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  • truballer4life
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    • Sep 2002
    • 332

    #31
    Re: why do NBA players get into more trouble than other pro sports?

    I dont believe its where you are from but it is who influences you the most and your own choices. KG is from the Projects but you dont hear anything about him doing that do you. So it is not a black thing 90% of my school is white and rich (and think they are black or either racist) and about 50% of them are white so it is not where you are from but who influences you. It just that the NBA is smaller and you know more people on the teams each NFL team has about 55 people on it right. and ther are some player in the NFL who get into trouble.

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    • bigeastbumrush
      My Momma's Son
      • Feb 2003
      • 19245

      #32
      Re: why do NBA players get into more trouble than other pro sports?

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      mgoblue said:
      I don't want to stereotype anyone, nor appear to be racist or anything either (because I'm not), but part of it might be the background of ***some*** (not all) players. I was thinking about it, and I think that basketball (more than baseball, hockey, and football) is a sport that some kids with troubled childhoods growing up on the streets can embrace and use it to better themselves. Once they get to college and the NBA I guess it's just too much too fast. They haven't matured enough to handle the situations thrown at them. Again, this isn't all players by any means, but you don't hear of many NHL or MLB players coming from the hood.

      This may explain some, but then there are the players coming from the suburbs and whatnot who still are stupid and break the law...

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      Whoa...slow down mgoblue.

      Ummm...last I checked, the majority of NBA players and NFL players come from the same communities and based on percentages (the NFL having more players), NBA players get in more trouble with the law.
      And as far as MLB, the majority of players coming from Latin countries live in streets 10 times worse than U.S. streets and there are less run-ins with the law than the NBA. Trust me, you never seen a real "hood" until you visit some of those countries

      I think you need to throw that "backgrounds where they come from" argument (for lack of a better word) out the window. People make choices as individuals. When professional athletes who grew up in the suburbs gets busted, no one says, "Oh, he grew up having too much and didn't know what to do with it." Idiots make idiotic decisions.

      I'll agree with you on the maturity issue. But all that "coming from the hood" stuff is garbage. Straight up. The "hood" is where the NHL players go to get their "stuff" so it doesn't matter if you grew up there, as long as you can get in and out of there without getting caught. If you think NHL players don't do drugs/commit adultery/DUI/etc, you're naive as hell.

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      • bigeastbumrush
        My Momma's Son
        • Feb 2003
        • 19245

        #33
        Re: why do NBA players get into more trouble than other pro sports?

        </font><blockquote><font class="small">Quote:</font><hr />
        mgoblue said:
        I don't want to stereotype anyone, nor appear to be racist or anything either (because I'm not), but part of it might be the background of ***some*** (not all) players. I was thinking about it, and I think that basketball (more than baseball, hockey, and football) is a sport that some kids with troubled childhoods growing up on the streets can embrace and use it to better themselves. Once they get to college and the NBA I guess it's just too much too fast. They haven't matured enough to handle the situations thrown at them. Again, this isn't all players by any means, but you don't hear of many NHL or MLB players coming from the hood.

        This may explain some, but then there are the players coming from the suburbs and whatnot who still are stupid and break the law...

        <hr /></blockquote><font class="post">

        Whoa...slow down mgoblue.

        Ummm...last I checked, the majority of NBA players and NFL players come from the same communities and based on percentages (the NFL having more players), NBA players get in more trouble with the law.
        And as far as MLB, the majority of players coming from Latin countries live in streets 10 times worse than U.S. streets and there are less run-ins with the law than the NBA. Trust me, you never seen a real "hood" until you visit some of those countries

        I think you need to throw that "backgrounds where they come from" argument (for lack of a better word) out the window. People make choices as individuals. When professional athletes who grew up in the suburbs gets busted, no one says, "Oh, he grew up having too much and didn't know what to do with it." Idiots make idiotic decisions.

        I'll agree with you on the maturity issue. But all that "coming from the hood" stuff is garbage. Straight up. The "hood" is where the NHL players go to get their "stuff" so it doesn't matter if you grew up there, as long as you can get in and out of there without getting caught. If you think NHL players don't do drugs/commit adultery/DUI/etc, you're naive as hell.

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        • bigeastbumrush
          My Momma's Son
          • Feb 2003
          • 19245

          #34
          Re: why do NBA players get into more trouble than other pro sports?

