**OFFICIAL 2019 NBA OFFSEASON THREAD**

[everysingletime]

And And he called him a displaced african.

And why even use that word.

Is Lebron James a displaced African or is he just African American

 

[Sonny Corinthos]

And why even use that word.

Is Lebron James a displaced African or is he just African American

Notice the term has African in it, where as Euro doesn't

 

[champcruthik]

Shared this in the foodie thread reminiscing on AC debauchery with my Ecuadorian brodie but eff it, I’m cracking Aguardiente with @buc em and our contingent of Sixers brethren/loyalists when Jimmy and Tobias both re-sign in Philly.

 

[BIG LEEMELONE]

Is Lebron James a displaced African or is he just African American

Same thing

 

[everysingletime]

Notice the term has African in it, where as Euro doesn't

Ok, but if someone tweets that the three basketball players to do (insert anything here) are Americans, you wouldn't find it strange for someone else to pipe up, no they're not Americans, they're displaced Africans? Lol.

 

[HIM]

Would that make all white Americans Displaced europeans?

 

[IATT]

 

[HIM]

He was born in France

Displaced usually means forced to move. From what I’ve read Gobert’s mom and pops were also born in france. Seems weird to use that word with Gobert when other NBA players have been displaced from their country.

 

[Vincent Van Goat]

Would that make all white Americans Displaced europeans?

@KHUFU

 

[HIM]

@KHUFU

I only have 2 dudes on NT blocked. Khufu and Timidtebow. So i won’t see this reply

 

[everysingletime]

Would that make all white Americans Displaced europeans?

By the logic in this thread yea.

 

[Vincent Van Goat]

Edit, not a hill I want. Rudy's situation was different, I'll give you that

 

[Sonny Corinthos]

By the logic in this thread yea.

A larger percent of Euro's had a choice to come here

 

[RIP Screw]

Would that make all white Americans Displaced europeans?

It does but what are you trying to say? and most of them weren't "displaced".

 

[HIM]

Rudy's different, I'll give you that, from what I read about Greek, they wouldn't even recognize him as one of their own for most of his life. But yeah if that's a hill you want take it

Giannis is hella Nigerian. Yoruba I bet. Igbo dudes got no charisma according to my Igbo homie

 

[chrisftdot]

One way or another, aren't we all from Africa?

 

[HIM]

It does but what are you trying to say? and most of them weren't "displaced".

I already said what I was trying to say and I quoted you in that response. You just decided not to respond to it for whatever reason.

 

[Vincent Van Goat]

Giannis is hella Nigerian. Yoruba I bet. Igbo dudes got no charisma according to my Igbo homie

Since my edited response was quoted , I'll just include his own words

“I grew up in a Nigerian home,” Antetokounmpo said. “Obviously, I was born in Greece and went to school in Greece. But at the end of the day when I go home, there is no Greek culture. It’s straight-up Nigerian culture."

But yeah, I guess it's weird I don't want the African heritage recognized or at the very least not have the Greece emphasized E everysingletime

 

[everysingletime]

A larger percent of Euro's had a choice to come here

Yes and I'm sure Giannis's parents and Gobert's parents chose to willfully immigrate to their respective European countries

 

[dmbrhs]

I like how the lifetime achievement award somehow feels more grandiose than being elected to the actual hall of fame.

 

[RIP Screw]

I already said what I was trying to say and I quoted you in that response. You just decided not to respond to it for whatever reason.

What is weird about calling him a displaced african. That was my first question

 

[everysingletime]

What is weird about calling him a displaced african. That was my first question

Cuz it just is. You wouldn't interrupt someone tweeting about a black American's achievement and qualify that as 'no he's a displaced african, that doesn't count as an American achievement' lol

 

[RIP Screw]

Cuz it just is. You wouldn't interrupt someone tweeting about a black American's achievement and qualify that as 'no he's a displaced african, that doesn't count as an American achievement' lol

I don't think that's what he was trying to say lol. We never said he wasn't a "real american"

 

[everysingletime]

Since my edited response was quoted , I'll just include his own words

“I grew up in a Nigerian home,” Antetokounmpo said. “Obviously, I was born in Greece and went to school in Greece. But at the end of the day when I go home, there is no Greek culture. It’s straight-up Nigerian culture."

But yeah, I guess it's weird I don't want the African heritage recognized or at the very least not have the Greece emphasized E everysingletime

*sigh*

None of this proves your point. The dominant culture at home for a lot of bi-cultural people will be that of the parents.

 

[HIM]

What is weird about calling him a displaced african. That was my first question

Displaced is commonly used to describe someone who was forced to flee their country.

There have been NBA players who have, themselves, been displaced. Either because of war or government. They had to leave the country they were born in and flee to another. I understand that Gobert’s ancestor’s, on his dad side at least, are African and were likely displaced. What was strange to me is that Gobert himself was called a displaced African, because I had heard that his father and mother were both born in France. Gobert was also born in france. To hear that Gobert was displaced would make me think that he himself was born in Africa and had to flee to France. That is the way the word is used in my experience. To describe an individual’s history, not his ancestors.