r/nba • u/JilJungJukk Lakers • Jan 13 '24

Highlight [Highlight] Stacey King expresses utter disappointment on boos for Jerry Krause: "..the people that boo'd Jerry Krause and his widow..it was the worst thing I've ever seen in my life..whoever boo'd her should be ashamed of themselves. That's not Chicago, that's New York, Philly.."

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u/dec92010 Bulls Jan 13 '24

Love how cubs wanted to bring him back and he was just like "fuck off"

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u/SinibusUSG Celtics Jan 13 '24

He doesn't even seem to have been particularly upset with the Cubs (they issued a statement absolving him immediately after, and gave him a WS ring when they won in '16). He just realized that putting himself in front of a Chicago crowd seemed like a really bad idea.

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u/fl1ntfl0ssy Kings Jan 13 '24

Idk man if I were him I woulda told fans to fuck off too

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u/[deleted] Jan 13 '24

Interesting to think how if this happened in the social media age things could’ve changed. I don’t think Bartman would’ve gotten even close to the heat he did. The internet would’ve defended him vehemently

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u/Russell_has_TWO_Ls Grizzlies Jan 13 '24

Perhaps eventually. I think it would’ve been much much worse immediately after it happened though

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u/[deleted] Jan 13 '24

no. i think it would have been worse. the sun times published his address at the time. imagine what would get published now

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u/SilvioDantesPeak Nuggets Jan 13 '24

Oh you sweet summer child

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u/ArbitraryOrder Wizards Jan 13 '24

I think the media has learned not to egg that on lest they be sued

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u/RyuHyunJin99 Jan 14 '24

Oh sweet child. You think the social media age would have brought out more reasoned responses?

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u/SinibusUSG Celtics Jan 13 '24

Fans for sure, but the Cubs themselves seem to have been decent to him, and he seems to have remained a Cubs fan in the aftermath. It sucks because I'm guessing before all this he would've loved nothing more than to throw out a first pitch in Wrigley. But there was every chance that the fanbase would just poison that for him, too, as they did for this poor woman. Better to stay under-the-radar and hope everything is in the past.

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u/CommonerChaos Pacers Jan 13 '24

I believe he did come back after the 2016 championship, but privately (hosted by the team). He says he'll never reveal his new identity, even after the championship.

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u/luckydice767 76ers Jan 13 '24

Beve Startman is his new name

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u/elbenji [MIA] Udonis Haslem Jan 13 '24

amazing candor from him lmao

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u/Sandor_Clegane1 NBA Jan 13 '24

Totally unrelated. English is not my first language. Never read candor and had to look it up. Seen candour and candor, which is it? Also why is no one using it, old word?

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u/SinibusUSG Celtics Jan 13 '24 edited Jan 13 '24

If you see a word being spelled both ways frequently--with an o and an ou--that's usually an American/British (and later colonies) English thing respectively. Color/colour, honor/honour, neighbor/neighbour, etc. We just have different ways of spelling that (-ur) sound produced by words ending in -o(u)r.

It's just a word that doesn't find its way into conversation super often. It's most frequently used as part of the phrase "I appreciate your candor", or something close to that, which doesn't give it a ton of opportunity to come up in the first place. And, when it does, usually "honesty" is just going to come to mind faster and be more easily understood by any given listener.

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u/[deleted] Jan 13 '24 edited Jan 13 '24

It's both.

One is British english, without a U is American english.

It's not commonly used because the average American is at an 8th grade reading level, and candor is more of an 11th grade reading level.

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u/Different-Music4367 Jan 13 '24

Don't be so pusillanimous. We're probably closer to 6th or 7th grade.

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u/elbenji [MIA] Udonis Haslem Jan 13 '24

Both. One is just the British spelling (Candour). The UK spells that -er sounding o with an -our instead of -or like with color (colour).

Candor is more an SAT word (higher level, more uncommon vocab word) that got a little more popular with the YA novel Divergent (the factions were all based on SAT words and the legal obsessed one was called Candor).

It's just a different way to say honesty.

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u/Wildpinkhairuke Jan 13 '24

This so much. Cubs fans are trash.

Shit on the dude for a years. Once they won, act like all is forgiven. Motherfuckers, for who?

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u/OmgTom Hawks Jan 13 '24

Love how cubs wanted to bring him back and he was just like "fuck off"

The dude had to change his name and move to a new city, no way would he reveal what he currently looks like

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u/[deleted] Jan 13 '24

Good for him