Do any pro athletes hate/loathe their own sport more than professional basketball players?

The last super star I remember that seemed to actually love the 'sport' of basketball was Kobe Bean Bryant.

The players that seem to truly love their sport imo are hockey and soccer players.

https://www.espn.com.mx/futbol/mls/nota/_/id/3997107/vela-prefiero-mil-veces-ver-un-partido-de-nba-que-uno-de-futbol

>>149517280 (OP)
That's because blacks only really love money, they only play basketball because of it. Welfare programs and section 8 gives them cheap food and cheap rent and yet they still want more "reparations". They are like jews without the work ethic. If NBA was more white you'll see more players playing for the love of the game.

>>149517316
He literally chose to play soccer over basketball. Did you read your own article? Also He was more than likely got paid by the NBA to promote basketball during that all star weekend. Nba desperate to get people to watch their all star game.

>>149517280 (OP)
Basketball is boring, they're just doing the same thing over and over

>>149517333
>If NBA was more white you'll see more players playing for the love of the game.

>>149517343
Basketball has literally the most dynamic and complex offense of any major team sport. You can score in so many different ways; Stephen Curry, Shaquille, Michael Jordan, Derrick Rose, Hakeem, Charles Barkley, iverson. All different.

I think it is mostly generational. The young guys seem to have a different attitude from the ones nearing the end of their career.

>>149517385
Yeah because there's barely any tactics and it's all chaos. Boooooring

>>149517280 (OP)

Curry - prefers golf and only played because his Dad played
Zion - prefers porn, anime, and food
Jokic - probably dreams every night of retiring loves horse racing 1000000x more than bball legitimately probably hates basketball
Embiid - prefers soccer
Giannis - prefers soccer
Luka - prefers videos games & soccer
Durant- prefers Twitter and IG / doesn't like to play hard and prefers to Bus Ride he also hates basketball fans with every fiber of his being
Westbrook - more interested in fashion and clothes
Kawhi - prefers baseball and literally couldn't pay him to play basketball
Lebron - prefers money and business (the ultimate money ball player) also I'm pretty sure he prefers football more
Morant - prefers guns doesn't seem not even one bit serious about the game of basketball
Edward's - only plays ball for the groupies
MJ - baseball and gambling
Barkley - boxing and football
Duncan - swimming and video games, retired from the sport and didn't want not even a single thing to do with it again
KYRIE - like kawhi can't even pay him to play sometimes prefers being a pothead retard, Kobe would have been disappointed in him.
Ben Simmons - .... LOOL!!

Tatum - maybe one of the ONLY superstar players currently playing that actually LIKES basketball no surprise he is a disciple of Kobe Bryant
WEMBY - Actual basketball nerd/geek/fan another exception to the rule like Tatum.

>>149517509
Are we talking about the same sport? Basketball the one with the orange bouncy ball?

>>149517562
>players have interests outside of their jobs
why are you surprised by this

>>149517280 (OP)
Carlos Vela did

>>149517598
>Jokic
Wonder who his horsegirl waifu is

Snooker players hate snooker a lot of the time. Countless top players love to boast about how little practice they actually do, and how much they enjoy going out and doing other things instead.

But for basketball, it’s because the top players aren’t the ones who love basketball the most; the top players are just a bunch of tall people. There is no reason why tall people should all love the same sport, but they all get pushed into it nonetheless. It’s no surprise that half of them would rather be doing something else for the same money. But they’re not going to quit because then they’d just be Amazon delivery drivers or burger-flippers.

>>149517333

>>149518498
Well, it's not only because they are tall. A lot of these guys grow up playing a lot of sports, they stand out because of their insane athleticism, but they pick the sport they are best at. It is entirely possible a third world brownoid like Giannis would like soccer more and was good at it, but he went into soccer because his family and people around him told him he'd be better suited to basketball.

Every once in a while you do get a Ben Simmons type who clearly hates playing basketball and was just doing it for a paycheck but I think that's pretty rare. Someone like Zion - I think he likes basketball, but he is a 70 IQ retard who can't let go of base pleasures, like most primitives.

>>149518588
btw Anthony Edwards is the same way, his love of cheap nasty gold digger pussy is going to destroy him.

