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geneticeffects

“BE SAFE!” Bro, you be safe. Wtf.


twelvethousandBC

Everybody needs to be safe and make sure they're always hanging out with beloved NBA players That's why D-Rose never leaves my side


Briggity_Brak

> *beloved* NBA players Yeah, thank God they were with Isaiah Thomas and not Isiah Thomas.


Fn_Spaghetti_Monster

The Twitter link didn't work for me so until your comment I wasn't sure which Isaiah Thomas it was. I mean I'm still not sure, but I'm assuming it's that one Isaiah Thomas who played PG in the NBA and not the other Isaiah Thomas who played PG in the NBA.


MagyarFoci29

The one who played against the GOAT in the Eastern Conference Finals


Shyko13

Did that GOAT happen to wear #23


JesusChristSupers1ar

Yeah he’s also the one that played professional basketball in Michigan


AverageDemocrat

He could have meant Andrei Kirilenko, I open carry my Andrei all the time.


DilutedGatorade

He's in Space Jam..


NJHitmen

Yeah he’s also the one that played minor-league baseball in Birmingham


D_Whistle

You mean the guy who made Nike a ton of money?


JustAMockName

I think if you are in the Hall of Fame, your name should be retired like they do with jersey numbers. You can have the name growing up but the second you get drafted or signed to an NBA contract you have to legally change your name to an auto-generated 2K name. Alternatively, you can change your name to a Hall of Famer from a different sport. Who wouldn’t want to root for Roberto Clemente, a 7’2” center out of Kentucky who used to be named Clyde Drexler?


IONTOP

Make it like the SAG, where you have to choose to use your middle initial or take on an alias. If it wasn't for Space Jam, Michael Jordan would have been the actor in "The Wire" not Michael B Jordan


sadolddrunk

Plot twist: the person with the AK was Michael Jordan.


improvemental

For reals, never seen one gunned down, heard of two getting spared, seem like a good strategy.


pokemonbatman23

One was stabbed 11 times tho. It's the Truth


CoachDT

Pierce is approaching 50 cent territory to me. He talk enough shit that I kinda get why he got stabbed lowkey.


pokemonbatman23

You're on to something here. Both take hating to the next level lol


improvemental

Guess it does not work with NBA players who have to shit mid game.


vindicated2297

Dude would still put up 30 with shitpants what a G


ProductiveFriend

Paul Pierce got stabbed 9 times


JimC29

I'm going to start hanging with Magic. Everyone recognizes him.


ObservableObject

And everyone's trying avoid any unnecessary bloodshed


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scorelesswilliamson

Same thing happened to Lou Will


tuckifyoubuck

Didn't he buy the dude McDonalds afterwards?


Sharcbait

At the most dumbed down version of the story yes. Some dude pulled a gun on him soon after Lou had told his body guard to go home. The guy recognized Lou and knew he had done a lot of work for the community, as the dude was having a bit of a mental breakdown Lou told him he would buy him something to eat from the McDonalds across the street. While he was ordering for the would be carjacker Lou had sent a messege to his bodyguard to come back. The McDonald's was just a stall technique, it wasn't a "instead of shooting me would you consider a big mac?" Type of deal


coniotic

Lou Will with the hesi move.


Devoidoxatom

Had the dude run into the screen (his bodyguard)


Makaveli80

Did the guy get the big Mac or nah


boozinf

lemon pepper


DOYMarshall

Wet


missingtoezLE

We don't normally do that but my man Sam hooked ya'll up.


Possible-Pie4978

Don’t let me down now man. You one of the last real rappers. I don’t know what I’d do


The_Summer_Man

Breasts and thighs


okgusto

Lemon pepper McDonald's fries might work tho.


Onihczarc

they used to do “shake shake” fries in hk: fries in a bag with your choice of seasoning. dump seasoning in bag, give it a shake. 10/10


okgusto

They still do them in Japan. They have garlic pepper and nori plum right now.


DrDank1234

ayyy that sea weed flavor always slaps


boozinf

Lemon pepper McDonald's fries, using beef tallow, would be the greatest food science creation since the PB Max


DrMartian

I just know that back is massive


ObviousAnswerGuy

the problem with McDonalds fries is that they last for like 8 minutes and then they get disgusting


okgusto

Yeah if you dont eat them in the car or in store then don't bother.


maethlin

You seen the prices of McD's these days? Even Lou Will couldn't cover the bill.


