Why the ladies of the WNBA get TALL RESPECT from REAL playas! "Say It Loud"

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Dwight D. Eisenhower once said, "This world of ours... must avoid becoming a community of dreadful fear and hate, and be, instead, a proud confederation of mutual trust and respect." Lao Tzu, the ancient Chinese philosopher, gave it to us like this, "When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everybody will respect you." Then Bryant G. McGill, the famous author, broke it down like a pimp at a playas convention when he spit, "One of the most sincere forms of respect is actually listening to what another has to say." 

Well playas...the women of the WNBA get TALL RESPECT this mornin' from all the REAL G's and playas out here for simply bein' themselves!!! They not only used their platform to protest all of the foolishness goin' on in this country but spoke out even louder when the WNBA tried to silence their protest. Last week the league fined the Indiana Fever, New York Liberty and Phoenix Mercury for wearin' all black warm up shirts in support of the Black Lives Matter Movement. 

Well pimpin', on Saturday the WNBA president, Lisa Borders, issued a statement tellin' boyz that they were rescindin' the fines levied against both their teams and players. She went on to say, "While we expect players to comply with league rules and uniform guidelines, we also understand their desire to use their platform to address important societal issues. Given that the league will now be suspending play until August 26 for the Olympics, we plan to use this time to work with our players and their union on ways for the players to make their views known to their fans and the public."

Let's keep it real or all the way 100, whichever comes 1st! If you're not a WNBA fan today you're a straight up SUCKA! What these women did last week was HUGE. Not just by puttin' on the shirts bruh! It was what they did AFTER a boy told them that they couldn't wear them is what needs to be respected!! The fact that they used their post-game interviews to only address the Black Lives Matter Movement and their disgust with the league was 100!!!! As a matter of fact, it was 1,000,000!!!! 

Think about it bruh, the average salary in the WNBA is 72 racks!! The minimum rookie joint is $38K and the max boy for veterans is $106K! The league was about to unjustly hit these chicks for $500 a pop for wearin' a darn shirt in support of the black community when the normal out of uniform compliance fine is $200! So the fact that they were hittin' boyz for more than double the normal joint was a statement all to itself. But these ladies didn't just take the joints off an kept it movin'! They got even LOUDER!!

That's some real activism and I'm hooked on these ladies for lovin' themselves more than the WNBA. and the funky check. Big Momma always said that you've got to love yourself first before somebody else can love you back. In the famous words of the big homie, James Brown, "Say it loud!! I'm Black and I'm Proud!" 

What a lot of boyz don't want you to know is that the reverend Al Sharpton told the press that his National Action Network would pay the ladies fines for bein' out of uniform because the joint was unacceptable. Melo stepped up again and showed his support for the WNBA like a G just like when he took out the full page in the New York Daily and when he spoke at the ESPY'S with LeBron, CP3 and D Wade to let boyz know how he felt about all of this foolishness! Props playa, props. 

If you aren't buyin' tickets to the WNBA's remainin' games this season after this show of love for not only themselves but for the black community something is definitely wrong with you. Do you realize that 70 percent of the league is made up of black women? So it only made sense that they would be outraged at the league's refusal to allow them to express themselves on this issue.

Will somebody get Jordan on the phone and tell him to add these ladies to the list of people he could learn something from when it comes to speakin' out on social issues. How about speakin' out on ANYTHING bruh. While EVERYBODY else in the game of basketball was busy expressin' themselves about the frustration of havin' to tell idiots in this country that Black Lives DO Matter. Jordan was busy gearin' up to drop another shoe that looks like a joint he dropped more than 20 years ago. Yeah, he got the people out of the house alright but it was only for his benefit. He's the lame that everybody gives a pass. Instead of buyin' Jordan's next time buy some WNBA tickets and wear your all black shirts to let these ladies know you're down with them. Stop me when I start lyin'! 

Playas Thesaurus: 

1) Spit: verb - to say 

2) Dun: noun - the person in question, dude, guy, etc. It's whoever I'm talkin' about and its non-gender specific. 

3) Put it where the goats can get it: verb phrase - to make it as elementary as possible. To put it at ground level so everyone can understand it. 

4) Rack: noun - one thousand dollars

5) Apop: adverb- synonym for apiece bruh. 

6) Props: verb - to give mad love to someone. To acknowledge someone's efforts. 

