened or was an inside job. In a neighborhood of that influence, one of the biggest stars in the entire world, high security is a priority, so it is kind of questionable why there is no video evidence. I don't personally care one way or the other what unfolded, but this is pretty bad to stir up the masses, the media, and pretty low of someone in his shoes if in fact it wasn't true.

LeBron James Alleges Racist Graffiti, Still Zero Evidence

 

[TerryP]

Lebron has a PHD in whining and flopping but I wouldn't say his immature because of that. Unfortunately that's how the game is played now.

 

[Sgt. Lincoln Osiris]

Saw this in the Twitter "Trending news" section and chuckled

 

[Rolltide24]

Natmar, ‘Bron, D Wade and Hardin. All have earned lifetime achievement awards for the drama they’ve added in-game. Hardin and Naymar are in a league of their own currently though. I don’t let my kids watch either one play. Don’t want them to see how flopping and faking it get you such great rewards. I’d be embarrassed to roll around on the ground crying and calling for a stretcher when the crowd can see you’re holding a part of your body that wasn’t even contacted. But nobody seems to really give a damn. Bunch of panzies.

 

[TUSKtimes]

Natmar, ‘Bron, D Wade and Hardin. All have earned lifetime achievement awards for the drama they’ve added in-game. Hardin and Naymar are in a league of their own currently though. I don’t let my kids watch either one play. Don’t want them to see how flopping and faking it get you such great rewards. I’d be embarrassed to roll around on the ground crying and calling for a stretcher when the crowd can see you’re holding a part of your body that wasn’t even contacted. But nobody seems to really give a damn. Bunch of panzies.

Being the purest you are, no need to ask if you put your kids in timeout when it comes to soccer?

 

[JoshB]

Seriously? Name a time Lebron has had even a SEMBLANCE of the off the field issues either of those have. That is such a weird comparison.

You know when you make a rational, coherent comment like this an "angel gets his wings."

It wasn't a crime against society, but there are questions about his gate being vandalized by a racial slur, but no video evidence, and we never heard anything else about it. It died off pretty quick making it seem like it never happened or was an inside job. In a neighborhood of that influence, one of the biggest stars in the entire world, high security is a priority, so it is kind of questionable why there is no video evidence. I don't personally care one way or the other what unfolded, but this is pretty bad to stir up the masses, the media, and pretty low of someone in his shoes if in fact it wasn't true.

LeBron James Alleges Racist Graffiti, Still Zero Evidence

You know you just linked to a Clay Travis article, right?

 

[JoshB]

Seriously? Name a time Lebron has had even a SEMBLANCE of the off the field issues either of those have. That is such a weird comparison.

You know when you make a rational, coherent comment like this an "angel gets his wings."

Still waiting for you to give an angle wings. h/t

 

[TUSKtimes]

Still waiting for you to give an angle wings. h/t

Here you go, Wings on an angle.

 

[TerryP]

Seriously? Name a time Lebron has had even a SEMBLANCE of the off the field issues either of those have. That is such a weird comparison.

You know when you make a rational, coherent comment like this an "angel gets his wings."

It wasn't a crime against society, but there are questions about his gate being vandalized by a racial slur, but no video evidence, and we never heard anything else about it. It died off pretty quick making it seem like it never happened or was an inside job. In a neighborhood of that influence, one of the biggest stars in the entire world, high security is a priority, so it is kind of questionable why there is no video evidence. I don't personally care one way or the other what unfolded, but this is pretty bad to stir up the masses, the media, and pretty low of someone in his shoes if in fact it wasn't true.

LeBron James Alleges Racist Graffiti, Still Zero Evidence

You know you just linked to a Clay Travis article, right?

That's not really a fair shake, is it? Travis, known to troll, can't be categorized as "everything he says is bullshit."

I don't know if the story Lebron tells is true or not. I know I haven't seen any pictures of this graffiti and in today's time that's a shock. It's common sense to think someone would have taken a picture, right? It's a story that reads suspiciously.

Earlier you made reference to off the court behavior with Lebron. When he invoked Emmett Till's name and story I felt--and still do--it was a prime example of how out of touch he is with himself.