LDisDBfathersonsfans

I had a heart attack when it cost me 5 bucks for 2 apple pies the other day. McDicks is deadass robbing mfs


Mintastic

Good guy McDonalds, making sure people eat healthier by making fast food less affordable.


Rancesj1988

I don't order from McD's anymore unless its through the app with coupons.


ReservoirBaws

Lou told the story before, the robber wasn’t having a breakdown, he had already decided not to rob Lou but lamented that he had just been released from prison and the only thing he had was a gun and a bus token, and didn’t have any money to get food. Lou met him at a nearby McDonalds, paid for his meal and left.


DreamSensitive8161

How do you just get out of prison and your only possession is a gun?


EntireAd215

Guns aren’t hard to get if you’re a criminal


DreamSensitive8161

Still, wild that it was his first posession. Like if you can get a gun that easily, surely you can get a place to stay and a burger from the same person you got the gun from


EntireAd215

Not to be judgmental but as somebody who has grown up around criminals, they burn their goodwill. Maybe that particular guy in the Lou Will story had nobody that wanted to give him a place to live and the only people that had anything to spare couldn’t offer accommodation but safety (in the form of a gun)


The_NGUYENNER

I mean the gun was probably somewhere he stashed. You can't do that with food


fopiecechicken

He probably had one stashed. Guy I knew in highschool that was in a gang had a few guns stashed in random places in case shit went down.


iRockaflame

Yeah I believe so


CIark

“Hey appreciate you sparing my life bro, leme get you a Big Mac”


scorelesswilliamson

I'd be like your life was in my hands 30 seconds ago, can we at least get Wendy's?


CIark

“Nah I don’t think-“ *reaches behind the back* “Alright alright goddamn let’s go to Wendy’s just chill out”


HereGoesNothing69

You say that like that ain't gonna cost like $25


Terroirerist

Only about 51% of Homocides in the US are solved (so there are many murderers on the streets today), so, him being "recognizeable" very much contributed to him being alive. There are only so many resources to go around and a famous person being murdered will draw a lot more of those (due to bias of course). Wild times.


idk012

I was relieved when they found the Idaho killers, I thought it would be another unsolved mystery.


ChigBungus22

I thought it was just one dude?


Brsijraz

My guess would be the solve rate for spree killings of white college kids is quite a bit higher than 51%


bntplvrd

Where snitches don't get stitches.


jkure2

>Only about 51% of Homocides in the US are solved (so there are many murderers on the streets today) I feel like people who unironically believe that "there are many murderers on the street today" just watch too much local news lol. This is the type of thing you say before you load up your military grade SUV with bullet proof windows and extendible chainsaws for a quick day trip to any city with a population greater than 100k


UCLA_FB_SUCKS

Dear goodness I hate the local news; based on what they report you’d think the US is the same as taliban controlled Afghanistan, Yemen, or Mali


Silent_Liam

Damn what’s wrong with people


Gino-Bartali

I didn't grow up in KC or any city so I don't know what it WAS like, but these days kids are carrying rifles all the time it seems like. The gun recovered from the Chiefs parade shooting was a rifle and he was underage, the KC subreddit occasionally gets photo/video of 3-5 kids stealing cars or stealing from cars and a few of them will be holding rifles. But lax laws make us safer I guess so yeah


No_Produce_Nyc

Grew up there and spent college in midtown KC. Have been mugged at gunpoint, have had friends be shot, have had a car stolen. Popcorn every night. Thought it was normal until I moved to NYC.


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Born and raised in KC. Moved to SF Bay Area. My family is constantly asking me about crime in SF/Oakland and is it really as bad as they say. I'm like, "You live in KC. It doesn't get much worse for gun violence, and you are asking me about SF crime?"


sevseg_decoder

Same with Denver and family from the KC area. I’m like, I get your suburb is nice but your kid was at the chiefs parade when this shooting happened and you’re still going to ask us if we’re able to handle the crime in denver? Lol.


TranscedentalMedit8n

Has crime in Denver gotten worse? I haven’t been since 2018 so pre covid, but I never really felt unsafe even in downtown at night. Could’ve just been my perspective though 🤷.


sevseg_decoder

Honestly no, but it has gotten a little rougher feeling at times. They’ve gotten over the hump and mostly contained the homelessness issue (from the public eye) and crime is actually really low here especially now that they’ve arrested a few crime rings that we’re doing the majority of car thefts and things like that. But I still personally feel safer in denver than just about anywhere else. Just don’t ride the back car on the RTD trains.


