ESPN is fucking up the NBA

SOYLENT GREENZ

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This shit is becoming rediculous.Mike Tirico is the worst,he huggs lebrons nuts on every play,at every game he calls.Phantom calls get a "I can't believe that hard foul".Missed shots got this dude saying "ahhhh" like they went in.Hubie Brown explains EVERY fucking play in detail.Stuart Scott and his fucking eye jammy are both wack,and he tries to hard to try to sound "hip". We always had star treatment in the league,but these niccaz is taking it 2 far.
Ever since the NBA signed on wit espn,there has been a steady deterioration of game calling,besides mike breen.
WTF is happening to this league.
Also,is it just me,or has the officiating reached a level where its damn near NCAA.
 
I agree with almost everything you said homie, except for Hubie, I kinda like him, he tells it like it is in a politically correct way, shit is hilarious
 
I hate having to look all around the damn network for which one's are playing the games. just put that shit on nbc. I want to watch baskerball not go on a damn scavenger hunt:angry:
 
I like Hubie cause he tells it like it is but the rest suck. And the refs make the worst calls in all of basketball. Phantom calls left and right!
 
Tirico is nut huggin at an alarming rate. He's gonna be the 1st pregnant man if he keeps this bullshit up.

I mean damn get off Lebron's nuts.

This homosexual announcing is getting outta hand.
 
there has been a steady deterioration of game calling,besides mike breen.

you're joking, right?

mike breen is one of the biggest idiots with his baiting, complete guesswork, and speculation. most of the time he's so far off the mark you have to wonder if he is actually AT the game.

:smh:
 
Fucking Mike Tirico.
Cornball lebron sack handler.He was shitting on soldier boy earlier in the broadcast,and while I don't listen to that nonsense,this nicca is an avid SPRINGSTEEN fan.
That's rite.The gahddamn BOSS.
And he's black.
Notice when he calls games,he don't say shit when the opposite team scores,but a lebron miss?That shit makes him amped. Hubie Brown may play the role of Rayshe Al ghoul in the next batman movie.Guess he couldn't find a fucking lazarus pitt.This ninja look older than minerals
 
This shit is becoming rediculous.Mike Tirico is the worst,he huggs lebrons nuts on every play,at every game he calls.Phantom calls get a "I can't believe that hard foul".Missed shots got this dude saying "ahhhh" like they went in.Hubie Brown explains EVERY fucking play in detail.Stuart Scott and his fucking eye jammy are both wack,and he tries to hard to try to sound "hip". We always had star treatment in the league,but these niccaz is taking it 2 far.
Ever since the NBA signed on wit espn,there has been a steady deterioration of game calling,besides mike breen.
WTF is happening to this league.
Also,is it just me,or has the officiating reached a level where its damn near NCAA.

Turn the sound off and play some music...If announcers bother you that bad then don't listen to them.

It was a phantom call...
 
The stuff that OP is complaining 'bout has been going on way before Lebron James, but he is right!
Tirico is not a good basketball analyst, golf maybe, but not basketball.
Hubie Brown explains things so that mere idiots can understand.
I don't care what anybody says, but the team of Mark Jackson & Jeff van Gundy have me LMBAO during games. Never knew a dull personality like van Gundy was soo fuckin' funny!
 
Tirico...I'm glad the brotha has a job, but yeah he's kind of crazy..I lifted this from Deadspin and I heard these rumors about 7 years earlier about dude...

The first Tirico story involves him hitting on a woman and stalking her after a house party in fall 1992. The woman was a production assistant and "considered an up-and-coming talent," and Tirico went up to her at the party and said "you're the most beautiful woman in here." She walked away, but he kept following her around the party until she finally snapped, "Why don't you fuck off? Get away from me." As she and friends hopped in their car and pulled out of the party, Tirico stepped in front of the car and made the woman stop. "You're the most beautiful person I've ever seen and I think I'm in love with you," Tirico said. She tried to roll up her window and take off, but Tirico stuck his hand in and tried to wedge it between her thighs. She got away, and the next morning, when they saw each other in the ESPN parking lot, he walked up to her, and she expected him to apologize. Instead, he said, "all I did all day was think about you."

