(it might be time for the Shavster to get over himself)
The AP’s Bill Konigsberg with two of the dopier reactions surrounding John Amaechi’s recent revelations.
Injured Philadelphia Sixers forward Shavlik Randolph acknowledged it’s a new situation.
“As long as you don’t bring your gayness on me I’m fine,” Randolph said. “As far as business-wise, I’m sure I could play with him. But I think it would create a little awkwardness in the locker room.”
News that Amaechi had come out surprised some players.
“For real? He’s gay for real? “Nowadays it’s proven that people can live double lives. I watch a lot of TV, so I see a lot of sick perverted stuff about married men running around with gay guys and all types of foolishness,” said Philadelphia center Steven Hunter, who added he would be fine with an openly gay teammate.
“As long as he don’t make any advances toward me I’m fine with it,” he said. “As long as he came to play basketball like a man and conducted himself like a good person, I’d be fine with it.”
If nothing else, the Association has a hot new topic to introduce to rookie orientation — the mind blowing concept that relatively few gay men are gonna try to fuck every straight man they encounter. And high marks to the Chuckster, who handled the matter with unusual grace on “PTI” today, reminding viewers that in all probability, he’d already played with gay teammates, as has the rest of the league.
shavlik certainly reflects well on Duke University.
I’d rather bring gayness upon Cherokee Parks.
Absolutely incredible. I just laughed my ass off.
If you don’t want the gayness brought on you, Shavlik, take off that fierce hat!
I wonder if these guys actually see how hilarious there comments are after they open their mouths. I personally think Shavlick is just trying to mask the fact that he has a man crush on Korver.
Why does Shavlick Randolph believe that someone wants to “gayness” on him. It’s not as if he has ever been considered good looking. It’s amazing how men rush to make really simple comments about homosexuality. Rather than keeping quite, it seems that that have a need to prove to the world that they are not gay. Probably, the best course of action for most pro athletes is to just stick to facts and leave the emotion behind.
I assume all the fuss is related to his use of the phrase: “bring your gayness on me”. Honestly, the media just likes to stir up trouble so they can sell more newspapers, get more viewers, etc. With hindsight, I’m sure he’d prefer to have said something with a little less slang… like “hit on me” or “make a pass at me”. But, all in all, who the heck cares how he said it? By definition, the majority of heterosexuals wouldn’t want a homosexual making advances towards them. That’s rather obvious. So, maybe we should just give the guy a break for crying out loud!
hopefully the majority of heterosexuals are sophisticated enough to know that most homosexuals are actually living, breathing, multidimensional humans with souls, personalities, brains etc., and might actually be capable of existing in a locker room environment without trying to suck every cock in sight.
I mean, they already are capable, whether or not Shav knows it yet.
I think Shavlik is just trying to summarize feelings on a complex issue for some reporter without resorting to ambiguous politically correct terminology. This kid conducts himself in a professional manner on and off the court, and his honest comments, even taken out of context as they are here, are actually refreshing. Like other readers here have noted, most heterosexual men prefer not to have gayness brought on them either. The dope is Bill Konigsberg.