Duncan sounds off on the dress code

[Obstructed_View]

I'll defend all the NBA players who have said anything about the dress code: All of them were answering a question by a reporter. They are en led to the same opinions that everyone else has about the subject. They don't have to like it to abide by it. They also don't have to keep their mouths shut about it. It's been handled very, very badly by the NBA and is probably going to end up overshadowing at least the beginning of a great season.

[Marcus Bryant]

So let's get this straight. It's imperative that the NBA ins ute a dress code so that we don't see the players' tattoos while half naked in the 5 seconds we see them walking to the arena prior to a game. But it doesn't matter for the 2 hours that they spend playing the game...half naked and with tattoos for all to see.

It's also obvious that the NBA is the only major US pro sport that is in need of a dress code. After all, it's only casual dress by young black males that is a threat to the well being of professional sport and, in general, this country.

[MaNuMaNiAc]

So let's get this straight. It's imperative that the NBA ins ute a dress code so that we don't see the players' tattoos while half naked in the 5 seconds we see them walking to the arena prior to a game. But it doesn't matter for the 2 hours that they spend playing the game...half naked and with tattoos for all to see.

It's also obvious that the NBA is the only major US pro sport that is in need of a dress code. After all, it's only casual dress by young black males that is a threat to the well being of professional sport and, in general, this country.

yeah that's right

[howbouthemspurs]

I agree with Duncan 100%.... I also think that the new dress code has Racial agendas. Its primarly targeting the black hip black culture.

[AI-square]

So let's get this straight. It's imperative that the NBA ins ute a dress code so that we don't see the players' tattoos while half naked in the 5 seconds we see them walking to the arena prior to a game. But it doesn't matter for the 2 hours that they spend playing the game...half naked and with tattoos for all to see.

It's also obvious that the NBA is the only major US pro sport that is in need of a dress code. After all, it's only casual dress by young black males that is a threat to the well being of professional sport and, in general, this country.

You make a of a lot of sense.

[DesiSpur_21]

"I mean, it's cool. It's not real harsh. It just changes the image a little. Guys just got to grow up I guess. They're just trying to exclude some things. It's simple to me. Guys need to go out and buy some clothes and start something new.''
-- Celtics guard Ricky Davis, quoted in the Oct. 19 Boston Herald

Oh yeah - I'll start thinking Ricky Davis is not nuts. What a loser

"I think they're coming on way too strict. Movie stars in L.A., they're not always in jackets and ties, and they're setting trends, and we're looked at in the same light."
-- Timberwolves forward Wally Szczerbiak, quoted in the Oct. 7 Minneapolis Star-Tribune

Right man. It makes sense for you to think this way because you'll be on bench setting "trends" in dressing.

[DesiSpur_21]

I don't hate or like Jason Richardson, but this quote is kinda cool.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=2198089

"One thing to me that was kind of racist was you can't wear chains outside your clothing. I don't understand what that has to do with being business approachable. ... You wear a suit, you still could be a crook. You see all what happened with Enron and Martha Stewart. Just because you dress a certain way doesn't mean you're that way. Hey, a guy could come in with baggy jeans, a 'do rag and have a Ph.D. and a person who comes in with a suit could be a three-time felon."

[smeagol]

The NBA can deem necesary that players should give blowjobs to donkeys before games as new warm-up method, oh yeah, the players should shut up and follow...well, maybe Cuttino and Stevie would...

Getting paid a lot isn't a crime by which you should be forced to do whatever the league says, the players don't set their wages, owners do.

huh?

Farfetched analogy if I ever saw one.

[smeagol]

What a pussy ass crybaby Duncan is being. If it were KG, Kobe, or TMac and not Duncan who has a problem with the dress code, you'd all agree - but since it is our guy that is being a pansy look how many rush out to defend him.

