A Nic Claxton fan from South Korea flew about 6,000 miles to LA, getting Nic Claxton to sign
I appreciate fans who are fans of a random non superstar. Reminds me of that lady who is a Jerami Grant fan and travels to the US to see him play once a season
Non superstars deserve superfans too
Reminds me of the girl who said her hall pass was Lindy Waters.
Best version I could find on short notice: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/xAnYpvO_72Y - absolute /r/WatchPeopleDieInside material
When she casually says something that confirms she won’ be your wife
I mean he’s pretty deluded to think his gf at age 20 will become his wife.
You’re saying hes crazy for thinking his gf could be his wife? That makes sense to you? like what…
Yeah gonna guess that guy hasn’t ever had a girlfriend.
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There’s a difference in being pragmatic and thinking “ok it might be unlikely that this will be the girl I marry because we’re both young” and calling someone “deluded” for thinking about marriage in regard to their GF
Is this real this feels like a skit. for some reason the guy’s reaction doesnt seem real to me and the barry sanders pick was a really comical left field pick
With context it’s even crazier they went to Oklahoma state and the players she named were at Oklahoma state at the time she just named schoolmates basically
Bro that video was crazy lol
I will never not feel bad for that dude, the implications are sad
I choose to believe he broke up with her right after the camera cut
Bwahahaha, I remember that.
Wasn’t that chick from Oklahoma State?? Like she had reasonable access to making it happen, kinda came across like it may have?
You don’t say Lindy Waters the III unless it did lol
Buddy put that thang on her and she still reminiscing. The Barry Sanders one is far more crazy tho cause she’s like in her 20s, why she trying to get dicked down by a dude that was retired before she was likely born.
Barry Sanders Jr. played at Oklahoma State in 2016, most likely meant him.
I actually don’t think so. I know exactly what video it was (young couple gets stopped while bar hopping (?), guy with mic asks who their hall pass is). But I actually don’t think so. She may have just known who he was.
There are so many cuter NBA players. If she said like maxey or oubre or something I’d get it!
you’ll double appreciate the fact i have a signed Enes Kanter jersey. I liked him cause he did what I did on the court: get rebounds and give it to the kid who could shoot.
went to a meet-n-greet back in like 2011, and when the players were walking up Jeremy Evans yells “Enes someone actually bought your jersey!”
Last year my brother got me a piece of the 2011 court that he got signed by Enes. I asked him how he did it and he said “he’s not exactly hard to get in touch with”.
that’s a name i haven’t heard in a minute
Well yeah, thats not even his name anymore.
Enesn’t?
He changed it to Enes Freedom.
Anus Cunthair didn’t go well with the fanbase he was trying to grow in retirement
Trying to get on with the Far right as a fundamentalist Islamist is always going to be a tough sell.
He was really trying to test how easy they are to grift 😂
Who, Penis Kancer?
That’s his brother
Dude is a right wing influencer now.
He was always super right wing. It’s just people don’t generally know enough about politics to realize he was anti-Erdogan because of his association with Gulen who himself was a right wing dirtbag who repeatedly tried to overthrow the government there and was exiled the last 25 years of his life to the US as a result.
Enes is basically part of the Turkish equivalent to Falun Gong.
Oh I know. The moment I heard he is a Gulen supporter, I know dude is on some bullshit. Gulen is basically the Ayatollah of Iran before he took power. Erdogan is an unmitigated asshole, but trading him for Gulen is the equivalence of choosing to get hit by a baseball bat or a hammer. Neither of which are good choices.
It’s just people don’t generally know enough about politics to realize he was anti-Erdogan because of his association with Gulen who himself was a right wing dirtbag
TIL
to be fair, Islamic political spectrum would squarely be in the far right of Western political scale. They are all right wing dirt bags of different flavors, ranging from decapitating people from not believing in their god, to the run of the mill Shariah fanatics
You’re on r/nba lil bro.
i would say it was a fall from grace but i dont think he was ever accused of having grace
This sub fucking loved him when he was calling out players for wearing Nikes for whatever reason
honestly he kinda beefs with everyone
Ergodan Xi Jinping LeBron James Netenyahu Hamas John Cena
for whatever reason
because it was a good reason?