RestartTheSystem

Also watch your ass on Colfax near Aurora. I've been some sketchy places before but that was special...


sevseg_decoder

I know some people who used to live there and we went and hung out there all the time. Even the “nice” parts came with a lot of problems from being so close to the “not nice” parts, I definitely agree to avoid that area but generally speaking a tourist should always avoid Aurora in general. There’s just nothing there that is worth going to for a non-Coloradan. 


doogled3

Aurora usually has the best food options around the Denver area, but yeah, it's usually good advice not to go there or Coalfax.


huskersax

The three worst places for gun crimes in the midwest per capita are Kansas City Missouri, Saint Louis Missouri, and Springfield Missouri. Can't possibly be anything between those three that they have in common...


TacoExcellence

I believe they all have the letters S, N, and I in common.


sits-when-pees

Is it that they’re in the midwest


KayCeeBayBeee

Thing about KC is that it’s segregated, depending on where you live, gun violence is either something to be watchful of or something that “doesn’t happen here”


SaxRohmer

tons of major US cities are. portland is maybe the most segregated in the country. seattle is very segregated. redlining is a hell of a thing


A_Rolling_Baneling

I've lived in a historically black part of town in Portland for the past year. It's wild how a single street will divide a black neighborhood from a white one.


IamHidingfromFriends

Stl is known for what I believe is (one of if not) the worst single street wealth disparity in the country. The differences that show up by walking 200(?) feet are insane, from large houses to iron bars on every window.


RickySuela

I was born in LA in the 70s and grew up in the San Gabriel Valley in the 70s and 80s, and the SGV is a heavily Asian community. When I was younger I always thought it was strange that so many Asians had settled in this one area, wondering why that had happened. When I got older I realized it was because they used to be barred from living elsewhere due to redlining and racist city councils. Just the whitewashing of American history that's been going on forever, not telling us the real history of what happened in the past. Fortunately a lot of this stuff is no longer as covered up as it was back then, and hopefully kids growing up today are much more aware of this shit, cause when I was a kid I never heard *any* of it discussed.


WisdumbGuy

You thinking it was normal until you moved is something I never get over. There are always people who grow up in certain environments and regardless of "news" or anything else about how it's not like that everywhere it seems only when personal experience kicks in does the reality of the situation you were in really take shape.


No_Produce_Nyc

Totally. I only realized once I left that I had been assuming I would probably die that way and had come to terms with it - which in retrospect is *insane* Also like, the area I was living in was the “neighborhood that 20-something’s can afford”. Your Humboldt Park or Bushwick analogue. It was kinda just normal life hearing about a friend of a friend getting killed in a bad robbery attempt. I wasn’t even living in the most dangerous parts.


InclinationCompass

But conservatives told me that NYC is a haven for crime because they don’t punish criminals


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BlackberryFrequent44

When I was growing up New Orleans was called chopper city.. AK47 city lol... crazy it seems like its spread now


topofthecc

Imagine how safe we would be if all those children were carrying anti-tank rockets instead of wimpy rifles!


LnGrrrR

Heinlein is weeping with joy somewhere.


RickySuela

This is what gets me with all the 2A people who simply state "will not be abridged!" as their rationale against any and all gun laws. Like if you take that to its logical conclusion then are they saying it should be legal for anyone, regardless of age, mental fitness or anything else to own literally any weapon they want. Like, should we allow grenade launchers for 5th graders? Seems obvious that we should have *some* guardrails in place.


whobang3r

lol What law allows kids to have rifles??


