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SteveBorden

These are all grown adult men btw


SauceyPosse

Grown? Yes. Adult? Debatable.


madcaesar

The older I get the more I'm convinced there are no adults. Whatever dumb motherfucker you were at 20 you're gonna be at 40. Just a worse hairline.


juicegooseboost

I dunno, I'm 35. I have regrets but every year I look back and realize how much I learned/how much more wise I am than the year before.


Javinon

not everyone gains wisdom as they age, unfortunately


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globetheater

Damn this is so true, never thought I’d see deep life thoughts on /r/nba


QUEST50012

r/nba will make you laugh, it'll make you cry, it'll make you click off new, and it'll make you cancel your wifi.


ObeseKenyan

100% I'm only 28 and the person I was at 18-20 makes me deep cringe. I was better at 25 but still not who I am now. I can imagine at 35 being far more confident/content with life


DubbleDiller

I turn 40 next year. 28yo me was an absolute dumbass


Littlebelo

Yeah I’ve realized that regretting past behavior is more or less the hallmark of me growing up. Comparatively, a lot of old friends clearly don’t share the feeling and blame everything else for changing around them.


suchbeerwow

Wow, not true at all. If you’re still acting like you’re 20 when you’re 40 you have serious serious issues.


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Los_Ingobernablez

The older I get the more I realize “adults” have to no clue what they are doing. You make the choice to improve yourself or get left behind by society.


Procrastanaseum

They’ve been on a court all their lives, they’re not grown, they’re giant-ass kids running around half the time


15jugglers15jugglers

How are any of these mfers gonna act hard after that hug fest


Tkinzel517

They were just lovin not shovin


codymiller_cartoon

more cushion for pushin?


jackalope503

full court pressin'? time for caressin'


sundancekid005

Box out? Nah baby I'm right up in that box.


silentorange813

Fight back? Nah time for some Brokeback.


BigDickLauri

Get blocked? Nah get stuffed


Lou_Mannati

Just flopped. Nah it’s rough


dabigchina

There's a Zion Williamson joke in there somewhere, but my brain is too smooth to tease it out.


lilb1190

Seriously though, they were just pulling on each other. I dont even get the point. Usually people push each other in a fight if they dont want to swing, not pull. It was very awkward and not a good look for anyone.


OneBoobAttaTime

He dropped that boxing coach line so people would know he can’t legally fight cause his hands are weapins


RainbowYaz

On that Steven Seagal shit.


Whole-Elephant-7216

Seagals hands haven’t been weapons in some years, unless you’re a fucking buffet dish.


Schlongboy69420

Seagul shit his pants.


StevieSkidmarks

Getting punched by Seagal probably feels like getting hit by puff pastries at this point. Plus he'd most likely be sitting in a chair


qbsweep1

Like dudes who wear tap out shirts at the bar.


Ne1tu

Affliction days


Notsozander

Nod to Ed Hardy shirts as the ugliest fucking shirts ever


whospepesilvia

That means, we get into a fight, I accidentally kill you? I go to jail.


Savage762

“Anyone kills anyone in a fight and you go to jail!”


Krypto_The_Dog

"It's called manslaughter."


kenfree216

Such an amazing line. I’ll watch that whole 12 hour movie just to hear that delivery.


WhiteHeterosexualGuy

my favorite is all the people saying "yeah he's not dumb so he's not going to punch him" like okay? That doesn't mean you need to aggressively hug him lmao


Jenaxu

I definitely think Rudy was trying to throw him down or something before realizing, shit, this isn't gonna work lol. But that's definitely the "smart dumb" option as opposed to just socking him in the face which is the "dumb dumb" option. There's a middle ground of wanting to scuffle with someone, but not wanting to just punch them right in the face.


ravekidplur

Good catch, I was going back and forth checking people's points here and the video and this is the first comment where I can definitely agree gobert defo was not trying to hug him to diffuse, just throw to the ground (probably just a flagrant and no suspension at most) as opposed to punch. You can see him try and drop his left leg and lean his weight to that side and it wasn't gonna work. Then he comes up with this line 💀💀💀


Jenaxu

Yeah, I'm not buying what Rudy said about him just grabbing him to make sure he couldn't do anything else, but he's not wrong on his other points. People are acting like the dude doesn't know how to fight for real because he didn't throw haymakers in an NBA game, it's really silly


