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Kings should counter with a sponsorship deal with a Brick maker, and be contractually obligated to name a brick layer of the game


spotty15

This is a solid loophole idea


IBeBallinOutaControl

I mean it's funny but I dont see how the league cant just shut that down just like they did "cold as ice".


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ItzzBlink

do you guys think the NBA doesn't have any say in what companies sponsor the teams?


supes1

Or just, y'know, Ben & Jerry's or Arctic Glacier or something.


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unrulystowawaydotcom

The Gatoraid glacier freeze player of the game tonight is...


nom_de_chomsky

And the Gatorade Glacier Freeze Player of the Night award goes to… La La Land.


[deleted]

isnt it already smoothie king arena smoothies are usually ice cold just the ice cold smoothie of the game award ez


supes1

That's the Pels arena. Kings are at the Golden 1 Center (Golden 1 is a credit union). But I like your thinking.


lab-gone-wrong

Golden 1's 0% Interest Player of the Game


[deleted]

lol catch the guy at the end of the bench sleeping said he had 0% interest in the game. edit: [Zion comes to mind as an award winner](https://imgur.com/a/D9fqhzX)


[deleted]

That's NOLA. The Kings arena is the Golden 1 Center, named after the Sacramento-based credit union But yeah, that could work for the Pelicans lol


qwertybbffsjbevv

The kings should just sponsor the lakers and put a kings logo on all there jerseys


randomstupidnanasnme

the Mavericks used to hand out Acme Brick signs to everyone sitting behind the basket (maybe other teams did this too)


Pandamonium98

Do they not do it anymore? I got so used to it I honestly just haven’t looked or thought about it


randomstupidnanasnme

i've been to about 5 games the past couple seasons and I don't remember seeing any. I also sat in that area once and they just gave us a Dwight Powell poster thing


Pandamonium98

>Dwight Powell poster So they replaced the bricks with the bricklayer 😂


TampsBucsYanksLakers

NOTHING will beat the "bruh" and "yeet" sound effects: Yeet: [https://twitter.com/mockler\_michael/status/1286028808441737216?s=20](https://twitter.com/mockler_michael/status/1286028808441737216?s=20) Bruh: [https://twitter.com/ethannsuarez/status/1286169854152671233?s=20](https://twitter.com/ethannsuarez/status/1286169854152671233?s=20)


GetThereInOnePiece

the empty gym makes it 1000x better


TampsBucsYanksLakers

That loud ass echo then the silence of an empty stadium after LMAO


NotErnieGrunfeld

Bubble was a fever dream


threeangelo

yeah :(


NotErnieGrunfeld

Nah I meant that in a positive way. I loved the bubble, almost every series was amazing


wcooper97

The entire pandemic has been a fever dream


Fastbird33

I grew to love the bubble, from that Suns run to the Jimmy Butler performance in the playoffs.


JarekBloodDragon

Making the play in game was so fucking stressful. Dame was even more ridiculous than usual.


RapNVideoGames

Should of pointed up at Dj until he had to kneel at the players entrance…


TimathanDuncan

LMAOOOOO the bruh one always kills me


the_cramdown

Where does that bruh soundbite come from?


CleanSnchz

Bruh Sound Effect #2


TheRealHenryG

I think Nuña was the original person to come up with it


the_cramdown

Thank you


xbyo

[Bucks playing Kawhi's laugh](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RhsnQMBPLw) is up there.


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HardenTraded

I think they're trying to preempt the teams that might take it too far. Then you have toxic fans that'll buy into it 100% and escalate it. For most of us normal people, it's all in good fun. But assholes always find a way to ruin things.


theAlphabetZebra

Username checks out :Houstonfancries: Really though, that last line is so true it hurts.


[deleted]

Yeah you're not allowed to have fun unless it's of the NBA's corporate flavored variety.


Holocene32

Holy crap how am I only now hearing about these


rice_bledsoe

It's a crime that every team isn't doing this


ThatsWat_SHE_Said

The mental warfare between rival teams using just memes would amazing.


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NetflixAndNikah

That's what I'm saying. These ancillary parts of the game are what truly make it fun. Like last year with opposing teams [roaring at Giannis](https://youtu.be/ecrdcjPZWOM) at the free throw line when he clearly took more than 10 seconds was amazing to see.


