I don't even know who this guys is. I thought Chris Palmer was a white guy with blonde hair who is always hating on the Rockets. I'm thinking of another guy.
What is absurd to me is that Chris Palmer has 80,000 followers on twitter. There are a lot of good journalists that would kill to have that kind of audience reach.
I'd say about half are laker fans. Other quarter are nba fans. Other quarter is fake people he bought.
That's because he worked for ESPN. People assume that all of the writers there are credible to work for such a large company. Of course people who actually understand sports realize that't not true.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Trust me. I know 2Pac's entire library. Including what's unpublished. Don't sleep on me.</p>— chris palmer (@ChrisPalmerNBA) <a href="https://twitter.com/ChrisPalmerNBA/statuses/359585121013202944">July 23, 2013</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> it's probably because he says stupid ish like this that people like him...
Funny that he should be trending on Twitter and hasn't said anything since 7/24. Well from his NBA Chris Palmer account. His ESPN twitter is GONE.
Formerly employed by ESPN. He's now working for a Bay Area regional sports network (CSN?) now. About Palmer: The problem isn't that he got it wrong: There were plenty of guys predicting a return to LA or saying that sources told them that Dallas or Golden State had a serious shot. If people are just making informed guesses, guessing wrong if not a fatal offense. Sharing info from sources who tend to have their own agenda and turn out to be wrong is also not something that gets you fired. Sources with actual "inside info" often have their own agendas and there is often no avoiding using them. Palmer's problems are (1) the certainty of his tone-- made it sound like a done deal, and (2) the unprofessional way he behaved after Dwight signed, especially his exchange with Mark Heisler on twitter when Heisler simply asked him to acknowldege that he was wrong. I bet that the latter exchange, and fans tweeting ESPN, drew attention to Palmer, and who knows what they found out about his supposed "source" (maybe he made it up, maybe he didn't, but he was certainly at least stupid to sound 100% certain based on a bad source).
It's not about getting it wrong. It's about pretending you know something is going to happen, without knowing it's going to happen. Prior to this year, Dwight Howard was incredibly wishy-washy and able to be talked into anything. I didn't think in a million years he could stare down Kobe, Los Angeles' sunny beaches, all that immediate money, and decide that he wanted to go elsewhere. Prior to June, anyone that asked me (including radio stations in Houston) heard as much from me. But I never said it was going to happen, or imminent, or any of the other BS that these people (desperate for attention) put together. People are so obsessed with getting into the scoop game that it's become pathetic. It's Woj, sometimes Stein, sometimes Amick. That's it. Work on being a better writer, and smarter about the game. Palmer, who routinely embarrassed himself with his tweets on the analysis angle, never tried that. Also, take your baseball cap off. It's a photo for your employers.
Also, I wonder if the new Chris Palmer Twitter account will block me as well. Kind of weird to block a guy on Twitter that was never following you in the first place.
Thank the almight Jeebus for real reporters like KD. It's guys like him that save us from the mutinies of the Palmer's, Stein's, and Bucher's of the world. Our many gratitude's to you good sir.
