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The Official NBA Season Thread: I’m like Jayson Tatum in the Olympics I'm not playing
- Thread in 'Sports & Training' Thread starter Started by pmatic,
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Ska is cool but there's definitely a small cog missing in his social recognition machine. Like there's a story in his head only he knows that he assumes every one does, and he can't explain it correctly.
lawdog1
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I’d heard of Takeoff because I read a big feature article about Migos in Rolling Stone a while back, when they were on a wave of big mainstream popularity. Probably 5 or 6 years ago now, so I was a bit shocked to see he was still just 28 when he was killed. So tragic and senseless.
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I dont think your comment was necessarily in bad taste but ill say unnecessary. Only cause if I didnt know who Takeoff was id probably not just say anything at all since..well idk who he is. Its not like you came into the Migos topic and said who Takeoff I heard he died though then youd be wylin. This a topic you frequent and I just took your comment as barbershop talk, “who that?” kinda deal but yeah I woudda just kept it moving. Im just trying to keep the peace bruv (and everyone).
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What?
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Dudes been weird as hell
It’s always them dudes with the extreme dislike for lebron too
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I updated the post.
darthska
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True. That has been done before, so watch what happens next, particularly paying attention to how that is received.
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lawdog1
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Really nasty times we are living in. The minute certain people get wind of a tragic event, they’re all over the Internet putting out bull **** to try and spin the narrative around the event for their own personal reasons. Sick stuff.
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Yeah i'm really surprised he was that young, they've been on for over a decade.
akajae
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crazy…
RIP
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The top 4 picks really are all stars
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Still early days but it definitely has been shaping up as one of the deepest draft classes in recent years
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Can a mod ban himself? Asking for a friend
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How is Joe Tsai still in the NBA? This is the same league that allowed someone like Sterling to move with impunity for 30+ years. I think most people would say that Kyrie is an example of how you can be charitable in certain respects and still clueless at best and harmful at worst in other ventures. Some of these owners are no better. Hypocrites. And for whatever reason they have no media obligations
In the United States, Tsai donates hundreds of millions of dollars to combat racism and discrimination. In China, Alibaba, under Tsai's leadership, partners with companies blacklisted by the U.S. government for supporting a "campaign of repression, mass arbitrary detention and high-tech surveillance" through state-of-the-art racial profiling.
Tsai has publicly defended some of China's most controversial policies. He described the government's brutal crackdown on dissent as necessary to promote economic growth; defended a law used to imprison scores of pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong as necessary to squelch separatism; and, when questioned about human rights, asserted that most of China's 1.4 billion citizens are "happy about where they are."
A former college lacrosse player with investments in the WNBA, Major League Soccer and professional lacrosse, Tsai sees himself as a bridge between two increasingly polarized cultures, according to sources close to him who spoke on condition of anonymity. He believes China's restrictions on personal freedoms have paved the way for economic development that has improved the lives of millions of its citizens.
But his positions and association with companies implicated in human rights abuses have drawn criticism from a bipartisan collection of U.S. officials, human rights activists and academics focused on China.
"Joe Tsai is emblematic of U.S. sports and business figures who are critical of American imperfections, as we all should be, but who make excuses for human rights atrocities committed in China, where he makes money," said Matt Pottinger, a former deputy national security adviser and China specialist in the Trump administration. "We're going to self-censor or even compliment the policies of a totalitarian dictatorship that's committing crimes against humanity?"
Tsai declined to be interviewed for this story.
In the United States, Tsai donates hundreds of millions of dollars to combat racism and discrimination. In China, Alibaba, under Tsai's leadership, partners with companies blacklisted by the U.S. government for supporting a "campaign of repression, mass arbitrary detention and high-tech surveillance" through state-of-the-art racial profiling.
Tsai has publicly defended some of China's most controversial policies. He described the government's brutal crackdown on dissent as necessary to promote economic growth; defended a law used to imprison scores of pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong as necessary to squelch separatism; and, when questioned about human rights, asserted that most of China's 1.4 billion citizens are "happy about where they are."
A former college lacrosse player with investments in the WNBA, Major League Soccer and professional lacrosse, Tsai sees himself as a bridge between two increasingly polarized cultures, according to sources close to him who spoke on condition of anonymity. He believes China's restrictions on personal freedoms have paved the way for economic development that has improved the lives of millions of its citizens.
But his positions and association with companies implicated in human rights abuses have drawn criticism from a bipartisan collection of U.S. officials, human rights activists and academics focused on China.
"Joe Tsai is emblematic of U.S. sports and business figures who are critical of American imperfections, as we all should be, but who make excuses for human rights atrocities committed in China, where he makes money," said Matt Pottinger, a former deputy national security adviser and China specialist in the Trump administration. "We're going to self-censor or even compliment the policies of a totalitarian dictatorship that's committing crimes against humanity?"
Tsai declined to be interviewed for this story.
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cause money
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Lauri has been impressive. Much more consistent. Def should have MIP in sight.
