![]() However, it is only in recent history that it has become a form of art. Throughout the history of basketball, the NBA has seen some of the best trash talkers ever. It is only in basketball where you can actually read the player’s lips, and in some cases, even hear what they are saying. It is only in basketball where there is a ton of player-to-player interaction. ![]() Hockey is the closest to basketball, but they also wear helmets and a heavy pane of glass separates fans from the actions (and the dialogue). Football has trash talking, but its full scope is disguised on television because the players wear helmets. At the very least, it makes the game even more enjoyable than it is because it shows that the players are actually playing hard, something that doesn’t always happen.īaseball has some trash talking, but because it is a non-contact sport, there is very little player-to-player interaction. Trash talking brings a colorful swagger to the game without undignifying or it, at least some of the time. Regardless of how it is viewed, from the streets of every local playground, to the local YMCA, to the professional NBA court, basketball players are some of the best trash talkers around. And others view it as an inevitable part of the game. Others view it as gaining a competitive edge. Could the 5-3 Muggsy Bogues dunk when he played in the NBA? Yes.Love it or hate it, trash talking is a part of sports.Print out the Sweet 16 NCAA tournament bracket for 2021 March Madness 255 views.Printable Sweet 16 bracket for the NCAA college basketball tournament (2021) 282 views.How much do NBA G-League players make a season? 299 views.Printable Sweet 16 bracket for the NCAA college basketball tournament (2022) 539 views.Print out this Sweet 16 tournament bracket for March Madness 2019 555 views.The college basketball teams with most Sweet 16 appearances in NCAA history (men’s) 1.4k views.Clearly not so much with the rest of the NBA. No surprise there, if you’ve watched them play, you hardly ever see them open their mouths during the game. Some of those players that said they don’t get into talking trash: James Harden, DeMar DeRozan and Eric Gordon. ![]() However, it’s worth mentioning that there’s a small percentage of NBA players. According to the players, on the court, off the court, on social media is all within the unwritten rules as long as the trash stays off players’ personal lives and away from family members. And it’s not just on-the-court, but in today’s NBA, it’s off-the-court on social media: Twitter, Snapchat and Instagram. Many of them need to motivate themselves for 82 games and trash talking gets them amped up. First off, for the most-part, whatever their personality may be off thec court, they’ve been the alpha-dog on the court for many years, so they’re just challenging that status quo when they come across other great players. Think about it, these players have been the best of the best since they first played, so it makes sense. The Art (and Unwritten Rules) of Trash Talking in the NBA Considering that Ellington, Bryant and Lin were all on the 2014-15 Lakers team, this probably happened during a Lakers practice. Not sure if this happened when Lin lit up Kobe and Lakers during Linsanity, or when the two played together on the Los Angeles Lakers. “Haha, we all just fell out laughing” Ellington said, finishing the story. Kobe Bryant(listing out): “Yeah, me, God… yeah.” Jeremy Lin (responding to Kobe’s trash talk): “Kobe, man, I’m not scared of you. have If you are at work or a place where you can’t watch the video, here’s a transcript of the hilarious conversation as told by Ellington: Seriously? Anyone familiar with the NBA and were betting on sports trash talkers would have lost money on these two being at the top of the list. There’s a short clip during the featurette of Wayne Ellington recalling a time when Jeremy Lin and Kobe Bryant exchanging in-game pleasantries. Said Tobias: “Dang, I didn’t know you talked trash Dirk!” Still, that wasn’t the biggest shocker in the revealing interviews. One was Dirk Nowitzki talking trash to Tobias Harris after the 7-0 German blocked the former Piston forward’s shot. However, there’s a few names that we weren’t expecting to hear. ![]() Some of the names that came up weren’t surprising at all: Draymond Green, Russell Westbrook, Joel Embiid, Michael Jordan and Kevin Garnett.
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