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What is his beef with the Spurs? Like you said, he clearly hates them, but why? Usually, with most biases from people who cover NBA, we know (or at least have an inkling) as to what the reasoning or genesis of that may be. With Barry, I have no idea. Was it the Spurs almost trading his brother, gradually lessening his role, then finally trading his brother? Maybe he didn't like the treatment he received, I don't know, but it's obvious he holds some type of grudge. The thing is, his brother doesn't (at least it's not obvious that he does), so why would he? The whole thing is strange.
He's amongst the worst and probably my most hated current NBA analyst. I'm not a fan of the ABC/ESPN coverage in general: They try too hard to be funny, I don't always feel like it's all about basketball even during the games and the coverage is so over the top Bryant, James, Lakers-centric that it's disgusting.
What is Johnson doing as an analyst? Isn't that a conflict of interest? The league should be embarrassed. I know they don't run these networks, but it's their product that's being shown and to me, it's being shown in a bad light on ABC/ESPN. For a league desperately trying to dispel the notion that their games are fixed, or favor certain teams, they're certainly doing nothing to quell that talk. I understand these networks want ratings and the Lakers, Celtics and James equal just that, but one time, at least pretend that they're not all just about them and don't care who wins and show someone else. When's the last time you saw an ABC game that wasn't Lakers, Cavaliers or Celtics? It's laughable.
