http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/11666705/nik-stauskas-sacramento-kings-surprised-reaction-comments

Sacramento Kings rookie Nik Stauskas said he was surprised at the reaction to his comments following a preseason loss.

Following Sunday night's loss to the Toronto Raptors, the former Michigan star made a statement to the media that has rubbed some folks the wrong way.

"I understand that I'm a rookie and I'm white, so people are going to attack me at all times," he said. "Just coming out there in the game, I felt it right away."

Following Tuesday night's game, also against the Raptors, Stauskas tried to provide clarity for his words, but at the same time, he didn't back down from them.

"I was very surprised," Stauskas told Cowbell Kingdom. "People kind of took it too far with what I was trying to say. I wasn't trying to get anyone to feel sorry for me. I wasn't trying to be controversial or anything like that. I was just trying to keep it real."

"As a rookie in the NBA, you're going to get attacked on the court, you see that tonight," Stauskas continued. "People make a point to go at me. It has a lot to do with reputation and kind of stereotypes of what your game is. For me, I look at my reputation, people look at me and obviously, I'm not the best defender in the world, so people are going to make a point to go at me and try to attack me as much as they can. That's really what I was trying to say."

Stauskas stressed that he did not intend to spark any controversy with his comments.

"I've said stuff like that before and I don't take that back, because I'm not trying to offend anyone, I'm not trying to be controversial, I'm just saying that's just really how I feel," the rookie guard said.

"Some people may have a problem with it, some people may not, but if you've ever played the game of basketball, you understand that there's certain stereotypes and certain reputations that certain players have and based on that, people are going to play a certain way against you," Stauskas added.

The Kings drafted Stauskas with the No. 8 overall pick in this year's draft.

*Jews you*

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Proceed with caution. I am overtly racist.

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"The one thing that always bothered me when I played in the NBA was I really got irritated when they put a white guy on me. I didn't care who guarded me - red, yellow, black. I just didn't want a white guy guarding me, because it's disrespect to my game." - Larry Bird

Larry Bird:

3× NBA champion (1981, 1984, 1986)
2× NBA Finals MVP (1984, 1986)
3× NBA Most Valuable Player (1984–1986)
12× NBA All-Star (1980–1988, 1990–1992)
NBA All-Star Game MVP (1982)
9× All-NBA First Team (1980–1988)
All-NBA Second Team (1990)
3× NBA All-Defensive Second Team (1982–1984)
NBA Rookie of the Year (1980)
NBA All-Rookie First Team (1980)
3× NBA 3-Point Shootout champion (1986–1988)
2× 50–40–90 club (1987-1988)
AP Athlete of the Year (1986)
No. 33 retired by Boston Celtics
NBA's 50th Anniversary All-Time Team
College national player of the year (1979)
2× MVC Player of the Year (1978–1979)
2× Consensus first team All-American (1978–1979)

Nik Stauskas:

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"Take the surprise out your voice Shaq."-The REAL CP3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2H5K-BUMS0

What difference does it make how accomplished the player when it comes to those statements. Stauskas is not talking about what a great player he is, just how he feels when he steps on the court.

There was a pretty good bit in a book comparing the paths of Matt Maloney and Pooh Allen, who were in the same backcourt at Penn. Maloney said these things and much more when they talked to him.

And you will know MY JACKET IS GOLD when I lay my vengeance upon thee.

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He's absolutely right, and any white guy who has ever been on the court with 9 black people knows its true

*shrug*

Side note: this has been such a winning agenda for me so far, and when he bumps McLemore to the bench my stock is gonna split

He's basically spitting that truth...same shit Larry Bird would say 30 years ago.

>Side note: this has been such a winning agenda for me so far,
>and when he bumps McLemore to the bench my stock is gonna
>split

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>Side note: this has been such a winning agenda for me so far,
>and when he bumps McLemore to the bench my stock is gonna
>split

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"Take the surprise out your voice Shaq."-The REAL CP3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2H5K-BUMS0

<---https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01DL9AVTQ

>Side note: this has been such a winning agenda for me so far,
>and when he bumps McLemore to the bench my stock is gonna
>split

http://cdn1.sbnation.com/imported_assets/341276/premature.gif

WHAT'S GOOD *****? What's REALLY good?!?!????!!! Ha HA!
http://40.media.tumblr.com/d8e2daf9f3f37244cd05436bcdf05973/tumblr_mt4qibKq4c1rgam01o1_1280.png

does it really matter?

for all my fans who keep my name in their mouth: http://i.imgur.com/v2xNOpS.jpg

court.

