Jason Collins has the best selling jersey.

[longhornfan1234]

http://ftw.usatoday.com/2014/02/nba-jason-collins-nets-jersey-bestselling/


Liberal hipsters coming out in droves to buy his jersey....:lol

[navy]

:roll:

[Akrazotile]

I understand that old veterans without a contract often get signed after the trade deadline passes, but the conspiracy theorist in me suspects the NBA pressured the Nets to do this after news of the Michael Sam situation, so that the NBA could grab the crown as the first major sports league with an openly gay player.

Honestly wouldn't surprise me.

Anyway I'm happy for happy, smiling Jason Collins just like I'd be happy for Kurt Thomas or any other vet who was still tryin to hang on and got offered a role. The coverage of his homosexuality is getting old tho.


Luckily the jokes aren't. :lol

[oh the horror]

NBA played everyone just right.


You know damn well no garbage man scrub should have a jersey, but since he's gay? CASH MONEY.

[fourkicks44]

http://ftw.usatoday.com/2014/02/nba-jason-collins-nets-jersey-bestselling/


Liberal hipsters coming out in droves to buy his jersey....:lol

Does he play for Brooklyn or Portland?

[zoom17]

:facepalm

[AnaheimLakers24]

so should i assume everyone with a jason jersey is gay?

[IncarceratedBob]

He's on a 10 day contract...

[R.I.P.]

Right now every owner in the league is begging their players to come forward, so they can sell jerseys. :lol

[zoom17]

He's on a 10 day contract...

imagine if he gets cut:roll:

[buddha]

OP is a collins.

[R.I.P.]

so should i assume everyone with a jason jersey is gay?

No, just stupid. :oldlol:

[buddha]

imagine if he gets cut:roll:

it's a popular jersey because it's the "first" gay player in the nba. which is absolute bullshit.

[Akrazotile]

OP is a collins.


:lol

[SilkkTheShocker]

Why are people buying his jersey because of him being gay? Homosexual is a sin. What this man is doing with his life is absolutely wrong. We should be praying for him. Not celebrating him by buying his jersey.

[D.J.]

I understand that old veterans without a contract often get signed after the trade deadline passes, but the conspiracy theorist in me suspects the NBA pressured the Nets to do this after news of the Michael Sam situation, so that the NBA could grab the crown as the first major sports league with an openly gay player.

Honestly wouldn't surprise me.

Anyway I'm happy for happy, smiling Jason Collins just like I'd be happy for Kurt Thomas or any other vet who was still tryin to hang on and got offered a role. The coverage of his homosexuality is getting old tho.


Luckily the jokes aren't. :lol


It's not like the Nets are the only team he played for. I understand his best years(and I used that term very loosely) were as a Net and he was a starter on a Finals team, but 1)Like I said, the Nets were not the only team he ever played for and 2)He wasn't even that good to begin with. I've been a Net fan since 1986. When I think of the best players we've had, Jason isn't exactly the 1st...or the 2nd...or the 20th.

[navy]

Why are people buying his jersey because of him being gay? Homosexual is a sin. What this man is doing with his life is absolutely wrong. We should be praying for him. Not celebrating him by buying his jersey.
You sound like an OKC fan. :oldlol:

[longhornfan1234]

so should i assume everyone with a jason jersey is gay?


Who said that? A lot of gays are buying his jersey and a bunch of liberal hipsters are buying his jersey too.

[buddha]

Why are people buying his jersey because of him being gay? Homosexual is a sin. What this man is doing with his life is absolutely wrong. We should be praying for him. Not celebrating him by buying his jersey.

tattoos are a sin, do you pray for lebron?

[CelticBaller]

He's on a 10 day contract...
:oldlol:

[The-Legend-24]

:oldlol:

[D.J.]

tattoos are a sin, do you pray for lebron?


If I were him, I'd be praying for Birdman. LeBron at least has some sanity.

