[Instagram] - Sacramento King’s season ticket holder who was escorted out of yesterday’s game
Respect to him for apologising to the staff.
And for embarrassing his wife. Sounds like a good dude who had a bad moment. But also an understandable bad moment.
Further respect for knowing and addressing them by first name
except the bald guy
I respect him for having kings season tickets
valid crashout
valid crashout tbf
I’m surprised Doug Christie hasn’t crashed out on Lavine
Lavine might be the MMF unicorn he and his wife have been chasing for twenty years
What
Kings fans are some of the best in the league. Unfortunately their ownership groups have let the fanbase down for two decades now. The org should be thankful they still have passionate fans like this guy after 20 years of pain. I get why he got escorted out but hopefully they make it up to him somehow.
There honestly should be thresholds that a team needs to reach over a 10 or 20 year span, and if the franchise doesn’t meet them, the league should be able to force new ownership. Being bad for that long isn’t good for league.
you are almost talking about relegation, which would be great for situations like these
My kingdom for promotion/relegation in American sports
glad someone else feels the same way
Relegation w the G league Charlotte bye bye. Hello the Charleston chick peas or something…..
it would be a great idea if only the g league teams werent tied to nba franchises, they would have to be their own thing
would instantly solve tanking, but then the draft would probably have to be changed a bunch
LETS GET TROPICAL!
Teams must move to Seattle for two years at a time. It would be unhinged.
I agree and think it’s fair to say Vivek has been there long enough what 12,13 years now? He’s going to make an incredible profit he should be forced to sell. This is ridiculous for kings fans like myself but for the nba in general. This is terrible on a whole different level
we should have lost yesterday, there really was some shockingly poor defence against us on some plays after a big momentum swing. I was nervous, yes valid crashout
‘I apologize to the brother with the bald head.’
💀💀
Maybe the most valid crash out. We don’t ask for much in Kingsland. Just play hard, be selfless, hustle & compete on both ends
If you rewatch the confrontation, you see none of the other Kings players saying anything back to this dude, or coming to Lavine’s defense.
Was thinking that too. Russ woulda been telling him to shut the fuck up if he was outta pocket
Yeah. You know you’re a trash teammate when Russ ain’t coming to aid you
Russ was tucking in his shirt, acting nothing was happening lol
the fact that Russ literally squared up to a bloodied Isaiah Stewart barrelling through groups of people to get to Lebron but didn’t move a finger in this scenario… i feel like that says a lot
russ was so heated he turned into the fightin Irish logo
i watched the video so many times because of this specific moment 😭 people give russ a lot of flack (some valid, some not) but you can never question his effort to compete every game for a full 48 minutes
Russ Fuck Zach Lavine Westbrook
Russ crashes out over the softest shit.
You know that you are baby powder soft when even Russ thinks you are soft
Yeah I know deep inside russ is fuming at LaVine I can see it in his eyes lmao
I haven’t kept up with the Kings but I thought Lavine was having a good start to the season. What’s the deal with him being a poor teammate.
He’s pure selfish play on offense and an insane liability on defense for someone who has the athleticism to compete on that side of the court.
Isn’t he like the quintessential “non-winning player”?
Like has he won ever?
I remember seeing him live at a game once and it really jumped out how much anyone who was guarded by him was constantly open. Dude just does not care about the little things that matter to winning
I mean I guess if I was able to phone it in every night for 40 million a year…. But why do people keep paying him????
because hes one of the best most complete scorers of our generation on paper.
dude can almost 360 dunk from the free throw line, shoot threes at an incredible clip do pretty much everything you need to be a world class scorer
but in reality hes just a selfish plauer that doesnt play defense
modern day vince carter, im just hoping he will mature like vince too and try to be a useful roleplayer once his star days are over
Modern day Vince Carter lmaoooooo You should be his agent
both uber athletic sg’s with great jumpers and on paper look to be great volume scorers while not winning anything and having attitude issues?
vince left torronto on a sour note, lavine was pouting about shit ever since he got drafted
vince was a bigger name than lavine ever was but thats pretty much because of the difference in era, put lavine in the 2000’s they see the same popularity and the same success, id even go as far as saying lavine at his peak was slightly better because of the shooting, but he faces way more competition so he cant rack up all star teams off of dunks and averaging 25 on dogwater teams alone
his star days are over
He’s the same dude that pouted cus he got drafted to the wolves lol
Wasn’t that a valid reason to pout?
