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RE: how can so many of these guys be so naive about playing nba
Posted on: August 11, 2016 at 17:22:40 CT
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But Jabari Brown mostly relished that his father saw him play in a road game at Golden State and a home game against the Clippers.
“It was big for him and me,” Jabari Brown said. “I felt happier he got to see me more than just me playing.”
“Everybody’s career is pretty short and you don’t have the biggest window,” Jabari Brown said. “I knew if I got let go a second time, I was going to go somewhere and make some good money.”
Per CBA rules, teams can only field two American players per team. So Jabari Brown interacted with most of his teammates and coaches with body language and simple Chinese phrases. Jabari Brown struggled just as much to communicate with his father because of his declining health.
“He wasn’t texting anymore,” Jabari Brown said of his father. “He didn’t talk on the phone because I couldn’t talk on the phone out there. It was tough.”
It also became tough when Jabari Brown finally reconnected with his father when he returned to Oakland in early February, only for him to pass away three weeks later. So at his father’s funeral in Oakland, Jabari Brown spoke on how his father shaped him.
“When you look at everything that Jabari has been through, he has definitely persevered in a way that many might have just given up,” Fannie Brown said. “It’s not about giving him the opportunity because he has overcome a lot. But he has a lot of talent.”
Jabari Brown has tried to show that in his second stint with the D-Fenders, where has averaged 20 points albeit on 38.8 percent shooting in six games.
“I’m just trying to be positive and hope that something works out,” Jabari Brown said. “I just need a team that believes in me. I know what I’m capable of doing. If that doesn’t necessarily come, I’m going to be fine with that. I feel like I know when I did get the opportunity, I showed what I can do.”
But Jabari Brown mostly relished that his father saw him play in a road game at Golden State and a home game against the Clippers.
“It was big for him and me,” Jabari Brown said. “I felt happier he got to see me more than just me playing.”
“Everybody’s career is pretty short and you don’t have the biggest window,” Jabari Brown said. “I knew if I got let go a second time, I was going to go somewhere and make some good money.”
Per CBA rules, teams can only field two American players per team. So Jabari Brown interacted with most of his teammates and coaches with body language and simple Chinese phrases. Jabari Brown struggled just as much to communicate with his father because of his declining health.
“He wasn’t texting anymore,” Jabari Brown said of his father. “He didn’t talk on the phone because I couldn’t talk on the phone out there. It was tough.”
It also became tough when Jabari Brown finally reconnected with his father when he returned to Oakland in early February, only for him to pass away three weeks later. So at his father’s funeral in Oakland, Jabari Brown spoke on how his father shaped him.
“When you look at everything that Jabari has been through, he has definitely persevered in a way that many might have just given up,” Fannie Brown said. “It’s not about giving him the opportunity because he has overcome a lot. But he has a lot of talent.”
Jabari Brown has tried to show that in his second stint with the D-Fenders, where has averaged 20 points albeit on 38.8 percent shooting in six games.
“I’m just trying to be positive and hope that something works out,” Jabari Brown said. “I just need a team that believes in me. I know what I’m capable of doing. If that doesn’t necessarily come, I’m going to be fine with that. I feel like I know when I did get the opportunity, I showed what I can do.”
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RE: how can so many of these guys be so naive about playing nba - FIJItiger MU - 8/11 17:22:40