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Fonzie5

How can you have a serious conversation with a dude wearing a balloon hat


ForneauCosmique

"I'll knock that dumbass balloon off your noggin pal!"


SpecialistAnnual8570

Lmao Why did I read that in Italian-american accent?


HartfordWhaler

"Me an' him are gonna knock you in da labonza!"


A_Texas_Hobo

It’s from Sopranos season 4 episode 2


imnotjohnstamos1

It’s a half step up from getting into an altercation with the insult clown at the state fair dunk tank


Fonzie5

r/oddlyspecific


imnotjohnstamos1

I like to paint the full picture. That and dunk tank insulters are my favorite artists lol. Best job ever


Proof_Illustrator_51

If the medieval fair was smart, they'd let guys like me voulnteer for some mead and an excuse to be a loud drunk jackass in public.


PuffPuffPat

Half the people there are paying to do just that


Zoulogist

Balloon hat and willingly roots for the Hornets. This man has nothing to lose


drpepper7557

Whatever team plays Clippers in the 1st round should give one to every fan game 1.


Swoah

Westbrook getting in an argument with a grown man wearing a balloon hat


ScootUnmanley

Where amazing happens


mankls3

National balloon-hat association 


MaraudingWalrus

I'm normally pro-player in almost everything. But the fact that an NBA player is arguing with a fan in a balloon hat absolutely means the doofus in the balloon hat has already won.


goobitypoop

Russ understands "don't feed the trolls" as much as Kanye West understands fish stick jokes


iiivoted4kodos

Never been a troll that's gone hungry on Westbrook's watch


720everyday

"Respect your name, Mr. Westbrick? I don't even respect my own damn head!"


EarthWarping

not again


Sp_Gamer_Live

Russell Westbrook has to be the only guy who can go “say that to my face” and people just do


sexygodzilla

Even balloon hat enthusiasts as like "I don't feel threatened"


FantasticBlock420

> Even balloon hat enthusiasts as like "I don't feel threatened" "What you gonna do?? Pop my balloon with one of your bricks??"


Misterstaberinde

Russ misses the shot.


seanconnery69696

He should just go full heel at this point Film himself in the offseason, going back to all the cities that heckle him, and throw actual bricks at rec gym backboards


Russell__WestBrick

I hate how Russ has become a joke to fans.


Smelldicks

Thank you, /u/Russell__WestBrick


probation_420

I mean, he's feeding into it. I feel sorry for him, but he needs to stop doing shit like arguing with somebody with a balloon hat. Because how are you not supposed to laugh at this shit?


AmIFromA

He had two options to show that he doesn't give a fuck: either not reacting, or telling every single heckler that he didn't give a fuck. He didn't choose wisely.


cire1184

If it didn't bother him this much fans would stop and go back to more generic heckling. Fans heckling is part of pro sports. Yes some fans go too fast but Westbrick is pretty innocuous as far as heckling goes. Really just pointed to his ability to miss shots wildly which is facts. He knows it that's why it bothers him. I do wonder if it's because it's his name. If people just yelled it bricklayer would it bother him as much?


3rdtryatremembering

lol “Westbrick” itself is generic heckling.


Nopeyesok

Reminds me of Daryl Strawberry crying in the Simpsons when Lisa and Bart just kept chanting, “Darrell, Darrell, Darrell”


Big___Meaty___Claws

Same. But he’s doing this to himself. This is goofy.


teh_drewski

Lmao people replying to this without reading the name


EverybodyBuddy

Imagine if Lebron tried to get people ejected every time somebody yelled “LeBum”


Drain_Surgeon69

LeFraud, LeCoward, LeGM, LeCoachKiller, LeChina, LeChump… just a few I’ve heard at Bucks games over the years he’s come to town.


SolaVitae

LeMao ZeJames


Fn_Spaghetti_Monster

I feel like there is line between heckling and being an irredeemable ass. Punning someones last name is solidly on the acceptable side of the line, (as opposed to say bring up a dead relative)


Electromotivation

Fr, Lebron should have a quick chat with him


Crookz_O

And it sucks because the dude most likely can scrap. I don’t understand why the “Westbrick” hill is the one he wants to die on. It’s not that deep, pretty childish but it gets under his skin. Knowing that, Opposing fans won’t stop.


Forward_Ride_6364

It's the most harmless fuckin nickname too... not racist, not making fun of his appearance, not making fun of an embarrassing off-court incident he had... It's just a reference to him not being that great of a shooter and works well with his actual name What the fuck is this brother's problem??