[SpecialQue]

OP's still pissed about Obama getting re-elected and the conservative movement being a fvcking joke. :roll:

[longhornfan1234]

OP's still pissed about Obama getting re-elected and the conservative movement being a fvcking joke. :roll:

:roll: :roll:


Repubs are favored to sweep the Dems. Repubs are going to win both Senate and House in 2014. You mad?:roll: :roll:

[SpecialQue]

:roll: :roll:


Repubs are favored to sweep the Dems. Repubs are going to win both Senate and House in 2014. You mad?:roll: :roll:

Nope! :lol

[Akrazotile]

:roll: :roll:


Repubs are favored to sweep the Dems. Repubs are going to win both Senate and House in 2014. You mad?:roll: :roll:


The federal government is going to continue to usurp power and expand its scope regardless. They'll come up with reasons to make it happen and each side will blame the other. Politicians who claim to be Republican are not going to turn down the opportunity to be more powerful. They'll just make up a reason why it's the Democrats who are responsible for all the unfavorable policies, and Democrats will do the same. Meanwhile, special interests are the ones responsible.

Partisan politics are destroying the country.

[Is He Ill]

it's a popular jersey because it's the "first" gay player in the nba. which is absolute bullshit.

What's BS? Jason Collins is the first openly gay NBA player. John Amaechi didn't come out until his career was over.

[reppy]

Wait, I'm confused. That article said Collins is a trail blazer but I thought he signed with the nets?











:lol

[BasedTom]

it's a popular jersey because it's the "first" gay player in the nba. which is absolute bullshit.
First openly gay player.

Kobe's been in the league for 17 years but he's yet to come out.

[russwest0]

so he's gay, who cares? :confusedshrug:

It's 2014, we need to stop making people into heroes for being gay and shit. 90% of the general public doesn't have a problem with it yet ESPN and other outlets act like there are meltdowns happening all across the world because there are openly gay athletes. :oldlol: :oldlol: :oldlol:

Who cares? That Michael Sam shit was getting overblown way too much.

Lol @ this scrub having the highest selling jersey though.

[Eric Cartman]

The coverage on ESPN for his first game was actually ridicolous:

They didn't show not one highlights of other players
He didn't score and had one rebound a steal and a foul (they showed the 3 of them and praised him for it)
At one point they showed a couple of screens since they needed to fill the highlight reel

It's a worthless piece of news yet we are talking about because the media wants us too. Why? Idk...

[Vienceslav]

I bet the people who bought those think they are MLK and Rosa Parks combined.:lol
How is this even a big deal?
They are showing highlights of this guy like they are making a social stance against homophobia when in reality there is probably no backlash.
And these 'journalist' have a nerve to call him a trail blazer, that's cute.
There can't be people who are bothered by a gay guy playing basketball, right?

[sportjames23]

OP is a collins.


:roll: :roll: :roll:

[3peated]

isnt magic gay

[Lakers Legend#32]

They won't even sell Collins jersey in OKC.

[East_Stone_Ya]

They won't even sell Collins jersey in OKC.

why? lack of hipsters?

[Trollsmasher]

He is trying to catch Melo when it comes to Allstar badge

1x best selling jersey of the week
1x gay MVP

:eek:

[russwest0]

The coverage on ESPN for his first game was actually ridicolous:

They didn't show not one highlights of other players
He didn't score and had one rebound a steal and a foul (they showed the 3 of them and praised him for it)
At one point they showed a couple of screens since they needed to fill the highlight reel

It's a worthless piece of news yet we are talking about because the media wants us too. Why? Idk...

the media has a strong liberal bias. doesn't stop at ESPN.

[D.J.]

isnt magic gay


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xEJYi2UU_s

[tomtucker]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xEJYi2UU_s
:biggums: :biggums: :biggums:

and so fat as well.........??

[DStebb716]

Why are people buying his jersey because of him being gay? Homosexual is a sin. What this man is doing with his life is absolutely wrong. We should be praying for him. Not celebrating him by buying his jersey.

:facepalm

[VIntageNOvel]

#1: Gay player has the best selling jersey
#2: Lebron's has the best selling jersey the past few years
therefore..

[JohnFreeman]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xEJYi2UU_s
http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i250/Fatal_Exe/Movie%20Stuff/baseketball.gif

[senelcoolidge]

I think the people that are buying his jersey because he's gay and making such a big deal about this have issues. Some sort complex..guilt complex. I don't know but it's weird. He's a ****ing scrub.