IN FACT...he could've kept going with... "I'm kinda doofy looking. I look like I'm 13 years old. I look like a Mathlete."

All of that won't matter though, cuz he can ball. Nasty handle. Nasty taking it to the rack. And a crazy trigger.

So the joke will be on the "Long-armed Africans" - (c) O.E.

And he'll be taking pics of his bread like this ---> http://instagram.com/p/t58x51AHHx/

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they can get buckets on him. he knows the deal

http://card.mygamercard.net/lastgame/rjcc.png

www.engadgethd.com - the other stuff i'm looking at

That confusion is the only way I can figure to make this offensive.

i still blame hip-hop.

So I was confused. But he's talking about in the game, so I don't think this is offensive.

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-The Knicks’ coaching search still includes a lone frontrunner, Kurt Rambis, whose qualifications for the position include a strong relationship with Jackson and a willingness to take the job.

QUICK, SOMEONE GET OFFENDED! - media/politicians

can't go talking about a thing that doesn't exist!

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HOPE!
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This PC hysteria is such a joke

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"have fun reveling in your pettiness tho" (C) Dula summing up 98% of OKS

"I didnt finish a damn thing...matter of fact I jerked off after she left."
-Kobe speaking to investigators

L D E A

I think it's ridiculous for the NBA to hide behind due process.

lol

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There is NO ROOM for people who say race names in sentences in this country.

People want to be offended about the right thing and any sort of low-hanging fruit has to get them up in arms just in case.

And you will know MY JACKET IS GOLD when I lay my vengeance upon thee.

I can't believe anyone anywhere is trying to make a big deal over this... ridiculous


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wonder what the reaction woulda been if he said those comments.

-The Knicks’ coaching search still includes a lone frontrunner, Kurt Rambis, whose qualifications for the position include a strong relationship with Jackson and a willingness to take the job.

In his career.



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I wont get into a real debate, but Jeremy Lin will have more 38 pt games in his first 3 seasons than Nick Stauskas will ever score

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"though time has passed, im still the future" (c) black thought

***grabs popcorn***

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And you will know MY JACKET IS GOLD when I lay my vengeance upon thee.

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"I ORBITs the solar system, listenin..."

(C)Keith Murray, "

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"Take the surprise out your voice Shaq."-The REAL CP3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2H5K-BUMS0

Bird is saying that he thinks white guys can't
defend

Stauskus is a white guy, and says he thinks people
think he can't defend


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"I ORBITs the solar system, listenin..."

(C)Keith Murray, "

this point so it sounds like he's just whining.

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"Take the surprise out your voice Shaq."-The REAL CP3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2H5K-BUMS0

>this point so it sounds like he's just whining.

That's all.

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"I ORBITs the solar system, listenin..."

(C)Keith Murray, "

do we as fans and lovers of funny shit, controversy, etc really want players to sanitize their comments along those lines? i always say let these guys cook. the worst are the people in the news media who have to make a stink out of every comment, and then they wonder why they get 12 mouthful of cliches in every postgame scrum.

And you will know MY JACKET IS GOLD when I lay my vengeance upon thee.

I think the white American-born basketball player has not only lost their place in the NBA, but a lot of the white players themselves lack the confidence (imo) in their skills to be able to compete on an equal footing w/the best of the blk players...

I think they've silently conceded that the days of the white player being the league's BEST PLAYER, or in the conversation, is over, and that basketball, like boxing in regards to the heavyweight champion, is a "blk man's game."

I see good signs from this kid

grassrootsphilosopher

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"Take the surprise out your voice Shaq."-The REAL CP3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2H5K-BUMS0

basketball in the states...