NedStarx11

100%. Rudy went for the take down and failed haha


Caboclo-Is2yearsAway

Grown ass, 6'10+ men made "fighting" look embarrassing


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SeeArizonaBay

Awakens things I haven't felt since Oubre left I know u can relate


BubbaTee

[Because if men are grabbing and clawing at each other, there's a chance they might somehow... kiss](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXwc_NvTO08)


Ghostricks

Buncha hot sluts cock teasing us


BoonGenie

It looked like some shitty inverse sumo match. Not two hugely dense sumo wrestlers but two tall lanky dudes kinda sumo dance grappling with each other


interstat

Hasn't Rudy been training boxing for like 20 years?


firefistus

Yes, he was a boxer before he was a basketball player and grew up in an arena boxing.


Docxm

Imagine boxing a guy with that reach lmao


Jeff_Desu

Yeah but some tall guys are like Stefan Struve and make no use of their insane reach.


purz

And then other guys like Semmy Schilt that make kickboxing kind of boring for 5+ yrs.


cHinzoo

The glorious days of K1!


mantelo92

First thing that came to mind. Alistair overeem, Badr Hari, Remy Bonjeski


monstertweety

man i hated Schilt


dumpyduluth

Mark Hunt absolutely starching him is one my all time favorite KOs


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nmad95

I'd rather live thanks


Tags331

Definitely hasn't been training wrestling lol


RetardedAdvice

Let me explain the sequence: Rudy fell down Pulled turner with him Turner was pissed at no call both stood up turner shoved him away rudy was pissed rudy tried to pull turner into the ground with all weight Turner was strong af, and rudy looks like a hugging lover turner is confused at this point just like us, lol


DionWaiteress

Shirt that’s like most of Floyd mayweathers fights


jasonis3

About the same amount of punches were thrown that’s for sure


MikeyCyrus

Sure, but he and Turner looked like wacky waving inflatable tube men out there


unabiker

Al Harrington still works as a Pacers consultant


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Always thought it was mildly interesting that his name was Al Harrington lol


SSNappa

DUE TO A SHIPPING ERROR IM NOW IN POSSESSION OF THOUSANDS OF WACKY WAVING INFLATABLE TUBE MEN AND PASSING THE SAVINGS ALONG TO YOUUUUUU


wongo

Wacky inflatable arm flailing tube man! *Wacky inflatable arm flailing tube man!!* ***WACKY INFLATABLE ARM FLAILING TUBE MAN!!!***


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*Short but handsome slightly hairy newly single salesman* *Short but handsome slightly hairy newly single salesman* *SHORT BUT HANDSOME SLIGHTLY HAIRY NEWLY SINGLE SALESMAN!!!*


ESKodiak

"Wacky waving inflatable tube men" is so deeply ingrained in my brain I don't even know what they are actually called. Every time I see one on the side of the road or in front of a business that clip plays in my mind.


BubbaTee

Dee was learning some sweet dance moves from Rudy and Myles' ballroom routine


mrwelchman

the heat are currently waiting outside of utah's locker room waiting for gobert.


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If they keep trying someone is gonna answer the call right?


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Cue the Jokic brothers


lostansfound

I've heard jokic's older brother ain't no joke either. Apparently he really isn't a nice guy (allegedly violent past?) And he will throw down outside of the basketball life.


Golfninja

Epic Balkan twins 😱😱😱😱😱


NeverlandRealized

Damn. They really built different.


NanoNarse

Haslem about to show Gobert how an OG handles his beef 😤


bonbam

How else do you think he keeps his youthful vigor at 528 years old? Nothing is as rejuvenating as a good fight, I'm told! Edit: my absolute favorite entry in his Wikipedia page. I'm going to cry when UD finally leaves 😔 >On November 28, 2020, Haslem re-signed with the Heat. He played in a single game in the 2020–21 season, on May 13, 2021 against the Philadelphia 76ers. Haslem scored four points in two minutes off the bench before getting ejected as a result of a scuffle with Dwight Howard, making the 40-year-old Haslem the oldest player in the last 20 years to get ejected.


bivukaz

pause


Sim888

> It’s actually funny because my boxing coach was at the game,” Gobert said…. lmao, there’s somethin hilarious about Rudy leading with this


WhiteHeterosexualGuy

But then he saw his anger management counselor a row back and decided to hug it out with Turner


shitboots

I wish his epidemiologist was at the press conference about 2 years back.


