WOW, dumb prank to start camp.

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sactownfan

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Has anyone else seen this? It seems innocent enough at first but this ends pretty horrifically. With Ben McL and Outlaw both crashing to the floor. Ben falling with his wrist down first. Im down with popcorn in the car, girl/kid backpacks. But whatever that nonsense was it needs to never freaking happen again!

Could you imagine the ESPN headline "ROOKIE of the year hopeful breaks wrist in prank at media day"? How embarrassing would that be to kick off the new start to this franchise. The ownership/front office/coaches better cut that crap out right now. jeez.

Kayte Christensen and Carl Landry were in the middle of an interview when this went down. You can view it on the Kings.com web page. its at the 59 min mark. The very first thing she says after watching both Ben and Outlaw fall was "OH GOD!!! THATS HOW PEOPLE GET HURT!!!!" "HONESTLY THATS HOW PEOLE GET HURT!"exactly what she said...totally sounded really silly/funny by someone that saw it live..
 
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Jaylee209 said:
Lighten up, Debbie Downer!
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lol! whip cream pie to the face totally fine. This tho???

debbie downer me all you want.... This "HAD" the potential to be really stupid. Ben absolutely did fall! We just dont know how he landed cause the camera didn't capture it. In the last frame you see Ben his going down with his hands out! AND IF YOU COULD READ ENGLISH you'd notice that I didn't say he fell on his wrist. ALTHOUGH he totally could have tho, the camera once again just didn't capture it.
 
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Dime Dropper said:
Way to over-react. They're not made of glass...
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Players have been hurt doing less. Just saying. If you really think there was NO risk of injury there then im sorry I dont know what to tell you. guess your just way to bad a** for me. Outlaw didn't know what was happening and what you saw there, outside of someone actually getting hurt was the second worst case outcome with both guys falling. It happens on the court all the time i get that but again THE POINT IS...PICK A NEW PRANK TO DO! OUT OF THE HUNDREDS THAT DONT INVOLVE GUYS CRASHING TO THE FLOOR. jeez.
 
Fear the Putin

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sactownfan said:
lol! whip cream pie to the face totally fine. This tho???

debbie downer me all you want.... This "HAD" the potential to be really stupid. Ben absolutely did fall! We just dont know how he landed cause the camera didn't capture it. In the last frame you see Ben his going down with his hands out! AND IF YOU COULD READ ENGLISH you'd notice that I didn't say he fell on his wrist. ALTHOUGH he totally could have tho, the camera once again just didn't capture it.
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Oh please...

"Ben falling with his wrist down first"

It's like those who say "I didn't tell him to kill himself, I just said he should jump off the roof."
 
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Fear the Putin said:
Oh please...

"Ben falling with his wrist down first"

It's like those who say "I didn't tell him to kill himself, I just said he should jump off the roof."
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FYI buddy....

Kayte Christensen and Carl Landry were in the middle of an interview when this went down. You can view it on the Kings.com web page. its at the 59 min mark. The very first thing she says after watching both Ben and Outlaw fall was "OH GOD!!! THATS HOW PEOPLE GET HURT!!!!" "HONESTLY THATS HOW PEOLE GET HURT!" exactly what she said...totally sounded really silly/funny by someone that saw it live..... anyone that thinks this was a great idea is kidding themselves. Theres a million different things they could have done to be funny.
 
Glenn

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Yes, people can get hurt. There is a common fracture of a bone in the wrist that happens when you try to break your fall with your hand. Colle's fracture, I think. BUT ... it's hilarious so lighten up. It's a young kid introducing himself to a vet. :) If I had his hops, I'd probably do the same thing should I be so lucky. The fact that the Kings players seemed to think it was funny is a good thing, right?

We'll be jumping out of our seats or spilling our pop corn or beverage many times for what this kid can do.
 
