So why are NBA players so BORING now???

[Silkk]

There are only a few with that type of charisma. Swaggy P, John Wall,

 

[Freedman]

I ride with OKC and As cool as Westbrook make himself seem bruh I always laugh at his pictures, I got a cousin played highschool ball with Westbrook at Leuzinger. He always tell about how hoes used to not even fukk with that nikka because they thought he was dorky.

 

[Stealth]

look at what happened to richard sherman.

these new nba players to worried about their perception and that fukking up their earning potential

back then nikkas aint give a fukk what white people thought. the hood ran the nba and nba players where like if you didn't like it

first things first i found nothing wrong with that interview, my dumbass friends said he was talking shyt but wtf is he supposed to do after making a huge play in a huge game? ill never understand the criticism or attention that interview got

Be like boring ass drose and kawhi and not say a thing or show any emotion? I applaud him and salute him for that because it was his real personality right there. He was showing emotion, something todays NBA players dont do. Once the cameras go on and they're being interviewed, they sound like robots.

lebron was much coverage as he gets is still not himself when being interviewed, still kinda camera shy. John wall is the only player with personality and emotion in the nba

 

[El Bombi]

I think it's just this generation period.

The NFL players of today are just as swagless.

There's no more Deion Sanders and Michael Irvin type flashy players anymore.



shyt even they had more personality in the 60's

 

[El Bombi]

Players nowadays are terrified to show any kind of personality since they're under such a big microscope now.The players from the Jordan/Pre-Lebron era were cut from a different cloth. They embraced the spotlight, weren't afraid to be themselves and didn't give a fukk about what people thought of them. They just went out played ball and continued about they business. Back then, they seemed larger than life....like cartoon characters or something. You had to watch shyt like Inside Stuff to see how these dudes were really like.

I also blame it on today's society. Hipster culture is IN right now especially in the black community. Were to busy focusing on our appearance and what's cool that we hide our true identities just to fit in. That attitude is carrying over to the NBA since most guys are coming young as 19-20 years old that seemed to have no life experiences/struggles. They all just wanna be friends, play dress up, have fun, fukk instagram bytches and stunt.

The NBA is just a job to them.

Co-sign

This generation of both NBA and NFL players are more thin skin emotional and sensitive to criticism.

 

[MercuryHayes]

I want to find more ratings but the ratings have gone down since the 90s

Yea in the last couple of years its picked up but it ain't where it used to be

Last year they did a 3.3, highest since 2000 3.0 the year prior same as 01. Let's not under rate the Jordan Era, less cable tv and that NBC had MORE games on for the NBA. Saturday double headers and Sunday triple headers. So many games on different networks now, it was a lot more condensed then. And now we're subjugated to the same OKC/MIAMI/NYK/LAL/CHI Sunday double headers even when the teams are having trash seasons.

 

[Malik]

All I see is a guy who didn't have money to the same guy with $80 mil. Who's the real Russy?

You're gonna go from wearing Triple 5 Soul shirts to designer shyt too once you come up on some millz.

Yea....I probably would shop at Saks Fifth once I came up some millz. I wouldn't be dressing up like Willy Wonka though.

That nikka looks like a clown.

And Dwyane Wade looks gay as hell. Fabulooouuus azz nikka

 

[RugbyCardigan]

Dudes are funny. When cats have outgoing and gregarious personalities they're "cornballs." When they're reserved or chill personalities, they're boring. When they don't give a fukk they're stupid. If a dude does dance or smile too much for your liking, or not take every game like the fate of the known universe lies in the balance, they're a c00n. It's like there's no middle ground. Everything is to the extreme. If Dwight Howard did the same thing Gary Payton did in the locker room tomorrow night y'all would be like:

.

When LeBron and them danced a few years ago at the introductions y'all were probably like:

or

I mean, what the fukk do y'all want?

I truly believe as a celebrity or athlete or whatever, you have to put your own happiness ahead of others. People are so mercurial that's there's really no need to try to appease them. If they like you, cool. If they don't, fukk 'em.

