Jokic on OKC fans booing Russell Westbrook: “That’s their problem. I really don’t know what to say”
He got a standing ovation when he first checked in. It’s a playoff series. As far as I know, they were just booing him, not saying anything out of line or anything like that.
I think some of the egregious behavior by fans that’s completely out of line has swung the pendulum too far the other way for some people. Booing the opposing team is completely acceptable.
I love him, then for 48 minutes I hate that man. Then I love him again.
Hey, this is no place for nuance
So you love him in overtime periods
His opponents always love him in the clutch
U bum
Same
He also got a tech foul and was pretty chippy with OKC from the minute he got in.
I was at game one and I was sitting. Everyone around me got on their feet but it’s never made sense to me. I love Russ but I ain’t giving no fucking nugget a standing o. I’ll give him one when he gets his statue here.
He got a standing ovation when he first checked in, it’s still nothing but love for Russ but we’re competitors right now.
what do they want us to do suck his dick?
Little bit extreme there lol
That was a reference to Rondo talking about Anthony Davis when they were on the Pels together.
Nope, he was sincerely askjng
Some might even say suggesting
It’s officially at the point where people on this subreddit don’t get that reference huh
Fuck I’m old
Couldn’t hoit
Well.. if you’re offering then it’s only fair… 👉 👈
Cause I’ll do it!
Bro what…
Yes. Tongue the balls, work the shaft, swallow the grrraavy.
Send da video
I think that’s what Jokic is getting at lmao. I don’t even think he means problem in a bad way. He’s just like “yeah idk? that’s their business” dude couldn’t give less fucks 😂
I mean do nothing why are yall booing him
Cuz they’re sports fans?
They not booing anyone else
Is this a backhanded way of saying the rest of the Nugs deserved to be booed too
No he’s saying they are a bunch of nobodies
that does not explain the slander russ has received from okc fans. dude poured his life and soul into that org for a decade when no one else did and now there’s okc “fans” labeling him as a bum and a dirty player.
Oh my god he was like the biggest contract in the league at one point, he gets love. If he got boos it’s because it’s the nba fucking playoffs. Catch me in a mood I would boo Ricky Rubio
I would boo Jesus christ himself during the second coming if he was trying to dunk on Gobert
I mean you just basically said what I said
I can’t speak for every single OKC fan, but Russ is by far the fan bases most beloved thunder player now and always after his MVP season. Russ has gotten a standing ovation literally every game he’s visited OKC, including the first game of this series. IDC about blog bois on reddit burners opinion, Russ is King of the Prairie unless SGA wins a title here, then it’s dual crown.
Truth is an absolute defense to claims of slander
I’m sayin’ the same thing. Man gave his whole life to that club. The boos are out of line imo. Even if he’s the opponent, why invest that energy to boo the guy. Just be neutral maybe? Seen this stuff all the time in sports when a great player comes back to play against their old team. If the player was good and good to them, fans stay neutral and dont boo. This is just a bad look from those fans
We booed a particular play lol. It’s not that serious.
Jokic don’t give a fuck about any of that lmao he doesn’t even care when he gets booed you think he cares about Russ hearing boos where he played 7 long ass years ago
My god it’s been…. 7….years….
A little over 6 years
7 years ago??? My God
He can still stand up for his teammate and say he supports him. Thats a Kawhi like response there.
What’s there to support? He got booed. Not insulted or assaulted.
I hate comparing European sports to USA but it’s insane to me every time these discussions come up. Getting booed is nothing. Especially after getting ovations in game 1.
Don’t clutch your pearls to tight.
Too
Damn that’s harsh
he should stand up for his teammates more. I don’t like what I’ve seen from Jokic these past couple days
first he was yelling and being mean to his teammates in a huddle. now he shows zero concern for his teammate being bullied
I thought Jokic was a classy, compassionate type of leader like Tim Duncan. instead, he’s shown he’s mean and demonstrative like Kobe/Jordan
New pasta?
No because he should stand up for his teammates more. I don’t like what I’ve seen from Jokic these past couple days
This comment is incredibly impressive because I can’t actually tell whether it’s a troll or a braindead take.
Bravo sir, bravo.
The internet is a lot more enjoyable and better for your mental health when you assume 99% of the stupidity is just trolling.
