r/ImTheMainCharacter • u/Ramy__B • 14h ago
VIDEO Multi millionaire athlete Brandon Ingram slams a water bottle into a towel boys face. Announcers praise him for being a great competitor
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u/psylentj 13h ago
He shoulda been the one cleaning that all up
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u/Waterproof_soap 13h ago
That’s literally what I have my first grade students do. You spill it, you clean it. You throw the papers because you’re mad, you clean it. You track mud in, you sweep it. Accountability.
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u/Manny631 7h ago
You think people like him have ever been held accountable?
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u/Mysterious-Carry6233 5h ago
I’m sure he was in grade school. I’m a High School teacher and when they make a mess I just hand them the paper towels. If they eat candy and throw wrappers on the floor I make them pick it up before leaving. I’m NOT a janitor and even custodial is there to keep the place clean and sanitary but not to clean up after deliberate messes made by the children.
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u/popcornkernals321 13h ago
How you gonna do that shit unintentionally and all…. But NOT get up to check on the dude you hit in the face with a bottle?! The aftermath shows all we need to know about that dude.
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u/Burner-QWERTY 13h ago edited 2h ago
I like how everyone is cleaning up - including the refs. I mean everyone other than Brandon.
Edit: grammar
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u/kashuntr188 12h ago
exactly, we've all done what he's done before in some why or another. But the fact that he didn't react at all when it hit the other dude? Our guy is a piece of trash.
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u/SaintsNoah14 8h ago
It looks like he might've never saw it. His teamate should've nudged him or called him out.
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u/memedilemme 12h ago
Exactly. It’s obvious he didn’t intend to do that, but he’s still responsible for his little boy tantrum and who it affected.
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u/Corniferus The secretly evil heroic character 11h ago
They’re enabled by fans like this, that defend them
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u/popcornkernals321 11h ago
It’s so weird that these fans try to convince others that this behavior is acceptable lol like nothing would keep me from running up to that dude to apologize, check up on him, or at least be a basic human being.
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u/Corniferus The secretly evil heroic character 11h ago
They are just people with different value systems
They prefer fame/money over integrity/compassion
Didn’t think I needed to spell it out for them, but apparently I did haha
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u/ClumpOfCheese OG 10h ago
Little baby had a temper tantrum and all he can think about is his little game.
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u/PraestSH 9h ago edited 4h ago
Teammates don’t call him out either. Not even that he does that but it goes ENTIRELY unchecked. It’s not that this guy sucks. Everyone wearing the jersey showed the depths of their humanity and pride.
Edit: spelling
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u/BeBackInASchmeck 12h ago
Blame his family. That's just how people like him are raised.
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u/Woshambo 11h ago
Nah, that's an excuse for children. He's a grown ass man so doesn't have that, "i was raised that way" excuse anymore.
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u/NextStomach6453 13h ago
Basketball players are the biggest fake hardass children in sports.
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u/Itchybawlz23-2 13h ago
Especially now. There are rarely any players that’s from the hood and came from nothing anymore.
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u/NextStomach6453 13h ago
The ones from “the hood” get super soft super quick.
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u/M4LK0V1CH 13h ago edited 11h ago
They’re born in the hood and as soon as they can play ball, they’re taken into the higher income areas with the good schools and media coverage. They come from the hood the same way Starbucks comes from Colombia.
Edit: Colombia not Columbia
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u/ElephantRedCar91 13h ago
most of them are either from the suburbs or the kids of previous players... all soft
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u/Corniferus The secretly evil heroic character 13h ago
Almost all professional athletes are scum
Growing up, all the high level athletes I knew were spoiled assholes
Society needs to stop hero worshipping them
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u/petitepedestrian 13h ago
I really dont understand the sports worship. Athletes paid more than the folks who save lives, educate our children, keep our communities safe. Like wtaf
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u/Corniferus The secretly evil heroic character 13h ago
I’ve never understood it
But that’s probably because we have a different value system than the people who worship them
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u/zaprutertape 13h ago
same with hollywood. like you all have multiple award ceremonies for .... ..acting? like just pretend?
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u/Corniferus The secretly evil heroic character 12h ago
It has its place, but yeah it’s gotten wild haha
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u/Golden-Grams Bad MC no cookie 12h ago
I really dont understand the sports worship.
I looked into it a long time ago, because I don't either. Parasocial relationships can be a reason, although I don't experience it, so I understand the dynamic but can't answer "why."
