Is Eddie Johnson a racist?

[m33p0]

Exactly-- it's such a non-sequitur, and that's what caught my attention. It's like starting a yearly business report by saying: " Happily, our large company, which has no minorities in upper management, has experienced record profits this year..."

ah, you mean other than pointing out that they have no foreigners on their team... a sublte slight maybe.

[Obstructed_View]

Eddie Johnson knows that if international players were as common in the NBA as when he played that he'd probably have been unable to get a job in the league. He's shown for a while that he can't control his biases and that he's not terribly bright. As a black man he's also permitted to get away with mistakes that anyone else would probably lose their job for.

[Harry Callahan]

Three underachieving veteran American stars come together for one le run and suddenly all is well with US basketball.

In all honesty, I think Allen and Garnett have played their best basketball already. Allen especially looks like he has lost a little bit from his Seattle heyday.

And let's get this straight right now. Kevin Garnett has no business being mentioned in the same breath as Tim Duncan. Period.

Paul Pierce is an excellent player, and deserved the credit he is getting right now.

Boston has a great shot again next year in the East, but their window is smaller than the Spurs I think (as weird as that sounds since the media mentions the average age of all players and not key players). All of their star guys in Boston are over 30 and Allen more than the others has declined.

Garnett is to willing to defer when it is crunch time. The Lakers were so bad in this series Boston was not really challenged that much or often overall.

[Harry Callahan]

Eddie Johnson is closely tied to Phoenix,

"Phoenix, where ignorance happens."

[ShoogarBear]

As a black man he's also permitted to get away with mistakes that anyone else would probably lose their job for.

Yeah, this country is pretty much set up that way.

Talk about not being able to control your biases.

[ManuTim_best of Fwiendz]

Bynum is nothing like David West. West is a face up post player who scores from 10-18 feet. Bynum is a classic back-to-basket post player with no mid-range game. Bynum is a much better shot blocker than West, but West has a higher basketball IQ. The Lakers will improve with Bynum because he brings toughness in the post, unlike that p*ssy Gasol who throws up weak hooks and fade aways.

I meant mentally. i.e. he can be easy to get under his skin and cost the team momentum with technical fouls, like David West. West was pretty stupid for New Orleans in the decisive last games.

[Obstructed_View]

Yeah, this country is pretty much set up that way.

Talk about not being able to control your biases.

I'm sorry, are you suggesting that I'm incorrect? Since we're about to elect a guy president who gets away with saying just about whatever he wants because he's got a black face I'd say the evidence is on my side.

[ShoogarBear]

I'm sorry, are you suggesting that I'm incorrect? Since we're about to elect a guy president who gets away with saying just about whatever he wants because he's got a black face I'd say the evidence is on my side.

The only evident thing is that whatever stupid things Eddie Johnson may be saying, you are providing more than a counterbalance.

[Obstructed_View]

The only evident thing is that whatever stupid things Eddie Johnson may be saying, you are providing more than a counterbalance.

Yeah, I knew you didn't actually have any bullets in that gun. We all know black people can't be racist anyway.

[ShoogarBear]

Yeah, I knew you didn't actually have any bullets in that gun.

You're the one spouting non-sequitur rantings and not backing them up, and thus making my point for me.

We all know black people can't be racist anyway.

Yeah, hey, toss that old one out there, too. Doesn't matter that nowhere in this thread did anyone say anything remotely like that. Glad you're taking this opportunity to get your festering issues out in the open, though. Can't wait for the next boil you pop.

[FromWayDowntown]

Eddie Johnson knows that if international players were as common in the NBA as when he played that he'd probably have been unable to get a job in the league. He's shown for a while that he can't control his biases and that he's not terribly bright. As a black man he's also permitted to get away with mistakes that anyone else would probably lose their job for.

I'm just going to guess here, but I'm thinking a guy who averaged 16 ppg while shooting 47% from the floor over the course of a 17-year NBA career -- one that started when the league only had 23 teams -- is a guy who probably would have gotten and kept a job in the league in just about any era.

As for the notion that a black man is given more leeway in our society than a white man is -- well, I find that sadly absurd.

[The Truth #6]

I think the Lakers had more a weed problem. Odom, Walton, Sasha, and Vlad Rad played like they were stoned out of their minds.

[Mr. Body]

How is this racist in any way?

[Obstructed_View]

You're the one spouting non-sequitur rantings and not backing them up, and thus making my point for me.

Way to use a term someone used ten posts before in the same thread. The difference is that they used it correctly. Give a monkey a typewriter...

Yeah, hey, toss that old one out there, too. Doesn't matter that nowhere in this thread did anyone say anything remotely like that. Glad you're taking this opportunity to get your festering issues out in the open, though. Can't wait for the next boil you pop.

Yeah, whatever. Your PC medal is in the mail.

[timvp]

Obstructed_View must have a "black face" to think he can get away with making no sense in this thread.

[Dunc n Dave]

I meant mentally. i.e. he can be easy to get under his skin and cost the team momentum with technical fouls, like David West. West was pretty stupid for New Orleans in the decisive last games.

OK, agreed. Both of them are lacking in the mental toughness area, as Bynum is still very young. Sorry, thought you were comparing their games...

[ShoogarBear]

Way to use a term someone used ten posts before in the same thread. The difference is that they used it correctly. Give a monkey a typewriter...


Yeah, whatever. Your PC medal is in the mail.

And with that, he slinks away.

[Nesterofish]

Huray to obstacted view fro stadningf up too teh rase pimps.

[DMX7]

Eddie Johnson is a scrub and who cares what he says. Besides, this is hardly newsworthy anyway.