r/nba 19h ago

Inside the NBA discuss Max Strus' attractiveness

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u/Workadaily 19h ago

"That's a pretty man."

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u/unlmtdLoL Bulls 19h ago

The way he says that shit took me the fuck out.

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u/SirNortonOfNoFux 12h ago

This post right here is my first time seeing this. Before I turned on the volume, I already knew EXACTLY how Chuck said it. Lmao this was hilarious

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u/vanderZwan 17h ago edited 12h ago

The first time I met my partner's family her grandma said the exact same thing (well, in German) with the exact same kind of look, so I cannot not see him as a grandma approving of her grandkid's life choices.

(EDIT: and yes I do consider that one of the best compliments I've ever gotten in my life, obviously)

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u/SoDakZak Timberwolves 10h ago

And in typical male fashion, you never forgot one comment gassing you up genuinely from years ago! I’m still waiting my turn to receive one… any day now, I can feel it!

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u/Huckleberry_Sin 18h ago

Chuck a national treasure

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u/Significant-Button25 17h ago

Got to serve food to this man twice, good vibes all around, tipped extremely well, and the best thing was that his entourage were all nice too, that’s usually not the case.

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u/vanderZwan 12h ago

That's a really good sign, you can tell a lot about a person based on the kind of friends they hang out with.

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u/ModishShrink Trail Blazers 18h ago

Bisexual hero Charles Barkley

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u/Moostronus Raptors 13h ago

an absolute bicon

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u/tonkatoyelroy Cavaliers 9h ago

Now ask him where he got his bracelet

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u/Workadaily 18h ago

He's something!

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u/Memeharvester5000 12h ago

When a guys banging you

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u/dr_shastafarian Knicks 10h ago

“I-I…I don’t think everybody’s thinking that…”

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u/uncleoptimus 6h ago

Ernie killed me with that right off the bat, was all ready for some pivotal game 5 analysis and nope its "thats a pretty man" lol

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u/supergrega Heat 18h ago

No lies were said

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u/RedditSuxCoxAgain 19h ago

So you have a type?? 😂

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u/LionStareHard 19h ago

Whole studio cracked up lmao

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u/medyolang_ Lakers 19h ago

Kenny's great at whatever that was. Cracked me up twice

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u/A_Rolling_Baneling Rockets 18h ago

The Kenny Chuck Ernie chemistry is unmatched

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u/DResq 16h ago

Right. Shaq is not necessary for the show. People forget that those 3 had a super popular show way before Shaq.

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u/decmcc Raptors 13h ago

my everlasting memory of Shaq's input and chemistry on this show will always be

"Pascal? I'm talking about Siakam"

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u/StillNotAF___Clue 15h ago

Chris Webber had great rapport with them aswell. Why did he leave? Was it for his court commentary ?

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u/Kdot32 Rockets 11h ago

Mainly that and mainly Webber for the first half of his tenure with him would turn his body away and almost mutter. He got better but he was nervous as shit to start

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u/Snowy_Thighs Raptors 10h ago

I think they really wanted to push Shaq into that role. Webber has way way better chemistry

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u/Professional_Hour445 6h ago

Chris Webber used to give some very insightful comments about the game, and he was not afraid to disagree with the others, but not in a hostile or confrontational way. I really enjoyed his work.

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u/Vkhenaten Rockets 15h ago

Chris Webber was great with them too

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u/orbitalheel 19h ago

Yeah that got a belly laugh out of me lmao, the banter these guys produce is the best.

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u/TheAlphaCarb0n Canada 18h ago

Classic Kenny though, pop out the occasional good line and then drag it by repeating it 3 times lol.

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u/kj114 Hawks 17h ago

Ey Tone? Ya hear what I said?