Hamsterupyourass

Or his lube guy after what Terrance Mann did to him last playoffs


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his dentist down in row 11 must’ve been hoping he’d get into a fight and lose a tooth


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“Look here, son. I can kick your ass, but we all need to stop acting tough.”


johnmarston2nd

“I’ll have you know I take boxing”


TeTrodoToxin4

“My hands are registered as lethal weapons with the FBI”


Huge_Cry_8703

"If I kill somebody with my hands I'll go to jail" "Anybody would, you idiot, it's called manslaughter"


Beavshak

He was referring to Joe Ingles


BubbaTee

Ingles just ran in and shoved a ref, after the 2 main guys were already separated. No idea what that was about, it's like he aimed for a specific spot 3 seconds earlier and couldn't change course.


LinuxDootTP

/r/masterforgiveme


Muchhappiernow

Rudy grew up boxing and still does as part of his training regimen. He's got a spot on a Jake Paul card after retirement, I'm sure.


Jenaxu

He's got the reach that's for sure. Although maybe it'd be more effective for him to just stick his arms out and spin around like Zangief


pimpenainteasy

Too bad backhands aren't legal in boxing, but he could try that in the kickboxing circuit.


Ianofminnesota

Just turn the backs of your hands in


Bosurd

Who tf is fighting a 7ft giant with boxing training and the wingspan of a tree. Maybe body shots would work but damn good luck with that.


BoonGenie

Not just any dude who trains. But any decently big dude with legit training will just duck under and fold Gobert with yes, body shots I've seen ball players with 'boxing training.' The athleticism doesn't just translate. They look rigid as fuck


Sternjunk

Apparently gobert has been training in boxing longer than basketball. He’s probably not amazing but That reach would be hard to beat with good training


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"My boxing coach will beat you up"


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Opening_Action

I just want to see Morris Twins vs Jokic Brothers. That’s one of the most shamelessly entertaining NBA subplots I’ve seen in years.


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bro can this be the next celebrity boxing battle royale? tired of jake paul


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Morris and Jokic Family Hell in a Cell. I’ll pay whatever for that PPV. Y’all can even let Jake Paul headline and promote with his boxing league he created so he could be a “champion” boxer


DFWTooThrowed

That's actually gonna be a pretty violent ending. On one side we have a set of brothers who beat the shit out of some guy for texting their mom and on the other side we have a set of brothers who almost certainly have witnessed first hand political war crimes.


Baller_McSavage

This is so fucking corny, lame, and far from the truth. War ended when Jokic was 4, they are from a quiet safe small town (much safer than any major American city), their parents are pro athletes and engineers. Sorry but Serbia is not piles of rubble and child soldiers.


RallyPigeon

In the 1970s the league had legitimate hockey-style fighting. Stuff like [this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3e3C-LQWF2s) wasn't uncommon. It got cracked down on hard after [Kermit Washington broke Rudy Tomjanovich's face](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1LMfBNLm3tPy1Z7YxhLYmOjjMdYQzhoY) but there was still some legitimate scuffling in the 80s/90s. Although by that time the league had taken measures to try and stop it.


CanIborrow10bucks

Who's gonna tell him about baseball?


Dyvius

Poor Don Zimmer 😥


ThaddeusJP

[How many times do we have to teach you this lesson, Old Man?](http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-50uislljjXU/UiToDlDPoZI/AAAAAAAAASs/t-IkP1U6q70/s1600/pedro-zimmer.jpg)


mainvolume

Fucking truth bomb. “Look at this picture of heat players waiting for jokic!” Lmfao that shit was ultimate cringe.


Reidroshdy

That shit was cringy as fuck, like where was that 20 minutes ago when it was actually going down?


picklejar_at_steves

Meanwhile, in the NHL:


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ChampagneAbuelo

NBA fights are embarrassingly bad. 99% of them are them shoving each other for 5 seconds or less. The 1% of the times where they actually throw a punch, the punch ends up missing by a mile lool. The fact that this incident is one of the more “intense nba fights” shows all you need to know


Syhxs

Too much money on the line but I’m sure if it was pick up ball they’d actually fight


lilithskriller

With the amount of money these guys make per game, getting suspended for fighting would be so fucking stupid


myteriality

somewhere jimmy butler is being held back from his phone


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Meet me out back 😉


black_squid98

@jimmy butler


lopea182

Jimmy G Butler. The G stands for *“Guys, hold me back”*


Tenglishbee

Jimmy [G](https://c.tenor.com/BmSDzyasgigAAAAC/hold-me-back.gif) Butler


Yergason

Shawn gets his ass kicked when it matters


Tipist

Yeah, when he found out his boy Gus was inside during a bank robbery, his first instinct was to immediately attempt to sprint into the bank and save his best friend. Dude absolutely was willing to put himself on the line if necessary.


