Why These 4 NBA Players Got Blacklisted 

yet the nba still praises Karl Malone and ignore all of his headlines

Tyreke Evans definitely comes to mind

I do like some of these punishments. Like harsher suspensions for abuse and assault. Shit happens all the time in the nfl, but players keep coming back

I’m surprised even Dwight Howard didn’t even make this list but also Enes Kanter definitely comes to mind for sure

Evans from the Sacramento Kings got blackballed for several years!! Crazy that he never got another chance!!!

Porter would do good here in Memphis…we usually take all the rejects that have talent …once he’s approved

Enes Kanter's story is dirty. He did everything right, and the NBA praised him as a hero when he spoke out against Turkey, then threw him away like garbage when he spoke against China. The NBA wants to be woke and socially progressive, but only if it's profitable.

Thanks Andy! You always produce great content.

What about Jeremy Lin. Dude came back and went to G league and proved that he has What it takes to be an NBA player again but was overlooked by all the NBA teams that had worst players on their roster.

Aside from Kevin Porter Jr., I feel like you could feasibly argue that the other guys aren't so much blackballed but their styles just aren't desirable anymore in this current style of basketball. Enes was a good scorer and solid rebounder but couldn't defend well. Dion and OJ Mayo play style didn't age well. That and the league just has so much talent now that they're not really needed on any rosters

Oh yeah thanks Andy for another solid video!!

How about Meyers Leonard?

I'm glad that Mayo and Dion at least realized what they did wrong and admitted their mistakes

They’re “black listed” cause they tarnish the image of the league and they’re not good enough to be anything but bench and role players today I need to add that if you aren’t an elite player, then the team isn’t going to go out of their way to protect you. You can’t speak out against anything that the *business* that is the NBA isn’t standing on, and expect to continue to have a career in the league. It’s happened for decades. Enes Freedom spoke out against the Chinese government, and you wonder why he was unfairly phased out of the league? Waiters and Mayo were inconsistent players throughout most of their careers, then they committed infractions (on a shortened leash) and then wondered why no one would pick them up again. KPJ, he’s no Miles Bridges. A decent player whose team is better without him. It’s all. Business.

Porter Jr needs to return to league

Putting Enes Kanter at the Pick and Roll is essentially the biggest reason why he's not in the league anymore. The baggage he's carrying just a plus for teams to not sign him.

The giddy shot is priceless 😂

Tyreke Evans is a name I thought of as well

Let's be real. Enes Kanter only played minutes on that Blazers team because we didn't have any other centers and why we offered him a bad deal. He's slow, can't shoot, and is only really good as a rebounder. He's just not a good modern NBA player and was on his way out. Maybe him having bad political views made it so teams now don't even send him offers but also he seems to be too far in his own thing being a conservative grifter.

The league moves faster now, and there is bigger talent pool to fill the roles. Yesteryear's phenom can be replaced and forgotten quickly. That's probably message the league is giving the players, do your job, don't cause problems, or we will get somebody else.

Hey Andy Hoops, how about a video on players that were kicked out of the league for substance abuse? Roy Tarpley by himself would have his own episode.

i think KPJ deserves a whole video

I never liked Enes a lot, but his example shows what really happens when you do speak up. AND he had a point. Disgraceful, they don't even have the decency to at least say so - another great example of the shitshow the NBA has become.

O.J. isn’t blacklisted, it’s just he hasn’t been reinstated by the league yet.

Im surprised Dwight howard didnt make an appearance on this list

Hey Andy. I was wondering if you could do a video exploring the regression of Jalen green? As a rockets fan, he’s been benched several times in the fourth quarter and has become a liability. I think he will get moved if things don’t improve.

The only place Miles Bridges will ever be blacklisted from is Canada.

Andy can you make videos about NBA players who had guest appearance on hit TV series (i.e. Chris Paul on Big Time Rush) as well as NBA players who once dated (or at least rumored) with celebrities (i.e. Andre Drummond and Jennette McCurdy)?

Is there a video here in RU-vid explaining the details of players getting waived? Getting traded then gets waive became a trend these past several years.

I forgot he had a panic attack for taking too many edibles lol, yea you gotta go fam

06:30 some people use the work "friend" when they really mean "colleagues / business associates". No friend will octracise you because you used canabis, and/or you got banned by the NBA.

