and how the young guys have an attitude or they are thugs or they shouldnt show any expresssion or swagger after they just made a sick dunk on someone, and how they should just be plain and boring with no expressions of any kind. do they do this because of some latent passive aggressive racism in them or do they just straight up enjoy watching lifeless players (tim duncan comes to mind) running up and down the court ? can you imagine a basketball game full of tim duncans with no kind of expressions watsoever, all robotic. will they themselves even want to watch it if it gets that way???? personally i think its latent passive racism that makes them make these ridiculous comments. i mean what is as exciting as seeing a man dunk and the expression that comes with it??? as opposed to dunking and being stoic and expressionless like a robot. i need you inputs guys??
2007-05-12 06:22:44 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Basketball
oh and they got to the dresscodes too. like all man should have a homogenous corporate dress sense. who cares about their dress sense??? we wanna see ballin. so i think its some latent passive racism going on. this white boy right hurr loves swagger. best belive dat
2007-05-12 06:26:22 · update #1
Some of both. I like the professional, no nonsense way Duncan carries himself. But a little bit of personality is fun as long as it does not detract from a player's professionalism. As my wife said after seeing Baron Davis's sick dunk and celebration, "at least act like you've been there before." So long as a player's personality doesn't lessen his play or make him seem as hough he's never before played with the best, I say let them add some flair to the game. Problem is, a lot of players end up focusing on their celebrations more than the game (see Football).
2007-05-12 06:29:28 · answer #1 · answered by Wojo 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, Im white, and i like to see a little energy from the players..But there is no call to act like a bunch of thug wanna-bes either. I like seeing people who play hard, but arn't obnoxious. This is why my favorite player of all time is Reggie Miller. You need some ammount of energy, or else the game would be boring to watch. But, some of the players that just act like "thugs" , no offense to them, but they look/act almost laughable. This is the reason why my two least favorite players are Allen Iverson and Stephen Jackson. But, no. It isn't racism. It's called: trying to get the players to not humiliate themselves in public and make the franchise look bad. Race has nothing to do with it. If there was a white guy that got all tattooed and dressed like an idiot, what would people do? LAUGH AT HIM! Nobody would like him either! The all-time classic song "Pretty fly (for a white guy)" by "The Offspring" comes to mind. Bottom line: All those gangster wannabes do is make the franchise look bad.
2007-05-12 08:04:03 · answer #2 · answered by Jake S 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Within reason. A little collar popping or staredown is okay but when they start turning the NBA into an "and one" mix tape its poor sportsmanship and it degrades the game. So I say if they do a little thing its cool but if they jump up and down and insult the other player and act like they just knocked out Mike Tyson than T em up, whether they are white or black.
2007-05-12 06:33:56 · answer #3 · answered by dan syrup 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Its an indirect form of racism. They are afraid of the black man controlling the NBA. They already have the face of the NBA, they have to have some kind of control over it so that it takes some of the attention off of the "thugs"...they want the NBA to have a different face and definition and they look at it as getting worse and worse and they have to do things like change the dress code just reassure them that they are still running things.
2007-05-12 06:30:40 · answer #4 · answered by 121381 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
i hear you white boy. david stern just wants to make the nba look like a bunch of white boys. he restricts everything. who cares how the players dress before the game. you don't watch them then. he even made a rule now that the players have to where shorts one inch above the knee. i don't think any baller wants to look like John Stockton. when the jordan 1's first came out. D. Stern banned them from the NBA because they had too much color. whenever jordan wore them he got fined like 7 grand. D.S. should be fired.
2007-05-12 07:11:17 · answer #5 · answered by hardwoodlegend 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know about most areas. I live in San Francisco so I am exposed to a lot less racism here than in other places, I suppose...SF is ultra-liberal.
And being a Warriors fan, I don't hear many complaints about swagger!!!
2007-05-12 06:44:58 · answer #6 · answered by Saint Jose 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All these pro players are is a bunch of thugs and illiterates. They receive a free pass for ANY indiscretion they chose to bestow on society.
Murder, no big thing, he used to play football.
Rape, no big thing, he's a special basketball player. Or, hes a champion boxer.
Gambling, no big thing, hes a special baseball player.
Drugs, no big thing, hes gets paid $800 million to do something kids do on the school grounds for nothing. He has to spend his money on something. He is just doing his part to keep the cocaine trade alive.
Most of these people, if not for professional sports, would be breaking legs on the dock for some loan shark.
I don't watch them, I don't buy their SHlT, in either a figurative or a literal sense. Those who do, support there antics and have NO ONE to blame for it but THEMSELVES.
Have you ever listened to one of these morons being interviewed. "Well, ah you know daa daa you know ah you know". With their money they should hire someone to speak for them.
It is as bad as politics. Perjury, no big thing, it was only sex.
OK, I'm done now. The clock says it's time for my documentary on the History Channel.
2007-05-12 07:41:31 · answer #7 · answered by gimpalomg 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Swagger?
They get paid millins of dollars to dunk a ball into a rim that's 2 feet above their head. The tards that puff up their chests after aren't showing swagger...they're looking like idioys.
It's like the NFL...people like LT or Barry Sanders are the best because they hand (handed) the ball to the ref instead of doing the "hey, look at me" dance.
These guys need to get over themselves. It's like someone 5'10 dunking on a 7 foot rim and acting like they're God.
Please.................
2007-05-12 06:37:14 · answer #8 · answered by Tom V 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Its just another way that "The Man" is trying to conform the brothas to act like, dress like, and talk like them...so they throw us alot of money for services renderes on the basketball court, but then expect us to be just like them because we are on there payroll.
2007-05-12 06:49:59 · answer #9 · answered by Hi 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is a subtle form of racism that permeates modern society.
2007-05-12 13:40:48 · answer #10 · answered by redder0 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