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Many NBA players are insecure because of the constant criticism on social media

I feel like a lot of guys are very insecure. And that's what social media kind of does a little bit. You always see bad, I mean, you see good things, but you see a lot of bad things... being open to that much criticism on a day-in and day-out basis can kind of fuck with your mind.

This is a subjective assessment of player psychology based on first-hand experience.

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Mar 11, 2019
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Big CatBig Cat

Antonio Brown is the hero to the working man

[Antonio Brown] is the hero to the working man... he basically signed a contract two years ago, got a bunch of guaranteed money, when the guaranteed money ran out he's like 'I want a new deal' and then he got it.

While subjective, the 'working man' label for a multi-millionaire WR is ironically intended.
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Mar 11, 2019
#13035
Big CatBig Cat

Derek Carr will not be the Raiders' quarterback going forward; Jon Gruden will draft Kyler Murray

There's no way that Derek Carr is going to be the quarterback going forward, right? I'm saying [Jon Gruden] is going to get Kyler Murray. I think he's going to put all those chips [in the middle].

Derek Carr remained the Raiders' starting quarterback until 2022, and Kyler Murray was drafted #1 overall by the Cardinals.
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Mar 11, 2019
#13037
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Antonio Brown will either be great for the Raiders or destroy them before they move to Vegas

[Antonio Brown] is so weird and so bizarre that he's either going to be great for the team or he's going to destroy the team before they move to Vegas.

Antonio Brown effectively destroyed his tenure before it started, being released before the first game after a series of bizarre incidents. 'Destroyed the team' is the correct half of the binary.

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Blake GriffinBlake Griffin

The Pacers will surprise people

I think they're gonna surprise people if people forgot.

The Pacers' 2026-27 season and playoff performance will show whether they exceeded expectations.
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Blake GriffinBlake Griffin

The Nuggets' championship window is closing

I think that the Nuggets do, but this window's closing just because all this injury stuff, I think once you start to have that injury bug, it's hard to come back and just have your whole team be relatively healthy for a whole season.

The Nuggets' subsequent championship success in this roster era will determine whether the window was effectively closing.
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Blake GriffinBlake Griffin

NBA awards voting should be handled by a smaller group

Maybe you just take the pool down of the number of voters. ... I don't know. I don't know what the answer is, but I do think maybe you just take the pool down.

This is a proposed policy preference, not a claim with a single objective answer.