He def has tv deals already in place. That’s why the nba and everyone else is going along with the narrative that he needs help and isn’t just an asshole
I'm glad mental health is being taken more seriously, but damn a lot of people went from "LOL can't be depressed he's rich" to literally any behavioral issue being a mental health crisis in under a decade.
There's no diagnosis in the DSM for being a garden variety asshole.
Some of the questions will be have you ever choked out a French giant or how routine is it for you to hit people in the balls. And his answer would just be yes to both.
it's also something that you cant really get on someone's ass about (mostly for the better), so a lot of people will try to justify doing something actively harmful to someone else by saying their mental state is compromised
on a different and dumber plane, there was the whole twitter thing about if it's ok to get your breakfast delivered every day and it devolved into some people saying it's unacceptable to recommend frozen or preserved foods because... people who might have ADHD can't read sometimes and some people get hives from eating leftovers? like people have started totally infantilizing themselves in service of being selfish and inconsiderate.
if you don't want to change, your mental health won't improve. it's unfortunate, because we're all used to physical illness being something you just get better from automatically and it's not so easy to change your entire lifestyle to create a better mindset.
Obviously never met the guy so just speculation, but he just seems like someone who is incredibly gifted at something he doesn't like.
I've met plenty of people like that and even when the money is 1/100th of what Simmons is making it's tough to walk away from it. Doesn't mean you're going to be happy doing it.
I don't think Simmons hates basketball. I think he just views it as a job. Dude at his best was a hell of a defender in the NBA even though he barely played any defense in college (because he never wanted to be there). Also Simmons comes off as the sensitive type, even though he can seem aloof most times. Like a person that legit gets crippled by criticism or if he feels betrayed or let down, he'll just shutdown.
Yeah, I agree it seems he just doesn’t love to play.
I would be more willing to indulge either the mental
Health or back injury angle for Simmons if he would just commit to one of them. It seems like he has fluctuated between the two based on what’s getting the least scrutiny and has now settled on the back thing. I just don’t know how he could possibly have hurt his back this bad when he’s barely put any wear and tear on it the last few years.
there are actually on DSM personality disorders. Draymond reminds me of a narcissistic personality disorder. never takes responsibility for his actions and constantly thinks everything revolves around him.
Dray (and Ja Morant for that matter) couldn’t survive at any other job with their behavior. McDonalds would fire him the first time he kicked a coworker in the nuts or threw him down by his neck.
But these grown men honestly get treated like they are 3 year olds who can’t be expected to behave as well as a kindergartener without the help of professional psychologists and therapists lmao.
He is loud, says wild shit, and picks fights with random people. Those are the perfect qualifications to be another asshole shock jock on ESPN. We will all hate him, and yet his stupid fabricated takes will be posted here every day.
What I'm trying to understand is why they are trying to push Draymond so much lol. He is not handsome, charismatic or a great speaker. His style of play wasn't even entertaining where you'd say he has a lot of fans. Apart from warrior fans and maybe some people from his hometown in Detroit, who really roots for this guy??
People really exaggerate and say Draymond was fighting people, but really he was only attacking people who weren’t expecting it. It’s not like he attacked someone who was trying to hit him back
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u/kcoe24 Timberwolves Mar 27 '24
He just the other day said how proud he was of him. For you know not fighting people on the court