 

[Rolltide24]

Natmar, ‘Bron, D Wade and Hardin. All have earned lifetime achievement awards for the drama they’ve added in-game. Hardin and Naymar are in a league of their own currently though. I don’t let my kids watch either one play. Don’t want them to see how flopping and faking it get you such great rewards. I’d be embarrassed to roll around on the ground crying and calling for a stretcher when the crowd can see you’re holding a part of your body that wasn’t even contacted. But nobody seems to really give a damn. Bunch of panzies.

Being the purest you are, no need to ask if you put your kids in timeout when it comes to soccer?

Never used timeout, only my paddle/ruler.

Purest? You’re a fan of overboard faking to try and get penalties? You teach your kids that stuff is the way to get ahead in life? Just curious, because maybe I’m an outlier. Not that I’m going to change.

 

[TerryP]

Lebron has a PHD in whining and flopping but I wouldn't say his immature because of that.

Josh, this is the definition of immaturity.

Things aren't going his way so he whines about it. A child, who isn't getting his way, pitches a tantrum. Wherein lies the difference?

 

[alagator]

Seriously? Name a time Lebron has had even a SEMBLANCE of the off the field issues either of those have. That is such a weird comparison.

You see how it's defined? Johnny made good decisions on the football field. Cam did as well. Lebron does on the basketball court. They are savvy players. It's the same tense you've used here.

It isn't a weird comparison if it's taken in the context it was written. There isn't a mention of off the field. It's specifically on the field.

 

[TUSKtimes]

Never used timeout, only my paddle/ruler.

Purest? You’re a fan of overboard faking to try and get penalties? You teach your kids that stuff is the way to get ahead in life? Just curious, because maybe I’m an outlier. Not that I’m going to change.

You make an entire sport off-limit to your kids because you perceive some of them are not playing by your definition of fair play? Oh, my. How old are these kids of yours, you did say "ruler?" How do you feel about your kids watching football players holding, pulling, tugging, on every play to get an advantage? You do realize that evey time they throw a flag someone has broken the spirit of fair play, right? Someone is taking it upon themselves to get an advantage that physically they otherwise wouldn't possess.

Don't misread my intentions here. I'm mostly curious how you dismiss an entire sport based on something that commonly manifests itself anytime people decide to play a game. My best guess is that you just don't like NBA basketball to begin with and all this indignation toward it gets a lot easier for you and the kids.

 

[BamaFan334]

Never used timeout, only my paddle/ruler.

Purest? You’re a fan of overboard faking to try and get penalties? You teach your kids that stuff is the way to get ahead in life? Just curious, because maybe I’m an outlier. Not that I’m going to change.

You make an entire sport off-limit to your kids because you perceive some of them are not playing by your definition of fair play? Oh, my. How old are these kids of yours, you did say "ruler?" How do you feel about your kids watching football players holding, pulling, tugging, on every play to get an advantage? You do realize that evey time they throw a flag someone has broken the spirit of fair play, right? Someone is taking it upon themselves to get an advantage that physically they otherwise wouldn't possess.

Don't misread my intentions here. I'm mostly curious how you dismiss an entire sport based on something that commonly manifests itself anytime people decide to play a game. My best guess is that you just don't like NBA basketball to begin with and all this indignation toward it gets a lot easier for you and the kids.

You comparing flopping, fake injuries, and considerable amounts of whining and complaining to a holding penalty in football is quiet comedic. First off, I think we can all agree that no one is perfect, so in the heat of battle a wrong move is going to happen a good deal. Making a point to fake an injury, act it all out, and simply lie is a whole other ball game. During the World Cup, how many times have we seen a guy writhing in pain, only for all of the other players to stop, yet the whistle was never blown. How many times during football were you told to play until the whistle blows. Then literally five seconds later that guy acting like he broke his leg is hauling ass downfield to try and score. Call that what you want, but it's bullshit sportsmanship and a limp way to play sports. If you can't see that and where he is going with that, then maybe you just need to let it go, because attempting to compare the two is pretty bogus and a pathetic attempt to make yourself look more accepting and stronger willed. It is my belief that you make zero sense here with your comparisons and even though you tried to make your intentions clear, it comes across as you trying to parent the guy's kid by saying his methods are wrong and yours are correct.

