Tuesday, January 15th, 2013 at 9:40 am  |  133 responses

Dwyane Wade Gets a Utah Jazz Fan Ejected (VIDEO)

Peace!

An obnoxious Utah Jazz fan sitting courtside last night was shown the door late in the third quarter, as Dwyane Wade helpfully pointed out the exit for him. Following the Jazz win, Miami Heat superstar LeBron James called the fans in Utah “amazing”. Per the Deseret News: “It’s a great environment. It’s a great atmosphere,’ LeBron James said. ‘These fans are amazing, especially, of course for their team. They bring a lot of energy to the game. I thrive off that.’ [...] ‘The fans give them an extra boost of confidence. They get them excited. They’re always into the game,’ James continued on Jazz faithful. ‘They know the game of basketball, so much history as far as their organization. So they’re great.’ Miami star guard Dwyane Wade, whose 24-11 team has gone 5-5 and has gone 1-2 on a six-game road trip, echoed those sentiments. This year, the 20-19 Jazz, winners of five of seven, are 11-4 at home. ‘They’re very competitive here and they bring out the best in other teams. We enjoy every time we come here,’ Wade said. ‘It’s a tough place to play. It’s a tough place to breathe, first of all. Once you get over that, then you’ve gotta play the game. It’s always tough, but it’s always enjoyable,” he added. “This is one place that if you walk out of here with a win, you feel very, very good about yourself.’”

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  • ByAnyMeansNecessary

    Cowardice. Simple to understand. Maybe you don’t get it because you identify with these cowardly people.

  • ByAnyMeansNecessary

    People like you give real basketball fans a bad name. 23 people can be wrong. Having a majority doesn’t make you right.

  • ByAnyMeansNecessary

    Not a good observation at all really. Just a reflexive statement coming from someone who seems to not like how Wade plays. Which is your prerogative. But it’s also your prerogative to be wrong. Which you are.

  • pposse

    What came first, Rome or the Coliseum??

  • sickboy11

    Wrong again kiddo. In twenty years of watching Basketball I have never seen a player kick his leg up into the groin of another player during a shot.
    There is nothing wrong factually with my statement, it isn’t a reflex at all. It’s based on evidence. Your counter claim of “there are this many players” or “so and so did this once” or “watch some of the unknown guys” isn’t evidence and isn’t quantifiable in any manner. So prove it wrong by naming the dirtiest player or by proving Wade isn’t a dirty player. Those are your two options. You ad hominem replies mean nothing.

  • sickboy11

    You know that for a fact how? You’ve made a generalization, which means you’ve said absolutely nothing of value.
    You don’t know that and can’t guarantee it. You keep saying it because you believe these people would fear something. Can’t be a coward without fear….So what is it that they would be scared of? What is this fear you suppose they will feel based on?

  • sickboy11

    Imagine that! Yet another ad hominem. Typical when someone is backed up against the wall by logic.
    What is it these “cowards” would be afraid of? What would they have to fear that would turn them into cowards?

  • sickboy11

    Never said that fans shouldn’t be or should be excused for atrocious behavior.
    I made no judgement call on the fans, just the right of a fan to say what he wants with a paid ticket.
    You’ve made no point here. You’ve basically said, “But Mommy, he did it first!”

  • sickboy11

    Whatt are they protected FROM exactly?
    Why are they cowards, and why do you ASSUME they are?
    What do these people FEAR that in your mind makes them cowards?

  • pposse

    Hasty Generalization!

  • sickboy11

    What’s your point? Players still ARE NOT the product. They are producers of a product. The games they play are the product. We don’t go somewhere to watch players stand around. We go t arenas to watch them PLAY A GAME. (Unless of course, as I said, we talk about packaging guys to aim at the fans)
    What don’t you get, no $$$$= no league at all.
    The option wouldn’t be there for the players if there was no PROFIT MOTIVE. They would have had nothing to work towards all these years if there was no league. And there’d be no league without a target audience, or profit motive.
    You didn’t do well in economics, eh?

  • sickboy11

    How off topic can you go?
    I NEVER said any fan gave any player talent, skill, work
    ethic, drive, ambition…anything at all except their attention and money.

    I’m not missing anything; you seem to be missing a basic
    economic lesson and reality: Without a profit motive, things don’t exist. I
    never said fans are any part of THE GAME itself. The game is a separate being
    entirely. The game actually exists with or without the NBA.

    The players keep fans coming back, by providing a high
    quality product to keep fans money that could very easily be spent elsewhere;
    but again you’re incorrect…Without a profit motive (fans to make money off
    of) no league would ever or could possibly ever exist. If there weren’t people
    willing to spend their money to watch Basketball, the guys we watch play
    Basketball (the best game there is) would probably be playing something else
    where they could make money.

    This really is simple economics, and I can’t see how anyone
    couldn’t understand this.

    I think maybe the problem is you aren’t getting passed the
    idea of an already established league. Somehow there is a disconnect somewhere
    that you believe the league would exist no matter what? It would exist somehow inherently
    by its’ own volition?

