Surprise: ESPN: The Magazine ignores Spurs Finals win

[dbreiden83080]

What can i say, people like Ben Wallace's fro

More like they want to see a good series. However if the King was such a massive star would not have mattered how bad he got his ass kicked they would have watched anyway.

[Marcus Bryant]

Well, it could be worse. We could be fans of a team without any rings and live in Cleveland.

[Cleveland Steamer]

Well, it could be worse. We could be fans of a team without any rings and live in Cleveland.

Or I could live in the fattest city in the US with a river flowing through the middle of it. I guess we all make sacrifices

[Marcus Bryant]

Or I could live in the fattest city in the US with a river flowing through the middle of it. I guess we all make sacrifices

At least that river can't be set aflame and you don't have to shovel the heat. I can't imagine that Cleveland would be that far behind in the fat category. Cleveland's glory days were a century ago and even then John D. moved to NYC.

[dbreiden83080]

I love all the trolls in here saying yeah you beat our team and won the LE but the ratings were bad so HAHA. That is like saying yeah you may have won the hand of the hottest chick around but my is still bigger than your's.

[Marcus Bryant]

Maybe next time the Spurs will play a team from a worthwhile market.

[Cleveland Steamer]

At least that river can't be set aflame and you don't have to shovel the heat. I can't imagine that Cleveland would be that far behind in the fat category. Cleveland's glory days were a century ago and even then John D. moved to NYC.

I think your river is probably flamable as well, it just hasnt had its moment to shine

[Cleveland Steamer]

I love all the trolls in here saying yeah you beat our team and won the LE but the ratings were bad so HAHA. That is like saying yeah you may have won the hand of the hottest chick around but my is still bigger than your's.

Hey smart guy, you brought up the ratings, not I

[Clutch20]

I think your river is probably flamable as well, it just hasnt had its moment to shine

Cleveland.....steamer, try to rub the two brain cells you have left to answer this question for me.
How is it that when you're served turdcake and finish it without even waiting for the silverware, you ask for a second helping while ignoring all the smirks and sniggles that surround you?

[Extra Stout]

The only reason the Finals were even televised on ABC was the King, if it had been the Pistons, it probably would have gotten moved to Telemundo. Nobody wants to watch the Spurs, deal with it

The reason the ratings were down from 2005 (the last time the Spurs were in the Finals) was that everybody and their grandma knew the "King" was about to get humiliated.

[dbreiden83080]

Hey smart guy, you brought up the ratings, not I

And you were attempting to use that as a way of trashing the Spurs win against your team. Plus you were badly uniformed not even knowing what the ratings were for the 05 finals, hence your dumb comment about if the Pistons were in the finals it would have been on Telemundo.

[5ToolMan]

Actually, it's more proof that ESPN/ABC know exactly what they're doing when marketing the NBA. The Spurs aren't big draws, financially. Lebron James is. Kobe is. They're a business. An article about the Spurs won't sell their magazines. Why are you so insistent on media respect? It doesn't effect W/L. It doesn't effect championships. If there was an article in there about SA, would you sleep better at night? I don't get why people still care. The Spurs keep right on winning with or without articles written about them.

I hear what you are saying, but am far from complete agreement with it. Many great small market teams in many sports have been marketed mostly for their greatness, and are "remembered" by everyone mostly for their geatness. The Spurs on the other hand are among the best of the best AND have some of the most exciting players and/or proven champions, yet are falsly marketed as boring or any other term of disrespect that the press chooses to spew. The mass of American fans have increased in their ability and willingness to act as sheep to the press, baying what they hear because it is true to their desire, with no clue or concern to the truth of the matter.

This is sad. Not to the Spurs, and not to Spurs Fans. It is sad to those who go through life like sheep. Idiots!

[Tha Carter]

dun give a about any mag,4 rings nuff said...if the spurs winning rings means no espn mag shoutouts lol then so be it,who reads that magazine anyway

[td4mvp3]

Why would ESPN lie to me?

, why wouldn't they?

[BigBeezie]

I used to wipe my ass with ESPN the magazine...but it gave me a nasty rash.

