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#576
#576
milohimself said:
Are you kidding? Kobe is one of the biggest crybabies in the game. He got a personal he didn't like, chucked the ball at Gerald Wallace (don't give me that unintentional crap, the NBA pulling the T was ridiculous. Like the ball would just happen to go near the guy that was physically beating the crap out of LA's enforcer all night) and pulled a T.

That's what happens with Kobe... Make it so he gets calls his whole career, and he will throw a child's tantrum when he doesn't get them.

That reminds me, I saw this shirt the other day:

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Going to get this one ready for when the Lakers come up to get their asses handed to them in the RG.

GERALD
WALLACE
WILL
KILL
MATT
BARNES​
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not sure what you are responding to
 
#577
#577
Just trying to get hyped for the playoffs. One way or another, I think Portland and LA are on a collision course.
 
#585
#585
It was a homosexual slur used towards a ref, and he was punished justly.

If a white player called a black ref the n-word, would it not be something serious that he needs to be reprimanded for?
 
#586
#586
Stuart Scott just called it a "homophobic slur". Not sure that I agree with that, and to me it seems like poor journalism. What do others think?
 
#589
#589
nbakerld said:
Stuart Scott just called it a "homophobic slur". Not sure that I agree with that, and to me it seems like poor journalism. What do others think?
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Some type of slur or use of inappropriate of language is used every night. Kobe is only guilty because he's popular enough to be on television while sitting on the bench.
 
#590
#590
milohimself said:
Is the n word a racial slur?
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If a white man in the NBA says it, it can only be construed that way. That's the connotation that generation grew up with. Growing up (Kobe is my age) me and my friends used the other F-bomb all the time and it rarely had any homosexual meaning to it. To my generation it used to be just a word, and had almost nothing "homophobic" or prejudiced about it. Kobe needs to know better, but I don't think there was anything homophobic in his intent.
 
#591
#591
nbakerld said:
If a white man in the NBA says it, it can only be construed that way. That's the connotation that generation grew up with. Growing up (Kobe is my age) me and my friends used the other F-bomb all the time and it rarely had any homosexual meaning to it. To my generation it used to be just a word, and had almost nothing "homophobic" or prejudiced about it. Kobe needs to know better, but I don't think there was anything homophobic in his intent.
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Good thing I've never gotten fined for saying something "homophobic" to an opponent. I would be in debt for about 20 million.
 
#592
#592
nbakerld said:
If a white man in the NBA says it, it can only be construed that way. That's the connotation that generation grew up with. Growing up (Kobe is my age) me and my friends used the other F-bomb all the time and it rarely had any homosexual meaning to it. To my generation it used to be just a word, and had almost nothing "homophobic" or prejudiced about it. Kobe needs to know better, but I don't think there was anything homophobic in his intent.
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I know plenty of white kids who use the n-word to eachother without harmful intent, but it doesn't make it not a racial slur.

What Kobe said is still a slur. His fine was 1/3 of a game check for him, he earned it.
 
#593
#593
milohimself said:
I know plenty of white kids who use the n-word to eachother without harmful intent, but it doesn't make it not a racial slur.

What Kobe said is still a slur. His fine was 1/3 of a game check for him, he earned it.
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No, my bad I wasn't clear. Without a doubt it was a slur. My focus was on the "homophobic" part. I would call it a "homosexual slur", not a "homophobic slur". That's my issue. I think it paints Kobe as a homophobe, and I don't think this event justifies taking it that far.
 
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