On Sunday, Clippers coach Doc Rivers told SI.com that he has addressed the incident with Harrell.

“You just have to be careful,” Rivers said. “They both were talking. I don’t think Luka was saying anything racial, but he was swearing. So they both were doing it. It’s an emotional game. It’s a playground game out there in the playoffs. I said to him, ‘Hey, I don’t think you meant anything racially by it.’ He said 'white boy,' but I don’t think there was anything racial intended. But we are in a very heightened climate and you have to be careful. Trez was the first one to say that. He said, ‘I didn’t mean that racially.’ And I said it doesn’t matter. It’s what’s perceived … make sure you do the right thing.”


Pretty much what Doc said. Don't bring race into it in this climate, it's just not worth it and it's a bad look.

Harrell apologised and I think that will be the end of it. As long as other players see this and learn from it, it should be all that's needed.

Again I would refer to the correct logic and definition of waht racism is

If Luka said Black man, or Black fuck, or Black mother fucker, or whatever. If he is just using that term to identify the person as it being a common distinguishing trait in the moment, then no it is not racist

If there is prejudicial intentions behind the descriptive word then the person says it, then yes that would be classified as racism as there is prejudice towards a race typically the simple implication that the other is inferior.

I do not think they truly mean those prejudicial intentions and I know that calling someone a fact, like a black person black, or a white person, white, is not racist at all.

Either way they are in a very intense competition that is emotionally charged and it is only natural for these moments to happen as Sport and competitiveness induces these kinds of emotions in humans.

Of course I have played Baseball at the Canadians level and it is very intense in these situations you absolutely hate your competition it doesnt matter if they just saved your sister. They are the enemy and I will not stop until death. This is part of championship mamba mentality.




I think its ridiculous to bring this up when Shaq Kenny and Chuck say White boy in passing all the damn time. Why is it an issue now?

I membah like 6 months ago when the football mans were talkin about how 'that white boy can play' and nobody batted an eye. Who gives a shit wahts wrong with calling a white person white lol

This post was edited by Crunkt on Aug 23 2020 03:46pm

Can I get a sparknotes

calling a white guy white isnt racism and doesnt necessarily imply racism. It can be chalked up to simply a descriptive word of his opponent in that moment.

this applies for all people.

This post was edited by Crunkt on Aug 23 2020 03:47pm

Tell the media that, they would have a field day with that.

I agree with what you are trying to say that currently it is not 'fair' in that regard. I understand that...

but if we are going to argue about fairness over one simple description of someone that can easily be avoided... We need to call up all the transgressions against those individuals concerned with other races and start talking about waht is fair. In the grand scheme of things, There is indoctrinated systems against non whites and It is silly to say i should be able to say black people cuz it would only be fair when we have the systems that we do. Absolutely egregious to demand fairness over that simple thing.

Ah so Harrell apologizes and everything is a ok!!

Im sure Luka can just say the same and the simply apologize too...right?

17mins 2pts 1reb

this dude should come play for the 76ers

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You can't use the same descriptor reversed in this situation, therefore it's not equality. If Luka calls Monretzl a bitch ass black boy, he's the headline of sports pages and the NBA comes down on him.


Becuase it's not 6 months ago, the country, and some parts of the world, have changed and the NBA wants to be at the forefront of that. Welcome to 2020 and pc/cancel culture.

6 months ago you could buy syrup with Aunt Jemima's logo or rice with Uncle Ben's logo. It was only 60 years ago that black and white people were still segregated. It has to happen in small forward steps, whether it upsets the status quo or not. The kind of trash talk that you are referring to became prevalent because it was allowed to be, regardless if it's right or wrong.

Go look up the word equality. If it isn't applied the same to all, it all falls down and cooperation with the movement deteriorates. That's the key here in case you haven't been paying attention. Cooperation from all races in this movement is what has made it so impactful compared to times before.

I don't believe Montrezl was trying to be racist, but it did need to be called out. Stamping out people saying things in sports like 'he's good for a white/black player' etc, is a key step in this movement, that's what people seem to want. Personally I don't really care about it, it doesn't register with me, I'm just telling you why people reacted or thought the way they did.

This post was edited by piatek on Aug 23 2020 06:47pm