          </font><blockquote><font class="small">Quote:</font><hr />
          mgoblue said:
          I don't want to stereotype anyone, nor appear to be racist or anything either (because I'm not), but part of it might be the background of ***some*** (not all) players. I was thinking about it, and I think that basketball (more than baseball, hockey, and football) is a sport that some kids with troubled childhoods growing up on the streets can embrace and use it to better themselves. Once they get to college and the NBA I guess it's just too much too fast. They haven't matured enough to handle the situations thrown at them. Again, this isn't all players by any means, but you don't hear of many NHL or MLB players coming from the hood.

          This may explain some, but then there are the players coming from the suburbs and whatnot who still are stupid and break the law...

          <hr /></blockquote><font class="post">

          Whoa...slow down mgoblue.

          Ummm...last I checked, the majority of NBA players and NFL players come from the same communities and based on percentages (the NFL having more players), NBA players get in more trouble with the law.
          And as far as MLB, the majority of players coming from Latin countries live in streets 10 times worse than U.S. streets and there are less run-ins with the law than the NBA. Trust me, you never seen a real "hood" until you visit some of those countries

          I think you need to throw that "backgrounds where they come from" argument (for lack of a better word) out the window. People make choices as individuals. When professional athletes who grew up in the suburbs gets busted, no one says, "Oh, he grew up having too much and didn't know what to do with it." Idiots make idiotic decisions.

          I'll agree with you on the maturity issue. But all that "coming from the hood" stuff is garbage. Straight up. The "hood" is where the NHL players go to get their "stuff" so it doesn't matter if you grew up there, as long as you can get in and out of there without getting caught. If you think NHL players don't do drugs/commit adultery/DUI/etc, you're naive as hell.

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          • mgoblue
            Go Wings!
            • Jul 2002
            • 25477

            #35
            Re: why do NBA players get into more trouble than other pro sports?

            </font><blockquote><font class="small">Quote:</font><hr />
            bigeastbumrush said:
            </font><blockquote><font class="small">Quote:</font><hr />
            mgoblue said:
            I don't want to stereotype anyone, nor appear to be racist or anything either (because I'm not), but part of it might be the background of ***some*** (not all) players. I was thinking about it, and I think that basketball (more than baseball, hockey, and football) is a sport that some kids with troubled childhoods growing up on the streets can embrace and use it to better themselves. Once they get to college and the NBA I guess it's just too much too fast. They haven't matured enough to handle the situations thrown at them. Again, this isn't all players by any means, but you don't hear of many NHL or MLB players coming from the hood.

            This may explain some, but then there are the players coming from the suburbs and whatnot who still are stupid and break the law...

            <hr /></blockquote><font class="post">

            Whoa...slow down mgoblue.

            Ummm...last I checked, the majority of NBA players and NFL players come from the same communities and based on percentages (the NFL having more players), NBA players get in more trouble with the law.
            And as far as MLB, the majority of players coming from Latin countries live in streets 10 times worse than U.S. streets and there are less run-ins with the law than the NBA. Trust me, you never seen a real "hood" until you visit some of those countries

            I think you need to throw that "backgrounds where they come from" argument (for lack of a better word) out the window. People make choices as individuals. When professional athletes who grew up in the suburbs gets busted, no one says, "Oh, he grew up having too much and didn't know what to do with it." Idiots make idiotic decisions.

            I'll agree with you on the maturity issue. But all that "coming from the hood" stuff is garbage. Straight up. The "hood" is where the NHL players go to get their "stuff" so it doesn't matter if you grew up there, as long as you can get in and out of there without getting caught. If you think NHL players don't do drugs/commit adultery/DUI/etc, you're naive as hell.

            <hr /></blockquote><font class="post">

            other sports have the problem, I agree...but why does it seem that we only hear about the NBA players? Quite a few of the Trailblazers made that team a media focus, Kobe, AI when he was on trial (I know he was acquitted) You don't really hear about many high profile MLB or NHL players (NFL to some extent there are, Randy Moss, etc)

            While the 'growing up in the hood' argument may not be valid, I guess their morals and decision making are in question, and at least part of those are created by the life you experience growing up. This is evident both in the 'growing up in the hood' and the 'suburban trust fund babies'.
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            • mgoblue
              Go Wings!
              • Jul 2002
              • 25477

              #36
              Re: why do NBA players get into more trouble than other pro sports?

              </font><blockquote><font class="small">Quote:</font><hr />
              bigeastbumrush said:
              </font><blockquote><font class="small">Quote:</font><hr />
              mgoblue said:
              I don't want to stereotype anyone, nor appear to be racist or anything either (because I'm not), but part of it might be the background of ***some*** (not all) players. I was thinking about it, and I think that basketball (more than baseball, hockey, and football) is a sport that some kids with troubled childhoods growing up on the streets can embrace and use it to better themselves. Once they get to college and the NBA I guess it's just too much too fast. They haven't matured enough to handle the situations thrown at them. Again, this isn't all players by any means, but you don't hear of many NHL or MLB players coming from the hood.

