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I heard a local sports reporter talk about when Rasheed was a Blazers and he threatened that if the reporter didn't stop asking asking he'd smack em in the face, he wasn't taking questions at all. Then last week I hear Rasheed crying about they are just doing their job and shouldn't be talked to disrespectfully or threatened, and how would you (listeners) like it if someone did that to you while on the job. Hypocritical? or is a sports reporter asking key blazer questions, part of a job? Yes on both.
 
Hoopguru said:
I heard a local sports reporter talk about when Rasheed was a Blazers and he threatened that if the reporter didn't stop asking asking he'd smack em in the face, he wasn't taking questions at all. Then last week I hear Rasheed crying about they are just doing their job and shouldn't be talked to disrespectfully or threatened, and how would you (listeners) like it if someone did that to you while on the job. Hypocritical? or is a sports reporter asking key blazer questions, part of a job? Yes on both.
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Maybe he's being a hyprocrit. Maybe he has matured.
 
Natebishop3 said:
Should the fan be punished? Absolutely.

I don't like that racism immediately gets brought up. There are plenty of reasons for Boston fans to not like Kyrie without racism being involved at all.
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Were there any racial slurs heard or actions noticed?

If not, then it shouldnt be a factor and to bring it up without validation undermines the importance of ridding society from true racism.
 
Racism isn't the only reason for fan misbehavior, but you can't get around the fact that the NBA players are overwhelmingly Black, and fans, especially in expensive seats, are mostly white. I know this is opinion but I wonder if these fans at some level consider it's more OK to act like that to a Black athlete.
 
Orion Bailey said:
Were there any racial slurs heard or actions noticed?

If not, then it shouldnt be a factor and to bring it up without validation undermines the importance of ridding society from true racism.
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Yes, to Ja Morant's family. Racist and sexist.
And while I agree that misbehavior at a sporting event is not up there with police murder, voter suppression, economic inequality etc. it is still "real".
 
crandc said:
Racism isn't the only reason for fan misbehavior, but you can't get around the fact that the NBA players are overwhelmingly Black, and fans, especially in expensive seats, are mostly white. I know this is opinion but I wonder if these fans at some level consider it's more OK to act like that to a Black athlete.
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Sure, but it shouldn't be brought up unless there's clear evidence it was racially motivated. The dude has a history in Boston, his team just crushed their team, and he disrespected their logo. There was PLENTY of motivation for misbehavior without needing to throw race into it.
 
Chris Craig said:
That fan should not have done that. Neither should have Irving stomped on the face of the Celtics logo at center Court following today. Both classless acts
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Based on English language and grammar, this is comparative language - so yes, you did in fact compare the two actions and came to the conclusion that “both are classless acts.”

Chris Craig said:
I wasn't comparing the two. Yes, one was a crime. The fan got arrested as he should have. We can't have fans doing that.

Yes, it's just a logo. Still, a classless act.
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As mentioned above, you compared them, undoubtedly and undisputedly. That may have not been your intention, but you clearly did.

And by even mentioning them in the same breathe, it’s a cop out to say “well shouldn’t have stomped on a logo if you didn’t want someone to assault you.”
 
Natebishop3 said:
Sure, but it shouldn't be brought up unless there's clear evidence it was racially motivated. The dude has a history in Boston, his team just crushed their team, and he disrespected their logo. There was PLENTY of motivation for misbehavior without needing to throw race into it.
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I doubt it was racist in intent. But as they say, sometimes your reputation precedes you.
 
My take. Some fans are just entitled assholes, but if Black athletes think fan misbehavior is racially motivated it's not for me to tell them they don't know what they are talking about.
 
Just be thankful that there isn't a bone head fan that's figured out how to sneak a gun or knife.
 
JoshuaHall said:
Based on English language and grammar, this is comparative language - so yes, you did in fact compare the two actions and came to the conclusion that “both are classless acts.”



As mentioned above, you compared them, undoubtedly and undisputedly. That may have not been your intention, but you clearly did.

And by even mentioning them in the same breathe, it’s a cop out to say “well shouldn’t have stomped on a logo if you didn’t want someone to assault you.”
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I was saying neither of them should have done what they did. I wasn't saying the bottle throwing was warranted because he stomped on the logo. I wasn't saying they are the same thing, not at all. I was just saying they are and were both classless. And, that remains true.
 
Social media and Donald Trump have promoted being an asshole into an entire culture.

I used to roll my eyes back in the 90's when Republicans would go on about family values and personal accountability and all that. Now I really miss those days. It seems like certain categories of Americans just feel entitled to be assholes whenever they want.
 
mook said:
Social media and Donald Trump have promoted being an asshole into an entire culture.

I used to roll my eyes back in the 90's when Republicans would go on about family values and personal accountability and all that. Now I really miss those days. It seems like certain categories of Americans just feel entitled to be assholes whenever they want.
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And when those people are called out for rude, racist and obnoxious behavior, they melt into a puddle of tears and call it “cancel culture”. The main problem with half of America is that they don’t want to hold themselves accountable…..or to be held accountable by others. It’s scary how many Americans have an inaccurate and/or incomplete understanding of what the Constitution actually stands for………and the Right has been exploiting that ignorance for decades……if not centuries. Everyone has a right to be an asshole. But it doesn’t mean the rest of us have to accept it.
 
calvin natt said:
The fans are a direct reflection on America. Anyone been watching the country the last few years? There is nothing whatsoever surprising about any of this other than it has taken so long to get to this point.
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Im super confused how you think this is new behavior for sports and also how you think this is isolated to American fans.

I can link you several articles of fans in Europe throwing bananas at soccer players.
 
Natebishop3 said:
Im super confused how you think this is new behavior for sports and also how you think this is isolated to American fans.

I can link you several articles of fans in Europe throwing bananas at soccer players.
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Europe is irrelevant to this. Fan behavior in the NBA is escalating and becoming bold enough that people on a nightly basis across the playoffs are blatantly doing shit and getting caught. Remember previous years where fans were banned from their home arenas every night? Me neither.
 
calvin natt said:
Europe is irrelevant to this. Fan behavior in the NBA is escalating and becoming bold enough that people on a nightly basis across the playoffs are blatantly doing shit and getting caught. Remember previous years where fans were banned from their home arenas every night? Me neither.
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My point is that this behavior has been going on for a long time in other places. So to your point, why is it suddenly happening here?

But then again, I linked the Malice at the Palace earlier. It's not a new thing.
 
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