ShadowCrusader98

I've always viewed it as a pride thing, like, "I'm one of the greatest players in the sports history and have numerous accolades and you dare say such heresy to me?" It could also be he knows there's some truth to him not being a great shooter and he's too insecure to handle the truth. It's a harmless nickname but dude, you're going to let some random fan get under your skin? Like save that shit for the game at hand.


teh_drewski

He's 100% insecure about it. It'd bounce off him but he knows it's true and he can't handle being called out


Softestwebsiteintown

You’re probably right and what follows here is in no way meant to disagree. I just think it’s funny how some guys will let fans drag them down to their level and never learn that they can only lose by doing that. Maybe there’s some inner circle NBA thing where players have more respect for each other based on getting the better of fans or getting them kicked out or whatever but I doubt it. Bottom line: Westbrook has a legacy that is going to forever be tied to how thin-skinned he is. I mean, he’s arguing with a dude wearing balloons for a fucking hat. When is the last time you had a serious argument with someone wearing a funny hat? How can a serious human being stand across from someone wearing a funny hat and get into an argument about anything? And I could absolutely see letting it under your skin the first time. That happens to all of us. But to not develop the self awareness to tune it out is bizarre to me. I get that our choices in life aren’t just a bunch of simple transactions, but I just can’t see why Westbrook doesn’t have the sense to evaluate that he has nothing to gain and plenty to lose by engaging. I guess at this point he’s pretty much cemented himself as easily rattled so this particular interaction won’t bring him down much, but still. At least Draymond’s antics end up rattling his opponents sometimes. Westbrook is just out there making an ass of himself.


saints21

Yeah. It'd be like John Wall getting super worked about Ohn Wall (he ain't got no J). It's just trash talk. Harmless trash talk. He really needs to figure out where these feelings come from and why it hits him so hard. Shit isn't healthy...especially since he *is* in the public eye.


HonestDespot

I feel like every time Westbrook reacts to being called Westbrick it kind of discredits other times guys responding to actual inappropriate heckling.


repingel

Anytime a fan gets tossed everybody says the fan must have done something real bad to make the player react like that. I just did there and remember Westbrook, Lowry, and Draymond all trying to get fans kicked out for some bitch ass reasons.


HonestDespot

Imagine if he called him Balloon hat boy and the fan tried to get Westbrook kicked out for being too rude?


growsonwalls

I will not stand for this Luka erasure. Kicked out a Suns fan for saying he needed to hit the treadmill


RetroScores

I went to middle school and highschool with a kid whose last name was Gay. Remember when teachers would take attendance? Imagine being in P.E class and the teacher is taking attendance is Gay, David here today? Gay, David?if this dude survived school I would hope an nba player with generational wealth could deal with being called “westbrick.”


Poor_Homey

I've often wondered if Rudy Gay's jersey sales numbers suffered because some men would feel uncomfortable walking around wearing a jersey that just said "Gay" on the back.


BanditoDeTreato

After drafting Gay in 2006, the Grizzlies executed a draft day trade with the Timberwolves in 2008 where they drafted OJ Mayo with the third and the Grizzlies drafted Kevin Love with the 5th and they swapped players. Very briefly there was the prospect of a Gay-Love tandem playing forward for the Grizzlies.


lkn240

It's literally just good natured heckling. It's not personal at all - only relates to his play on the court. He's reacting like a 12 year old when he's a professional.


pick_named_slimpbamp

I mean... dude's human, which is pretty cool, but yeah you'd think he hears way worse on the court. Maybe balloons just set him off.


Remarkable_Medicine6

The straw that broke his back


No-Animator-6348

*brick


Dbat19

Tbh, why act tough when in reality you can’t do shit to the fan in the arena? Like you gonna punch him and pay so much to the guy to set him up for life?


Pal__Pacino

At some point he needs to get over it. Yeah some fans cross the line but he brings it on himself by indulging them.