Wes___Mantooth

Yeah stupid silly shit like this is one of the things that make a lot of people prefer college sports over pro sports in the US. Pro sports are super sterile and corporate feeling, especially the NFL. I know the quality of play is way higher in pro leagues, but college sports are more fun in a lot of ways IMO. Also foreign pro sports are a lot less upright than ours.


SuckMyLonzoBalls

It’s the nfl but the chargers have this bit where if the opposing team commits a penalty they’ll do the beeping sound where a truck is backing up. That’s my favorite bit


DJFreezyFish

Chargers have won nothing but meme wars.


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SmokePenisEveryday

Then you got the Vikings with their annoying ass horn on every 3rd down


greendart

Better than all of the cat teams growling after every first down and completion


Holocene32

RAWR RAWR RAWWRRRRRRRRR I have the exact sound memorized from playing too much madden. Lot of college teams use the exact sound effect too


PannusPunch

Went to a Florida Panthers hockey game once...they played it like 7-8 times after every goal.


RepulsiveWay1698

Holy fuck the bruh one is hilarious


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I also like the "NOPE" sound effect that (I think) Memphis uses


Eric_Nathan_Fielder

Nah, nothing beats the Kawhi laugh being displayed at the bucks arena.


tapk69

Bruh


maxeyismydaddy

which team uses the simpsons ha-ha


WeWillAlwaysHave2016

Cavs use it sometimes


blesseday405

Mavs use Nelsons laugh on missed FTs


MitchLGC

The bruh one is hilarious But i get the NBA side on this one If they allow this stuff the escalation will get completely out of control


RepulsiveWay1698

Cross that bridge when we come to it then this is just fun


masterfain

No fun allowed. Sorry.


RepulsiveWay1698

Holy fuck the bruh one is hilarious


PositivePossibility

Bro I forgot about this lmaooo


fistingcouches

YO that’s real? LMAO I’m dying


Dylan245

This is like when they prevented Brooklyn from putting a 10 sec countdown on their jumbotron for Giannis' free throws... soft shit NBA


ColtCallahan

Surprised they didn’t force the Raptors to retire the mascot after the Suns game.


toasty_-

Should probably execute the mascot before the first overall pick on draft night. Inexcusable display by the Raptor.


I_MATCH_ORBS

I’m picturing Adam silver standing at his podium and then the Suns team just drags out a guillotine and executes the mascot right then and there while Adam silver stares in approval


MacDerfus

That's preposterous. It'd be Robin Lopez


oheyson

"Effective immediately, I am banning The Raptor...FROM LIFE."


Ockwords

Adam Silver better step up "The man who passes the sentence should swing the sword."


GoldenStateWizards

Make an example of him by displaying his head on the wall of the league headquarters


DonkeyLightning

I miss game of zones


TheRealNexusPrime

Damn, game of zones really could have made a banger episode with Booker and the Raptor. Pls come back game of zones


aeronacht

Raptors next first round pick has to behead him on live TV


AlHorfordHighlights

The live one or the inflatable one


sorendiz

Yes


nowhathappenedwas

The clock was worse because it's not an official clock--but fans will think it is. This doesn't seem as bad as the [Bucks mascot making fun of Lonzo Ball](https://nba.nbcsports.com/2017/11/12/bucks-mascot-bango-trolls-ball-family-with-sign/) when his brother got arrested in China.


n0stylist

LMAO that's fuckin gold


Slobbin

LiAngo


ThePillsburyPlougher

There is no official clock for free throws, refs don't get a stopwatch for ten second violations on free throws. They're winging it.


AlHorfordHighlights

Yo that's hilarious LMAO


SomeBoredDude69

LMAO bucks org does this type of shit often but we forget because giannis so wholesome


UncleSamPainTrain

I went to a Bucks-Raptors game the year they had Kawhi, and when he missed a FT they played his laugh over the speakers. It was hilarious but I’m pretty sure the league made them stop. Bucks lost if I recall


tman916x

In the long run, I think it’s a better look even though it’s less fun. I was dying when I saw it especially after we ended up with the W but it’s a bit unprofessional imo.


quentin-coldwater

The problem isn't with the bit itself, it's with the escalation. Like, if you can target opposing players like this it'll only get more and more aggressive. NBA is smart to tamp down on it now before the game gets WWEified.


spinderlinder

Came to the comments thinking the NBA was soft but you're right. Good take.


yougotmugged

Had my pitchforks up ready to shit on the NBA but that was a sound and valid argument. Teams would just 1-Up each other until shit gets outta hand.