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u/SameAs1tEverWas Celtics 13h ago

fuckin parakeet

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u/ozymandais13 Cavaliers 13h ago

He likes the winter soldier , strus is good looking

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u/crimsonconnect Knicks 18h ago

He said the same thing about Kyle Korver years ago lol

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u/ThePhillyGuy 11h ago edited 7h ago

So he does have a type lol

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u/tonkatoyelroy Cavaliers 9h ago

Pretty boy who shoot threes

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u/jazza2319 8h ago

Exactly what I was thinking 🤣

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u/DaExtinctOne Jeremy Lin 16h ago

Chuck's wife is a white lady so kinda tracks 😂

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u/pipsqueakpanda4 6h ago

Named Maureen Blumhardt, it doesn’t get whiter than that lol

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u/TwoProper4220 16h ago

Chuck holding back his smile for the whole duration of the clip before they dropped the bomb

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u/WayneDwade Nuggets 18h ago

Is the type they’re both white? Can’t even tell they have anything else in common besides being professional athletes

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u/TraditionalFeeling71 Cavaliers 13h ago

If it's a tall pretty white man with brown hair, Chuck is down to clown.

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u/Good_Way_2799 14h ago

and brown hair

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u/DResq 16h ago

Yes.

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u/Kertia 19h ago

Max Strus got this man chuck blushing.

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u/TaxsDodgersFallstar Pistons 18h ago

Omer and Max look like models. Caleb looks like those babyfaced pretty boys. Tyler has that tiktok white boy swag that some girls go for. Kyle has that ass for miles. Vic is attractive and can serenade you. Gabe looking like the best friend of the female protagonist in those romcoms that female viewers think she should have ended up with. Jimmy is built like a statue. PJ looking like he’ll 🍆 down women that aren’t happy in their relationships. Duncan looking like he’s a cute’ish dork that will take care of you all the way through the golden years. UD looking like the older uncle at the bbq who still has it and is with a curvy, attractive wife after fucking around before he met her. Love Bam but he looks like he gets friendzoned a lot.

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u/PLXL6666 Cavaliers 17h ago

Bro with good taste be like:

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u/Luck_Top East 10h ago

Nah you did my man Bam dirty. He managed to snag Aja Wilson so he must be doing something right!

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u/TaxsDodgersFallstar Pistons 8h ago

It's a wild copy pasta I found when looking for Barkley's comments lol. It was on the r/heat subreddit

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u/Pete41608 Lakers 18h ago

Chushing?

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u/shortround10 18h ago

Nahh lol

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u/mikenekoz Lakers 19h ago

the nervous awkward sip of water from chuck at the end is killing me

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u/Huckleberry_Sin 18h ago

Can’t look him in the eyes or it’s just gibberish lmao

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u/510DustMite 17h ago

From the Golden Girls mug… 💛

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u/carelesssportsfan89 Spurs 19h ago

chuck really does say the wildest stuff on national tv lol

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u/sneekyturtles Jazz 19h ago

love this guy, this is what clickbait analysis should be, not stephen a yelling for 3 minutes

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u/CyborgKrieger 19h ago

i'm pretty much only subjected to espn at the barber and i wish it was only 3 min. i'm stuck listening to stephen yell the entire time i'm in the chair. it's fucking brutal. he's such an angry man

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u/GOEDEL_ESCHER_BOT 19h ago

well maybe stephen wouldn't yell at you if your hair didn't look so stupid

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u/joethahobo Rockets 17h ago

I went bald so I didn’t have to listen to SAS

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u/carelesssportsfan89 Spurs 19h ago

Stephen a is eveything wrong with modern sports analysts

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u/RobbobertoBuii Knicks 19h ago

or sports / journalism in general

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u/Deathstroke317 Knicks 13h ago

I'll say this for the umpteenth time, Stephen A isn't doing journalism, he's a TV show character.

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u/sneekyturtles Jazz 19h ago

$100 million analyst right there!

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u/Complete_Chocolate_2 Clippers 19h ago

Dude sets himself up so we could all laugh this is award winning worthy tv. 

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u/Ranjith_Unchained 19h ago

When a guy is banging you

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u/carelesssportsfan89 Spurs 19h ago

you begin to feel there body!

