Andre Iguodala gets asked who he’s most scared of in a Tie game in the playoffs
His response: “Kyrie Irving. It’s not even close”
J.R. Smith: As far as Pure shooting, Steph got that sh*t. But we talkin PURE scoring? There’s NOBODY better than Kyrie, Michael Jordan isn’t even close to him” 🤯
Jayson Tatum: “Kyrie might be the best basketball player I’ve EVER seen”
Jeff Teague: “Kyrie is so F*ckin GOOD at basketball, sometimes I question myself”
Tristan Thompson: “If Kyrie was 2 inches taller, he’d be the GREATEST basketball player to ever touch a basketball on planet earth”
Kyrie’s skill set was well respected by his peers.
Victor Wembanyama could have signed an extension worth $302 million, and instead chose to help the Spurs out by signing one for $252 million, and it made me think of this Chappelle explanation of giant dollar amounts.
@Morbidful This is a hero saving lives multiple lives🙏❤️🙏
Literally putting his life at risk to save several people seconds before the car is totally swept away by the rushing water.
Bless this man.🙏🥰
Tom Sizemore's menacing glare in the coffee shop scene in Heat was brought about through his extensive training in lethal force. Michael Mann explains
"Right here, Sizemore does something very interesting. He had the cold look in his eye, which anybody encountering, communicates without any words or histrionics - lethal potential. It’s a belief in himself as his character, Cheritto, that Sizemore got from the work we did in pre-production. You have to do the work, feel you have the aptitude and the capability of being that lethal, and then the moment's there."
Michael Mann’s quote comes from the director’s commentary track on the Heat DVD.
Marc Lamont Hill initially argues that the struggle of hazing is what makes the pledging process meaningful—but after hearing pushback, he begins to reconsider his stance. This is from the 2022 PBS documentary "Hazing"
Jaylen Brown says some former NBA players are bitter seeing today's players sign $200 million contracts
“The OGs that be analysts and stuff like that, some of them didn't play, but the ones that didn't play too, be as hypercritical and they call it constructive criticism and all that. It is what it is. It comes from an understanding, but this is where I came to that”
“A lot of the sweat equity from the players that came before, kind of built the league into what it is now. So you got players signing $200 million, $100 million and that was nowhere near the talent of some of these old heads. They see that, automatically it make them bitter. Because their agent probably screwed them, their financial advisor probably screwed them, they didn't make as much money. They got to lash it out somewhere on someone. So they start talking trash”
"How can you be playing in southern California and there are no Latino kids? There is something weird going on. US soccer is gatekeeping. The best kids we have are not getting through." @KevinFrazier
I know this is controversial, but I don’t think the Jaylen Brown/Jayson Tatum chemistry was salvageable.
Jaylen was incredible in the 2024 Finals. He deserved real credit. But when you go back through the tape, Tatum was the one constantly attracting the defense, creating advantages, and making the game easier for on his teammates.
Jaylen got the trophy, but Tatum was the engine of both ends of the floor that allowed it to be possible.
#NBA #Celtics #JaylenBrown #JaysonTatum #NBAFinals
These kids’ faces say everything a single kind moment from their hero can fill a heart for a lifetime, even if it also leaves you missing the ones who did it best. 🥹
Down These Mean Streets by Piri Thomas is a great articulation of the Latino mentality and the reality of being Black in the US.
When they look at you, they don’t care what kind of Black you are...and when they hear you, they don’t care what kind of Latino you are.
Manchild in the Promised Land by Claude Brown is another great read among coming of age or into self awareness among New York memoirs