It wasn’t though. He was always a massive hypocrite.
and he was calling out a hypocrite like Lebron
There was a contestant on Love Island Australia a couple years back who was a Kelly Oubre superfan. Very much cracked me up
All men should be Kelly Oubre superfans
We are ALL Kelly Oubre superfans on this blessed day
Speak for yourself.
I am ALL Kelly Oubre superfans on this blessed day
Facts. Real ones know oubre threw punches to the back of Klays head
And was atrocious as a Warrior.
One of the only players I’ve ever seen Steph yell at on the court.
It’s okay the best looking guys in the league on the same team at once
We already said we were fans you don’t need to sell him to us
Punching in the back of the head can cause permanent brain damage.
Sports aside you are a scumbag human
Especially Philadelphia motorists
This is false
Wrong Kelly O bruv
Im such an idiot. How could I make such a mistake.
huh?
I mistook Oubre for Olynyk.
Nah he ripped k loves shoulder out, possibly costed the cavs a championship
Edit: lol my bad wrong kelly
That’s Kelly Olynyk.
I do this a lot. My eye twitches when I see Kelly Oubre, theb I realize it says Oubre and not Olynyk. Fuck Olynyk.
bro that’s a different kelly
Only thing Oubre has ripped out is our hearts. 💔
I can understand how you’d mistake them. They’re practically twins.
That is not surprising at all. Dude is one of the most beautiful men to ever play the game
I do not hear any lie.
Kelly Oubre has many fans because he’s good looking, just go to his instagram comments
Scared to take my girl to a game because I don’t want her to lay eyes on Kelly fr
And they say load management is bad.
He will always be my handsome prince.
This is how I feel about Captain Kirk Hinrich. I’d stand in line to get my jersey signed by him. Non-superstars deserve their flowers too. I was kid during that Baby Bulls era and they’re the reason I got obsessed with basketball.
Heinrich had skills. That bulls team was fun to watch and annoying to play (coming from a fan of a Cavs team that was trying to put something together around baby Bron).
I’m from Asia and have been a very big fan of this “random non-superstar” player who was a decent scorer but wasn’t a star or anything.
Pretty sure I have tweets about him from 2020 but can’t find em. The earliest tweet I can find right now is from May 2022.
“SGA is gonna improve like crazy next season”
Pics or it didn’t happen
Russ had a crazy superfan from Korea last year too
I knew it, MITWestbrook is actually Korean
which would explain a lot actually. Korean Stans are built different.
Russ was a superstar mvp it makes sense for him
He also had the lady from Japan who does drawings of him and OKC
They met a few years back too
Dudes a legit Nets fan since Clax is currently our longest tenured player.
Shows he’s been following the team for a hot minute.
I got kicked out of the Boston Garden for yelling “Eeenie Meenie Miney Poe” at Leon Powe for an entire quarter in 2008. I dont drink any more.
And even better when said non-superstars acknowledge and take the time. I know they all can’t get everyone every game but the amount of guys that don’t stop for kids or fans pre/post is pretty bad. Always love to see this.
My brother did this for Chuck Hayes. He got my brother’s info and sent him a bunch of shit.
You couldn’t tell my brother anything for a bit.
He still talks about Chuck Hayes.
You know who the Rockets could use right now?
Chuck Wagon is a legend for us
I am the only fan of Jarred Vanderbilt
Nick Van Exel is my favorite player of all time.
Me with Jeremy Sochan. My Lock Screen is him shooting a one handed three throw with the text WWJD. Reminds me of what’s possible. Reminds me of what I can be.
I love Dylan Windler for no reason. Sadly I never got to see him play because, well, has anyone ever actually seen him play in the NBA?
I’m Thomas Bryant’s number one fan
Absolutely
Can you help me understand it though? I actually don’t get why they would latch on to somebody like Clax? Somebody educate me, Clax a good dude or something? Just loves his game?
The initial commenter just told you, he’s a Nets fan and Clax is the longest tenured Net.
The initial commenter did no such thing.
This guy must do some crazy damage in 2K with Nic Claxton for him to be a fan of such a random player.
