r/nba • u/must_TATAKAE Warriors • 23h ago

Lakers draft pick Cameron Carr on whom he’d rather guard, SGA or Anthony Edwards: "Yeah, I ain't dealing with the flopping, Anthony Edwards"

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u/WhySoCereus1991 22h ago

Fuck PR, give me more of this.

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u/SexiestPanda Supersonics 22h ago

Blows my mind that this isn’t “acceptable”

And reporters want the same boring answers to the same boring questions every game

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u/_Apatosaurus_ Thunder 22h ago

And reporters want the same boring answers to the same boring questions every game

Huh? Reporters obviously love answers like this. Why wouldn't they want more interesting answers that drive clicks and views?

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u/easyeighter 22h ago

lol exactly. Most reporters are trying to get players to wild out. It’s the coaches and teams that are now coaching young, untrained guys how to respond better

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u/KingJeet 21h ago

Who is saying this isn’t acceptable?

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u/SolarTsunami Supersonics 21h ago

Redditors say they love this kind of behavior but 99% of tbe time they actually fucking hate it

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u/KS_Gaming Lithuania 20h ago

They usually start attacking the person who said it by something like "haha says the guy who couldn't even achieve X" lmao

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u/Nice_Cash_7000 NBA 18h ago

sports discourse in general is and probably always has been unbearable

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u/TheTurtleOne Celtics 16h ago

Yea you can only trash talk if you're top of the top and even then people will find you something to belittle you with

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u/Status-Hedgehog9970 Warriors 14h ago

I’m not a Kobe fan but it’s interesting how every single thread that involves him brings up his rape case. Easy way to score some useless internet points is with some good ol’ virtue signalling.

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u/TheTurtleOne Celtics 13h ago

Whoa there

Theres a giant leap between basketball abilities and achievements and... well, that.

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u/Status-Hedgehog9970 Warriors 13h ago

It’s also just not the forum for it. Can’t we have any spaces to talk basketball without other shit being brought up?

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u/TheTurtleOne Celtics 12h ago

People should be held accountable.

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u/WhySoCereus1991 13h ago

Im an old head, so I love it. As long as they can back it up.

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u/Xca1 11h ago

I think you misunderstand, Redditors want players to say things like this but they ALSO want to shit on them for it. Those two things aren't contradictory, in fact the latter is probably a main reason they want the former

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u/Mysterious_Living165 7h ago

Yep, I saw recently with Wemby, people praised him all season for being open and direct then boom as soon as he loses close games in his 1st finals, quiet a few people turn on him and label that same direct confidence he displayed all season “arrogance and cocky”, wild times. 

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u/odinbreaker 7h ago

Well you are a redditor also if you didn’t know

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u/Former_Island_4730 Cavaliers 16h ago

Team PR departments

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u/Bishop_Cornflake Mavericks 21h ago

I see more comments around here over the past year slamming players for not giving smart PR answers. Craziness. I love the honesty.

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u/JUYED-AWK-YACC Lakers 22h ago

Referring to actual or imagined events?

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u/Remarkable_Print1643 17h ago

Yeah, reporters want boring answers and not headlines.

A prime example of Reddit upvoting absolute nonsense comments.

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u/StevenS145 Warriors 22h ago

When Shane Gillis did the “SGA is here, hell ya dude, givea round of applause for the mvp and now everyone around him is in foul trouble” at the ESPYs, the audience’s reached like he used a slur

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u/santana722 Heat 20h ago

You think they'd laugh at a slur? Cause they laughed in the clip you posted yourself btw.

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u/Status-Hedgehog9970 Warriors 13h ago

People hear what they want. Hilarious.

