Tony definitely is on the spectrum. His excessive eye contact. The speech pattern. Man...I am glad he's autistic. That's a good thing for the autistic community especially those (like me) who also happen to love basketball.
i was thinking the same thing with the eye contact. in all his interviews, he focuses directly on the person and does not look away when someone is asking him a question, and also doesn’t look away when he is responding.
Probably one of my favorite things about Rip Hamilton was his length at the 2 to go along with his athleticism. Sadly that whole stint didn't work, but having another lanky guy like Snell with those long arms is really gonna help the Bulls. Having him come in & provide relief to Jimmy & Luol is something that's gonna help a lot. & if his shooting projects to the next level like it should we won't miss a beat offensively either. I love the pick. Welcome to Chicago Tony! GO BULLS!!
For everyone surprised by how well he is maintaining eye contact, I think it's relevant to note that he is very obviously making a great mental effort to do so. I'm sure his agent prepped him for these combine interviews, so he knows how important it is in order to make the right impression. It all looks very unnatural for him, which makes tons of sense in retrospect. This is not the way someone looks when they're comfortable in their surroundings. He looks like he is seeing a ghost in the room.
especially the way the reporter is talking. probably just a bad interviewer but it doesn't seem like he's really talking to snell. he's just asking the questions and doesn't really seem invested
Right, that was literally what my entire post was in regards to. Maybe I wasn't clear. I'll try to simplify it. 1. I initially noticed that a lot of comments were about how well he seems to be maintaining eye contact despite having autism. 2. I theorized that he was likely prepped for this beforehand by his agent or family. They likely helped him practice to get more comfortable with it. 3. He's clearly a very intelligent guy, he understands how important it is that he maintains solid eye contact. 4. In my opinion, it seems like he is exuding a lot of mental energy in order to maintain solid eye contact. He's doing really well with it, but he doesn't look comfortable (again, just my opinion). Hope that makes more sense @@captainshiner42
I'm trying to understand Autism better it does confuse me in the sense from what I have seen there are people who come across as normal with Autism who can communicate properly, and you wouldn't know they had it and then there are people who you could definitely tell there is something off about them. For example, there was this one kid in my neighborhood that had Autism who was bad at communication he couldn't speak in complete sentences and could not look you in the eyes when talking and he was just also very slow. Tony strikes me as a normal guy in this interview if I didn't know he was autistic.
Bro it’s a spectrum. Like there’s levels to it. He’s obviously has a more functioning form of it. There’s a lot of dudes with autism that are not diagnosed bc they do well enough in life
@@IWantToMature85his social conditions may be severely different to someone that was diagnosed, born in a different time or different racial background. this can all severely affect his socialisation, especially obvious things like eye contact and way of talking, which tony is clearly good at with little need for practice
@@kentuckyfan0619 the problem with autism is it’s easily misdiagnosed because it’s no way to actually prove it. It can’t be proven by blood so the only testing is someone’s patterns in habits, thoughts, or behavior…which can easily be a cause from trauma or social anxiety.
@@justin2vibe he wasn’t misdiagnosed bro, certified and experienced psychiatrists are in charge of forming his diagnosis , and also there’s certain traits in autism which don’t necessarily originate from trauma or social anxiety
@@barraza222 you could be right and I understand autism is real…I just know its often misdiagnosed same as other mental disorders because it’s not so easy to prove based on everyone’s own personal experiences.
