The Nuggets GM talking that good old school shit like people did before the pc era.

[Kblaze8855]

Weird looking former player Calvin Booth you likely forgot about has me reminiscing about when athletes would talk straight and actually tell you their problems with other people and not care about feelings:



“I knew you couldn’t have two guys that couldn’t guard, and we couldn’t have two guys that were young and kind of more ‘me guys,’” Booth said. “Mike makes $30 million. He’s one of the best shooters in the NBA. So, Bones, there’s no place for you.”




I’m reminded of a time when Michael Jordan could sit there with a reporter and tell him the GM sucks and they would be a better team if he could play and BGM himself. Of reading articles about Elvin Hayes openly campaigning for Wes Unseld to get less minutes because his back up(former Lakers gm Mitch Kupchak) could shoot and Unseld(mvp and soon to be finals mvp) couldn’t.

You would read a GM explain his decisions and he would flat out tell you he traded the guy because he was an asshole who hadn’t hit a jumper since he got paid.

refreshing to see somebody be openly critical in this media age where everything is blown out of proportion.

[Real Men Wear Green]

GM can say that but I question how many teams would trade to pay MPJ 30 mil per drought now. It's not the worst deal but other than shooting what does he give you? The perception of his talent has been greater than the actual player. Looking like the new Tim Thomas.

[highwhey]

i hope this organization never wins another title. they can't handle winning one. mike malone is still talking shit about lebron....like dude, enjoy your fvcking title, why is Bron still living rent free in your head? grow the fvck up, cringe ass franchise.

[NBAGOAT]

there was some more context to the mpj stuff. booths stuff about bruce brown was eye opening however. Just said denver wont miss him at all because peyton watson is better

[Kblaze8855]

It is a little weird

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[ArbitraryWater]

"be careful what you wish for,"

*goes on mentioning additional qualities their new signing has

[Real Men Wear Green]

It is a little weird

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Seems personal. The list of players that just get released with no comment or something polite is infinite. You normally don't see a GM let a guy go and tell other teams to avoid him as well. He has no reason to care who signs this guy if there's no beef.

[Kblaze8855]

Maybe he’s pushing back on criticism from locals about letting him go but it seems unnecessarily defensive when you’re coming off a title. Doesn’t really have to prove himself right now does he?

[Lebron23]

Hopefully they got eliminated in the first round of the playoffs.

[bdonovan]

There's an argument for professionalism.

Our reptilian brain formed before human society was a thing. It is animal in nature and prefers no restraint. It's the primary reason kids often are out of control without guidance and why even some adults who are adults in age aren't truly adults in terms of maturity.

Professionalism is about sensible restraint. There's a reason players should not be disrespecting each other behind their back and to the press, and undermining team solidarity.

Those that refuse to practice sensible restraint tend to justify their unrestrained outbursts as "honesty". I don't know how often I've heard that excuse.

In actuality, they are simply acting from the limbic system part of their brain, prone to emotionalism, unable to do what's right for the team or what's right long-term, but merely to satisfy their need to vomit their emotions publicly, even when its inappropriate.

One of the absolute most asinine things I've seen from an NBA coach is when George Karl, a perpetual loser, was hired to lead the Sacramento Kings. One of the first things he did was backstab his own star player to the press about his turnovers. That's not leadership. It's not professionalism. And it eroded trust immediately.

But the truth is: higher human qualities like honor, virtue, professionalism cannot be taught beyond a certain age. You either learned them early on or they're always a mystery to you, something that you can never quite grasp and anyhow seems like an unjust, burdensome imposition.

[Im Still Ballin]

He's cooking. He's in the booth!

[Overdrive]

Hopefully they got eliminated in the first round of the playoffs.

No, they won the finals.

[Akeem34TheDream]

No, they won the finals.

:oldlol:

[WhiteKyrie]

If only the Mavericks could surround Kyrie and Luka with quality athletes, length, defenders and rebounders like the Nuggets did Jokic and Murray.

[tontoz]

GMs shouldn't be publicly making derogetory comments about players. That is something that players around the league will notice.

[1_BAD_TIGER]

Look, a bunch of haters who's teams are not as good as the Nuggets talking shit, **** off losers.:oldlol:

[Xiao Yao You]

Mike Singer: Calvin Booth addressed the quotes that circulated in yesterday’s story on the ESPN2 broadcast: “Under no circumstances would I make or approve of those kind of comments for public consumption. That’s not my character, as a person or an executive.” (https://*********.com/social/)
– via Twitter msinger (https://twitter.com/msinger)