re: We're unhappy with how Anthony Davis left, because we're a bunch of racists?

And, again, I think the way they handled the trade demand was dumb and they deserve scorn and vitriol for that.

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If you don't think a powerful black man exercising his power in a public setting doesn't some ruffle feathers, you must have been living in cave the last 12 years.

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Stunningly terrible take. We can say race has some impact on EVERYTHING because there will always be prejudiced and racist people. There are people that hate someone because they are white or Asian or black or Dutch.

To assert that it has some significant impact on THIS story, aka the fans being upset because of the confluence of events, is not only wrong, it is extremely offensive.

We are only talking about THIS story.

The attempt is to try and make Gayle and Loomis into the face of racism, IMHO, which isn’t going to work.

Neglecting the NBA team in favor of the NFL team owned by the family for 30+ years isn’t racism, no matter how much people may want to claim it.

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If you don't think a powerful black man exercising his power in a public setting doesn't some ruffle feathers, you must have been living in cave the last 12 years.

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I don't think it has to do with his race, it has to do with the tactics that he used. He was very unprofessional, which probably stems from the fact that he's inexperienced.

As a Black Man I'm Pissed!

So now the Anthony Davis and Klutch Sports sends surrogate with The Race Smokescreen?


What A Cowardice Move!
Anthony Davis is disliked by Pelicans fans because he pulled a BS move! Not Racism!
If you sabotage your team's season by demanding to be traded Publicly and in Midseason, you've not only betrayed your teammates, you've shown little respect for the Pelican fanbase's hard earned and limited funds they've spent to supplement your immense salary .....
AD and Klutch Sports, Put Your Big Boy Pants On!
There Will Be Repercussions!

#ThatsAllFolks!
#Pelicans
#AnthonyDavis
#klutchsports
#CowardiceMove

I guarantee that Griffin has been on the phone with the NBA and ESPN all morning. I have to imagine he and Gayle are pissed as frick.

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If you don't think a powerful black man exercising his power in a public setting doesn't some ruffle feathers, you must have been living in cave the last 12 years.

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Sure. Racism exists. There are hints and edges of it in a great many things in life, even when white people may not realize their unconscious racism in their actions. And it's incredibly hurtful. Even though I'm white, I know a little bit about that pain, because my parents disowned me when I married a nonwhite woman, and they didn't even see my daughter until she was five.

But the problem is that when everything is racist, then nothing is. The problem is that, when white people are falsely accused of racism, they are sometimes less concerned about fixing real racism, because they feel that they'll be labeled as racists whether it's true or not.

That's why these Ramona Shelburne comments are so wrong -- racism is hurtful, but falsely accusing someone of racism is also hurtful. And she didn't just accuse someone -- she accused our entire fanbase. She needs to apologize to the people of New Orleans.

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Rich Paul has seen criticism in his career, some fair, some unfair. Some of that unfair criticism is surely because of who he is and how he arrived to his current position.

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I do agree with this.

RP was getting targeted for being an a-hole and for being LeBron’s hand picked flunky.

He could be purple with polka dots and it wouldn’t change WHY people don’t like him.

You idiots melting over Jake need to go listen to the latest lockedOn Pels and LO-NBA pods. He strongly rebukes Shelbitch for her racebaiting bullshite in both.