[Ballmom1]

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/ncaabk/...spartandhp

Living proof that stupid actions and comments can resurface years after you've made them.

[zaga_fan]

Everything lives forever on the internet.

[Dr. X]

What is this about?

[Jarons]

What is this about?

A few tweets he made when he was 14.
IMO not that big of a deal. We all said and did stupid stuff when we were 14. Unfortunately for him his is forever on the internet.

[Strikeout King]

Shouldn't this be in the college section?

[zaga_fan]

It happened when he was in high school. This is relevant

[hitter]

This is stupid. A 14 year old quoting a song. Who cares? I have friends this wouldn't offend at all. Just something to try and bring a good player down after an incredible game. If it was such a big deal then why didn't it come out sooner?

[rawlingsfan]

This is stupid. A 14 year old quoting a song. Who cares? I have friends this wouldn't offend at all. Just something to try and bring a good player down after an incredible game. If it was such a big deal then why didn't it come out sooner?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race_and_e...in_the_NBA

After his performance in the NCAA tournament some analysts have him projected to possibly get drafted now. Nearly 75% of the NBA is made up of African Americans, while 73% of America is White. How well will he get along with high-paid teammates (the majority of the league) over these comments he made?

Mountain out of a mole hill? Probably. But in this day and age of political correctness everyone is judged on what they say and do. I think the point of the post is for high school, even middle school kids, to be more aware that what they put out on social media is out there for everywhere to see, and it will come back to haunt them if it's negative.

[zaga_fan]

This is stupid. A 14 year old quoting a song. Who cares? I have friends this wouldn't offend at all. Just something to try and bring a good player down after an incredible game. If it was such a big deal then why didn't it come out sooner?

You're under a microscope when you're on top.

[Single Wing 77]

I don't understand what the point of this topic is. What conversation are we trying to have? It doesn't seem like his career was negatively affected. He signed with nova. Won two national titles, and is about to get drafted. Was it a stupid thing to say? Sure. Will any of his teammates care? Probably not. This is the type of thing news media, and busy bodies make a big deal out of. His teammates know what it's like to be scrutinized and watched constantly because they're superstars too.

[zaga_fan]

I think the point is he said something years ago that slipped by because no one was paying attention to him.

Now, on the biggest day of his career, he has to answer for it.

Will it impact his future? I'm no fortune teller. But if you can't look at this and glean a life lesson you're willfully ignorant to the topic.

[Single Wing 77]

There are multiple life lessons to be gleaned from this. I'm not sure the kid can learn much from it though. He has most likely already learned not to say stupid things. Other 14 year old kids probably aren't gonna learn anything from it because, well, their 14. The lesson here needs to be learned by the losers who try to bring up something a 14 year old kid did and hold it against a grown man. The ones who need to grow up are the ones who give any notice at all to what a 14 year old kid tweeted.

[zaga_fan]

Ahhhh...
I get it now.
We shouldn't encourage 14 year-olds to be tactful on social media because there's no hope for them.

Thanks for clearing that up.

[Single Wing 77]

I'm not sayIng that, I'm saying that we shouldn't expect 14 year olds to be perfect. If you can't see the difference then you're part of the problem. You said stupid stuff when you were 14, I said stupid stuff when I was 14. Every human that has ever walked this earth, said stupid stuff when they were 14. That's supposed to change because of social media? We wonder why suicide rate and depression are higher than they've ever been amongst teenagers. Now kids are expected to meet a standard of excellence that 95% of adults have never been able to meet. I mean, Donald trump is 71 and is the president of the United States, and he still can't keep his nose clean on twitter. Lets hold something a kid said when he was 14 against him though.

[Gunslinger]

Its the lyrics of a rap song,if he were black this would be a non- issue....Ballmom 1 went silent....something to do with #21 is my guess is why this thread was started?? Most rap songs are vulgar and offensive , these lyrics are just a small example of that no matter if said by white, black, yellow, red or any other color.

[zaga_fan]

I'm not sayIng that, I'm saying that we shouldn't expect 14 year olds to be perfect. If you can't see the difference then you're part of the problem. You said stupid stuff when you were 14, I said stupid stuff when I was 14. Every human that has ever walked this earth, said stupid stuff when they were 14. That's supposed to change because of social media? We wonder why suicide rate and depression are higher than they've ever been amongst teenagers. Now kids are expected to meet a standard of excellence that 95% of adults have never been able to meet. I mean, Donald trump is 71 and is the president of the United States, and he still can't keep his nose clean on twitter. Lets hold something a kid said when he was 14 against him though.

I'm not saying you're supposed to meet some holy standard as a teenager.
I'm saying don't tweet the word n****r.
That's not hard to avoid.

This kid may very well overcome this and rise above it. I hope he does! Why would anyone want to see him fail?!

I'm saying this should be a lesson for kids that nothing dies on the internet. I have a federal job right now that required a formal social media check by a third party before I was offered the job. In the last position I was in, I've seen talented and qualified people walk in for an interview and we just scrolled through their Twitter feed and decided not to offer them a job.

This isn't some witch hunt, guys! If you honestly think it isn't worth the trouble to tell kids not to say n****r - regardless of the context - then I guess I've really gotten things mixed up.

And I'm part of the problem? :biglmao:

[Single Wing 77]

If you read the whole article the kid claims he didn't do it. It also says the tweet was deleted. It sounds like that IF the kid did it then he is remourseful. He has played basketball at the highest level for four years, and has never had any talk of being racist. he was quoting a rap lyric, if he even did it. A pretty stupid one at that. I don't think his mind was in a hurtful or mean place. He was just a kid, and was probably trying to be cute and tweeted something stupid. Btw, you're federal job only does that now because it is an effective way to weed out certain people. In another 10 to 15years I'll guarantee they stop because they won't have enough people to work if they continue that procedure. It's a different time people, the mistakes of children are held against adults.

[RealJokersWild24]

I'm not saying you're supposed to meet some holy standard as a teenager.
I'm saying don't tweet the word n****r.
That's not hard to avoid.

This kid may very well overcome this and rise above it. I hope he does! Why would anyone want to see him fail?!

I'm saying this should be a lesson for kids that nothing dies on the internet. I have a federal job right now that required a formal social media check by a third party before I was offered the job. In the last position I was in, I've seen talented and qualified people walk in for an interview and we just scrolled through their Twitter feed and decided not to offer them a job.

This isn't some witch hunt, guys! If you honestly think it isn't worth the trouble to tell kids not to say n****r - regardless of the context - then I guess I've really gotten things mixed up.

And I'm part of the problem? :biglmao:

To be fair, was it a "hard r" or did it end in an 'a'? WhenI looked up the song lyrics, looked like an 'a'.

Not saying who is right or wrong, but huge difference in that and a "hard r" to lots of people. Others see it all the same.

I guess if I had to summarize: end in an 'a' and it might be more acceptable to some, but you won't see many defending a hard r.

Also, you'd think a college program on that scale would have someone sit down with them, go over any accounts, and scrub anything like that once they were on campus.

[hitter]

He plays with African American players every day. That's not going to be any different in the NBA.