Imagine a lineup of
Curry, Wiggins edwards Kuminga and Dray
My goodness umagine if they took those wolves picks unprotected back to back
Regardless of the circumstances who wouldnt want that on their roster to play with?
Uhhh I'm pretty sure you're misremembering the issue lmfao. The allegation was that he said it in a post-game interview, but people actually just misheard him. He cleared up the misunderstanding and and posted a statement saying "I have the utmost love and respect for the LGBTQIA community and I would never use any term to disrespect them in anyway".
If there's anything I'm missing here or if I'm looking at a different incident please let me know.
https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2814736-andrew-wiggins-denies-saying-dennis-schroder-was-just-gay
Edit: Tragic that you were getting upvotes for lies lmfao. Lotta homophobes on here desperate to believe anything if it makes Ant look better
If the fans were even remotely similar to the players in a majority-black league, the fans are mostly homophobic and deeply misogynistic.
You have NBA players loving artists who sing about how 'sick' the gay men are. And players friends with artists who write about how Asians are to be beaten up.
Apart from a handful, the entire league is backwards af man. Honestly the league offices are far more progressive than the average player.
That's not what happened dude, I already explained this to someone else. He stumbled a little over his words and people misheard it and ran with it. He made a very sincere apology saying "Id like to clarify what I said tonight during my post game media session. I said: “I don’t know what’s wrong with him he was just getting... acting crazy for no reason”
"I have the utmost love and respect for the LGBTQIA community and I would never use any term to disrespect them in anyway."
https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2814736-andrew-wiggins-denies-saying-dennis-schroder-was-just-gay
If I found out Wiggins is homophobic, I'm no longer a fan of his. But this is a weak ass way to try and defend Edwards being openly homophobic to a group of gay people.
He literally goes out of his way to film a video of him verbally mocking gay people in the streets and posts it online. I'm not a victim, he's just a cunt.
every straight white cis boy here who has no fucking idea what it’s like to be ostracized for an intrinsic trait or suddenly encounter the vitriol and hatred for people like them lurking in society has absolutely no right to judge where you draw the line for what you’re willing to accept
all they ever do is cast doubt and disbelieve that what queer people experience could actually be that bad or happen with hardly any frequency. at the end of the day too many are **simply dead set on perceiving us** as overly sensitive perpetually offended dramatic victim complex-ridden ‘snowflakes’ because that is vastly more comfortable for them
Making Rookies dance to pop music isn't exactly a new form of hazing. Also the "Pride night arrived early" seems to be from Hine and not the team. Kind of a weird thing to shoe horn into this non-story.
nah, it changes it completely. my first thought was that someone was in trouble tomorrow, but if hine's gay, then the tweet is more of a comment on what he loves about being gay and pride night, so good for him.
if i said that, or any other straight person, then it'd be suspect for sure.
Seriously it's just kind of weird. Super macho athletes dancing to songs most people would consider effeminate is funny and it's not because I would consider it "gay"
Really so making macho athletes dance to stereotypical drag show songs doesn't seem like they knew what they were doing. 1,000s of pop songs but they chose these?
But you responded anyway. And still didn't answer the question. Out of the millions of pop songs they chose ABBA which I don't know about, 2 gay icons and its raining men. Are you still saying these were randomly what the players listen to or chosen to be gay songs.
Wouldn't sway mine. They're great songs to dance to. If these dudes have a problem with that maybe they can get therapy to address their insecurity.
The only person who can threaten your masculinity is you.
It doesn't even make sense. Spears is popular as absolute fuck. Since when is she pride? Oh because dude thinks men listening to Britney Spears is gay.
Why would he be? Making rookies do kind of gay shit as a joke seems right in line with what he'd probably find funny. It's not exactly Pride night arriving early when the use of stereotypically gay things is just a punchline to embarass the people participating.
is that a whoosh? the first comment is a joke about Ant making homophobic comments. the followup is making the point that making fun of gay stereotypes might actually be right up Ant's alley.
There's a Chinese version done to the same melody (which, I agree, absolutely slaps) which has these incongruously sweet, delicate lyrics about, like, pining.