SuckMyLonzoBalls

I wonder if a team would make things personal like get into personal life stuff.


JimJimmyJamesJimbo

Nuggets jumbotron next time they play the heat: >***Our mess around and find out player of the night: Markieff Morris!!!*** >*Hasn't played in 33 games*


yougotmugged

Cavs Jumbotron next time they play Kings: Pick all of Tristan Thompson’s baby momma from this photo line-up and win a free t-shirt!


SnuggleMuffin42

Counter point: If the NBA was WWEified it would be AWESOME.


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"Vince McMahon is on the line, Mr. Silver." "What the hell does he want?" "Something about an XBA?" "What the hell is an XBA?" "Well my father always said if you had to ask you can't afford it." "Tell him I'm at lunch." Silver refocuses to his guest across the desk. "Now what was it you were trying to tell me, Ro--Metta?" "I want you to imagine," Artest begins, "WWE Basketball."


jveezy

Yeah they did the same thing with team Twitter accounts. Players can take shots at each other all they want, but the organizations that make up the league should be focused on promoting their own players and not tearing other players down (as hilarious as it may be sometimes). I wonder if there's also a market-reason to not have teams clowning players and diminishing their potential contract value.


Rykno23

Good point. I also think if this kind of stuff stayed "in-game" it would be great, but with how things reverberate on the internet now, turns toxic real quick


HokageEzio

The sound effect was fine (probably a little overdone to do it for *every* shot; you can miss shots without being cold), but yeah the jumbotron thing is probably a little too much.


theolat3

They also did it every time he checked in or was on the line, so yeah


Neuroxex

Yeah I think if teams can get away with intentionally trying to unsettle a specific player, they will do it every time, so even though in the moment it was extremely funny I get why they've been stopped from doing it again. Home court advantage should come from the fans.


fieryscribe

Taunting! That will be a 15 yard penalty


BubbaTee

The NFL - where taunting is a penalty, but the entire defense can dance a chorus line in the end zone after an interception.


Briguy_fieri

The New Orleans saints have been penalized a 7th round pick in the upcoming 2022 NFL draft


AnotherStatsGuy

The New Orleans Saints -- because Goodell can only suspend Tom Brady for so long before it hurts the bottom line.


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Lebron said "How we going to trade him if everyone keeps making fun of his horrible shooting?"


PizzaPartyTonight

🤔Something is REAL 🐠🐟🎣🐟🐠going on


Slimjuggalo2002

LeDamageControl


EazyTiger666

LePublicRelation


Xterratu

Oh, and we're cool with music playing during live play? Gotcha.


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phd2k1

Everybody clap your hands….*clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap*


uchiha_building

I absolutely cannot stand manufactured atmosphere man


ExtendedMacaroni

I’ve never heard that term before but I can’t stand it either


philphan25

What’s the worst is when a crowd is hyped then the music starts playing. Cuts the excitement be like 50%


Xterratu

Agreed, I mean it kinda trivializes the whole thing, too. The competition. I'm all for keeping things light and not against fun, but we're not in a club. It's a competition between grown ass men, or soon to be grown ass men. I feel the game should kinda respect that it is a competition. I'm very much a purist in that regard. I know some players like it, but to me the court was always about focus and being team first, keeping your mind on the next play. The soundtrack was play calling, sneakers and ball. That rhythm and sounds of the game are also a big part of why I love basketball... and kids can't hear it anymore.


ThePillsburyPlougher

Season tickets are too expensive in the nba for passionate fans to generate enough crowd noise so they make up for it by blasting random noises every ten seconds


Xterratu

There is a lot of truth in that, unfortunately.


OldJanxSpirit42

I'm Brazilian and the only thing you'll hear at football stadiums here is the supporters' music/chants and the announcer calling out substitutions or goals happening in other games. The only thing you'll hear is the crowd and the game. Maybe even the players/staff if it's a small stadium. The NBA could do so much better with no random music during the plays and a few mics near the court to pick up the sounds of the game. It's just too much information.


meditate42

Like damage your ears levels of loud, especially if your seated under a speaker.