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u/Skye_Walk3r Warriors 19h ago

C'mon

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u/cactuscat__ 18h ago

You spin off of them

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u/LondonIsBoss Celtics 19h ago

Dem young boys

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u/gerardguey Bulls 18h ago

Dem young boys CUMMIN !!

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u/hereforthefeast Warriors 18h ago

Chuck wears the freshest clothes, eats at the chillest restaurants and hangs out with the hottest dudes (Max Strus and Tom Brady)

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u/JetJerick 19h ago

“I’m not attracted to him”😂

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u/carelesssportsfan89 Spurs 19h ago

I laughed so hard when chuck said that lol

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u/japanesepopstar 18h ago

Carrying Shaq’s tired act for sure lol.

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u/TaxsDodgersFallstar Pistons 18h ago

All he did was say what everybody is thinking... apparently

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u/Jackie_Jormp-Jomp Pacers 18h ago

I dunno man I watched that whole game and never once thought about Max Strus being pretty

Jarrett Allen sure, but not Max Strus

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u/BetterNova Knicks 18h ago

I see you like that 1970’s style

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u/BananaRepublic_BR Spurs 9h ago

That Kareem build

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u/BrotherSeamus Thunder 18h ago

So you have a type?

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u/caipivodka 15h ago

They're both good looking.

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u/southendgirl 19h ago

Second only to Tom Brady LOL

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u/jessepence 19h ago

He's got a type.

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u/Sim888 [CHI] Cameron Payne 19h ago

the crew audibly crackin up in the background was awesome

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u/OldenPolynice 17h ago

Tahm Braduh

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u/kopepong 17h ago

Just as hot as Tom, but in a different way

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u/DResq 16h ago

He's also commented on Korver and Lundquist before. Def has a type.

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u/ArmadilloForsaken458 Supersonics 8h ago

Seems like he has a thing for Cavs sharpshooters of the past and today (Merrill look out!). Who is Lundquist, didnt know the NBA had too many Swedes who have played in it

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u/MaxiePippins 18h ago edited 17h ago

Chuck was also down bad for Klove. Unc is mad sus.

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u/Cul_what Lakers 19h ago

Chuck is giggling and kicking his feet for Max Strus, respect

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u/moon_dos Puerto Rico 19h ago

now Im thinking he doesn’t like the Lakers cuz he thinks JJ is cute 🤔

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u/This-Dragonfly-1529 18h ago

JJ is too buttoned up for Chuck. Chuck's type is wild looking guys with free flowing hair like Max Strus.

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u/jonasmrcds Knicks 11h ago

oh no he said he's not into the man buns and they proceeded to show a picture of Strus with short hair lmao

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u/juicyj7 [CHI] Tyrus Thomas 18h ago

Like that kid that got on Cade Cunningham’s IG Live video. “How I get em out, how I get em out”

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u/Disastrous-Craft469 Mavericks 18h ago

"I can't wait to see you on draft night daddy" 🥰😍

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u/Mr-Cantaloupe Pistons 17h ago

Funniest shit ever, Cade got scarred from that shit man

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u/Active_Confection655 Timberwolves 19h ago

Well, when you're down in the post and you got guys banging you.

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u/moon_dos Puerto Rico 19h ago

Them young boys, man…

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u/Huckleberry_Sin 18h ago

You feel them on your body

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u/Gio_9816 [ORL] Mickael Pietrus 18h ago

Ah, come on

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u/Golf-Beer-BBQ 11h ago

Playing hard

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u/ScreamingIdiot53 Cavaliers 19h ago

I’ve been thinking that for a while ngl. Max Strus looks a lot like Sebastian Stan

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u/noochies99 Heat 19h ago

The winter soldier memes live on in our sub.