Jokic is a meanie pants :(
Is this bait?
no I expect better from a top player in the league. control your emotions and be kind to your teammates
Tell me you’ve never played without saying you’ve never played
I’ve played sports my whole life. my coaches always used Tim Duncan as an exemplary role model to emulate. be supportive, silent, and classy
NEVER raise your voice at a teammate like a Kobe/Jordan psychopath archetype
Yeah, coaches definitely don’t want their players emulating two of the greatest of all time. My coach used to show us Mr. Rogers tape after we practiced hugging.
Damn bro did you go Pro in Hugging? Can I get your OnlyHugs?
Nah, lost my passion for the game.
Damn, you hate to see it
Duncan had pop, why the hell would he feel the need to raise his voice
Tim got on his teammates when he needed to. Stop with your fantasy land of smiley gumdrops and rainbows. You’re just delusional.
Nah fuck Pelinka, we need to be letting you cook.
Quick little edit: man I thought this shit was funny af, I see it went over a lot of y’all’s heads lol. Pretty sure dude is joking, no way someone is that fucking dense….. right?
Double edit: dude is fucking committed to the bit, I love it lol
Yooooo your Tesla profile pic took me out 😂😂
He fucking cooked fr ahahah
He’s focused on one thing; Winning. Everything else is bullshit to him. That’s my kind of MVP
This is why Mike Conley is the GOAT
“bullied” Brodie’s just getting booed at the charity stripe like literally every other player on opposing teams
He is classy, he’s from Serbia
Russ would be the first person to tell you that, ‘between the lines, [your] only friend is Spalding.’
They can love the fuck out of Russ until he’s playing their team, and then boo the fuck out of him for 48 minutes…and then go right back to loving him again.
That’s how fandom should work, in my opinion.
We still love Russ, and we’ll probably riot if he doesn’t get a statue eventually. That being said, we will absolutely boo his ass if he’s fucking us up in another uniform. We already treat Russ better than almost any other team’s fan base, this feels like some manufactured bullshit. What kind of fans would we be cheering on anyone from an opposing team in the playoffs, get the fuck outta here with that.
It’s not a problem at all
This is just typical shit sports media trying to make headlines
NBA switched to Wilson. Russ got no friends 😭.
Exactly. It’s also why players should have ZERO loyalty to teams.
The fans don’t give a shit about you. When you leave, they will boo you, regardless of what you did for the franchise.
What we literally give him a standing ovation every non playoff game he has played here
Hell we gave him a standing ovation when he first got on the court this series in game one. Even Russ himself before the series said that he still saw the city as home and he knew the fans loved him still but for this series, just like he was loved here for his intensity, he was gonna have to do it against us and just like he loved OKC for the support they gave him, he knew for the series they were gonna go all out to support the team in the playoffs.
A big part of the standing ovation at the beginning of the series was to straight up show we still loved him before we spend the rest of the series going at him just like he’s gonna have to go at us.
Not every fan base are like the Lakers you know, it’s just not exactly normal to cheer for a guy on the other team in a playoff series
To be fair their fans don’t have any loyalty to the franchise either. How many Cavs “fans”, Heat fans ”fans”, or Mavs “fans” are now Lakers “fans”.
That’s why I always laugh when my flair is inevitably attacked as a response cause it’s actually just sad how having a true team is a foreign concept to people.
Stares down on those fans
Pathetic.
I mean you guys have been good to amazing for almost the entire lifetime of your franchise… try being a Wolves fan convincing themselves that this is the year Alexy Shved puts it together or that Chase Bundinger is the missing piece we needed.
That’s like the complete opposite of what he said.
We gave Russ like a 30 second standing ovation when he checked in during game 1, okc and the fans still love him to death even if we boo him
That just doesn’t make sense to me. You don’t get to claim to love him to death and still boo him. Pick one. Or you can say “Some of us love him and some of us boo him”, but you gotta call them out then.
It’s the playoffs dog. Russ is trying to end our season we are trying to end his. All love every other time.
that’s just bad taste IMO. if that’s representative of your fanbase then, mm
Yes as a thunder fan I’m only invested in Russell’s success and Russell’s success alone. I’m livid the organization continues to live on in his absence.
Lmao get outta here man
I never really understood the term “stan” until Russell westbrook. Yikes.
