[All the Smoke Pod] SGA asked if Sam Presti would be at the sonogram for Bam Adebayo and A’ja Wilson baby one day: “Sam takes his job very seriously and whatever it takes to be great, he will do so if that’s what it takes, that’s what it takes”
I mean why is shai being asked that lmao
It’s silly
If I was a sports player I would make friends with all the reporters, and then specifically have them ask the most out-of-left-field questions possible. Because it would be hilarious.
“Thanks for the question, Terry. Of course I admire Kirk for his bravery under fire and loyalty to his crew. Naturally I admire Cisko and Janeway for similar reasons. But I think everyone who Treks knows in their hearts that Picard is the standard for greatness when it comes to Starfleet Captains. Next question”
“What were your affiliations with Osama bin Laden?”
Strictly sexual in nature
Charlie kirk? Or is it some slop star wars character?
Revealing you don’t know the 2nd most famous star trek character while using AI slang to shit on the new star wars movies is certainly a choice…
AI slang
Jean-Luc will not be disrespected like that.
Ehhh I don’t mind athletes being asked a few silly questions. Better than “what do you have to do the win tonight?” For the 800th time.
I don’t know why only a certain handful of reporters are allowed to interview the players when they all ask the same, 20 BS canned questions every day
Cuz that’s all those interviewers can do lol lob softball questions and look pretty
Have you seen some of these reporters?
Try* to look pretty 😭
Because it’s less risky for everyone involved to keep the QnA to “what do you have to do to win tonight” “just go out there and be aggressive”
Instead of messing up relationships by asking deeper questions
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because SGA plays for Presti and the joke is Presti, who has a billion draft picks, will draft Bam and A’ja’s kid. at least, that’s my takeaway
But like why not just interview the Heat? Like at minimum, the Aces?
because SGA was in front of her. why do i have to explain this, jesus christ. she’s in VEGAS. they ARE NOT.
…The Aces literally PLAY in Vegas
for which league?
the WNBA, which though not playing, would probably be more appropriate to ask if you run into Becky or A’ja at the game, as they were also around. At the end of the day it’s still very “Where’s Ja? Have we asked Ja Rule?” instead of the people at least tangentially involved. Like hell, ask about the game, the streak, anything else
ok you might have something preventing you from understanding, so goodbye
Probably because 99% of NBA fans wouldn’t know who tf Presti is, so asking him wouldn’t get any clicks. Everybody knows who SGA is, hence why this is the top post in /r/NBA
Go to any random NBA game, and ask the fans there if they know who Sam Presti is. Almost nobody will know who tf you’re talking about
Probably a joke about drafting their kid
Probably
Don’t think you need this word in there.
Why is anyone*
It would be fine to ask sam presti that tbf
It would make at least a little sense to ask Pat Riley or Sam Presti that as a joke
Yeah, maybe I’m missing something, I’m just super confused why anyone would ask if Sam Presti would be at the sonogram appointment for two players he never drafted, one of which is in a completely different league.
If this was an attempt at a joke it’s just not funny. Not in like a “crosses the line” kind of way, but in like a “this makes no sense” kind of way.
It’s a joke about Presti drafting their kid
Presti like marginally in a if he’s in the room kinda way as something led in from another joke about scouting and the depth of it
Realistically the only people that would make sense are those in the heat org and the couple in question
Rachel read the random quote retweet saying this and thought it’d be funny
It’s like when you try and explain something that was funny on Reddit to someone in real life. It generally doesn’t translate well and is best left on the internet.
Also, I assume it would be Pat Riley there instead
To generate this clip which has over a 1000 upvotes?
Such a strange question
Thank you. I don’t follow the private life of players for the most part so the title had me incredibly confused for a second. Good to know it’s genuinely s weird question.
Redditors when people make a joke
Fucking weird question
it’s a joke about sam being a great scout it’s not that serious lmao
It’s the target that doesn’t make sense. It’s not the Aces or Heat, so why ask a completely unrelated team?
Yeah I get the joke but it’s still weird thing to ask
Redditors are allergic to jokes I swear
It’s just a weird target. Ask Sam Presti or Pat Riley that
Naw it just wasn’t clever
Pat Riley is the godfather for a reason, take a lot of care Sam 😁
Is there a reason why all the nba clips are just this spurs laker clip tonight?
If on mobile uninstall it and reinstall. If on PC then clear your cache. It’s been a problem for a few days now. You see the same video for everything.
I’m a Heat fan but Mr. Presti clears Pat by a mile as a GM
Presti from 07/08 to now: 57.1% win percentage, 2 finals appearances, 1 championship.
Riley from 08/09 to now: 57.9% win percentage, 6 finals appearances, 2 championships.
So we just going to act like OKC and Miami are the same market?
Let’s punish the Thunder who achieved their core through drafting because LeBron took a pay cut to team up with DWade and Bosh lol
Listen LeBron just didn’t like The Sopranos pitch to join the Knicks.