  • sickboy11

    Wrong. Players are workers creating a product.
    I didn’t minimize it at all: Eventually down the line it does continue with creating a better product (talent) enticing those people back.
    Profit motive. There would be no league or players to invest in at all without a market (fans, people willing to spend their money) for it.
    “The fans are fickle ____ who will abandon the game at any moment.”- Proves my point. Say they abandon the game, then what? What do the players do then? Keep playing in hopes of?

  • sickboy11

    What is? What generalization have I made?
    Generalizations have no inherent value, as most are false.

    He can’t guarantee they are all cowards.
    He refuses to say what they would be fearing, what would make them afraid…and there is a reason why he refuses to and avoids an answer.

  • sickboy11

    Hee Hee…a generalization about a generalization?
    But it is actually a specific comment about the nature of generalizations that leaves room for exceptions.

  • pposse

    no not u..i was speaking on the specific generalization that was being used by by anymeansnecessary…fan a is a coward, fan b is a coward so fan c is a coward as well

  • pposse

    sorry i was just tryin to bring up what i thought was the specific generalization that was being used from byanymeansnec.

  • ByAnyMeansNecessary

    Sorry son. One player dirtier than Wade. Metta World Peace. All I need to name is one to prove that Wade isn’t the dirtiest player in the league. I gave you one name. No need for me to do any more.

  • sickboy11

    Nope. Metta is more old school, more blatant about playing physical…but not dirtier. Wade’s sneakiness on that front, the fact that he does it in a manner that tries to hide it, puts him ahead of World-Peace.

  • initbruv

    I don’t even know why we’re having this argument. It is an undeniably mutually beneficial endeavor. We both agree the fans are important. Maybe we just disagree as to whether they should be allowed to act however they want at games? If not then we aren’t disagreeing about anything.

  • initbruv

    I agree on all counts here. I had this discussion with B.A.M.N. Is anyone discounting that the fans are vital? And you obviously agree that the players are too. So…I don’t understand why we are disagreeing.

  • ByAnyMeansNecessary

    There is no old school or new school when it comes to deliberately elbowing a guy in the head. That’s not playing physical. National TV. Huge game against the best team in the West. He elbowed one of their star players in the head. Sneaky or not, doesn’t matter. That’s dirty. Dirtier than anything Wade has done in secret or in front of everyone.

  • ratguts

    good to see rod stewart found a job with the nba.

  • bustios

    and being a dwyane wade fanboy makes you a “real fan”? please… no real hoops fan appreciates wade because he’s dirty and has a horrible attitude.

  • bustios

    dude, read what you said.. then read what I said… then reply with something that makes sense

  • sickboy11

    Wrong again. In the eighties, a guy getting elbowed in the
    head would’ve been a common occurrence, well maybe not common, it didn’t happen
    every night; but it did happen often and wasn’t the huge deal in that era. The
    definition of “dirty” has changed over time, but that still doesn’t support
    anything you’re stating. Of course, I’m not even sure of the play you are referring
    to, but it does seem to be your only fact or piece of evidence against my
    statement. One example doesn’t quite
    prove anything or support your case as much as you seem to think it does, nor
    do any of the factors such as how it was televised and who was on the receiving
    end. (If it did, I can still show it supports my opinion…taking Rondo out in the ECF????) And it’s not dirtier than any of the following: blatantly shoving a guy out of bounds in the midst of a temper tantrum (after a whistle), or
    dragging a guy to the ground and injuring him (after a whistle), or- the icing on the cake-
    KICKING A GUY IN THE GROIN. Who owns all these fantastic examples of
    sportsmanship? Dwayne Wade: The Dirtiest Player in the NBA.

    Now, go ahead and please describe that one elbow to the head again, as if
    saying it over and over will make what you think true.

  • Holiday

    I was at the game, and a friend of mine was sitting about 4 seats away. The guy told the ref to pull his head out of his @$5 then used a racial slur and spilled his beer. And for the guy that said “the only guy in Utah holding a beer gets kicked out” your perception and the rest of the worlds for that matter of Utah is terribly wrong! Great game for the Jazz!!!

  • Gregory Davis

    The same reason why you Misspelled the word every one, You typed in everone, you forgot the “Y”.. That’s Why! People do make Mistakes. Even yourself. Lol

  • ByAnyMeansNecessary

    No real hoops fan appreciates Wade? Michael Jordan (who signed him to Jordan Brand years ago), Charles Barkley, Pat Riley, LeBron James, Alonzo Mourning and countless other former and current players would like to talk with you about them not being “real hoops fans”.

  • ByAnyMeansNecessary

    Dude, you said Wade is a former star. So if he’s not a superstar and he’s not a star, what else is left? Role player or bench warmer. He’s neither. So what is he? Still a star player. It’s not that hard to understand.

  • Allenp

    Your language is very condescending. “We allow. ” People are interesting.

  • Allenp

    Your comment about more and more choosing not to watch is not based on facts. Pure conjecture based on personal anecdotes. The facts say more people are watching the League than in years.
    Fans by tickets to be entertained. They could choos other formas of entertainment but they like sports particularly the false feeling of inclusion in the action. There are rules of decorum in arenas. White pants clearly broke a rule and got tossed. It wasn’t just standard taunting.

  • TheRealOG

    That’s why I hate heat fans so much.

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