[Marcus Bryant]

You people don't live in Cleveland, you live in San Antonio de Bexar!

[SenorSpur]

The July 2 edition of ESPN: The Excuse For A Magazine has Oden or Durant on the cover, a full page story about how Lebron is money for Cavs even though he sucked in the championship round, and exactly 67 words on the Finals. I'll save you the trouble of buying it by printing them here:

"LeBron & Co. [surprise, let's start with LeBron] can only watch as Tony Parker drops a layup in Game 4 of the Finals. Parker was a common sight in the lane, splitting the Cavs D at will to earn the Finals MVP award. Later, David Stern handeed the Frenchman his trophy, saying 'Congratulations, and bonne chance!' Nice, but if anyone needed a chance it was Cleveland, which never had one in the series sweep."

The backdrop for the 'story' was the shot we've all seen of TP driving to the hoop early in game 4 as the Cavs stand there and watch him go by.

So here is the flagship publication of the corporation which pays hundreds of millions to broadcast the NBA championship, yet somehow this is the best they can do in terms of print coverage. There's not even the usual one page NBA section in the back this time, either. What a joke.

More proof - as if we needed it - that the ESPN/ABC conglomerate is totally clueless when it comes to promoting the NBA. But, hey, we did get SIX PAGES about some shmuck who got picked to be an AF2 ref-for-a-day.

I just received my issue today and noticed there was no mention of the Spurs anywhere. They only won the damn NBA Championship. You can bet I'm going to give them an earful.

[King]

I hear what you are saying, but am far from complete agreement with it. Many great small market teams in many sports have been marketed mostly for their greatness, and are "remembered" by everyone mostly for their geatness. The Spurs on the other hand are among the best of the best AND have some of the most exciting players and/or proven champions, yet are falsly marketed as boring or any other term of disrespect that the press chooses to spew. The mass of American fans have increased in their ability and willingness to act as sheep to the press, baying what they hear because it is true to their desire, with no clue or concern to the truth of the matter.

This is sad. Not to the Spurs, and not to Spurs Fans. It is sad to those who go through life like sheep. Idiots!

I think the biggest problem is that people expect ESPN or SI to be an unbiased sports medium. They're a business, first and foremost. The stories aren't arbitrarily scheduled on Sportscenter. They're scheduled in order of interest, regardless of who the team is. There's a science to it, and it's a formula which brings in the most money to ESPN, not a science to slight the Spurs. Face it, as much as we love the Spurs and as good as they are, they're not a big draw outside of San Antonio.

And it's a catch 22 - they're not marketed because they're not popular, and they're not popular because they're not marketed. It's the way of the beast in San Antonio. But, I'll take rings over lead stories any day.

Mainly, what I'm saying is, the sooner you realize that ESPN is less of an impartial network, and more of a business, the easier it'll be to take when the Spurs are hidden somewhere in the middle, if at all.

[OldDirtMcGirt]

I forgot about ESPN The Magazine. I cancelled my subscription almost three years ago.

It is very much aimed at the kind of fan who would prefer to ignore the result of these NBA playoffs.

I only get it for the insider blogs, and alot of it is garbage (although they'll occasionally have a few interesting pieces by some decent writers).

I really don't know any sports or basketball magazines that I think are worth anything.

[dbreiden83080]

SI put Timmy on the cover when they made the finals and the Spurs are on the cover of SI after winning it all. They are the quintessential Sports Mag in the business period so it shows you how pathetic ESPN the mag is and who they are trying to cater too.

[mikeanthony21]

Why would they want to talk about a dirty, old, boring team? The Spurs mine as well be in Antartica as far as the rest of the US goes. Now the Cavs, thats a team

... that were recipients of a four-game beatdown.

[dbreiden83080]

... that were recipients of a four-game beatdown.

Exactly Cavs got slapped, Suns got beat and the Spurs are a dynasty everyone needs to accept it and move on.

[THE SIXTH MAN]

Who gives a about ESPN.

[Fast Dunk]

I do

[Fast Dunk]

Exactly Cavs got slapped, Suns got beat and the Spurs are a dynasty everyone needs to accept it and move on.

No, They're not!!