I've wondered if Jabari Parker's comments about defense got him blacklisted. Plenty of players suck on D, but they also don't admit they don't try. Despite his injury riddled career he's still offensively talented enough to be in the league.

The claim that Enes "Freedom" Kanter is a victim of a directive not to sign him is such bs. Even before all of this he would trash teams that he played for, alienating fans anytime he left a team. Nobody wants to sign somebody that will treat anything he doesnt like as a conspiracy against him. He is a distraction not worth what he brings to a team. Even when people agree with what he is saying now, the unpredictability of what else he might say makes him a bad investment

In my opinion, it’s ridiculous that players who have beat their wifes or have a history of violence in general most of the times get a chance to get back to the league but players who used marijuana or “illegal substances “ which literally everyone takes or uses get banned and blacklisted for the rest of their career. And don’t get me started on Kanter, a guy who just speaks his mind and gets blacklisted by the NBA that supposedly stands for freedom etc… At the end of the day, it’s all about maintaining their money

Man Kanter cannot play defense.....that's why he not in the league. If you have great skill......you will never he blackballed as we saw with Gil but not the other guy who brought guns

Big respect to Enes.

Kevin Porter Jr had pervious charges against him and allegations about him with a temper and that’s why he got out of Cleveland and went to Houston that’s why

The sport is bigger now compared back then so the talent pool is bigger as well.. so getting rid of players because of off the court issues is no big deal nowadays...

KPJ has the raw talent to be a guaranteed all star just don’t got the mental and emotional control

NBA is extremely fixed

These guys getting "blacklisted" seems pretty much unfair particularly Enes Freedom (formerly Enes Kanter).

The NBA blackballing OJ Mayo for weed is just so frustrating years upon years later. Really fucking lame.

Kanter is actually a mostly useless, replacement level player. It's not that mysterious that no team wants the extra burden.

5:17 that's an interesting pronunciation of Phenom

It’s crazy cause now we know basically half the league smokes weed but the NBA really violated OJ Mayo. 2 yrs is crazy for weed.

I wanted Tyreke Evans to be a star player for the Kings. Evans also used drugs and had his player registration revoked.

I would love to a star like luka or steph to do what Kanter did and see what they do

OJ Mayo suspention for weeeed is so unfair

Why didn’t you mention when Kanter refused to change shoes after being asked?

Aside from a loudmouth, Enes was also trash on defense and can’t shoot from distance.

Crazy how much Mayo looks like Kyrie. He would be valuable in today’s NBA.

I’m upset about Kevin porter jrs situation he’s a great talent and the rockets are developing to be a contender it’s crazy

Tyreke Evans, Daniel House are who I think of.. what about Isaiah Thomas, Zach Randolph, Nate Robinson.. what happened wit them..?

Enes Freedom was REALLY bad tho, i think it was the fact that he was just not good ngl.

Don’t forget about Michael Beasley

Kanter thinks he's blacklisted when in reality nobody wants him cause he's old and sucks. If Kenneth Faried can't make an NBA team then there's no way Kanter is good enough

I feel like there’s less tolerance for what players do nowadays because there’s so much talent in the league. Back then if you were good enough they’d sorta let you slide but even someone like Miles Bridges who was a big part of the hornets was gone for a year.

What’s crazy is KPJ’s girlfriends sister is like a WNBA player and she beat her boyfriend up and he’s an nba player

watching this just after the jontay porter news

How’s going, Andy?

Ol’ Enes Freedom got kicked out the league because he couldn’t guard a fire hydrant

What about that young player from the spurs last year who got outed for exposing himself to a team psychologist or something? Has he not been blacklisted? :0

What image?

I'd rather say for Kanter, if you really want to believe that he's kicked out of the league due to some political reasons, rather than the fact that he was a defensive blackhole that can't shoot 3s in a league dominated by guards living outside of the 3pt line and switch on slow big men every single play, instead of believing in that communist conspiracy bs that he claimed, I think the other theory, that he was actually waived by the Rockets because they don't wanna embarrass their Turkish young star Sengun and the Turkish market behind it, made more sense. (He was hated and wanted by Erdogan in Turkey as well, his father back in Turkey had to cut off ties with him to avoid being jailed) It was the Celtics that traded him, but it was the Rockets that waived him.