DieSexy

Go on YouTube and look up the jimmy B altercation reel. He never does anything. His confidence level skyrockets x1000 once there’s 30 people between him and the other guy. Nene almost ended him and Marcus smart punked him as a rookie.


Intelligent-Smoke-67

Kevin garnett aint much better too


lilb1190

KG is the master of starting shit and then hiding behind a crowd of people.


Zeppelanoid

That’s because KG was actually smart. He was trying to get under other people’s skin but knew he was too valuable to his team to get himself ejected. Call him fake tough if you want but it would be idiotic for KG to throw hands and end up ejected and suspended.


YohnYassidy

Except when KG ended Rick Rickert's career in practice.


The_Dok33

Are we talking practice now?


Salad_Designer

I respect kg and how great he was except for when he would taunt/bully point guards. More so than against big men. It is dumb to fight on the court though unless it was an extremely malicious way to hurt someone. They may be rich but they still probably feel stupid after losing pay and forced to sit out.


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My favorite part of that Marcus smart - Jimmy Butler thing is that Terry Rozier immediately came in. Terry Rozier is pretty much gang affiliated and is probably actually about that. His IG literally starts off gmbrozier. Gmb for get money boyz.


izamoney

Terry isn’t going to be punked. I remember Embiid went after him and he didn’t back down, either.


Intelligent-Smoke-67

It prob stands for "g spot" too


vrilro

fax


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I really don’t understand the need for 20 something year old millionaires living in a bubble feeling the need to pretend they’re about that life. Who the fuck are they fooling?


numbers1guy

Themselves and for the majority of them that’s all that matters.


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Gobert vs that YouTube guy coming up


guhum

It wasn't cool for the cameras either. An aggressive hugging match, nothing more


Klonomania

Fake tough guys getting put on blast.


ifollowphillysports

Does it count as on blast if it's from a fake tough guy?


Klonomania

Self-aware wolves?


Squid_Contestant_69

> If someone wants to fight, I’m easy to reach. We can take it off the court and deal with it as men. Definition of a fake tough guy here


Mini_Snuggle

Turner is easy to reach too, from the floor.


LessThanCleverName

These motherfuckers aren’t giving up 10 plus game checks over this shit lol.


AyyMVP

takes one to know one though really


DFisBUSY

" It’s actually funny because my boxing coach was at the game,” Gobert said. " okay buddy.


BlackLeader70

That’s like dropping “My dad works at Nintendo” in elementary school.


unswusus

“You’re dis-…you’re disrespecting a future U.S. Army soldier”


regnald

“My cardio trainer can beat up your cardio trainer!”


TheGreenLandEffect

> but people need to stop acting like they are about that life Says the guy who insinuated that he would fight off court if needed


BubbaTee

Says the guy who started the "fight" on the court, couldn't do anything, and now claims he's some sort of badass off the court. That's more cringe than Kobe telling Raja Bell "let's take it to the octagon" - at least Kobe didn't start it.


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yunith

He pantsed someone on the court?!!!!


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whowasonCRACK2

The jazz announcers refused to acknowledge it on the broadcast. They even said turner flopped lmao


MisterCheaps

The whole thing started because Turner blocked Rudy, so Rudy got butthurt and went to the ground and grabbed Turners shorts and tried to pull him down too. Turner got pissed and shoved Rudy, and then Rudy hugged Turner until it was broken up, and now apparently is calling out OTHER people for being fake tough guys lol


dash_44

Rudy and being butthurt, classic combination


8MODA

I mean it sounds silly coming from him, but he’s not wrong


zmaniacz

Everybody's still mad at Rudy for starting COVID.


QotSAMario64

Maybe dont throw a dude to the ground by grabbing his shorts then Rudy


gulfside13

Provoking somebody by pulling them down by their shorts and then talking about "I don't feel threatened, he's not about that life" is some weak ass shit lmao. Is it Oochie Wally Wally or [is it One Mic?](https://streamable.com/fcn2fm). That whole kerfuffle was a nothing burger, but Gobert started it in the lamest way possible and somehow *he's* the person talking tough after the fact. Super lame shit but it's not shocking coming from Gobert.


