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The Lonzo Ball thread.

Discussion in 'NBA Dish' started by jacoby, Jul 8, 2017.

  1. fba34

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    extreme vetting?
     
  2. fba34

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    is insulated brat the 2017-upgrade of a spoiled brat? just so I know to use insulated when I feel like using brat in a sentence
     
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    His lack of energy is due to his awful diet; pastries and cereals for breakfast. Also the acne on his face
     
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    Rea talk doe. Some people gotta chill on judging the kids character. Kids make terrible mistakes like this all the time. I wouldnt assume liangelo is a terrible person just for a juvenille mistake.

    My high school gf used to regularly walk into target, put on target sunglasses, and then walk out lmao.
     
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    Spoiled, insulated, coddled, spoonfed, trust-fund, take your pick. ;)
     
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    All mistakes are the same? No mistakes are worthy of criticism?
     
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    Sure these mistakes are worthy of criticism but I dont believe they are worthy of defining a human being’s character.

    When people say things like he is an idiotic insulated brat, that is defining who he is as a person.

    I try to be patient when it comes to judging a persons character, especially when that person in question is 18 years old.
     
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    Yes, she is wheelchair bound from a stroke I believe.
     
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    Fuuck...

    You guys would hate me if this is all it takes to judge someone so harshly lol
     
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    The harshness and exaggerated judgments on Lonzo are because of how people feel about his father and the excessive hype. Honestly, I want to root for him but part of me wants anything associated with Lavar to fail miserably.

    If Lonzo ever took steps to distance himself from dad, I'll become a cheerleader for him. Don't expect that to happen soon, if ever.
     
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    Read the kids are only going to get fined after they apologize. Sending these kids to jail for 3-10 years for stealing a pair of sunglasses would be a PR nightmare for China imo. How do you send 3 kids to jail for one pair of sunglasses, this ain't a bank heist after all.
     
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    The converse is also true,
    A privileged American athlete who can afford sunglasses is stealing sunglasses in your country and then gets the easy punishment cause if he was a some Chinese teenager he'd be in Shawshank China by now.
     
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    That's all it takes to be a Big Baller?
     
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    Dude, this is Louis Vutton in a FOREIGN COUNTRY.
    I'm 100% sure that UCLA advised their players about the culture and laws before they land .

    That kid who stole some poster in North Korea got killed.

    Your girlfriend knew the worse thing that could happen is that she get caught the cops would have called her parents.

    If you girlfriend did this in China, she'd star in orange is the new black . She wouldn't be that stupid in a FOREIGN Country.
     
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    I agree that there is a huge difference and people like you and I are aware of it.

    My point is that I wouldn’t assume ball is a terrible person because of this.

    I don’t necessarily expect an 18 year old kid to truly be aware and cognizant of the possible ramifications, no matter how much parents/coaches/teammates might warn him.
     
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    I don't think he's terrible, i just think he's stupid.
    I mean, maybe my generation , we weren't stupid enough to go to communist foreign countries and try to steal designer Italian goods.

    Your girlfriend is not stupid enough to run around Saudi Arabia in a bikini is she?
     
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    You've shoplifted in a foreign country on a high-profile school trip?
    We can judge the action harshly without judging the person harshly..... two completely separate concepts.
    Even smart people do dumb things. And this is a VERY, VERY dumb thing.
    Maybe he isn't stupid, but he did a very stupid thing. There's no rationalizing that away.
     
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    Here's another scenario that might have happened. Your boy who's in a store with you, say's I'm going to put these in my pocket and walk out with them, be cool when we walk out. Do you go to jail for something he did just because you're with him. If that's the way it went down I hope the young man that did rip off those shades tells the authorities his friends weren't involved.
     
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