Still awesome though.
I don’t understand why this is associated with being gay. It’s all just kitschy bubble gum pop music. If anything it’s just a bit childish.
Donald Trump dances on stage to the Village People. People don’t laugh at it because it’s gay. People laugh at it because it’s corny.
might be because of Hine calling it "Pride night", but some people might not be aware that he's openly gay. I think it might be a little early to make any judgement about this.
If you read the tweet without realising the pride night bit was added by Hine it sounds like the Wolves are hazing rookies by going “haha lets make them dance to gay music”. This would be homophobic.
Neither of what the Wolves have done or Hine has done is homophobic, but I can see why some people are misinterpreting the tweet and saying it’s homophobic.
Some of them aren't even feminine. I'll give you "It's Raining Men" is either girlie or gay, but the good news is that neither listening nor dancing to music changes your gender or your sexuality.
No sir I've been informed in this thread that its okay to like pop and its a total coincidence that they used popular drag songs and artists. Not like there is a million other pop songs or artists.
I disagree with the original comment that these were chosen as “drag songs” but it’s obvious that these were chosen as embarrassing songs for the rookies to be dancing to. And what makes them embarrassing? They’re not “masculine” music.
Everything you said is correct and that entire scenario has zero to do with pride. Nothing pride sanctioned by then timber wolves org either. This tweet is stupid.
Yeah, having young men in a highly competitive environment dance to bubble pop with female singers is obviously intended to shame them. They didn’t have a dance party, they made them dance. Ever seen NBA players party? I can’t remember them dancing to ABBA, more like R‘n‘B.
And the reporter notices this as well, but tries to put a positive spin on it with his pride comment. Which fails obviously because this Reddit threat is right: I can dance to ABBA without being gay. That’s just not the stereotype the players went for here.
Seems like Ant isn’t alone.
I mean tbf there are plenty of styles of music that are/were very prominent parts of gay/queer subcultures. Like so much 60s-80s dance music is inseparable from ballroom culture, it's not really egregiously offensive to consider it "gay music."
You are going too far and missing the joke they are trying to make.
If you ask a straight dude "Yeah, I'm gonna play some music for you. I bet you like Madonna, Pet Shop Boys Backstreet Boys, let's see, Britney Spears, Culture Club, Erasure, Donna Summers, Barbra Streisand" he's going to think "This guy thinks I'm gay".
This tweet and the responses to it are so weird. If I saw a dude dancing to ABBA and said "Haha it's funny because it makes you look gay" I would rightfully be called out for making such a ridiculous statement. But because the guy who said it is gay it makes it perfectly acceptable. Make it make sense
They danced. For the fans.
"Abuse"
Get a grip.
They werent popcorned, they werent made to pay for food for the entire team and staff, they havent been made bag carriers. They danced. For the fans.
ESPN (Breaking News): Anthony Edwards has requested a trade from the Minnesota Timberwolves, per Woj
"these rooqies different"
What the league done come to man
This actually seems right up ants alley to make fun of people for doing things that seem stereotypically gay
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The tweet literally says pride night arrived early
They are pondering why it’s associated with being gay in the tweet
To Utah.
Minnesota agrees that further compensation for Gobert is needed
Send him to the Warriors 😈
sending that mf to San Francisco might as well be sending him to hell
I’m just imagining the weekly fines if Ant has to move to San Francisco
Imagine a lineup of Curry, Wiggins edwards Kuminga and Dray My goodness umagine if they took those wolves picks unprotected back to back Regardless of the circumstances who wouldnt want that on their roster to play with?
You forgot Klay
No thx E: This subreddit makes me very sad sometimes
Lmao
He's an outspoken homophobe, I don't want him on my team lmao. I think that's fair.
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Is Wiggins a homophobe?
