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David B. Hobbs's avatar

glad to hear the Kyrie defense — no one brings up Shaq saying the earth is flat "because I drive from Florida to California all the time and it looks flat to me," whereas Kyrie's flat earth comments came from a broader point about not trusting hegemonic interpretations of history + the need to do independent research: "I've seen a lot of things that my educational system has said that was real that turned out to be completely fake. I don't mind going against the grain in terms of my thoughts."

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Diversity Hire's avatar

I'm coming around on Kyrie, seems that most of his drama stemmed from misunderstandings. But he does seem to be a generally annoying guy. Shaq, however, consistently proves that he is cancer to this league. That man needs to retire with his bajillion endorsement deals.

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David B. Hobbs's avatar

yeah same — he seems like he drops 100 tiktoks into Close Friends, but him wanting out of Cleveland made way more sense after his + LeBron’s takes on the strike. As for Shaq, a great sage once wrote: “ I think Shaq would do a commercial for genocide if the check was on time”

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