Haha I think is how most fans of oddly specific players are made. During first patriots dynasty I grew up in MA and whenever I played Madden I ALWAYS benched Tom Brady for Rohan Davey because his mobility was far superior. I even had a Davey jersey irl. I was anti Brady for a little bit because he got Bledsoe traded and I thought Davey was better. A few Superbowls later shut me up.
i love rohan davey because i recognized him in madden after i saw him play for the AFL ny dragons for my like 9th birthday party lmao. i was convinced i had watched a former NFL superstar. i love seeing his name mentioned. also always appreciate a big boy QB
My best friend who knows next to nothing about the NBA is a Jerry Stackhouse fan because of the only 2k game he ever played way back in the day. Stackhouse is on the short list of players bro actually knows. Dirk, Luka, Stackhouse.
I was a random ass Stacey Augmon fan back in the day. Every time I played with the Pistons or Blazers, this left-handed mfer got my attention and I made sure he was the biggest star on the team.
If I were a fan of a player solely based on name, Stackhouse is like top 5 too.
Stackhouse was pure bucket in nba 2k
He maybe a mavs fan lol
I have a disproportionate amount of support for Julius Randle because he’s done well for me a surprising amount times on 2k lol
Hey at least you know now not to be a hater 🤣
This partially why to this day darren collison is one of my GOATS
When I was a kid, I thought Mo Williams was one of the best guards in the league cause I would always play with Orlando on 2K
Cleveland?
Mo Williams’ jumper was WET on 2k.
His Ruby card in 2k24 was fire i think
I used to destroy everyone using Stromile Swift. Real life version was nowhere close to video game Stromile.
I feel like I’ve seen this guy do this a few times know. He’s Korean content creator that covers the nba on YT iirc
You’re probably thinking of the other guy who’s obsessed with Russell Westbrook (Kim Mamba)
Is that u/MITWestbrook’s real name? lol
I mean, Russ is very popular lol
You’re right I thought it was this guy: https://youtube.com/shorts/0mpxRm4qNa4?si=CssznuLHZ-UxdEhS
Do you know the name of his channel?
If that’s the case, might just be choosing random players because they’re more likely to come over, as opposed to James Harden or something
Good for him. Allen Iverson could never
Fck that guy
I drove 6 hours to fuck that guy, but his security said he was having a bad day. Suffice it to say, I was very disappointed.
Damn I never thought I’d see Australian lore in nba subreddit lol
Yo, what happened with Allen Iverson?
Burning bridges in Australia right now apparently
He’s having a bad day
You can say he is AI slop Bum bum tis But seriously AI arriving late not apologizing and not even being a decent human being of showing respect to those kids dealing with cancer and giving them the best time of their lives because they wanted to see him . Sometimes people aren’t who you really picture to be , the guy just did this for money.
The worst part is you could have seen it coming a mile away. AI’s transition to unc status isn’t going well
AI literally going almost broke with his finances, asking for help like i remember 2014-15 where there were reports he almost blew his 200 million dollars of gross due to his lavish lifestyle. He got insane help with his deals with Reebok and a trust fund he can get after 2030. Like you’ll think he would be a better person of fiancial literacy and overtime grow as a person by giving back to the people that want to see him. Im not asking him to donate millions of dollars im just saying you had your internal demons that costed you your fortune and got lucky and now the kids from that Austraila hostpial is just asking to see you since they love you and the arragonce of coming hours late looking disinterested and worse not trying to make them feel happy and enjoyment by just spending time with them for a few hours. Like seriously, that’s the definition of a asshole.
Just being a dick to kids with cancer
https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/s/svieZPCtr8
Damn
Hes having a bad day guys its okay
I don’t think there is ever a good Allen Iverson story. It’s always bad in real life.
Absolutely not true.
This reminds me of the scene in A Beautiful Mind where Nash and his bros decide to not hit on the hottest woman so that they increase their odds of interacting with, and having a great night with all her friends
This is btw the way to get with someone, just talk to the sex of which you are attracted to trying to be friends. If you have chemistry, the other person will be able to feel it too. If you don’t, great you just made a friend, who might like you so much that they try to set you up with someone.
But I don’t talk to girls I want to date for the purpose of being friends
Then you will find neither friends nor the girls you want to date
Am I the only one who thought Nic Claxton could’ve shown the fan a little more attention rather than just signing his jersey and ignoring the selfie request? Especially given that there are so probably no other Nic Claxton super fans outside of the Claxton family lol. Idk maybe the rest of the interaction was cut off but the clip seemed awkward to me
My thoughts exactly
He did pose for a picture.
