This is a man who went to prison for some shit he didn’t even do in his prime rookie years then got out and is still in the goat conversation to this day.
How the fuck is he gonna make his team better by going to practice?
Seriously. How?
I assume the coach is already telling the players to “play better” so that’s not it. I don’t think he’s coaching either the old heads or the new guys, so… how?
Nah he real af for that. I don’t care what salary he had at the time it wasn’t his responsibility to make the team better any more than his play at game time showed.
yeah, and his team had just been eliminated from playoff contention like right before this interview. AI had stuff going on, and that's why he was talking about 'practice.'
I mean, practice isn't just, or even primarily, meant to improve the individual player. It's there to help the team play better together, which is pretty necessary for winning. It's why many international teams can legitimately challenge teams of US superstars - not because they have better players, but because for whatever reason, they gel together better as a team.
But all that's kind of irrelevant, as AI isn't really saying he's too good for practice there, but questioning why all the reporters were asking about was practice, which was a perfectly valid thing to do on his part, since the press were obviously more focused on building a narrative around Iverson's difficult relationship with Larry Brown than they were on actually covering basketball.
You got played by a stranger on the internet who leveraged your personal beliefs and knew you wouldn't fact-check them. Welcome to 2026 on the internet, baby!!!!
I mean it's pretty clearly not a sincere question and is instead trying to insinuate that racism is the reason she's having to cover her hair. Which is fair enough considering the original post literally says she was told to cover her hair, plus the history of black people being shamed for their natural hair.
But she was hiding her hair intentionally as part of her outfit reveal. Not because she'd been told to (well technically she had been by her team). And there's not a chance you could get her to comply to that.
You must have some kind of brain fever to read that post and your take away is they were simply asking about it and not making a statement the way they worded it.
Yeah, it's crazy to have the personal belief that the autonomy of POC is important and should be protected because many people and institutions continue to believe they have the right to police what POC can wear and do with their hair in the name of being neat
She was told to cover them by her team so she could surprise people with her hair at a match. So yes she was told that but not for the reason everyone is insinuating.
Exactly this. The US Open does not have restrictive dress code rules. Alcaraz was out there playing in a 1970's style tank top with his nipples damn near showing.
The interview is on YouTube so I watched it and she said "Vanessa" said to hide her braids. Upon a quick Google, Vanessa is her PR/manager lady, and they wanted to do a hair style reveal with the full outfit. So didn't want to show her hair until then.
And videos depicting sensational things happening should be required to be dated in the title if the things recorded are over like a year old. People always do that soft misinfo bit of “Title that looks like recent news/phenomenon” and gets massively upvoted but you gotta check the comments for the context it was years ago.
It might be an honest mistake. She did answer the question at the press conference by saying "I had to hide my braids", which could be easily misinterpreted! It was only later where she clarified that she was hiding them for a big reveal during the match.
Although, now that this post has gone viral on Reddit, it might be nice if u/Zulumus or the mods could edit in a clarification.
She outta switch it out every day too. Next time, she outta wear the most platinum blonde cabbage patch kid hairline lacefront straight out of party city
I looked into this and the story is that she hid her braids so the Allen Iverson tribute wouldn’t leak while she was practicing on court. There is no malicious compliance going on; she’s just expressing herself.
This shit is endemic on all the front page subs, although at least the readers here did a much better job questioning it and calling out the bullshit than the idiots on SipsTea do.
People going to work and stressing out then coming home and searching for things to be stressed out about as a hobby in their free time is something I'll never understand... You must just live in a constant state of tension
She did not have to do so because of tournament rules. It was her team and her own decision to hide them under a big reveal later. It was her decision.
She did not have to do so because of tournament rules. It was her team and her own decision to hide them under a big reveal later. It was her decision.
She was never told to hide her braids. She wore the durag to hide them before her "big reveal." It was a tribute to basketball fashion (specifically Allen Iverson. All hail The Answer!) and the original idea came from her sponsor, Nike.
She did not have to do so because of tournament rules. There are no rules against Braids. It was her team and her own decision to hide them under a big reveal later. It was her decision.
She did not have to do so because of tournament rules. It was her team and her own decision to hide them under a big reveal later. It was her decision.
She did not have to do so because of tournament rules. It was her team and her own decision to hide them under a big reveal later. It was her decision.
She did not have to do so because of tournament rules. There are no rules against Braids. It was her team and her own decision to hide them under a big reveal later. It was her decision.
She did not have to do so because of tournament rules. It was her team and her own decision to hide them under a big reveal later. It was her decision.
She did not have to do so because of tournament rules. It was her team and her own decision to hide them under a big reveal later. It was her decision.
She did not have to do so because of tournament rules. There are no rules against Braids. It was her team and her own decision to hide them under a big reveal later. It was her decision.
She did not have to do so because of tournament rules. There are no rules against Braids. It was her team and her own decision to hide them under a big reveal later. It was her decision.
She did not have to do so because of tournament rules. There are no rules against Braids. It was her team and her own decision to hide them under a big reveal later. It was her decision.
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u/Fullturbo 8h ago
Thought the mic was a soul patch