Dude that threw the cup was the epitome of an entitled cac bytch. I never knew (or maybe forgot) that he was doing interviews popping shyt after the fact. A shame he didn’t get stomped out right then and there.
And that fan they had speaking was a clown too. Acting like him & his friend just accidentally ended up on the court in Ron’s face, knowing damn well they went down there to start shyt. And got the nerve to say JO hitting him was a bytch move. He’s lucky JO slipped on that punch cause if not he would’ve left the building with more than some swollen lips.
Saw someone on Twitter that those fans reminded them of the people that stormed the capitol and that seems real accurate.
The way the media kept saying "tHuGs!" may as well had said nikkas. Smh
Bob Costas said it so aggressively he might as well have said the N-word with the hard “er”
Watching this first ep now goddamn Fred Jones got the beats
That and Jamal Tinsley grabbing one of the stadium dustpans and holding it like a sword are the two most overlooked parts of the whole situation
They were all blaming the fans right after it happened but then ESPN talked do everyone and made them all apologize and from then on out it was straight blaming the players. But I still feel like that’s key, in the immediate aftermath everyone on that ESPN set was going in on the fans.
shyt would be insane if that happened in the Twitter/social media era though.
Yeah from what I remember that postgame crew with John Saunders and Stephen A were shytting on the Detroit fans. It wasn’t until the next day when CNN, Fox News, NBC, etc. started covering it that the narrative shifted.
I think if it happened today that MAGA Clay Travis/Will Cain crowd would still be shytting on the players and labeling them as thugs, but I don’t think the media coverage overall would’ve been as bad. A lot of people would’ve probably defended them on social media, including other players.