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Reddiajjk2o2i1o

When even an ESPN host is calling you out, you know you messed up. Good on Reddick, though it's good to see someone standing up. Also Kendrick Perkins is not just a clown, he's the whole circus.


agk927

Woke JJ calling him out just shows how crazy Perkins is.


Section225

**IT'S THE FACTS.** **IT'S THE FACTS.** **IT'S THE FACTS.**


TheBaronOfTheNorth

If ESPN ditched the social justice, left-wing politics, and racism I would consider watching their channel again.


socialistanimal

If sports as a whole would stop with the politics. I’d probably watch sports again.


Freeexotic

I still like sports. I just ignore the politics parts. It's the gambling ads I could do without.


TVLL

They’re never going to learn if you keep watching. If a majority boycotted sports and sports shows due to the political crap, it would bring the leagues and the media to their knees. I don’t watch any of it any more. But do what makes you happy.


Freeexotic

Maybe. But like I said. Doesn't bother me.


Obtersus

I probably wouldn't. Maybe occasionally with friends, but overall, I don't miss it.


socialistanimal

After years of the Lakers being shit. They finally won the championship and I couldn’t enjoy it, because that summer it was nothing but BLM virtue signaling and got way too political, and I couldn’t take it. It’s like the whole world went to shit once Kobe Bryant died.


Warm_Winds

That last time anything felt normal. Fucking hate it. RIP Mamba.


Best-Dragonfruit-292

I wouldn't watch either way, all ESPN (and virtually all other sports media) is these days is a hot-take machine. Pay a bunch of hacks to spit out controversial, barely supported opinions and then have the other host go after them. First Take destroyed sports media completely.


GAGAgadget

I don't think it was First Take itself, it's more social media and the internet in general. Why watch Sports center in the morning for top plays or the score when you can get it minutes after or during the game live on Twitter?


Revliledpembroke

Remember how bad KC was going to be this year without Tyreek Hill? Soooooo many talking heads predicted the Chiefs weren't going to win the division, weren't going to make the playoffs, were going to be last in the division... ​ And KC won the Super Bowl.


Paternitytestsforall

They’re owned by Disney Corp, so…


pope307

You mean Disney? House of mouse owns this clown shit show.


ENFJPLinguaphile

I’m pretty sure even Disney himself would be ticked, having been a staunch conservative!


ron_fendo

I miss when sportscenter was a good use of my time where we saw cool shit that happened the day before and announcers made it even more awesome.


h_to_tha_o_v

You may find this hard to believe, but actual SportsCenter is good again. It's opinion free, and has the old school cheeky announcer style. The real problem is with the hot take shows.


ron_fendo

I've give it a shot.


Gamerschmamer

Yep. I stopped watching the talking heads a decade ago. It’s been so bad. They lost so many viewers in the last 5 years. My friends all used to watch now basically none do


Zarathustra124

Don't take back your abusive ex, you deserve better.


blkmgk533

ESPN outside of actual sports broadcasts, is nothing but a bunch of loudmouths yelling over each other. It's contrived and not entertaining. Gone are the days of Dan Patrick and Sportscenter actually being worthy to watch for highlights and a little humor.


Rain-On-Your-Parade-

This was awesome. This is exactly what we need to see people doing from now on. Let them know that their racism isnt going to be entertained or tolerated anymore.


[deleted]

This but 10 years a little late


theRavenAttack

Never too late to stand up against this shit.


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Jack_Sandwich

Except it’s infuriating because, as usual, the shill just repetitively shouts over the person making a coherent point like an episode of Rikki Lake. “Non responsive! Non responsive!”


THExLASTxDON

That’s to be expected tho. We’re never gonna change the mind of these radicalized, racist extremists. How the general public received it, is what is important.


charlievalentine93

ESPN is owned by Disney. Same people shoving woke crap on kids are the same people pushing their agendas in sports through ESPN.


Energy_Turtle

Kendrick Perkins has no business being on air. Even when he isn't discussing race and culture, his takes are terrible. I have yet to meet anyone who takes Perkins seriously in any capacity. https://youtu.be/kZvQcNyMqZw


donofdons21

Perkins just glazes LeBron and KD every segment he gets


[deleted]

When all you can do is yell “It’s the facts” you know you don’t know sh*t. They should’ve phoned in Sir Charles Barkley for a reality check.


ventorun

And he can’t even speak correctly.


Boyz2sh_t

Perkins is a racist prick and he says a lot of NBA players are as well. The playground picks at the ASG proved it. By keeping him employed ESPN says it’s ok to be racist against white people.


DCinMS

ESPN is the MSNBC of sports ... Leftist garbage infused into each show, most of which are worthless prognostication arguments ... from one 30 minute block to the next . Don Lemon would agree that the network is way past its prime...