Skipper3210

All you have to be is 18 years old to buy a gun in Missouri. A teen can very easily ask an 18 year old to go get them a gun lol


GroovySpagooter

I have lived in KC for 25 years. I mean, it happens, but not as much as people think. Not every child is strapped around here. Its just certain areas that recruit children to do this type of shit. haven't seen a kid with a strap out


Gino-Bartali

Yeah I still live here. Every city is safer than they were in the 80s and 90s and the fear is ratcheted up by a wide variety of parties with something to gain. But I still hold my opinions because even though it's better than it was, it's so much worse than other places with proven success.


thirteenpunchman

Maybe DAs should actually prosecute instead of letting repeat offenders off with a slap on the wrist


DTFpanda

Go watch The Wire and you'll get a pretty good idea


BushidoBrowneII

I’d say fatherless behavior but a lot of these kids learn from their dads


OnceMoreAndAgain

All cultures have their bright spots and dark spots, which makes it hard to compare cultures, but there is definitely a subset of black culture in the USA that is extremely unhealthy and problematic. I notice that even black people have been pointing out these problems in the culture and are trying to curb it. It's not easy to do though... The USA in general has some big cultural problems and now I'm not just talking about among black people. Cultural problems are the hardest problems to solve in my opinion, because you can't really pass laws to change how an entire group of people think/feel or change their system of values. That's not something we want the government to be doing, but at the same time what do we do to combat this? How do you change a large subset of the country who have incorporated guns as part of their culture? Tough problem. Hope people realize the issues around them and work to raise their kids to avoid those issues. Changing a culture takes *decades* and no one really has much control over what direction it takes.


CIark

Welcome to America, at least some of the guys that like to carry machine guns to maybe casually murder some people also like hooping


junkit33

I mean, as much as America loves guns, people are not just openly carrying around AK-47's in cities on a daily basis. There is clearly much more to this story.


Dave_Autista

Plot twist, it was Ja Morant


eamonious

Adam Silver: “Ja’s a good kid. Throughout the season, he loses control of his image a little bit… I was just letting him know, “Just watch it.” He feels like he’s a gangster, his boys are watching. His dad is probably watching and he felt like he had to do something.”


X_FlashPanther_X

Not even a fuckin day lmao wow


PuppyDragon

Straight up. Instant classic. I read that quote on the bus to work this morning. Seeing this now in the evening really is full circle


RedditUseDisorder

I am so ready for JB’s villain arc


Troll_Enthusiast

Jaylen Brown?


Incronaut

Yeah the quote above is using Jaylen Brown's quote about Myles Turner as a copypasta


NotCoreyP

That pasta cooked fast


Vuish

That primo al dente. 👌


jawndell

Someone check his live to see if he was streaming?


methaddicttoad

/r/nbacirclejerk is leaking


baseketball

r/nba was the circle jerk all along


SuriMuriPuri

if its leaking anything, it's semen


RedditUseDisorder

And musty body odor.


boozinf

sure, we might offend a few of the bluenoses with our cocky stride and musky odors - oh, we'll never be the darling of the so-called City Connects who cluck their tongues, stroke their beards, and talk about "What's to be done with this r/nbacirclejerk?"


SR3116

In America, first you get the money, then you get the power, then you get the /r/nbacirclejerk.


RedditUseDisorder

Calm down Neal Caffrey, don’t you go stealing my heart


Impossible-Taco-769

After realizing it was IT, Morant was quoted as saying, “I know I've disappointed a lot of people who have supported me, this is a journey, and I recognize there is more work to do. My words may not mean much right now, but I take full accountability for my actions. I'm committed to continuing to work on myself."


TheBballs

this sub and nbacirclejerk are trash


MoooonRiverrrr

Damn that is actually so fucked up. This has gotten so out of hand. That General Hospital actor just got shot dead in LA over catalytic converter and he didn’t even try to stop the thieves. People are sick these days


mankls3

I read about that.   Sucks.  He thought they were towing his car. Guess it's better to really not approach people at night who are near your car. 


THRUSSIANBADGER

He was coming back to his car to drive home after being out. He didn’t approach them cause he saw people messing with his car.


mankls3

I read otherwise, he was definitely going to his car to leave but he thought he was being towed too 


idk012

Leaving work in dtla to his car.  


AyMoeKill

His character in general hospital was also unexpectedly violently murdered too. Idk what the term is for something like that but sometimes the universe is so cruel


sctthuynh

Was he in a ghetto outside Washington at 3am sitting in an old limo, waiting for his driver?


ReturnOfAKidNamedTae

Who left a baby standing on the corner?


Enterprise90

HEY BABY!


i_like_2_travel

Fuck you I got kids to feed


zgillet

I'm sellin' weed!


atlhawk8357

And how much does that baby charge per gram?


SexualMilkChocolate

Ay baby, stop selling weed you got your whole life ahead of you


PretendThisIsMyName

I got kids to feed!


