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Cowherd has ALWAYS hated the Spurs. He reps Miami, Duke, and the Patriots. He's a bandwagon jumper. He apparently reps OKC now. And the thing is, he's a complete when it comes to basketball. He makes no sense when he talks.
I've never wanted to call in to a radio show more than I did today.
Colin Cowherd exposed how utterly removed he is from knowing the NBA.
Here's what he said:
1. Stars win Championships, not chemistry or "systems".
2. Why are the Thunder the # 1 seed in the West ? Because they have Durant,Westbrook and Harden.
3. Why are the Thunder the overwhelming favorites to win it all now that Bosh is out for the Heat ? Because they have Durant,Westbrook and Harden.
Earlier this year, he gave the same tired take he usually has for the Spurs - They're good but "old" and OKC has too much firepower for them.
I'm not one to complain about the Spurs getting a lack of respect from the National media, but this dude's ignorance and lack of knowledge on current seeding for the playoffs was ridiculous - even for ESPN.
I'm actually one of those fans that prefers the Spurs not get any hype during the journey. -- I prefer the accolades for them AFTER they win it all. Last night's scoring drought and sloppiness was enough to remind me that the Spurs are beatable. This isn't a "done deal" as far as a Championship. OKC will be tough.
Cowherd has ALWAYS hated the Spurs. He reps Miami, Duke, and the Patriots. He's a bandwagon jumper. He apparently reps OKC now. And the thing is, he's a complete when it comes to basketball. He makes no sense when he talks.
This is just someone who doesn't understand basketball, so don't sweat it. We need these hordes of dumbasses who like highlights featuring uncontested dunks and tricky one-on-one moves and think that when this happens, it "swings the momentum" and "gets the crowd into the game". They pay the freight so we can keep watching the real game.
It is only about drawing listeners to his show and apparantly you two are listening.
Not that it matters, but I'm tired of Spur fan ing and moaning about an opinion of an ESPN analyst (whom probably doesn't watch or follow the Spurs). Who cares? I mean really.
Spurs have a damn good shot at this thing, so let's just let it play out before crying over an opinion.
I've always thought of him as a huge .
2. Why are the Thunder the # 1 seed in the West ? Because they have Durant,Westbrook and Harden.
I mean, how can anyone with a sports talk show not know the freaking seedings in the playoffs???
spurs haven't proved him wrong yet, thunder are going to be tough, and a healthy miami or chicago would have been even tougher.
That is not my point....he was saying that Ok City is the #1 seed....I mean, how out of touch can one be?
Yeah, and he can score on Bruce Bowen too. That tells you all you need to know about him.
Don't be too hard on old Colin.
He's just reacting cuz he's got a Spurs fan in his face every day -- Mic e Beadle on their Sports Nation TV show.
like rascal alluded to he really does come off as some guy who just gives "controversial" or contrary opinions so he can keep his job by getting people riled up. it doesn't just stop at sports. it's movies, music, women, life lessons etc. he seriously has a terrible opinion about every subject you can think of. people will get mad and tweet him and send him hate mail and they may call occasionally and he'll talk over them and hang up before they can reply. it's a schtick. he gets ratings and is still on the air because of this i'm sure. half the people that come into the studio seem disgusted by him and even fellow espn radio dudes talk about him. well, at least ryen resiilo does.
even with all that though i truly think the worst part about his show is how unfunny he is. he tells the worst jokes and does this played out ron burgundy-ish voice. or he will come off as a man's man who loves chicks and winning. there is just nothing remotely likeable about him. i mean tune in to espn news right now. look at him. he is wearing a friggin disney track suit. smh.
He makes a lot of sense about a lot of life type things, but he just doesn't know basketball at all. I wish he just wouldn't talk about it if he won't care to keep up and really follow it.
timvp could mainline nothing but coke and LSD for three straight days and mutter in his sleep more insightful NBA stuff than Cowherd produces.
Isn't cowherd the guy that got his start in radio by winning the Jim Rome smack off?
That guy is JT The Brick.
Cowherd is anti-Spur but truth...he'll be forced to talk about them soon enough.
You are COMPLETELY missing the point of this thread. As SJax would say to Cowherd: " yo opinion fool".
I was pointing out how uninformed he is on FACTS.
1. Thunder are NOT the # 1 seed in the West.
2. Thunder are NOT overwhelming favorites to win it all. Yesterday, the bookies in Vegas made the Spurs the # 1 favorite. In fact, the Spurs have now become media darlings and are getting mad love all over the place.
My point was - Cowherd is totally ignorant to the NBA. Opinions are opinions and facts are facts. I have a problem when talk-show hosts spew uninformed garbage to back their takes.
OKC just might win it all. I have no issue with him believing it.
That guy is JT The Brick.
Cowherd is anti-Spur but truth...he'll be forced to talk about them soon enough.
Cowherd isn't good at critiquing the NBA. HE needs to stick to college football and NFL.
Who's leaving for NBC. Like her tweet halftime last night.
"switching from Willie Anderson jersey to Terry mings."
JT the Brick is a GIaNt spurs fan. He's been singing their virtues since mid march.
That ing moron also said the lakers have the most rings with 18. They have 16, boston has 17.
amen
why the you listen to ESPN
and if you do why the you get buthurt??
The thing is, Cowherd isn't really an NBA analyst. He's an "all-around" sports analyst, so he's required to watch basketball, baseball, football, etc. and have an intelligible (note: not intelligent, but "intelligible") position on everything.
Ultimately he ends up having a superficial, mediocre understanding of everything as opposed to any real in-depth understanding of anything.
I think Israel Gutierrez is probably a bigger joke to ESPN. He is an NBA analyst, but his takes on the non-star-studded teams have been pretty amateurish thus far.
The vast majority of ESPN NBA analysts can plainly see the problem of having a top-heavy team like Miami. Wade goes 2-13 and the Heat can't even break 80 points. Tony Parker goes 1-9 in game 1 and the Spurs drop 108 and win by 16. The results speak for themselves.
That implies that he knows something about those sports...
By the way, FWIW, Cowherd pulls in $2 million/year at ESPN, and every time you watch his show on ESPN you're essentially promoting him by helping his ratings.
He doesn't give a about hurting Spurfan feelings or readily dismissing small market teams. He's laughing all the way to the bank.
Really if you were smart, you'd realize that Cowherd has nothing useful or insightful to say about basketball and you'd just ignore him. Cowherd doesn't care that your feelings are hurt. He's probably ecstatic that he's snagging viewer ratings from pissed off Spurfans like the OP.
You guys continue to be under the mistaken impression that these guys are hired for the breadth of their sports knowledge, and that any display of ignorance about any particular sport cons utes a failure on their part to do their job.
They're opinion peddlers and their job is to excite you emotionally.
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