01-28-2020, 03:31 PM
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Death isn’t a good enough reason. We are all going to die. To me, it came off as a bit of a “look at me” type gesture. If anything, it was an attempt to focus some of the situation on him instead of Kobe and the rest that died in the tragedy.
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01-28-2020, 04:22 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Murphy3
Death isn’t a good enough reason. We are all going to die. To me, it came off as a bit of a “look at me” type gesture. If anything, it was an attempt to focus some of the situation on him instead of Kobe and the rest that died in the tragedy.
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Everyone dies, but not everyone dies at 41 with their teenage daughter in a horrible accident.
I agree that death isn't enough, but that's not why Cuban did it.
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01-29-2020, 09:07 AM
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Originally Posted by EricaLubarsky
Everyone dies, but not everyone dies at 41 with their teenage daughter in a horrible accident.
I agree that death isn't enough, but that's not why Cuban did it.
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Yeah, I don't think dying after you've retired in a helicopter crash is a legitimate reason for a team not associated with him to retire his number. It's a stretch..a huge stretch. I'd be much more ok with them retiring Duncan's number...and no, he doesn't even have to die (and no, I'd never retire Duncan's number even if he died with a plane full of nuns carrying food to needy children in Africa). The battles between him and Dirk are legendary and will always be a part of Mavericks lore.
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01-29-2020, 09:12 AM
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Originally Posted by Murphy3
Yeah, I don't think dying after you've retired in a helicopter crash is a legitimate reason for a team not associated with him to retire his number. It's a stretch..a huge stretch.
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Well, it caught on around the league, so Cuban is coming out of this looking like the good guy. The optics are on his side.
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01-28-2020, 04:32 PM
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A league full of attention whores, I suppose.
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01-28-2020, 05:10 PM
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Originally Posted by Underdog
A league full of attention whores, I suppose.
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I mean, you're not wrong
That's kind of the job of anyone in sports-entertainment
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01-28-2020, 05:25 PM
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Originally Posted by EricaLubarsky
I mean, you're not wrong
That's kind of the job of anyone in sports-entertainment
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And we give them the attention they seek . . .
But a better tribute to Kobe would be to work your ass off like he did to become a better player rather than change your number.
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