 

[TUSKtimes]

You comparing flopping, fake injuries, and considerable amounts of whining and complaining to a holding penalty in football is quiet comedic. First off, I think we can all agree that no one is perfect, so in the heat of battle a wrong move is going to happen a good deal. Making a point to fake an injury, act it all out, and simply lie is a whole other ball game. During the World Cup, how many times have we seen a guy writhing in pain, only for all of the other players to stop, yet the whistle was never blown. How many times during football were you told to play until the whistle blows. Then literally five seconds later that guy acting like he broke his leg is hauling ass downfield to try and score. Call that what you want, but it's bullshit sportsmanship and a limp way to play sports. If you can't see that and where he is going with that, then maybe you just need to let it go, because attempting to compare the two is pretty bogus and a pathetic attempt to make yourself look more accepting and stronger willed. It is my belief that you make zero sense here with your comparisons and even though you tried to make your intentions clear, it comes across as you trying to parent the guy's kid by saying his methods are wrong and yours are correct.

You watch anything long enough you have to be more than willing to hold your nose to keep watching. And the few in-game indiscretions I mentioned about football hardly covers the gambit of organized cheating.

In the NFL in recent years we've had Spygate, Deflategate, Bountygate, PED epidemic, just a few of the area's where teams and players are more than willing to cheat at all cost to win the game. Can you just hear the remotes turning off the TV sets?

In that you are very concerned about the character of the guys who play this game take a few moments to remember these outstanding personalities, Bullygate, starring Richie Incognito, Ray Lewis arrest and allowance back in the league, Adrianne Peterson putting more than a whopping on his youngun, The Love Boat with Daunte Culpepper and friends, Michael Vick, dog fighting, Adam "Pacman" Jones making it rain, etc, etc.

Tell the truth, do you think all these same well-meaning parents are paying attention to any of this?

 

[BamaFan334]

You comparing flopping, fake injuries, and considerable amounts of whining and complaining to a holding penalty in football is quiet comedic. First off, I think we can all agree that no one is perfect, so in the heat of battle a wrong move is going to happen a good deal. Making a point to fake an injury, act it all out, and simply lie is a whole other ball game. During the World Cup, how many times have we seen a guy writhing in pain, only for all of the other players to stop, yet the whistle was never blown. How many times during football were you told to play until the whistle blows. Then literally five seconds later that guy acting like he broke his leg is hauling ass downfield to try and score. Call that what you want, but it's bullshit sportsmanship and a limp way to play sports. If you can't see that and where he is going with that, then maybe you just need to let it go, because attempting to compare the two is pretty bogus and a pathetic attempt to make yourself look more accepting and stronger willed. It is my belief that you make zero sense here with your comparisons and even though you tried to make your intentions clear, it comes across as you trying to parent the guy's kid by saying his methods are wrong and yours are correct.

You watch anything long enough you have to be more than willing to hold your nose to keep watching. And the few in-game indiscretions I mentioned about football hardly covers the gambit of organized cheating.

In the NFL in recent years we've had Spygate, Deflategate, Bountygate, PED epidemic, just a few of the area's where teams and players are more than willing to cheat at all cost to win the game. Can you just hear the remotes turning off the TV sets?

In that you are very concerned about the character of the guys who play this game take a few moments to remember these outstanding personalities, Bullygate, starring Richie Incognito, Ray Lewis arrest and allowance back in the league, Adrianne Peterson putting more than a whopping on his youngun, The Love Boat with Daunte Culpepper and friends, Michael Vick, dog fighting, Adam "Pacman" Jones making it rain, etc, etc.

Tell the truth, do you think all these same well-meaning parents are paying attention to any of this?

