LaMelo Ball on 3 people he would like to wear his shoes: “Jesus, Martin Luther King, Malcolm X.”
what a hilariously collected response
4th was Maya Angelou
Maya Angelou wasn’t assassinated. Doesn’t make the cut.
I appreciate the implication that Jesus Christ was assassinated by the Roman government.
Assassination by execution
Low key effective
I mean, yes
I mean, he was.
a character assassination then
Jesus wasn’t assassinated either. He was convicted of seditious conspiracy, and was lawfully executed.
You’re leaving out the part about how the Sanhedrin and high priest went after Jesus because they perceived him to be a religious threat, levying charges of blasphemy, “threatening the temple,” and “false prophecy.” But, because they didn’t have the right to execute Jesus themselves, they painted a story to the Romans that Jesus had violated Roman laws (i.e.: arguing that Jesus had claimed to be King of the Jews, and that positioned him as a rival to Caesar, and that amounted to sedition & treason).
tl;dr
I am a Christian, and if we’re being honest, Jesus was definitely doing all those things.
Not to get too in the weeds on religion here, but many Jewish people at the time felt the messiah was prophesied to be more of a warrior than a prophet and that he would free them from Roman control and recreate an independent Judea.
Not at all the appropriate subreddit for this question but why a warrior? Moses wasn’t a warrior and he lead them out of Egypt, mythologically speaking. Very interesting comment, The Dude 46
Moses was never a Warrior you’re right. He’s primarily known for being a Rocket or 76er
I was rewarded for scrolling this far in a theological discussion thread
Fucking beautiful
Moses also wasn’t the messiah. The Hebrew Scriptures are very clear in the prophecy that the messiah would be descended from King David and take his throne before leading the people of Israel to victory over their enemies.
I’m not an expert, but it was an interpretation of prophecies laid out in much of the latter half of what is now the Old Testament.
I don’t do much religion these days but I think I understood it as they misunderstood it because they were kinda mixing it up with more what his role will be in the second coming
Misunderstood if you’re looking at it from a Christian perspective, but there’s no prophesy or real indication in the Hebrew Bible that the messiah will come, die, and then wait 2000+ years to actually do the important and impressive stuff that was laid out as him doing in the future.
Which isn’t an assassination. Literally the entire point of the word assassination is that the killing is done secretly
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That’s because the person is wrong. Assassination is just the targeted extrajudicial killing of a public figure. I think he’s just thinking of Hitman or Assassin’s Creed lol
According to his logic, JFK wasn’t assassinated, nor Abraham Lincoln 😭
Still she rises up for the vicious dunk
7th was Jaylen Brown
I’d hope the fourth would be the Prophet Muhammad, just to even things out. Feels unfair to send Brother Malcom in there without divine backup.
I like to think he had those three names lined up for any “who” question and just got lucky it wasnt an unhinged response
It’s still kind of unhinged
You people just throw words around nowadays huh
“Fuck, Kill, Marry”
3 people you would like to shoot…
I guess Jesus would still be an acceptable answer because he can come back from the dead?
“Jesus. Everybody always says he had to die to save us.”
First NBA player with cte
Definitely not the first
4th grade education.
Since it was brand related, he gathered himself, put his thinking hat on, and did his best to be a professional. This was the result. The NBA, where amazing happens.
NBA, it’s FANtastic!!
I’m proud of him 🥲
Not the worst blunt rotation ever either
That’s an absolutely stellar rotation, long as Lamelo is out for refills.
Melo goes to the store mows down a whole family is his semi on 77” rims and rats on everyone and the rotation all gets arrested. Terrible.
Nah thats where Jesus comes in. He resurrects the family, turns some water into wine and we keep smoking.
Do you think Jesus could turn oregano into weed?
It’s a stupid question, and not a terrible answer, really
His brain needs to be studied
His brain cell.
One distinct, probably tattooed, braincell
It’s prolly glow in the dark, so it wouldn’t be hard to find.
1 of 1
Laone of Laone
LaOne Cell
It’s really not complicated, he never had anything approaching a childhood so he’s going through that phase right now.
He’s a 12 year old with $100m.
the most correct answer. Guy never had a chance to be a regular kid and I don’t think a lot of people understand what that can do to a person in adulthood
arrested development, it’s kinda the same with a lot of child stars.
He just a stoner
…..drops pen
Sir I think you just got yourself a 5 million dollar scholarship to this big college in Jacksonville for your work
i turned it down 😏
Shouldn’t take very long.
As soon as they find it, I’m sure scientists will have a bunch of questions.
The people who faked the moon landing better get right on that
I figure it’d just be the brain of a normal person, with the bit attributable to elementary school replaced with a basketball.
Smooth as an old basketball.
Infamous sandals wearer Jesus
Imagine if Jesus owned a pair of Nike slides. Freshest Messiah.
