#i love the nba

[thepavementsings-archive]

Jayson Tatum apologizing to Janet Jackson. he is very gorgeous to me!!

[scalliongf]

this is so devastating

[hillmon]

Nikola Jokić presents Nathan MacKinnon with the Hart Memorial Trophy, 12.10.24, CBJ @ Avs

[napapamahal]

luka dončić, the biggest babygirl in the league right now.

[sixthreepointguard]

he is SO fucking cute i can’t handle it

[dear-space-cadet]

I think when you’re in a fandom like that of the national basketball association, it’s very important to be cognizant of unconscious/underlying racism in your ship dynamics. I’m glad people on here have been talking about it and calling it out bc frankly it’s always bugged me

I’ve noticed this working in basketball media too, like there have been so many times where someone I edit (white) has referred to a Black player as aggressive/dominant in a way they don’t talk about white players or even talked about people being scared of a Black player, usually a big man like Draymond or Joel Embiid.

It ABSOLUTELY has to do with the top/bottom stuff @jrueships has been talking about (those are two separate links btw and I implore you to read both) and I’m glad we’re talking about it! I’m so tired of seeing “big aggressive Black man tops small gentle white or lightskin man” bc not only is it #weird it’s played out. And like… you can’t tell me Joel Embiid is a top. In 99% of scenarios that boy is a BOTTOM. Anyway back to the matter at hand

I’m white so you shouldn’t be listening to me above Black nbaposters! but like for other white/non-Black friends on here you have to put in the work and realize where you stand in certain discourse/discussion. it’s just a good thing to do both for fandom reasons and for real life reasons

And I’m not saying you can’t have Ant topping Luka or whatever but you have to think about harmful stereotypes you might be perpetuating if you do. It’s something I’ve had to think about in my own work too, even though my work is mostly sfw and any nsfw is implied — like is it harmful to write a hurt/comfort story where a Black character is in the caretaker role for a white character? What can I do to flesh out my characters beyond these roles/tropes to avoid stereotyping? It goes beyond just sex stuff and even if you don’t change anything about your dynamics (because do what you want; this is the internet after all) it’s just good to be aware of and you can make that choice for yourself. It’s always better to hurt fewer people I think.

Like it’s not that hard, it’s not policing, and it makes you a better fan, ESPECIALLY in rpf where these are actual people were writing about and any fan-perception can so easily be carried into the real world (believe me, I know from my old fandom that shit can stick)

That’s my yap sesh goodnight all

[veedyveen]

kawhi!!! 🥰🥰🥰

[cazluvsu]

save me

[nbasource]

STEPH CURRY as Yu-Gi-Oh! Cards

happy birthday nico! @jabeur <3

[crispy-ghee]

"That's Magic" - Larry realizes he might like this guy after all

Scribbled this comic a long time ago, decided to clean it up really quickly. Will draw the actual day they spent together *someday*. This is all largely words that Larry has actually said.

[mcclickin]

his smile is so cute

[elyseesarchive]

Jordan Poole

via _jsquared on IG

[marjanovic]

OETER IM CRYING AT YOUR LAST RB WHY IS IT SO FUCKING ACCURATE BAHAHA

LMAOOOOO

what people don't get is that draymontas don't have the standard enemies to lovers dynamic!! dray will spend 5 hours inside his own head dramatizing an entire "we're each other's archnemesis" arc and sabonis will just be like " ☺️ he's been looking at me for a while!! he must really like me!!!"

[waitstay]

WITNESS. HISTORY.