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  • Newch91
    Newch91 Posts: 17,560
    RW81233 wrote:
    Newch91 wrote:
    Heat "fans" are already talking shit on Facebook. I'm gonna keep quiet.
    Especially when the words Mike and Brown mean something to you now.
    I don't know what he has to do with me.
    Shows: 6.27.08 Hartford, CT/5.15.10 Hartford, CT/6.18.2011 Hartford, CT (EV Solo)/10.19.13 Brooklyn/10.25.13 Hartford
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  • RW81233
    RW81233 Posts: 2,393
    Newch91 wrote:
    RW81233 wrote:
    Welcome to a brave new basketball world ladies and gentlemans. NBA fans have to choose between the two white people they love(d) to hate (Mark Cuban and Dirk) or LeBron. And it's not getting any better for anyone else.
    Why would someone hate Dirk? Because he hurts teams?
    not sure why people hate Dirk, but if you go back to 2006 the general public was rooting for the Heat over the Mavs. It could be that his success equals Cuban success which is stupid, because Mark Cuban is exactly the owner all of us would like to work for.
  • RW81233
    RW81233 Posts: 2,393
    Newch91 wrote:
    RW81233 wrote:
    Newch91 wrote:
    Heat "fans" are already talking shit on Facebook. I'm gonna keep quiet.
    Especially when the words Mike and Brown mean something to you now.
    I don't know what he has to do with me.
    my fault thought i was talking to a lakes fan, but you clearly are NOT norm.
  • Newch91
    Newch91 Posts: 17,560
    RW81233 wrote:
    Newch91 wrote:
    RW81233 wrote:
    Especially when the words Mike and Brown mean something to you now.
    I don't know what he has to do with me.
    my fault thought i was talking to a lakes fan, but you clearly are NOT norm.
    :lol: No problem. A Dallas fan.
    Shows: 6.27.08 Hartford, CT/5.15.10 Hartford, CT/6.18.2011 Hartford, CT (EV Solo)/10.19.13 Brooklyn/10.25.13 Hartford
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  • Newch91
    Newch91 Posts: 17,560
    RW81233 wrote:
    Newch91 wrote:
    RW81233 wrote:
    Welcome to a brave new basketball world ladies and gentlemans. NBA fans have to choose between the two white people they love(d) to hate (Mark Cuban and Dirk) or LeBron. And it's not getting any better for anyone else.
    Why would someone hate Dirk? Because he hurts teams?
    not sure why people hate Dirk, but if you go back to 2006 the general public was rooting for the Heat over the Mavs. It could be that his success equals Cuban success which is stupid, because Mark Cuban is exactly the owner all of us would like to work for.
    I can understand Cuban because he speaks his mind and is really into it during the game and yelling at the refs on a ridiculous call.
    Shows: 6.27.08 Hartford, CT/5.15.10 Hartford, CT/6.18.2011 Hartford, CT (EV Solo)/10.19.13 Brooklyn/10.25.13 Hartford
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  • RW81233
    RW81233 Posts: 2,393
    i personally love Cuban he pays his workers, puts them in the best working conditions, and sticks up for them.
  • RW81233
    RW81233 Posts: 2,393
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZr2qOXQJ4w

    remember this?
  • The Juggler
    The Juggler Posts: 49,599
    edited May 2011
    RW81233 wrote:
    The Juggler wrote:
    RW81233 wrote:
    Welcome to a brave new basketball world ladies and gentlemans. NBA fans have to choose between the two white people they love(d) to hate (Mark Cuban and Dirk) or LeBron. And it's not getting any better for anyone else.


    what is with you and the race card all the time? i don't get it. :?
    A. race isn't a card it's a socially constructed identity (i.e. it doesn't exist in any scientific sense but people make it real). As such, "race matters" in just about any social situation, particularly in fan love/hate situations.

    B. People historically haven't liked Cuban or Dirk which is weird in a sport where white players (not that Cuban is a player) are loved often because they believe that "whiteness" is some sort of disability.

    C. ESPN conducted a study that showed that "white" people hated LeBron at a 67% clip after "the decision", while only 36% of "black" people. As such race matters again.

    easy reverend sharpton...

    b...what do you mean you "people?" :lol: ...white people rooting for white people in hoops is like black people rooting for black qb's in football. the mark cuban thing is ridiculous though. people don't like him because he's a douche. there is no racism involved with mark cuban what so ever.

    c...could be wrong but i don't think anyone really mentioned anything about race until after lebron said he thought race played a role in people's perceptions and, of course, after jessie jackson called the cav's owner a slave master or something. :roll:

    anyone who is actively looking to play the race "socially constructed identity" card can find one in just about any aspect of life.

    really look forward to the day where people can just live and let live and not have to worry about nonsense like this. it's a fucking game dude. heat/mavs. that's it.
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  • Newch91
    Newch91 Posts: 17,560
    On the TNT postgame, they were already talking about the benches for both teams and which one seems more dangerous, or something along those lines.
    Shows: 6.27.08 Hartford, CT/5.15.10 Hartford, CT/6.18.2011 Hartford, CT (EV Solo)/10.19.13 Brooklyn/10.25.13 Hartford
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  • The Juggler
    The Juggler Posts: 49,599
    Newch91 wrote:
    On the TNT postgame, they were already talking about the benches for both teams and which one seems more dangerous, or something along those lines.