Jesus in a pair of Air Jordan IXs would’ve yanked that fuckin cross out of the ground and beaten all the roman bastards to death with it.
Then turn it into gold and slap it around his neck on a fat chain
Lowkey this is blasphemy
I know why you were downvoted but this comment cracked me up.
Lowkey?
Until Muhammad (pbuh) steps out in them Gucci flip flops… it’s over (Vince carter meme)
Muhammad smashes Mary Magdalene then drops, “I just fucked yo bitch in some Gucci flip flops.” Jesus would have to crucify himself there’s no resurrection from that.
Jesus: turns water into wine
Muhammad: turns piss into purp
It’s not even close.
We’re all going to hell 😂😂
see you in valhalla brother. stand back and stand by
Just repent by becoming Muslim
Jesus would have worn Starburys
On water on god(’s son)
Well if he had better arch support they wouldn’t have caught him
Well, he only wore sandals because he didn’t have access to LaMelo’s shoes at the time. Everyone knows that.
One of the worst questions anyone could ask
Matched it with the worst answers anyone could give
Nah he could’ve said george washington, Mao Zedong, or MLK or something crazy like that..
Ok, new game game! Whos the worst 3 people Lamelo couldve said!
Hitler, Andrew Jackson and…. Mohamed Atta
I’m going with a bit of variety, while avoiding obvious recent choices like Trump. And I’ve got a European, American & Middle Eastern
Ghengis Khan, Jared from Subway, Epstein
Too many child rapists, gotta mix it up some: Pedro Lopez (Monster of the Andes, worst serial killer of all time), Stalin, Pol Pot.
Bro cries about the list having too many of the same type of pos. Names 2 mass murdering, commie leaders.
Racially diverse though! And those 2 commies murdered in many different ways.
Who was the fucking Belgian king that fucked the congo up so bad the other colonizers thought he was a monster.
Leopold the GOAT
Hey Ghengis Khan probably has some family in here! Don’t be rude
Henry Kissinger, Jimmy Saville, Chris Chan.
Theres no way!!… like a week ago, I was trying to remember that famous political guy. I googled “Bush financial political guy” (I really couldn’t remember what he actually did), and then Clinton, then Bush 1 (I was born in the 80s), but none of the results seemed like who i was looking for. It was Kissinger!! For the life of me I couldn’t remember who that “semi famous political president guy” was. Dammit, now I forgot why I was even looking. But at least I know now!
Hitler, Pol Pot, King Leopold II
Ive thought about telling people they look like mohamed atta irl before. Especially if they dont look similar. Odds are they dont know who he is and its funny af if they google.
Do we think this doctor always went by Mo?
https://profiles.hopkinsmedicine.org/provider/mo-atta/2706085
He basically did bro
What are the correct answers here? I think any answer would be memed lol
It sort of gives Justin Bieber saying something about Anne Frank being a belieber lmao
how about 3 basketball players
You’re saying Jesus didn’t ball?
Yeah, I think we can all imagine Jesus with his Holy Cross-over breaking ankles
He has Risen….above James and put him on a POSTER!
Nephews in here are all too young to remember that He came out of retirement in 1996 to join the Hawks: Christ Returns to NBA.
After a two-year hiatus, Jesus Christ returned to the NBA last night, taking the court with his former team, the Atlanta Hawks. Christ, who quit the sport in May 1994 to focus on spreading His message of universal love and compassion, made His triumphant return last night against the Bulls, just in time for Easter Sunday.
Boring ass answer
He gave 3 people that are considered to have had a positive influence. It could be so much worse
Why is it a bad answer?
How is it worst when its so funny
Adam Silver, Scott Foster, Karl Malone
Nah, this is the perfect answer to a question this dumb.
Is it? This is hilarious and getting a ton of engagement. It’s not like you can ask him a question that requires a lot of thought.
the question isn’t that bad. plenty of designers have wanted to work with specific clients or to have certain public figures wearing their work.
This is a Michael Scott answer.
I honestly love him he’s like a lost child. On mdma or something. You can’t write better answers than this.
Except that we all know that he is going to kill some innocent people on the road sooner or later.
naw he got da driver now
I have a dream
To wear LaMelo’s shoes
What answer is he even supposed to give here. Just basketball players?
Jesus, MLK, Malcom X
They were renegades of their time and age, So many renegades!
Jesus Christ, Mohammed, Moses
Jesus Christ, Mohamed Diawara, Moses Malone
Jesus Shuttlesworth
Really depends how you lean? I was kind of thinking pol pot, Muamar Gadaffi and Joseph Stalin
i don’t know what the “right” answer is, but I’d probably start with people that are alive enough to wear my shoes
I feel like the best answer is random celebs who are known to have played basketball like Obama, Adam Sandler, etc
My answers for those curious
Captain Planet (Planet Earth)
David Letterman (Television)
Sub-Zero (Mortal Kombat)
Marshall Applewhite (Space)
Thank you for letting me know! 🫶
i was wondering why they asked this question to lamelo ball and not starks4thr33! im glad we ended up getting your answer anyways
Mine would be Aragog from Harry Potter. He’d have to buy four pairs, so I would make more money.
