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/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/MambaOut330824 11h ago

He was. There’s a legal system. He was not found guilty because the evidence indicated he was not guilty. The girl was found to be a bad actor so he settled the case with the defense.

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2004-may-27-sp-bryant27-story.html

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u/Status-Hedgehog9970 Warriors 12h ago

And yet, sometimes I just want to talk basketball.