[RudyRuetigger]

He "should've" and/or "could've been the Colin Kaepernick

https://www.courant.com/sports/baske...tou-story.html



Then Abdul-Rauf refused to stand for the national anthem. He had been doing so for the entire season, for months, but it wasn't until mid-March when reporters noticed.



By the 1995-96 season, he had hit a good groove. He was the team's scoring leader and tallied 51 points in a single game against the Utah Jazz. He had also begun to sit out the national anthem for what he would later say were religious and political reasons. He would either stretch on the sidelines or wait in the locker room until the anthem was over.


At the end of the season, the Nuggets traded him - their highest-scoring player - to the Sacramento Kings. There, coaches put him on the court less and less. It was a process to weed him out, he told the Undefeated. When his contract ended in 1998, no NBA team would take him.

[Chi_archie]

He was a much better player in College when he believed in the Baby Jesus and he wore a cross on his shoelaces

[RudyRuetigger]

He was a much better player in College when he believed in the Baby Jesus and he wore a cross on his shoelaces

To this day, he is the only college basketball freshman to average 30 points per game, according to LSU.

[dlowilly]

To this day, he is the only college basketball freshman to average 30 points per game, according to LSU.

Ballhogging traitor

[rm18]

He was not really blackballed look at his horrible shooting %'s.

[Roscoe_Word]

Guess this guy was just too late.

Can't change fate.

Colin Kapernick the cult hero of the left.

[pologq]

i loved his game when i was young. i didn't fully understand the name change at the time. bought his rookie cards, played as him in nba live.

[RudyRuetigger]

He was not really blackballed look at his horrible shooting %'s.

Did you look at Colin Kaepernick before he was benched?


Apparently you missed my point


Democrat?

[rm18]

Kaep was decent but the people who talk about him playing today after that long off are nuts. It is like saying Tony Romo or Jake Plummer could still play just because they were good their last year.

[RudyRuetigger]

Kaep was decent but the people who talk about him playing today after that long off are nuts. It is like saying Tony Romo or Jake Plummer could still play just because they were good their last year.

Are you missing the point of my post?


abdul rauf is the exact same as kaepernick

and this post (not this, the one above) of yours proves it

[RudyRuetigger]

My point is, 14 years ago, Abdul Rauf was the exact same person as Colin Kaepernick of today


Hes gotta be pissed he couldnt cash in at this

[rm18]

My point is, 14 years ago, Abdul Rauf was the exact same person as Colin Kaepernick of today

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Hes gotta be pissed he couldnt cash in at this

I guess but basically every athlete from the 90's wish they came along 20 years later. It is not like Kaep was a shoe shiner, he made probably 60 million in salary and endorsements before he got a settlement and Nike deal.

[RudyRuetigger]

I guess but basically every athlete from the 90's wish they came along 20 years later. It is not like Kaep was a shoe shiner, he made probably 60 million in salary and endorsements before he got a settlement and Nike deal.

you....and apparently seaborne are missing the point


it is the reason why you two are contest whores i guess


i assume you two think any extra income is good



no, he couldve had a 9 figure deal with nike without playing

[rm18]

Kaep got a nike deal because he was a prominent player at the marquee position in a way more popular sport, and being a black QB gives him even more attention.

It would be like Austin Rivers kneeling and getting 100 million.