In another story, one female producer — who had been to dinner with Tirico and his fiancee — was startled to receive an email from him saying that he wanted to sleep with her. Later, when the staff went to a bar after a late night covering the NCAA tournament, Tirico approached her and said, "I wish I was single. If I were, I'd throw you on the table right here and fuck your brains out." After she tried to excuse him as drunk, he persisted: "I know you want to screw me. So let's leave." Later, he followed her on the highway and tried to get her to pull over, unsuccessfully.

Tirico was ultimately suspended for three months and is interviewed in the book, where he, like Reynolds, calls the incidents "misunderstandings." He is now doing "Monday Night Football" and is still married.
 
Stop hating on Hubie. If all of us had a coach like him when we were teenagers, half of us would be in the league:yes:
 
The stuff that OP is complaining 'bout has been going on way before Lebron James, but he is right!
Tirico is not a good basketball analyst, golf maybe, but not basketball.
Hubie Brown explains things so that mere idiots can understand.
I don't care what anybody says, but the team of Mark Jackson & Jeff van Gundy have me LMBAO during games. Never knew a dull personality like van Gundy was soo fuckin' funny!
Yea Mark Jackson and Van Gundy are good. They are funny as hell. I like when TNT does the games too.

I can never forget Doug Collins calling Varejo's post game "shaky at best." That shit had me rolling
:lol::lol:
 
This shit is becoming rediculous.Mike Tirico is the worst,he huggs lebrons nuts on every play,at every game he calls.Phantom calls get a "I can't believe that hard foul".Missed shots got this dude saying "ahhhh" like they went in.Hubie Brown explains EVERY fucking play in detail.Stuart Scott and his fucking eye jammy are both wack,and he tries to hard to try to sound "hip". We always had star treatment in the league,but these niccaz is taking it 2 far.
Ever since the NBA signed on wit espn,there has been a steady deterioration of game calling,besides mike breen.
WTF is happening to this league.
Also,is it just me,or has the officiating reached a level where its damn near NCAA.

NBC did the same shit with Jordan. Bob Costas and Marv Albert had knee pads constantly serving Jordan.
 
NBC did the same shit with Jordan. Bob Costas and Marv Albert had knee pads constantly serving Jordan.

Marv Albert is the epitome of universal fanboyism when it came to Jordan.


*JORD'INNNNNNNN FOR 33333333333333333333333333, YESSSSSSSSSS*** :smh:
 
tirico was on some bullshit today he was killin soldier boy just because of lebron if you dont like him cool but he was ridin with lebron like he was his bitch.
 
:lol::lol::lol: niggas mad cause lebron is getting jordan treatment. don't hate the player, hate the game. :smh:

with that said...cavs bitches. :dance:
 
Cosign, I can't stand him, Marc Jackson also.

Co-sign

He and Breen are garbage. ESPN & ABC are helping to ruin the coverage. Since the NBA isn't on NBC, I wish mostly all of the games were on TNT. They do a much better job and their Inside The NBA panel is knowledgable & top notch.
 
Cle you my dawg but come on Lebron will never be Jordan ,scratch that he will never even be Kobe :dance:

You are right about that. LeBron actually is good enough to lead his own team to the NBA Finals without bitchin' like a spoiled white kid or demanding a trade because he wasn't good enough to get his team out of the first round. :lol:
 
whatever problems people have with coach van gundy's performance on the sideline, i just gave him a standing ovation for the public stance he took on flopping.

bravo.
 
Cle you my dawg but come on Lebron will never be Jordan ,scratch that he will never even be Kobe :dance:

Lebron doesn't have to be Jordan...Kobe doesn't have to be Jordan...Garnett doesn't have to be Wilt...Howard won't have to be Oscar Robertson...they just have to do what it takes to win. Which is what they do. Nobody is going to beat Jordan at being Jordan ever, he's got a lock on that. That doesn't mean that they can't be great in their own right. Lebron is still a young man, and for YEARS at this point he's put the damn Cavs on his back and carried them. You get a little praise for that.
 
ABC fucked up the NBA in this respect. When is it on during the regular season on the weekend? Everywhere you would go on Sunday afternoon and Saturday after the NCAA was done the NBA would be on even if no one was paying full attention to it. NBA used to fuck up announcuing just like ABC. Now that the product is better no one is watching.
 
