Ty Lawson on his Kaepernick steeze

[tremonthustler1]

if you had 40 mil and was playing for the jazz you wouldnt own any wolves fitteds or a shirt .. dont lie to me tre

HELL NO! At that point, once I'm in the league, I'm rocking with the team I'm supposed to win for, and if I need some gear to match the shyt I used to match with my Wolves gear, get me a Jazz fitted in Wolves colors.

Now I'd still rock my Yankee gear or my Jets gear and if I'm at a BYU game and they're playing UNC, I'm wearing UNC gear, but if I'm playing for you, that's reason enough for me to not rock with some other team.

 

[AITheAnswerAI]

It is kind of pathetic these owners are paying these athletes millions of dollars to play a fukking sport, only for the morons to go and put on the apparel of an opposing team. Its both disrespectful to the fans and the owners paying their fukking salaries.

Imagine a nikka working at Mcdonalds rocking a Jack in the Box uniform to work.

The only reason these owners have these millions is because of what these athletes go out and do. People are entertained by what they do, and companies want to be associated with it. The players EARN that money and deserve their market value. Their high salaries aren't a consequence of the good ol' generous owners, no it's what they should be paid. If an NBA player wants to wear a cap of an NBA franchise because he likes how it looks, you or anyone else shouldn't give a shyt unless he's wearing that shyt on the bench during a game.

You see the cacs in the comments section using this an an opportunity to open their closet doors, and show off their white sheeted skeletons don't you? So don't contribute to that shyt.

 

[tremonthustler1]

When I mention the labor dispute, I'm just adding perspective to the "rivalry" that exist between owners, players, and the fans. As fans, we must not get caught up in marketing campaigns about trivial BS that doesn't impact us directly. nikkas know trivial sports statistical, but yet are not as knowledgeable about shyt that directly impact their lives politically, socially and economically
Like you, I wouldn't be madd if King James wore a lakers hat because I know that I wear different team hats for fashion, not because root for that team. So why not apply that same realty to these young professional sport athletes? These overly emotional fans are the worst when they make trivial BS like this ruin their day

You don't remember that scene in Backstage when Dame got mad at Def Jam for giving his Roc-A-Fella artists Def Jam jackets? As fans, we don't care because we know they were ROC (as well as Def Jam, but nonetheless). Dame was still livid and he had a right to be even though people didn't understand why (how he handled it was another story). It's kinda the same thing. The employer was mad that the employee wasn't reppin the main brand despite the fact that getting them jackets wasn't the end of the world.

 

[tremonthustler1]

The only reason these owners have these millions is because of what these athletes go out and do.

@ this dumbass shyt

 

[Isaiah Bradley]

A ban isn't the same as being discouraged. It's like how NBA teams can't ban LeBron from playing at Dyckman or Rucker Park if he wanted to, but they'd rather not even have him step on the court if they had their way (and in that situation they DO partner with some of these leagues yet still don't want their guys fukking with it).

It's just common sense. We just don't give a shyt because we're about as loyal to ANYTHING as the last jumpoff we screwed.

You correct, ban and being discouraged not to do something, is not the same. But honestly speaking, when it comes to basketball, NBA has it locked. Like WWE and wrestling enterntainment. No other bball leagues are on the global level of the NBA. So that's why I referenced the ABA because at one point it was just as popular, or more popular than the NBA. They were directly competing for marketing dollars and players. Currently, no other league in the US is providing that kind of competition to the NBA

So a player wearing another NBA team gear during their off hours really ain't shyt to the NBA brand

 

[MikelArteta]

The only reason these owners have these millions is because of what these athletes go out and do. People are entertained by what they do, and companies want to be associated with it. The players EARN that money and deserve their market value. Their high salaries aren't a consequence of the good ol' generous owners, no it's what they should be paid. If an NBA player wants to wear a cap of an NBA franchise because he likes how it looks, you or anyone else shouldn't give a shyt unless he's wearing that shyt on the bench during a game.

You see the cacs in the comments section using this an an opportunity to open their closet doors, and show off their white sheeted skeletons don't you? So don't contribute to that shyt.

only a few owners actuallly made their money in basketball the majority were billionaires or nearly billionaires before entering the nba

 

[Steezy]

HELL NO! At that point, once I'm in the league, I'm rocking with the team I'm supposed to win for, and if I need some gear to match the shyt I used to match with my Wolves gear, get me a Jazz fitted in Wolves colors.

Now I'd still rock my Yankee gear or my Jets gear and if I'm at a BYU game and they're playing UNC, I'm wearing UNC gear, but if I'm playing for you, that's reason enough for me to not rock with some other team.

at you thinking theirs loyalty in the NBA

theirs only a few hot logo's in the NBA anyway.. i had a magic fitted and i fukking hate the magic..






i thought you were wise..