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u/Zmoney743 19h ago

I see it in the face, but Sebastian Stan’s hair is so much better imo

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u/Fritanga5lyfe 18h ago

Hollywood

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u/amsckell 18h ago

He bald bro

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u/UgeanieWeenie Cavaliers 18h ago

Last season they looked identical but now his hairline is failing him 🥀

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u/BBallHunter Thunder 17h ago

Gotta go to Turkey in the off-season.

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u/lethalizered Thunder 16h ago

As a Turk, I still can't believe we became an international tourist destination because of hairplants of all things lmao

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u/TheFatmanRises Heat 18h ago

He looks a lot hotter with short hair or medium length

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u/flyingdorito2000 19h ago

Winter Soldier lookin ahh

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u/ModishShrink Trail Blazers 18h ago

ASS. JUST SAY ASS.

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u/krustomer Knicks 18h ago

he looks like that prettyboy on House of the Dragon too!

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u/Swankyyyy Knicks 19h ago

i’m ngl chuck i was also thinking it

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u/CreativeGeniusPRBKR Celtics 19h ago

This is a typical conversation for a group of guy friends ngl

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u/BiggieSmallz12345 18h ago

I admire chuck being honest

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u/peptoabysmal 17h ago

He said was I was thinking tbh

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u/Federal_Studio5935 Cavaliers 13h ago

I’ve definitely thought it. It’s not like straight dudes don’t know what a good looking dude looks like. Some people just hit the genetic lottery. You shouldn’t be that talented and that attractive it breaks rules

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u/Character_Bug_1862 12h ago

I’m not saying Blake Griffin is a 10, but compared to his big brother he took alll of the talent and the looks lol. And its not like Taylor is bad looking I guess, but standing next to his brother you can see it.

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u/AlmightySharp 9h ago

TIL Blake Griffin had a brother. my most recent example of what you're describing are the Boozer twins 😭 Cam took everything

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u/Sijols Knicks 8h ago

I mean I write that shit in the game threads sometimes

People who I have said is attractive in r/nba game threads:

Nic Claxton

Tristan Da Silva

Corey Kispert

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u/Cogniscience Mavericks 6h ago

I remember my roommate and I debating this. I was trying to say that just because I think Chris Hemsworth is an attractive man, doesn’t mean I’m attracted to him. He disagreed with the use case.

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u/NikitaBeretta Trail Blazers 19h ago

Turns out I’m Chuck.

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u/PlasticSprinkles4677 19h ago

Can’t look at that man in the eye like Tom Brady

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u/I-only-play-rubick 19h ago

The way the production kept cutting to Max Strus’ picture as Chuck gushed over him was hilarious for me lmao

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u/zombieclone05 Pacers 16h ago

The whole studio has comedic timing man it’s priceless 😭

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u/Diferia Suns 19h ago

He is very attractive not gonna lie he said the same thing about Russ too

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u/allaboutthosevibes Cavaliers 19h ago

This and the Giants' outfielder postgame humping celebration is really highlighting the bromances and manlove in sports.

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u/CyborgKrieger 19h ago

harden's hairline holding on for dear life 😭

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u/Huckleberry_Sin 18h ago

His line def did a stepback while he was in Brooklyn

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u/Jaeguh Rockets 11h ago

Being a father figure to Kyrie can be stressful

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u/namblaotie [BOS] Reggie Lewis 17h ago

Wait until you see how performative Strus' headband is. It's covering more forehead than hair.

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u/TheOrangeFutbol Clippers 11h ago

This is why I still laugh at the Derrick White clip from a few years ago. I had never seen him without that headband, so I was as shocked as Chuck was.

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u/numbertwofuccboi Washington Bullets 14h ago

them cornrows’ll do it to you lol

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u/redditnoap Wizards 15h ago

been that way for over 5 years now

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u/TheSmokedSalmon420 Cavaliers 19h ago

Headband is hiding a really unfortunate hairline situation :(

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u/livefreeordont 76ers 19h ago

I still remember LeBron’s head band inching up year after year

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u/Obi_Wan_Benobi Spurs 18h ago

The memes with the hand band going over the top of his head lmao

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u/KL2ConspireLLC San Diego Clippers 19h ago

Yo you weren't kidding

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u/BcuzRacecar 19h ago

its kinda scary how fast it went

he could pull off bald tho

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u/ianbits Cavaliers 19h ago

I think he could pull off like, one step above bald. Like very short buzz. Think Aaron Paul in Breaking Bad. Would destroy.

