JJ Redick ticks off a whole country

[CameronBornAndBred]

Eeeek, what were you thinking, JJ?!

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nba/jj-redick-sparks-outrage-after-using-racial-slur-in-chinese-new-year-video/ar-BBJhUAG?li=BBmkt5R&ocid=spartandhp

[LasVegas]

JJ says he got tongue tied

https://mobile.twitter.com/jjredick/status/965277620823822336

[bbosbbos]

Very sad.

[CameronBornAndBred]

JJ says he got tongue tied

https://mobile.twitter.com/jjredick/status/965277620823822336

Comments are offering up a lot of agreement. (Wish I could watch the video, but not able to now.) It would seem to be way out of character.

[Troublemaker]

The youtube video is here (primed to where JJ says it): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2ZSdq5B9gs&t=18s

[Bluedog]

The thing that's odd is this was an official NBA video that was reviewed and edited by many people before released. It's not like it was a live interview. So, I'd expect none of those people thought he used the word. Somebody certainly should have said let's do a retake though. Don't leave mumbled words or being tongue tied up to interpretation.

[kmspeaks]

The thing that's odd is this was an official NBA video that was reviewed and edited by many people before released. It's not like it was a live interview. So, I'd expect none of those people thought he used the word. Somebody certainly should have said let's do a retake though. Don't leave mumbled words or being tongue tied up to interpretation.

The sentence doesn't even make sense...."NBA [inappropriate word] fans of China". Just seems odd.

[LasVegas]

The sentence doesn't even make sense..."NBA [inappropriate word] fans of China". Just seems odd.

And I don’t understand why it’s a video of a guy watching the video. Did an original version even air?

[BlueDevilBrowns]

The sentence doesn't even make sense..."NBA [inappropriate word] fans of China". Just seems odd.

Yup. Which makes JJ’s explanation of being tongue-tied seem logical.

And as others have mentioned, this was an official NBA video, not a conversation caught on tape.

JJ is not an idiot. Why would he say that on a video he knew would be broadcast to China?

Clearly this is a misunderstanding.

[Troublemaker]

Right, at worst, it was a Freudian slip. There's no way he intentionally said it.

[budwom]

The thing that's odd is this was an official NBA video that was reviewed and edited by many people before released. It's not like it was a live interview. So, I'd expect none of those people thought he used the word. Somebody certainly should have said let's do a retake though. Don't leave mumbled words or being tongue tied up to interpretation.

link from the original post said it is NOT an official NBA video

[OZZIE4DUKE]

I certainly hope that the sound was "photo-shopped" to make it sound like that, and that JJ didn't actually say it. It was probably done by a meraland fan... http://crazietalk.net/ourhouse/images/smilies/devil9f.gif

If JJ did say it, shame on him. Apologize and learn from it.

[MartyClark]

I certainly hope that the sound was "photo-shopped" to make it sound like that, and that JJ didn't actually say it. It was probably done by a meraland fan... http://crazietalk.net/ourhouse/images/smilies/devil9f.gif

If JJ did say it, shame on him. Apologize and learn from it.

Puzzling, JJ is a bright, well spoken guy.

[Henderson]

That didn't sound like someone who was tongue-tied. Sounds like someone so used to using the slur hanging out, he forgot not to in public. Ooops.

[WakeDevil]

I am offended by the fact the NBA does business in China, but that is a subject for another place.

[Dukehky]

That didn't sound like someone who was tongue-tied. Sounds like someone so used to using the slur hanging out, he forgot not to in public. Ooops.

You serious? He's one of the most progressive dudes in the entire NBA. Listen to 5 seconds of his podcast. Even if he's just faking it and he actually hates 1/5 of the planet, he's not dumb enough to say it in front of a camera, let alone a camera that is clearly intended to be broadcast to China.

JJ has given me no reason whatsoever to not believe him. I have on my dark blue shaded glasses in a lot of scenarios, but the circumstances around this situation, as well as JJ's track record over his 15 year career as an adult have me firmly planted in his camp right now.

[Wander]

But, what does he think of NBA dinosaur fans?

[Dukehky]

You serious? He's one of the most progressive dudes in the entire NBA. Listen to 5 seconds of his podcast. Even if he's just faking it and he actually hates 1/5 of the planet, he's not dumb enough to say it in front of a camera, let alone a camera that is clearly intended to be broadcast to China.