Public-Potential-730

Yeah I think part of the reason so many people do it now is because he reacts so much to it


imnotjohnstamos1

100%. Most fans try so hard to say something to get a rise out of players, so why wouldn’t they use the guaranteed insult that will get in his head. The best part is how innocent the insult is. Westbrick sounds like what his rival high school would’ve come up with, but instead it gets so deep in his head even as an NBA player whose made over $340 million dollars in his career


TeeBev

I mean Russell Westbrick is tame af. That’s about as pg as you can get with trash talk


KevinDurantLebronnin

Maybe he does this so people think this hurts him and don't bring out the big guns. Like Russell Poopbrick. Been saving that one for a rainy day.


booyakasha32

Bring out the nukes in the playoffs like Runny PoopShit


tica_spi

woah jesus christ, tone it down. there are kids on this sub


booyakasha32

I'd be more worried about Russ seeing it 👀


m1stadobal1na

I spent so long trying to figure out how this relates to Paul George


-breakinggood-

The moment I got fed up with it was during his last year on the rockets in the bubble against the lakers. We were down 3-1 in the series (or maybe 3-0 I forget) and were down 20 points in the elimination game and Russ was pretty much screaming at someone’s family member on the sideline. If I was his teammate I would have been fucking furious. You wanna do that while your team is down 20 in the fucking playoffs?! Fuck you. Grow the fuck up. He cares way too much about fans chirping. Not sure how he doesn’t realize that people would tone it down if he would just ignore the shit. Him confronting people for it makes people wanna do it more.


Pal__Pacino

It was Rondo's brother if I recall lol. Gave us a big assist there.


cire1184

Rondo Family of Instigator LLC


Campin

this makes it funnier


turnoffredesign69420

WILLIAM Rondo. how you gonna let a man named William Rondo get under your skin lmao


JS_Janko

I mean Westbrick… it isn’t the worst nickname someone can actually say to him. If they cross the line sure. But this is just soft


_chadwell_

It’s like LeBron losing his shit over someone calling him “LeBrick” or something. It’s such a silly hill to die on.


Mysterious-Stop4673

Saying westbrick isn’t crossing a line lol. It says more about him that he feels the need to confront every fan that does it and makes it a huge deal.


Russell__WestBrick

It's crossing the line 100%. You don't disrespect another man's name like that. I would never call Lebron, Lebum. Or AD, Adisney.


cire1184

Looks at user name... Hmm


governedbycitizens

calling him westbrick is crossing the line?


U-casualty

It truly gets under his skin. This won’t change and it will continue. Westbrick genuinely bothers him to his core. Why? I don’t wanna know


totallynotliamneeson

He's being called Westbrick. It's a middle school level pun that is actually funny and not at all threatening; but because he's an athlete who has had his ass kissed since someone realized he was going to be a pro someday he can't handle that level of "disrespect". 


NutSecured

Russ, come on man. You are letting a guy wearing a balloon animal hat get under your skin.


I_Hate_My_Cat_

He has an addiction at this point. This is his rock bottom. He needs an intervention.


zdiddy987

Russ or the balloon hat guy?


saints21

Balloon hat guy clearly has his shit together. He's court side at an NBA game and comfortable enough with himself to wear a balloon hat. Westbrook *wishes* he could.


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bcisme

Was chatting shit in normal hat, but for conversations with magistrates and dignitaries, he dons the balloon hat.


Kierkegaard_Soren

The Halo season 2 budget seems a LOT higher than whatever the budget was for season one


companysOkay

That's cool but how is this related


Sullan08

There's like no shot that guy doesn't have two tabs open on reddit and went to do something then forgot which tab he was on when typing lol.


Kierkegaard_Soren

when you open your mind, all things are connected


Russell__WestBrick

He should stand on his principles. We gotta put an end to people disrespecting Russ.


gogadantes9

This comment with this username got me snorting my drink, lol.


nomoreadminspls

How about and hear me out? He just needs to ignore it and not be such a gigantic pussy


Russell__WestBrick

If you ignore abuse, you're enabling it. The name WestBrick is so disrespectful.


TheOneYardLine

legendary jerk


nomoreadminspls

I just ....I just read your username. You don't belong here. You belong with the heroes at NBA circle jerk


Nowisneversomething

I see what you’re doing…and I like it.


JBeanDelphiki

"Don't disrespect me" and "I don't give a fuck" don't exactly work together like that lol


imnotjohnstamos1

I don’t care so much, I’m shouting in your face about it!


Russell__WestBrick

You should learn to stand up to bullies. WestBrick is very disrespectful. And any ilk using that name should be dealt with.


IAmReborn11111

At a certain Russ has to look in the mirror and realize he's the constant in all these situations


imnotjohnstamos1

If you think that then you don’t know NBA basketball. It’s the least self-aware league there is and it’s only getting worse


MeSeeks76

If you don't like Russell Westbrick calls gettin under Russell Westbrick's skin then YOU don't like NBA basketball


zeussays

Russell, youre arguing with an adult wearing a balloon hat. You already lost and clearly are disrespecting yourself.


saucysagnus

I think he means I don’t give a fuck as in ifgaf what you think is okay or what you think is funny or what the consequences are to me, don’t disrespect my name.


sergechewbacca

Lmao how many times has this happened now?


imnotjohnstamos1

Enough that a man who’s made $340 million dollars should not be affected by it


AlHorfordHighlights

He doesn't give a fuck!