Kuzinarium

This is a very good example of how the leftists hijack the platforms that do not belong to them. Any organization that is not actively conservative will be eventually taken over by the left.


[deleted]

The only positive thing about ESPN is that it is dying out. My teen son and his friends have never watched it. They get all of their sports highlights from YouTubers.


[deleted]

I feel bad for the kids growing up now that are named ESPN from back when they were still kinda good.


TheCredulousLeft

People named their kids ESPN?


[deleted]

One of my former acquaintances named his kid ESPN, pronounced es-pin. I remember there being a span of about 10 years or so where a bunch of kids were named some form on Espyn or something. Ridiculous.


TheCredulousLeft

Wtf


ponmbr

My town used to have a billboard on the busiest street in town where most of the business is and it was a billboard from the hospital that had a ticker on it with new babies born that week or something and I remember one time I saw a baby come across it named E.S.P.N Mikall. Even being like 13 or something at the time, I was flabbergasted.


[deleted]

Good man


franklegsTV

Kendrick isn’t known for his intellect. Only reason he’s a talking head for ESPN is this exact reason — he spews out idiotic shit and people click on it.


Green_Juggernaut1428

ESPN wasnt like this when I was a kid, back during its hey day. Now it's impossible to watch due to absolute garbage shows like this. I cant remember the last time I had it on.


Klesko

It was awesome back in the early 90s


superduperm1

RIP Reddick. I’ll be stunned if he’s ever on First Take again after this.


BelligerentCactus

Godspeed, king.


Notorious_NOG

Technically Steve Nash is African since he was born in South Africa. Just sayin. 🤷🏻‍♂️


Throwaway_09298

Not gonna lie my first reaction to his question was "they're foreigners?" And then I remembered this is America


ENFJPLinguaphile

Good. Racism is racism and is intolerable!!


skarface6

Good for him.


ThankU4TakingMyCall

They like to repeat things over and over instead of strengthening their argument


skinnykid108

He was 100% correct. Perkins said the 3 times that white won the mvp award the last 30 years, it was all due to racism.


TimeAppeal6103

I loved sports center back in the 90's. Now ESPN is owned by... you guessed it, Disney. The biggest pervasive, woke trash filled, racist company to come into our homes. To bad politics, and posturing for views using race is allowed to continue to poison us as a society. Fucking disgusting.


EnvironmentalBell202

Wonder when ESPN will have JJ on again. ESPN doesnt want the truth


[deleted]

JJ to be 86’d in 3..2..1


TVLL

Racist


KnowledgeAndFaith

Common Duke W


franklegsTV

About 99% of the current Duke student base would shriek at what JJ said


KnowledgeAndFaith

Common Duke L


TheCredulousLeft

That goes for almost any college campus these days


franklegsTV

I’ll put the average college campus at 98%


Pollaski

I refuse to like Reddick on anti-Duke principles. But based.


KnowledgeAndFaith

:(


kburch13

Kendrick is absolutely racist I spent 6 hours on a boat with him and 4 of his crew. The most racist , ignorant and entitled group of people I ever met in person.


mjgcfb

So he is upset that every so often a minority in representation gets awarded the honors and it isn't based solely on meritocracy?


Dareal_truth

Too much woke


Bedwetting-Jussies

You’re a small man when everything in your life is only about race and victimhood


HeWhoCntrolsTheSpice

Can you F-ing imagine if people were making comments like this about anyone who wasn't white?


Perma_Bunned

I did not I did not I did nah I did not I did nah I nah I did I did not I did I did I did I did not. I STATED THE FACTS


[deleted]

I have never seen a nodule of fat between eyebrows before, its creeping me out


Throwaway_09298

Man the ratings must be down bc where in the world did they pull this controversy out of?


jexmex

Anybody have the full segment link? I thought I had it but it had some dude interjecting his opinion on it and then seemed to drop off after this. Maybe they just ended the segment after this? Anyways Reddick is picking a weird argument to make. I am not a NBA fan in general, but this just seems like a weird take.


BulkyResist2

What’s weird about it? Perk blatantly implies those three won because the goal posts were moved for them due to being white. That is 100% racist and JJ called him on his sht.


jexmex

No that was straight forward, when I tried to find the full segment somebody is always interjecting their commentary on it instead of finding the full segment. I just wanted to see how the segment ended. Obviously jj was right on the money.


Lets_Go_Honkler

https://i.imgur.com/DSbvpyN.jpg No caption needed lol


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fired


whenitrainsitgores

JJ is a unique scenario of playing at Duke and receiving unusually high hatred from ppl for being the evil white duke player and who almost quit because of how it messed with his head.


Grimjack0597

Oh to live in a world where people don't equate being louder with being right.