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Simpleton
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Hahaha, truth.
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I'm surprised neither of you have said much about Rose.
I think he's being a bitch for not at least trying to go in a game.
Maybe Carp was right about other guys around the league not wanting to play with him, because he doesn't come off as this real likable guy.
I think he's being a bitch for not at least trying to go in a game.
Maybe Carp was right about other guys around the league not wanting to play with him, because he doesn't come off as this real likable guy.
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He's always been careless with the ball, now it's just magnified cause he looks so old out there.
As an aside, that 3 Jason Terry just made is the first big shot he's made all year.
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I have no idea what's going on with him.
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I just said in my post the other day that I think he's being a bitch.
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Pierce has looked old and slow for a few years now. At least to me he has.
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Jason Collins comes out as the first active openly gay athlete. Props to him, that takes a lot of guys. Especially since he's a FA and some teams may shy away from him.
Of course, this might not be a surprise. He spent like 8 years with the Nets and this bound to turn anyone gay.
Of course, this might not be a surprise. He spent like 8 years with the Nets and this bound to turn anyone gay.
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Normally I'd consider this an innocent typo, but considering the topic.....
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Normally I'd consider this an innocent type, but considering the topic.....
oops. iPhone autocorrect made a funneh. Yeah, it was supposed to say "guts".
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Veteran NBA Center Jason Collins: “I’m gay”
Veteran NBA Center Jason Collins: “I’m gay”
Veteran NBA Center Jason Collins: “I’m gay”
Kurt Helin Apr 29, 2013, 11:26 AM EDT
Journeyman NBA center Jason Collins has come out as gay, the first active professional major team sport athlete to do so.
He wrote an article for Sports Illustrated (that hits newsstands May 6) and came out on his terms in his own words.
"I’m a 34-year-old NBA center. I’m black. And I’m gay.
I didn’t set out to be the first openly gay athlete playing in a major American team sport. But since I am, I’m happy to start the conversation. I wish I wasn’t the kid in the classroom raising his hand and saying, “I’m different.” If I had my way, someone else would have already done this. Nobody has, which is why I’m raising my hand….
Now I’m a free agent, literally and figuratively. I’ve reached that enviable state in life in which I can do pretty much what I want. And what I want is to continue to play basketball. I still love the game, and I still have something to offer. My coaches and teammates recognize that. At the same time, I want to be genuine and authentic and truthful."
You need to go read the entire story by him. It’s powerful. He talks about his road to discovery, coming out to his family and friends, and even that he wore No. 98 last season in honor of Mathew Shepard.
Good for Jason Collins. This is a bold and strong move.
Collins is a 12-year NBA veteran, a solid defensive center who last season split time between the Celtics and Wizards. He was a high school powerhouse along with his brother Jarron, the pair went to Stanford together and took that team to the elite eight, and he has had a solid professional career where he has been the starting big man on teams that made good playoff runs.
As he says, Collins is a free agent.
This is going to bother some in the NBA community and some in locker rooms. But studies have shown that acceptance of the gay and lesbian lifestyle is much, much higher among younger generations than older ones. And the NBA is filled with younger athletes. The general sense I’ve gotten from most players when this topic comes up is that if the guy can play, if he can contribute to a winning culture, most players don’t care what he does or who he does it with when he leaves the locker room.
I hope that is the case. I hope some team picks him up as a veteran big man off the bench and he gets a real shot next year. He is at the end of his career — teams want someone who can contribute and he can’t do a ton of that anymore — but I would hope he lands somewhere. And that this really ends up being no big deal so we as a society can start to move on to talking about issues that really matter.
Veteran NBA Center Jason Collins: “I’m gay”
Veteran NBA Center Jason Collins: “I’m gay”
Kurt Helin Apr 29, 2013, 11:26 AM EDT
Journeyman NBA center Jason Collins has come out as gay, the first active professional major team sport athlete to do so.
He wrote an article for Sports Illustrated (that hits newsstands May 6) and came out on his terms in his own words.
"I’m a 34-year-old NBA center. I’m black. And I’m gay.
I didn’t set out to be the first openly gay athlete playing in a major American team sport. But since I am, I’m happy to start the conversation. I wish I wasn’t the kid in the classroom raising his hand and saying, “I’m different.” If I had my way, someone else would have already done this. Nobody has, which is why I’m raising my hand….
Now I’m a free agent, literally and figuratively. I’ve reached that enviable state in life in which I can do pretty much what I want. And what I want is to continue to play basketball. I still love the game, and I still have something to offer. My coaches and teammates recognize that. At the same time, I want to be genuine and authentic and truthful."
You need to go read the entire story by him. It’s powerful. He talks about his road to discovery, coming out to his family and friends, and even that he wore No. 98 last season in honor of Mathew Shepard.
Good for Jason Collins. This is a bold and strong move.
Collins is a 12-year NBA veteran, a solid defensive center who last season split time between the Celtics and Wizards. He was a high school powerhouse along with his brother Jarron, the pair went to Stanford together and took that team to the elite eight, and he has had a solid professional career where he has been the starting big man on teams that made good playoff runs.
As he says, Collins is a free agent.
This is going to bother some in the NBA community and some in locker rooms. But studies have shown that acceptance of the gay and lesbian lifestyle is much, much higher among younger generations than older ones. And the NBA is filled with younger athletes. The general sense I’ve gotten from most players when this topic comes up is that if the guy can play, if he can contribute to a winning culture, most players don’t care what he does or who he does it with when he leaves the locker room.
I hope that is the case. I hope some team picks him up as a veteran big man off the bench and he gets a real shot next year. He is at the end of his career — teams want someone who can contribute and he can’t do a ton of that anymore — but I would hope he lands somewhere. And that this really ends up being no big deal so we as a society can start to move on to talking about issues that really matter.
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I like how Mike Wallace, formerly of the Steelers, tried to delete his tweet. He didn't say anything that I'd consider inflammatory. He basically said "with all the gorgeous women in the world he can't see why guys would want to get with another dude." Or something to that nature.
He tried to delete it a short time later, but as he and millions of others before him have found out, once you put it out on the internet people are going to take screen shots as proof.
We perfected that tactic a while ago at the Zone when Hostile was at the peak of his faggotry.
He tried to delete it a short time later, but as he and millions of others before him have found out, once you put it out on the internet people are going to take screen shots as proof.
We perfected that tactic a while ago at the Zone when Hostile was at the peak of his faggotry.
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