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lol! yeah and Kayte needed to chill the hell out too. jeez what a debbie downer she was... being all concerned that this little prank was really dumb. what a buzz kill she is. i guess her and i are just all responsible and stuff.

on the court understandable.... can happen to any player... this would have been a total embarrassment to the team. luckily it seems that everyones ok
 
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Hey sactownfan? Lighten up, dude. You're sounding older than I am with the "somebody could have put out an eye" type hysteria. This kind of stuff goes on all the time. Remember, some of our -players have been injured 1) tripping over the boxes in their new house they hadn't unpacked yet and 2) colliding with a folding chair.
 
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VF21 said:
Hey sactownfan? Lighten up, dude. You're sounding older than I am with the "somebody could have put out an eye" type hysteria. This kind of stuff goes on all the time. Remember, some of our -players have been injured 1) tripping over the boxes in their new house they hadn't unpacked yet and 2) colliding with a folding chair.
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You're forgetting Cisco's infamous streak of incredibly unlucky injuries including but not limited to (1) spraining his ankle helping a ref retrieve a ball that was stuck on the rim and (2) working out on top of a faulty exercise ball.

Seriously guys, our players could get horribly injured rolling out of bed in the morning. One harmless prank isn't going to make or break our season.
 
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VF21 said:
Hey sactownfan? Lighten up, dude. You're sounding older than I am with the "somebody could have put out an eye" type hysteria. This kind of stuff goes on all the time. Remember, some of our -players have been injured 1) tripping over the boxes in their new house they hadn't unpacked yet and 2) colliding with a folding chair.
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fully aware of all this. im really not all "up in arms" about this as much as it may seem. whats really getting me is that all you are so "meh" about it... VF21 you just proved my point.... of all the ways to injure yourself this would have been up there as one of the dumbest, . media day prank gone terribly wrong...plus theres no reason TO INCREASE THE RISK OF INJURY! jeez.... look watch Kayte's reaction. She was there and saw it happen and the very first thing that came out and not in a joking manner was "oh god thats how people get hurt!" so clearly this wasn't as funny as all you think to someone that works for the team and saw everything. outlaw moved at the last second at totally hit Ben off balance and that fool fell hard. end of story. totally funny!?!?

anyone on here thats telling me to chill needs to ask themselves what kind of trash they would have been talking "IF" this had resulted in an injury to Ben.... "IF" he got hurt... all of you would have been losing your minds, but because hes ok im stupid for thinking this was not funny and was dumb ok im over it tho... not gonna comment on this anymore. THANK GOD HES FINE moving on.
 
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Mr. S£im Citrus said:
Wait, back up: someone interviewed Carl Landry for fifty-nine minutes?
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http://www.nba.com/kings/kings-livestream-coverage

top video. all the players were interviewed. this prank happened at the 59min mark with carl landry.... seriously anyone on here telling me to chill watch that video and then tell me this was a super funny prank. anyway thats what im reacting too. I saw that first, then the prank video with Ben flying into the ground. LOL! harmless prank
 
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Ahemm! Actually, most pranks are stupid ideas. In this case, I wouldn't call it a prank, but an inspired idea caused by someone walking around with a basket attached. Obviously done for humor, which was the result, along with Outlaw playing his typical defense. If someone would have been injured, I'd call it stupid, but since no one was injured, I'd say it was pretty funny.
 
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That was awesome. I could have hurt myself climbing out of the shower today. Happens to someone every day. I still take showers though (honest).

Point is, live a little. Let the kids play. Build some chemistry. Have fun.
 
VF21

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bajaden said:
Ahemm! Actually, most pranks are stupid ideas. In this case, I wouldn't call it a prank, but an inspired idea caused by someone walking around with a basket attached. Obviously done for humor, which was the result, along with Outlaw playing his typical defense. If someone would have been injured, I'd call it stupid, but since no one was injured, I'd say it was pretty funny.
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Exactly. No one was injured. The whole "Yeah, but they could have been" isn't the point. They weren't. Laugh and move on...
 
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