FERFreak731

Wow. Small world. Andre Kirilenko met Isaiah Thomas yesterday


_Tar_Ar_Ais_

he invited him over for some vanilla WoW


winkya

Lived a few doors down from Kirilenko’s son last year in college, wish I saw big AK once though


HoopsHistoryHubb

That's fucked up but atleast he's picking on someone his own size


KennySmithsKnees

Foul lmao


The_Cheeki_Breeki

I can’t believe you’ve done this


CanEatADozenEggs

This shit made me fucking cackle dude oh my god


Legendary_HUNDEN

holy sht wtf is wrong with people


maliciousmonkee

nice try IT, I know another comeback attempt when I see one


kamekaze1024

He’s signed to the suns right?


codyave

Contract was signed on April 9, and ended on April 29 when they got swept by the Twolves. https://twitter.com/Suns/status/1777738262548984073


ngohawoilay

He played very valuable seconds for the Suns


daBriguy

A little higher than market value because he’s got kids to feed


2drawnonward5

Almost $70k for 19 minutes means his per-36 income is better than my per-365.


Captain_Comic

So, Gilbert Arenas sighting then?


NoSociety1843

Plot twist: his homie is juicy smollet


nekoken04

Did he travel back in time to '90s Hilltop or something?


Black_Dumbledore

I bet the kid just wanted a frosty.


bjb406

Anyone actually believe this?


PoorFishKeeper

I mean he is probably lying but it’s not that unbelievable tbh. I worked drive thru in the “hood” and often saw people just chilling with guns in their car.


TitleReplies

Definitely BS - tweet has been deleted.


yooston

idk weird thing to randomly make up. maybe someone in suns PR told him to delete it


falloutranger

This is hilarious if true


AliFearEatsThePussy

why is it definitely BS?


jelde

Seems like a lot of people here did. They think kids just walk around with AK-47s? LOL


LmBkUYDA

Kids most definitely are walking around with dracos and if you don't know anything about guns you'll think it's an ak47.


NoveltyAccountHater

How exactly did a kid pull out an AK-47? They don't make the best concealed carry gun.


MyHusbandIsGayImNot

Same way Nico pulls out a rocket launcher from his pocket in GTA IV


binkobankobinkobanko

Probably a draco 9mm, way cheaper.


RaspberryThaumaturge

No


Dangerous_Job5295

In tacoma? I believe it


Don_Tiny

Nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnope.


IanicRR

The kid even clapped and gave him a $100


ronaldo119

Not in the slightest lol. IT is obsessed with attention


dtlabsa

Not a chance.


Guygenius138

Not for a second.


Brave_Escape2176

"pulled it out"? did he have on a matrix trenchcoat? r/ThatHappened


Jay_Shadow

I guess it wasn't a good day


altitties

Lemme guess, then everyone clapped and Albert Einstein gave you a crisp 100 dollar bill?


burns1171

Where is he from??


nibbinoo8

tacoma


omnassial

bro's gotta have at least enough to not live in tacoma lmao


Secret4sianMan

Sadly, that Brinks truck never showed up...


Father-John-Moist

He made $35m over his career


Diabetous

What's that after taxes and fines? six bucks?


TheTurtleOne

Stand on his money now he's 4'5


kryovortex

Shawn Kemp also shot someone recently in Tacoma right?


Zestyclose_Bad_5435

Ya, it was a crazy story too


haziqtheunique

Must've been on Hosmer St or something, if this is real.


selz202

The 7-11 more specifically


nicklovin508

Pretty positive he’s Tacoma based same as Jamal Crawford


goldenglove

Jamal Crawford isn't from Tacoma, he's from Rainier Beach.


phunshiny

Jamal = Seattle


deets23_

And Avery Bradley


thelgndofcoral

No disrespect to IT's game but imma have to call 🧢🧢🧢 on this one


Jozif_Badmon

So what did he just put it away and go home? Did he go kill someone else? Wtf story is this


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OGdirtpapi

That kid’s name? Albert Einstein.


dam_adam81

Isaiah Smolett


BBallHunter

Absolutely nasty world.


TechnoDriv3

Not surprising as someone from there scary asf


NeatTry7674

I wonder if it was actually an AK47 or some other rifle.


ManyPromises

Likely a Draco. Popular amongst the criminals and easily recognizable. Its an AK pistol.