Stephen A Smith Says NBA Players Have Told Him They Would Feel Unsafe Playing In A City Like Memphis

[Damnshow]

This is why SAS is still employed on these shows. He says exactly what people from upstairs want him to say. He's the ultimate sellout.

None of them NBA players in Memphis are living in bad conditions. They spend a lot of time in training facilities, etc. They are not spending their free time somewhere in the hood like they have to check in on some Stephen Jackson shyt

This is SAS getting a command from upstairs to talk shyt about a small market team to create more bad public image on their city.

 

[King Static X]

Yeah, Memphis is too grimy.

I wouldn't want to live there, especially if I was a multimillionaire athlete.

 

[GilSho]

Can y'all stop with this crime shyt? Thieves are robbing millionaires in blind L.A., London, Toronto, Manchester, Dallas, Paris, Madrid, Barcelona etc yet athletes are still clamoring to play in those cities.

If you wanna say Memphis isn't a fun place for a rich person then fair enough but all that other shyt is bogus considering those guys are situated in gated communities completely isolated from the hoods and rough neighborhoods.

And of course Jimmy's white-identified ass was the one saying that shyt.

 

[010101]

a true professional should be fine

a dumb ass ball playing nikka who wants to be in the mix & be fake friends with slimy street nikkas is gonna have to accept what comes with nonsense

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[concise]

Grizzlies trying to go back to Vancouver or something?

 

[Standing on business]

Anyone who has ever lived in Memphis will tell you, that ain’t the spot you want to be. Especially if you have money.

It’s hard to think of a “major” city where it would be worse to live as a person with money.

Even for a middle of the road nikka such as myself the city was trash.

That shyt looks like it stopped developing in ‘88. You go downtown and the buildings look like they from the Soviet Union, no joke.

The hood is everywhere. You cannot escape from the hood, no matter where you go in Memphis. The hood is always 1 street over.

I used to see players hanging out in the most random of places. Out in the suburbs. Not even a nice bar or restaurant, but those joints that be adjacent to the grocery store. I straight up asked Conley why he out here and he told me because “ain’t nobody out here but families just going about their day to day”.

ST Louis and New Orleans is like this too

 

[KFBF]

You can say that about more nba cities than just Memphis.


Detroit, Oakland, Philly, DC, New Orleans, Houston. Thing is Athletes aren’t living inthe high crimes area of those metro areas.

I rather be in every one of those cities over Memphis though.

 

[ScoopNScore]

Why did he throw Jimmy Butler name out there

He pulling a @Bryan Danielson tagging players out of the blue and putting them in situations lmao

 

[The War Report]

 

[The War Report]

NYC

You buggin.

 

[Mr. Jack Napier]

This motherfukka is so shameless man. Why people still respect him as a "journalist" is beyond me.

*EDIT* Ja responded

 

[staticshock]

I don’t think a lot of yall realize how grimy & dangerous Memphis is. Yes, celebs get their homes broken into all over but it’s nothing to become a robbery victim or to catch a stray bullet

 

[Big Boss]

 

[Bryan Danielson]

He pulling a @Bryan Danielson tagging players out of the blue and putting them in situations lmao

 

[ALonelyDad]

Santi Aldama does not have to check in Memphis