Cousins Representing Team USA Well

[ballup]

[QUOTE]Classic U.S. moment: European journalist to DeMarcus Cousins: "Do you know where Slovenia is?" Cousins: "No, do you know where Alabama is?"

[ALBballer]

Condescending question by the reporter.

"Oh we have an american, let us test his geography."

So original.

:rolleyes:

[mattvNJ]

Thats a relatively fair answer. The reporter was trying to expose American ignorance when I bet if one were to ask a similar question about geographic regions of the US to Euros their answer would be similar. Boogie just being him.

[ProfessorMurder]

People will think I'm Jameer because of how much I love Cousins.

[JohnFreeman]

Good work Boogie!

[andremiller07]

Cousins>>>Daivs/Faired/Drummond/Plumelee

[bigkingsfan]

Swag

[KNOW1EDGE]

Cousins basically owned that reporter in the most respectful of ways. Good to see him being a little smarter.

[SamuraiSWISH]

Thank you Boogie for putting that Euro ******* in his place. He was trying to make you look stupid. Cousins is doing the Barkley thing out there in Barcelona. I dig it. Be an ugly American, just have swag, and don't take shit from anyone. Especially some fudge packing foreigner.

[Kvnzhangyay]

Thank you Boogie for putting that Euro ******* in his place. He was trying to make you look stupid. Cousins is doing the Barkley thing out there in Barcelona. I dig it. Be an ugly American, just have swag, and don't take shit from anyone. Especially some fudge packing foreigner.

Well to be fair the US are foreigners there

[Beastmode88]

Well to be fair the US are foreigners there

How does that even matter. Reporters should ask question based on the game of basketball, not some stupid geography question. What's the point? Even if he had the right answer what would that prove? And it probably wouldn't even make headlines if he did. Reporter sounds like a troll to me.

[Maga_1]

How does that even matter. Reporters should ask question based on the game of basketball, not some stupid geography question. What's the point? Even if he had the right answer what would that prove? And it probably wouldn't even make headlines if he did. Reporter sounds like a troll to me.

What would it prove? Nothing in terms of actual basketball game, but something in terms of actually being intelligent?
He didn't ask him where Ljubljana was, he asked Slovenia.
It's not that big of a deal :lol

[Le Shaqtus]

There isn't a more perfect response.

Good job Cousins :applause:

[Noob Saibot]

He's growing up right before our eyes! :lebronamazed:

[Dengness9]

Boogie dat dude



loved it

[Dengness9]

Cousins>>>Daivs/Faired/Drummond/Plumelee


In NBA comp

[buddha]

I would have responded near slovakia.

[Dengness9]

I would have responded near slovakia.


:applause: that would of been his second answer Im sure.

[roffie]

reporter had it coming

[VIntageNOvel]

People will think I'm Jameer because of how much I love Cousins.


:lebronamazed:

[fpliii]

I don't mind the response since the reporter was trying to set him up, but how does it make sense to respond by asking if he knows where an individual state is?

[JohnFreeman]

I don't mind the response since the reporter was trying to set him up, but how does it make sense to respond by asking if he knows where an individual state is?
Because they don't know where the state would be in the US? He double bluffed the reporter

[Bandito]

I don't mind the response since the reporter was trying to set him up, but how does it make sense to respond by asking if he knows where an individual state is?
It was probably the first thing that came to mind. Don't try to overanalyze that response m8.

[fpliii]

Because they don't know where the state would be in the US? He double bluffed the reporter

It was probably the first thing that came to mind. Don't try to overanalyze that response m8.
:lol I get that but the way I'm thinking, Slovenia is a country, while Alabama is a state within a country. It's not like the guy asked him where a state within Slovenia is.

Again though, the reporter was clearly a fakkit. Glad Cousins turned it around on him, definitely was thinking on his feet.

[JohnFreeman]

:lol I get that but the way I'm thinking, Slovenia is a country, while Alabama is a state within a country. It's not like the guy asked him where a state within Slovenia is.

Again though, the reporter was clearly a fakkit. Glad Cousins turned it around on him, definitely was thinking on his feet.
Cousins posted the reporter up and dunked on his ass

[fpliii]

Cousins posted the reporter up and dunked on his ass
Looking for DMC to dominate today (maybe Rose too, based on what Coach K said the other day). :rockon:

[JohnFreeman]

Looking for DMC to dominate today (maybe Rose too, based on what Coach K said the other day). :rockon:
He just needs the minutes.

