OT: One of the worst announcing gaffes youll ever hear.
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Dude apologies but LeBron has to make it all about him.
Imagine the chances of that coincidence. Really hope the announcer isn't canceled...clearly a total misunderstanding.
I can understand how that mistake was made, because I kinda did the same thing. When I saw the name Kevin Porter Jr., I first assumed he must be the son of the former NBA player.
But, then, Iām not employed as an NBA announcer. The dude shouldāve done his homework before assuming on the air.
But, then, Iām not employed as an NBA announcer. The dude shouldāve done his homework before assuming on the air.
Where was Lebron involved here? I'm being serious maybe I missed something in the tweet
In a somewhat related note . My grandsons āotherā grandparents got him a Lebron action figure for Christmas. I got him a Daisy BB gun . It worked out great because heās been playing with both at the same time! True story!
Itās in the article.
I can respect LBJs game. And I donāt mind him that much. And granted itās before Consor apologizes for a pretty innocent mistakeā¦.but James shot his mouth off assuming it was intentional and an attack. On something he wasnāt even remotely involved in. Consort Will probably now lose his job because James makes assumptions.
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Love how Bron always does the "I pray for you but GFY".
Yeah that's not how it works..
Yeah that's not how it works..
This. āI pray for you, butā¦..I hope you lose your job and stuffā¦.ā
Aināt a dang one of us perfect but woosah this I gonna help you while actively trying ruin you stuff is just wrong.
LeBron has an ego the size of the Pacific. He thinks itās his job to stick his nose in everything under the sun. Itās the reason I canāt stand him. No one cares what he thinks. Heās a damned basketball player, not a Rhodes scholar. Everyone is entitled to their opinion, but he thinks his is the gold standard and shouldnāt be questioned by anyone. Heās one of the worldās biggest narcissists.
I wish todayās outrage machine would get better at assessing intent. This was a dumb mistake, but it was also an innocent mistake. He thought his dad was someone else (so did I).
He deserves to be mocked for it, but he does not deserve to be fired or have his life wrecked. Dial it back, Lebron.
He deserves to be mocked for it, but he does not deserve to be fired or have his life wrecked. Dial it back, Lebron.
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Well you know, cancel culture and all. It unfortunately seems to be the law of the land now. I prefer the old adage ālet he who is without sin cast the first stoneā. But thatās just me.
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it's was in the tweet stream and here is just one news headlinle
Wizards announcer under fire for Kevin Porter Jr. remark, LeBron James calls for his job
He is also a the definition of a race baiter
A. I live in DC and went to a Wizard's game with my son just last Friday. So I know a little about their team. I also thought Kevin Porter Jr. was the son of Kevin Porter - roughly right age to be, and the original KP played in Washington back when I was first in the area in the 1980s. So its pretty easy to believe this was an innocent mistake.
B. I'd guess virtually no one outside a couple Wizards beat writers who heard the remark real time even knew his father was convicted of shooting to death a teenage girl. So its a "controversy" entirely created by the media.
C. It's pretty bizarre, but also pretty telling that in LeBron's world its worse to make an innocent gaffe involving someone's horrific act of killing a teenage girl than it is to actually be a violent criminal who killed the girl, then died himself in a gunfight in a bar.
B. I'd guess virtually no one outside a couple Wizards beat writers who heard the remark real time even knew his father was convicted of shooting to death a teenage girl. So its a "controversy" entirely created by the media.
C. It's pretty bizarre, but also pretty telling that in LeBron's world its worse to make an innocent gaffe involving someone's horrific act of killing a teenage girl than it is to actually be a violent criminal who killed the girl, then died himself in a gunfight in a bar.
He did the same thing in April when he tweeted āyouāre nextā, directed at the cop who shot Maākhia Bryant. Soon after, the shooting was totally justified & the tweet was deleted. He once again shot off his mouth before having ANY facts & went looking for somebody to cancel. He should stick to faking hate crimes & learn to just STFU til he knows the full story. Iāve always assumed Kevin Porter, Jr was the son of Kevin Porter from the 70s & 80s, too.
Tbf, thereās some things that have been said by some media folks that is just plain wrong and highly stupid/offensive. And itās come from both sides of the political spectrum. But a lot of this is getting waaaaay out of hand.
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What's worse are the people who ACKNOWLEDGE it was a mistake and still want him fired. Say his job is to know about the players, he didn't do his homework, and that led to this mistake. And that that is bad enough that he should lose his job.
If it was his like 5th or 6th gaffe, then I can see that. But apparently this is not the case.
We live in an execution society these days.
And heās quite stupid. Stupid and arrogant are a dangerous combination.
Porter's father, Bryan Kevin Porter Sr., spent 4 1/2 years in prison after pleading guilty to first-degree manslaughter in the 1993 shooting death of a 14-year-old girl. In 2004, Porter Jr. was 4 when his father was shot multiple times and killed after trying to help a woman who was being attacked in a Seattle bar. So obviously any comment about Porter's father "pulling the trigger" is both tasteless and unprofessional.holy shit lol ... what exactly did he mean by that?
I copied and pasted this from a news article.
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And it was a complete accident and he apologized.
But he didnāt know any of that, so there was no intent to make a ātasteless and unprofessionalā comment. He thought his dad was an entirely different Kevin Porter, so did I and many others.
Understandable but extremely unfortunate error. What were the odds that 1) two NBA players had the same exact name, with one being Jr and 2) the actual father was also convicted of killing someone. That's a crazy terrible coincidence.
People rush way too fast to judge on mistakes. Intent should be the question. If it was an honest mistake, let it go with the right apology because you might be the next one making such a mistake.
People rush way too fast to judge on mistakes. Intent should be the question. If it was an honest mistake, let it go with the right apology because you might be the next one making such a mistake.
I still don't know who his dad is/was OR who the guy that killed a girl was. Maybe if it happened less often these things would stick. Or maybe all of these are simple misunderstandings, but there are benefits to division..
At what point does this end? "How dare you say 'shoot'?" How far do we have to drop before we realize the lowest common denominator is running the situation?
Dude made a mistake. God forbid.
Thank you for that. I just disagreed with your last sentence.
Ignorance or a mistake is understandable. It sounded to me like his dad was a good shooter in the league. Virginia ears I suppose.
Why is this āinexcusableā?
Consor, on Twitter, said Thursday he mistakenly thought Porter was the son of the former NBA player who played several seasons in Washington in the 1970s and early 80s.
"I have reached out to Kevin to personally apologize and hope to be able to talk to him soon."
Yeah I don't think this information was really brought to light when I made the original post, at 1pm today. Seems like this really was just a misunderstanding, although, this guy really should have done his homework a little better
Sorry none of what was written is mine. I copied and posted it from a news article. Iāve added that part now.
