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Wow. I was actually watching something interesting from BSPN.
Surprised to see Steven A side with Skip, but I did like Jalen calling Steven A out on how he calls out Tiago and Rasho's name. Is there a Part2?
Skip does talk down to people. He talks to Jalen like he's Jalen's supervisor: "I spoke to you about this yesterday..." Yeah and?
And "it propelled me" is another way of saying "I am compensating for failure by pretending to be an expert on something I wasn't able to do".
Wow. I was actually watching something interesting from BSPN.
Surprised to see Steven A side with Skip, but I did like Jalen calling Steven A out on how he calls out Tiago and Rasho's name. Is there a Part2?
Yeah. I thought Steven A and Skip took Jalen's argument out of context though. Smith is an idiot on the Tiago/Rasho thing. Splitter's a good player and Rasho was really solid so there's nothing really to laugh about and even then he doesn't seem to use sound reasoning when he criticizes players.
But anyway, I thought what Jalen was saying was that basically you can criticize players but there's no need to make things personal (like say Smith evaluating talent based on first names...). That's a fair point and I've often thought the same thing. Especially since those two don't analyse well enough for me to overlook them making digs of that nature.
The rest of the interview.
http://www.youtube.com/results?searc....0.45.45.1.1.0.
Michael Jordan didn't even make his basketball team in high school. Obviously Skip Bayless was never an elite athlete to anyone's knowledge, but it shouldn't have to do anything with his job as an analyst. Jalen Rose is a straight scrub.
There's nothing wrong with that. Just don't make up false accomplishments.
If we don't require our basketball analysts to be able to speak or write, why do we care if our basketball writers can't dribble a basketball?
I agree. I think Jalen is a huge Spurs hater so it kind of felt good honestly watching Steven A tear into him, but in reality, I agreed with what he was saying about tearing down players.
Bit of an oft-repeated myth - MJ just got cut from varsity his SO year in HS and had to play JV. Not that abnormal, especially for players who have yet to hit their growth spurt.
But Skip's lack of knowledge, not playing experience, is what makes him a ty analyst.
The people that talk about him like he's "our boy" have got to be newbies. Yes, he has publicly talked up the Spurs for a few years now. But he used to trash us and call us "boring" when we were winning les. It wasn't until the run appeared over and public opinion flipped to the Lakers that he started backing the Spurs. He just thinks it's chic to go against the grain.
Skip's not an analyst - he's a contrarian.
Caught Rose explaining his broadside on Skip on a podcast on Grantland. He said that unless you played in the NBA, you have no right to call players scrubs. He cited Kwame Brown and said he would dunk all over a casual fan, so the fan has no right to call him a scrub.
I guess he hasn't heard SAS making fun of Tiago. Under Rose's rule, that's not allowed.
Maybe that's why SAS took up for Skip. Under Rose's rule, fans should shut their mouths. Not a good formula for business success.
Exactly.
And all need to remember they are entertainers.
Sport Journalists are entertainers?
True. When they change the name to SEPN, I'll get a little more serious about it.
If true then the more reason to disregard what Skip has to say.True. When they change the name to SEPN, I'll get a little more serious about it.
Anybody watch this morning? Wonder how Stephen A. Smith reacted.
He said he's still not buying into the Spurs. He pointed out that Kobe wasn't playing. And oh, he made fun of the Riverwalk and hates San Antonio and doesn't want to have to come back ever again.
He ripped Ryan Clark completely.
Its easy to trash someone when he's totally absent and not able to defend himself.
Also, Steven A. Smith and Skip Bayless are soooo gay for each other.
All that was missing on today's show was either one getting on their knees and suck each other's s.
This show its pathetic.
Good ole Stephen A.
The whole industry is entertainment, from the people who play the game right down to the guys who write about it.
Sport Journalists are entertainers?
Props to Tim Legler although he is still picking the Thunder. Put Stephen A. in his place.
That's fair. Beating the Lakers without Kobe shouldn't make them championship favorites, but it goes a ways toward proving last week's ass-handing was a fluke.
and still ppl wonder why some of us whine about how bad we get treated by the media
Anyone have video of this?
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