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6 years ago today (h/t @Ballislife)

“Sometimes parents come up to me and they be like ‘Yo my son play just like you’… and I think to myself like ‘your son is ass’.” - Draymond Green (Via @UnguardedPod, h/t @TheHoopsAlerts)

My homeboy sent me this clip and made the argument that this is why he only supports women’s sports to a certain extent. The part about A’ja Wilson having a statue 🤔. I’m not even a South Carolina fan like that, but her statue is well deserved. Her résumé speaks for itself. But she completely lost me when she claimed that @plies is only a fan of South Carolina women’s basketball to groom girls and get them pregnant smh. What makes ppl think it’s cool to throw out dangerous accusations like that with zero proof? The only “proof” she mentioned is that he’s a rapper, saying, “that’s what rappers do.” And that’s not proof of criminal sick behavior. When you accuse someone of grooming, especially involving young women, college athletes, and students, you’re attaching one of the most serious and damaging labels a person can carry. Throwing something like that around casually is reckless as hell. It crosses the line from opinion into defamation territory. I’m not sayin situations like that never happen, but placing that kind of accusation on someone with zero proof is reckless and damaging, and it pushes men away from supporting women’s sports. And it’s harmful asf beyond just one person. Statements like that push this narrative that men can’t support women’s sports without some twisted or weird motive. That dangerous, twisted way of thinking makes men hesitant to publicly show support out of fear of bein labeled predators or told it’s some weird agenda. A lot of us support women’s basketball bc we have daughters who play sports, bc we genuinely respect the talent, the competitiveness, and the culture. It’s really that simple. You can critique fandom. You can question behavior. But accusing someone of grooming and trying to impregnate young women, students, and young women athletes with zero evidence is irresponsible, reckless, and dangerous as hell. That kind of bs does more damage than ppl realize. We can debate sports. We can critique programs. But once we start makin accusations like that with no proof and turning basic fandom into something sinister, that’s when it becomes irresponsible. Men can support women’s sports bc we respect the talent and the greatness. It doesn’t have to be twisted into something ugly.

The new franchise will be a hub to focus on the top matchups in the WNBA and NWSL 🔥 (via @Variety)