              This may explain some, but then there are the players coming from the suburbs and whatnot who still are stupid and break the law...

              <hr /></blockquote><font class="post">

              Whoa...slow down mgoblue.

              Ummm...last I checked, the majority of NBA players and NFL players come from the same communities and based on percentages (the NFL having more players), NBA players get in more trouble with the law.
              And as far as MLB, the majority of players coming from Latin countries live in streets 10 times worse than U.S. streets and there are less run-ins with the law than the NBA. Trust me, you never seen a real "hood" until you visit some of those countries

              I think you need to throw that "backgrounds where they come from" argument (for lack of a better word) out the window. People make choices as individuals. When professional athletes who grew up in the suburbs gets busted, no one says, "Oh, he grew up having too much and didn't know what to do with it." Idiots make idiotic decisions.

              I'll agree with you on the maturity issue. But all that "coming from the hood" stuff is garbage. Straight up. The "hood" is where the NHL players go to get their "stuff" so it doesn't matter if you grew up there, as long as you can get in and out of there without getting caught. If you think NHL players don't do drugs/commit adultery/DUI/etc, you're naive as hell.

              <hr /></blockquote><font class="post">

              other sports have the problem, I agree...but why does it seem that we only hear about the NBA players? Quite a few of the Trailblazers made that team a media focus, Kobe, AI when he was on trial (I know he was acquitted) You don't really hear about many high profile MLB or NHL players (NFL to some extent there are, Randy Moss, etc)

              While the 'growing up in the hood' argument may not be valid, I guess their morals and decision making are in question, and at least part of those are created by the life you experience growing up. This is evident both in the 'growing up in the hood' and the 'suburban trust fund babies'.
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              • mgoblue
                Go Wings!
                • Jul 2002
                • 25477

                #37
                Re: why do NBA players get into more trouble than other pro sports?

                </font><blockquote><font class="small">Quote:</font><hr />
                bigeastbumrush said:
                </font><blockquote><font class="small">Quote:</font><hr />
                mgoblue said:
                I don't want to stereotype anyone, nor appear to be racist or anything either (because I'm not), but part of it might be the background of ***some*** (not all) players. I was thinking about it, and I think that basketball (more than baseball, hockey, and football) is a sport that some kids with troubled childhoods growing up on the streets can embrace and use it to better themselves. Once they get to college and the NBA I guess it's just too much too fast. They haven't matured enough to handle the situations thrown at them. Again, this isn't all players by any means, but you don't hear of many NHL or MLB players coming from the hood.

                This may explain some, but then there are the players coming from the suburbs and whatnot who still are stupid and break the law...

                <hr /></blockquote><font class="post">

                Whoa...slow down mgoblue.

                Ummm...last I checked, the majority of NBA players and NFL players come from the same communities and based on percentages (the NFL having more players), NBA players get in more trouble with the law.
                And as far as MLB, the majority of players coming from Latin countries live in streets 10 times worse than U.S. streets and there are less run-ins with the law than the NBA. Trust me, you never seen a real "hood" until you visit some of those countries

                I think you need to throw that "backgrounds where they come from" argument (for lack of a better word) out the window. People make choices as individuals. When professional athletes who grew up in the suburbs gets busted, no one says, "Oh, he grew up having too much and didn't know what to do with it." Idiots make idiotic decisions.

                I'll agree with you on the maturity issue. But all that "coming from the hood" stuff is garbage. Straight up. The "hood" is where the NHL players go to get their "stuff" so it doesn't matter if you grew up there, as long as you can get in and out of there without getting caught. If you think NHL players don't do drugs/commit adultery/DUI/etc, you're naive as hell.

                <hr /></blockquote><font class="post">

                other sports have the problem, I agree...but why does it seem that we only hear about the NBA players? Quite a few of the Trailblazers made that team a media focus, Kobe, AI when he was on trial (I know he was acquitted) You don't really hear about many high profile MLB or NHL players (NFL to some extent there are, Randy Moss, etc)

                While the 'growing up in the hood' argument may not be valid, I guess their morals and decision making are in question, and at least part of those are created by the life you experience growing up. This is evident both in the 'growing up in the hood' and the 'suburban trust fund babies'.
                Nintendo Switch Friend Code: SW-7009-7102-8818

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