That’s part of it. Kris Jenner was groomed by her mother to pursue a wealthy man. An accomplished attorney and an Olympian does give way to the lifestyle Kris was advised to want, but perhaps Kris through having received that lifestyle became determined to not want her daughters to be relegated to following the same path. This is why a lot of people criticize the Kardashians that they became famous without having any “talent”. They simply went sharply against traditional norm. They were not singers or actresses in the traditional sense like the Marilyn Monroe’s of the past. They were also not just marrying the president or a Prince/King like Princess Diana. I do think they initially capitalized off of the clout of the men they have dated but after a certain point, they were the household name in their own right which would encourage some men to pursue them as they are now a status symbol (literally inverting what Kris Jenner was taught as a young girl) . Their business acumen is the talent that people resist conceding that they have. They acquired and maintained wealth + fame outside of the *traditional* subordinating ways (being a full time performer of some kind or through marriage/taking on the prize wife/side kick role to one very successful man).
I would agree with your sentiment that fans are important, but not in the scenario at hand. Again, you seem to be disconnected from what is basic respect/human decency.
Luka did not advocate for the fan to be removed from the game. He simply reacted. He asked “wtf are you doing?” because it simply wasn’t necessary to throw the ball that way. I would trust Lukas opinion as a professional basketball player since a teenager that witnessed front and center what happened over the casual bakyardigans that are choosing to be dense. Mind you, Luka seems to make personal adversaries of the NBA refs lol, so for him and other players to react the way they did, it’s for a reason. But you keep telling yourself the “fan” that got escorted out by himself was perfectly fine.
The fan does not pay their salary. The NBA would not have a million gambling, real estate, crypto, insurance, marketing firm & streaming partnerships if a singular fan attending a live game was responsible for the players salaries or the refs salaries. It sounds very entitled the way you say it. Like this one Fan is issuing that Ref their yearly W2. The people on the court are employees of the NBA. Spectators do not own them. I know the parasocial dynamics of watching them often has people confused, but you do not own the players or the refs. The fan could have easily apologized on the spot like “my bad, I’m a washed old man that hasn’t practiced passing a basketball, especially not while sitting down, in a mighty long time” and this could have salvaged his time at the game. The reason the Lakers players and the refs reacted that way is because it did come off as rude. If the intention was not genuinely malicious, the immediate follow up is to apologize. Idk where people have lost their sense of decency and respect or self awareness. Read the room. If you paid a lot of money to be front court, talk with the staff and explain your side. What did the guy do do? He put his hands up like he got “caught” and got up and walked out without saying anything.
Not even one of the professional basketball players on the court would have caught that pass the way the fan threw it and the ref wasn’t fully prepared to receive it. Thats why Luka and the other players are reacting the way they are. It was a terrible pass. Whether the guy had bad intentions or just didn’t think it out too well how he sent that ball out, it just isn’t the time and place for it. As a spectator, have a little bit more regard for the people on the court even if you don’t like them because they’re literally just doing their job. Idk what you do for work, but if someone came into my job and decided to toss something at me when I wasn’t expecting them to or pass something and it was not accurate/timed correctly, I would be annoyed. Roll the ball over or don’t even touch it and let the employees figure it out. Why are you inserting yourself like you’re auditioning for the Lakers when it’s so unnecessary
Ejections are for players aka the employees of the NBA. Fans are not employees or paid participants, they’re spectators. They’re there to watch the game. I don’t know what you do for work, but I wouldn’t want any random coming into my place of work and throwing, tossing or “passing” anything towards me. You have no business inserting yourself into the area of the employees or disrupting/distracting the workers. Maybe the guy didn’t have malicious intent but it was a bad pass and you can’t be like “no it was not” because there are players reacting to it. The woman that was sitting next to the man didn’t leave with him. Body language doesn’t lie. It’s simply about respect and boundaries. And now people feel that they’re entitled enough because they paid for a seat at a game that they can just insert themselves HOWEVER they see fit. No, that’s now how this works. I’m glad they kicked him out.
World: “you can try to be anybody you want in this league”
SGA gay ass: “nah im good, ill just be Chris Paul wit some more height”
World: “but you can literally do anyth-“
SGA: “Nah. I’ll be Chris Paul with a lil bit more sauce”
World: “But you could literally be like Bron, KD, Steph..”
SGA: “Nah. Just CP wit a lil more range and that’s it.”
World: “But it’s just gonna be some big fellas dominating when you in your prime , are you sure you don’t want to do anything -“
SGA: “Nah, I’ll be good. Anything I can’t do my team will.”
World: “Ok”
@aakashgupta Respectfully, I have never read such a detailed medical record in my life on social media regarding an nba player. How the hell do you know all of this when you been posting about Candy Crush and etc? This is insane.
Jokic’s name is already in the history books for a variety of reasons. A 41st draft pick that has outperformed everyone from his class, and has been the standard for those in his overall age group. KAT, Giannis, Embiid - yes, ALL great players. They’ve won their own MVPs and own rings but none more than Jokic yet. The discourse sounds very casual considering no one from his generation has more than 1. LeBron, Curry, KD, they are the old guard. Shai and Wemby are in their 20s and maybe their run in the league proves to be more sustainable with team success. The fact is Jokic has been the certified Anomaly of the league at his prime
Jokic has been top 2 in MVP voting for 6 years straight which is a record only tied by Bill Russell & Larry Bird. Let you new fans tell it, and no one is worth a single fuck in the current league because they didn’t get to play on a dynasty or hop from team to team trying to catch up to Mike’s ring count.
@LeBron__legacy Hahahaha you can’t be saying this is a LeBron fan. It was so funny seeing graphics of Lakers games where AD scored 40 and LeBron got 10 and the graphic would say “AD AND LEBRON COMBINED FOR 50 POINTS TONIGHT” HAHAHAHA
The guy that famously said the “job is done now, we get to go home” after winning the NBA finals is REALLY NEEDING to play OT to stat pad?? Let me guess, you want to make a new rule where teams can only play their bench guys in Overtime. Cuz God forbid someone keep putting up stats in 5 more minutes of NBA basketball
It is impressive, his availability and consistency is the cornerstone of why OKC has been the most dominant team as of late. In the past, however, these streaks were counted with playoffs included. Wilt Chamberlain’s streak including the playoffs was 126 games in a row and another streak of 92 games. Jokic has been the consistent leader of the “Not Since Wilt” stat graphics throughout the 2020’s with some insane triple double performances and high percentage shooting splits. By all means, the old school and new school game is different and I’m not here to tell you that stats need to be strictly followed as they were before. SGA has also achieved the scoring title in 24-25. Luka achieved it the year before and year after. People are entitled to follow whatever player/team they like for whatever reason they like, but the NBA and media cycle do work hard in this day and age to generate narratives or bias. Shai has made strong MVP cases, being the best player on the best team. Other players have competed in their own ways for that MVP crown. it’s just not their years.
That’s the type of play where guys typically get up and get in the other guys face for. But instead he chose to grab a knee and act like he just tore it only to get up afterwards like nothing happened. His teammates saw it and none of them reacted. Even they can’t tell if one of their mates is actually hurt or is acting hurt.