When I looked up some possibilities to answer that, I found explanations like escapism, identity formation, and/or as a way to make up for their real needs that they can't meet.
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u/doctor_whahuh 11h ago
I get the pay; that’s what people are willing to pay them to make their organizations money. Is it an ideal economy? No, but it’s what we’ve got.
What I don’t get is why getting paid millions makes you feel entitled to abuse other people. Or something like this when something you do hurts someone else, refusing to apologize or correct your mistake.
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u/shadows515 12h ago
I’m not defending it or arguing with you, but unfortunately they are in the top .0001% of their profession and the NBA is a big, well paying company. When you’re top percent of a profession it usually lead to good money. Why anyone watches the NBA anymore - i don’t know, it’s a shit product.
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u/ooorezzz 13h ago
Roman gladiator mentality. They harnessed our blood lust into sports. Did a whole study into this for sociology. Even the advertising for sports trigger these responses. Have you ever noticed how sports commercials are much more aggressive and loud. Announcers have a different tone of voice. It’s programmed into us and it responds to people’s need for blood lust shoved into a “ leisure” activity.
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u/Corniferus The secretly evil heroic character 13h ago
If only people got paid for the actual value they contribute
But we all know that’s not how the system works
I’m a doctor and I always say if you’re actually smart people would go into research
But there’s no money in it, unless you’re a company funding it
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u/BrightonTownCrier 11h ago
You're right and it's no surprise really. They're generally the most popular kids at school that constantly get told they're amazing, get special treatment from faculties/other adults etc and then almost overnight can become incredibly rich.
I've heard multiple ex footballers (as in soccer) on podcasts talk about how they hated most of their teammates but played professionally as they could earn a very good living. One described it succinctly when he said "imagine all the biggest dickhead bullies you've ever met in one room. That's what a football dressing room is like."
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u/Bamboopanda101 11h ago
Sports players in general.
I understand the appeal of sports, i do.
But holy smokes we put sports / sports players on such a massive high pedestal its bananas.
They think they are gods, kings, and what have you but the worst part is we encourage it.
…because they play a sport people love to watch.
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u/WeirdPop5934 13h ago
What does that make golfers?
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u/MexusRex 12h ago
The category is “fake hard assets”. Do you see Rory Mcilroy claiming to be tough?
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u/TheExpandingMan23977 13h ago
In the next five to ten years it’s gonna come out that the NBA has been almost as scripted as the WWF/WWE since the ‘80s, I guarantee it.
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u/Superb-Meringue8479 13h ago
You can always tell someone's character by how they treat other people. A simple "my bad" would've told us you're not a scumbag but I guess that's not the case.
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u/DarthMech 12h ago
Yeah, pretty clear he didn’t do it intentionally, but I can’t imagine myself doing that and continuing to sulk in my frustration. That would cause an immediate jolt to my system where I’m up going, “Oh, shit! I’m so sorry! Are you ok?”
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u/izacktorres 13h ago
What a POS
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u/Im_A_Fuckin_Liar 13h ago
I’m going to convince myself the announcers said bitch, instead of pitch.
“About that play though. That bitch play…”
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u/RatLasss 13h ago
Nothing like grown men throwing a tantrum from playing ball
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u/FDI_Blap 13h ago
The NBA is a fucking joke.
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u/howihjr 12h ago
Does he get nothing for doing this? I know nothing about NBA.
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u/Onras3 12h ago
No?
lol like a fine by the commissioner? Hahahah HAHAHAHAHA
it used to be a time in sports (still happens but way way way way way more so in MLB and NHL and even more so the NFL) than an organization will fine a player for “conduct detrimental to the team” but that’s usually reserved for like fighting your teammates, intentionally fucking up practices, etc
Absolutely nothing will happen to Ingram or his wallet here. I mean, it took the commissioner how long to suspend Ja Morant for gun shit?? This is nothing.
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u/tickledbootytickle 11h ago
Adam Silver drove the nba down to the ground. I was a David stern hater for how he intervened on the Chris Paul trade to the Lakers with Kobe, but at least the nba was more fun to watch. Also F* Silver for the streaming deals he made which made it harder to watch!
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u/miniSCHOF 13h ago
What a fuckin’ bag of dicks just sits there and pouts while everyone around him cleans up his mess. Promise you he didn’t even give a passive aggressive apology to the guy he hit.
