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People don’t understand the fact that there are a lot of players that don’t love the game. Some people are so gifted that they’re forced to pursue the career, without having a love for it.

“I bring dominance. My name is DOMINAYTON.”😂🤣

There is a trend in the league where the game is promoting players for their size, speed, and athleticism. The issue is that a lot of the guys gifted with these natural abilities are coming to the league because they’re naturally gifted, not because they care about basketball or being good at it. They just want to have the base level of skill to make a lot of money. If you look around the league, the players with these types of issues tend to be bigs or guys over 6’6. Guys who are below 6’6 have a much bigger talent pool to compete with since there are more people in the world that are around 6’0 than guys over 6’6. They have to be dogs and have to love the game to make it. BUT with the league trending bigger, faster, and more athletic, these guys that care about the game and max out their talent can’t make the NBA. They have to be long and athletic enough to defend these bigger players that just want that paycheck. These critics commenting about Jalen Brunson for his size shows how elitist and unaware of actual skill in basketball these critics are. As long as we keep trending towards physical ability in basketball versus skill, the more players will have attitudes and the more basketball will devolve.

As a resident of Portland, the city doesn’t prep or do anything when it snows here. This year we got freezing rain which turned into sheets of ice. Many places in the city are very hilly so it would make sense that he wouldn’t be able to travel. However, being an NBA player I would assume he had ample funds or ways of managing this.

I’m a Californian who lived in Oregon and that ice on the roads is no joke…

I'm here in Portland, and parts of the city were completely unpassable during the unprecedented ice storm last month. No cover-up on Ayton.

DA ain’t like Ben Simmons cus at least he shows up to work and he’s not scared to shoot. DA has his own separate issues and isn’t as nearly disappointing as Ben Simmons who is nowhere near the player he was 3-4 years ago.

The ice storm was wild. It snowed, and it froze over. The city didn’t prepare for it. So everybody was stuck where they were. I literally had to stay at work for two days, because of how bad it was

I couldn’t even walk my dog a block after that ice storm. No way I’m asking a 30mil/yr 7 footer to risk injury for a regular season game while we’re tanking…

He did good last night and that ice in Portland was bad man I couldn’t get to work for 3 days and a tree fell in my neighbors house 💀

I live in Oregon, that last ice storm was no joke. Statewide emergency declared and everything.

People die on icy roads every year

“I love CP” is crazy 😹😹😹😹

Feel like this might be bad timing as he's been playing really well

“Earning the knickname “Dominayton” LOL he gave himself that nickname 😂😂

There can't be a new Ben Simmons if the old one is around

The Valley Oop feels like it took place in another lifetime even though it was less than 3 years ago!

Nah Ayton took one look outside and said snow day 😂😂

I’m a Suns fan and watch almost every game. The Ayton situation isn’t complex. He’s lazy and doesn’t love the game. His potential kept us hoping but hope turns into fatigue after years.

Nobody will ever beat Ben Simmons at his own game 😂. At the very least Ayton is not scared to shoot in a game about scoring points. He may be a drama queen. He may not care about basketball. But he's willing to put an effort to get a contract. Ben Simmons wanted to do nothing while still getting paid

I live in the Portland area. We get ice storms periodically. Usually when it snows, there’s freezing rain to go with it. On top of that snow. This past snow/ice storm was a bad one. The snow wasn’t the issue. The ice was one of the worse I’ve seen in my 37 years. A lot of trees fell on homes during it. There was some loss of life this storm. Portland is filled with hills. I promise he probably couldn’t get to the stadium that day because of how bad the ice storm was. There are hills leaving the Lake O area where he probably lives. Like most the Blazers. If you’re not used to driving in it on top of not having studs and a good vehicle then you’re most likely going to wreck.

Mike wouldn’t be flying anymore if he drove in those conditions 😂

Minnesota native and can definitely attest to Ayton man. Our winters are brutal and there’s multiple times a winter that you can’t drive at all because of 3 things regular ice on the road, snow on the road, and the worst of all and most dangerous/scary of all black ice because it blends into the road and absolutely sends your booty flying 10 feet the other way 😭😭 didn’t know Portland had it that bad as well but makes sense since it’s very a Northern city.