>>149517280 (OP)
"Soccer is #1.. basketball is #10" - Luka Doncic

No wonder Dallas traded his ass lmao

Yeah, idk, I think basketball is a super fun sport, but maybe at the elite level it's just way too difficult to love

>>149518599
Agreed. ANT will probably go the same way of Zion.

maybe it's just because professional basketball sucks
or maybe i'm just biased since i'm from a town very focused on college ball

>>149517562
>he also hates basketball fans with every fiber of his being
can't blame him for that

>>149517562
Lebron only played basketball because his Mom and friends made him. He wanted to be a football player in the NFL. Crazy. Alternate reality where LeBron is destroying Brady. I believe Durant also prefers football too.

>>149520959
There are way worse fan bases than basketball. KD pulled the softest move in sports history he deserves the criticism.

>>149520849
It sucks because they don't love it and just want to load manage and collect checks. The players in the 80s and 90s loved basketball because back then it was still a somewhat fringe sport that only hardcores enjoyed.

>>149517333
>Jews
>work ethic
>implying
Scamming people isn’t work

>>149521412
Glad someone called it out

its a retarded sport that takes little to no skill and they excell in it only because they're tall and they know it.
Its not a new thing dennis rodman and shaq both joke about how they put 0 effort in the game.

>>149522126
It's literally one of the hardest which is why players get burnt out insanely quick.

>>149517280 (OP)
Currently one I know from football is Ter Stegen, Barca's GK. Confesed a few times he doesn't watch games and he doesn't know any player outside his teammates and some exceptions.

More famous is Bale. Used to be a global superstar but it was known that he hated the game. He loves golf tho.

And more retro, one of my idols Batistuta said that "it's what pays the bills".

>>149517336

>Mexican chose to play soccer over basketball
>Chose

Do you even proofread your posts? It's like saying I chose my job over professional male model

>>149520823
Meh at least he doesn't eat himself into a coma every night

>>149524363
Bale lines soccer when it's for Wales. I bet he still watches Wales play.
As for the "profesionel" thing I totally understand it. I was a foodie until I worked restaurants for a decade. I was a car guy until I drove a cab for a decade. I am still a gun guy but know so many soldiers/ex soldiers who are burnt out on guns not from PTSD but just having to shoot so damn much.
Like with many things, if you really have the spark you can rekindle the flame once you are not living it 24/7. But I understand if they are sick of it now and for the rest of their lives.

>le reddit staring frog face
Fuck off

>>149525048
Yeah Bale loved playing for Wales but it was more a national pride thing that liking the sport.

Add to the burnout all the long list of injuries that players (like Batistuta) carries when they retire. At one point he said that he was begging his doctor to amputate his legs, that he couldn't walk.

I imagine that added to the hatred to the game.

>>149525188
>le

>>149524363
Batistuta always confused me, he says he hated football but played through injuries which had a massive impact on his ankles later on

>>149517280 (OP)
A lot tennis players hate or end up hating it, there was a good article on it I read once
It's a combination of being a solo sport, long training sessions and constant travelling which builds up resentment

>>149525210
Well that was his fault playing so damn long. I never get busted up seeing athletes cry about injury. They got the money and the glory they knew what they were doing. If they don't love it though, no problem. I personally love seeing a workmanlike performance. Especially in combat sports, a cold hearted technician who just takes guys apart because he knows what to do, doesn't give a f, I love that.

>>149517385
lol

>>149517280 (OP)
It feels like old basketball legends and commentators constantly bring down the players and make the sport seem like a giant fucking joke. It doesn't feel that way for official casting/commentary for football/american football or how old legends interact with current players.

>>149526678

LeBron started the whole "we done wiff da nineties" to tear down other generations and bolster his legacy, old players are just fighting back.

>>149517280 (OP)
kyrgios has spoken many times of his disdain for tennis and how he wanted to be a nogballer instead

>>149527040
Only because Barkley wouldn't stop talking shit about lebron and his generation.

>>149525310
If only you knew how badly he ended up, man could barely walk from 2005 to 2010.

>>149517280 (OP)
You have never talked to rugbiers then OP, they have an entire ideology about their noble and superior sport

>>149517280 (OP)
if youre tall youre basically expected to be good at it

>>149517280 (OP)
“I don’t like football, If Barcelona vs Real Madrid is on and on the other channel there’s a golf tournament, I watch golf. I’ve never been a fanatic for watching games. I like to play, to have the ball at my feet.”

>>149517385
This is the most boring era of basketball since the 50s. All teams basically play the same style. There is little to no passion anymore.

>>149517280 (OP)
Basket is a fucking bore