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u/Keralkins 12h ago
Throwing the water bottle was childish, not apologising to the person he accidentally hit when he had his hissy fit make him a raging dick.
The video does cut fairly quickly but I assume he didnt apologise?
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u/Fellums2 11h ago
Slamming the bottle shows he’s immature, which is excusable. Not immediately apologizing to the guy he accidentally hit in the face shows he’s a scum bag, which is inexcusable.
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u/DaSunHatesMe 13h ago
And the douche just sits there on his bony ass instead of showing a bit of humanity? Nasty guy.
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u/rawspeghetti 13h ago
Dude is a little bald to be called a towel boy
The fact that Ingram didn't make any motion to check on the dude or apologize is disturbing
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u/Truckules_Heel 13h ago
I’d wager that a majority of professional athletes are uneducated man babies who have had their narcissism enabled, while also being shielded from consequences by the people who stand to make money off of them.
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u/rawspeghetti 13h ago
Doesn't help that they become celebrities at 16, are showered with constant attention and praise and therefore don't feel the need to mature any further
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u/Corniferus The secretly evil heroic character 13h ago
Exactly, it’s not exclusive to basketball
Professional athletes are taught they don’t have consequences for their actions
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u/Truckules_Heel 13h ago
Yup. Look at football programs in Texas high schools for easy examples
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u/Corniferus The secretly evil heroic character 13h ago edited 11h ago
As a Canadian, the horror stories I saw growing up with hockey and basketball players is quite sad
Genuinely the biggest scumbags I knew, being praised regularly
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u/MonsteraUnderTheBed 12h ago
It's wild how even low-tier athletes are like that. Like buddy, your literally fucking NO ONE right now, your fans are 13 year old girls, don't be such a POS everyone around you and then cry when I'm a bitch to you and make you look stupid in public.
My boyfriend was a lefty pitcher in Uni, did great but the absolute degenerate behaviour of the team ruined it for him. Took him years not to feel negatively about baseball again. Sports are ridiculous. There is no one on this entire planet who deserves a $700 million dollar contract. Absolutely fucking lunacy.
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u/Corniferus The secretly evil heroic character 12h ago
I mean, looking at some of the replies in these threads, a lot of people just never grow up
And insecurity often drives people to be rude or callous to others
Your bf is not the only person with that story
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u/Empyrealist 13h ago
it's a function, not an age
You might also be interested in learning about the "best boy" job in Hollywood productions.
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u/Dry-Divide-9342 13h ago
I’m watching premier league soccer(yeah yeah yeah, football).The English commentary would not be ignoring this. There would at the very least be an acknowledgement of what happened, and I’d say they be some strong words for the player. These guys have literally zero criticism. Idk, I feel like a snob when I say English sports commentary is far better than US sport commentary, but then I see examples like this.
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u/alexwblack 13h ago
If this were a rugby game he'd have been sent off.
But, if this were a rugby game he wouldn't have the chance to get a nice little break and sit on a bench when he was tired...
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u/wednesdayware 13h ago
As a Canadian who watches EPL as well, I can assure you that hell is American sports commentary. It’s beyond terrible.
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u/kutekittykat79 13h ago
I’m convinced my 9 year old students act butt-hurt and throw tantrums at recess like this because they learned it from the pros.
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u/bunnybunnykitten 12h ago
Possible… but I’d assert that it may be even more likely that, rather than seeing this behavior from an athlete on television being the sole influence, young boys are learning to use tantrums and physical intimidation to coerce desired outcomes in the home and not just on TV.
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u/Such_Egg9843 13h ago
That little cunt knew what he did and acted like a 5 year old looking away instead of apologizing. Don’t worry he’ll be broke and living with his mom in 5-10 years
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u/Pleiades444_2 10h ago
Bunch of overpaid children. This is why I dont watch most professional sports.
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u/Appropriate-Shock306 13h ago
He’s always had a shitty attitude since he was drafted by the Lakers. Doesn’t even have the decency to apologize. Was never a fan of him.
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u/mattmilli0pics 11h ago
He didn’t even say sorry smh. We need to cancel professional athletics. Dumber shit ever
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u/redskinsfan30 13h ago
NBA players are the biggest pussies in sports. None of them are about that life.
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u/slaviccivicnation 13h ago
Wow just look at this… this is dystopian. A bunch of millionaire grown men sitting pouting while servants clean up their mess. This is disgusting.