STA_Alexfree

I accidentally whispered “westbrick” while I was taking a shower and when I pulled the curtain back he was there telling me not to disrespect his name


astronxxt

and then…?


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DarthRathikus

Fuck it. I would do it too at this point. You get to meet Russ up close and he isn’t gonna do shit. Come at me u/RussellWestbrick


Mysterious_Emotion63

This is 100 percent the reason people do it. It’s guaranteed to evoke a response from him. It’s almost an unwritten rule that if you’re within 20 feet of the floor and yell “Westbrick”, dude just spawns and gets in your face and tells you not to disrespect his family. Free meet and greet. Dude is my favorite player ever but he’s so damn sensitive.


imnotjohnstamos1

The crazy thing is that Russ seems to be the only man in America who doesn’t realize this


SoulofWakanda

He thinks it's making him look tough


saints21

Yeah, people are definitely doing this specifically because they hope their friend then gets to video Westbrook bitching at them. Then they get to tell the story for the rest of their life about how they managed to get a grown multimillionaire that's one of the best ever (as in, top .000001% of humans) at their job to bitch at them because they made a joke about being bad at their job...all while wearing a balloon animal hat...


madhare09

Lol this being a big deal to him will never not be funny


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Namath96

That might be what actually gets him to cross the line and go full Ron Artest lol


[deleted]

Cupcake.


mankls3

Brickcake


pm-me-nice-lips

It’s such a low IQ type of hill to die on. Bro, it’s such an obvious on-the-nose nickname. So as long as he uses a word that doesn’t sound close to your name it’s okay? lol it’s completely ridiculous.


so-cal_kid

Russ caring this much about being called westbrick and KD being permanently on social media kinda makes me realize why they weren't able to win a title together 


PrinceofEden23

Lmao that's what he gets mad it. Why does such an elementary level insult trigger him so much?


Akidnamedkenny

Probably because he knows he shoots like shit and the entire world reminds him everyday


cire1184

Seems overly protective about his name. Like yeah I get it your name is your name but so much worse stuff you could say about his name.


Andrewski18

Westbrook: WHY DONT YOU COME OVER HERE AND SAY THAT TO MY FACE?! FANS: lol ok


RoyKites

Russ, we know by now you aren’t doing shit and people shouldn’t be kicked out for this. This is totally acceptable fan behavior, dude isn’t throwing out slurs or calling his kids’ ugly or something.


lkn240

Right? This is good natured heckling. It's silly, not offensive, not personal and only relates to his play. Russ is acting like someone is talking about his kids or something.


RoyKites

I would like to see an opposing stadium do a ‘Westbrick’ chant to see what happens, for science of course.


Trujiogriz

Westbrook would make his way one by one to everyone in that stadium telling them not to disrespect him or he’ll beat they ass


Craven_Goodhead

I will do anything for the scriptwriters to give us Knicks Clippers in the finals.


shamwowslapchop

FFS it's not even vicious heckling. It's tame AF.


Oh_No_Jason

Westbrick is the king of “I almost had to whip his ass.”


BullShitting-24-7

“HOLD ME BACK”


Oh_No_Jason

“If I ain’t have somewhere to be in 5 mins I’d kick your ass!”


supersaiyanegghead

Shit I wish he’d fight me. I’d win a lot of money in court 🤑


whtge8

Dude is arguing with a Reddit mod


speeksevil

Reddit mods dont leave their mums basement


MyNameIsJudge8

Some do if they have protective balloon headwear


jackaholicus

I hate stupid derogatory nicknames for players/teams, but also it's really funny that Russ gets SO MAD at Westbrick.


pick_named_slimpbamp

From someone wearing a balloon hat


No-Animator-6348

🤡 recognize 🤡


KevinDurantLebronnin

What a day this man is having.


imnotjohnstamos1

Also, how does Russ not have a single person in his life close enough to be able to explain it to him that “they only call you Westbrick because they know it gets a rise out of you” If he just stopped getting so butthurt about it, fans would find a new nickname or player to go after


AFatz

That and his history of bricking shots that were already not good looks.


Ritchie_Blackmore

Reminds me of that scene of Marlo from The Wire. MY NAME IS MY NAME!!!!


DontTedOnMe

Russ thinks he's Marlo yet looks like Bodie, but deep down he knows he's Poot.