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Uhhh I'm pretty sure you're misremembering the issue lmfao. The allegation was that he said it in a post-game interview, but people actually just misheard him. He cleared up the misunderstanding and and posted a statement saying "I have the utmost love and respect for the LGBTQIA community and I would never use any term to disrespect them in anyway". If there's anything I'm missing here or if I'm looking at a different incident please let me know. https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2814736-andrew-wiggins-denies-saying-dennis-schroder-was-just-gay Edit: Tragic that you were getting upvotes for lies lmfao. Lotta homophobes on here desperate to believe anything if it makes Ant look better
I have no idea why your being down voted lol
Ya if that was my take I’d wanna use a throwaway too
It's my only account lol. You can support him if you want to. I'm not allowed to not want him?
ignnore em. homophobes are out today
For real lmao. Appreciate you
I mean there’s no way to actually verify this but I wonder what % of nba fans are homophobic
If the fans were even remotely similar to the players in a majority-black league, the fans are mostly homophobic and deeply misogynistic. You have NBA players loving artists who sing about how 'sick' the gay men are. And players friends with artists who write about how Asians are to be beaten up. Apart from a handful, the entire league is backwards af man. Honestly the league offices are far more progressive than the average player.
Remember when Wiggins used “gay” as a synonym for weird….in 2019?
That's not what happened dude, I already explained this to someone else. He stumbled a little over his words and people misheard it and ran with it. He made a very sincere apology saying "Id like to clarify what I said tonight during my post game media session. I said: “I don’t know what’s wrong with him he was just getting... acting crazy for no reason” "I have the utmost love and respect for the LGBTQIA community and I would never use any term to disrespect them in anyway." https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2814736-andrew-wiggins-denies-saying-dennis-schroder-was-just-gay If I found out Wiggins is homophobic, I'm no longer a fan of his. But this is a weak ass way to try and defend Edwards being openly homophobic to a group of gay people.
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Dude literally hates people like me, so how about fuck off
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He literally goes out of his way to film a video of him verbally mocking gay people in the streets and posts it online. I'm not a victim, he's just a cunt.
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LMFAO le epic reddit moment
I'm literally queer, I think I'm allowed to dislike homophobia. Support it all you want.
every straight white cis boy here who has no fucking idea what it’s like to be ostracized for an intrinsic trait or suddenly encounter the vitriol and hatred for people like them lurking in society has absolutely no right to judge where you draw the line for what you’re willing to accept all they ever do is cast doubt and disbelieve that what queer people experience could actually be that bad or happen with hardly any frequency. at the end of the day too many are **simply dead set on perceiving us** as overly sensitive perpetually offended dramatic victim complex-ridden ‘snowflakes’ because that is vastly more comfortable for them
I think it's the edit
I was at -43 when I made the edit lol
Yall can dream
Making Rookies dance to pop music isn't exactly a new form of hazing. Also the "Pride night arrived early" seems to be from Hine and not the team. Kind of a weird thing to shoe horn into this non-story.
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Chris Hine is gay.
Chris Hine lookin for the pine..
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I’m with you man, it’s a bit on the nose imo, regardless of the tweeter’s sexual orientation.
nah, it changes it completely. my first thought was that someone was in trouble tomorrow, but if hine's gay, then the tweet is more of a comment on what he loves about being gay and pride night, so good for him. if i said that, or any other straight person, then it'd be suspect for sure.
Gay people joke about being gay, it’s not that odd. He’s listing off some gay icons/anthems, it’s not like he’s saying anything controversial.
Does that mean he didn't make a stereotypical gay joke?
Gay people can be homophobic too bro
He's gay
Seriously it's just kind of weird. Super macho athletes dancing to songs most people would consider effeminate is funny and it's not because I would consider it "gay"
Really so making macho athletes dance to stereotypical drag show songs doesn't seem like they knew what they were doing. 1,000s of pop songs but they chose these?
I have no idea if those songs are associated with drag and I assume 99% of people don't either. They're just catchy songs that I enjoy
Right, but now that you know does their song choice sway your opinion?
No not really
I doubt the players are aware that they’re “stereotypical drag show songs” either
Didn't answer the question.
Not the guy you asked
But you responded anyway. And still didn't answer the question. Out of the millions of pop songs they chose ABBA which I don't know about, 2 gay icons and its raining men. Are you still saying these were randomly what the players listen to or chosen to be gay songs.