Its not that they dont have talent, the main reason is there are so many talents that they are basically finding fault to remove players from their rosters to try those who are queueing to enter the league. Unless you are very special, maybe you can comeback when having small issues but big issues no longer have certain privileges because of the talent pool.

They weren’t superstar level for teams to ignore it.

Slipped giddy in there lmao

Roy Tarpley?

Tyreke Evans is an example to

THEY HATE THOSE WHO SPEAK THE TRUTH I SUPPORT ENES FREEDOM

Talent

This AI guy totally glossed over Kevin Porter Jr time in Cleveland. Dude was over there WILDIN OUT before he got traded for a bag of Doritos from Cleveland. Immediately after the trade to Houston, Porter dropped like 50pts in a game and had the Rockets fan MOIST but that wound up being fools gold. Everything that has happened to him he has done to himself. Atleast Dion Waiters was honest about his ATTITUDE problems. He never wanted to play with Kyrie in Cleveland and I’ll never forget that Nike commercial they had with Lebron and the Cavs when he came back from Miami: Peep Dion Waiters mean mugging and ice grilling Lebron while he’s trying to motivate em in the huddle. Why this wasn’t edited out is beyond me. RU-vid it and see what I’m talking about 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤦🏽‍♂️

Nxt vid austin reaves basketball story pls sir merry xmas

Ain’t no way you just pronounced phenom as FEN-EM brooooo

Hey man can you make a video about Detroit pistons?😢😢😢

Karl "The Predator" Malone should be on this list. Shame on the NBA for not banning him and shame on the US for not having him behind bars

MAMBA MENTALITY💪

Fun fact my homies older bro was best friends with oj mayo and when I say he had tha good weeeeeeeed bro 😂😂😂😂 lol

Porter just needs to wait a year like Bridges

KPJ is still kinda young enough to have potential to be a solid starter So I hope he can come back in some way

They’re all done. Neither of them will ever play in the NBA again.

So if Kobe played today, with that assault case as well, I guess he would’ve been suspended or even banned by the NBA. I mean you could also use Ime Udoka as an example here. He’s lucky he got another job with the Rockets tho

They really sign contracts and are surprised afterwards when they break it.

It should always be like the 90s. They should separate on and off court issues

Comparing MB case with KPJR is crazy

Does Liangelo Ball count? I know he's technically never made it to the NBA but it seems like they really want nothing to do with him.

I understand that Kanter is a poor defender but I still feel bad for him regardless.

WHO HAVE THOUGHT

Can't forget about Tyreke Evans

Idk you say its fishy that the moment Kanter speaks out he doesn't get signed by any team but I think it's more fishy that the moment he starts to be completely useless to a winning basketball team is when he suddenly changes his name, clearly gets a new pr team, and starts showing up on Fox News and other places speaking in ways he's never spoken before publically, in ways louder than he ever has before. What's seems way more likely to me is he saw the writing on the wall and puts his chips on the "political grifter and influencer" strategy. I mean he was getting injured, he wasn't young or improving anymore, he didn't space the floor, played some of the worst defense in the league, AND and on top of that had numerous PR and lockerroom issues that could cause massive headaches for a team. What organization would ever want that. I mean even without the China problems the Gulen Cult thing was already enough of a headache. Developing teams want younger players who could actually improve, or locker room vets who teach, improve chemistry, and could possibly transition into behind the scenes roles (Udonis Haslem, Vince Carter, etc). Contending teams want players who won't be injured, can hopefully play defense, space, or at the very least provide veteran presence or play-making. Kanter does absolutely none of those things.

Crazy that Miles Bridges ain’t on this list.

Fee-nom

I really respect Enes Kanter for all he did. As a venezuelan I was very thankfuk when raised his voice about Venezuela and the whole situation happening... I also have to say I respect sportsmen who dare to do things like this knowing they will get banned or called out for having others to be aware

5:20 phantom ??

Bad take outside of Kanter. Porter had a history of anger issues dating all the way back to the Cavs. He’s had plenty of chances and has squandered it time and time again. OJ mayo, Dion and Porter all had plenty of chances, while guys like Isaiah Thomas, Nate Robinson and Kemba Walker who never caused any problems can’t get a job.

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They should blacklist more frequently. These guys make millions where most would be making hundreds and have a huge influence on kids looking up to them

o.j mayo i cannot forget on him there is more to the story

OJ Mayo got done dirty

Isn't Dwight also blacklisted by the NBA?