The NBA can dictate to their employees (yes, the NBA is a business with franchises, and players are employees of those franchises and thus the NBA) what to wear as representives of the team and if Tim Duncan doesn't want to adhere, he is more than welcome to find another job that pays him $8 million a year. I don't know what he studied at Wake Forest, but I'd venture to say he isn't going to land a CEO position for a Fortune 100 company any time soon.

What he said.

[TDMVPDPOY]

tHATS DR.DUNCAN TO YOU, didnt he graduated with a pshycology degree?

[DesiSpur_21]

Mark Cuban has responded to reader comments to his blog about dress code.

http://www.blogmaverick.com/entry/1234000287064079/

[Jimcs50]

What a pussy ass crybaby Duncan is being. If it were KG, Kobe, or TMac and not Duncan who has a problem with the dress code, you'd all agree - but since it is our guy that is being a pansy look how many rush out to defend him.

The NBA can dictate to their employees (yes, the NBA is a business with franchises, and players are employees of those franchises and thus the NBA) what to wear as representives of the team and if Tim Duncan doesn't want to adhere, he is more than welcome to find another job that pays him $8 million a year. I don't know what he studied at Wake Forest, but I'd venture to say he isn't going to land a CEO position for a Fortune 100 company any time soon.

Tim is being chastized on every national radio talk show. First Dan Patrick show, now Mike an Mike weighed in on it. I can not believe Pop could not step in and tell his star to just plead the 5th on the subject before anyone says something that might bite them in the ass. TD just pulled himself out of classy superstar status to just being another rich spoiled brat.


Somebody needs to get Tim a bracelet that has the letters, WWDRD

What would David Robinson do?

Well, I will tell you one thing, he would never have made himself look like a total like this.

TD, I am surprised at you.

[boutons]

"WWDRD"

As David said, he would dress however his wife told him to dress, which was apparently up compared with Dave's preference for dressing down.

WWDRWD: What Would David Robinson's Wife Do?

[Jimcs50]

Top 3 all time stupid quote from NBA players:

Sprewell- "I need to feed my family."

Camby- We should get a clothing allowance."

TD- "I will stay in lockerroom instead of sitting on the bench."

[Summers]

Damn, Jim, you're being hard on Timmy.

I was very surprised he said what he did out loud to reporters, but I guess how disappointed you are in him depends on whether or not you agree with him. I happen to agree with him, though I wish he'd stated his position a bit more eloquently. And, yes, the little part about sitting in the locker room is nonsense. Let's hope he was joking about that.

[DesiSpur_21]

Tim is being chastized on every national radio talk show. First Dan Patrick show, now Mike an Mike weighed in on it. I can not believe Pop could not step in and tell his star to just plead the 5th on the subject before anyone says something that might bite them in the ass. TD just pulled himself out of classy superstar status to just being another rich spoiled brat.


Somebody needs to get Tim a bracelet that has the letters, WWDRD

What would David Robinson do?

Well, I will tell you one thing, he would never have made himself look like a total like this.

TD, I am surprised at you.

Oh yeah ?? Howb't rich spoiled pussies accepting hitleristic rule like NBA can impose anything they like just because they you?? Suckers I would say.

Did Tim say anything that is racist or controversial? He just told what he told about the whole issue. Tim would care less if Media thinks he is ing around. They don't love him anyway because he doesn't bad mouth (and that's what the media wants)

It's sad most who are involved (nba, players, fans, writers etc) thinks dressing up cleans NBA image no matter how many wife-beaters, 'pot'tters, alleged rapists wrap around themselves in a suit.

Hypocrites.

[easjer]

I'm just so amused that people seem to think that folks with money are not allowed to speak their minds on a decision that would affect them.

Y'all realize that historically, it's the folks with NO money that don't get any say in things, right? And that not having the same basic right as others because of the amount of money one has is wrong, yeah? And that would apply not only to the poor but also the wealthy?

What a mixed up argument that is. Argue that they are being petty or childish, that they have to do what their bosses want, , even that they are privileged to play basketball and should be willing to wear a sport coat for that opportunity. But please, don't argue that their basic rights as human beings to have and express an opinion are variable dependant on how much money the make.