JJ has given me no reason whatsoever to not believe him. I have on my dark blue shaded glasses in a lot of scenarios, but the circumstances around this situation, as well as JJ's track record over his 15 year career as an adult have me firmly planted in his camp right now.

I will also say that the argument that it is so normal to him that it slipped out doesn't really fit reality either. NBA players, JJ included swear all the time. They drop the F-Bomb consistently throughout every game, yet after games or during interviews going into half-time, somehow, they are able to not swear in on-camera interviews. I highly doubt that he says that slur more than he says the F-word to allow it be able to slip out.

My posting history has, I think, indicated that I am pretty socially progressive in every area, and if I believed this to be a genuine racially motivated remark, I'd be horrified and all over it, but I don't, so I'm not.

[Troublemaker]

But, what does he think of NBA dinosaur fans?

A different Asian country is unhappy with that.

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-WTciZAi-vck/VO3hSaY_oBI/AAAAAAAAyhY/skjHwLL5QOg/s1600/godzilla-vs-mothra-1964.jpg

[Troublemaker]

JJ Redick@JJRedick (https://mobile.twitter.com/JJRedick)·15m
(https://mobile.twitter.com/JJRedick/status/965443290324664320)Please read. Thank you.


https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DWXxi0iVAAIby8P?format=jpg

[SilkyJ]

That didn't sound like someone who was tongue-tied. Sounds like someone so used to using the slur hanging out, he forgot not to in public. Ooops.

I hope you're joking. He wasn't randomly in public -- he was being video taped. You don't "forget" in that moment. It was a freudian slip--shame on you for thinking otherwise

[DukeFanSince1990]

Sounds like he said "chank"

Definition of chank
plural -s
: any of a family (Xancidae) of tropical heavy-shelled pear-shaped gastropod mollusks; especially : a species of the Indian Ocean (Turbinella pyrum synonym Xancus pyrum) commonly appearing in Hindu religious pictures and writings


¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[left_hook_lacey]

Sounds like he said "chank"

Definition of chank
plural -s
: any of a family (Xancidae) of tropical heavy-shelled pear-shaped gastropod mollusks; especially : a species of the Indian Ocean (Turbinella pyrum synonym Xancus pyrum) commonly appearing in Hindu religious pictures and writings


¯\_(ツ)_/¯

We'll need Devilwin to chime in here to confirm this species.

[Troublemaker]

I will also say that the argument that it is so normal to him that it slipped out doesn't really fit reality either. NBA players, JJ included swear all the time. They drop the F-Bomb consistently throughout every game, yet after games or during interviews going into half-time, somehow, they are able to not swear in on-camera interviews. I highly doubt that he says that slur more than he says the F-word to allow it be able to slip out.

My posting history has, I think, indicated that I am pretty socially progressive in every area, and if I believed this to be a genuine racially motivated remark, I'd be horrified and all over it, but I don't, so I'm not.

While I appreciate and agree with your defense of JJ based on his track record, let me just say you are waaay too comfortable stating what's in bold. Even though the bolded sentence is true, you do realize that it's against the rules of this board to post PPB material, right? And thus you should NOT have such a posting history, haha, and be so nonchalant about stating that you have such a posting history.

Look, I tried to get you guys a PPB board a few weeks ago with a post I made on Off-Topic. (I wouldn't have participated on the thing myself, but I am generous of heart and requested it for the benefit of you guys to have your PPB discussions.) THAT right then was the time and opportunity to offer vociferous support for a PPB board (although, in the end, I'm not sure the mods would've agreed anyway.) The decision went the other way, and we are left with the status quo, which I adore. The status quo is no PPB posts, please. Ever. Please!

I will light you up like a Christmas tree with down sporks if you post PPB material.

[BlueTeuf]

Very unfortunate; JJ has offered a useful follow-up - and now must await the muting power of Father Time. Opinions will be influenced by what people want to think as much as anything - sort of like Gerald and Tyler or Lance and bling.

[PackMan97]

Not only a whole country, but the country with the most people in the world!


I will light you up like a Christmas tree with down sporks if you post PPB material.

I've always want to be lit like a Christmas tree and I'd take you up on that offer...but I know the mods won't let me be around long enough to enjoy the spectacle! So, I'll pass.