[OFF TOPIC] General Chat

[dcro 10,210]

11 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

Looking at those names, it's mostly a prize for "Best athlete or team who didn't quite make the cut in the list for the real prize" 

 

I only see it now really. How can you nominate two basketball players (whoever Stephen Curry is ) and not Wayde van Niekerk?

 

I thought Laureus was actually serious...

Edited February 15, 2017 by dcro

[heywoodu 15,253]

Just now, dcro said:

 

I only see it now really. How can you nominate two basketball players (whoever Stephen Curry is ) and not Wayde van Niekerk?

 

I though Laureus was actually serious...

 

You don't know Stephen Curry or were you being sarcastic/cynical/something?  

[LDOG 2,418]

hace 10 minutos, heywoodu said:

And how on earth can one of the biggest names in current sports win "breakthrough of the year" after already being a consistent race winner and finishing 2nd in the world championship standings in the two previous years? 

 

Cuz this shit is funded by Mercedes  

 

 

[dcro 10,210]

11 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

 

You don't know Stephen Curry or were you being sarcastic/cynical/something?  

 

I'm serious.

[heywoodu 15,253]

Just now, LDOG said:

 

Cuz this shit is funded by Mercedes  

 

 

Then he should have won the prize for sportsman of the year  

[heywoodu 15,253]

Just now, dcro said:

 

I'm serious.

I never thought I'd be more familiar with top names in any sport than you 

[Gianlu33 4,693]

1 minute ago, dcro said:

 

I'm serious.

On the Laurus site: The first unanimous winner of the NBA’s regular season Most Valuable Player award, in 2015/16, as Golden State Warriors broke the NBA record for most wins in a season with 73. Was also the first to make more than 400 three-pointers in a season.  

[dcro 10,210]

8 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

I never thought I'd be more familiar with top names in any sport than you 

 

I don't think that's such an achievement in team sports.

[LDOG 2,418]

hace 1 minuto, heywoodu said:

Then he should have won the prize for sportsman of the year  

 

They can't be so obvious, that's why they give him some random category.

 

These awards ain't serious, it's all commercial interests. They give prizes to people who are super popular in countries where they can sell cars (USA, UK, Germany, Australia, etc) and leave some categories to lesser known people to give an image of "plurality".

[heywoodu 15,253]

1 minute ago, dcro said:

 

I don't think that's such an achievement in team sports.

Dude, let me be happy.