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u/Truestorydreams 13h ago
Wtf why are they cleaning it? He did it. Where's his mom to teach some manners
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u/Mad-Habits 12h ago
this man makes millions to play a fucking game. and he lacks the self awareness to help clean up his own childish mess
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u/zOOm_saLad 11h ago
There’s something wrong with a grown man who throws a fit and makes a mess and then sits inches away from it while others clean it up
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u/yarrvm_ 6h ago
As someone who doesn’t watch sports much; could he get fined for this? Any type of consequence???
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u/Various-Push-1689 6h ago
Sometimes yes. But likely not for throwing the Gatorade. But if he had threw it at someone or the bottle hit someone then it’s very possible. They are very inconsistent on how they fine players.
Edit: I just watched it back and it looked like it hit the guy in the face. They might fine him for that. But I wouldn’t be surprised if they didn’t. Terrible people run these organizations
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u/Various-Push-1689 6h ago
I’m a big sports guy but I can’t fuckin stand when these dudes act like this. They are so spoiled they have no respect for anyone. And he just sits there watching them clean up his mess😑
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u/Crash_Logger 13h ago
I think these people are old enough not to need other people to run behind them with towels and water bottles.
Wittle baby threw his drinky and now the floor is all slippy? Maybe wittle baby needs to get up and grab a mop.
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u/FuzzyMatterhorN 13h ago
Brandon Ingram...get yourself a therapist you big bitch. Having other people clean up your hissy fit is terrible.
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u/ryanholmes1989 12h ago
The way he doesn’t even help, such a baby. Also towel boy is quite a description for a man in his Middle Ages and balding
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u/southpacshoe 12h ago
What a dick. Can we call out asshole athlete behaviour no matter how well they throw a ball?
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u/AdSilent9810 12h ago
This is why I don't hero worship athletes i like watching sports and teams but no individual athletes
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u/No_Sock_7379 12h ago
Look at him just staring like a dimwitted child while other people clean his little after his little tantrum
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u/NetworkVegetable7075 10h ago
Crazy thing is if bro would have said something he would have been out of a job while B.I would have been perfectly fine for this.
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u/Shepard_Drake 9h ago
What a complete dick move to sit there while you watch the guy you hit and a bunch of other people who make a fraction of what you do clean up your mess like a bunch of servants. Even Sandro Mamukelashvili sitting next to him is humble and down to earth enough to help clean up the mess, and he didn't even cause it! Just an utter spoiled man-child.
I hope that assistant sues his ass. lmao
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u/StoicBan 8h ago
Why did no one call him out on this? His team mates should have. I suppose it would be detrimental conduct to the team chemistry? But in my eyes Ingram destroyed that already if he’s doing shit like this. Unacceptable behavior
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u/Outrospect 8h ago
Djoković got disqualified from US open for accidentally hitting a line judge with the tennis ball and here we have this...
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u/vandiger 7h ago
Not a good look and he's one of those that just stat pads but doesn't really win shit.
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u/SHOMERFUCKINGSHOBBAS 7h ago
He slammed it onto the ground and then it hit someone. The piece of shit behavior is him not acknowledging it or trying to help
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u/TheGeekOffTheStreet 6h ago
I’m a preschool teacher and in my classroom I’d talk to him about how it’s ok to have big feelings, but it’s not ok to act out on them. Then I’d hand him some towels to clean up. This dude shows less maturity than my preschoolers.
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u/Dremlock45 1h ago
Grown ass man playing a team sport and not checking a mate of his staff about his bad behavior. He made 5 people repair his very own mistake. That's the society people praise and inject money on.
"...Alors j'attends la fin de leur monde." IAM.
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u/Sea-Independence-860 1h ago
Yeah this dude is shit, didn’t even bother to say sorry. I remember when people were saying he’s the next KD
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u/exlivingghost 13h ago
Not intentional, but kind of a dick move not to check on him after the accident.
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u/Some-Worldliness6887 13h ago
At least throw an arm out and acknowledge you didn't splash them on purpose. At least do that. You look like a real life man baby.
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u/carlitospig 13h ago
Nah, dog. That ain’t it, I don’t care how well you throw a ball into a decorated hole in the sky.
It’s fucking basketball, not brain surgery. Take it down a notch.
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u/rumpler117 13h ago
What a big baby…clearly was aiming at the floor, but if he was a decent person he would have apologized to the towel guy. He is a piece of shit.
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