2023 NBA Draft Megathread

[KqWIN]

This GG convo is cringe. GG's mom is his agent, he's living with his dad and trainer right now. Some parents are tiger parents and some are just good people involved in their parents lives. Please do not project your personal family situation onto him sheesh.The respect GG has for his mom and the relationship he has with his parents has nothing to do with anyone here. No one here has a clue if his mom is a disciplinarian or not.

Get that Jordan B Peterson **** out of here. This is like drafting Jabari bc of the shape of his head.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

This GG convo is cringe. GG's mom is his agent, he's living with his dad and trainer right now. Some parents are tiger parents and some are just good people involved in their parents lives. Please do not project your personal family situation onto him sheesh.The respect GG has for his mom and the relationship he has with his parents has nothing to do with anyone here. No one here has a clue if his mom is a disciplinarian or not.

Get that Jordan B Peterson **** out of here. This is like drafting Jabari bc of the shape of his head.

Lol… parent can be super involved. Having your parent operate as your agent is rough if they aren’t an attorney or have no experience. At very least the connections are valuable. Maybe they are supplementing her deficiencies by having an agent.

A kid like GG really needs someone in the room telling him what he doesn’t want to hear sometimes. His mom may be fully capable of that.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

This GG convo is cringe. GG's mom is his agent, he's living with his dad and trainer right now. Some parents are tiger parents and some are just good people involved in their parents lives. Please do not project your personal family situation onto him sheesh.The respect GG has for his mom and the relationship he has with his parents has nothing to do with anyone here. No one here has a clue if his mom is a disciplinarian or not.

Get that Jordan B Peterson **** out of here. This is like drafting Jabari bc of the shape of his head.

It's more that you just have an inexperienced agent. But I like I said he is training with a good trainer in Dallas (he's doing runs with Rupert from what I can tell, there is an IG video of him dropping Rupert off), so they at least are doing that part professionally.

My main worry with these situations is just that the player is going to go 100% through family for everything, like training (that's what ****ed up Markelle Fultz supposedly), but that doesnt seem to be the case.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

There is a reason the saying “a face only a mother could love” exists. If I was 18 I’d want my mom involved in the decisions but I’d also want outside counsel… maybe they are getting that.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

It's more that you just have an inexperienced agent. But I like I said he is training with a good trainer in Dallas (he's doing runs with Rupert from what I can tell, there is an IG video of him dropping Rupert off), so they at least are doing that part professionally.

My main worry with these situations is just that the player is going to go 100% through family for everything, like training (that's what ****ed up Markelle Fultz supposedly), but that doesnt seem to be the case.

Inexperienced and biased… you have an agent to help with the contract stuff… but also to sell you to teams that are the right situation and act as a PR firm to sell the kid. Maybe a team meeting his mom is sold on the real GG cuz they think agents full of ****. If they are going solo there I think it’s a mistake.

 

[KqWIN]

Lol… parent can be super involved. Having your parent operate as your agent is rough if they aren’t an attorney or have no experience. At very least the connections are valuable. Maybe they are supplementing her deficiencies by having an agent.

A kid like GG really needs someone in the room telling him what he doesn’t want to hear sometimes. His mom may be fully capable of that.

It's one thing to say it's a bad idea to have your parent as your agent. I agree with that. It's another thing to say it's bad because she's a woman and kids don't respect their mom's like they would a man. GTFO with that ****.

 

[seattlejazzfan]

I can tell you are white by this sentence.

This is kind of the opposite in a lot of minority households.

i can tell you are white based on this post. well this one and all the others you've posted on jazzfanz. considering 99.8% of the posters on this board are white *** mfers the odds are on my side

 

[KqWIN]

It's more that you just have an inexperienced agent. But I like I said he is training with a good trainer in Dallas (he's doing runs with Rupert from what I can tell, there is an IG video of him dropping Rupert off), so they at least are doing that part professionally.

My main worry with these situations is just that the player is going to go 100% through family for everything, like training (that's what ****ed up Markelle Fultz supposedly), but that doesnt seem to be the case.

He's also living with his dad. Yeah....GG might be a spoiled, immature kid. But the assumption that it's because his mother is in his life and lacking a father or uncle is uncomfortable on sooooo many levels.

It is indeed the whitest **** ever. We disagree on GG as prospect, but at least the suburban victim of divorce court mentality isn't causing that disagreement. Sheeesh.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

It's one thing to say it's a bad idea to have your parent as your agent. I agree with that. It's another thing to say it's bad because she's a woman and kids don't respect their mom's like they would a man. GTFO with that ****.

That’s not what I said my dude… I’m saying he walks over her cuz he’s a teenager and he can get what I want. She removes the friction because she loves him and sees the consequence as suffering. It’s just ****ing biology… I hat if Trey Burkes mom was his agent… he gonna get unbiased unfiltered advice that he needs or is she gonna blame the coach or org?

It was never about man woman or otherwise it’s about ****ing science… many mothers are going to have extreme bias when viewing their kids. It’s not about respect or any of that **** dude.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

He's also living with his dad. Yeah....GG might be a spoiled, immature kid. But the assumption that it's because his mother is in his life and lacking a father or uncle is uncomfortable on sooooo many levels.

It is indeed the whitest **** ever. We disagree on GG as prospect, but at least the suburban victim of divorce court mentality isn't causing that disagreement. Sheeesh.

Holy **** dude are you serious. I didn’t say she couldn’t be involved and it’s not about race… you are projecting all that ****.

A mother can be involved in her sons healthcare but if she is not an experienced surgeon I don’t think we want her removing his appendix. Even if it’s a pretty simple procedure. See the difference.

 

[KqWIN]

That’s not what I said my dude… I’m saying he walks over her cuz he’s a teenager and he can get what I want. She removes the friction because she loves him and sees the consequence as suffering. It’s just ****ing biology… I hat if Trey Burkes mom was his agent… he gonna get unbiased unfiltered advice that he needs or is she gonna blame the coach or org?

It was never about man woman or otherwise it’s about ****ing science… many mothers are going to have extreme bias when viewing their kids. It’s not about respect or any of that **** dude.

It's called being parent. You made it to a mother thing and said it would be different if it was a man. It's ****ed up to peddle this idea that he doesn't have a male figure in his life (he's literally living with his dad) and that his mom cannot be stern enough for him.

Parent being an agent is a problem. It is not a mother/father thing and it's ****ed up to get into people's business like that.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

Also happily married for 18 years so divorce court? Sure guy… I’ve got 4 kids and there are times when we disagree with parenting and work through the struggles.