As the season is about to start, I'm thinking it might be helpful for everyone to talk about who the good reporters are out there (and weed out the terrible ones). Sticking just to print journalism here, not TV announcers or analysts. ESPN Marc Stein Ric Bucher Chad Ford Dr Jack Ramasy Sporting News/FoxSports Sean Deveney Charley Rosen CBS Sportsline Mike Kahn CNN/SI Marty Burns Phil Taylor NBC Sports/MSNBC Matt Guokas Michael Ventre USA Today David Dupree Houston Chronicle Jonathon Feigen Richard Justice John Lopez Other Papers Sam Smith, Chicago Tribune Peter Vescey, NY Post Fran Blinebury (Dallas?) Dallas Morning News Boston Globe LA Times Personally, I find Deveney, Stein, Burns, and Feigen are the guys most likely to give less biased reports that usually shed light on inside happenings. Rosen is an incredibly sharp guy with deep connections and information, but almost always writes with an agenda (panning any coach not named Phil and harshly hacking at anyone that ever crossed Jackon's path). Kahn is usually good, but slants with his own personal biases. Peter Vescey, is routinely ridiculed, and for good reason. However, nearly all of his overstatements and trade predictions are rooted in fact. He doesn't make his stuff up, just tends to run too far with it, and it's important to keep that in mind. Where there's smoke, there's fire. The Chronicle, LA Times, Globe, and DMN have the best "Around the NBA" columns (not simple rehashes of AP reports). Sam 'Daydreamer' Smith and Chad 'Insider' Ford, IMHO, are all but worthless as sources of information. Anyone (good or bad) that I left out? Agree? Disagree? Evan