[Charlie Sheen]

I don't mind the response since the reporter was trying to set him up, but how does it make sense to respond by asking if he knows where an individual state is?

Maybe bc that's where DMC is from? Just guessing


Born August 13, 1990 (age 24)
Mobile, Alabama

[Overdrive]

Because they don't know where the state would be in the US? He double bluffed the reporter

Most people know, though. Iowa, Montana or Wyoming would've been better.

Still a good answer to that stupid question.

[FrenchDude]

Most western european kids couldn't locate Slovenia as well.
Excellent answer by Cousins!!

[Done_And_Done]

Well played Boogs

[kshutts1]

I don't mind the response since the reporter was trying to set him up, but how does it make sense to respond by asking if he knows where an individual state is?
To be fair, Alabama is larger than Slovenia. And yes, I had to look that up.

[fiddy]

wtf ISH, praising Boogie like he won the Noble prize, this was a mediocre comeback at best.

[madmax17]

:lol I know where Alabama is.

[bdreason]

What would it prove? Nothing in terms of actual basketball game, but something in terms of actually being intelligent?
He didn't ask him where Ljubljana was, he asked Slovenia.
It's not that big of a deal :lol



Not knowing where Slovenia is located doesn't make you unintelligent. There are millions of incredibly bright people in the world who couldn't tell you where Slovenia is.

[SpanishACB]

There are millions of incredibly bright people in the world who couldn't tell you where Slovenia is.

not sure if serious or you just have your bar set too low by your parents or something

[Levity]

not sure if serious or you just have your bar set too low by your parents or something

ignorant comment.

[oarabbus]

I don't mind the response since the reporter was trying to set him up, but how does it make sense to respond by asking if he knows where an individual state is?


Considering the "Americans don't know geography" mentality combined with the fact Euros likely don't know too much about US states, and the fact that Alabama has double the population of Slovenia and is a larger... 'geographical region' than Slovenia, I think it's a fair comeback/makes sense.

[cuad]

Condescending question by the reporter.

"Oh we have an american, let us test his geography."

So original.

:rolleyes:
Is that really how it went down? I have known Euros to be pretty nationalistic, to have more pride in their homelands than Americans typically do (though Barkley and Cousins are pretty proud of Alabama). If people (never mind a US superstar) know where their country is, it makes them feel good, so they ask. They're not asking because they hate blacks, don't think they know geography, and want to humiliate them. That view is insecure and ignorant.

[Mass Debator]

:roll: :roll: :roll: GOAT response

[aj1987]

not sure if serious or you just have your bar set too low by your parents or something
Aren't you the dude who compared getting/removing a tattoo to wearing a cap?

Anyways, I know several doctors, professors, engineers, etc. who cannot point out where Paraguay, Angola, Poland, etc. are on a map. Heck, I know people who are smart as shit and do not know that a country named Gabon or even Mali exist.

[Maga_1]

Not knowing where Slovenia is located doesn't make you unintelligent. There are millions of incredibly bright people in the world who couldn't tell you where Slovenia is.

I didn't said that it makes you unintelligent.
I said that if he knew it was a plus for him to being considered intelligent.

And still, even tho Slovenia is smaller and less populated than Alabama.. it's a god damn country, you can't even compare them. :lol

[rhowen4]

I don't know where either are located.

[ballup]

Usa! Usa! Usa!

[BigMacAttack]

Im an Aussie and I could of nailed both them questions, does this make me a genius? :coleman:

[HomieWeMajor]

Boogie is now on the list of black people that SamuraiSwish likes :applause:

[aj1987]

Boogie is now on the list of black people that SamuraiSwish likes :applause:
:oldlol:

[J Shuttlesworth]

Boogie is now on the list of black people that SamuraiSwish likes :applause:
ayyy lmao

http://7citieswitness.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Larry-Sanders.gif

[kurple]

Aren't you the dude who compared getting/removing a tattoo to wearing a cap?

Anyways, I know several doctors, professors, engineers, etc. who cannot point out where Paraguay, Angola, Poland, etc. are on a map. Heck, I know people who are smart as shit and do not know that a country named Gabon or even Mali exist.
really?

this thread is making me feel hella smart. i know where all these countries are, as well as alabama

and i think most people should know it as well

[kurple]

like who the **** doesnt know where poland is?

