After all, TMZ took advantage of the social media frenzy that followed reports of the punch by obtaining and leaking the video. What mattered is what it all said about our society and the role NBA players play in it, which was that a line had been crossed and whatever ounce of privacy NBA players used to have was gone; That the one-time sanctity of the NBA locker room, practice court and private lives was no more; That everything now had the potential to become public, and players better get used to it before it’s too late. But it has never been this public, at least not for North American athletes, and certainly not for NBA players. So, that’s just part of what we do now.”The reason things have changed so dramatically can be boiled down to the fact that social media runs the world, celebrity culture runs social media, and NBA players are more famous than ever. We’re hearing things that GMs are saying where [in the past] those things might have been out into the media but the media wasn’t really reporting it.”“I think media is different now.

Source: The Guardian January 06, 2024 16:11 UTC