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  1. TheMystery008

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    #1 TheMystery008, Jul 21, 2017
  2. A_3PO

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    Good for those two guys but this really stinks! No doubt ESPN will put their future content behind the paywall.
     
    #2 A_3PO, Jul 21, 2017
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  3. Fantasma Negro

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    All their draft analysis will be insider info now, **** espn
     
    #3 Fantasma Negro, Jul 21, 2017
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  4. Clutch

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    Exactly. Good for them, not good for the rest of us. It's strange because they just put a ton of effort into redesigning the site.

    Truthfully though, their free content was light years better than ESPN's pay content. DraftExpress just killed Chad Ford.
     
    #4 Clutch, Jul 21, 2017
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    Damn. Free Draft Express is gone? Ouch.
     
    #5 RudyTBag, Jul 21, 2017
  6. MONON

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    Well, I guess I can delete DraftExpress.com from my favorites now. :mad:
     
    #6 MONON, Jul 21, 2017
  7. BigMaloe

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    Great...
     
    #7 BigMaloe, Jul 21, 2017
  8. TheRealAllpro

    TheRealAllpro Morey only fan

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    Man this is some serious bull. One of the best sites.
     
    #8 TheRealAllpro, Jul 21, 2017
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    BHannes2BHonest 2 SOLID FOR WEIRD AZZES

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    ESPN "all the competition are belong to us"
     
    #9 BHannes2BHonest, Jul 21, 2017
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  10. Ziggy

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    We'll see what ESPN has up their sleeve... they're not oblivious to the fact that their traditional model is slumping. Then again, I see what they're doing with Woj so maybe I'm wrong.
     
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    All reporters are whores!
     
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    once their non-competes run out, the ex-ESPNers could form a really great bball website on their own: Stein breaking news, Ford with the Draft, Larry Coon with CBA analysis, in depth articles from Ethan Sherwood Strauss, and of course Rockets-centric coverage from Watkins,
     
    #12 Matt78777, Jul 21, 2017
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    Everyone with insider access needs their own bat signal around the beginning of next offseason.
     
    #13 FLASH21, Jul 21, 2017
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    Slowly but surely Woj's Vertical Team being assimilated into ESPN. Only a matter of time before Shams, Mannix and Lee are over there.

    Yeah, DX killed Ford.

    I subscribe to Insider so it is no biggie for me, but I can understand other's gripes.
     
    #15 Deuce, Jul 21, 2017
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    Why would any website that wants to succeed bring Chad Ford on board?
     
    #16 justtxyank, Jul 21, 2017
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    "One of?" It was by miles the finest sports site on the internet. Their profiles of the guys drafted this year were true genius.
     
    #17 Bennie Anders, Jul 21, 2017
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    Serious question: What is the next best site after Draft Express?
     
    #18 A_3PO, Jul 21, 2017
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    ESPN is finally buying out all competitors. Can't beat them? Just buy them.

    ESPN Insider?
     
    #19 baubo, Jul 21, 2017
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    Bummer. They were easily the best website for everything NBA Draft. ESPN will probably turn it into an overpriced dump. For shame.
     
    #20 War Machine, Jul 21, 2017
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