NBA: Reasons Why The Media Gave Tim Duncan A Pass His Entire Career

[Koolaid_Man]

I'm not trying to play the race card so hear me out....Its all about racism tbh...just like when Kobe told Clarkson to stop playing like a light skinned dude and play like a real ...same thing conceptually as to why the media gave Duncan a pass..becsuse Duncan represents what they like seeing in a black man....they want black men to make them feel good with passisivity and meek and mildness...they want a house Negro and not a field Negro tbh...Duncan made them comfortable with themselves and didn't represent the rugged nature of the dark skinned darkies....

You may say then why did they love Magic and Michael....they loved them because they had no choice....and they had mild personalities....both likable guys....any time a black man is self assured and strong they feel threatened by it...take Kareem, Kobe, and Zeke... for example...they all told the media to go themselves and the media had hard-ons for them ever since....

Here are more reasons:

Duncan is generally regarded as a nice guy. He never gets in trouble with the law, does bad things. He seems reserved and never outspoken. That's another reason why he gets a free pass.

--He's articulate and sounds white

--He plays basic boring basketball which aspires them to their abilities

--He's meek and mild and submissive to the white man

--He stayed in school and didn't capitalize on early earning potential

-- He smiles and is jovial and all accepting of the media

-- He's never criticised anyone in the media

-- He' trusting of everyone around him

because according to them he plays the game "right"....

[Koolaid_Man]

-- They acted like the 1st 5th never happened not a peep...
-- Not a peep at going over a decade with Amy having everyone think the world of the Duncan's when Amy got tired of the lie and pulled the rug from underneath
-- Not a mention of losing 26 million dollars becsuse he got fleeced

If those 3 things happened to Kobe it would still be front page news tbh

[DPG21920]

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[Cry Havoc]

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[Koolaid_Man]

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Is this what I've reduced you too?

Look around the board Deepy..Kool is a hot commodity..

You're short enough deepy don't let me reduce you further

[DMX7]

pitty post

[illusioNtEk]

Couldn't read the whole thing man... just stick with a few liners bruh

[Mitch]

[Biernutz]

[AlexJones]

Duncan is generally regarded as a nice guy. He never gets in trouble with the law, does bad things. He seems reserved and never outspoken. That's another reason why he gets a free pass.

--He's articulate and sounds white

Actually by being reserved, Duncan's the anti-coon and anyone can respect that.

[pookenstein]

Is this what I've reduced you too?

Look around the board Deepy..Kool is a hot commodity..

You're short enough deepy don't let me reduce you further

More like what you've reduced yourself to.
Similar to your Idol you have lost your mojo a long time ago and now try to pad your stats volume posting (making thread after thread after thread, throwing at a wall, hoping anything sticks).

[Mitch]

More like what you've reduced yourself to.
Similar to your Idol you have lost your mojo a long time ago and now try to pad your stats volume posting (making thread after thread after thread, throwing at a wall, hoping anything sticks).

That was a gas, jew really know how to say the reich things.

[pookenstein]

Oh noes, Mitch tries to provoke me. May it work? Stay tuned.

[daslicer]

Op must be suffering from dementia considering Duncan got hated on by the media for the first 8 years of his career simply because of his reserved personality. It was the media who called him a fluke champion after the '99 championship and went along with the asterisk crap Phil Jackson spewed. It was media who wined and and discredited Duncan's 2 regular season MVPs by saying the runner up's in Kidd and KG deserved it more much like they discredited Curry's MVP last year. It was the media that said after '03 Duncan couldn't win without Robinson and didn't have leadership skills. The media didn't give Duncan respect until he won this third le in '05 while they were on Kobe's up until the the rape in '04. Until big analytics took off in the last few years Kobe has always had it easier with the media than Duncan.

[Thread]

Op must be suffering from dementia considering Duncan got hated on by the media for the first 8 years of his career simply because of his reserved personality. It was the media who called him a fluke champion after the '99 championship and went along with the asterisk crap Phil Jackson spewed. It was media who wined and and discredited Duncan's 2 regular season MVPs by saying the runner up's in Kidd and KG deserved it more much like they discredited Curry's MVP last year. It was the media that said after '03 Duncan couldn't win without Robinson and didn't have leadership skills. The media didn't give Duncan respect until he won this third le in '05 while they were on Kobe's up until the the rape in '04. Until big analytics took off in the last few years Kobe has always had it easier with the media than Duncan.

You've nary room, slice, your Neal raped as well.

[Koolaid_Man]

Op must be suffering from dementia considering Duncan got hated on by the media for the first 8 years of his career simply because of his reserved personality. It was the media who called him a fluke champion after the '99 championship and went along with the asterisk crap Phil Jackson spewed. It was media who wined and and discredited Duncan's 2 regular season MVPs by saying the runner up's in Kidd and KG deserved it more much like they discredited Curry's MVP last year. It was the media that said after '03 Duncan couldn't win without Robinson and didn't have leadership skills. The media didn't give Duncan respect until he won this third le in '05 while they were on Kobe's up until the the rape in '04. Until big analytics took off in the last few years Kobe has always had it easier with the media than Duncan.

