https://youtu.be/iFC-fYxs1os
I am a blank slate when it comes to the topic of Devin Vassell. I know he’s a rookie, and I know Spurs fans like him, but I don’t have any opinions of my own about how good he is or his play style. The Spurs are kinda low on my list of teams to watch (mainly because of how they don’t have Marco Belinelli anymore), so I haven’t seen much of him. This is my first real taste, but to be honest, my video-making process is so streamlined and perfect that I don’t end up seeing much actual gameplay while executing it. I could watch this video and the only thing I would recognize would be his dunk.
My blank-slate-ness means that I am currently very impressionable to comments left below this video. If some Spurs fan (or even someone pretending to be a Spurs fan), makes some overwhelmingly positive remarks about Vassell, that’s going to color my opinion of him basically for all time, and it would take years of negative comments to reverse that. It works in the other direction too. All it takes is a single San Antonio resident to say “Vassell has been disappointing me this year” for me to think he’s a bust for the rest of eternity. Preferably I would watch some film and make some opinions for myself, but this is 2021, and in 2021, people don’t form opinions, they have pre-formed opinions given to them by social media.
So be careful, people. I still read all the comments that you guys make (even I don’t respond to them), so it might be better for you all to just to talk about stuff that isn’t Vassell-related, lest you corrupt my brain. Kittens are a possible topic. Puppies? Sure. Other cute animals of a small size? Yes please. You could also talk about Gregg Popovich all you want, because my opinion on him is fully-formed: that he’s a crotchety fraud of a coach who isn’t half as funny as he thinks he is and thinks he can do whatever he wants because he lucked into a bunch of HOFers that would’ve won multiple titles with any random meatball as the coach.
So there.