Lakers' Nick Young: 'The way I carry myself they know I ain't no gangsta'
Kirby Lee / USA Today
Nick Young is glad he doesn't have to deal with the kind of gang-related speculation surrounding his friend, NFL wide receiver DeSean Jackson.
According to Young, gangs just weren't his style growing up:
Nick Young said he feels for his friend, DeSean Jackson. How did Nick avoid gangs? "The way I carry myself they know I ain't no gangsta"
— Dave McMenamin (@mcten) March 28, 2014
Young - or "Swaggy P" - has developed a reputation for his vibrant personality on and off the court. His premature 3-point celebration earlier in the week was a quintessential Swaggy P moment.
Perhaps it was Young's upbeat, goofy nature that made him the target of a recent burglary, since robbers would probably think twice about invade the home of someone like Jermaine O'Neal, for example.
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