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I know I should not be surprised. I know I should be used to it by now.....But how does ESPN justify showing a heat/cavs?!? game over Spurs/Thunder? Did Whoever made that decision really say "oh, the people of America will want to see this leastern conference slaughter over two titans fighting it out for supremacy over the West?" and then did a table full of yes men really say "yep, no doubt about it. #2 vs. #12 will get us way more eyeballs than #1 vs. #3?" .................I just don't get it.
Bigger markets plus bigger star (lebron) ?
+ another chance to play up the Lebron vs. Old team story?
I know I should not be surprised. I know I should be used to it by now.....But how does ESPN justify showing a heat/cavs?!? game over Spurs/Thunder? Did Whoever made that decision really say "oh, the people of America will want to see this leastern conference slaughter over two titans fighting it out for supremacy over the West?" and then did a table full of yes men really say "yep, no doubt about it. #2 vs. #12 will get us way more eyeballs than #1 vs. #3?" .................I just don't get it.
got nothing to do with whos a better matchup or what the standings are like, or even what size the markets are. its all about lebron. these are his 2 teams, they are still trying to play off his "decision" and how people supposedly still hate him for leaving the cavs the way he did, and now there is talk of him returning to the cavs (go see the storys on espn. com) as a free agent. espn has been in the middle of all that, good bad or otherwise and so OF COURSE they will play the heat/cavs game over the "boring" spurs vs the "not the same as before" thunder.
ironically enough, espn just crowned the spurs as "the team of the decade". not nba team but all sports because they have been the only team in all sports to be ranked in the top 10 every year for the last decade. (side note pop was named coach of the decade by espn also)
got nothing to do with whos a better matchup or what the standings are like, or even what size the markets are. its all about lebron. these are his 2 teams, they are still trying to play off his "decision" and how people supposedly still hate him for leaving the cavs the way he did, and now there is talk of him returning to the cavs (go see the storys on espn. com) as a free agent. espn has been in the middle of all that, good bad or otherwise and so OF COURSE they will play the heat/cavs game over the "boring" spurs vs the "not the same as before" thunder.
ironically enough, espn just crowned the spurs as "the team of the decade". not nba team but all sports because they have been the only team in all sports to be ranked in the top 10 every year for the last decade. (side note pop was named coach of the decade by espn also)
Yeah, they say "Team of the Decade" but won't show the Spurs in a great matchup over a game in which one team has dominated another 11 straight times!
Just like Stern said the Spurs are the way an NBA team should be built yesterday but still is the same guy to fine them 250k
Actions speak louder than these guys worthless words and worthless awards. Actions still show style rules over substance...like I said, I get it and am used to it...just wish they would stop trying to act like all Americans wants to watch 1 of 3 or 4 teams and to hell with the rest of the league..just posted to see if there was anyone else just as flabbergasted as I was...../rant
With the game against the Los Angeles Lakers hanging in the balance and the Brooklyn Nets out of timeouts, Jason Kidd pulled perhaps one of the wiliest veteran moves we've seen out of the rookie coach.
With 8.3 seconds left and no way to draw up a play for his team, Kidd, holding a glass of soda, looked at rookie Tyshawn Taylor and mouthed "hit me," imploring his second-year guard to run into him on his way to the bench. Taylor does his due diligence, running directly into Kidd as Kidd held his glass into the air.
The spill caused a stoppage in play, both icing Jodie Meeks at the free throw line and allowing Kidd time to draw up a play, a Paul Pierce three-pointer around a Kevin Garnett screen.
Kidd was a great player, one of the greatest PG's in NBA history, but he just cannot coach.
The Nets have players that are old and washed up. It's hard to blame Kidd for all the losing. Whenever you put a bunch of old ball dominant iso players together, it's going to be a disaster. Billy King is an idiot. Clearly he knows nothing about constructing, he simply just went after the big names, similarly to what the Lakers front office did last year. And we saw how that worked our for the Lakers... I mean come on Billy, Joe Johnson? Old man Pierce and Garnett? Trading away your future in Marshon Brooks?
I know I should not be surprised. I know I should be used to it by now.....But how does ESPN justify showing a heat/cavs?!? game over Spurs/Thunder? Did Whoever made that decision really say "oh, the people of America will want to see this leastern conference slaughter over two titans fighting it out for supremacy over the West?" and then did a table full of yes men really say "yep, no doubt about it. #2 vs. #12 will get us way more eyeballs than #1 vs. #3?" .................I just don't get it.
Every team has to get a chance to play on national tv. There will be plenty of Spurs and Thunder games for you to watch throughout the year. I don't enjoy watching the Knicks lose every game or a watching a mediocre Lakers team, but that's the way it is with bigger markets, more of their games are played on tv. With the way the Pacers are playing, they'll definitely get more of their games shown on the major networks. I'm kind of hoping they finish close to the 72-10 record Jordan's Bulls put up.
The Nets have players that are old and washed up. It's hard to blame Kidd for all the losing. Whenever you put a bunch of old ball dominant iso players together, it's going to be a disaster. Billy King is an idiot. Clearly he knows nothing about constructing, he simply just went after the big names, similarly to what the Lakers front office did last year. And we saw how that worked our for the Lakers... I mean come on Billy, Joe Johnson? Old man Pierce and Garnett? Trading away your future in Marshon Brooks?
Billy King ruined the Sixers... ugh
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Originally Posted by 7express
Kidd was a great player, one of the greatest PG's in NBA history, but he just cannot coach.
Kidd does know what to do with the drinks...
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