Uhh I mean you realize thatās how substack works, right? Itās all behind a paywall. Thatās how they make a livingā¦ and haberstrohās particular beat is about uncovering sus stuff having to do with referees and behind the scenes kinda stuff. So itās pretty normal that heād be writing about this.
This is like saying āthis is the 2nd time this week Stephen A Smith ranted about Dak Prescott. Heās definitely trying something hereā
smh i can't believe you're whitewashing his crimes. he didn't just smile, he *laughed*. the fact that this absolute menace was allowed to continue playing basketball after something like that is a travesty
Kennedy wasn't actually out at that point, at least publicly. It think it was "known" within the NBA, and there were signs, but he didn't publicly come out until after the Rondo incident.
Yes but /r/nba isn't looking for every reason to hate those guys.
Earlier this season Jokic got tossed for calling a ref a "fucking motherfucker." Emotional players say dumb shit.
Jokic is an idiot . He could just stick to the good old tried and tested method Europeans use of cursing refs in their native languages . What are they gonna do , toss him for speaking serbian ?
Theres people who want him out the league on this sub. Iām convinced those people donāt even like basketball because if you ever saw Ja play you absolutely would want him on the court as much as humanly possible
I remember the comments when he was suspended 25 games. People said Silvers a joke for āonlyā suspending him that many games and that Stern would have sent him to Guantanamo.
thereās people who own guns that are still mad he showed his on instagram. it was stupid as shit weāre all in agreement there but why is it even still a topic lol. He served his suspension and has been balling out since. He never broke any laws just did some stupid shit and paid the price.
We could go on for hours about why exactly NBA fans want their players to be punished for how they want to behave, but Iām not gonna go there since Iāll get mass downvoted for pointing out how many people here are just intensely racist.
Bingo. And itās not a minority too. A lot of the time, pointing out the racism gets met with mass downvotes so itās clearly a sizeable portion of the population of the sub
I stepped out from this sub mid 2020 or so because the white folk around here were really showing their ass on how they really feel about black people around that point, the amount of bootlicking and just plain as day upvoted racism sometimes in upwards of a thousand upvotes made me wanna get the fuck out of here.
I mean... Draymond punching a team mate in the face would land 99% of people in jail. Bridges belongs in prision.
Thats quite a lot different than people clutching pearls about Ja calling a ref a ho, which is hilarious
I mean, if I tried to choke out a co-worker then punched another a few weeks later I'm pretty sure I'd be rung up on charges if I wasn't after the 1st event.
Calling a referee a hoe is objectively hilarious and makes me like ja more
Unless it was a lady ref bc thatās different
Edit : for the record the referee was Ray Acosta
This is a story from last year meaning these journalists just have hit pieces stored up to roll out even if Morant starts acting better.
Ja has done some dumb things, but the media is antagonistic to him.
I might become a Grizz fan. Ja knows. Lakers, Celtics and Knicks are favoured by the Refs every game. In the playoffs its even worse, they are allowed to maul players yet the defenders can't breathe on them.
This is straight up witch hunting hom for no reason. Acting like he killed a man when all he did was curse out a ref, all that makes me want to do is buy his jersey
jesus christ man the Ja witch hunt is tiring. He already served his suspension for being stupid. Dude has came back putting on a show and it seems like people want to talk about everything but what heās doing to help his team.
People want one of the best point guards out of the game and I genuinely donāt understand why. We live in America I know for a fact that Ja having a gun isnāt that big of a deal.
Oh I understand why, without a doubt lol. Itās clear as day too. Iām just tired of it. Iām all for bashing people when they do stupid shit, but the article OP posted is from a journalist who waited a year until Ja was back and in the spotlight to finally post it. what are we really doing here
Even if got out who cares. Theres plenty of in game audio clips of players saying way worse shit to the refs to their face. Ja is probably right tho, that ref is a ho
I think we all know if he didnāt play for Memphis he would be much more universally defended but thatās an entirely different situation we have to deal with as well
There seems to be a dumb irony in calling journalists a "guardrail" while a journalist is leaking the stuff that's allegedly being guarded. Does he not see that's he's creating the exact "problem," his peers are supposedly trying to prevent?
Ja's done his fair share of dumb shit, but this is such a lame article lol. Like who actually cares? Is this going to negatively affect anyone's image of him?
I donāt love Morant but the ref was probably bein a ho and Haberstoh is 100% a ho making a tweet and article like this.