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Why the WNBA Prez sounds like a fool tellin' boyz the players areimportant! "Scramblin"

"In our Puffy voice, 'We Ain't Go-In' No-Where!'"

Weird Al Yankovich once said, "You fake something until you're good at it." Arthur Herzog broke it down like this, "To fake it is to stand guard over emptiness." Then Ismail Haniyeh put it where the goats could get it when he spit, "Some people think that the truth can be hidden with a little cover-up and decoration. But as time goes by, what is true is revealed, and what is fake fades away." 

Well playas...the WNBA's president, Lisa Borders, finally opened her mouth to show the world just how fake she really was. Ole girl says that she applauds the league's players for takin' a stance on social issues but wishes that they would keep that foolishness off of the court. Now she didn't actually say foolishness bruh but the hood's interpretation of it comes out foolishness. She's really tellin' boyz to go head on with that. She goes on to say that she, the union and the executive council has been meetin' for the past two weeks to try to come up with a way that the league and players could address the Black Lives Matter Movement but they can't come up with anything. 

Let's keep it real or all the way 100, whichever comes 1st! That's code for, "I can't convince these duns to ride with me on this." They came up with something alright! They decided to fine these duns $500 a pop for wearin' black warm up tops for speakin' out on this social issue. What blows mind is that the normal fine for not bein' in uniform is $200 but for the Black Lives Matter Movement it goes up to $500! Ain't that a blip? 

Then she turns around and tells the Associated Press on Friday night, "We were making every effort to engage our players. We made an effort to support them and we were trying to get them to come to the table to have a conversation. The players have an open invitation with the league. Our players are important to us. We believe in them. We want them to be the people they are and we're proud of them. We want to make sure they play well on the court and they are happy off the court."

How are you makin' every effort to engage and support them when you just dissed them? How are they important to you when you shut down their voices? How do you believe in them when you tell them to go head on with that foolishness? 

More than 70 percent of the duns in the league are black! Boyz kill me actin' like when you become a professional of any kind that you should no longer be concerned about what happens in the black community. EVERY black professional athlete isn't  tryin' to be Michael Jordan bruh and remain silent about EVERYTHING!!  Most of them have a voice and are willin' to use it. 

Give the players in the WNBA tall props for speakin' out because they aren't makin' the type of bread that the NBA boyz are makin'! So that $500 a clip hurts. That was a real sacrifice! 

Lisa Borders sounds like a fool tellin' them that they're important to her and that she wants them to be happy. Where's she from? And she's black!!!! Yeah and I know that she's got sponsors that she's gotta keep happy but if she disses the players there won't be a game to sponsor. 

The sponsors had no problem with them wearin' shirts to support the Orlando shootings a few weeks ago. But when it comes to Black Lives Matter boyz suddenly have a problem with it. What you're really sayin' is that my sponsors don't care about black folks and their issues so I gotta roll with them even though I understand your pain. Just chill out and we'll get through this. Hopefully Jordan can come in and do a seminar on "How NOT to Use Your Power of Influence to Make a Difference in this World. Just sell a boy some shoes instead!"

And for all the folks that get offended by the term "Black Lives Matter" let me take you to school real quick. Just because the campaign says "Black Lives Matter" doesn't mean that ALL other lives don't matter! It's an emphasis on the reality of "some" police in this country killin' black folks as if those lives don't matter to "those" officers. When you act like they "don't" matter there has to be an emphasis put on where the problem is bruh. When year after year, month after month and day after day we see black men and women bein' killed by the police in situations that shouldn't end in death it's a problem. So to reinforce that "Black Lives Matter" is important. We've gotta love each other! 

When we celebrate Breast Cancer Awareness Month and everybody puts on their pink in October we aren't sayin' that ALL of the other cancers aren't important! When November roles around and it's Diabetes Awareness month we aren't sayin' that ALL other chronic diseases aren't important. When duns put together a Gay Pride Parade they aren't sayin' that heterosexuals aren't important. They're only emphasizin' the importance of those movements because they can simply identify with them. 

What boyz gotta understand out here is that the greatest impact of protest is to effect the bread. If players decided to boycott the league for a few days Black Lives Matter would no longer need to be a movement to explain. If the players in NBA told a boy that they weren't playin' for a week duns would be scramblin' to come up with solutions. If nothin' else, they would be allowed wear those darn shirts. And that's the edited version.

