Does Alex step forward next year and become the white hype that all anti-Duke fans love to hate???
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And good.Alex is what seems to be the number 1 criteria for hating a basketball player, and that is being white.
Alex is what seems to be the number 1 criteria for hating a basketball player, and that is being white.
Not nearly good enough & I don’t see him having the potential to ever the focal point of the team. Role player at best IMO.Jack's got a shot at it. OFC
Not nearly good enough & I don’t see him having the potential to ever the focal point of the team. Role player at best IMO.
Alex is what seems to be the number 1 criteria for hating a basketball player, and that is being white.[/QUOT
Beyond sick in the is screwed up country.
The hatred Grayson gets is absolutley ridiculous. Some lady that doesn't even watch basketball was talking crap about him and my wife quickly came to his defense. The lady tried to say he had at least 7 incidents just this year. I was like what games was she watching.
The "hatred" towards JJ and Grayson and others always puzzled me. I guess I "get it" a little more with Grayson for his on court antics, but true hatred towards a teenager/early 20 something playing a game on a team which rivals mine is just beyond me. I just don't get it. Root against them, hope their team doesn't perform well, relish in the fact they got bounced in the round of 32, think their fans are uneducated morons? Yep, that I get, but hatred???? That I don't get. Maybe I am different than most, who knows?!?!
I am an AOC believer, but I'm also one who thinks AOC regressed a bit during the season. I would like to see him be stronger with the ball, and hopefully some of that will come with an off season in the Duke weight room. I won't forget how Amile bulked up over his time at Duke. IMHO Alex's work ethic, motor and shooting stroke are not in question, and I too think he will be a solid four year contributor at Duke really coming into his own his Junior year.
Alan
Grayson was hated because he basically won the Natty for them and he’s white. He went off and everyone other than Duke fans turned into Grayson haters. My phone and Facebook blew up about how much they hated Grayson. My friends couldn’t wait until he was gone. Then the tripping incidents made it worse and the reason they hated him. All Duke players are arrogant and cocky but any other player is seen as playing with passion and heart. The hate people have for Duke players is quite sad and pathetic.Guess the question is why was Kennard never the hated Duke player. He was better than Grayson his last year at Duke but never got the hate that saddled Allen. IMO, it’s as much the personality as it is how good of a player you are. You’ve got to be good and cocky. And you don’t have to be white (see Rivers, JWill and Battier).
My sentiments exactly.Shame this topic even exists. Opposing fans, adults & media will specifically select a college kid to dislike b/c he plays for a successful program. Meanwhile if their son/daughter doesn't make a high school team they are ready to sue the coach/school/league.
AO has a ways to go before being called "good".. People will hate him if he is good and also because of his chest tattoos lolAnd good.
The "hatred" towards JJ and Grayson and others always puzzled me. I guess I "get it" a little more with Grayson for his on court antics, but true hatred towards a teenager/early 20 something playing a game on a team which rivals mine is just beyond me. I just don't get it. Root against them, hope their team doesn't perform well, relish in the fact they got bounced in the round of 32, think their fans are uneducated morons? Yep, that I get, but hatred???? That I don't get. Maybe I am different than most, who knows?!?!
I am an AOC believer, but I'm also one who thinks AOC regressed a bit during the season. I would like to see him be stronger with the ball, and hopefully some of that will come with an off season in the Duke weight room. I won't forget how Amile bulked up over his time at Duke. IMHO Alex's work ethic, motor and shooting stroke are not in question, and I too think he will be a solid four year contributor at Duke really coming into his own his Junior year.
Alan
This thread did not invent the idea that our most hated players since Laettner have almost all been white. The "I Still Hate Christian Laettner" 30 for 30 had a pretty sound analysis of it, which @BlueDaveil 's post a couple before yours made me think of.I think the race aspect of this is blown out of proportion if I'm honest, although I do believe he was selected by the OP because of his race.
Realistically, the hated Duke players are ones that have succeeded or that have had a reputation as "dirty". I think the thread takes a whole new tenor if the OP says "Will Tre Jones be the next hated player", or any other of our incoming freshmen.
So while race may play a factor here, please bear in mind its a factor primarily because it's contained in the first post on this thread. Amazing how framing a sentence works.
Grayson had three incidents in four years that was absolutely stupid and cannot be defended.The rest of his time at Duke was spent taking more cheap shots than any other player that I have ever seen at the collegiate level.Even through this he was on the the all academic team and has been heavily invoked on many community events.Laettner chest stomp came with only three games left in his career but he was the subject of hatred long before this happened.Much of this is due to the mistaken fact that the were perceived to come from a privileged background and they were very good white players.Grayson tripped people while Laettner stomped on players chests.
Don't hate them, just have no respect for them.
From my point of view it has nothing to do with color.
Liked plenty of Duke players but not those 2. I am probably not the typical heel fan though due to where I live.