Players who are actually professional recognize that they may be drafted by teams that aren’t the greatest and put in the work to be the best they can when they’re there.
Jesus Christ Zach.
Well, at least Russ is the best part of the Kings this season.
I mean, you guys on here just need a villain huh? Zach has always been limited defensively but he isn’t a selfish player and no signs have ever indicated he’s a bad teammate. Reddit sure loves to just run with narratives after shit.
Gotta hold them accountable too, not defending…
The fact Zach Lavine was essentially like “You right, I ain’t playing defense and ain’t ever gonna play defense so if that’s what you want, get to steppin” is crazy.
Reminds me of when a grizzlies fan told ja “you need to grow up and be a leader” and half the team wanted to jump the fan lol not sure if they escorted him out though
Meanwhile here you had the whole Kings bench/players just being quiet like “this dude is right”, not like anyone came to Zach’s aid lol cause for real. If 37 year old Westbrook is giving 110% every night and he makes an impact defensively, there’s no excuse for the guy making 15x his salary to not ball watch.
Shit at least score your 20-30PPG, but if you not doing that AND giving zero effort on defense, then no problem cause we got a logjam anyway. Monk, Clifford, Keon hell even Devin Carter, will happily come take those minutes and give effort.
I mean, Lavine has made an entire lucrative career out of being a traffic cone on defense and teams still pay him a fortune and many fans still want to look past it because he can score points.
He’s never cared about winning, so why start now.
Alienating your fans like they’re not the reason you get paid so much is something I’ll never understand. Give effort. People don’t pay their hard earned money to see you bullshit. Then if people stop supporting the team they’ll act like the fans are the problem
fans put up with way too much. that sounds crazy but no other customer pays when the product sucks just cause they use to like the business and hope to like them in the future.
Always vote with your wallet, but more importantly your time. If the team and players aren’t making an effort to be competitive then they don’t deserve our/your money and time.
Well said sir
Some players don’t understand they don’t get paid because they are good at basketball, they get paid because fans want to watch them play
All I ever ask of any of my teams, act like you give a shit and play with effort. If you do that, I’m happy, and whatever happens, happens.
especially kings fans.
Seriously.
Players have bad games I get it sometimes you miss open shots and sometimes the opponent can’t miss anything. But there’s absolute zero excuse to not give effort on the defensive end, get some rebounds or box someone out.
This is why I love the Celtics, they’re having an off season, but not for one second have they not been bringing 100% effort every game.
After watching this…yeah, I’m on this guys side.
We’d happily take this dude to join our fan base tbh
He made his point and it was a good one.. I agree I’m with the dude
Same like ok maybe Zach took it to heart but lowkey he’s right like an hour thirty back and forth for Zach to just give up is ridiculous. Dude seems like a ride or die too.
Yeah, I started off thinking it was just a stunt to promote his business, but by the end it was kind of wholesome. Dude is passionate.
A Kings season ticket holder from another state and he drives three hours to every game!! Yea he is locked in unfortunately
My man…wish other fans/media was tougher with them bums too
Thing is when media does it everyone just go on about in someway they just a hater
Bro this is the kind of energy you need. People clown on Philly, NYC, Boston for being toxic. Yes, we are, because we demand excellence.
This guy probably deserved to be kicked out, but he what he said for a reason, and he’s right–show some fight, put in effort, that’s all people want to see. These guys get paid a Lotta money, even by the standards of pro sports.
That’s valid, but y’all still heckled Santa Claus
Santa Claus was drunk and making a mockery of it all. If you don’t heckle a dishonorable Santa Claus, there’s something wrong.
you are forgetting laker fans.
yea some of us take it too far with shit like death threats and the like, yes we are super spoiled in that we expect to be in championship contention every year, but we DEMAND that excellence.
People would say chicago fans are chill and cool, but like if you still pack out an arena season in season out for a mediocre team that fights for the playin every year, you begin to actually deserve the product that you have on the court
Said it multiple times on this sub! The Kings and Browns have the most loyal fan bases but somehow ownership finds a way to put garbage on the field and the court. I really feel bad for them.
