Who's the worst basketball columnist?

iOrange · 10-21-2003, 04:05 PM

My vote:

Terry Brown (ESPN)
Peter Vecsey(NY Post)

Deuce · 10-21-2003, 04:13 PM

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Originally posted by iOrange
My vote:

Terry Brown (ESPN)
Peter Vecsey(NY Post)

Both are worthless. Vecesy is just a $hit stirer and Brown thinks he is a comedian. I happen to think Dr. Jack Ramsey is pretty worthless as well with his commentaries.

On ESPN I like Bucher, Aldridge and Stein. They are pretty good.

MadMax · 10-21-2003, 04:14 PM

i especially liked when david aldridge reported that damon stoudamire to houston was a done deal....that was cool

iOrange · 10-21-2003, 04:16 PM

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Originally posted by Deuce
Both are worthless. Vecesy is just a $hit stirer and Brown thinks he is a comedian.

Brown....comedian? His article is just boring. I thought he must have been a high school math teacher before.

GreenVegan76 · 10-21-2003, 04:24 PM

I don't really "dislike" any particular columnists, but I usually enjoy Aldridge, Stein and Devaney.

Launch Pad · 10-21-2003, 04:48 PM

For the Rockets:

Fran Blinebury - You can actually smell the crap coming off of his articles both in terms of rampant negativity and bad metaphors (note: yes, I realize that technically "smell the crap" is a metaphor, but unlike Blinebury, I won't stretch that one metaphor to fill the entire content of an editorial).

In general:

Michael Ventre of MSNBC. He's basically Fran Blinebury as a Lakers' cheerleader.

dharocks · 10-21-2003, 05:31 PM

He doesn't just do basketball, but I detest Dan Le Batard.

MadMax · 10-21-2003, 05:42 PM

Blinebury did call the Rockets first championship though..he said Rockets over Knicks in 7 in the Chronicle's pre-season special that year.

I don't love Fran...I've met him in person a couple of times. But I think he's despised here because he tells the truth. He doesn't coax egos that are way oversized.

FranchiseBlade · 10-21-2003, 07:09 PM

I used to dislike Fran, until I moved up to NYC and started reading Peter Vescy's stuff. Vescey made Fran look like an affable, good natured, journalistic genius.

CriscoKidd · 10-21-2003, 07:28 PM

"Dr." Jack.

bhanchod · 10-21-2003, 07:34 PM

I dislike peter vescey and sean deveney

tozai · 10-21-2003, 08:09 PM

Rosen

studogg · 10-22-2003, 01:11 AM

although I don't really consider his sophomoric rants and attempts to stir interest into a pathetic sight true journalism. For the sake of argument, I would say the rocket guy off of hoopsworld is the worst columnist I have ever read.

Matador · 10-22-2003, 08:27 AM

Dick Vitale: "My gut feeling tells me the Rockets are making a mistake, baby, in evaluating their overall No. 1 pick. Still, Rudy T could shock America by having NBA commissioner David Stern announce Williams' name as the top pick. Then Houston would be moving toward the winner's circle."

Randy Brickley: "...Inside of three or four years, (Yao will) probably be history."

xiki · 10-22-2003, 08:55 AM

Vecsey used to be the best -- but has 'aged' very poorly. Charley Rosen is a great basketball mind, good writer with such a flawed agenda his best basketball gig is trying to be a journalist. He's failing at that, too.

Mitch Lawrence is terrible.

Dadgum, who is actually good? Like insightful, prescient...

Rox_fan_here · 10-22-2003, 08:58 AM

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Randy Brickley: "...Inside of three or four years, (Yao will) probably be history."

Hey Matador, Brickley got that one right. :D

Launch Pad · 10-22-2003, 11:03 AM

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Originally posted by MadMax
Blinebury did call the Rockets first championship though..he said Rockets over Knicks in 7 in the Chronicle's pre-season special that year.

I don't love Fran...I've met him in person a couple of times. But I think he's despised here because he tells the truth. He doesn't coax egos that are way oversized.

Just to clarify, I don't always disagree with Fran's opinions (sometimes he states the obvious). What I don't like is how he writes like an untalented freshman in a Creative Writing 101 course. His metaphors are mostly lame and overused and his "wit" is non-existent.

How can anybody respect the writing style of the man that came up with "the great Dreambino". Also, didn't he coin the phrase "choke city"?

MadMax · 10-22-2003, 11:48 AM

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Originally posted by Launch Pad
Just to clarify, I don't always disagree with Fran's opinions (sometimes he states the obvious). What I don't like is how he writes like an untalented freshman in a Creative Writing 101 course. His metaphors are mostly lame and overused and his "wit" is non-existent.

How can anybody respect the writing style of the man that came up with "the great Dreambino". Also, didn't he coin the phrase "choke city"?

and then coined the phrase, "clutch city" the following monday morning.

remember when kenny smith wrote "choke city" on his shoes? how great was that? man....i miss having a rockets team with real resolve like that.

xiki · 10-22-2003, 12:21 PM

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Originally posted by MadMax
and then coined the phrase, "clutch city" the following monday morning.

remember when kenny smith wrote "choke city" on his shoes? how great was that? man....i miss having a rockets team with real resolve like that.

Kenny Smith, resolve? Which Kenny Smith are you referring to? The nadless wonder with two Rings? Because that one had no resolve. He had everything in reserve because he rarely used it! Rarely, not never (Game 1, Orlando/the Laker game he came off the end of the bench to sink dozens of 3s and help the Rox catch up with then defeat the Lakers).

A-Train · 10-22-2003, 12:25 PM

Wow...I'm suprised Chad "out of context" Ford hasn't come up...