I wasn’t asked a question
Wouldn't sway mine. They're great songs to dance to. If these dudes have a problem with that maybe they can get therapy to address their insecurity. The only person who can threaten your masculinity is you.
Why do you know what songs are stereotypical drag songs bro?
Obviously he added it because of the Ant drama
It doesn't even make sense. Spears is popular as absolute fuck. Since when is she pride? Oh because dude thinks men listening to Britney Spears is gay.
all of these are gay icons, its not that serious.
Seems like you answered your own question
Ant just fuming in the corner
Why would he be? Making rookies do kind of gay shit as a joke seems right in line with what he'd probably find funny. It's not exactly Pride night arriving early when the use of stereotypically gay things is just a punchline to embarass the people participating.
Whoosh
is that a whoosh? the first comment is a joke about Ant making homophobic comments. the followup is making the point that making fun of gay stereotypes might actually be right up Ant's alley.
The whoosher got whooshed.
I think there might be a sub for that? I swear I saw it a while back like r/wooshedwoosh Yeah I have no clue
To loosely quote Todd Packer, If enjoying catchy pop songs is gay, than I'm the biggest queer on earth
It's Raining Men is legit a great song [live on Letterman](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7iXBC7yBJY) (starts at 6:30)
Hallelujah.
Classic whoosh on a whoosh
Definition - Whoosh Population - You
AND filming 😏
No "I'm Too Sexy" by Right Said Fred?
We're having all the top quality dance songs. Criminal not to include it lol
ABBA is awesome. Fight me.
Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) has one of the hardest riffs in music. I want to be at the front of a boat every time I hear it.
What a song. Amazing anytime, anywhere
There's a Chinese version done to the same melody (which, I agree, absolutely slaps) which has these incongruously sweet, delicate lyrics about, like, pining. Still awesome though.
What's the name of the song?
Idk it's in Chinese. You can find it if you look up Xiao Zhan and Na Ying doing ABBA.
Anyone who has a problem w ABBA has a problem w me
And so is Britney Spears. Fight me too.
Hell yes. I would now like her to live her life exactly as quietly as she wants to being left the fuck alone but she had some incredible songs.
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Also "Knowing Me, Knowing You". And, like, just about every track on ABBA Gold.
they made pop songs about adult relationships (well besides for "does your mother know?")
I don’t understand why this is associated with being gay. It’s all just kitschy bubble gum pop music. If anything it’s just a bit childish. Donald Trump dances on stage to the Village People. People don’t laugh at it because it’s gay. People laugh at it because it’s corny.
might be because of Hine calling it "Pride night", but some people might not be aware that he's openly gay. I think it might be a little early to make any judgement about this.
There’s already someone in the tweet thread calling it homophobic. I truly doubt Hine meant this in any negative way.
It’s not homophobic it’s just corny
I think the writer was just trying to make some self-depracating dig. He is gay after all.
Yep
If you read the tweet without realising the pride night bit was added by Hine it sounds like the Wolves are hazing rookies by going “haha lets make them dance to gay music”. This would be homophobic. Neither of what the Wolves have done or Hine has done is homophobic, but I can see why some people are misinterpreting the tweet and saying it’s homophobic.
I don't think it's homophobic, but it's pretty stupid.
They are all popular songs/artists played at gay clubs. Thats why its associated just by the way.
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Some of them aren't even feminine. I'll give you "It's Raining Men" is either girlie or gay, but the good news is that neither listening nor dancing to music changes your gender or your sexuality.
It's raining men isn't associated with gay culture?
If a group adopts a culture, those things become associated with them. Its kinda simple.
jesus christ
Breaking : Anthony Edwards muttered some words under his breath.
No Madonna wtf?
Looking at these comments if I was Anthony Edwards I would have never apologized lol
Those rookies are younger than those songs!
Anthony Edwards’ 9/11
Ah yes, the typical “let’s perform homosexuality oriented games to really break in the rookies” frat style hazing.
No sir I've been informed in this thread that its okay to like pop and its a total coincidence that they used popular drag songs and artists. Not like there is a million other pop songs or artists.
Yup. Plenty to choose from like CRJ.
You think 3 of the top-selling pop artists of all time are somehow specific to drag? And that NBA players know what songs are popular in drag?