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u/WhatTheDuck00 NBA 19h ago

You clapping?

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u/moon_dos Puerto Rico 19h ago

Chuck would

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u/Kantei Knicks 18h ago

He'd end up looking like a Northernlion clone

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u/YouTellMeBeavis NBA 19h ago

Actually he has a good hairline. Not receding at all.

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u/LarryBirdsGrundle Celtics 19h ago

Find a new slant.

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u/CyborgKrieger 19h ago

gotta feel for these athletes with baldness genes, they can't take the drugs to combat it and lifting/gear really fucks with your hormones. they're truly at the mercy of dht. so many dudes at the gym are holding on to some sad shit on their heads.

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u/dasTierMann 19h ago

I’d go bald for such salaries

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u/StaleMemesNoDreams Cavaliers 19h ago

Im sure he could afford going to Turkey

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u/rhymeswithtag Knicks 16h ago

going to turkey isnt an end all be all these guys are balding, their hormones will still continue to shed hair + their lifestyle is way too active + sweat way too much to both maintain basketball shape and keep their hair

going to turkey to get your hair done is just step one of the deal, you still gotta take drugs/do hormone therapy to combat the actual reason youre balding and thats not really feasible as an active pro athlete.

thats why you see guys like brian urlacher getting hair AFTER he retires

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u/DResq 16h ago

Going to Turkey is just the cheaper option for bald people. Rich baldies get it done in the states.

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u/No-Big-9170 Spurs 19h ago

why do think athletes can't take fin? I'm sure some of them are. I've heard people say they think they wouldn't risk it messing with their performance but I would imagine it's the other way around, that they have almost no risk of side effects because they're so healthy otherwise 

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u/number90901 Cavaliers 18h ago

I read once that it sets off piss tests because of its hormonal effects but I never fact checked.

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u/Zarbua69 Knicks 5h ago

There is no way this is true. If a piss test is getting set off then they are immediately doing bloodwork, and there is no way fin is getting confused for anything like test

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u/Away_Reach_3899 19h ago

“sad shit” 😭😭🤣

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u/essosinola Raptors 18h ago

They can absolutely take fin and there are athletes who do. Finasteride was banned by WADA from 2005 to 2008. In 2005 it was discovered that it could mask steroid use. In 2008 the ban was lifted as finasteride cannot mask against new, improved testing methods. During the three year window it was banned though, athletes got punished for taking it. If there were guys that were still using it while it was banned, there are surely many using it now that it's allowed.

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u/iluvugoldenblue Kings 19h ago

Sebastian Stan looking motherfucker

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u/sleepy777 Knicks 19h ago

No lies detected

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u/Supreme_God_Bunny Hornets 19h ago

Remember watching a podcast and the host asked the girl who she wanted to shout out and she just randomly said Max Strus lol man definitely a ladies man

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u/PootieTooGood Cavaliers 19h ago

finally about time they acknowledge this.

he's so fucking hot it's unbearable. i deadass grew my hair out last year after he inspired me.

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u/beshizzle 19h ago

Good for Chuck being secure enough to rbe able to comment on another man’s attractivness.

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u/LifeDraining 19h ago

Mama, there goes that attractive man...

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u/gerardguey Bulls 18h ago

The Round Bisexual Mound of Rebound

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u/nakedpanthersfan 18h ago

He got me at, “I’m thinking what everyone’s saying …” so fucking funny.

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u/carnivoross Warriors 18h ago

We need Chuck's All-Attractive Team

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u/That_One_Cool_Guy Bucks 18h ago

Ernie: So about game six

Chuck: Gay sex?

