Weak Ass NBA Journalists

[H.C.]

Being that I don't know of a single sports reporter who sticks to just sports. I think they all suck ass.

 

[e_blazer]

Fair enough. I didn't mention Skip, but agree he's in a different category.

 

[RipCityDSCPL]

The worst, IMHO is anyone who writes for the Fansided content farm of over 300 sites. If journalists were prostitutes, these poor schmucks would be strung out crack whores giving hand jobs behind a dumpster for pocket change.

They are paid pennies, if at all, are not held to any standards and use some weird template for their articles that include circular links to articles on other Fansided sites and usually end with gems like "This may not actually happen, but it might", or "The Cavs probably won't trade LeBron, but they should at least think about it".

BNM

 

[e_blazer]

Here's an interesting quote from an article in the Philadephia Enquirer about Stephen A. Smith:

ESPN made the smart decision to fill the vacant seat left by Bayless with Kellerman, who Smith personally convinced to join him in New York. Kellerman, who previously hosted SportsNation and launched Around the Horn, is a veteran of the debate show format who has strong opinions but can also offer context and subtlety in a way the show desperately needed.

“He’s completely different from me, which is why I think the show works so well. He wants to convince you that he’s right, but also wants to understand why you don’t see that he’s right,” Smith said. “I feel what I feel and don’t give a damn if you think it’s right.”

http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/...hen-A-Smith-ESPN-First-Take-Philadelphia.html

I think that's the part that bugs me about him. I like sports guys who give their take on something and do actually care about backing up what they say. That said, I should probably take him off my post as the worst sports journalist. I think he does know his subject, I just don't care for his delivery.

 

[dviss1]

Here's an interesting quote from an article in the Philadephia Enquirer about Stephen A. Smith:



http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/...hen-A-Smith-ESPN-First-Take-Philadelphia.html

I think that's the part that bugs me about him. I like sports guys who give their take on something and do actually care about backing up what they say. That said, I should probably take him off my post as the worst sports journalist. I think he does know his subject, I just don't care for his delivery.

You completely took that out of context.

 

[PtldPlatypus]

Here's an interesting quote from an article in the Philadephia Enquirer about Stephen A. Smith:



http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/...hen-A-Smith-ESPN-First-Take-Philadelphia.html

I think that's the part that bugs me about him. I like sports guys who give their take on something and do actually care about backing up what they say.

He didn't say he doesn't care about backing up what he says. He said he doesn't care why you disagree with him.

Which is, in essence, why I said I didn't like him.

 

[riverman]

If he was not as loud as he is I think people would respond differently.

same with this guy

 

[e_blazer]

You completely took that out of context.

Poor choice of words on my part. I should have said, "I like sports guys who give their take on something and do actually care about convincing you that they're right." In short, I'll take the Kellerman logic over the Smith emotion.

 

[GriLtCheeZ]

I don't mind Stephen A. Smith, but I don't watch enough ESPN to get sick of him. I think it is funny when he starts quoting Malcolm X when he get's worked up. I appreciate him backtracking on what he'd said about the blazers' moves during 2006 draft, when he realized he was wrong. I see why others would be annoyed by his bombastic style though. I can't stand Skip Bayless. Fuck Skip Bayless.

 

[dviss1]

I like Stephen A.

I think he gets a bad rap and unnecessarily thrown under the bus because of his style of delivery.

 

[Scalma]

If he was not as loud as he is I think people would respond differently.

People don't like Skip for a different reason than the one that creates disdain for SAS so we should stop lumping them together.

Wait, what are the different reasons? They're both full of shit. I still remember when Stephen A threatened Durant on air, can't remember the last time I've laughed that hard at someone.

I feel like Skip knows what he's doing. He's a troll. Stephen A on the other hand comes off as someone lacking any sort of self awareness.

 

[PtldPlatypus]

Wait, what are the different reasons? They're both full of shit. I still remember when Stephen A threatened Durant on air, can't remember the last time I've laughed that hard at someone.

Careful there--you do NOT want to make an enemy out of him!

 

[dviss1]

Wait, what are the different reasons? They're both full of shit. I still remember when Stephen A threatened Durant on air, can't remember the last time I've laughed that hard at someone.

I feel like Skip knows what he's doing. He's a troll. Stephen A on the other hand comes off as someone lacking any sort of self awareness.

Yeah that was some dumb shit. That was historically stupid and I laughed too. He went full ESPN on that one. Never go full ESPN.

But Skip Bayless is full ESPN all the time. Until he left.

 

[BigGameDamian]

 

[e_blazer]

Player rankings are for fans, sport writers and other putzes.

 

[Denny Crane]

I like Stephen A. It's his schtick - he's trying to bloviate or something. But I think he's knowledgeable and entertaining. He's paid to entertain, after all.

 

[Strenuus]

I like Stephen A. It's his schtick - he's trying to bloviate or something. But I think he's knowledgeable and entertaining. He's paid to entertain, after all.

Well damn, I've never been entertained, so.

(I am so waiting for that picture..)

 

[Stevenson]

Canzano says he's a columnist, not a journalist.

Which means he can say things without facts to support them.

Hey, I resent that!

 

[BrianFromWA]

Well damn, I've never been entertained, so.

(I am so waiting for that picture..)

ask and you shall receive...

 

[Rhal]

The worst; wow so many. Does Stephen A even count? Does he still write? Matt Moore is near the top of my most hated list.

I love Matt Moore. He just overrates Memphis and the Nuggets and for some reason really dislikes the Blazers and it shows in his analysis, other then those biases I enjoy his podcast and writing.