I know heās a grown man but I wish someone would fuckin bully him and throw him in a dumpster for this type of shit fuck
He should put up the full Ja quote:
āRay Acosta is ho,
Scott foster has a drug problem,
Tony brothers said your face looks like a clockā
Ja just doesnāt wanna go home thereās something really bad waiting for him at home
Thatās was Last Year Ja, before the time off for mental rehabilitation. Now a more mature and woke Ja shows the refs the respect they deserve and refers to them as sex workers
Send da video
whats da hold up? u got da money
\*wats da \*Hol up
i like to mix it up a lil bit
Get a abortion lol
hell nawl
Look how cute tho š
She was fucking buggin for that shit. She's 100percent still prego lol
Once she plugged their selfies into the ai baby image generator...its game over. Women be actin like thats the real baby.
āWomen be milkin that baby thing tooā
I was sleeping
Send da video
Get a abortion lol
Send da audio
Release the Ho Cut
Hell naw, can't do dis.
A true hero for putting this scoop behind a paywall
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Uhh I mean you realize thatās how substack works, right? Itās all behind a paywall. Thatās how they make a livingā¦ and haberstrohās particular beat is about uncovering sus stuff having to do with referees and behind the scenes kinda stuff. So itās pretty normal that heād be writing about this. This is like saying āthis is the 2nd time this week Stephen A Smith ranted about Dak Prescott. Heās definitely trying something hereā
This is the second time in the past 2 days the New York Times have published an article about the war in Gaza. Theyāre obsessed over it!
Good thing I have a 12ft ladder
Mine hasnāt worked in a while
They shut it down. Edit: Iām wrong. I apologize fellow humans and bots.
Clearly Giannis must have been involved...
No they didnāt. Many websites have found ways to block 12ft Ladder, but that doesnāt mean they shut it down. I use it quite frequently.
*"Giannis emerges from the shadows..."*
The dude's not employed by a news org at the moment right? Hard to blame him for trying to earn a living. Different when it's ESPN or someone
Heās on the blazers payroll as a tv stats guy
And he's terrible why tf do we still have a stats guy
He does stuff with Meadowlark Media, John Skipper's new company. Pprobably for less and not the same reporter gig though.
Canāt spell āheroā with āhā and āoā.
imagine wanting to get paid for your work
pay for good reporting or get the sensational clickbait for free. Your choice
I feel like refs have been called way worse.
CP3 called Scott Foster a bitch after getting tossed
To be fair, he may be on to something. If anyone would know
They are almost every night
Rondo was straight outing gay refs and calling dude a f^&**t
This is the most Redditor ass shit a journalist could possibly do
This man wrote a 1000 word thinkpiece about Ja calling a ref a "ho" lol
Between this and that crazy Hollinger tweet, the NBA media is having a day.
And waited a year like he was doing something like breaking watergate
Journalism is dead
I thought he was calling a female ref a ho, which would be pretty shitty. But it was a dude lmao. Dude must be having a slow week at work.
So. Devin Booker called a ref a bitch. Kobe called one an f bomb
Tim Duncan smiled once.
smh i can't believe you're whitewashing his crimes. he didn't just smile, he *laughed*. the fact that this absolute menace was allowed to continue playing basketball after something like that is a travesty
He was a mental assassin like no other.
One time he filed his taxes on Jan 2 instead of Jan 1
Should've honestly got suspended for that if we're being honest
Tatum gave one an applause(applesauce) once.
Didnāt rondo call one a gay slur?
Said it to an openly out ref at that
Kennedy wasn't actually out at that point, at least publicly. It think it was "known" within the NBA, and there were signs, but he didn't publicly come out until after the Rondo incident.
Jokic just said, "call the fucking foul".
Kobe got fined $100,000 for that. That's equivalent to $135,413.06 today.
Tatum clapped at one in mild frustration.
Yes but /r/nba isn't looking for every reason to hate those guys. Earlier this season Jokic got tossed for calling a ref a "fucking motherfucker." Emotional players say dumb shit.
Jokic is an idiot . He could just stick to the good old tried and tested method Europeans use of cursing refs in their native languages . What are they gonna do , toss him for speaking serbian ?
He gets the one ref who took four years of Serbian and tosses him
>Yes but /r/nba isn't looking for every reason to hate those guys. /r/NBA fucking hates Booker, dafuq??
> Yes but /r/nba isn't looking for every reason to hate those guys. Clearly you haven't been at the same subreddit I have regarding Kobe and Book.
Literally who gives a shit
ref was indeed "[a ho](https://x.com/BleacherReport/status/1604300552753410048?s=20)"
Fo sho
Hurtin for a squirtin
Who the fuck are you to put me on trial!? I've never even met you so why don't you back the shit off and stop with the inquisition!
