Stephen A Smith Reveals On Live TV NBA Players Are Petrified To Play In Memphis Over Safety Concerns

Stephen A Smith Reveals On Live TV NBA Players Are Petrified To Play In Memphis Over Safety Concerns

hey what’s up everybody this is Charles Sansson welcome you guys to another episode of the Dreamers Pro Show where we cover everything from sports hot topics classic debates entertainment and we’ll give you guys a fresh perspective on things in our city and today got a very serious show uh for you guys here today but before we get into it please make sure you like the video and subscribe to the channel also be sure to follow me on Instagram my handle is CTA NZ let’s get into today’s topic here so you guys know um generally we’re very lighthearted on this channel usually uh now we’re going to the NBA finals so that’s usually the talk of the town but I came across some sound here uh just a few moments ago from sideline sources uh and it features something that was said today on ESPN First Take between a panel of Stephen A smith Marke Marcus Moore senior uh and Molly Kum right they were talking about the NBA finals they were talking about Tyrese Halleurn they also spoke about the news of Kevin Durant uh essentially the Knicks not being interested in bringing in Kevin Durant right so this clip that I came across actually um I don’t know the context in terms of what they were discussing before uh but basically what the clip says is Stephen A smith says NBA players have told him they are afraid they they would feel unsafe playing in Memphis and I’m like wait a minute what which part of the league is this cuz I didn’t know nothing about this right and obviously we know about the trade that just went down with Desmond Baines being sent to the Orlando Magic who used to play with the Memphis Grizzlies and I’m like wait a minute uh this is new information to me um I knew that Memphis had his issues in terms of crime and all of that but I didn’t know that NBA players were afraid uh and felt unsafe to to to play there i’m like “Okay so this would be something interesting to report here today.” But before we even get into his comments today’s video is brought to you by sponsor 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great people but there’s an element there where cats like Jimmy Butler and others don’t feel it’s the safest environment i’m talking to the local authorities in Memphis you got to clean some of that stuff up because it’s dissuasive to NBA players they have talked about it i know they’ve told me.” All right excellent so you heard what they had to say okay let’s get into this topic here marcus Morris obviously and these guys said they would have no issue with it i think those guys from Philly i don’t know what part of Philly those guys are from a Philly also has some rough air everywhere has rough areas but so does Philly um so they said they would have no issue with it but apparently what I’m hearing is that some NBA players are petrified to play in Memphis over you know safety concerns what are my thoughts about this well I have a lot okay um as you know there are places everywhere in the world that’s unsafe if you look at the the United States there are a lot of beautiful places in the United States but they’re also very dangerous places in these same areas give you guys a perfect perfect example of this los Angeles los Angeles has very beautiful areas very safe areas like Brentwood Beverly Hills and all those other places but then they also got some pretty rough places that you need to pay attention to and we all know some of these areas you look at Miami miami is very beautiful but they got some parts of Miami that’s very very dangerous you look at uh New York very very beautiful state cool state they got the Memphis not the Memphis they got the Brooklyn Nets that play out there in Brooklyn i just recently went there for the first time right so it’s in Brooklyn it’s a metropolitan area but Brooklyn is still Brooklyn and son don’t mess around and end up in the wrong parts of Brooklyn why am I saying all of this i’m saying all of this to say that there are dangerous parts everywhere you go in the United States so to hear this and I went to look up some numbers uh about the city of Memphis in terms of crime at one point uh it says in 2014 Memphis was ranked 11 in violent crimes in major cities around the US in 2006 Memphis led the nation in a number of violent crimes so Memphis has a lot of issues uh you just put Memphis crime all kind of story crazy stories are coming up just within the last day or two so Memphis has had his issues but for me to hear that NBA players are afraid to play there i now have to think about okay how are you moving around right because I hate to bring it up and I’m not trying to be funny look at John john looked like he blended in perfectly to me john Morant look like he and Bro I ain’t never heard nobody meant Jama don’t want to stay in Memphis because it doesn’t save J just blended in but I’m bringing that up to say like how are you moving around right how are you moving around that you would feel unsafe because it goes back to my original thought everywhere has dangerous places I don’t care what state you’re in what country you’re in wherever you go there’s going to be good and safe places and there will also be bad places the only place I can think of a country that doesn’t have dangerous places is Monaco and the population of Monaco I mean the square footage of Mon who knows like is super small right but everywhere has his issues everywhere so it then makes me begin to believe these guys must be moving in a way that could put themselves in harm’s way because I I I don’t understand why it would be an issue to the point where you don’t even feel safe playing in that city because there people that live there right and to me I’m like if you’re playing in a particular city and you’re moving the right way and you’re not going to the rough areas and most importantly let’s not forget this one not making yourself a bloody target then I think you should be fine if you go around with a piece of meat hanging around your neck around a bunch of wolves they going they’re coming for that piece of meat what am I talking about if you’re driving around in all of these unsafe area areas and you running around with hundreds and thousands of jewelry on your neck bro you asking for it i’m sorry they will try you you are asking for it if you living a flashy life and you’re clubbing and there’s a reputation of you blowing money all over the town and d bro you making yourself a target you can also choose to live under the radar but for the po part that they are afraid to play in Memphis I think some of it may have to do with the places you go to right because there are people that are living in these places and they’re doing just fine not to discredit the crime and all of that i’m sure crime uh is an issue but you got to know how to move around bro you got And the And the craziest part is of this is this to me these guys earn millions of dollars so hiring highpowered security shouldn’t even be a problem but if you’re making yourself a target walking around with jewelry and all of that other stuff and letting people know that you got money and blah blah blah bro you asking for it bro you going to be somebody lunch they going to turn you into food bro they going to turn you into food and also the type of energy you move around with if you move around with this energy like I’m the illst gorilla in in the jungle they gonna test you oh yes they gonna test you but if you’re just like “Hey man I’m just out here minding my business man i’m not looking for no problems with nobody i’m just doing my thing son i’m not I’m cool i’m living my I’m living low-key or whatever.” Not to say you can’t have nice things but you understand how to move then you should be all right but if you on that other stuff don’t be surprised when it come to you these are my thoughts so the question to the audience is this are you guys surprised that NBA players are afraid to play in Memphis because of safety issues um does that surprise you in any way because to me I’m not discounting what’s going on in Memphis i’m sure Memphis has a lot of rugged areas but to hear that it would now make some of these guys shy away from the city is pretty pretty surprising to me let me know what you think in the comments catch you later peace

Stephen A Smith Reveals On Live TV NBA Players Are Petrified To Play In Memphis Over Safety Concerns

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