I'm sure that helped out w/his competitiveness...

grassrootsphilosopher

like, I agree that they're better, but why is that? white kids are still all over college basketball, but most of the best of them are from Australia or Alaska (sure it's a state but you know what I mean) or somewhere in eastern Europe. And so few of the American-born players ever get drafted let alone make the leap to a rotation player. One of the most frequent explanations I hear is that white kids just don't have the incentive to play basketball all day and night long to avoid the struggles surrounding their lives and white kids are mostly not living in urban centers where a court of some kind if always nearby but there are plenty of super broke, super sad white kids too.


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They're going to turn Stauskas into their Social Justice Warrior cause, just watch.

Just ain't nothing racist about it

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"I ORBITs the solar system, listenin..."

(C)Keith Murray, "

May see that as a challenge & go extra hard.

"you see this lil bitch?"

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"Take the surprise out your voice Shaq."-The REAL CP3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2H5K-BUMS0

i remember Chris Webber & Gary Payton clowning a rookie Love on NBATV saying shit like, "You know what call that Lunchmeat. We gonna eat when we see him".

<---https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01DL9AVTQ

Olympic team'


>i remember Chris Webber & Gary Payton clowning a rookie Love
>on NBATV saying shit like, "You know what call that Lunchmeat.
>We gonna eat when we see him".

grassrootsphilosopher

for guys like them that grew up in the states playing ball their whole lives they know and relish the challenge early on and it doesn't really phase them.

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"Take the surprise out your voice Shaq."-The REAL CP3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2H5K-BUMS0

And he played HS ball in the United States of America.

Lol...I don't even know why I'm bothering.

<---https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01DL9AVTQ

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"Take the surprise out your voice Shaq."-The REAL CP3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2H5K-BUMS0

what he said is cuz of the PC world we live...look at how this has become a faux controversial story

In 2004, Bird made what was to me a pretty innocuous statement awhile back why the NBA has lost some of its white viewers...and he said because there were no white stars in the league...and ppl tried to make a big deal out of that.

This kid just addressed the elephant in the room when it comes to white ball players and the NBA - he just said what other white dudes think

You don't think there are GMs who are reluctant to pull the trigger on drafting white players high in the draft...just because they're white and the recent history of drafting white players in the lottery or the 1st round hasn't panned out for a lot of teams

grassrootsphilosopher

You posting real dumb right now. Should've ejected on this a while ago.

This topic has you given props to Kevin Love, you all out of sorts with your agendas.

<---https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01DL9AVTQ

to make but good luck on that Nik Stauskas bandwagon ride

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"Take the surprise out your voice Shaq."-The REAL CP3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2H5K-BUMS0

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"Take the surprise out your voice Shaq."-The REAL CP3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2H5K-BUMS0

didn't pan out

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"Take the surprise out your voice Shaq."-The REAL CP3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2H5K-BUMS0

Youre already on record for not watching college basketball. Yet you keep speaking about prospects.

Weird right?

<---https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01DL9AVTQ

<---https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01DL9AVTQ

Nik Stauskas grew up in a city with 5.5 million people in the metro area

Cmon lol

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"Take the surprise out your voice Shaq."-The REAL CP3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2H5K-BUMS0

________________________________________
"Take the surprise out your voice Shaq."-The REAL CP3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2H5K-BUMS0

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"Take the surprise out your voice Shaq."-The REAL CP3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2H5K-BUMS0

So who was it about?

He's just speaking on the sentiment that is pretty darn obvious if you have ever played ball.

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<--The drought is over

"have fun reveling in your pettiness tho" (C) Dula summing up 98% of OKS

"I didnt finish a damn thing...matter of fact I jerked off after she left."
-Kobe speaking to investigators

L D E A

http://card.mygamercard.net/lastgame/rjcc.png

www.engadgethd.com - the other stuff i'm looking at

-The Knicks’ coaching search still includes a lone frontrunner, Kurt Rambis, whose qualifications for the position include a strong relationship with Jackson and a willingness to take the job.

-Sig-

“Why didn’t you do this in your own god damn country?"

-All Stah's view on undocumented immigrants wanting to be treated like human beings.

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I wanna go to where the martyrs went
the brown figures on the walls of my apart-a-ment...