(11-18-2021, 11:21 AM)ItsGoTime Wrote: Not to mention, is Morey really willing to wait out 2 years before trading Simmons if he holds out?

(11-18-2021, 06:32 PM)Hypermav Wrote: https://twitter.com/EnesKanter/status/1461380967197814785?s=20

Kanter is not so easy to dismiss.  Escalation.

(11-18-2021, 11:21 PM)Paul Gasol Wrote: I’m personally really enjoying this series of tweets by Kanter. He’s certainly going in hard…

(11-19-2021, 01:23 AM)SleepingHero Wrote: Kanter has to keep it up. Throw it in the faces of Lebron and the rest of them that kept trotting out their 2 dollar t-shirts they wore before every game as if that meant something. Every day that passes by it makes them seem more and more hypocritical.

(11-19-2021, 11:07 AM)fifteenth Wrote: I mean, it's not reasonable to expect every person who speaks up about a particular issue to then make sure to mention all other wrongs currently in progress. BUT...if you refuse to weigh in because mentioning those particular people being abused in that particular country where you do business, because it's bad your for business...then you're doing what so many people have done in being quiet over the centuries about the injustice that you do care about.

(11-19-2021, 01:40 PM)MangaAfterDark Wrote: As an American, I see no issue with focusing on American issues primarily. I do not agree with the idea that if you dont care about everyone's issues then you can not speak openly about your communities' issues. I do not see that same logic get applied to other tragedies, "if you do not care about every terrorist attack, then you cant complain when America gets attacked" is pretty flawed logic imo

(11-19-2021, 01:40 PM)SleepingHero Wrote: Honestly it's hard to have a nuanced discourse on topics such as these over the internet, but I suppose I'll try. 

What you said here mainly hit the nail on the head for me as the crux of the issue. I find it disingenuous that these multi-millionaires that earn 6 figures PER GAME find it appropriate to lecture the country on all it's wrong doings, but are perfectly fine overlooking a horrible atrocity because it'll affect their bottom line.

It makes everything that they tried to stand for seem spurious and shallow last summer, and frankly turns me off of the NBA as a whole.

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I think you're missing the fact that the NBA is directly partnered with China, and their relationship alone generates hundreds of millions of dollars for the NBA every year. 

That's why this is hypocritical. One of the NBA's biggest partners is directly engaging in concentration camps of an underrepresented minority in China, and the league that has gone out of it's way to brand itself as "for the people" and "woke" has turned a blind eye.

If the NBA wasn't directly benefiting off of this, then yeah, sure, focus on American issues if you really want. That's your choice.

(11-20-2021, 10:55 AM)ClutchDirk Wrote: https://bleacherreport.com/articles/10018689-lakers-lebron-james-wont-give-his-energy-to-enes-kanter-after-centers-criticism

(11-20-2021, 10:55 AM)ClutchDirk Wrote: https://bleacherreport.com/articles/10018689-lakers-lebron-james-wont-give-his-energy-to-enes-kanter-after-centers-criticism

(11-20-2021, 09:20 AM)Chicagojk Wrote: Question, Rubio and Jalen both on the market.   How many team would prefer Rubio or Jalen?    Interesting question.   Jalen is younger and better shooter.   Both play smart basketball.    Rubio better defender and passer (i assume, but haven't watched much of him lately).   I would imagine most teams would be split on who they prefer.   Rubio has really stabilized himself the last few years (mostly on non playoff teams) and has been playing excellent so far this year.  To be honest, I scoffed at some who said we should target him this offseason.   Looking back, I think he would have worked really well here.

(11-20-2021, 11:34 PM)KillerLeft Wrote: I would love Rubio here (BE PREPARED), but there's no question that Brunson will be the hotter commodity as a free agent. Like, no doubt, imo.