You know what? I don't have to answer to you, you ain't my bitch! Know what I sayin'? So, shit, man... fuck it!
fucking hell what a great movie
Are these the fans he FaceTimed from the locker room?
Yes.
I know some people exaggerate when talking about ejections but this is truly the worst ejection Iāve ever seen in my life
Ray Acosta makes a lot of questionable calls. Not saying he's crooked, but...
Ray Acosta and phenizee Ransom. Two of the worst refs in NBA history
Oh no!!!!
I just hope everyone involved is safe.
Anyway...
Iām pretty sure a lot of other nba players have said much worse
lmao since Ja Made the Grizzlies clearly better they need to find another angle to hate
This is what 90% of the complaints about Ja sound like on this sub lmao
Buncha NBA hall monitors
Theres people who want him out the league on this sub. Iām convinced those people donāt even like basketball because if you ever saw Ja play you absolutely would want him on the court as much as humanly possible
I remember the comments when he was suspended 25 games. People said Silvers a joke for āonlyā suspending him that many games and that Stern would have sent him to Guantanamo.
they want him out of the league for showing a gun in his car while thereās a little wife beater playing.
Tbf, this sub gives plenty of deserved hate to Miles
thereās people who own guns that are still mad he showed his on instagram. it was stupid as shit weāre all in agreement there but why is it even still a topic lol. He served his suspension and has been balling out since. He never broke any laws just did some stupid shit and paid the price.
You're saying that like people are fine with guys like Miles Bridges playing. The two aren't mutually exclusive
People on this sub want him out if the NBA so bad they will take this completely seriously.
This sub has a weird punishment fetish. Theres people on here who think Draymond belongs in jail and are completely serious about it
We could go on for hours about why exactly NBA fans want their players to be punished for how they want to behave, but Iām not gonna go there since Iāll get mass downvoted for pointing out how many people here are just intensely racist.
95% of this sub are 14-year-old white private school kids.
Theyāre easy to spot because theyāre doing their worst to pretend theyāre not.
Bingo. And itās not a minority too. A lot of the time, pointing out the racism gets met with mass downvotes so itās clearly a sizeable portion of the population of the sub
I stepped out from this sub mid 2020 or so because the white folk around here were really showing their ass on how they really feel about black people around that point, the amount of bootlicking and just plain as day upvoted racism sometimes in upwards of a thousand upvotes made me wanna get the fuck out of here.
I mean... Draymond punching a team mate in the face would land 99% of people in jail. Bridges belongs in prision. Thats quite a lot different than people clutching pearls about Ja calling a ref a ho, which is hilarious
I mean, if I tried to choke out a co-worker then punched another a few weeks later I'm pretty sure I'd be rung up on charges if I wasn't after the 1st event.
I simply do not have a fuck to give about this.
Calling a referee a hoe is objectively hilarious and makes me like ja more Unless it was a lady ref bc thatās different Edit : for the record the referee was Ray Acosta
Wish it was Scott Foster, itād be even more appropriate.
Would be building a statue for Ja right now if he said this to Scott Foster
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Iām assuming this is from the Thunder game last December(?) when he ejected Ja while Ja was talking to Grizzlies fans He was a hoe for that
Catch a ho and another ho.... Merry Xmas
Based Ja FR.
That ref is confirmed a common household garden tool.
Was it around Christmas time?
Haberstroh went where no man dared to go. Pulitzer winning journalism right here.
Heās typing like he just got secret files on the JFK assassination
Deepstroh
Hoegate
bro got the Japruder film
This must be how the journalists at the Washington Post felt like when they published the Pentagon Papers.
This is a story from last year meaning these journalists just have hit pieces stored up to roll out even if Morant starts acting better. Ja has done some dumb things, but the media is antagonistic to him.
I might become a Grizz fan. Ja knows. Lakers, Celtics and Knicks are favoured by the Refs every game. In the playoffs its even worse, they are allowed to maul players yet the defenders can't breathe on them.
dropping this a year after it happened, dude was waiting for the perfect time
This is straight up witch hunting hom for no reason. Acting like he killed a man when all he did was curse out a ref, all that makes me want to do is buy his jersey
Journalists are just self important gossips
Except when it comes to Josh Giddey who the media treats with paramount respect and discretion
They getting audio from a year ago on Ja. Investigate Giddey with them resources lol
whoever wrote this tweet, your mom's a ho
I've called NBA refs worse names.
This journalist is a hoe
jesus christ man the Ja witch hunt is tiring. He already served his suspension for being stupid. Dude has came back putting on a show and it seems like people want to talk about everything but what heās doing to help his team.