[Nick Young]

goddamn brooklyn hipsters
http://hipsterjew.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/url2.jpeg

[senelcoolidge]

Collins would have been a starter in the All Star game if he was on a team before the All Star break. This is just sad.

[Myth]

NBA played everyone just right.


You know damn well no garbage man scrub should have a jersey, but since he's gay? CASH MONEY.

Supply and demand. Simply economics.

[Myth]

so he's gay, who cares? :confusedshrug:

It's 2014, we need to stop making people into heroes for being gay and shit. 90% of the general public doesn't have a problem with it yet ESPN and other outlets act like there are meltdowns happening all across the world because there are openly gay athletes. :oldlol: :oldlol: :oldlol:

Who cares? That Michael Sam shit was getting overblown way too much.

Lol @ this scrub having the highest selling jersey though.

You seem to think that it is not a big deal, but if it weren't a big deal, he wouldn't be the first. When the 30th player comes out or something, that is when it will be no big deal and it will be time to really question "who cares?".

[Nash]

Poor Rudy Gay then, not Gay enough

[KevinNYC]

You seem to think that it is not a big deal, but if it weren't a big deal, he wouldn't be the first. When the 30th player comes out or something, that is when it will be no big deal and it will be time to really question "who cares?".

Exactly.

Also I didn't know Magic Johnson's kid is gay.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/04/magic-johnson-gay-son_n_4379600.html

[kaiteng]

How do you spell "profit!" in Russian?

[KevinNYC]

Also his best selling status is since the jersey was released, not for 2014.

Most fans already have the jerseys of the folks they like.

[Mass Debator]

Is it on mad discount or something?

[KevinNYC]

so he's gay, who cares? :confusedshrug:

It's 2014, we need to stop making people into heroes for being gay and shit. 90% of the general public doesn't have a problem with it yet ESPN and other outlets act like there are meltdowns happening all across the world because there are openly gay athletes. :oldlol: :oldlol: :oldlol: .

The more I think about this the sillier it gets. What's the #1 insult on this board? If you think being openly gay in the sports world, is easy, you're kidding yourself. Yes, change is happening and happening pretty quick, but to act like 90% of country doesn't care is way off.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/washington-lobbyist-pitches-bill-ban-gay-players-nfl-article-1.1701630

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1d13oc_rush-on-gay-nfl-prospect-michael-sam-heterosexuals-are-under-assault-by-2-5-percent-that-are-homosex_news

[Crown&Coke]

I wonder how many of those are gag gifts?

[imdaman99]

Do the Nets have rainbow jersey day? I think they should have it now since they obviously did this for publicity.

[AussieG]

There's only really two types of people that care about that.. excluding the news writers or TV guys, because it's their job to report things.

The homophobes and the homos.

The homophobes love to criticise it and the homos love to support it. And most homophobes have a deep insecure worry that they may be gay themselves.. a repressed desire. So really.. the only people that care about this are gay people.

So in other words.. you are all gay.

No one else cares.

[It's A VC3!!!]

Collins 10 day contract alone is worth $85,000. :eek:

[Rose'sACL]

brooklyn is full of hipsters. there are a lot of hipsters in portland too but they are way less annoying than hipsters in brooklyn.

[longhornfan1234]

goddamn brooklyn hipsters
http://hipsterjew.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/url2.jpeg


^

Occupy Wallstreet protesters. Voted for Obama twice. :lol

[rmt]

How do you spell "profit!" in Russian?

Didn't you hear about Putin's stance on gays at the Olympics? Guess Brooklyn's owner doesn't agree with him.

This is all much ado about nothing. Media just hypes up the left-wing agenda. This story was on Google's front page news, but nothing about the estimated 65% of small businesses that will see premium hikes because of Obamacare.

[wakencdukest]

How do you spell "profit!" in Russian?




Brillant! This Russian has tapped into a whole new market, he can make millions off Collins name and then cut him when the hype dies down or the gay/libs stop opening their purses.

[RoundMoundOfReb]

He just equaled Melo in career accomplishments.

[RoundMoundOfReb]

Btw is he good? Can the Heat get him?

