Kenny Smith and Kawhi Leonard

[RayTdropout]

Kenny Smith is the most annoying in the world and why isn't Kl in the 3 point contest

[apalisoc_9]

Kenny Smith is the most annoying in the world and why isn't Kl in the 3 point contest

My sources say Kawhi declined the invitation

[AFMadison]

My sources say Kawhi declined the invitation

Another epic fail by this scrub

[HarlemHeat37]

It was a weekend centered around light-skin players, tbh..the NBA has made a concerted effort to redeem the middle-aged White demographic after losing them for the majority of the 21st century, so far..

When middle-aged White American man watched the festivities tonight, the NBA ensured that he could turn to his buddies or his wife and say(while cheering), "this guy is White, right?"

Curry and the Warriors have already done a great job in appealing to a wider demographic with the ambiguity of their skin color, and tonight was another victory for the NBA with the Lavine vs. Gordon showdown..looked like the 80s..

[Sec24Row7]

It was a weekend centered around light-skin players, tbh..the NBA has made a concerted effort to redeem the middle-aged White demographic after losing them for the majority of the 21st century, so far..

When middle-aged White American man watched the festivities tonight, the NBA ensured that he could turn to his buddies or his wife and say(while cheering), "this guy is White, right?"

Curry and the Warriors have already done a great job in appealing to a wider demographic with the ambiguity of their skin color, and tonight was another victory for the NBA with the Lavine vs. Gordon showdown..looked like the 80s..

Yeah because Raymond is the second coming of Opie.

[UNT Eagles 2016]

Leonard's shot release is too slow. I could see him embarrassing himself like every other Spur not named Belinelli did in that contest in the past 15 years.

[KDKSpurs24]

Leonard's shot release is too slow. I could see him embarrassing himself like every other Spur not named Belinelli did in that contest in the past 15 years.

Too slow? Kevin Hart finished all the racks with a very slow release..

[HarlemHeat37]

Yeah because Raymond is the second coming of Opie.

The media loves Draymond because he plays for their beloved Warriors..if he was on a different team, he would be widely hated for his "antics"..

The NBA got what they wanted..the 3-point contest finalists were all light-skinned and non-threatening(including 2 from the beloved Warriors, along with the new face of the NBA in Steph Curry)..the dunk contest had 2 non-threatening, light-skinned finalists putting on arguably the best show in contest history, and they had some pop band(Walk on the Moon?) performing during a basketball event..

It was a perfect night for the NBA..having a player that looks and talks like Kawhi and plays for the Spurs would have been bad business IMO..otherwise, it's pretty stupid that the #1 3-point shooter in the NBA wasn't invited to participate, despite already being in Toronto for the ASG..

Tomorrow they have Sting performing( what the ?), and they're probably cheering for Kobe/Curry to win MVP..would make it a perfect weekend..

They're probably praying Lebron won't win, especially after Beyonce's SB show..

[DenialTwist]

The media loves Draymond because he plays for their beloved Warriors..if he was on a different team, he would be widely hated for his "antics"..

The NBA got what they wanted..the 3-point contest finalists were all light-skinned and non-threatening(including 2 from the beloved Warriors, along with the new face of the NBA in Steph Curry)..the dunk contest had 2 non-threatening, light-skinned finalists putting on arguably the best show in contest history, and they had some pop band(Walk on the Moon?) performing during a basketball event..

It was a perfect night for the NBA..having a player that looks and talks like Kawhi and plays for the Spurs would have been bad business IMO..otherwise, it's pretty stupid that the #1 3-point shooter in the NBA wasn't invited to participate, despite already being in Toronto for the ASG..

Tomorrow they have Sting performing( what the ?), and they're probably cheering for Kobe/Curry to win MVP..would make it a perfect weekend..

They're probably praying Lebron won't win, especially after Beyonce's SB show..