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[Homeboy Runny-Ray]

look at what happened to richard sherman.

these new nba players to worried about their perception and that fukking up their earning potential

back then nikkas aint give a fukk what white people thought. the hood ran the nba and nba players where like if you didn't like it

whens the last time we had a jadakiss or somebody doing an nba commercial.

it all went downhill when they banned from all-star weekend.

now we get kendrick performances and drake running around on the court.

Dudes are just clowns now trying to find an identity. Just like most of society, people aren't really authentic, they just trying super hard to be cool

actually, he wouldve shut chit down if that setup actually fit.

give me this set in bigger sizes and im rockin it harder than joe naismath's rocks furs.

 

[Homeboy Runny-Ray]

The hood is corny as fukk now too. It's not like the NBA is missing the wave

speak for your own gentrified neighborhood.

niccas hate this fruitcup chit that nba players be on. young niccas included.

Why are we assuming Russy's not being himself?

Maybe guys like KD and Harden are just metrosexuals.

aint nothing metrosexual about these dudes.

kendall gill is/was a metrosexual. these new dudes are just clowns.

only person i can think of right now that might can pass as a metro is maybe somebody like john wall. oh and definitely some of the euros but thats in their DNA.

These dudes really viewing the nba as a job now.. it's what stern wanted
.. but it's killing the game

you seriously cant be serious about what you just said.

these dudes dress and act less professional than ever before.

And Adam Silver wants to challenge the NFL

all theyre doing is distancing themselves.

NFL is taking over top spot in the black market, which is all the NBA had on them for the longest. even the africans are jumping ship and making the NFL their #1(not counting soccer). you know the africans dont play that funny-boy chit.

 

[UserNameless]

Players nowadays are terrified to show any kind of personality since they're under such a big microscope now.The players from the Jordan/Pre-Lebron era were cut from a different cloth. They embraced the spotlight, weren't afraid to be themselves and didn't give a fukk about what people thought of them. They just went out played ball and continued about they business. Back then, they seemed larger than life....like cartoon characters or something. You had to watch shyt like Inside Stuff to see how these dudes were really like.

I also blame it on today's society. Hipster culture is IN right now especially in the black community. Were to busy focusing on our appearance and what's cool that we hide our true identities just to fit in. That attitude is carrying over to the NBA since most guys are coming young as 19-20 years old that seemed to have no life experiences/struggles. They all just wanna be friends, play dress up, have fun, fukk instagram bytches and stunt.

The NBA is just a job to them.

Powerful, prolific posting.

The NFL is still killing the NBA tho

Richard Sherman's rant>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>anything that's happened in the NBA for the past few seasons

Fixed.

I want to find more ratings but the ratings have gone down since the 90s

Yea in the last couple of years its picked up but it ain't where it used to be

Still crickets on that.

Shyt's sad, man.

 

[dtownreppin214]

I think it's just this generation period.

The NFL players of today are just as swagless.

There's no more Deion Sanders and Michael Irvin type flashy players anymore.

*righ click, saves*

 

[BlackMajik]

Last year they did a 3.3, highest since 2000 3.0 the year prior same as 01. Let's not under rate the Jordan Era, less cable tv and that NBC had MORE games on for the NBA. Saturday double headers and Sunday triple headers. So many games on different networks now, it was a lot more condensed then. And now we're subjugated to the same OKC/MIAMI/NYK/LAL/CHI Sunday double headers even when the teams are having trash seasons.

Yea another reason the NBA fails is becuz they have no parity in the league

Only about 4 teams have a damn chance to win a ring every season. 4 TEAMS!!!!

 

[Yogi]

Players nowadays are terrified to show any kind of personality since they're under such a big microscope now.The players from the Jordan/Pre-Lebron era were cut from a different cloth. They embraced the spotlight, weren't afraid to be themselves and didn't give a fukk about what people thought of them.

Michael Jordan was one of the fakest nikkas in the history of sports. He had a team of people who crafted this good guy image when he really was an a$$hole. This nikka would never give an opinion on any topic that was even slightly controversial because he was concerned about his image.

 

[UserNameless]

@Yogi ... Jordan/Pre-Lebron era