Honestly if I’m a player like that, who doesn’t usually have “superfans”, I’d probably be a bit skeptical that I’m being setup for a prank or something, OR I’d be concerned it’s like some weird stalker or something… so I’d probably be a bit guarded interacting with them until I find out it’s an actual genuine fan and not some weird bullshit.
he makes 100 million dollars . he doesnt have name recognition outside of nba fans but cmon lets not act like he is ousmane dieng
That’s what I thought watching this. I hope he at least took the selfie
He should have taken him to dinner and kissed him on the mouth.
They just lost 86-120something so…
Literally in this video, he has to continue signing other people’s shit.
So yea, superfan or no superfan, these players have to deal with a stupid amount of autographs every night.
He saw some unnamed Wemby footage and thought it was Nic Claxton
wasnt there a middle aged british mom who was a CJ McCollum stan
Im trying Jennifer
Reminds me of this
Let’s go TB.. wait
2023 NBA Champion Thomas Bryant
Shoutout to all the international fans toughing out the rebuild. Takes a real sicko to actually go to a game this year, though lol
There are entire worlds out there that you are not aware of lmao
This reminds me of in 2019 when a friend and I saw a Russian guy playing a chello in Ueno park in Japan. He was trying to raise money to come to Atlanta to see Vince Carter because he was his favorite player.
Obviously it didnt happen in 2020, but he did make it in 21 and was shown on the broadcast. I immediately snapped a pic to send to my friend. Was really happy to see the guy made it and was kind of surreal to see that come full circle.
That’s pretty dope love seeing it
Nic Claxton and this dude have the same expression. They could be overjoyed or could be devestated, we really wouldn’t know.
I’m sure I’ve seen him somewhere else
I always wonder if these guys are just from down the street and bring signs like this for the hell of it.
Hes ready for the LA lights get him to the lakers stat
Love this
But why lol
Must’ve held stock on clax from that time nic dunked on lebron
I feel vindicated in my love of Quincy Acy then.
respect
I had a $200 free bet from FanDuel that I threw on Clax to have 10 points last night lol..
Good guy Nic!
I briefly read the title and thought he was trying to get him signed to LA.
I flew across the world to watch you lose by 37 points
i think the guy came from korea, and just wanted to watch a game so he said this
Role player superfans unite
Very cool
Went to so many Kings games sporting Mateen Cleaves gear. I heart this sentiment.
P.S. served him while bartending. Super nice dude.
That’s a good strategy to get an autograph by this guy who is probably from the area and is named Jeff.
Why
How do these people get hooked on a random ass person?
Mine was Andres Nocioni
Cute. I feel bad for Kings fans who aren’t from Sacramento. Why did you CHOOSE this hell? It was forced on the rest of us.
Flying that far just for Nic Claxton is like traveling across the country for a side dish. Glad he got his jersey signed though.
fr thought that was yang hansen for a sec lol
If he did this shit for a wnba player, the whole mood would be different lmao
If you hump a dog’s leg, the mood would be different than if it humps yours lmao
You can’t just flip things that have a different dynamic around
Claxton always seemed so unlikable with some of the bullshit he pulls, this is surprising to hear, good for him i guess
I can’t imagine what happened in this kids life to make him this way
Koreans gotta be most random people
Why are koreans random people?
Especially since OP probably has a lot of non-Serbian international fans that like Joker and follow the Nuggets.
I do know it’s a superstar but that’s what I love about sports fandom it’s not supposed to make sense, it’s very often randomized. I love stories like this or the Grant one (albeit it was a Japanese woman).
Their culture and food
Its not an insult.
How is their culture and food any more random than any other culture and food? Im trying to understand how any culture/food can be considered more ‘random’ by any means
Its sort of very americanized but unique in their own way
Their culture has random fixations
Korea actually only makes up 0.63% of the worlds population, so no, they are not, most random people
We have a terrorist running the country and his cronies are killing everyone, foreigners need to be extra careful smh.
Agreed, but read the room homie. There’s a place and time.
Kek
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