I think he was more afraid of being outshined by David Lee
James Gandolfini should’ve been the GM if you ask me
Presti drafted KD, Harden and Westbrook then traded Harden for scraps
Then turned the guy he “chose” over harden into the team everyone is complaining about today. Y’all are just some first level thinkers
That was over 12 years ago. It wasn’t some 5d chess move lmao Christ
In the past few years sure
Bruh. Presti has been cooking for the past 2 decades.
And fumbled Harden
Tell me you don’t know ball without telling me you don’t know ball.
Scapegoating presti for Harden is such a low IQ take
Lol he made the trade. Fanboying isn’t knowing ball. It’s the opposite
Especially saying something like that in ironically. Like extra cringe
Because the league retroactively applied the rose rule to KD creating cap hell for okc and ownership refusing to go over the luxury tax.
Sure, but he still chose Ibaka and Perk over Harden. It’s ok to make mistakes, he isn’t infallible. His skill is getting more in the chamber so we forget the Pokus and focus on the Jdubs
No one said he’s infallible, but acting like Harden was such a big fumble is dumb (in fact if that’s his biggest “mistake” it proves even more how competent he’s been as a GM)
How many rings does Harden have again? Harden staying in okc, does not in any way guarantee them a ring.
In fact him staying, would have almost ensured that the Paul George did not come to okc, which is ultimately the trade that enabled the beginnings of a potential dynasty.
Presti drafted and built that KD, Harden, and Durant team and also kept OKC competitive throughout his tenure, as a small-market team. The last few years where they were bad was to tank and build up the team to what it is today.
Much easier to convince Lebron, Wade, and Bosh together to team up if they’re located in Miami and going to a franchise with a name brand like the Heat
He traded Harden the second he could lol
Bro what? Can we compare NBA Championships between the two and be real for .2 seconds?
I say that based on the fact that nobody wanted to go to OKC unless drafted there and he’s built a potential dynasty thru the draft, young core all on 2nd contracts thru the 2031 season. While also pulling off one of the Biggest Fleeces of all time.
Not throwing shade against Presti, just saying Riles is an NBA legend, as both a coach and exec. So somebody “clearing Pat by a mile” is a ridiculous statement on its face.
Key word: potential. Let it play out
Lol what
What is this 2k answer
He always takes the politician route when it comes to questions
jordan would be proud lol
Republicans can’t afford shoes no more :(
They voted for that, I don’t see the problem
Dipshits get what they voted for but the rest of us also pay for it.
Seems like long overdue justice
Thanks Biden
The refs one was the best, i would give him free free throws if i was a ref too
A lot of stars do this honestly. I love Steph but dude is an absolute PR machine with most of his answers lol, same as Lebron. I wish more stars were a bit more open like Ant. Then again maybe their personalities correlate to their maturity idk
I mean that’s what most of pro sports is. These guys are media trained so they give safe, cookie cutter answers to not rock the boat. Ant is the exception with all the stupid and unprofessional shit he’s always saying.
I wouldn’t really say Ant SAYS all that much unprofessional stuff. Brash? Sure. As for what he DOES? That’s unprofessional.
Did you not see the instagram story he posted talking about gay guys?
instagram story ≠ interview with the media. the insta story falls under stupid shit he does but he has never spoken like that on basketball time. he’s just brash and uber confident in interviews but pr trained enough to know not to do what he did on live
no I promise you. You dont want these guys to be more open lol. The world went crazy over Kyrie’s flat earth remarks. Just imagine if you had a 100 of those guys in the NBA making those same types of comments.
To be fair, I think I’d enjoy hearing some harmless quirky things, like if a NBA player checks his horoscopes every single day or another believes in the healing power crystals (in addition to medicine, of course).
That’s more a Baseball thing, those folk absolutely adore superstition. XD
Kyries flat earth saga was entertaining plus we all got to stop pretending that Jaylen Brown is really smart
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I mean on one side you have family men and on the other you have a deadbeat dad.
Yeah that’s what I’m saying i feel like their way of speaking is a reflection of who they are 😭
Honestly he needs to get his wife on this program. Gets him in trouble whenever she can. The NBA Jada pinkett smith smh.
i cant imagine athletes enjoy talking to reporters very much. having a generic set of answer templates probably makes it easier to get through media requirements
its part of what makes shai/tatum such boring superstars
They’re not even boring to be honest, they’re just very chill. They clearly show personality outside of press conferences. Everytime i see either of them interacting with local reporters or their teammates they seem dope
the better question is what is this question…
I mean, what is this question lol.
It’s called a joke response to a joke question lol he’s clearly kidding
He is smiling and clearly having fun with the question dawg
There is a good chance Presti drafts that kid.
There’s a better chance he doesn’t
There’s a great chance it goes to the Spurs.
Dallas will get the pick for both leagues.
lmao that might actually be more accurate
Cleveland and New Orleans like #1 picks
LeBron ain’t returning
Especially if that kid grows up become a generational center prospect
W/ two center parents, hella possible
Big, if true
The Marcus Jordan phenomenom.