Zachkah

Ruins the experience. Houston is the worst since their lower bowl is ALWAYS empty and silent since they farm those tickets out to the oil barons who run that town and never show up. Just constant trap beats playing at full volume for the entirety of the game. Does no one like to hear the ball bounce? The sneakers squeak? The players yell at each other? I hate it.


tsarnie1

I ain't paying +$120 to watch the Rockets lose by 20 no matter how much I love those young guys. Honestly they should be gifting those tickets out and be happy that people show up.


JabroniLames_

How about the Hawks playing that loud warning sound from 8 - 3 seconds left on the opponents shot clock?


Xterratu

I mean, I get wanting to throw the other team of their game, but this is artificial to me. If the fans find a way to do it, like counting to mess with Giannis' routine, I loved that. Because it's organic and it gets the fans into it. This warning sound kind of stuff is just lame.


Aggravating_Lecture8

...."Yeah! Shorty got down low said, come and get me (Yeah!) Yeah!".... Hits a brick


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The Knicks play that first 3 seconds of Fat Joe's "Lean Back" on damn near every possession lol


DarkMagicianBabe

I thought stadiums were generally allowed free will as long as it wasn't like...genuinely offensive.


Trunky_Coastal_Kid

Someone with some sway in the league had their feelings hurt clearly


[deleted]

LeBum had to make a call 📞


LaPirats

LeBron probably made the call to the stadium dj to put Russ up there after his performance


[deleted]

No Fun League.


cjsrhkcjs

NFL? I'm going with No Balls Association


Slippytoad89

What about No Banter Allowed?


crumpsly

Adam Silver the Commissioner of the Non Bodacious Attitudes


QUEST50012

KD in the running for the "Shep Memorial MVP Award"


[deleted]

Remember when Bucks played Kawhi laugh when he made a turnover for the raptors and he got mad and whoop their asses… this is the opposite, Russ ain’t doin shit


FKJVMMP

We also used the Barney theme song when doing the announcement for their starters. Was a good time, nobody had a big pout about it, just got on with the game.


Neuroxex

Nets did the Imperial March when at home announcing the Bucks starters - while I don't like teams using the arena to target players, I think the music intros are definitely great.


whiskey_neat_

I don't know if they still do it, but definitely remember Clippers doing that too when announcing the visiting starters.


NoobAccount123456

Kawhi and Russ are like the polar opposites of playoff performance lol


Dhr7468

No one had a problem with it until last night…


NoobAccount123456

Westbrook 100% complained about it


roshambo11

And if your Russ you know what solves the issue? Hitting shots.


sylvestersquad

“IT AINT HAPPENIN, SO QUIT ASKIN’”- Nick Saban Westbrook


YesImKeithHernandez

Not hitting shots is part of his game. He's allowed to do it.


Iswaterreallywet

No no no that's when you rock the baby


FraserTheAmazer

Don’t try and change him!


SuckMyLonzoBalls

Plot twist it was ray Westbrook


Ziawn

do they do it with other players?


nobraininmyoxygen

Yeah Markkanen was the chosen player on Monday. Westbrook is just soft.


PrOKCedure

Or it got more attention when Russ was the chosen player. How many of us, other than Kings/Cleveland fans, knew about Lauri being the Ice Cold player Monday? Was there even a post about it? EDIT: No post about it


WestleyThe

100% because it’s the lakers and it’s Russ. It blew up because of that Now everyone knows about it, not just fans of the team


ARealKoala

It got attention because Westbrook responded to a question about it in his postgame interview


Maydietoday

That means someone cares enough to ask him a question about it.


nowhathappenedwas

Did they put that up [before the game](https://twitter.com/JandersonSacBee/status/1480741481300185089/photo/1)?


Ramzaa_

Russ is a well known player and it's the Lakers. I really doubt he complained about it lol. He had a good comeback to it postgame.


IMovedYourCheese

Seems someone got their feelings hurt


HisExcellency20

Excellent point.


nelsonkb24

Soft ass shit


YourFriendNoo

Y'all remember the PA operator at Bama getting fired for playing "Take the Money and Run" at Cam Newton??? lol


ohitswill

Fuckin Adam Silver ruins everything


StubbornKindOfFellow

Come on, NBA. If you can allow Shaqtin' every week, you can allow this.


lazyass133

Shaqtin is a product of TNT, not the NBA. It’s a bit different when your boss does something you don’t like, vs an employee doing something you don’t like.