Lebron doesn't have to be Jordan...Kobe doesn't have to be Jordan...Garnett doesn't have to be Wilt...Howard won't have to be Oscar Robertson...they just have to do what it takes to win. Which is what they do. Nobody is going to beat Jordan at being Jordan ever, he's got a lock on that. That doesn't mean that they can't be great in their own right. Lebron is still a young man, and for YEARS at this point he's put the damn Cavs on his back and carried them. You get a little praise for that.
Co-Sign. There will never be another Jordan. But that dont mean that other players cant be good in their own right.​
 
whatever problems people have with coach van gundy's performance on the sideline, i just gave him a standing ovation for the public stance he took on flopping.

bravo.

Van Blundy has done a good job as a commentator, with his ability to tell the TRUTH the majority of the time, especially with the flopping that is going on. It's always been a problem but it gets magnified in the playoffs, I'm guessing because the playoff teams are the best at it. But it's sickening to see the euro style players Flopnobili, Wobe, Utah's Euro brigade and NoHEARTski drive to the basket or try to play defense because every time the contact comes, so does the FLOP... And that includes the verbal flopping (Yelling out "OH!" every time you drive to the basket, contact or not) :smh:
 
If it wasn't for Van Gundy, this game would be on mute. I love his commentary.

Marv Albert is the epitome of universal fanboyism when it came to Jordan.


*JORD'INNNNNNNN FOR 33333333333333333333333333, YESSSSSSSSSS*** :smh:


They named a network after his cathphrase..:yes:

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verbal flopping (Yelling out "OH!" every time you drive to the basket, contact or not) :smh:

right?

that should be a technical foul for an "unnatural basketball act".

normal men don't yelp/squeal at initial contact. that's a learned tactic used to bait officials. another non-basketball skill coveted by today's players. :smh:
 
This nigga is a corn ball. 52% free throw shooting...and he's Jordans heir? Fuck out of here. Plenty of dudes in the NBA better than him.

Kobe Bryant
Chris Paul
Stoudamire from the Suns

This nigga is okay slightly above average...But you dick ride him cause the media tells you to! (And cause hes Gay-Z's boy toy)

HE'S ONLY 23 YEARS OLD,

Cle you my dawg but come on Lebron will never be Jordan ,scratch that he will never even be Kobe :dance:

When will some1 give Lebron James the credit he is do. Unless you're retarded it isn't hard to notice that KOBE had SHAQ and JORDAN had PIPPEN. I dare you name some1 on the Cavalier squad that is near the caliber player of a Pippen or Shaq. I'm not even a Cavs fan and can understand that Lebron simply doesn't have a championship capable team, BAR NONE. I say this with full confidence, "if the Lebron that you see now, and the Lebron you saw in Game 5 of last year's Eastern Conference, had SHAQ (in his prime), he would have at least 4 NBA Titles, Easy". And no one this board with a good NBA basketball database can argue this point. Before you respond please take time to think about a team with a 6'8, 260 pound dominant shooting forward (Lebron James) and arguably one the greatest centers in NBA history (SHAQ). You couldn't double team both players. And if you wanna get technical, when Kobe's running mate SHAQ left the Lakers in 04, KOBE "mysteriously" wasn't able to get out of the first round for the next three years. I wonder why? Lebron James single-handedly lead his to the damn NBA FINALS. I'm not a Cavs fan, nor am I a Lebron fanatic, I'm simply tried of people placing KOBE and JORDAN on a throne that can't be reached. Yes, they are the absolute greatest player for their respective generations, but truth be told, if you strip them of a viable running mate they wouldn't win any championships and not be the legends that they are today. BASKETBALL IS A TEAM SPORT. TELL ME HOW MUCH RINGS JORDAN & KOBE HAD AT AGE 23.
 
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when Kobe's running mate SHAQ left the Lakers in 04, KOBE "mysteriously" wasn't able to get out of the first round for the next three years. I wonder why?

actually, tobe "wasn't able to get out of the first round for the next" 2 out of 3 seasons.

that was because the fakers without lamar odom weren't able to qualify for the playoffs in 2005, and ended up in the pussific division cellar.
 
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