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EricB was being sarcastic. But the general feeling is Boston as a city is less than cordial to African-Americans. Or at least that used to be the case. Ask Bill Russell.
I have seen this come up a few times, can someone post articles interviews something to support these claims. Not to discredit anyone, I just want to know what "hate" means in this context.
EricB was being sarcastic. But the general feeling is Boston as a city is less than cordial to African-Americans. Or at least that used to be the case. Ask Bill Russell.
That was followed by a hilarious exchange between Cowherd and a caller. A Boston fan in San Antonio called to rebut the idea that Sheed would go to SA for the weather, because right now the weather is horrible, it's been like two weeks in a row of 100+ temps, nobody in their right mind would subject themselves to that by choice, etc. This was an absolute hanging curveball for Cowherd (mildly paraphrased):
"OK, let me explain something to you. The NBA is not playing right now. Basketball is a winter sport. It plays from November through May. So the fact that Texas is hot in July makes zero difference whatsoever, because players go home in the summer. So, tell me, which place would you rather be in December, San Antonio or Boston? Tell me, how often does it snow in San Antonio? Do you enjoy freezing rain? How often do you think they get freezing rain in San Antonio, huh?"
Could you imagine Kevin Garnett having to endure a 10th of what Bill Russell has at the money Bill Russell is getting paid. Kevin is a great player, but what Bill Russell did is even more monumental if you take what he put up with into consideration. If you think 1965 was bad in Boston, imagine when the team played Atlanta on the road.
I think that should be enough to convince Sheed not to sign with the 1967 Celtics. Plus, the Sixers that year absolutely crushed.
Yeah, especially when they showed up to the arena and had to wait three whole years for the Hawks to move there from St. Louis. It must have been really boring.
Sorry, your right, I knew the NBA was only 8 teams strong and in the North till around there.
Bill would have still not had fun during his first trip to Atlanta. By 1968 all forms of segregation had been declared uncons utional by the Supreme Court and by 1970, support for formal legal segregation had dissolved.
Cowbrains was practically worshiping the Spurs the day after the draft.
It is very telling of SPN that they are pushing this Sheed as a done deal, not that any more telling was needed of Disney's bias.
*crack* and that one's long gone, folks.
Cowherd may be an original west coast guy, but he's a typical east coast blowhard. He's not the first one from that 4-letter network, that already has Sheed in Celtic green, he's just the latest.
I watched the interview when he inquired about RC's thoughts on the news of Sheed to the Celtics, and remembered thinking to myself, "what a presumptive jackass-type of question?" I laughed at RC's response. RC was cordial, in his usual, soft-spoken, casual man-pimp, kind of way.
If Cowherd, the so-called NBA experts, and Stern all had their way, the NBA would simply cancel the entire season and fast forward to the expected Celtics/Fakers Finals matchup.
I really hope Sheed upsets the natural balance and decides to sign with the Spurs. Their low-key approach should work with his disdain for publicity and spotlight.
he was correct about boston and racism though. that is one racist city.
That would be a beautiful thing. I used to like Cowherd...but he's become more and more of a blowhard every time I hear him..I stopped listening.
I turned this guys show on the other day for the first time, they show it live on ESPN classic.... I lasted about 10 minutes.
Tryed again today cause of this thread, said it after 5 minutes and turned it off.
Can't remember what he was saying, but it was so wrong, and he was sitting there just repeating it over and over and over (and in such an obnoxious manner), like everybody was gonna eventually agree with him.
The Herd... Guy is 10x more of a woman than Mike Greenberg.
rofl - lol - lmao
Cowherd can be extremely misinformed at times when it comes to the NBA, but i'm not sure why so many Spurs fans hate him. He rides the Spurs whenever he talks about them.
He's gone as far as to say that the Spurs and the Patriots are the two best franchises in all of sports.
Yep, people have selective memories or seriously they just look for a little bad and forget all the good someone says about them.
Anyone hear the Cowherd interview of Ric Bucher (Thursday?). Ric said he saw Lamar Odom going to the Spurs.
Maybe he did know more than RC...
Well he is either high as or drunk as and saw it in his dreams like I see a dime girl in bed with me in my dreams!!! I wish I could write about that and get money like he does!
Colin is crowing this morning about how he "had it right" about Sheed (which he did).
How R.C. "bristled" at him when Colin said that Sheed had already decided to go to Boston.
Colin said he would have gone to SA for the weather, food and "10 acres" but Rasheed was heavily influenced by Garnett and Paul Pierce.
Finally, Colin said: "Can you imagine SA with Duncan, Sheed, Richard Jefferson, Manu and Tony Parker -- that would have been an unbelievable roster."
Personally, I think the Spurs can spend the MLE more productively.
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