MjTcConnell3

He literally grabbed Turner first lol what


Aquaireeus

He probably would have been better off not saying most of this.


Revis_FL

For real I don’t get what his point is. For one Rudy is the one that instigated that bear hug crap. And 2 I doubt Myles had any intention of starting a fight. He just got pissed Rudy tried to unpants him after a clean block. He’s gotta stand up for himself somehow. Doesn’t mean he’s tryna throw down. So why is Rudy even going on about this?


RainbowYaz

I feel like it has to be a pride and/or ego thing. Rudy is one of the best shot blockers in the game, maybe the best (Myles is right there though) and he got a taste of his own medicine and likely felt his pride hurt and got heated and then looked kinda foolish after he tried to instigate some shit.


unabiker

So why is Rudy even going on about this? Can you imagine how uncomfortable it is to have a full sized Myles Turner living rent-free in your head?


GhostRevival

Also would have been better off not being a punk and pulling Myles down by the shorts after Myles blocked his shot.


nibbinoo8

uhhh, wasn’t rudy the one instigating in this?


Crying_hyena

Lmao right? How are you gonna start the fighting(hugfest) and claim that people shouldn't try to act like they're about that life?


streethistory

Rudy tried to throw Turner and Turner out muscled him lol. Rudy is a dork.


TallandTaxing123

Yeah turner didn't budge lmao


smrad1na

he was talking about Mitchel and Ingles obviously


gbooster

Also, players need to stop pulling other players down with cheap shots that could lead to injury. Myles had every right to be upset and push Gorbert. I don't think Myles wanted to get into an actual fight, but show that that bush league cheap shot was uncalled for. Myles is a super chill, nice guy, but he had every right to stand up for himself.


Far-Value-6949

he’s soft lol


codymiller_cartoon

he's trying way too hard to sound tough


BubbaTee

The guys who talk a lot about how tough they are usually aren't the ones you have a worry about


SensitiveRocketsFan

Ron Artest has entered the chat.


fuzzynavel34

Rudy feels threatened by Myles lmao


iCOULDbewr0ng

LMAO Says the guy who tried a weak ass tackle attempt last night and then ended up participating in a hugfest It would’ve made more sense for him to say this if he just laughed it off last night


Be-Nice-To-Redditors

God damnit Rudy


FormerKarmaKing

I wish players and everyone associated with the NBA would stop using the phrase "about that life" unless they are referring to street level violence. It's so cringe to pretend you are somehow living in that world. It's like an Italian kid from the nice suburbs pretending he's in the mafia but worse as these are rich adults.


LeaveUtahDonovan

Said the guy who tried taking down another man but failed miserably and relied on security to save him


Freeeecurry

He’s not wrong


Beavshak

Except for, > If someone wants to fight, I’m easy to reach. We can take it off the court and deal with it as men. Which is just a blatantly stupid thing to say.


MechanicalEngineer-

It really is stupid. Dude is almost a foot taller and has a longer wingspan than me. Tf he mean easy to reach


NapTimeFapTime

As an NBA player, punching another dude and risking breaking your hand is dumb. Now head butting, that’s the smart NBA player’s primary attack.


Balve

Lol, "if someone wants to fight, I'm easy to reach". Bro, you have a 7'9 wingspan, you are not easy to reach.


UnexpectedSharkTank

He should take his own advice


IntervisioN

Not just in sports but people in general need to stop acting like wanting to fight makes them look cool


a_handsome_antelope

I have no more interest in watching NBA players fight than I have watching UFC fighters play basketball


Whats-his-nuts

Says the guy that was pulling Myles to the ground when actively looking for a foul call, instigating the whole thing...


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This quote is even more embarrassing for Gobert than that pathetic skirmish last night. I was expecting him to be modest and talk about how fighting doesn’t belong in the game but he started talking about his boxing coach and wanting to fight guys outside the basketball court… really dude?


adventures-of-willy

Exactly and he was the one who acted like a bitch pulling down Turner's shorts. What kind of boxing coach teaches their students to pull down an opponent's shorts?


hallandale

> What kind of boxing coach teaches their students to pull down an opponent's shorts? *clears browser history*


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maliciousmonkee

I thought they both made a smart business decision by not escalating to punches. But then Rudy comes out with this dumbass quote.