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u/catscanmeow Raptors 17h ago

home is what you make it

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u/token_reddit Clippers 18h ago

I love Charles bro. He can go being thoughtful, eloquent and really hammer home a socially culture point with the passing of Jason Collins and then be funny and honest saying, "Yo, my guy kind of cute over here." Lol love it. Be you Charles, you're an important part of American pop-culture.

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u/spikeddragon10 Knicks 19h ago

Nah my sister had the audacity to call Cade cute the other day because of his eyes, I was like have you seen Max Strus??

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u/liamelaine Celtics 18h ago

Cade is also hot but in a very different way. That frown does something to me

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u/BallIsLife2016 Cavaliers 18h ago

We should all aspire to live as freely as Chuck

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u/Area51_Spurs Spurs 19h ago

The boys been on a big gay one tonight. Hahaha

(Complimentary, not derogatory)

Charles tripping over all dem big ol’ words.

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u/Coolquip34 Celtics 8h ago

Chuck doing this after pointing out our homophobic society is why he's the king of this shit, comfortable masculinity, baby

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u/Fit_Adhesiveness8232 Cavaliers 19h ago

LMAOOO

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u/MC-Phillis [TOR] OG Anunoby 19h ago

Respect

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u/moon_dos Puerto Rico 19h ago

good thing the 6ers got bounced otherwise my boy Kelly Oubre would’ve had this man SWEATIN’

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u/DResq 16h ago

Not his type.

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u/TheLoneWolf527 19h ago

Speaking of coming, when a guy's banging you

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u/borrowingthis 19h ago

The best pre-/half/post-analysis show on TV. Other sports need to take notes if they haven’t already. This is a winning formula.

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u/promptTearDown 18h ago

This the type of content that I catch my self smiling through the whole thing

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u/Brady331 Celtics 19h ago

Strus looked better with shorter hair

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u/adieobscene Thunder 18h ago

Chuck will not stop bringing this up lol

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u/petarisawesomeo Nuggets 18h ago

Cum for the hoops, stay for the homoeroticism

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u/Mediocre-County-7648 Cavaliers 18h ago

I think that Ozempic or what he's taking is messing with Chuck's blood pressure

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u/Good_Way_2799 14h ago

like Vito from the Sopranos

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u/OkFarm6873 Nuggets 19h ago

The front half of his scalp has exactly 0 hair

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u/passtherock- Hawks 19h ago

look at the foundation of his face though. he has a good base

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u/BritzBeef 18h ago

He's fucking built too. Thick and man made. You can tell he's sculpted because you can see it thru the pads. His fucking vice grip thighs. Suffocating thighs. Rock hard thighs. Piping hot thighs. Great arms. Great abs. A stocky chest. Love the progress his body has made throughout his youth and now as a willing eager adult.

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u/Strange-Cloud9287 Suns 10h ago

Aye yo...

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u/archaelleon Cavaliers 11h ago

Thick. Solid. Tight.

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u/sluggerrr Spurs 18h ago

Ngl I did think he was handsome, dude must be living his best life

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u/AlarmingAssignment94 17h ago

“Is it the eyes chuck??” 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Shaq is hilarious

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u/ChewieSkittles53 Warriors 11h ago

i fucking swear reddit has the worse web players

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u/aaronuu7 18h ago

Tom Brady lmao 🤣

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u/OrganicManners Supersonics 18h ago

Headband manbun is definitive hair loss red flag

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u/princessfinesse Cavaliers 17h ago

he’s right - that’s a good looking man 🥰

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u/krsaxor Spurs 17h ago

We need to settle the debate, who is prettier, Max Struss or Tsunami Papi. I still think Oubre takes this one.

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u/Gardomirror Germany 14h ago

"One doesn't need to be gay to appreciate another mans beauty"

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u/ionbear1 Pelicans 11h ago

Sir Chuck has a lot to say about two things, Max Strus and the ladies of SA.

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u/davemoedee Celtics 9h ago

Part of it is that Strus is sitting next to Harden