Become friends with Firenze too. Him and his gang would need two pair apiece. There’s like 20 of em
For anyone who doesn’t know who Marshall Applewhite, definitely worth a quick Google search.
This is peak off-season content.
At first I thought, “the Texas Quarterback?” And then I remembered lol
Sorry to bother, quick followup: this is who you’d want to wear YOUR shoes or wear LaMelo’s??
Yes 😃
Bro thought he cooked with the answer
Bro thought he cooked with his penthouse too 😂
It’s hilarious how well he balls. The dude has this one thing standing between him being rich and everyone listening to this shit from him and him just being some dude who nobody would ever ask anything except to make fun of while sitting around after ripping a bong.
He did
He did though. It’s hilarious.
“Bro thought” - you sure about that?
It’s a stupid question. What’s he supposed to say?
Jesus, MLK and Malcom X
Probably expected him to name random celebrities and other basketball players
This is objectively the funniest answer he could have given lol
Starting off with Jesus and then the juxtaposition of MLK and Malcom X is comedic genius.
Someone else said it, but its literally what Michael Scott would say.
The fact that ppl are arguing with these picks tells you a lot about society.
I thought people were gonna be clowning Lamelo for picking 3 dudes that are no longer walking the earth instead of 3 dudes that are alive but nope I was wrong
Apparently the picks themselves are an issue to some people for some odd reason
I’m not sure what your take is based on this response tbh
Alot of racism here
Amazing
That’s why he’s the goat
Bro what are you waiting for send dem a pair!!!
These aren’t dumb answers at all y’all are just weird (and racist).
every melo post brings them out
People in the comments calling him an idiot for a very non-controversial answer, yh we know what timing you’re on.
Dumbass questions get smartass answers
Solid answer to that type of question. Now you gotta argue why Jesus can’t wear his shoes.
He has an endorsement deal with New Balance.
why’d they choose white jesus for the picture lol
Where’s Korean Jesus?
In Korea
Busy. With Korean shit
For anyone out there who follows football (soccer), I would pay good money to see LaMelo and Cole Palmer in a room together.
Might crack double figures IQ between them.
Melo and AntMan are going to give us hilarious content lol
PR resistant backcourt
Jesus walked on water so his LaMelo’s didn’t get wet.
Honestly what would be the best answer? LeBron, Curry, and Jerry Seinfeld?
i mean fair answer
Why do people give a shit lol? He picked three people he deeply respects dead or alive, that’s about the most normal answer possible.
Do they mean metaphorically or like his literal branded shoe?
If the latter, not a bad pick. A quality basketball shoe really lends itself to long marches. Maybe a bit of a problem for Jesus in the desert because nobody is trying to fuck with sand in shoes.
Back then that area had drip. The Fertile crescent, not really a desert like now
A new Big 3 has joined the league.
I feel like Rosa Parks was wearing Melos when riding that infamous bus. LaMelo just forgot about it..
Awesome
The fact that people still use “white jesus” when used as a graphic/meme in this video and we know damn well he is not is fucking crazy. Other than that good choices Melo.
Based
Lmao
He’s growing on me. Dudes an idiot but can’t deny he’s entertaining. Excited to see what he and Ant can do
Ignorance is bliss in human form
I love that Jesus was instant
I feel like he is a young kid in an adult body.
Wolves are going to be the wisest team this year.
One of the most iconic answers in NBA history. This shit is a hall of fame interview answer
None of them can
Top 1 dumbest person in the nba.
Tyler Herro and MPJ: “Are we a joke to you?”
At least Lamelo’s funny and seems like he’s enjoying himself, Herro has like no redeeming qualities whatsoever lol
Jaden Ivey
Redditors have a weird obsession calling people out their name for random shi even if he is lwk dumb
It’s jus his opinion lmao
At least his idiocy is the harmless kind, not toxic like Herro and MPJ. Now behind the wheel, that’s a different story.
Nah, tied with MPJ
I think that’s Kuzma
Imagine you went to heaven and god said, “why aren’t you wearing LaMelo’s”
Still can’t get over, he named his son LaOne Ball 😂
Sooooo…Apocalypse, Professor X, and Magneto?
I’m starting to realize he might not be be fully mentally deficient and this might be an elaborate troll. On the other hand he really did put those tats on his body permanently so who knows
if this guy was 5’6” tall he would be homeless.
I need some follow up questions
The kid has sense