****OFFICIAL BSPN CAN NOW BE CALLED ESPN****

KingKobe8thWonder · Star Player Joined: 04 Jan 2006 Posts: 1278

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/dailydime?page=dailydime-060612

Dignity restored! CHeck out the daily dime today people! ALl the articles are on the money about how slow and old shaq is and how young and vulnerable Wade is!!!

There is even mention of Kobe being able to carry this old Shaq to a championship.

I may have jumped the gun on calling these guys ESPN again (the media is fickle) however they are making drastic steps in the right direction today... Hell even Legler said something that made mild sense!!!!!!
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"To me he is the best player in the world right now. That guy doesn't know fear at all. He doesn't care. He would have won it for the Americans single-handedly." Dirk Nowitzki

dinlabreak · Starting Rotation Joined: 24 Jun 2005 Posts: 414

if miami comes back to win this series ur gonna be calling them BSPN again

KOBE 2.0 · Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2006 3:20 pm Post subject:

rpadma12 · Franchise Player Joined: 23 Aug 2002 Posts: 10621

ESPN guys like Stein and Bucher (and Greg Anthony) have always given Kobe respect.. nothing has changed.

KingKobe8thWonder · Star Player Joined: 04 Jan 2006 Posts: 1278

Gotta love that the no show for SHaq to his interviews is esentially turning this into him having to PAY FOR A WHUP AZZ IN DALLAS!!!
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"To me he is the best player in the world right now. That guy doesn't know fear at all. He doesn't care. He would have won it for the Americans single-handedly." Dirk Nowitzki

Stylistic Stylez · Star Player Joined: 06 Mar 2006 Posts: 4336

wow about time somebody woke up and smelled the hype
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When you do something that you truly, truly love doing, you find yourself wanting to do it all the time.

Why can't America realize that falling in love with Kobe doesn't mean breaking up with Michael

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Mailman04 · Starting Rotation Joined: 25 Jun 2005 Posts: 904

No, except for Bucher and a few others, it is still BSPN.

mike_dee23 · Franchise Player Joined: 03 Feb 2005 Posts: 11703

I think ESPN is a good network except when it promotes guys like John Hollinger. Bucher, Stein and Legler are all pretty legit. But Hollinger, a stat guy, has the stats and instead uses his personal biasness to hate on Kobe.

KoolMo · Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2006 7:40 pm Post subject:

Trouble is, this is Year 3 for No. 3.

You figure that Kobe Bryant, after 10 seasons, would be able to do some Shaq-lifting on the Finals stage.

I'm not sure it's reasonable to expect Wade to carry Shaq, because Miami has no other dependable shooters and because the Mavs have the defenders -- deeper and more varied than any team in the East -- to make Wade work harder than usual.

"[Shaq] can't be as dominant as he wants to be right now because his other guys are not playing as good as we should," Wade conceded.

I see that response as a promising sign. It tells me that Wade sees the problem, understands he has to take it on, even if there's no simple solution.

He could muster only 6-of-19 shooting in this one, with just one basket longer than a layup, but don't bring up the sinus infection because Wade isn't using that as an excuse, either. He knows you can't use the no-legs alibi. Wade knows, as Dallas' Josh Howard so helpfully reminded everyone after Game 1, that "nobody has their legs" at this stage of the season.

Wade's woes on this night were missed layups, shaky hands -- he does appear to have freshly jammed one of his right fingers -- and the sticky defense of an old college rival. Small-but-speedy Mavs guard Devin Harris lent a Wisconsin vs. Marquette feel to Sunday's proceedings by joining Howard and Adrian Griffin on Wade duty and effectively shadowing (and nagging) him.

Very interesting read since I didn't see the game. This might be the first person to discuss Wade in this manner I've heard.

tw-lakbfan · Franchise Player Joined: 29 Jun 2001 Posts: 16636

It's still BSPN with those idiots like Hollinger, Chad Ford, Sheriddon (sp?), Skip Bayless, Legler, etc.

they-perch · Star Player Joined: 25 Jun 2005 Posts: 1184

PamelaBridgette · Rookie Joined: 12 Aug 2005 Posts: 11

I wrote to Stein since his sentence seems to indicate that Kobe can do it of course, at 10 years and Wade has only 3. I reminded him of Kobe's game v. Indiana when Shaq fouled out. Kobe's 4th season and only 2nd as a starter. Not hating on Wade, just feel that they always feel forced to give him a compliment and they do it with a backhand. Chumps!

CheetahMan · Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2006 6:21 am Post subject:

Just read what Chris Boussard wrote and then rethink the subject. It's still BSPN.

tw-lakbfan · Franchise Player Joined: 29 Jun 2001 Posts: 16636

What did Boussard write? I don't want to click on this fool's link. He's been a Shaq/James jocker.