Fuck the Browns lol
I don’t care about the team! The fans show up and support all the time. It’s time for them to be rewarded for their loyalty
When they made playoffs we were rewarded with nosebleeds starting at $100 the following season
That’s what sad! This team was on a come up. Kings fans have waited years to be in playoff environment. Light the beam was real. This team probably won’t be relevant for a decade.
lol na I hear u, Just fw u. im a bengals fan, that’s why
Oh ok that explains! You really could care less about their poverty status! 😂
Lmfao big facts. And they gave a rapist 230 mil so it’s SUPER FUCKKKKK the Browns 🤣🤣
Yea…poverty!!
Fuck the Browns from a Clevelander too
Nah, fuck the Haslams…
yeah I was so surprised to hear their stadium still roaring when they beat the nuggets a few days ago
they’re running out a mercenary team that is both old and ass and fans are still showing out for them
Can you imagine paying an increase in ticket prices for a team to got rid of whatever positive direction they were going in.
Good fan. Can tell he’s been there a lot
Definitely seems like a ride or die, which makes LaVine look even worse.
My boy is in the right. This era is soft. Getting kicked out for some basic heckling is lame af and tbh a fair assessment of the players needing to take some accountability for half ass effort on the court.
This entire situation is news to me… he got kicked out for telling Lavine to play defense?
yep …
pretty much, valid crashout…
No he did not. Fuck the people saying yes. Fully supporting this dude, but he lost his shit. He was screaming and flailing about after LaVine’s reply. He was aggressive and tryna get in the player’s face. Then he started shoving security away. Any arena kicks that dude out. Righteous or otherwise.
So funny how this is being downvoted. Shows how no one is even watching the video because he himself said he should’ve just left and not made security kick him out.
This is just “basic heckling” in the same way that a coach screaming at a ref over a missed call is just “basic arguing.” And yeah, the fan was in the right over what he was upset about, but given that this literally delayed the game security escorting him out was also perfectly valid.
Nah. I’m on this dude’s side and he sits right in front of me. He got kicked out for going ballistic. Dude deserved to be kicked out – same way as a coach blowing up at the refs. It’s a righteous crash out, but a crash out.
This man is officially a Sacramento legend. Bravo.
Up there with Puke Walton
Now we just need sign lady to hold up a sign that says “Try”
“Please Try 40mil”
Man’s biggest problem is being a season ticket holder for the Kings.
lol
Let him live bro, I’m a Pistons fan and we haven’t had success forever either
I have a friend who’s a Kings fan and he’s been starving for it, poor guy
I respect their loyalty though
At least the pistons have been a successful franchise overall lol
True, I was lucky to be old enough (high school) to see our last championship
If Pistons are competitive, the league is exciting and a dynasty is around the corner. every time.
My mans team won a chip with multiple HOF players within the last 2 decades begging for pity.
But you gotta admit, there’s some respect to it. That’s how you can tell if they’re genuine and loyal fans.
Dude isn’t even from Sacramento, he’s from Brooklyn. The fact that he willingly signed up for this shit and drives 3hrs each game is respectable AF.
Probably costs less than some of his shoes
Definitely does not, their prices are quite high for the product they put on the floor. Vivek wants them to sell the arena and everything surrounding it but it’s not the cool new thing in town anymore. It’s been there for a damn decade now lol
The things we do for the love of this stupid game about putting a ball through a hoop
He was probably inspired when they went on a run a few years ago. They won like every home game, so to see a dude getting paid that much not even trying on defense would annoy me too.
Not a very self aware sausage area we? Lakers fans have been blessed and don’t act like we’ve not been. 2nd most trophies in the league 1st most since 2000. So if you’re younger you’ve only known Lakers success. That’s not a knock on other teams but respect the die hard fans of teams that haven’t seen as much success. It’s easy to root for winning teams but to stick with your team through wins and losses that’s how a fan should be. Respect this man.
This just in, some Laker fans think you can only be fans when winning. Shocker.
G1C is dope and you get to see whoever came to play them!
Love this dude. Russ was loving it when it happened lol. Talk about effort
Man was voicing the stuff Russ was feeling. People can say what they want about Russ, but his effort and passion is legendary, and has never been questioned.
Must make Westbrook sick seeing someone still in their physical prime, putting in piss poor effort after being rewarded with such a good contract.
This goes for the entire league
Kings don’t deserve this fan for kicking him out.
Is this the greatest fan of all time?
Sia_collective is Zach LaVine father
lol let me plug the shopify before i start my apology video LOL
Shit I would do the same
Grind don’t stop.
