And judging by Green's comments, it doesn't appear Golden State is beginning to get complacent after winning two titles in three years. They retained all of their key players from last year, and they should be even more fluid on the offensive end since Durant has had a full year in Steve Kerr's system. Still, the West is the Warriors' to lose. ![]() The Oklahoma City Thunder acquired Paul George and Carmelo Anthony, the Houston Rockets added Chris Paul and the Minnesota Timberwolves traded for Jimmy Butler. The Cavs were thoroughly outclassed in the Finals and had no answer for Kevin Durant, who won Finals MVP after averaging 35.2 points, 8.2 rebounds and 5.4 assists in the series.Ī number of Western Conference teams loaded up this offseason in order to try and keep pace with Golden State. ![]() Green's confidence is more than warranted. ![]() That's the fun part about it: They know they don't stand a chance." You sit back and think, like, these motherf-kers, they know. It's pretty f-king sick to see how everybody is just in a f-king panic about what to do. " And that's the second best team in the world. Read the full cover story “How Jacob Elordi Became Gen Z’s Leading Man” by Clay Skipper in GQ’s Hype issue and on GQ." That'd never been done! They don't come out and hit twenty-four threes and they're swept," Green said to Skipper. I don’t want to look at everything from the outside. I still want to be in touch with my younger self, which is everything that I am. Talking about his recent rise to fame, Elordi says, “I don’t want to lose the entirety of who I was when I was little, and when I grew up, to whatever this-I won’t say beast, because it’s not at all negative-to whatever this public version of myself is now. I’m going to do it, and I’m going to show you that’s bulls**t.’ I could never understand, how could you label anything, ever? How could you label sport as masculine? How does your sexuality inform your prowess as an athlete, or your prowess as a performer?” I stepped away from beer culture and from sport culture, and I was like, ‘Well, if you think this is gay, I’m going to be who I am when I was your friend, which is this hetero guy, but I’m going to play the arts. Jacob Elordi Seemingly Responds to Ellen DeGeneres’ Backlash For Sexualizing His ‘Euphoria’ Character I started welcoming those kinds of characters. “I was like, if I’m going to be the King of the Fairies, I’m going to be the f**king hottest King of the Fairies you’ve ever seen…. “When they said I was gay, I remember leaning into the makeup,” Elordi says. He also shares how he dealt with claims about his sexuality while starring as the Fairy King Oberon in a production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. I’m spending my weekends with the most beautiful women from the school next door, reading the most romantic words ever written.” Photo: Eli Russell Linnetz/GQ And also, there’s the classic thing of, I was doing plays with girl schools. I never was worried that my peers would think that I was less than a man. I felt like I was above it, or it made me feel older. Because I could do both: I was quite good at sport and I think I was quite good at theatre. “But I had this abundance of confidence in myself. ![]() “From the moment I did a play I was called ‘gay’ at school,” the actor recalls. So this episode of Above Average Joe certainly presents a. Throughout school, he maintained a life both as an actor and an athlete, playing on his school’s rugby team, which helped him feel secure when other kids said he was effeminate and questioned his sexuality. Clay Skipper is a fan of baseball, but gave it up at age 7 when the game changed from underhanded coach pitches to machine pitches. “What everyone’s seeing on television, the shots that people are talking about, the feelings that they get, the conversation that’s around the show, that’s because certain shots take 30-something takes,” he says.Įlordi’s passion for acting began at age 12. While Elordi explains that he doesn’t intend to minimize the experience of others, he does feel that the elements that have made the show successful come from the intense style of production. I think I’ve read people saying, ‘Look, that’s a bad image to set, you shouldn’t have to work yourself to the bone for art.’ F**k that. “When I’m working with Sam, I’m in the trenches with him, and I trust him, and I work myself to the bone for him. “For me, working on that set is an absolute treat,” he says. Jacob Elordi ‘Will Not Stop Defending’ His ‘Euphoria’ Character Nate Jacobs Some have spoken out about the experience of shooting “Euphoria”, including criticizing creator and director Sam Levinson for long, intense days on set, but Elordi has no problem with that. The “Euphoria” star is on the cover of GQ‘s first-ever “Hype” issue, and in it he opens up about starring in the HBO hit and bucking his critics to become an actor. Jacob Elordi - Photo: Eli Russell Linnetz/GQ
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