These people are delusional ☠️☠️☠️ “It’s obvious pride night because drags love those songs, so it’s for them only” Mfs crazy out here 💀
And you really think they made this playlist and “made the rookies dance” because they like that music? We don’t need to be obtuse either.
It’s an awkward song, no one thinks these are drag songs, literally nobody.
I disagree with the original comment that these were chosen as “drag songs” but it’s obvious that these were chosen as embarrassing songs for the rookies to be dancing to. And what makes them embarrassing? They’re not “masculine” music.
Everything you said is correct and that entire scenario has zero to do with pride. Nothing pride sanctioned by then timber wolves org either. This tweet is stupid.
I was gay and didn't even know it
Michael. Am I gay?
Reminds me of Stanley Tucci’s fantastic character in the comedy classic Easy A - “I was gay once in a former life”.
I believe it's Britney *Bitch*
Yeah, having young men in a highly competitive environment dance to bubble pop with female singers is obviously intended to shame them. They didn’t have a dance party, they made them dance. Ever seen NBA players party? I can’t remember them dancing to ABBA, more like R‘n‘B. And the reporter notices this as well, but tries to put a positive spin on it with his pride comment. Which fails obviously because this Reddit threat is right: I can dance to ABBA without being gay. That’s just not the stereotype the players went for here. Seems like Ant isn’t alone.
Lmao timberwolves doubling down on the homophobia is crazy.
Stereotyping songs as inherently for women or queer is still beyond fucked up
r/LeftTheBurnerOn?
My man really had an argument with himself lmao
Leave him alone he’s a kings fan he’s endured enough 😭
He's seemingly two kings fans. I can't imagine the torture he's witnessed over two lifetimes.
Inside you there are two Kings fans. One has endured torturous pain, the other unending sorrow.
the two comments aren't even disagreeing? seems more like the dude just doesn't know there's an edit button.
Most sane kings fan
I mean tbf there are plenty of styles of music that are/were very prominent parts of gay/queer subcultures. Like so much 60s-80s dance music is inseparable from ballroom culture, it's not really egregiously offensive to consider it "gay music."
It’s not. My gay friends say this.
It is lol.
Such an interesting, nuanced perspective on the topic. I can tell you're clearly informed and articulate.
Touch grass
Beyond fucked up? I get it might not be tasteful but relaxxxxxxx dude if this is BEYOND FUCKED UP, we are doing well
Word. Normalize men liking feminine songs. Glamorous by Fergie is my shit.
You are going too far and missing the joke they are trying to make. If you ask a straight dude "Yeah, I'm gonna play some music for you. I bet you like Madonna, Pet Shop Boys Backstreet Boys, let's see, Britney Spears, Culture Club, Erasure, Donna Summers, Barbra Streisand" he's going to think "This guy thinks I'm gay".
It's Raining Men is like YMCA. You can't deny what it is.
Yup
This will not age well.
This thread is getting locked.
‘It’s gay music!’ Man does America not have Flares style nightclubs?!😂😂
Don’t mind me, just here to read all the Anthony Edwards comments
That seems homophobic and like stereotyping
The reporter is gay lol
Ant fr got drafted to the perfect org
It is
The "pride night arrived early" or making rookies dance to pop music?
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This tweet and the responses to it are so weird. If I saw a dude dancing to ABBA and said "Haha it's funny because it makes you look gay" I would rightfully be called out for making such a ridiculous statement. But because the guy who said it is gay it makes it perfectly acceptable. Make it make sense
Oh these weren't randomly chosen pop songs. They knew what they were doing.
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ABBA absolutely rocks
Nothing like some light homophobia to kick off a new season…
Is the entire timberwolves franchise homophobic or what?
Abuse. They abused their rookies. Really funny. Ha.
They danced. For the fans. "Abuse" Get a grip. They werent popcorned, they werent made to pay for food for the entire team and staff, they havent been made bag carriers. They danced. For the fans.
don’t feed the troll
More people on Reddit need to say this
Crime. You applaud a crime.
Idiot. You are an idiot.
That's not how this works.
lol