You're either a crack head or re ed but either way You're CLEARLY delusional if you think the media EVER hated Duncan....

[Thread]

You're either a crack head or re ed but either way You're CLEARLY delusional if you think the media EVER hated Duncan....

I have to admit Kool, I vaguely remember some of that list that slice has put down. It was a different NBA. A different Media.

[Koolaid_Man]

I have to admit Kool, I vaguely remember some of that list that slice has put down. It was a different NBA. A different Media.

You can do no wrong..even when you call me Koonmaid

But I need proof... No one from mainstream ever deposed him..he's been their guy since the beginning.....

[Thread]

You can do no wrong..even when you call me Koonmaid

But I need proof... No one from mainstream ever deposed him..he's been their guy since the beginning.....

Like I said, the memory is vague and slice activated it. And if he hadn't mentioned the rape I'd of cited him on the spot.

[daslicer]

You're either a crack head or re ed but either way You're CLEARLY delusional if you think the media EVER hated Duncan....

Again you suffer from dementia since anybody who grew up during the 90's can tell you the media was on Kobe's since day 1. The media had a hard on for Kobe the moment he was rookie mainly because they were hoping he could be the heir apparent to MJ. Part of the reason I hated Kobe was because NBC and the media would constantly push him 24/7 before he was even a legit star. NBC would have stupid halftime specials about Kobe and say "You need to like Kobe because he speaks Italian and he's a good kid" or my personal favorite "Oh my god this kid is better at picking his nose at age 19 then MJ was at his age." Duncan received a lot of hate from the media simply because he was a great 7fter who had no resemblance to Jordan along with not having a marketable personality. In other words Duncan was the Anti-Jordan the complete opposite of an iconic figure in MJ who the media loved. That narrative about "Duncan is boring" originated mainly because Duncan was the best player in the league in '99 after Jordan had retired thus there was an abnormal resentment by media towards Duncan since he wasn't MJ. Naturally the media gravitated towards Kobe because Kobe was a wannabe Jordan. Kobe never went through any adversity with media other then the Colorado situation whereas Duncan didn't get respect until he won his third le in '05. Duncan's respect was hard earned while Kobe's respect was given. I feel now the respect Duncan is given by the media at the end of his career is what he should have gotten at the start of his career and the disrespect Kobe gets now from the media is the type of disrespect he should have gotten from day 1.

[DarrinS]

OP is re ed. Wait, that's an insult to re s.

[ezau]

Again you suffer from dementia since anybody who grew up during the 90's can tell you the media was on Kobe's since day 1. The media had a hard on for Kobe the moment he was rookie mainly because they were hoping he could be the heir apparent to MJ. Part of the reason I hated Kobe was because NBC and the media would constantly push him 24/7 before he was even a legit star. NBC would have stupid halftime specials about Kobe and say "You need to like Kobe because he speaks Italian and he's a good kid" or my personal favorite "Oh my god this kid is better at picking his nose at age 19 then MJ was at his age." Duncan received a lot of hate from the media simply because he was a great 7fter who had no resemblance to Jordan along with not having a marketable personality. In other words Duncan was the Anti-Jordan the complete opposite of an iconic figure in MJ who the media loved. That narrative about "Duncan is boring" originated mainly because Duncan was the best player in the league in '99 after Jordan had retired thus there was an abnormal resentment by media towards Duncan since he wasn't MJ. Naturally the media gravitated towards Kobe because Kobe was a wannabe Jordan. Kobe never went through any adversity with media other then the Colorado situation whereas Duncan didn't get respect until he won his third le in '05. Duncan's respect was hard earned while Kobe's respect was given. I feel now the respect Duncan is given by the media at the end of his career is what he should have gotten at the start of his career and the disrespect Kobe gets now from the media is the type of disrespect he should have gotten from day 1.

Good point. The media didn't know where to put Duncan because:

1. He is a 7-footer who played the game right.
2. He is articulate, smart, and educated.
3. He is a great teammate unlike DK who constantly throws teammates under the bus.
4. He has zero drama.

The media didn't know what do with a personality like Duncan, but tbh, they were already calling him the greatest PF since 2003. They got that one right.

[Thread]

Good point. The media didn't know where to put Duncan because:

1. He is a 7-footer who played the game right.
2. He is articulate, smart, and educated.
3. He is a great teammate unlike DK who constantly throws teammates under the bus.
4. He has zero drama.

The media didn't know what do with a personality like Duncan, but tbh, they were already calling him the greatest PF since 2003. They got that one right.

ha.

[ezau]

ha.

Rape--Nope
Throwing teammates under the bus--Nope

Duncan is a more likeable version of Kareem. Both are very intelligent individuals, but Kareem had misfortune of growing up in an era when black men were supposed to be meek and submissive.

[Reck]

ha.

You know damn well drama that's brought up on yourself is not your drama.

Sometimes I think you're just in it for the jollies, Thread. You're a smart old man.