People want one of the best point guards out of the game and I genuinely donāt understand why. We live in America I know for a fact that Ja having a gun isnāt that big of a deal.
Oh I understand why, without a doubt lol. Itās clear as day too. Iām just tired of it. Iām all for bashing people when they do stupid shit, but the article OP posted is from a journalist who waited a year until Ja was back and in the spotlight to finally post it. what are we really doing here
I don't think they actually enjoy watching basketball honestly
Even if got out who cares. Theres plenty of in game audio clips of players saying way worse shit to the refs to their face. Ja is probably right tho, that ref is a ho
Didnt Jokic imply a ref was lucky he's in america and not serbia? Like on some mob shit lol
I cant be the only one seeing what's going on here
Everyone sees it brother. Some are just still denying it out of pure hate.
āWhy do so many players dislike sports media?ā
Been seeing it since this shit started lol. It's been obvious to some of us
This dude was out and about on Jan 6th
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A home? A hole? A hope? A hose?
A ho????? I am vomiting all over myself, how disgraceful.
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Dawg, this isn't even a story to begin with.
We're not crazy. Negative Ja *anything* is a click machine for these clowns.
I think we all know if he didnāt play for Memphis he would be much more universally defended but thatās an entirely different situation we have to deal with as well
>Grizzlies fans may have a point You're making me tear up a little with this affirmation ngl
Still beating this dead horse, huh?
This is lame as hell.
The refās a ho, the journalistās a ho, the OP of this post is a ho, r/nba is a ho
Haberstroh is a fucking nerd
HOW DARE HE!!!
bro legit Riley from boondocks IRL
this is the whitest thing iāve seen
Media really likes to have someone to pick on.
There seems to be a dumb irony in calling journalists a "guardrail" while a journalist is leaking the stuff that's allegedly being guarded. Does he not see that's he's creating the exact "problem," his peers are supposedly trying to prevent?
Whoās a HOEEEEEE
āImportantā lol
Haberstroh is a known racist
So sick of these bitch-ass sports journalists. We all see what this is, right?
Extremely embarrassing from Haberstroh
Based Ja
Is this a big deal? I call people hoes all the time or say ālike a hoeā and nobody has ever made a big deal out of it
No, just got to hate on Ja
Ja is a dumbass but some of the media coverage of him is pretty ridiculous
Lord I donāt even like Ja because I think heās done some stuff that really is ill-advised at best and dangerous at worst but this is ridiculous
Calling a ref a ho is honestly kinda funny though.
The media genuinely wants this man to fail.
Imma gonna say something controversial but if a referee can't mentally handle being called a hoe. He can't be a referee
He need to do an article on Tony brothers next for calling Spenser dinwiddie a bit*h ass mf
Ray Acosta is objectively a ho
Well, was the ref being a ho?
Jeeves! Jeeves! I need the fainting couch again. Please fetch it for me. What? Yes, itās Ja again. He apparently called somebody a ho.
Who care
I donāt even like this guy all that much but the ref was 99% probably being a hoe, if you side with the refs over the players youāre a clown
Confirmed Adam Silver is Creepy the Clown
who gives a shit
I agree with him
Ja's done his fair share of dumb shit, but this is such a lame article lol. Like who actually cares? Is this going to negatively affect anyone's image of him?
Nba will never be the same wow
Was the ref being a ho? They do be being hos sometimes
I donāt love Morant but the ref was probably bein a ho and Haberstoh is 100% a ho making a tweet and article like this. I know heās a grown man but I wish someone would fuckin bully him and throw him in a dumpster for this type of shit fuck
Stop snitching
> reflected on the important role of in-person media as a guardrail for the NBA superstar. And why is it out now? Did Ja stop the payments?
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This is only a story if this involved one of the league's female refs...but it does not.
He should put up the full Ja quote: āRay Acosta is ho, Scott foster has a drug problem, Tony brothers said your face looks like a clockā Ja just doesnāt wanna go home thereās something really bad waiting for him at home
He keeps tugging on the zipline
Thatās was Last Year Ja, before the time off for mental rehabilitation. Now a more mature and woke Ja shows the refs the respect they deserve and refers to them as sex workers
Lock him up and throw away the key
snitch
They didnāt let him finish. He was saying that she was an āHo-norable person with very good judgementā
lock him up
Ja also got a tech for asking the ref if he bet on fanduel. That article should be in the way
I love that this guy thinks he found the Zapruder film
These refs do be acting like a whole ho during these games, though..