I live in the Portland Oregon area and that ice storm was no joke. The roads were very dangerous.

You're wrong, Mike. The Portland area had a nasty ice storm that week; it kept me stuck at my place for 4 days. Portland doesn't get many snow/ice storms in the Winter. On average, there's snow/ice for less than a week a year. The Portland area is sloppy at planning for non-snow/ice days anyway. Imagine how much worse they planned for this relatively rare weather.

The Icy roads thing is true, cus in the Pacific Northwest we are not used to ice we had alot of rain than below 10 degree weather for a week! it was nuts!

11:40 other guy was like “hell I’ll dap you up” 😂

That boy bout to drop the bag like Dennis 😂

Hi! I live in Portland. That ice storm was literally the worst ice we have ever seen in atleast two decades. It was freezing on the ground but above freezing in the atmosphere, so it rained everywhere and then froze on the ground. There were ice rink conditions over everything. You literally couldn't walk outside without snow shoes. People had to crawl to their cars, etc.

Thanks as always FlightMike

Thanks again my guy for the hard work!!

Yo Mike if you’ve seen ayton play the last couple weeks he’s been a monster out there. Started out like 9 for 9 shooting last night and has been playing so much better. Not saying he’s even a top ten center but he’s been playing a lot better recently

I live in Oregon. Portland is no joke when it gets icy and frozen roads. Some areas you can actually get stuck or have car pile up. So it’s actually a legitimate excuse.

Dude is out here messing with pawnstars 😂 what did we expect. There should be a mandatory nba common sense class for these guys

Mike I live in the Portland area and been to the arena a few times . The ice this year was insane is was three inches of solid ice covering the entire ground of a few counties . And Portland has narrow streets on hills and mountains and there’s many bridges . It was a legit hazard there were several instances of cars sliding off mountain into rivers etc

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As someone whos never lived outside of the midwest, snowy roads are a huge problem! However, most of the time people plan ahead for it, but i guess not in Portland lmao

Bro, he didn't earn the Dominayton nickname. He gave that nickname to himself.

The icy roads thing is real I moved to arkansas and when it snows the roads freeze and can be impossible to drive through if you live at the bottom of a mountain, dirt roads, and simply a car incapable of pushing through tough conditions

Yeh that ice storm was ridiculously crazy lmao. It sounded like a warzone outside throughout the days. If you were able to drive a block when it was at its worst you were fortunate. If you lived in certain areas there was nothing you would be able to do to get anywhere.

People thought he was going to be Joel Embiid lol

He’s been playing good since you posted this 😂

Yea them icy Oregon roads ain’t no joke. I got stuck for days once

There was 3 inches of ice on my street in Portland. I do not blame him for that one.

Paul will be a great assistant coach after he retires, everyone just always has a good response to being his teammate, and he's great at teaching his knowledge about basketball, especially his flops

Ayton had made it very clear he is comfortable with where he is and how things are going. It will be interesting how he feels next year if the Blazers land Sarr in the draft. A fellow center.

No cap i live in Oregon. We had ice roads last month and I had to miss 2 weeks of work. They’re pretty bad here

I work at the Sky Harbor Airport in Phoenix AZ and most of the Suns' fans basically said the same thing about Ayton... "It just feels like he doesnt want to play for us sometimes"

I live in Portland and that ice storm was no joke.

He's been scoring around 20 points a game over the last month outside 2-3 stinkers.

Not even about loving the game or not. But being a professional is about a certain level of having a will to win. Working at your craft. Trying hard. Being competitive. None of that has to do with "love of the game".

The roads in Portland are no joke when they get icy lmao

Bro that punch you threw at intro looks deadly ngl

How does this guy not have a million followers, love the content

I live 30 minutes from where ayton lives that day we had snow and roads were frozen we did not go to work for 3 days around that time

The ice was crazy that day was like a ice ring in Oregon

I can say as someone who’s been buried in the their house bc of an Avalanche, I concur ICE is no joke

Guy doesn't love the game he loves what the game provides for him & his family.