[aj1987]

like who the **** doesnt know where poland is?
People who do not give a shit about geography? Just because a person doesn't know where a country is on a map doesn't mean that the person isn't smart.

Oh, and I just used those countries as examples.

[kuniva_dAMiGhTy]

People who do not give a shit about ______

You could say that about anything. :oldlol: The fact is, Slovenia is a country. Not a state.

Don't get me wrong, I loved the quick response by Cousins. Just not sure why people take pride in being ignorant.

[kshutts1]

You could say that about anything. :oldlol: The fact is, Slovenia is a country. Not a state.

Don't get me wrong, I loved the quick response by Cousins. Just not sure why people take pride in being ignorant.
Not sure it's ignorance in which we take "pride". But rather the self/country defense. The question, to me, seemed like the reporter's motives were "We can't beat them at basketball, so let's make them look silly and stupid". I obviously can't say for sure that that was the reporter's motivation, but that's how it seems.

That said, in response to all those saying we should know geography, etc... how will knowing where Poland is pay my bills? Make me a better person? A better man? A better manager? A better American?

Geography is hardly a necessary knowledge.

[kshutts1]

For anyone that can name all 218 countries (or whatever the count is), I commend you. I'm glad you know. But, just as I could not care less about what muscles I'm currently engaging by typing this paragraph, neither do I care to know where any country is, much less all of them.

[madmax17]

like who the **** doesnt know where poland is?pff even cats know that

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mcvs4y5pyz1rjcdh2o1_400.jpg

[kuniva_dAMiGhTy]

Not sure it's ignorance in which we take "pride". But rather the self/country defense. The question, to me, seemed like the reporter's motives were "We can't beat them at basketball, so let's make them look silly and stupid". I obviously can't say for sure that that was the reporter's motivation, but that's how it seems.

Yeah, like I said, Cousins response was apt and very Barkley-like.


That said, in response to all those saying we should know geography, etc... how will knowing where Poland is pay my bills? Make me a better person? A better man? A better manager? A better American?

Geography is hardly a necessary knowledge.

Disagree. Maybe not you, but many need geography knowledge to maintain political and economic leadership. The world is a giant cultural and environmental relationship (differences in language, race, creed, politics - generally how and why people live the way they do).

Geography is essential in maintaining a sense of moral.

[boozehound]

People who do not give a shit about geography? Just because a person doesn't know where a country is on a map doesn't mean that the person isn't smart.

Oh, and I just used those countries as examples.
no, it just means they are ignorant and closed-off.

[Lebron23]

Cousins


:applause: :applause: :applause:

[aj1987]

no, it just means they are ignorant and closed-off.
Just because they don't know where a country is on the map, they're "ignorant and closed-off"?

[Milbuck]

no, it just means they are ignorant and closed-off.
No, you just have a warped view of intelligence and knowledge.

[SamuraiSWISH]

Boogie is now on the list of black people that SamuraiSwish likes :applause:
More like just people in general. I applaud him for tactfully sticking up for himself and his country from a salty reporter going after his intelligence as opposed to talking basketball.

[BigMacAttack]

Not having a go a Boogie here, i thought that was a good response to a silly question.

But its not just the in study of Geography that you learn where countries are on the map. Anyone who pays attention to world news should have a half decent knowledge of the world map since they are always putting up regional maps when reporting on international events or anyone who has some knowledge of the major events of modern history such as the big wars should be able to tell you roughly where places like the balkans, Germany, France, Belgium, Poland, Austria, phillipines, Japan, vietnam,Cambodia, Laos, thailand and some other easier ones are. You arent stupid or ignorant if you cant find countries on a map but you dont have to be a college graduate to have a decent knowlede of the world map, like some of you are acting like you gotta specifically study geography to know where any country but your own is.

[robert de niro]

the reporter probably just wanted a star to mention his lil country and instead got roasted :oldlol:

[oarabbus]

no, it just means they are ignorant and closed-off.

Where is the Uttar Pradesh province in India?
Don't know? It has more people than Brazil, dont' be ignorant and closed-off.


Where is the Guangdong province in China?
Don't know? It has more people than Mexico, dont' be ignorant and closed off.


Come on man, that game is silly.

[boozehound]

Where is the Uttar Pradesh province in India?
Don't know? It has more people than Brazil, dont' be ignorant and closed-off.


