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Jefferson thinks Sloan can unleash the ‘Beast' that's been in him for "so long"

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About a 3 minute video here from KSL's "sportsbeat Sunday," a lot of which has been posted before, but this boils it down to the gist.

"I started looking up [to Sloan] and seeing the great things he did as a player and the great things he did as a coach. So I always had respect for him.I think he's going to take my game to a whole other level, you know, bring that monster--that beast--out in me, that's been inside of me for so long."

https://www.ksl.com/?nid=304&sid=11830600&autostart=y
 
Some posters round this here joint (S2, where are ya?) seem to worry 24/7 because they don't think Jerry knows how to "relate" to selfish, lazy, candyass players like Meech and Girichuck. Even if that's true, like, who cares, eh? And what else would ya expect? The players who want to work hard, want to be pushed, want to play better defense, etc. (Bell and Jefferson for just two recent examples, Stockton and Malone from days past) WANT to play for a coach like Sloan. And who better to have on your team, I ax ya? A squad fulla Meechs and Chucks? I don't think so! Homey don't play dat.
 
Maybe he will rip Kobe a new one?

Hopper said:
About a 3 minute video here from KSL's "sportsbeat Sunday," a lot of which has been posted before, but this boils it down to the gist.

"I started looking up [to Sloan] and seeing the great things he did as a player and the great things he did as a coach. So I always had respect for him.I think he's going to take my game to a whole other level, you know, bring that monster--that beast--out in me, that's been inside of me for so long."

https://www.ksl.com/?nid=304&sid=11830600&autostart=y
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-1000 interwebz for the statement... take off another 300 for the cheesy smiley afterwards.
 
He really needs to stop trying to speak proper. It makes him sweat a damn mess all over the place. This dude is Ghetto, but I could care less as he has passion and desire and he will be a beast this year.
 
BOX said:
He really needs to stop trying to speak proper. It makes him sweat a damn mess all over the place. This dude is Ghetto, but I could care less as he has passion and desire and he will be a beast this year.
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Lawd, Lawd, Al aint no ghetto boy. He's from Mississippi, doncha know?
 
Jazz Punk Rocker said:
I'd let him unleash his beast in me ;)
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Nice, lol. +2,301 internets. You made a profit my friend. :P (Cheesy smiley, hehe)


BOX said:
He really needs to stop trying to speak proper. It makes him sweat a damn mess all over the place. This dude is Ghetto, but I could care less as he has passion and desire and he will be a beast this year.
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Ghetto? Cause he's black? By the sounds of his up-bringing, he doesn't seem to come from any ghetto I know.
 
BOX said:
He really needs to stop trying to speak proper. It makes him sweat a damn mess all over the place. This dude is Ghetto, but I could care less as he has passion and desire and he will be a beast this year.
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Too bad they don't have ghettos in small southern towns, you ****ing hack.
 
Stop it with the racism

You guys really need to cut out the talk about "ghetto-boy" and "Mississippi". Just because someone grew up in a southern state or a poor neighborhood, does not make them stupid. If a player grew up under hard circumstances, perhaps that's one of the reasons he is driven to do well.

Would you be offended if someone treated a player from Utah as if he'd grown up in a polygamist compound? You should be. Yes, these statements would just reflect their ignorance, but people should be culturally aware enough not to post such inflammatory statements on a public forum. This is especially true since Jazz players might browse these forums to see what fans are saying.

Do you want to alienate our newest star? No wonder we have a tough time recruiting talent.
 
Hipporippo said:
You guys really need to cut out the talk about "ghetto-boy" and "Mississippi". Just because someone grew up in a southern state or a poor neighborhood, does not make them stupid. If a player grew up under hard circumstances, perhaps that's one of the reasons he is driven to do well.

Would you be offended if someone treated a player from Utah as if he'd grown up in a polygamist compound? You should be. Yes, these statements would just reflect their ignorance, but people should be culturally aware enough not to post such inflammatory statements on a public forum. This is especially true since Jazz players might browse these forums to see what fans are saying.

Do you want to alienate our newest star? No wonder we have a tough time recruiting talent.
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I don't see ghetto as a racist term. In order to assume it is being used in a racist way you have to first assume that only black people live in the ghetto. I for a fact know that it isn't true, so I don't assume references to the ghetto are intended to demean black people. Besides that ghetto has become a slang term that is replacing jury-rigged. To say someone's speech is ghetto implies that they don't use proper English. Al Jefferson does not use proper English. Others pointed out that his style of speech was not a result of living in an urban area, as implied by the use of ghetto to describe it, but instead a result of living in the rural south. None of that is racist.

In short, relax.
 
I am plenty relaxed. I am not offended personally. But I definitely think that Al Jefferson would have every reason to be. Even if not directly brining race into the discussion, you are insulting his language, his culture, and where he grew up.

I just think you are reinforcing the perception that the world (and NBA players) have of Utah.
 
I can see where Hipporippo is coming from jumping to that conclusion. I mean with all the borderline racism that goes on on this forum on a regular basis with everyone acting as if it's the norm, it's not hard to connect the dots even if that was not the intended innuendo.

Not saying anyone is right. I'm just saying it's easy to see all sides of this. Just look at all the racist stuff CJ blurts out on this forum on a regular basis. Acting as if anyone who's not white or has tattoos is some second hand citizen who isn't worth a damn and shouldn't be respected.

Anyway. It might be nice if we all, including me, tried to practice a little more tolerance and understanding of those who aren't exactly like ourselves. And not assume or be so quick to put people into neat little stereotypes based on our limited world experience and sometimes narrow views.

Just sayin... peace, love, hug a tree...or something.
 
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