Marcus Smart's Fallout

[felix rex]

Also, I have never shoved or been shoved. Is that weird?


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[Benja]

No one should be yelling at athletes like they are animals in cages

Exactly. It's pathetic.

Heaven forbid, if a 19 year old emotional, competitive kid reacts badly.

Yes. And we should focus on how far the kids "draft stock" is going to fall because of this, not the complete insanity of a group of 50-some year old adults screaming and taunting in a 19 year olds face like crazed animals.

[Benja]

Also, I have never shoved or been shoved. Is that weird?


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Yeah kinda. You might just be a nice person tho.

[Pete]

Seth Davis @SethDavisHoops
Just spoke w someone in Lubbock. Said he saw Jeff Orr after the game outside arena and Orr was insistent he did not say anything racial.

[Asteriskhead]

can I get a ruling on heckling volunteer first base coaches?

[sys]

Also, I have never shoved or been shoved. Is that weird?

well, how old are you?

[felix rex]

Just saw this...

Oklahoma State has set a news conference for 5 pm CT today, spokesman told ESPN. Marcus Smart, Travis Ford, AD Mike Holder will all speak.
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QUIT PUSHING THIS STORY ESPN.

Last night Sportscenter did 19 minutes of a 44 minute broadcast on Marcus Smart including running the same Andy Katz segment twice.

and? It was easily the most talked about thing among sports fans.

I mean, how often do they discuss Oklahoma State bball in Europe and Indonesia? Prolly like every day.




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[star seed 7]

Also, I have never shoved or been shoved. Is that weird?


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i don't think i've ever been shoved in a hateful way.  sometimes bros rough house tho.

[MakeItRain]

Just saw this...

Oklahoma State has set a news conference for 5 pm CT today, spokesman told ESPN. Marcus Smart, Travis Ford, AD Mike Holder will all speak.
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QUIT PUSHING THIS STORY ESPN.

Last night Sportscenter did 19 minutes of a 44 minute broadcast on Marcus Smart including running the same Andy Katz segment twice.

and? It was easily the most talked about thing among sports fans.

Did I say anything about not covering the story? The coverage exceeded the actual news they actually had as evidenced by them rerunning an interview with a guy who was 2200 miles away with no sources at the site. The night before the easily most talked about thing in sports was the opening ceremonies did they devote half of the broadcast to that?

[Phil Titola]

Maybe one of the OTHER trashy tech fans said something racial in addition to Orr's bad taunting....I mean Smart was all flopped on the ground trying to stand up...he has no idea who said what.

[sunny_cat]

No one should be yelling at athletes like they are animals in cages

Exactly. It's pathetic.

Heaven forbid, if a 19 year old emotional, competitive kid reacts badly.

Yes. And we should focus on how far the kids "draft stock" is going to fall because of this, not the complete insanity of a group of 50-some year old adults screaming and taunting in a 19 year olds face like crazed animals.

Honestly, I think the woman clapping and yelling in his face taunting him is the worst of the three from that gif. I hope she's embarrassed. I wouldn't be embarrassed if I were Marcus. He just made a mistake after an emotional loss to extend a frustrating losing streak. They had the nerve to kick him when he's down. eff them.

[sunny_cat]

can I get a ruling on heckling volunteer first base coaches?

Heroes

[felix rex]

Also, I have never shoved or been shoved. Is that weird?

well, how old are you?

Early 30s. What's the cutoff? Because frankly I'm nowhere near prepared for this. Dispositionally, I mean. I'm a pretty good shover, speaking strictly from a physical and technical point of view.


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[Phil Titola]

Also, I have never shoved or been shoved. Is that weird?


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I don't think I've ever been the shover in a non-acceptable shoving situation.  Feels like a couple un-smart people attempted to shove me before.  Didn't hurt though. 

[Benja]

But remember guys, it's the made up "shoot the round ball in the basket game" so everyone is allowed to act like insane people. Smart shouldn't have fallen down next to them, I mean what else could they be expected to do in that situation.

[Phil Titola]

I think the TV guy attempting to pick up that dense fella is the unsung hero in this thing.

[Trim]

can I get a ruling on heckling volunteer first base coaches?

Approved.

[sys]

Early 30s. What's the cutoff? Because frankly I'm nowhere near prepared for this. Dispositionally, I mean. I'm a pretty good shover, speaking strictly from a physical and technical point of view.

10 is the cutoff, i'm afraid.

[Stevesie60]

Wait, did they censor the word "Africa"?


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To me, it looks like Smart interrupts him with his shove right before he says "Africa". If he planned to say that, all he got out was "go back to A...."

[Benja]

Early 30s. What's the cutoff? Because frankly I'm nowhere near prepared for this. Dispositionally, I mean. I'm a pretty good shover, speaking strictly from a physical and technical point of view.

10 is the cutoff, i'm afraid.

If you don't want to shove people you shouldn't. You should probably get shoved sometime though, just to see what it feels like.

[sys]

Wait, did they censor the word "Africa"?

To me, it looks like Smart interrupts him with his shove right before he says "Africa". If he planned to say that, all he got out was "go back to A...."

in the story, stevesie.

[sunny_cat]

Also, I have never shoved or been shoved. Is that weird?


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Not even by some male genitals sucking kid at recess when you were a kid?

[sys]

kat kid, btw.  take note of a member of the american media censoring the word africa.

[WillieWatanabe]

Just saw this...

Oklahoma State has set a news conference for 5 pm CT today, spokesman told ESPN. Marcus Smart, Travis Ford, AD Mike Holder will all speak.
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QUIT PUSHING THIS STORY ESPN.

Last night Sportscenter did 19 minutes of a 44 minute broadcast on Marcus Smart including running the same Andy Katz segment twice.

and? It was easily the most talked about thing among sports fans.

Did I say anything about not covering the story? The coverage exceeded the actual news they actually had as evidenced by them rerunning an interview with a guy who was 2200 miles away with no sources at the site. The night before the easily most talked about thing in sports was the opening ceremonies did they devote half of the broadcast to that?

you didn't say that...but you did say it was a low point for sports media and made you sad, which is a little over the top, imo.

I agree mostly with this.

http://www.awfulannouncing.com/2014/february/sportscenter-circles-the-wagons-on-marcus-smart.html

[felix rex]

Just saw this...

Oklahoma State has set a news conference for 5 pm CT today, spokesman told ESPN. Marcus Smart, Travis Ford, AD Mike Holder will all speak.
193 retweets
Sent 10m ago
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QUIT PUSHING THIS STORY ESPN.

Last night Sportscenter did 19 minutes of a 44 minute broadcast on Marcus Smart including running the same Andy Katz segment twice.

and? It was easily the most talked about thing among sports fans.

Did I say anything about not covering the story? The coverage exceeded the actual news they actually had as evidenced by them rerunning an interview with a guy who was 2200 miles away with no sources at the site. The night before the easily most talked about thing in sports was the opening ceremonies did they devote half of the broadcast to that?

Well, distance is irrelevant (re: 2200 miles). And a race controversy in college basketball (despite the decline in its national relevance) will almost always trump anything short of the miracle on ice at the Winter Olympics.


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