[justin12140]

if yall read the article it said he had the best selling jersey "on Tuesday" lol

[215Philly]

Honestly, why don't gay people buy Rudy Gay jerseys? :hammerhead:

[ralph_i_el]

The "Physical" sales category only counts jerseys sold at the New York NBA stor. It's almost always a Net or Knick leading

[GOBB]

Wait, I'm confused. That article said Collins is a trail blazer but I thought he signed with the nets?











:lol


:roll:

[el gringos]

The Mathew Shepard story is a fabricated story. Collins is a fool for doing something in honor of a drug addict killed by drug dealers. Oh but it's such a better story that it was because he was gay.

What a joke Collins has become

[KyrieTheFuture]

I'm not entirely sure why this is remotely surprising. Everyone already bought jerseys of the main players.

[Bones_Jones]

probably selling like hotcakes in SF.

[KevinNYC]

probably selling like hotcakes in SF.

I'll check in if I see any on the streets of Brooklyn

[It's A VC3!!!]

Do the Nets have rainbow jersey day? I think they should have it now since they obviously did this for publicity.

The Nets, based off their discretion, are not selling ANY Jason Collins jerseys in any of their stores. If it was for marketing why would the Nets not directly sell any of his jerseys?:hammerhead:

[Flash31]

Honestly, why don't gay people buy Rudy Gay jerseys? :hammerhead:


You mean why don't they buy Steve Francis jerseys?

Steve Francis was actually a great player not a BLATANT MEDIA PROPAGANDA TOOL.

I thought being gay meant you're attracted to the same sex not being literally retarded bc Jason Collins is a fn horrible basketball player,worst in the league right now.

If you wanted to support a gay player,then fine but the people buying Collins jersey aren't all gay judging by the publicity,media and Collins being an absolute atrocity of a player

I mean buy a Steve Francis,a Parsons-Lin,a Magic Johnson jersey but Collins
come on.

And we know damn well Collins is using being gay for publicity,media relations and actually have a job otherwise no team would even want to sign him bc on the court he's a negative and offers nothing,

using the number 69 too,come the f on

Collins couldn't be more blatant in the gay media hype going on using it to his advantage

[sportjames23]

Didn't you hear about Putin's stance on gays at the Olympics? Guess Brooklyn's owner doesn't agree with him.

This is all much ado about nothing. Media just hypes up the left-wing agenda. This story was on Google's front page news, but nothing about the estimated 65% of small businesses that will see premium hikes because of Obamacare.

LOL @ media hyping up left-wing agenda. I guess that's why reporting in the media about Obama is about 90-95% negative. Media in the U.S. is controlled by the right-wing, son.

[Mr. Jabbar]

Btw is he good? Can the Heat get him?

:roll: doesnt get old

[el gringos]

LOL @ media hyping up left-wing agenda. I guess that's why reporting in the media about Obama is about 90-95% negative. Media in the U.S. is controlled by the right-wing, son.
You are 100% wrong. Almost thought you were just mixed up between right and left but your statement of how the media portrays Obama shows that you have zero understanding

[rmt]

LOL @ media hyping up left-wing agenda. I guess that's why reporting in the media about Obama is about 90-95% negative. Media in the U.S. is controlled by the right-wing, son.

Don't know what cave you're living in, but the rest of us are bombarded with left-wing agenda from the media, movie and music stars, companies, etc.

In Colorado (where there is a state constitutional ban on same sex marriage), a state judge ruled against a baker who had refused to sell a wedding cake to a gay couple. Now, if I were gay and wanted to "get married," why would I go to the trouble of suing someone who doesn't want to bake my wedding cake. Even if I forced him to, wouldn't I worry about him spitting in my cake or putting salt instead of sugar in the cake and refusing payment? There are lots of other bakers out there who would gladly take my business. What's with ramming my lifestyle down the baker's throat? And doesn't the baker have his right to freedom of religion?

Then look at what's going on in Arizona - pressure from the NFL, Apple, American Airlines, etc. and these judges over-turning voter-approved bans of same sex marriage in Utah, Texas, etc.

And let's not talk about Obama - a very sore point - as my family's health insurance premium has gone up almost $6000 this year - there goes my IRA - I guess I don't get to save for retirement. Instead I get to subsidize some one else's health insurance.