The Official NBA Season Thread: NBA Cup Night

[elpablo21]

Some of these cuts were gonna happen with or without Pat's deal tbh

ESPN been moving like PPP Loan boyz for a while now

 

[rolaholic]

 

[art vandelay]

My question is why was JVG "let go", but Jalen was...... nevermind

 

[pmatic]

Pacers somewhat reached for Duarte because they thought they were going to compete, tanked two years in a row and may be trading him for pennies now.

 

[nikekid6]

ESPN kickin everyone to the curb

 

[pmatic]

 

[pmatic]

Mavs were recruiting JVG to join their coaching staff just a few weeks ago.

Be weird to see him on the sidelines again. Been like 15 years since he coached the Rockets.

 

[MVP]

 

[shotsrangout]

Damn tough loss

Anyways how about that free agency

 

[Peep Game]

Def not coming to the Lakers

Bruce Brown already won a ring, so it’s time to get paid, instead of being blamed for Lebron failing for 1.2 million dollars.

 

[B Sox]

Kicked out JVG and gonna leave us with Mark Jackson? Disgusting.

 

[nick.]

 

[casper90403]

NBA is by far the most entertaining sport and ESPN knows it. They had a two hour special leading up to the trade deadline then another two hour special afterwards to discuss Al the moves. Now today they have another three hour special leading up the start of free agency at 6PM EDT.

Less than 12 hours to CHAOS

Easy bro. NFL is still king by far. NBA free agency is king though strictly because of guaranteed contracts and overpaying dudes

 

[Maximus Meridius]

Nah, you are probably right and that might have been excitement for the start of free agency talking The NFL has narratives and some drama but I don't think it is as attention grabbing as the NBA although the NFL is more popular.

NBA off-season got more action because of the way the league is set up but the NFL draft killed the NBA draft with no top 3 prospect ever type players.

 

[storm2006]

This is foul AF. They asked that man to be on the morning show the same day they announced his dismissal had his colleagues fumbling

 

[Maximus Meridius]

they got rid of Jalen. Molly must've made a call.

I hope him and Jacoby bring their podcast back.

 

[703 hwy]

How the hell is Pat Mcafee so popular? Srs

 

[Raji Lowenthal]

if this true poole deserved to get traded but did not deserve that knuckle sub sandwich

A good trash talker knows when to ****. Apparently Poole ain't a good trash talker

 

[don ramon]

mark jackson stays? come on man

 

[storm2006]

Easy bro. NFL is still king by far. NBA free agency is king though strictly because of guaranteed contracts and overpaying dudes

NBA off-season got more action because of the way the league is set up but the NFL draft killed the NBA draft with no top 3 prospect ever type players.

The bolded is really what I was getting at. Yes, there is more NFL coverage from January 1 through Dec 31. I heard Courtney Cronin countdown 69 days until opening kickoff for Chiefs vs. Lions on TNF. I'm not denying that it is more widely covered and the more popular sport.

However, I think the NBA shenanigans, particularly around the trade deadline and offseason, are more entertaining than the NFL. I believe that ESPN also recognizes this and capitalizes on those entertainment aspects through these specials whereas NFL coverage is more of "regularly schedule programming".

 

[tomdiginson]

This has Malikas name written all over it.

 

[Coupé It]

How the hell is Pat Mcafee so popular? Srs

Murica.

Rock, flags, eagles, guns, and pickup trucks.

That’s why.

 

[Maximus Meridius]

That's dirty. Jalen been on ESPN since like 04. I think Stephen A the only one that might have been there longer.

 

[allergic2broke]

Why Espn acting like they broke ?

All these TV deals they can't be hurting that bad ? are they ?

 

[casper90403]

Can espn please get rid of mad dog or is he really on loan? I don’t see him much but when I do, I want to punch air.