NBA is structured in a lot more overtly racist way than NFL. The owners don't give a fukk, unless players fukk up off the field, and a lot of brothers can't even manage not doing that, so they get these media leaches on their balls for 2-3 more years.
Too many people buy this shyt without calling it out or just being themselves. Kaep just said fukk it and the media respected him. The more you try to listen to the media so you can capitalize on endorsements, the faker you look. But don't think the teams are pressuring these player, outside of the QB, to be anything more than they are.
If brothers start looking fake, it might just be a good chance they are. Michael Vick was straight gangsta until the Fed's took him down. Arthur Blank didn't give a fukk, and was whisking him around in a wheelchair. The love boat may have messed up Culpepper and a few players, but they were falling off that season anyway and Ziggy is a strange owner anyway. Talent trumps perception in football more than any other sport, because they know the players can tell them off in a minute. Takes a real man, gay or straight, to the the shyt they do.
Some players just get caught in the media perception web and too stupid to just bust through it. Don't be angry, just ignore them. Troll them back, and they'll find another sensitive sucker. It's why a lot of Black QB's don't make it. They try to be as perfectly perceived as they were in college, and that real media heat takes them away from their game. Just turn off the TV for your first 2 seasons.