I don’t think Jordan slept with an athlete though
Taking Twitter Jokes for interview questions.
Journalism is absolutely abhorrent. 80% of questions sports reporters ask now are “do you agree with (headline for an article I’ve already written?)” and the rest is just repeating memes.
It’s just a joke man
‘How is lebron as a father figure’
Dumbest question ever. Kyrie answered appropriately.
Do you know something?
So this is where your level of journalism is at now, Rachel?
Compared to a decade ago… When she was on the exact same BS
She sued ESPN because she thought she was a victim of “diversity”
She’s just joking around. What’s the harm? SGA seemed cool with it.
Forced.
This is an absurd question. Why are they taking memes and forming questions with it. The cherry on top is asking SGA.
✋ JOURNALISM 🤚
🤡
She is far from a journalist, she’s a host.
In 2014, Sports Illustrated called Nichols “the country’s most impactful and prominent female sports journalist”.
Yeah I guess if you put “sports” in front of “journalist” it changes a lot. Like David S. Pumpkins, it’s its own thang.
Shai loved that question
what the hell rachel
This is a little weird
Plus, wouldn’t Shai be getting a fine from the league for talking about the draft process?
It’s very weird.
What a cringe ass question.. also I thought the media was done with this woman
Cringe ass question bro lol. This is what happens when older ppl try to get into the gen z nba twt culture
Oh my God! God forbid that two human beings have fun asking and answering a silly question!
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It’s not just a silly question when they’re discussing A’ja’s reproductive choices in public. This is fucking weird.
Tbf she brought them up herself
Keep clutching your pearls. I hope you find enough peace in your life to not get outraged over stupid shit like this.
Genuinely funny response. Weird ass question.
I know it’s a joke but actually asking that is just so weird to me idk lol
It is, this fanfic about bam and A’ja’s reproductive/sex life
To be fair this came from Aja saying to the press she wants to have kids with Bam
They just are talking to the absolute wrong people about that lmao
That’s the thing though this shouldn’t even be a topic. She was asked about itvinec and she answered it this doesn’t open the door for people to fantasize about their sex lives and reproductive health
I mean her quote was literally about her kids with Bam
Rachel Nichols does not look like she’s 52 years old.
She’s 52 and acting like a tween boy commenting on Reddit?
I thought Rachel Nichols like disappeared or something lmao. First few seconds of this video I was trying to figure out who she was like where I knew her from
Wait that’s her!?
Yeah what happened to her. Wasn’t there a scandal or something?
wtf is this question. Should give her the Russ what? response
No matter what - Presti will still get a first round pick out of this
The Leon Rose godfather method
That’s absolutely be Pat or Spo
The NBAs next generation of stars have absolutely no flavor
Look at the inappropriate questions they have to deal with
While I don’t like the question SGA and his teammates goof around the whole time on their locally televised postgame stuff so this is fair game
Is Reddit purely for depressed, miserable people? I belong but even I’m saying lighten the fuck up, god damn.
It’s just a really weird question to ask
Like if she asked Spo it would at least be funny in a kind of hey if you’re named that kids godfather are you going to scout them way
No, this is fucking weird
So fucking weird
It does fit the TikTok aura he gives off so it’s valid imo
I wish people would stop fantasizing about A’ja’s uterus, this is fucking weird
Tbf she brought it up herself.
But like… Talk to the people actually involved in their lives if you want to make jokes
Im not sure what weirder the question or the janky ass setup
They say this and then their kid becomes like a grandmaster in chest or something instead
I don’t understand this title at all
Except Presti is not great at his job. He traded away prime Ray Allen for peanuts, lost harden over a few million, couldn’t build a finals winner around KD, Russ, Harden, and Ibaka, let KD get away, couldn’t keep PG there. Yeah, he got SGA, but that was luck, he didn’t know what he would become. And how is it it took him 4 MVPs to finally win a title? IF it hadn’t had been for the clippers being stupid, he wouldn’t even have that.
All jokes aside, why hasn’t every university offered a scholarship to this potential kid? I would do it just to be in the first line of their Wikipedia page.
I imagine a few are lined up. Hell, I imagine the Heat already have a bassinet set out
Because that’s inappropriate and disgusting. God forbid they struggle with fertility issues whilst people have already dedicated websites and scholarships to nonexistent children
Publicly being in someone’s business and uterus is weird
Well yeah but the problem is that they’re just talking to randos instead of like the people in question. It’d be cute if it was like the Heat or Aces because those are family. But random other teams is weird af
Brainrot
So weird
So fucking weird. They aren’t even expecting a kid.
Presented by draft kings of course. They’re taking bets on the gender for sure
It’s because Aja during her athlete of the year interview said that she wants to have kids with Bam. So the pregnancy thing has been a thing in the W as the only way to stop her kinda jokes
While at least on the Heat side, mostly jokes about how Pats gonna name himself the godfather of that kid
What are the odds for each gender saying??? /s
The nba product fucking sucks