Why on earth would a league that NEEDS viewers worse than Prince needed high heels shoes in a wading pool tell it's players to be quiet on a polarizing issue such as this? Controversy sell tickets and increases the amount of eye balls watchin' this.  Stop me when I start lyin'! 

Playas Thesaurus: 

1) Spit: verb - to say 

2) Dun: noun - the person in question, dude, guy, etc. It's whoever I'm talkin' about and its non-gender specific. 

3) Put it where the goats can get it: verb phrase - to make it as elementary as possible. To put it at ground level so everyone can understand it. 

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Why the WNBA is hypocritical in it's thinkin' by fining teams andplayers! "Blacked Out"

"We're gonna keep prayin' that things get better!"

Andrew Vachss, the famous actor, once said, "Fighting means you could lose. Bullying means you can't. A bully wants to beat somebody; he doesn't want to fight somebody." Shay Mitchell, the Canadian actress, gave it to us like this, "I realized that bullying never has to do with you. It's the bully who's insecure." Then Lady Starlight, the singer, broke it down so that it would forever be broken when she spit, "Any kind of restrictions put on free speech would have worse consequences than bullying." 

Well playas...the WNBA has the nerve to do just that bruh! They've put a huge restriction on their team's and player's freedom of speech by finin' a boy or in this particular case, a girl for speakin' up about the recent shootings of both black men and police officers alike. The league has now fined the New York Liberty, Phoenix Mercury and Indiana Fever for wearin' all black warm up shirts even though they are made by Adidas, the official outfitter of the league. 

Let's keep it real or all the way 100, whichever comes 1st! The WNBA hollers out of one side of their necks that they want their players to be active in their communities and use their platforms to make a difference. Then out of the other side they tell a boy not to get involved with issues that make people uncomfortable. Well playboy, welcome to the world I live in! Folks that look like me have been uncomfortable for more than 350 years around this piece bruh! 

Don't give players a platform and then tell them not to use it and by finin' them that's exactly what you're doin'!! The league hit the teams for $5,000 then turned around and hit the players for $500 apiece!! The average salary in the WNBA is only $72K bruh! The minimum rookie salary is like $38K and the max veteran joint is $108K. Even the duns at the top of the pay scale that are makin' the 100 stacks can't afford to give a boy $500 every time they wear a shirt! That's crazy!! So guess what pimpin', you win!  

Duns in the NBA can afford to pay ridiculous fines like $25K for complainin' about the refs etc. Paul George can give a boy that type of bread because he's got a guaranteed boy for $90 million. You can't expect a player that's only makin' on average $72K to come out of $500 every time they rock a shirt speak out against some foolishness that should be spoken out against. 

Yeah and I know what the policy says about bein' out of uniform but sometimes bein' out of uniform has it's place. Let me put it where the goats can get. Duns are out of uniform when NFL teams are bringin' awareness to Breast Cancer Awareness when everybody and their baby's momma's momma are rockin' pink in October. So don't tell me about policy. Policies can be changed or altered for the good of the cause. NOBODY is watchin' the WNBA so this can bring more eyeballs to the game or are you so blind that you can't see that? 

Don't tell me about a boy stayin' in compliance! Tell me about doin' the right thing and givin' your players an opportunity to express themselves durin' this very stressful time in American history. Tell me about supportin' your communities and bein' in tune with the sufferin' that folks are dealin' with. 

Be a catalyst for change and not a hinderance to it bruh. Be on the forefront of social change and don't hide in the ride waitin' for somebody else to do it. Believe it or not WNBA, your players both black and white are affected by this foolishness just like everybody in the communities you play in. 

Now if boyz are gonna keep it all the way 100 these NBA cats need to step up and pay the fines for these ladies! That's if they really wanna make a difference. I'm just sayin' and stop me when I start lyin'! 

Playas Thesaurus: 

1) Spit: verb - to say 

2) Dun: noun - the person in question, dude, guy, etc. It's whoever I'm talkin' about and its non-gender specific. 

3) Boy: noun - anybody whether it's male or female, anything bruh it doesn't matter what I'm talkin' about. Understand this playa, some words have dual meanings. Whatever noun I'm talkin' about could be a boy. Got it? Good. 

4) Put it where the goats can get it: verb phrase - to make it as elementary as possible. To put it at ground level so everyone can understand it. 

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