You hit the nail on the head. The NBA is drooling over themselves that the new face of the sport is a light skinned, non threatening superstar. David Stern cringed when Allen Iverson was famous because of his perceived "thug" appeal. I remember hearing Ethan Strauss tell Nate Duncan at the beginning of the season that the Spurs in 2013 and 2014 had the lowest rated finals and that they were bad for business because none of the Spurs had personality and none were as popular as lebron or Curry. Well, no one twenty years from now talks about the ratings, the only thing people will remember is who won a le.

Oh and yeah Kenny Smith is annoying. Remember when he said Manu back in the day wasn't that good and exciting and Magic Johnson had to put him in his place. Lol. Shaq is right, Kenny acts like he is a legend because he has two rings, riding on the back of Hakeem. Kenny was riding Curry all night, we get it, he is the best shooter, do you have to repeat it twenty times to Chuck? Chuck doesn't care lmao. He just did an interview saying Curry was "just a great shooter" not a playmaker and not a good defender and all the NBA writers and warriors fans jumped on Chuck like he was the devil for giving his opinion.

[apalisoc_9]

The media loves Draymond because he plays for their beloved Warriors..if he was on a different team, he would be widely hated for his "antics"..

The NBA got what they wanted..the 3-point contest finalists were all light-skinned and non-threatening(including 2 from the beloved Warriors, along with the new face of the NBA in Steph Curry)..the dunk contest had 2 non-threatening, light-skinned finalists putting on arguably the best show in contest history, and they had some pop band(Walk on the Moon?) performing during a basketball event..

It was a perfect night for the NBA..having a player that looks and talks like Kawhi and plays for the Spurs would have been bad business IMO..otherwise, it's pretty stupid that the #1 3-point shooter in the NBA wasn't invited to participate, despite already being in Toronto for the ASG..

Tomorrow they have Sting performing( what the ?), and they're probably cheering for Kobe/Curry to win MVP..would make it a perfect weekend..

They're probably praying Lebron won't win, especially after Beyonce's SB show..

agree 100%

Kawhi would have to battle the coons to win anything in the future. Still, some sensible writers and analyst though.

[T Park]

God this thread is so ing sad

[HarlemHeat37]

You hit the nail on the head. The NBA is drooling over themselves that the new face of the sport is a light skinned, non threatening superstar. David Stern cringed when Allen Iverson was famous because of his perceived "thug" appeal. I remember hearing Ethan Strauss tell Nate Duncan at the beginning of the season that the Spurs in 2013 and 2014 had the lowest rated finals and that they were bad for business because none of the Spurs had personality and none were as popular as lebron or Curry. Well, no one twenty years from now talks about the ratings, the only thing people will remember is who won a le.

Oh and yeah Kenny Smith is annoying. Remember when he said Manu back in the day wasn't that good and exciting and Magic Johnson had to put him in his place. Lol. Shaq is right, Kenny acts like he is a legend because he has two rings, riding on the back of Hakeem. Kenny was riding Curry all night, we get it, he is the best shooter, do you have to repeat it twenty times to Chuck? Chuck doesn't care lmao. He just did an interview saying Curry was "just a great shooter" not a playmaker and not a good defender and all the NBA writers and warriors fans jumped on Chuck like he was the devil for giving his opinion.

Curry is just the perfect face for the league, tbh..he looks like a 12-year boy, which makes his taunting and on-court arrogance look cute, rather than threatening (as opposed to poor Cam Newton, for instance)..

Geographically, he's in the perfect situation, nothing else even compares in North America..

He is religious, but not in an obnoxiously preachy way(which appeals to both sides of the spectrum)..he's a family man with no real threat of off-court controversy..

He is also one of the most entertaining players we have ever seen, too..

Realistically, nobody wants to see a San Antonio Spur winning over one of the Splash Brothers, especially the Spur with cornrows, tattoos and doesn't like speaking to the media..this is the same league that has a ing 64-year old Sting performing tomorrow(for a league that consists mostly of young Black men)..

[HI-FI]

yeah I don't understand how they got ing Sting for this, and I own Mercury Falling

[BatManu20]

God this thread is so ing sad

[TheGreatYacht]

Harlem is right. NBA loves them some light skins, explains why they always marketed Duncan so well.