Once again, you're bringing in a completely different set of circumstances. Ray Lewis killing a guy is not what we're talking about here, we're simply talking about on the field embarrassing actions to try and sway a game. Rarely is a time where LeBron misses a basket while driving and throws his hands up and puts his tears of a clown face on while whining to the refs for a call. Soccer's shortcomings has been well documented. James Harden was brought up, and his flopping is notoriously known. Even bullshit fake injuries in football caught by cameras are a joke. Teaching your kids to pout when a decision doesn't go their way is failing your child. Allowing them to watch these guys and not parent them is failing our kids too. If I remember correctly, the NBA was supposedly taking a hard stance on their guys bumping refs, talking shit, and trying to belittle the refs in the game.

Hey, I 100% agree with you with the instances above that those guys should have been out of the NFL a long time ago, but the NFL failed society by letting them continue to live the good life. Will my kids watch the NFL? If they want to, but know that there is parenting going on as well helping my kids understand who they should like and for what reasons and the actions of others that they shouldn't follow like the ones you mentioned above. I also plan on raising my kids around college athletics because it shows hungry kids wanting to make more of themselves while getting an education. Those are the principles we should be teaching, not falling and yelling on the field in hopes of getting a call because you were outplayed. There will be no Johnny Manziel posters, Johnathan Taylor posters, or Jeffrey Simmons posters, but guys like Mark Ingram, Tim Tebow, and Derrick Henry.

 

[TUSKtimes]

Once again, you're bringing in a completely different set of circumstances. Ray Lewis killing a guy is not what we're talking about here, we're simply talking about on the field embarrassing actions to try and sway a game.

Sure, we are. It's all about "immaturity, flopping." That's the big character issues we are dealing with. I take from your response that the NFL "character" aroma is not nearly as odious as the big bad NBA?

Teaching your kids to pout when a decision doesn't go their way is failing your child. Allowing them to watch these guys and not parent them is failing our kids too. If I remember correctly, the NBA was supposedly taking a hard stance on their guys bumping refs, talking shit, and trying to belittle the refs in the game.

It's so apparent @BamaFan334 you don't like the NBA and you don't like Lebron and you have mentioned this "man-crush" I seem to have with his talent. I'm going to go ahead and come clean:

The reality is that every time I see LeBron charge to the basket, pass the ball crosscourt with the speed and accuracy of a smart missile or make some incredible to humanly impossible block at crunch time to preserve another win, or just continue to find the winning basket as time is running out, it's like finding a time portal and watching the TUSKmeister at the REC league in days of old. Suddenly, I'm flying through the air, defying gravity and my detractors at the same time with the precision and awe-inspiring speed of a bullet train.

Heads up: On the golf links with TUSK, try to think Tiger Woods, 1997 Masters.

 

[BamaFan334]

Once again, you're bringing in a completely different set of circumstances. Ray Lewis killing a guy is not what we're talking about here, we're simply talking about on the field embarrassing actions to try and sway a game.

Sure, we are. It's all about "immaturity, flopping." That's the big character issues we are dealing with. I take from your response that the NFL "character" aroma is not nearly as odious as the big bad NBA?

Teaching your kids to pout when a decision doesn't go their way is failing your child. Allowing them to watch these guys and not parent them is failing our kids too. If I remember correctly, the NBA was supposedly taking a hard stance on their guys bumping refs, talking shit, and trying to belittle the refs in the game.

It's so apparent @BamaFan334 you don't like the NBA and you don't like Lebron and you have mentioned this "man-crush" I seem to have with his talent. I'm going to go ahead and come clean:

The reality is that every time I see LeBron charge to the basket, pass the ball crosscourt with the speed and accuracy of a smart missile or make some incredible to humanly impossible block at crunch time to preserve another win, or just continue to find the winning basket as time is running out, it's like finding a time portal and watching the TUSKmeister at the REC league in days of old. Suddenly, I'm flying through the air, defying gravity and my detractors at the same time with the precision and awe-inspiring speed of a bullet train.

Heads up: On the golf links with TUSK, try to think Tiger Woods, 1997 Masters.

