David Samson

That's sort of where I was.

That's sort of where I was.

That's sort of where I was.

He was too cool for Barack Hussein Obama. He looked at Obama and said, stand down, son, like he was a 12-year-old child.

He was too cool for Barack Hussein Obama. He looked at Obama and said, stand down, son, like he was a 12-year-old child.

He was too cool for Barack Hussein Obama. He looked at Obama and said, stand down, son, like he was a 12-year-old child.

What would you add to that? I think, yeah, I think that's important. The try-hardness is important. But also, I think that, like, I'm not sure that these dudes are any less cool than the people who came before them. I think that we're just not sort of distilling. Like, there's not a way to distill their personalities in the way that we had.

What would you add to that? I think, yeah, I think that's important. The try-hardness is important. But also, I think that, like, I'm not sure that these dudes are any less cool than the people who came before them. I think that we're just not sort of distilling. Like, there's not a way to distill their personalities in the way that we had.

What would you add to that? I think, yeah, I think that's important. The try-hardness is important. But also, I think that, like, I'm not sure that these dudes are any less cool than the people who came before them. I think that we're just not sort of distilling. Like, there's not a way to distill their personalities in the way that we had.

Like, immediately when I'm thinking about coolness and the NBA, I'm thinking of, like, slam covers. And, like, we're sort of missing this packaging element. of how players are supposed to be kind of cooler than they may or may not have been, right?

Like, immediately when I'm thinking about coolness and the NBA, I'm thinking of, like, slam covers. And, like, we're sort of missing this packaging element. of how players are supposed to be kind of cooler than they may or may not have been, right?

Like, immediately when I'm thinking about coolness and the NBA, I'm thinking of, like, slam covers. And, like, we're sort of missing this packaging element. of how players are supposed to be kind of cooler than they may or may not have been, right?

A lot of these dudes are like AAU guys who just play basketball for a lot of time, which is different than some of the guys from the 90s who also just went to school and hung out with friends and created their own culture and came from different regions and different regionality with different cultures. And these guys just play basketball all the time.

A lot of these dudes are like AAU guys who just play basketball for a lot of time, which is different than some of the guys from the 90s who also just went to school and hung out with friends and created their own culture and came from different regions and different regionality with different cultures. And these guys just play basketball all the time.

A lot of these dudes are like AAU guys who just play basketball for a lot of time, which is different than some of the guys from the 90s who also just went to school and hung out with friends and created their own culture and came from different regions and different regionality with different cultures. And these guys just play basketball all the time.

And I think there's this belief that if we just see them on social media, we get to know the real them, which I didn't really get to know the real versions of a lot of these dudes. What I saw was these cool package Nike ads or Reebok ads or slam covers. and this way that cool was, like, disseminated to us.

And I think there's this belief that if we just see them on social media, we get to know the real them, which I didn't really get to know the real versions of a lot of these dudes. What I saw was these cool package Nike ads or Reebok ads or slam covers. and this way that cool was, like, disseminated to us.

And I think there's this belief that if we just see them on social media, we get to know the real them, which I didn't really get to know the real versions of a lot of these dudes. What I saw was these cool package Nike ads or Reebok ads or slam covers. and this way that cool was, like, disseminated to us.

Like, think about somebody like Reggie Miller, who you got the choke, and he was, like, this kind of, like, kind of annoying dude, but, like, he had this quote-unquote aura, and then he gets, like, unfettered mic time for three hours on TV as a color commentator, and everybody's like, shut up, Reggie Miller, we hate you. You know what I'm saying?

Like, think about somebody like Reggie Miller, who you got the choke, and he was, like, this kind of, like, kind of annoying dude, but, like, he had this quote-unquote aura, and then he gets, like, unfettered mic time for three hours on TV as a color commentator, and everybody's like, shut up, Reggie Miller, we hate you. You know what I'm saying?