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- Comment on Celtics' Jaylen Brown Addresses Growing Gambling Scandal Surrounding NBA 2 days ago:
. First of all, are you just having a bad week or something? You’re really overdoing this “everyone whose opinion I don’t like is stսpіd” bit. Seems like you’re clinging to that one line about them not benefiting and ignoring the context of everything else he said, so you can make the league’s case that players should just take the money and shut up about all the other stuff that comes with the gambling deals (like being harassed about parlays), and that if he has any other concerns about it, he must be a іdіоt.
- Comment on Celtics' Jaylen Brown Addresses Growing Gambling Scandal Surrounding NBA 2 days ago:
Only 46% said the players polled said it was bad and 34% of them said it was good.
Which is in line with how Jaylen responded; seems like most players lean against it. How does the amount of money he makes change the fact the league is hypocritically leveraging players for their own gain? It’s not an implied indicator of the players’ collective opinion. You know that pointing out slavery is exploitative doesn’t mean you want to engage in it, right?
- Comment on Celtics' Jaylen Brown Addresses Growing Gambling Scandal Surrounding NBA 3 days ago:
Maybe it’s not that he isn’t intelligent, but that you didn’t understand what he was saying… He was asked a question about what he thinks of the scandal and gambling in relation to the NBA, and he’s telling you how it affected him. Him pointing out that other people benefitted once again in the back of their work while the players took all of the detriment, does not imply he thinks it would’ve been fine otherwise; in fact he acknowledges the integrity issues. Maybe his point is that the situation gives incentive to people like Billups and Rozier because the league wants to have it both ways while they make their money off gambling.
- Comment on Drake's lawsuit over Kendrick Lamar diss track Not Like Us is dismissed 4 days ago:
“The penultimate song of this feud, ‘Not Like Us’ dealt the metaphorical killing blow. The song contains lyrics, set to a catchy beat and propulsive baseline. It went on to become a cultural sensation, achieving immense commercial success and critical acclaim.”
Jeanette Vargas putting the diss in diss-trict judge…
- Comment on Drake loses his defamation case against Kendrick Lamar over the “Not Like Us” lyrics 4 days ago:
“The penultimate song of this feud, ‘Not Like Us’ dealt the metaphorical killing blow. The song contains lyrics, set to a catchy beat and propulsive baseline. It went on to become a cultural sensation, achieving immense commercial success and critical acclaim.”
Jeanette Vargas putting the diss in diss-trict judge…
- Comment on Drake loses his defamation case against Kendrick Lamar over the “Not Like Us” lyrics 4 days ago:
That’s what happens when you’re surrounded by yes men who can’t give you real advice. Everyone knew it was gonna fail, but admitting it would’ve mean eating the L. And Drake is too special to lose…
- Comment on I'm just not looking forward to this NBA season 5 days ago:
Generally I don’t start paying attention until the half point, or if my team (Celtics) is doing something amazing, so it’s hard to say if I empathize because it’s early or because I share your pessimism. But you’re not wrong; it’s looking like a recipe for a boring start, at least.