I think the NBA is garbage. I think the on court product sucks as well as a lot of the players they employ. David Silver has worked on cleaning it up, but it has a long ways to go before it's something I would ever care about again. Same for the NFL, same for MLB as it's just boring as hell to watch. I don't spend that much time sitting on my ass watching TV either, so I'm sure you'll try and spin that as some sort of bad habit. I watch a lot of college football, some college basketball, and golf. That's about all I watch anymore. ESPN has trash shows, anything new involves a Real Housewife, a Bachelor, or an American Idol. I'd rather not watch reality garbage that is staged. Most everything coming through our TV screen is rehearsed with a political slant or just garbage.

And yes, the way your mouth waters when you talk about LeBron comes across as something much more than liking his game. Now saying his game reminds you of yours, even more comical. I give zero f's about LeBron or any other athlete for that matter, how he lives his personal life, what he does with his money, what shoe he comes out with, or whom he signs with. In actuality, I think it's quiet pathetic that so many people do care about those things in someone else's life and doesn't apply those same standards to their own lives. I worry about myself, my kids, and the University of Alabama. I want the Braves, Falcons, and Hawks to do well, but I don't go bitching on Facebook a hundred times a year when they fall short. I don't even have Facebook. Yes, not having Facebook can happen.

 

[TUSKtimes]

I think the NBA is garbage. I think the on court product sucks as well as a lot of the players they employ. David Silver has worked on cleaning it up, but it has a long ways to go before it's something I would ever care about again. Same for the NFL, same for MLB as it's just boring as hell to watch. I don't spend that much time sitting on my ass watching TV either, so I'm sure you'll try and spin that as some sort of bad habit. I watch a lot of college football, some college basketball, and golf. That's about all I watch anymore. ESPN has trash shows, anything new involves a Real Housewife, a Bachelor, or an American Idol. I'd rather not watch reality garbage that is staged. Most everything coming through our TV screen is rehearsed with a political slant or just garbage.

And yes, the way your mouth waters when you talk about LeBron comes across as something much more than liking his game. Now saying his game reminds you of yours, even more comical. I give zero f's about LeBron or any other athlete for that matter, how he lives his personal life, what he does with his money, what shoe he comes out with, or whom he signs with. In actuality, I think it's quiet pathetic that so many people do care about those things in someone else's life and doesn't apply those same standards to their own lives. I worry about myself, my kids, and the University of Alabama. I want the Braves, Falcons, and Hawks to do well, but I don't go bitching on Facebook a hundred times a year when they fall short. I don't even have Facebook. Yes, not having Facebook can happen.

Does this mean the next time this subject comes up in a thread you won't feel the need to remind us all.....................again?

 

[BamaFan334]

I think the NBA is garbage. I think the on court product sucks as well as a lot of the players they employ. David Silver has worked on cleaning it up, but it has a long ways to go before it's something I would ever care about again. Same for the NFL, same for MLB as it's just boring as hell to watch. I don't spend that much time sitting on my ass watching TV either, so I'm sure you'll try and spin that as some sort of bad habit. I watch a lot of college football, some college basketball, and golf. That's about all I watch anymore. ESPN has trash shows, anything new involves a Real Housewife, a Bachelor, or an American Idol. I'd rather not watch reality garbage that is staged. Most everything coming through our TV screen is rehearsed with a political slant or just garbage.

And yes, the way your mouth waters when you talk about LeBron comes across as something much more than liking his game. Now saying his game reminds you of yours, even more comical. I give zero f's about LeBron or any other athlete for that matter, how he lives his personal life, what he does with his money, what shoe he comes out with, or whom he signs with. In actuality, I think it's quiet pathetic that so many people do care about those things in someone else's life and doesn't apply those same standards to their own lives. I worry about myself, my kids, and the University of Alabama. I want the Braves, Falcons, and Hawks to do well, but I don't go bitching on Facebook a hundred times a year when they fall short. I don't even have Facebook. Yes, not having Facebook can happen.

Does this mean the next time this subject comes up in a thread you won't feel the need to remind us all.....................again?

I guess I can afford to refresh your mind every so often like you continue to do with your drivel and continued but failed attempts to enlighten everyone else like you try to do every.single.thread. You're the only person I've ever come across that has it all figured out, Liberals included. But go ahead, tell us how we should all think, act, and respond, I'm taking notes.