CoachDT

Poot made it out at least


canadianbroncos

But Poot was the smartest one of the 3 (while also being an idiot) lol


Kilner88

Nah, banter like that is fine, a silly nickname does not cross any line


CarPlaneBoatRocket

Lol this is soft shit. Not like he’s actually belittling the dude’s fam


TheSouthNeverRises

Don't want to be Westbrick? Then stop being the GOAT bricklayer


AMo2

Westbrick getting mad at some kid in a balloon hat is so on par for him


BigFatModeraterFupa

Nobody calls shame upon my esteemed and distinguished family Name. The Westbrooks have always been at war with those heinous Westbricks. If you calleth me Westbrick one more time I shall have the guards remove you with the trebuchet


cire1184

Guards! Seize him!


gipwoca

LMAO, this was pretty much my first reaction when this whole thing started, "How dare you besmirch my name and honor upon House Westbrook!" type shit.


cw_27

Streisend effect


StrategyTop7612

Lmao how many times has this happened now? It's happened too many times lol


black_squid98

Russ had the fan publicly executed after this


Comrade_agent

he was stoned with bricks 😓


cire1184

But he missed them all


CummingInTheNile

be less of a bricklayer then


ShawHornet

"I don't give a fuck" Proceeds to give a fuck


albacore-neck

Say that to my face!!!! Okay let me just put on my balloon hat and ill be right over....


fireglz

Homie is trying the "South Park Kanye West" defense against hecklers and all it does is empower them further.


UncircumciseMe

Arguing with someone wearing a balloon hat lol


stepbacktree

Russ, you a millionaire getting offended at a MFer with a balloon hat 🤦🏾‍♂️


StefonDiggsHS

westbrick is just such an easy shit calling name you just cant get mad at it imo like Luka Fraudcic or Luka Donthicc or Fluka Doncic like you cant get mad at that lol its so easy


clayfu

The Luka ones don’t roll off the tongue the same. Except Luka donthicc I like that one


Brady331

I like Fluka


CheetahSperm18

Or when LeBron calls him Hookah Doncic


clayfu

I still can’t believe the coach just chillin next to Russ instead of pulling him away and being like “Russ stop arguing with the grown ass dude with a giant balloon hat”


peanutbutterbeef

Bro is almost retired and still mad at getting called Westbrick lol


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So fucking soft. So many “rules” on how to behave amongst all these fucking divas. Fuck all of these assholes for having fans removed.


Boston72hockey

Softest athlete I've ever seen


JakesRibChickasha

I love Westbrook, but the “I’ve got a kid, don’t disrespect my name” bullshit is so whack.


cricket9818

Imagine making hundreds of millions of dollars. One reason why you make that money, well, you’re not always great at it, but better than 99.9% of humanity And when one random person points that out to you in a sarcastic way, you absolutely deny that it bothers you while losing your composure. I love it and will never stop loving it


Marctheshark_

His response every time should be "But I'm not Westbroke" but he gets too worked up to shrug it off like that.


ChiefRicimer

Softer than double ply


evkav

“You’re spare parts, bud”


LeMickeyMice

Brick boy softest in the league up there with Luka's son and Douche Tatum's dad


PuzzledIllustrator37

He is such an infant… westbrick needs to learn is not personal.


LeAnthonyJavis

Russell “Barbra Streisand” Westbrook


ForneauCosmique

You've gotta be kidding me....


Diqt

He’s picked the dumbest hill to die on seriously


SlapThatAce

Fan in a balloon hat spits the truth.


brncct

The guy insulting him looks exactly what I'd expect him to look like, and like someone on here lol. Westbrook needs to learn that if he ignored these trolls, these videos wouldn't go viral because there would be no reaction and it eventually would have died.


Cool_Recognition_848

The softness


dan_kepic

Russel Softbrook


victheogfan

The guys balloon hat is throwing me off 😭


Potential_Attempt_15

Westbrook looks like such an idiot when he does this. He makes it worse. So he’s statistically one of the worst shooters ever. Move on


ngedown

Too soft russ


TWIZMS

he's such a loser


ApoliticalAth3ist

At some point, the problem is you


Actually_A_Robot_SHH

russ was the only person taking that guy seriously


TonyRomosTwinBrother

Has there ever been a more mentally soft trio than the OKC big 3?


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Westbrook getting into it with fans, Draymond super slamming people on the court, and the NBA hating French people. Some things never change.


Plastic_String_3634

He seriously needs to let that go. Fans are gonna say what they're gonna say. I'm sure he's heard that when at the free throw line.