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Drake vs the average fan

Posted on 5/30/19 at 10:44 pm
Posted by GeauxtigersMs36
The coast
Member since Jan 2018
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Posted on 5/30/19 at 10:44 pm
I’m sure tomorrow Green and drakes little interaction will be talked about but why does drake get away with all the trash talking and a guy simply asks the knicks owner to sell the team for the good of the fans and his tickets are pulled and he’s banned? Or Westbrook gets into it with a Jazz fan and he's banned.

Is it the players who push for fans to be banned?
Do they have that much power?
Just curious what everyone thinks of drake, his antics, and should the nba do something?
Posted by wildtigercat93
Member since Jul 2011
112329 posts
Posted on 5/30/19 at 10:46 pm to
Because he’s a massive celebrity. Pretty obvious answer
Posted by Caplewood
Atlanta
Member since Jun 2010
39156 posts
Posted on 5/30/19 at 10:46 pm to
Posted by saintsfan22
baton rouge
Member since May 2006
71605 posts
Posted on 5/30/19 at 10:48 pm to
quote:

but why does drake get away with all the trash talking

Because he's famous and the players already know him.
Posted by BluegrassBelle
RIP Hefty Lefty - 1981-2019
Member since Nov 2010
99040 posts
Posted on 5/30/19 at 10:48 pm to
You mean like Spike Lee and Jack Nicholson?
Posted by ProfFrink
Springfield
Member since Nov 2018
3407 posts
Posted on 5/30/19 at 10:48 pm to
He is a celebrity. The NBA has always enjoyed celebrity-player interaction

Nothing new

Posted by GeauxtigersMs36
The coast
Member since Jan 2018
7847 posts
Posted on 5/30/19 at 10:49 pm to
I understand that but if green punched him is his face then what? Suspend green but do they come back for game 5 with drake right there?
Posted by NawlinsTiger9
Where the mongooses roam
Member since Jan 2009
34901 posts
Posted on 5/30/19 at 10:50 pm to
He better hope the Dubs don’t close out in game 5

That would be a shameful amount of crow to have to eat in public
Posted by BluegrassBelle
RIP Hefty Lefty - 1981-2019
Member since Nov 2010
99040 posts
Posted on 5/30/19 at 10:52 pm to
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I understand that but if green punched him is his face then what? Suspend green but do they come back for game 5 with drake right there?


If he physically attacks a fan? Yes, that’ll get you suspended.

You act like this is something new. Drake doesn’t have shite on some of the great celebrity shite talkers in NBA history.
Posted by arkyhawk
SWMO
Member since Jan 2013
8116 posts
Posted on 5/30/19 at 11:14 pm to
quote:

Drake doesn’t have shite on some of the great celebrity shite talkers in NBA history.


Idk, wearing a signed Dell Raptors jersey was all-time
Posted by BruceJender
Houston
Member since Dec 2016
620 posts
Posted on 5/31/19 at 12:12 am to
I personally love Drake getting in their heads. He’s playing Draymond with his own game
Posted by saint tiger225
San Diego
Member since Jan 2011
35401 posts
Posted on 5/31/19 at 12:41 am to
You use a Reggie Miller/Spike Lee gif and it's not even the choke?
Posted by ProfFrink
Springfield
Member since Nov 2018
3407 posts
Posted on 5/31/19 at 12:47 am to
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You use a Reggie Miller/Spike Lee gif and it's not even the choke?


I wanted both of them in the gif. The choke gifs only show Miller

Posted by AgCoug
Houston
Member since Jan 2014
5862 posts
Posted on 5/31/19 at 1:47 am to
I am going to let you in on a truth in life. It ain't pretty and it ain't fair but, like all truths, it is real:

Some people can do shite that others cannot.

Easily realized examples:

I cannot dunk a basketball. Some folks can.
I cannot play 'boogie woogie piano.' Some folks can.
My old arse cannot get into a new trendy VIP club in Manhattan. Some folks can.

Having said that, I can out BBQ every mother fricker on this board (as far as I know).

Keep your expectations within your bough and do not grasp the branches of another one's tree.

You okay. It does not have to be fair to be okay.

Posted by FightnBobLafollette
Member since Oct 2017
12204 posts
Posted on 5/31/19 at 2:13 am to
quote:

Having said that, I can out BBQ every mother fricker on this board (as far as I know).



Some people can post insane shite. Others can’t. ;p
Posted by AgCoug
Houston
Member since Jan 2014
5862 posts
Posted on 5/31/19 at 2:32 am to
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Some people can post insane shite. Others can’t. ;p


Posted by FightnBobLafollette
Member since Oct 2017
12204 posts
Posted on 5/31/19 at 2:48 am to
I’m gonna reread your post again. This time imagining the voice of. Jack Donaghy.
Posted by barry
Location, Location, Location
Member since Aug 2006
50344 posts
Posted on 5/31/19 at 10:23 am to
quote:

Drake vs the average fan


Well first of all while he is a fan, he is also technically a member of the Raptors organization as "Community Ambassador"
Posted by timbo
Red Stick, La.
Member since Dec 2011
7318 posts
Posted on 5/31/19 at 11:21 am to
I thought Drake owned a piece of the Raptors.

Posted by tgrbaitn08
Member since Dec 2007
146214 posts
Posted on 5/31/19 at 11:36 am to
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Drake may have courtside seats, but the rapper does not have an ownership stake in the Toronto Raptors. What is Drake’s role with the Raptors? Drake’s technical title is a Community Ambassador, causing many fans to wonder what exactly this entails. It is a win-win for both parties as it gives Drake even more exposure, and helps add a cool factor to the Raptors franchise.

While he is far from making roster decisions for the team, Drake’s role is real and the Raptors were even fined in 2014 for the rapper publicly commenting on Kevin Durant’s free agency. Drake’s Raptors fandom comes from growing up in Toronto. According to Yahoo, Drake grew up in the Forest Hill neighborhood of Toronto, Canada.

“I grew up with a mom who was deep in debt because she wanted best for family,” Drake told Ghomeshi.

In Forest Hill, he found being “biracial” was more of a concern than it was when he lived in the poorer section of Weston Road. “It was actually girls gave me a harder time than guys,” he said.

However, he admitted that later on in his career, being a black Jewish rapper wasn’t something he had to overcome in Toronto. “I’m from a place that is true mosaic,” Drake said. “To me, we’re the most open-minded place you can find yourself.”




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Drake’s job description with the Raptors as a Community Ambassador is not clearly defined, and he is not believed to be on the team’s payroll, per Pitchfork. The Raptors announced his Community Ambassador title in 2013 and there was a 2018 news conference announcing an expanded partnership. Drake’s record label, OVO Sound, has naming rights for the team’s practice facility and even had its logo on t-shirts distributed to fans attending Game 1 of the NBA Finals.

Drake’s antics during games have created quite a controversy. Members of the Bucks coaching staff publicly complained, and even NBA commissioner Adam Silver has chimed in essentially asking the rapper to tone it down a bit.

“We appreciate how big a fan he is, and I know the Raptors do,” Silver said, per NBA.com. “He has the official designation ‘ambassador’ … and he’s a global star, so it’s a huge deal that he’s so engaged with the team and loves the NBA so much. Obviously, there’s some lines that even ambassadors shouldn’t cross.”
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