Podcast clip analysis on vulnerabilityfrom @djangodegree

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Michael Beasley gave more clarity on male mental health on Shannon Sharp's podcast than I've seen anyone else do in over a decade. Michael, welcome to the greatest show on Earth. And action. Michael Beasley is probably one of the greatest what if stories in basketball. No one questions that he's one of the best one on one basketball players of all tier, but it was his mental that seemed to always be off at every step. And no, really, his career was derailed over just everything that happened off the court, on the court, whether he's got the wrong shorts on or he's smoking weed or whatever. And people, especially Steven a Smith, used to fry this man. But on Shannon Sharpe's podcast, he said the quiet part out loud, which is why I never judge anyone. Oh, it's mental. There's his mental tier. Y'all don't know my mental. Tier a Smith met me at tier. They say a word to me. Now best thing I no, this nigga talking about character issues at 18. I don't even know about character issues. You don't know I was catching a bus to them gyms you seen me at, nigga? Walking a mile after I got on a best? My character issues because why? You grow up with a fucking bridge? I didn't. Y'all never asked me anything. Not once. Y'all just all thought I came from where y'all came from and then judged where I did. And so if you've been watching my content, you've seen my Pucci videos and what he said fully encompasses what I've been saying about Pu. You never asked me anything. You just thought I came from where you came from and judge me for what I did. And I don't know if he realizes it, but he said almost like a allegory at a cave type joint. Oh, but character issues because y'all grew up with tier fridge, I didn't. You might look at that and say like, okay. But what does that mean? Like, he's highlighting the full scale differential of the life that he grew up with and his ability with the tools that he was given to actually be able to deal with the problems in his life. He talked about getting on that bus and having to walk another mile. He talked about, oh, you came in when I was tier. Didn't say anything to me. And then at 18, you wanna talk about me. But you didn't know anything about me. You didn't know about where I came from. You didn't know what tools I had. He talked about his mother and the challenges and losing people and his homie getting set up. And all the while, yes, he's in the league and all the while, yes, he's making tens of millions of dollars, but all the money in the world can't help you get the tools you need to deal with your mental. And so when you see my content, you're like, oh, well, you're just not from there. You don't better. Whatever. I'm trying to be open to understanding why someone made a choice that doesn't make sense to me because maybe he didn't grow up with a fridge. It's easy to stand from your privileged space like I have with my father and my grandfather in my life and say, why would you make that choice? Maybe he never had the tools. Maybe he never got the guidance. And some people are like, why does he keep making a ass of himself on these podcasts, ranting and crying, take the mic away? This is what we need. How many men are going through the same circumstance right no, but just don't have tier worse? We're lucky that Michael's even tier from some of the stories he's told. So, Mike, I just wanna thank you for being open and vulnerable and willing to share your story so that maybe we, the commentators, can learn from our mistakes.