    when dies it start?
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  • FenwayFaithful
    FenwayFaithful Posts: 8,626
    Please let the Mavs win this series
    "FF, I've heard the droning about the Sawx being the baby dolls. Yeah, I get it, you guys invented baseball and suffered forever. I get it." -JearlPam0925
  • Newch91
    Newch91 Posts: 17,560
    The Juggler wrote:
    Newch91 wrote:
    On the TNT postgame, they were already talking about the benches for both teams and which one seems more dangerous, or something along those lines.


    when dies it start?
    Tuesday
    Shows: 6.27.08 Hartford, CT/5.15.10 Hartford, CT/6.18.2011 Hartford, CT (EV Solo)/10.19.13 Brooklyn/10.25.13 Hartford
    "Becoming a Bruce fan is like hitting puberty as a musical fan. It's inevitable." - dcfaithful
  • Newch91
    Newch91 Posts: 17,560
    FenwayFaithful wrote:
    Please let the Mavs win this series
    Wow. Fenway and I agreeing on a team to win.
    Shows: 6.27.08 Hartford, CT/5.15.10 Hartford, CT/6.18.2011 Hartford, CT (EV Solo)/10.19.13 Brooklyn/10.25.13 Hartford
    "Becoming a Bruce fan is like hitting puberty as a musical fan. It's inevitable." - dcfaithful
  • RW81233
    RW81233 Posts: 2,393
    B. The Cuban thing is a class thing, and he's not acting his social class. Even though he's legitimately the best owner to work for in the sport.

    C. The race thing came out because LeBron retweeted racist tweets from jilted Cavs fans, after he was asked by a reporter if he thought race played a role in the perceptions. The Cav's owner is a DICKbag who made his money selling fraudulent (your favorite word) homeloans to people who couldn't afford them. I feel bad for his kid but he deserves to rot in hell for what he did to this country, and he deserved LeBron leaving him.

    I don't disagree that it'd be nice to look past race and class, but if we were there people would see past how an "owner is supposed to behave", or not send LeBron racist tweets like "I'm gonna run over your head with my car". It still is Mavs-Heat, but there's always more to the story than the game.
  • dcfaithful
    dcfaithful Posts: 13,076
    FenwayFaithful wrote:
    Please let the Mavs win this series

    You said it.
    7/2/06 - Denver, CO
    6/12/08 - Tampa, FL
    8/23/09 - Chicago, IL
    9/28/09 - Salt Lake City, UT (11 years too long!!!)
    9/03/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 1
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  • Horos
    Horos Posts: 4,519
    dcfaithful wrote:
    FenwayFaithful wrote:
    Please let the Mavs win this series

    You said it.
    Amen!
    #FHP
  • polaris_x
    polaris_x Posts: 13,559
    dirk is about as likeable as any other player in the league ... doubt there is a huge hate following for the guy ...

    go mavs ...
  • The Juggler
    The Juggler Posts: 49,599
    polaris_x wrote:
    dirk is about as likeable as any other player in the league ... doubt there is a huge hate following for the guy ...

    go mavs ...

    yeah i don't that either. i know a bunch of people (idiots) who like to argue he is better than larry bird was. :lol:

    larry bird--there's a white player we hated in this town. nothing what so ever to do with race. just had to do with him playing on the f#cking celtics.

    some people just love to insert race into every facet of life. it is annoying.
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  • The Juggler
    The Juggler Posts: 49,599
    RW81233 wrote:
    B. The Cuban thing is a class thing, and he's not acting his social class. Even though he's legitimately the best owner to work for in the sport.

    C. The race thing came out because LeBron retweeted racist tweets from jilted Cavs fans, after he was asked by a reporter if he thought race played a role in the perceptions. The Cav's owner is a DICKbag who made his money selling fraudulent (your favorite word) homeloans to people who couldn't afford them. I feel bad for his kid but he deserves to rot in hell for what he did to this country, and he deserved LeBron leaving him.

    I don't disagree that it'd be nice to look past race and class, but if we were there people would see past how an "owner is supposed to behave", or not send LeBron racist tweets like "I'm gonna run over your head with my car". It still is Mavs-Heat, but there's always more to the story than the game.

    lebron "retweeted" a few racist tweets on his tweeter feed. oooooh, that means everyone is a racist right? :roll:


    how is "i'm gonna run over your head with my car" racist and not just utterly stupid? and how is selling subprime loans (i don't know anything about that ;) )racist? the guy's a scumbag but nobody considered him racist until the usual suspects felt the need to insert themselves into a national story.

    the cuban thing--again, no idea what you're talking about. if anything people, myself included, like him more now because he stood up for seattle when they lost the sonics. class thing--all pro sports owners are in a different class. people just think he's a douche for how he acts at games. no big deal.

    you're really stretching here man. just enjoy the series. let this stuff go.
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  • The Fixer
    The Fixer Posts: 12,837
    81 wrote:
    The Fixer wrote:
    Heat in 5
    I used to like you.

    Good first half. Seemed the bulls had more mistakes but they were able to keep it tight. Should be a good tight series

    Sorry 81.

    Betting the Heat the last 3 weeks has been a great way to pay for my PJ20 trip :D

    So when do the finals start? July 4th?

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