Derrick Rose Speaks On Being Soft About Playing

[soul rattler]

People can be outraged all they want on some basketball shit, but if you read between the lines, you would've realized he's talking about some real life shit, can't nobody tell him what his priorities in life could be.

 

[BoogaSuga]

nah, i'm with Stephen A, why was he talkin like he's a football player or boxer that's really at risk of being crippled, nigga stfu

Bill Walton had the WOAT ankles (they eventually fused them to his week just so he could walk) and he goes to his kids graduations just fine

Rose was talkin like he a war veteran on some Hurt Locker shit lol

Walton was so banged up he couldnt even continue broadcasting games due to back pain.

So hes actually not "just fine"

 

[T. Sanford]

They blew his comments out of proportion. I knew exactly what Rose was talking about

 

[BoogaSuga]

Rose ripped for speaking his mind

Updated: November 14, 2014, 4:24 PM ET

By Scoop Jackson | ESPN.com
http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/11875155/criticize-derrick-rose-honesty

To avoid the titanic term paper, I agree with dude's assessment but Nash's issue isn't just basketball. Wasn't he playing semi-pro soccer at the same time during his run with D'Antoni's run-happy offense?

Nash dad was a pro soccer player.

Nash worked out with semipro team to stay in shape during the lockout. Thats all. He never played pro soccer himself

 

[R.D.]

People can be outraged all they want on some basketball shit, but if you read between the lines, you would've realized he's talking about some real life shit, can't nobody tell him what his priorities in life could be.

Bruh we don't care

He gets paid to do a job, same as everybody, he needs to do it

 

[BoldChild]

Whether this is wrong or not is another debate, but.

When someone is getting paid that kind of money in professional sports, it's implicit that part of the reason they are getting that money is to perform, despite the possible consequences their body may face far into the future. it's no different than anyone else who works in dangerous environments. However, they don't have the spotlight of importance D.Rose has, so no one ever speaks on this, if they complained most people would tell them to shut up and work.

Example: Your typical basic assembly line worker makes $10-12 an hour, however, there is a factory in my city that starts at $17, and goes all the way up to $26+ after working there for a few years. It's an assembly line, but it involves pouring molten metal, and you're guaranteed to get burned at some point, part of the reason they make that money is because it's implicit that they will end up with injuries in the future, the other reason is because the work is also hard (hot as hell, dusty, wearing heavy ass clothes, etc)

With that said, I don't see anything wrong with D.Rose sitting out, but as usual, he chose his words very poorly. Just like back when he was saying he could come back at anytime, instead of just saying he was out for the whole season.

He simply commented that he doesn't want to be sore when sitting at his child's graduation, and things of that nature, but that's something all athletes have to deal with, you would be hard press to even find a college athlete that will tell you their body is 100% fine after a life of sports.

Rather than talking about something in general that all athletes have to deal with, he should have focused on his injuries specifically, and talking about how his past injuries are affecting his body at this very moment.

 

[RiGGA]

You need to go get that published cuz we ain't reading that shit

 

[BoldChild]

You need to go get that published cuz we ain't reading that shit

>Posting on a message board and not reading.

That post isn't even twice as long as the longest post you've made in this thread.

 

[soul rattler]

People can be outraged all they want on some basketball shit, but if you read between the lines, you would've realized he's talking about some real life shit, can't nobody tell him what his priorities in life could be.

Bruh we don't care

He gets paid to do a job, same as everybody, he needs to do it

How would you react if your employer expected you to risk yourself in a way that could adversely affect you after your career is over?

Basketball players get paid to play basketball, not get injured and not caution their health. Asking someone to sacrifice themselves for their job when, to you, their job ain't shit but entertainment anyway is retarded. Nigga, I'm from Chicago and would love to see another trophy on Madison but as a man, that shit does mean .000001% as much to me as it does Derrick Rose and if he's willing to put his health ahead of that, who the fuck am I to criticize his decision?

Same goes for these vets like Barkley. Nobody asked him to sacrifice his body. It would have been an insult o do so. The fact that he did it is admiral ONLY because he didn't HAVE to and nobody pressured him into it.

 

[R.D.]

I would feel no type of way because that's what I get paid to do or I need to find another job

 

[BoldChild]

People can be outraged all they want on some basketball shit, but if you read between the lines, you would've realized he's talking about some real life shit, can't nobody tell him what his priorities in life could be.

Bruh we don't care

He gets paid to do a job, same as everybody, he needs to do it

How would you react if your employer expected you to risk yourself in a way that could adversely affect you after your career is over?

Basketball players get paid to play basketball, not get injured and not caution their health. Asking someone to sacrifice themselves for their job when, to you, their job ain't shit but entertainment anyway is retarded. Nigga, I'm from Chicago and would love to see another trophy on Madison but as a man, that shit does mean .000001% as much to me as it does Derrick Rose and if he's willing to put his health ahead of that, who the fuck am I to criticize his decision?

Same goes for these vets like Barkley. Nobody asked him to sacrifice his body. It would have been an insult o do so. The fact that he did it is admiral ONLY because he didn't HAVE to and nobody pressured him into it.

This post not directed to me, but I was speaking on this same subject.

I would quit, I definitely wouldn't be allowed to sit on my ass and still get paid. There are tons of jobs that adversely affects people's health out there, I spoke on this in my previous post, so I wont go into further detail.

 

[R.D.]

People can be outraged all they want on some basketball shit, but if you read between the lines, you would've realized he's talking about some real life shit, can't nobody tell him what his priorities in life could be.

Bruh we don't care

He gets paid to do a job, same as everybody, he needs to do it

How would you react if your employer expected you to risk yourself in a way that could adversely affect you after your career is over?

Basketball players get paid to play basketball, not get injured and not caution their health. Asking someone to sacrifice themselves for their job when, to you, their job ain't shit but entertainment anyway is retarded. Nigga, I'm from Chicago and would love to see another trophy on Madison but as a man, that shit does mean .000001% as much to me as it does Derrick Rose and if he's willing to put his health ahead of that, who the fuck am I to criticize his decision?

Same goes for these vets like Barkley. Nobody asked him to sacrifice his body. It would have been an insult o do so. The fact that he did it is admiral ONLY because he didn't HAVE to and nobody pressured him into it.

This post not directed to me, but I was speaking on this same subject.

I would quit, I definitely wouldn't be allowed to sit on my ass and still get paid. There are tons of jobs that adversely affects people's health out there, I spoke on this in my previous post, so I wont go into further detail.

Not a hard concept to grab