Imagine if 3 dark skinned players teamed up in let's say, Miami(?), lol.... 100% chance Stern vetoes it

[Kawhitstorm]

. I remember hearing Ethan Strauss tell Nate Duncan at the beginning of the season that the Spurs in 2013 and 2014 had the lowest rated finals

-The 2013 Finals was the highest rated Finals since the Celtics-Lakers 7 game series in 2010 & that was by a tiny margin (10.2 vs. 10.4)

-The 2014 Finals had the same rating as the 2008 Lakers-Celtics series

So I call BS considering Celtics/Lakers is supposed to be the marquee Finals match-up: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nation...d_record_highs

[Kawhitstorm]

Leonard's shot release is too slow. I could see him embarrassing himself like every other Spur not named Belinelli did in that contest in the past 15 years.

Kawhi would have ended like his Eastern Conference clone: Kris Middleton (Thank you for coming to Toronto )

[DMC]

Curry is just the perfect face for the league, tbh..he looks like a 12-year boy, which makes his taunting and on-court arrogance look cute, rather than threatening (as opposed to poor Cam Newton, for instance)..

Geographically, he's in the perfect situation, nothing else even compares in North America..

He is religious, but not in an obnoxiously preachy way(which appeals to both sides of the spectrum)..he's a family man with no real threat of off-court controversy..

He is also one of the most entertaining players we have ever seen, too..

Realistically, nobody wants to see a San Antonio Spur winning over one of the Splash Brothers, especially the Spur with cornrows, tattoos and doesn't like speaking to the media..this is the same league that has a ing 64-year old Sting performing tomorrow(for a league that consists mostly of young Black men)..

The audience is mostly terrorist training camp soldiers though. Jon Stewart was the only white person there. lol Lakers fans were all hajis.

[Arcadian]

It was a weekend centered around light-skin players, tbh..the NBA has made a concerted effort to redeem the middle-aged White demographic after losing them for the majority of the 21st century, so far..

When middle-aged White American man watched the festivities tonight, the NBA ensured that he could turn to his buddies or his wife and say(while cheering), "this guy is White, right?"

Curry and the Warriors have already done a great job in appealing to a wider demographic with the ambiguity of their skin color, and tonight was another victory for the NBA with the Lavine vs. Gordon showdown..looked like the 80s..

Can't you just appreciate what they did, and try not to get so caught up in their skin pigmentation?

[Kawhitstorm]

The audience is mostly terrorist training camp soldiers though. Jon Stewart was the only white person there. lol Lakers fans were all hajis.

Arabs don't like black people.

[DMC]

Leonard's shot release is too slow. I could see him embarrassing himself like every other Spur not named Belinelli did in that contest in the past 15 years.

Matt Bonner got 2nd a few years ago. He almost won.

[DMC]

Arabs don't like black people.

ergo sting

[DMC]

Harlem is right. NBA loves them some light skins, explains why they always marketed Duncan so well.

Imagine if 3 dark skinned players teamed up in let's say, Miami(?), lol.... 100% chance Stern vetoes it

Look what a failure that ended up being though. Lebron being carried off the court in San Antonio in the in' finals. The super friends getting their flanges bent by Patty ing Mills. Now Lebron with his thug tattoos is running to racially charged music and acting like he's once again the savior of Cleveland, the tiest city outside of Detroit.

[DMC]

It was a weekend centered around light-skin players, tbh..the NBA has made a concerted effort to redeem the middle-aged White demographic after losing them for the majority of the 21st century, so far..

When middle-aged White American man watched the festivities tonight, the NBA ensured that he could turn to his buddies or his wife and say(while cheering), "this guy is White, right?"

Curry and the Warriors have already done a great job in appealing to a wider demographic with the ambiguity of their skin color, and tonight was another victory for the NBA with the Lavine vs. Gordon showdown..looked like the 80s..

And during Black History Month at that.

[Kawhitstorm]

Tomorrow they have Sting performing( what the ?).

Bruh, Sting is performing b/c your fellow Toronto residents that happen to be Arabs adore him: