Go ahead. Sign Jones. He's a Julius randle type player that could help us in the playoffs. He'd fit like a glove in Boston.
But I don't want Bogut's racist a$$ anywhere near our team. I've seen stuff on ESPN about how he follows some white nationalist twitter accounts and has tweeted some bad stuff. That'd really ruin the locker room and would send a bad message to the players from Danny. I feel like it's overlooked but this is IMHO really something to take into consideration.
I mostly agree. He's not someone I can cheer for. On the other hand, one would assume that most of the NBA knows this, and yet LeBron (who takes public stances on social issues that would seemingly be at odds with Bogut's worldview) wants him on his team. So I'm not sure if he's a Twitter idiot, an actual racist/conspiracy theorist, or if NBA players are generally good at compartmentalizing.
That said, this is the Terrence Jones thread, so why don't we focus on Jones' issues here. Remember that time when he assaulted a sleeping homeless man? Not so nice.
https://www.yahoo.com/amphtml/sports/blogs/nba-ball-dont-lie/portland-police-arrest-houston-rocket-terrence-jones-allegedly-184044842.html
More from the ESPN article:
"On Twitter, I've been labeled as alt-right because I've had some tweets about politics. If you look back, I had some shots at Donald Trump in February. I made a joke about being in Oklahoma City the same time he was and saying I'm going to have my green card and passport with me at all times just in case. Then fast-forward seven months later -- I make jokes about Hillary and all of the sudden, it's like, 'He's pro-Donald Trump!' Do your research. Every narrative that fits on social media, you can push. That's why I'm not worried about it."
Bogut said he rejects some alt-right ideologies in part because he can relate to the struggles of minorities in America based on his experiences growing up as the son of Croatian-born parents in Australia.
"My family faced the same things that a lot of people here are," Bogut said. "They didn't speak English, worked in factories, were told to go back where they came from for 15, 20 years straight. I heard the same s--- in school because my last name wasn't a Jones or a Smith, which is a [common] Australian. But no one knows that. No one asks that."
http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/18228970/andrew-bogut-dallas-mavericks-laughable-link-alt-rightDoes this sound RACIST to you or anyone else on this board?
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