In all fairness before he posted this I saw multiple people saying they would support this guy by buying stuff on his shop, and his response alluded to that.
Good for him
This explanation is exactly why I’m fucking down watching or supporting the NBA. As a Kings fan they obviously piss me off and I’m so over them but I feel like the league as a whole is just lame to watch. I don’t feel like there is hardly any heart and soul anymore. Idk man, I get it though dude. These guy are milking us for tens of millions of dollars for what? Half assing it on the floor?
This represents the kings, but this is not a representation of the whole league, not even close
No way you can watch the thunder, rockets, nuggets, pistons, hawks, raptors, magic, spurs, heat and many more and not see effort on a nightly basis, and there are definitely way more examples than that, those are just the ones that stick out to me
Kings have a culture problem, but what you said doesn’t represent the whole league, and it sucks because yall have a fantastic fan base and don’t deserve this
Exactly. The nba is awesome rn
Idk most the good teams play hard. Always been like that. Watch the pistons, nuggets, thunder, rockets, t wolves. They might have bad games but it’s not effort
Tune into a single Magic home game and watch Jalen Suggs. He is my favorite player on the team for the simple reason that he fucking cares a lottt
Same reason you love Suggs is why amen is my favorite player by far in the nba on my rockets and I agree with you on Suggs
Sure amen is a special talent and has a crazy ceiling he could hit, but for me it’s the crazy motor, effort, and his work ethic that make me love watching him play every night no matter how good or bad he may play
Dillon Brooks in disguise. He’s taken instigating to another level.
I’m happy to hear it wasn’t about sports betting like initially rumored to have been, when you play like shit fans are gonna let you know about it.
Reasonable crashout
Zach Levine experience with every team lol. He’s so trash and doesn’t even care. Teams stop paying that man please
I hope my Milwaukee Bucks are seeing this
Yeah seems like someone will stupidly take a chance on him again
Dillon the Villain Brooks vibe
I cannot see any lies. Someone has to say something. Lavine has been a trash ass player for years. Dude cares less than Lamelo.
Remember when Lavine scores 50 with no assists in a loss? Yep. Pretty much sums up who Lavine is as a player.
Guy actually seem like a genuine and kind person but I always find it funny when someone goes a bit viral and instantly starts posting videos like they’re a celebrity and has to make PSA’s and shit lol
Dude got 500k on ig and has a pretty successful business
he’s like medium famous almost signed kyrie but that’s all i know about him lol oh and that he’s a season ticket holder for the kings
Ah that’s fair I guess I thought he was just some random fan
He’s not a celebrity but he’s not a random guy from twitter. He’s connected with a few NBA players already
Used to follow him years ago. Dude has had Stephen Jackson repping his brand for years, and is very well-known in the sneakerhead/custom sneaker community.
Mentioned in another comment but he signed Montrezl Harrell to his company and made signature sneakers for him. Stephen Curry has also shown him love, rocking his custom shorts after the warriors win in 22.
Getting upset at your team playing crappy is a pretty normal feeling for a fan.
That Black Friday sale though
I respect his response but I hate that even just after it happened I was saying to my family member that he’s a local business owner and has fashion brand and that this might be an ad.
Even if it’s not an ad it is now. Kind of dystopian. Even more dystopian than just any other day as a Kings fan.
Yea just keep it basketball instead of pushing your sale and talking about how you use your free court side seats to talk business. Still agree with all of his points tho.
Sounds like a valid crashout by a passionate fan. I can understand his frustration and passion and after learning he’s originally from Brooklyn, it makes perfect sense. People from NYC are a different breed and if they are upset by something they will let you know.
That being said, the merch plug in the beginning has me feeling a bit skeptical. The timing of this right before Black Friday feels calculated because you know this will drive traffic to his site and probably sales. But two things can be true and his message atleast felt sincere.
eh maybe if this was the first game he ever went to the whole season but hes been going for years
He’s not wrong…
Im with this guy 100%.
bring back Puke Man
The NBA is so bitchmade it’s ridiculous 💀💀💀
Fair.
If this guy were to make some “Play Defense, Zach!” Tee shirts, he’d make an absolute killing.
Just Kings things
As a Raiders fan, the only reason that this doesn’t happen to me is because I live in the middle of the North Atlantic
Damn, I think they threw the wrong man out last night. Looks like he is more passionate for the game than some of the Kings player.