You don’t have to be invested in Russell’s success at all! You’re allowed to boo him 100%! Just get out of here with that “we love him to death” BS cuz it’s clearly not true! You only say that while you’re winning, as soon as nuggets take game 1 you’re booing the guy. That’s not classy at all IMO
I would boo my own mother if she took the court in a Nuggets jersey.
idk that’s just not what I’m about. If AG left nuggets (on good terms) and played against us in the playoffs, I’d simply not boo him
AG is not Westbrook
Westbrook himself will tell you that during the 48 minutes of the game, friends are no longer friends.
This is literally how it works everywhere.
Average Jokic stan
How are you actually this dense
Every fan base does this, the only difference is most other fans won’t do the ovation at the start.
Damn you don’t know ball
i get i’m in the minority, but booing a player i love sounds weird. i like kawhi leonard, and when he was torching my team i felt bad but i was also happy for him.
All due respect, but how does this not make sense? Its literally been this way as long as I’ve been watching sports. You show the love and appreciation upon the return, then boo their ass for trying to beat you. Its the most normal thing.
You’ve never had a player you like leave your team?
They cheer before the game cause they love him, but during the game, he’s the opponent. So gloves off. No fan is actively going to cheer against their own team during the game
Mavericks fans when Luka went back???
Not the same
Look, when people use terminology such as “no fan” then others are going to look for the exception to the rule.
I don’t know man, Russ loves OKC but it looks to me like he’s trying his hardest to beat us!!!! He needs to pick one!!!
He’s on the opposing team..
You respect him but that’s it, he’s trying to send your team home. After respect is show, fuck em
Jokic obviously never gives a fuck about outside noise, we know this.
As for Russ, I know for a fact that he’s still incredibly beloved there lol, few boos don’t really mean nothing, they’re opponents right now so it makes sense
How I wish the journalists would ask better questions. Like everyone knows Jokic doesn’t care about that 😂
“I played in Serbia brother”
the violence and intensity in Europe doesn’t compare to the hellhole that is fascist America
Ok I have seen enough comments from this guy. He has to be baiting.
The account age is usually a dead giveaway
People in these comments actually thinking we are booing him because we don’t like him😂 Have none of you ever talked shit with a friend? It’s clearly in good fun. I don’t understand what goes through some people’s heads
Goddamn I’m outta the loop and missed the last couple days. Didn’t OKC give this MF a standing ovation and the nuns were crying? What happened?
We did, he just happens to play on the nuggets now so guys are gonna get booed even Russ
They lost game 1
It’s ok to boo the opponent. You don’t have to get all mean and nasty.. but a good booing is fair game.
They cheered for him real quick in game 1.. that’s all that’s legally required to start booin
From memory the boos in game 2 really started after he got in Jwills face after he got a foul on Jokic. Westbrook had his teammates back and the crowd had their guys back this really seems like a massive nothing burger
I heard some boos prior to that, when he subbed in fans were cheering him again so a portion of the crowd started booing to counteract them. After he tried to check J-Will it definitely got louder though
It’s a playoff game and russ is the opposing team. This aint shit
“Why are you asking me this?”
This is one of those questions that a valid response would be, “Who let them in here?”
Tbf I think the general expectation is to just cheer if he misses don’t boo every time he touches the ball. And if I were an opposing team I would cheer every time Westbrook gets the ball.
Jokic: “Why the fuck are you asking me?”
He isn’t wearing a OKC jersey anymore, why wouldn’t they boo their opponent?
This is why I love this man so much
I want you guys to see this for what it is.
This is what it looks like when the media just tries to manufacture some drama around Russell Westbrook.
This is completely 100% media driven to drum up drama using Russell Westbrook to get clicks and views but also just because they fucking hate him.
They have hated him ever since he said fuck you to being Durants number two like the media told him to do. He said the media wasn’t shit and didn’t give them any good quotes and they made it a personal vendetta that hasn’t stopped many years later.
Bill plasnke, all those old overweight arrogant jealous assholes. Fuck sports media now and forever. Just a bunch of parasites that will literally sell their own mother for clicks.
What a silly media narrative, they literally gave Russ a standing ovation in a playoff game
It’s a weird feeling of wanting okc to win first and foremost but also russ play well, which he has done through the first two games.
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That’s your take on this? Jokic never feeds the media any lines
I feel bad for your loss
Absolute head up your ass read of this quote
What did you want him to say
Hopefully the boos motivate Seattle SuperSonics legend Russell Westbrook
Imagine paying attention to OKC fans
OKC has fans?
Bold coming from a wizards fan
I never said we have fans either.