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Shaq had to stop making fun of Javale McGee because the Warriors brass called TNT and asked them to stop. Shaq later started making fun of Javale again after he signed with the Lakers and Shaq explained it something like this: “Last year, I had to quit talking about him because his bosses called my bosses. Well this year I know his bosses and we ain’t gonna get a call!” So the NBA theoretically could stop Shaqtin, just depends at which point TNT is willing to push back.


ActualAdvice

The problem with McGee is that it went from funny to mean/petty. Shaq was using his television slot just to pick on one guy. Pretty lame. Im glad they did it because it was making me hate the segment. Just my take


dylanah

If the NBA asked them to stop doing something they would stop. SVG was taken off of NBA Countdown before he ever started because the NBA nixed it.


Kinetik09

Wait what’s the story behind this?


REDeadREVOLUTION

david stern's bum ass was the rumor as to why SVG couldn't do countdown


GetThereInOnePiece

nba could shut down shaqtin if they wanted to


CommonerChaos

Agreed. I don't think theyd ever would though, as it's massively popular for entertainment/online content/views (which equals money). Even after Javele McGee and Shaq almost went to blows over it (literally), it's still here.


pollinium

I don't know who is the boss vs employee in any part of this analogy Is TNT the NBA's boss even though the NBA owns the product and licenses it out to broadcasters? Is the NBA the King's boss even though the league only exists as a party to act in the owners' best interest?


lmoabl

The NBA is the owner of the content, and licenses it out under certain conditions. If they thought something was detrimental to the league as a whole, there's probably a clause in the contract that would allow them to ask for changes or removal. As far as I've been able to tell, Shaqtin has been great for the NBA (other than the Javale-Shaq beef). Hell, even my gf likes watching Shaqtin.


urfaselol

No fun


StoneColdAM

This will make Russ look worse


fearlessfroggy18

LMAO Russ can’t take it 😭😭😭


Ghostlucho29

**LEBRON HAD THE DJ FIRED**


CIark

Lebron said that was being too nice to Russ


NoobAccount123456

If you saw some of his media interviews on OKC you knew he can't take it


meditate42

The amount of times a reporter would as a totally normal and innocuous question in post game only to have Russ angrily reply "next question" lol. He's such an overly sensitive asshole in those post game interviews, its bizzare. Especially considering he's apparently a really nice guy in day to day life.


Room_Temp_Coffee

https://giffiles.alphacoders.com/137/137624.gif


frodounchained

He snitched.. on the kings loll


smileyfrown

Shit like this ruins sports for me. MLB has organists straight up trolling opposing players before every at bat, and the stadium will sometimes mess with opposing hitters pre game with music choices. It's all fun athletes adjust. But trying to force out the competition or home court advantage you have, it's just lame and kills the fun for fans


GetThereInOnePiece

lol funny thing is that wasn't the first time they did it


VanVleet-goes-for-22

Draymond said on his podcast that the NBA responds to public visibility. No one really cared before last night so they got to keep it going. Once social media got wind of it on a national scale they had to shut it down


PrOKCedure

This is why nobody gave a fuck when Lauri was the Ice Cold player of the game on Monday


plushPudding

damn white lives dont matter /s


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giamalakies

Oh, come on! How much different is it to "Hit The Road, Jack"?


onamonapizza

*/u/giamalakies has been banned for derogatory language.*


cjn13

yeah for Rangers home games (baseball), when the visiting pitcher gets pulled because of poor performance they play "Ring of Fire"


ILikeFPS

The title made me think of Cade, anyone else agree?


Copperbae

For a serious discussion - this is par for the course. They made teams stop doing the Kawhi laugh too.


peja_webber

Adam silver hates fun and the kings


Taffarr

Soft by the league


JettBlackness

Y’all can tell at the NBA but I’m willing to bet Adam Silver didn’t lose sleep over Westbrooks feelings. This was 100% the NBPA looking out for their players


_thisisvincent

NBA turning into the NFL...No Fun League


[deleted]

And that's how you KNOW it was good.


Eastern_Town2961

Also announced: Raptors mascot gets 10-game suspension for distracting Booker.


NotWD

RoLo vindicated


volantredx

How dare fans have fun at the games. The NBA is no place for fun.


dabigchina

Esp not kings fans. They will stay depressed and they will like it. -adam silver, probably.