He seen Dallas fans get Nico fired and said fuck it.
He’s 100% right, and to add on, these out of touch players don’t give a fuck and they don’t understand what it takes to come to this game. Tickets to some of these games are hundreds of dollars which is a lot to the average American, yet sometimes you show up to these games and just watch your team get blown out and show 0 effort, shit is sad.
Wish he would have mentioned the comeback the other night was with lavine on the bench for the 4th and OT. But everything else is facts and I’m sick of lavine coasting all the damn time. You that good and play like trash consistently. Hope we can offload him somehow
Bro is kinda A LOT
I aint even mad at this. Legit customer problems 😂
He’a not wrong but this is insane 🤡🤡🤡 behaviour
I’d be heated as a Sacramento fan. The most recent game I watched them play every time they’d get a little momentum, Zach would chuck a 3 with 20 seconds on the shot clock and not even come close to going in. Dude has no right to get defensive
Crazy because i was thinking about this dude sneakers a few weeks ago then his page up up recently then i saw the video and im like is that the sneaker dude from IG
Wow, this is a true fan
Bro paid season-ticket prices just to get escorted out mid-season. That’s the most Kings thing ever.
When your fan has more energy than you do as a professional athlete, there’s a real fuckin big problem
Let their coach tune them in
Link to original incident?
https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/1p7w0zp/game_was_delayed_after_a_kings_fan_randomly_goes/
Man… to embarrass yourself publicly and then come back with this level of humility, accountability and clear-headedness about the situation… it’s no surprise he runs a successful business.
That is one real ass fuckin’ dude. Respect.
Who is this cartoon character ?
This guy again …
This is going to be unpopular on Reddit but… I think this fan should apologize to Lavine for being rude to him. Zach is a human being. He deserves the liberty to not play defense if he doesn’t want to. If you don’t enjoy watching how he plays, don’t watch him.
Also, I think Lavine should apologize to the fan for using a bad word.
the kings have a LOT more problems than LaVine’s defense though, and this whole thread acting like he’s the only problem like “oh none of the other players came to Zach’s defense on this”. Ridiculous.
He does suck at defense, but he’s by far their best offensive player right now and he doesn’t even get the ball that much.
I knew it was some BS.
Spitting facts
Dillon Brooks in a bad disguise?
I kinda love this guy! His passion is real.
man gets mad that the professional athletes he’s criticizing won’t just stand there and take it
This guys a fucking tool. We all wanna get mad and say shit to these guys, but to think you’re not just some schmo and that you have the right to speak to someone in that manner is fucking laughable.
if he called me a bitch it’d be a different story
Grown ass fucking man, ladies and gentlemen. JFC
someone posted zach tape and he was actually playing defense that game tho lol. lavines defense would be the least of my worries on the kings anyway
Shut up and watch. You’re a fan for a reason
Dillon brooks always up to something
Yeah let’s all ignore him plugging in his brand first, he gives so little shit that talking about his shop is the first thing he brings up
Vanity. My favorite sin.
Lmao he said getting called a bitch is worse than the N word, we really in the future.
A lot of people said “yo I love what you did I wanna support your site”
Lol no they didn’t.
I love this man and his passion for the team. Fuck lavine
Honestly, seems like a great guy. Kings are lucky to have fans this passionate about the game despite being the most trash franchise for the last 2 decades.
This dude’s a loser. He blocks anyone who criticizes his trash sneaker brand
“You should know you’re playing like trash” this is the reality..it’s not difficult to play prideful defense
When people fuck up, all you need to do is take accountability and apologize. He was able to speak his piece after that and he ended up earning more respect for that. Shoutout to this dude
9⁄10 times when a fan talks shit to players, I’m on the players side.
This is not one of those times. Absolutely valid crashout, & mad respect to him for apologizing to the staff.
Was this a good business move by this guy? Probably yeah
Who was the NBA player that said they go hard every night because somewhere there is a fan who worked hard and paid an exorbitant amount for a ticket to watch them play? I might be misquoting but think it was Jordan and/or Ant.
But yeah, he’s a rich dude but same sentiment for anyone watching the game. You have to call out these players especially if you’re out here paying huge amounts and someone isn’t putting in an effort. Even paying for a League Pass to enjoy watching your team costs so much.