 

[HookersandIceCream]

Ole Wally ass Muthafukkas

 

[tremonthustler1]

at you thinking theirs loyalty in the NBA

i thought you were wise..

so basically you're gonna give me the sob story of

"well why shouldn't I wear their hat? You're just gonna trade me one day like I never mattered and think nothing of me when I come back for another team and "

If you didn't wanna be loyal to my brand, cool, but then don't take the $40-$44 mil I gave you.

 

[Isaiah Bradley]

You don't remember that scene in Backstage when Dame got mad at Def Jam for giving his Roc-A-Fella artists Def Jam jackets? As fans, we don't care because we know they were ROC (as well as Def Jam, but nonetheless). Dame was still livid and he had a right to be even though people didn't understand why (how he handled it was another story). It's kinda the same thing. The employer was mad that the employee wasn't reppin the main brand despite the fact that getting them jackets wasn't the end of the world.

But wasn't his frustration also a result in that he felt his label did most of the work in organizing the tour and his label artist is what carrying the tour, so for Def Jam to take all the promotion from a successful tour, will ultimately take money out his pockets because his label is not getting that shine. No way a player rocking another team logo will take money from the current team they are playing for

 

[Steezy]

so basically you're gonna give me the sob story of

"well why shouldn't I wear their hat? You're just gonna trade me one day like I never mattered and think nothing of me when I come back for another team and "

If you didn't wanna be loyal to my brand, cool, but then don't take the $40-$44 mil I gave you.

nah it means you aint gonna control what the fukk i wear off the court in the offseason when im a young 20 something year old. i highly doubt stan kroenke gives a fukk and he cuts the checks.. even if he did care whats he gonna do .. not pay me ? im sure ty lawson could get 40+ mil from at least 15+ other teams and they'd let him wear what he wants as long as when its go time , he performs

 

[tremonthustler1]

But wasn't his frustration also a result in that he felt his label did most of the work in organizing the tour and his label artist is what carrying the tour, so for Def Jam to take all the promotion from a successful tour, will ultimately take money out his pockets because his label is not getting that shine. No way a player rocking another team logo will take money from the current team they are playing for

I agree, but I'm only using your logic. Def Jam, Roc-A-Fella, it's all the same shyt. They weren't truly separate entities as Roc-A-Fella was under THEIR umbrella and the tour featured mostly Def Jam acts. How was a jacket that they were maybe gonna wear once or twice gonna kill Roc-A-Fella's revenue and shine? Like this situation, it's all about perception. Dame didn't want the perception to be that Def Jam was running the tour. In this situation, overly emotional fans (I agree there) don't want their guy rocking some other squad's gear giving some false perception that he'd prefer them instead.

We're not opposing on this necessarily.

 

[tremonthustler1]

nah it means you aint gonna control what the fukk i wear off the court in the offseason when im a young 20 something year old. i highly doubt stan kroenke gives a fukk and he cuts the checks.. even if he did care whats he gonna do .. not pay me ? im sure ty lawson could get 40+ mil from at least 15+ other teams and they'd let him wear what he wants as long as when its go time , he performs

Your sneaker company does though, and players do that GLADLY.

but like I already said, I'm not trippin off this. I could understand if their employer did, but otherwise I don't care.

shyt, I remember a situation where Kevin Love was reading a Jerry West book "My Charmed Tormented Life" with a gold watch on top of the book. Somehow insecure Wolves fans viewed it as Love feeling tortured in Minnesota and wanting to go to LA, which I thought was ridiculous. It wasn't a shirt, a hat, nothing. It was a damn book. Fans get very over emotional, but that what every fan will be: irrational. I'm not worried about them.

 

[Isaiah Bradley]

I agree, but I'm only using your logic. Def Jam, Roc-A-Fella, it's all the same shyt. They weren't truly separate entities as Roc-A-Fella was under THEIR umbrella and the tour featured mostly Def Jam acts. How was a jacket that they were maybe gonna wear once or twice gonna kill Roc-A-Fella's revenue and shine? Like this situation, it's all about perception. Dame didn't want the perception to be that Def Jam was running the tour. In this situation, overly emotional fans (I agree there) don't want their guy rocking some other squad's gear giving some false perception that he'd prefer them instead.

We're not opposing on this necessarily.

I feel what you saying. The only reason I would suggest it is somewhat different is that the Raptors are not promoting a different bball league while being under the NBA
But Roc-a- fella was trying to establish it self to be a preeminent record label like Def Jam. So had Roc A fella blew up to the point where they could sustain a full fledged recording/distribution conglomerate, then they would be directly in competition. No NBA teams are trying to establish their own brand of basketball to compete with the NBA...I agree, it's all perception...but we can't let the perception go unchecked

 

[DeVanteSwing]

The problem is that you people think these athletes care.

they dont. u think lebron james went home crying after losing the finals that one year? no he went back home to his million dollar mansion, kids, and wife. u think carmelo's depressed everyday after the knicks got eliminated? nope, he's chillin tryin to find what 5 star restaurant to eat at next

they're all just entertainers at the end of the day