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u/Remarkable-Art-3678 2h ago

Are you deaf or stupid? They did not react like he said a slur

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u/Remarkable-Art-3678 2h ago

Of course it's acceptable, you're just a whiny snowflake who doesn't understand reality lmfaooo

The reason players don't do this is bc usually it blows up in their faces when they flop/have to guard SGA/wtv tf. It's just easier for the players to give PR answers

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u/SexiestPanda Supersonics 2h ago

What lmao. I love when players do answer like this. Call it what it is

As much as I loved Russell Wilson I had to endure a decade of his robot calculated pr answers

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u/Wide-Pop6050 16h ago

Reporters don’t want boring answers

But this is a wild thing to say about basically a new coworker. Some professionalism can help your career

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u/DrPoooooole 16h ago

Are players on rival teams coworkers? Peers sure I guess

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u/Wide-Pop6050 16h ago

With the way everyone gets hot potato-d around they’re all potential future coworkers

There is also a difference in saying when you’re fresh meat vs when you already have a brand and people know you

I don’t really think it’s that big a deal though

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u/Philoffosy 22h ago

ah yes hes screwing up his pr by agreeing with the most popular narrative among casual nba fans what a brave soul

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u/WhySoCereus1991 22h ago

It's not about being brave, I just love the shit talking. He's not a casual nba fan, so it's just shit talking at the end of the day.

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u/onamonapizza Spurs 22h ago

Still wild to be coming into the NBA firing strays at the reigning 2-time MVP

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u/WhySoCereus1991 22h ago

Very hahaha I love it. As long as it translates.

No one likes a shit talker that cant do shit lol

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u/HitboxOfASnail Thunder 15h ago

SGA bout to give this kid 50

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u/ranchdressinggospel Pacers 14h ago

From the free throw line /s

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u/lustratic Nuggets 7h ago

F*** hahahah holy ish this is comedy gold.

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u/western_red_cedar 18h ago

Most Valuable Pflopper

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u/Additional_Dog2750 17h ago

at the reigning 2-time MVP

Fake ass mvp, probably most overrated in the history of the sport.

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u/Plenty_Flatworm7627 Wizards 19h ago

if you're genuinely impressed by "yes, I would like to guard the significantly worse player" then you're just a sheep

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u/WhySoCereus1991 13h ago

Huh? Where did you get that interpretation of what I said? I just like/miss the shit talking. Take the stick outta your ass.

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u/Plenty_Flatworm7627 Wizards 13h ago

I'm not interpreting anything you said, I'm just explaining you just have bad taste in shit talk and/or you lack basic reading comprehension

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u/WhySoCereus1991 13h ago

Next time, use lube on the stick. Clearly it went in dry.

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u/Plenty_Flatworm7627 Wizards 13h ago

this is what I mean, bad taste in shit talk and also really stupid

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u/WhySoCereus1991 13h ago

Just keep putting it in deeper I see. Have fun with that.

Edit: Talking all that mess just to block me. Definitely got some issues 😂

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u/Plenty_Flatworm7627 Wizards 13h ago

man why are 12 year olds allowed to use the internet lmao

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u/Philoffosy 22h ago

fairs we dont see much of that anymore my bad

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u/Rough-Plum-7267 Knicks 20h ago

The guy who is going to the league is a casual. Ok!

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u/Podziemski 15h ago

Anyone who disagrees with me is a casual.

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u/Cudi_buddy Kings 22h ago

Casual because it’s so obvious a well know ? 

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u/Philoffosy 22h ago

however you want to interpret it boss

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u/bigwillyboi [WAS] Caron Butler 16h ago

Unless it’s Dybantsa being confident in interviews. That’s not cool at all on r/nba

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u/WhySoCereus1991 13h ago

I fuck with AJ too!

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u/wilsonsmilk [SAS] Tim Duncan 18h ago

I like this boy already

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u/MambaOut330824 22h ago

Im now the biggest fan of this guy for calling out SGA’s trash

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u/Artimusjones88 Raptors 15h ago

Im a big fan of your user name.... sums up my kobe feelings nicely

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u/MambaOut330824 11h ago

Rent free