OKC Steven Adams interview comment "Quick little Monkeys"

[poido123]

He was flamed pretty hard for it.


Do you guys believe it was innocent?

[highwhey]

I'm a fan but I'm just waiting for the day that he posterizes green's smug ass

[$LakerGold]

Yep, you could take it as a compliment actually when you refer to the guards. Obviously. guards are generally somewhat little compared to the bigs, so I think I can see why he said it in that form.

I see nothing wrong with his comment, it's just people being overly sensitive, it's f*cking disgusting. Soft.

What did Steph & Klay have to say about it?

[poido123]

Yep, you could take it as a compliment actually when you refer to the guards. Obviously. guards are generally somewhat little compared to the bigs, so I think I can see why he said it in that form.

I see nothing wrong with his comment, it's just people being overly sensitive, it's f*cking disgusting. Soft.

What did Steph & Klay have to say about it?

what is it about the word monkey? It's not the N word

[Jameerthefear]

what is it about the word monkey? It's not the N word

racist people compare black people to monkeys a lot

[poido123]

racist people compare black people to monkeys a lot

ok, so it's mainly because of who is saying it, not so much the word itself?

[Meticode]

This is what I posted in the NBA thread...

Not a big deal to me. Was it a poor choice of words? Sure. He was just being interviewed and he said the first thing that popped in his mind to describe how quick they are to get around screens and stuff. It's the society's perception that allows themselves to be offended by things like this. Which is why we will never get past racism in human society. It's always going to be there because in this example this man was describing the great play of two players of slight color and he said monkeys and everyone loses their f*cking minds. It's not like he went out there and said "Well, Klay and Steph were running around out there like they were chasing BBQ Chicken with a side of Grape Kool-Aid."

I give him the benefit of the doubt.

[Dresta]

Two of the whitest guys in the league called monkeys: holy shit guiz!!!

[Jameerthefear]

ok, so it's mainly because of who is saying it, not so much the word itself?

not really

[Hawker]

He was flamed pretty hard for it.


Do you guys believe it was innocent?

He's a kiwi and Americans get too offended over petty BS like this. The monkey reference had nothing to do with their skin. Certain words don't mean the same everywhere.

[poido123]

This is what I posted in the NBA thread...

There was a pause before he said the word monkeys. Many would conclude that he was calculated in what he said.


I honestly don't know, but isn't he part Maori? Doesn't this seem a bit trivial since he is part black?

[Jameerthefear]

i didn't actually know he was flamed tbh. probably thunder PR guy told him to apologize before people took it the wrong way

[ArbitraryWater]

He wasnt really flamed for it though

[ALBballer]

There are different cultural norms throughout the world.

Move along now this isn't a real controversey.

[poido123]

He wasnt really flamed for it though

He was asked to apologise for it.

I've seen numerous media sources all over it, but no one really calling him out as a racist, except that the journalists pointing out that it has racist connotations...


But still, it's interesting how PC sensitive the world is now. The media literally jump on everything.