[Jimcs50]

Damn, Jim, you're being hard on Timmy.

I was very surprised he said what he did out loud to reporters, but I guess how disappointed you are in him depends on whether or not you agree with him. I happen to agree with him, though I wish he'd stated his position a bit more eloquently. And, yes, the little part about sitting in the locker room is nonsense. Let's hope he was joking about that.

I know he was not serious, that is my point. We know TD, but everyone outside the Spurs' world does not. I will have to be an apologist for him now. He just gave more amunition for all the anti-rich pro athletes that are so prevalent today. In todays' world, what you say to the media can bite you in the ass and you can be judged and sentenced to PR prison by the fans for one stupid utterance, that you really did not mean.


TD needs to accept the fact that he is a superstar and what he says or does to placed under the microscope and that can and will reflect upon him forever. I jusy hate that a Spur is being raked over the coals and being put in the same category of Sprewell and other spoiled athlletes in todays world.

[Spurminator]

Has it occurred to anyone that maybe Duncan and Camby were half joking? I mean do you really think Duncan is going to stay in the locker room so he can wear jeans? They were ing about this on Mike & MIke too. Christ.

[easjer]

What a pussy ass crybaby Duncan is being. If it were KG, Kobe, or TMac and not Duncan who has a problem with the dress code, you'd all agree - but since it is our guy that is being a pansy look how many rush out to defend him.

The NBA can dictate to their employees (yes, the NBA is a business with franchises, and players are employees of those franchises and thus the NBA) what to wear as representives of the team and if Tim Duncan doesn't want to adhere, he is more than welcome to find another job that pays him $8 million a year. I don't know what he studied at Wake Forest, but I'd venture to say he isn't going to land a CEO position for a Fortune 100 company any time soon.

I've said it before, and I'll say it again. That statement is untrue. I disagree with the dress code because I have issues with the rules, the timing, the motivations, the intentions, and the potential results. I would feel the same way I do now if every member of the Spurs organization stood up and exalted in how much they love the new dress code and how great it is.

I have no problem with the idea that the league gets to tell people how to dress on the bench or for interviews. That is their perogative. My problems come in with what I feel is excessive - sports coats, attire to and from the bus, no sneakers, not being allowed to wear chains outside their clothing, and the idea that this somehow makes basketball more professional.

Let's not make assinine assumptions, mmmmmkay? You have every right to your opinion and to be disappointed in Tim, but those of us who disagree with you have substantive reasons for that disagreement that are not predicated on how the star of the team we support feels about it.

[Kori Ellis]

Shaq was joking when he said that he banged Cindy Crawford and one of the Williams' sisters too. But you guys didn't forgive him for being stupid in front of the media.

You can't have stuff both ways. You can't say, "More power to Timmy for speaking his mind." and then when he gets backlash say, "Oh you guys are so crazy. OF COURSE he was joking."

[Spurminator]

I think Scott missed out on the first few days of the argument. Plenty of people expressed the same sentiments as Duncan before Duncan said a word.

[Jimcs50]

Did Tim say anything that is racist or controversial? He just told what he told about the whole issue. Tim would care less if Media thinks he is ing around. They don't love him anyway because he doesn't bad mouth (and that's what the media wants)

That is not the point. That is like saying that a rapist should not be judged too harshly because he could have killed the victim too, but did not.

I mean, why can't the NBA players just do this one thing to help out their league, a league that they owe their livelihood to??? It is not like they are asking them to wear tuxedos. Damn, they just do not want them to wear torn jeans and teeshirts, for Godsake. Damn, they make a lot of money and the league feels a need to to improve their image...just do it and STFU. The do owe their league some respect, just as we all to to our various companies.

Is that so hard to ask???

[Spurminator]

Whether it's hard to ask or not doesn't enter into it.

[Spurminator]

Just drink from the other fountain. Is that so hard to ask?