He played super good last night. Wait til end of season for videos like these.

I live in icy conditions, as a Icelander, and I also feel like that smells like the equalient of the dog ate my homework.

To see how he got drafted before Luka and Trae and turn out like this is sad

I’m in Connecticut and icy road to icy will stop you from getting to your wedding 😂

As an Oregonian the roads were horrible, I couldn't leave home for a week.

Icy roads prevented Derrick Thomas from getting to the stadium, forever

Bro is gonna help blazers watch!

He doesn't have that killer instinct the great ones have. And he's not hungry enough. He's happy just to be in the NBA.

Icy roads are terrifying bro, you can't stop the car, the brakes lock up.

13:46 sounds like thats an embid excuse not aytons hahahaha damn this bigs.

I live in Portland right now the roads were really bad during that time

He has the mentality of a Young player who won a championship already but he didn't even win a ring

your inner fire is most valuable skill you have

Pacers dodged a bullet.

Mike, you have the benefits of living in Cali and don’t have any ideas of what the winter weather will bring. Last month, the same winter storm system that hit Portland up when across the southeast US where I reside. The snow and ice were big factors. Most people were stuck inside of their homes for a week. Not much was going on except emergency services and few grocery stores were open. The big issues at play is that small market cities like Portland tend not to be as progressive as far as being reactive to winter weather events. Especially when they don’t deal with them as consistently during the winter months.

Thanks flight

Everyone say that ayton play soft but didn’t his fellow colleagues or coaches already tell him to play aggressively always.This is the NBA😂😂😂

He got the money he’s not worried about personal stats or winning long as he got the bag

I have never liked Ayton but Simmons is in a class by himself.

love the effort in these videos you earned yourself a new subscriber ❤️

live in new england and icy roads are no joke. especially since from what ive read in the comments, portland didn't pretreat the roads well at all. given his wealth there probably was a way for him to get to the arena but more than once have i been stuck at home because the road was a sheet of ice

i live in canada and we change out to snow tires for the winter because if you don't, you'll find yourself wrapped around a pole. nasty roads are no joke especially if not used to / prepared for it.

Giannis doing THE BLOCK against him ended his career.

I remember all the suns fan said squished muffin Face is the best lol

🔥🔥🔥 ur vids r tuff

I watch hime play tho an i think he needs to dominate the paint oj defense more.. i be watchin him try guard ppl way on the three point line but its never no one to rebound...i guess he need to go back to his bread an butter.. he aint never been the same frm that Giannis block 😂

Thank you suns for matching the pacers offer sheet so we didn't get screwed!

What do you expect its the blazers 😂

You dont live in icy area and it shows having ice everywhere is so hard to drive especially for someone who was living in Arizona for so long of his life where there is no ice lol

Saying you love Chris Paul using his initials is a clip out of context just waiting to happen 😭

I'm a suns fan, and i can tell you for a fact Deandre would be someone who would get stuck in ice. He's lived in AZ for the past 6 years. He would be unable to know how to handle the winter time in Portland

i live in portland and it was brutal. we dont have the infrastructure to handle an ice storm. all of our business were closed, lots of us had no power. couldnt budge the car because it was glued to the cement w ice. ya hes a nba player and should have been there, but i lived through that storm and i get it. my wife fell down our steps and broke her arm and had to go to the ER.

As a midwesterner, winter conditions are no joke!

That icy road thing was definitely just an excuse to get out of playing

New Ben Simmons is a little harsh 😂 he’s at his career averages this year and had 22 and 16 last night

Ayton is why the Nba is soooo thankful for Steph he is keeping the Nba relevant.!! No cap

Crazy that the team that drafts you constantly doing shitty things to you can affect you mentally. Truly unbelievable.

Icy roads aint no joke, livin out West they dont plow or de ice the roads for days on end!! So I do understand what Ayton was facing

Simmons and Ayton are proof that some players don't enjoy playing.

Imagine drafting ayton and bagley over Luka suns and kings fans should be furious