Where is the Guangdong province in China?
Don't know? It has more people than Mexico, dont' be ignorant and closed off.


Come on man, that game is silly.
I actually know where both of those are. And?

Being ignorant of basic world geography in today's global age is purposeful and is representative of a very self-centered world view.


Not having a go a Boogie here, i thought that was a good response to a silly question.

But its not just the in study of Geography that you learn where countries are on the map. Anyone who pays attention to world news should have a half decent knowledge of the world map since they are always putting up regional maps when reporting on international events or anyone who has some knowledge of the major events of modern history such as the big wars should be able to tell you roughly where places like the balkans, Germany, France, Belgium, Poland, Austria, phillipines, Japan, vietnam,Cambodia, Laos, thailand and some other easier ones are. You arent stupid or ignorant if you cant find countries on a map but you dont have to be a college graduate to have a decent knowlede of the world map, like some of you are acting like you gotta specifically study geography to know where any country but your own is.

This is actually my general point of view.

[boozehound]

Just because they don't know where a country is on the map, they're "ignorant and closed-off"?
basic knowledge of modern nation-states? Yes. Of course, the majority of our society is ignorant (and this is backed up by all sorts of data).

[oarabbus]

I actually know where both of those are. And?

Being ignorant of basic world geography in today's global age is purposeful and is representative of a very self-centered world view.



This is actually my general point of view.


Well that's impressive then. Maybe it should be "standard knowledge" but I kind of doubt that.

My point is what percent of the "LOL stupid ignorant Americans" euro crowd could point those two out on a map, or describe the neighboring states? British people who's great grandparents helped colonize India probably couldn't be bothered to know where it is.

But for some reason, it's ignorant to not know where Slovenia is, when it has a population of 2 million and Uttar Pradesh has a population of 200 million. Please correct me if I'm wrong and if the location of provinces/states of India and China is common knowledge elsewhere. I just think it's a case of Eurocentrism more than anything else.

For the record, I think I could generally point out where every country in the world is, and could find it within seconds on a (filled in) map of the world. But if you gave me a blank map of the world with country lines drawn in, no way am I getting 100% on that.

[boozehound]

Well that's impressive then. Maybe it should be "standard knowledge" but I kind of doubt that.

My point is what percent of the "LOL stupid ignorant Americans" euro crowd could point those two out on a map, or describe the neighboring states? British people who's great grandparents helped colonize India probably couldn't be bothered to know where it is.

But for some reason, it's ignorant to not know where Slovenia is, when it has a population of 2 million and Uttar Pradesh has a population of 200 million. Please correct me if I'm wrong and if the location of provinces/states of India and China is common knowledge elsewhere.
fair enough. I dont think Cousins was in the wrong with his response (it was actually fairly clever on his feet), but I do think that a basic knowledge of geography (knowing a country is in eastern europe or asia, etc) is an important skill for a global citizen (NWO forevah!). You should look up the maps that brits made of the US. Not sure what site it was on, but its pretty funny.

[boozehound]

Well that's impressive then. Maybe it should be "standard knowledge" but I kind of doubt that.

My point is what percent of the "LOL stupid ignorant Americans" euro crowd could point those two out on a map, or describe the neighboring states? British people who's great grandparents helped colonize India probably couldn't be bothered to know where it is.

But for some reason, it's ignorant to not know where Slovenia is, when it has a population of 2 million and Uttar Pradesh has a population of 200 million. Please correct me if I'm wrong and if the location of provinces/states of India and China is common knowledge elsewhere.

For the record, I think I could generally point out where every country in the world is, and could find it very quickly on a (filled in) map of the world. But if you gave me a blank map of the world with country lines drawn in, no way am I getting 100% on that.
and, no, its not common knowledge.

[oarabbus]

fair enough. I dont think Cousins was in the wrong with his response (it was actually fairly clever on his feet), but I do think that a basic knowledge of geography (knowing a country is in eastern europe or asia, etc) is an important skill for a global citizen (NWO forevah!). You should look up the maps that brits made of the US. Not sure what site it was on, but its pretty funny.


Most definitely. I don't mean to say there aren't dumb ignorant Americans, there are way too many in fact. Everyone should definitely know which continent a country is in, if not which part of the region (i.e. Laos is Southeast Asia, Egypt is North Africa, etc) regardless of where they live.

[sick_brah07]

i like cousins more and more everyday, his like rasheed wallace its great