Nardi wrote:
The Hawk wrote:
Seacrest wrote:
WaitingforRuffcorn wrote:
Seacrest wrote:
WaitingforRuffcorn wrote:
The only reason race was brought into this was Westbrook said he was justified because they said something racial. This is a ridiculous excuse to threaten someone with. We were oppressed, so now I get to threaten people if I don't like them. It's all ridiculous.
Westbrook acted like an asshole because he's a spoiled, thin-skinned athlete. Most of these guys are pampered the moment they show any athletic talent in any major sport. Then they are completely unable to cope when faced with any adversity.
I don't believe that you are concerned with how Westbrook's coping skills develop going forward.
Neither do you. Maybe he should go to confession.
I don't think you are concerned about him going to confession either.
So why are you doing this?
Exactly WHAT is he doing wrong? Somehow I see not a bit of wrong in what he has said in this thread. Are people wrong to question an athlete who makes a fool of himself?
I respect professional athletes. 99% of them worked their asses off to get where they are at. Much harder than I ever did or would. So to me, they get leeway in a business where emotion can run high
No one deserves respect. People earn respect by their actions and their deeds. Russell Westbrook is a terrific basketball player. One of the best in NBA history. But to set him up as somekind of person to be emulated is ridiculous. Yeah he worked hard but guess what? He achieved most of his success because of his God Given TALENT and instead of realizing that, he wants to mock other people and minimalize them.
You say that he worked much harder than you ever did or would. Maybe so. Maybe not. But that is not what the definer of a person's worth as far as I am concerned. I have a shit load of respect for a kid with little ability who worked his ass off to make a high school team, was a good teammate, hustled, and was a good sport when he competed and yet lost. And I have coached and known a shitload of these kind of players.