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hardknocks1

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pumpedupcats said:
He's lost it tonight man. Not giving any analysis. He's like a kid in a candy store. "how COULD they stop him?!?!?" - perhaps engage the rational part of your mind and talk about how Cuse beat Duke the first time around, Jay?
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When Zion scored 35?
 
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Cindog28

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ESPN + BILAS + ZION =



Personally I don't partake. [laughing]

 
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c-a-t-s-f-a-n

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hardknocks1 said:
When Zion scored 35?
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At that point he was offering no analysis of the game other than saying Syracuse could/would not stop Zion - clearly implying that Syracuse had no chance to win.

A clear-thinking commentator would surely bring up how Syracuse managed to beat them the first time, even if Zion did get his.
 
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hardknocks1

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pumpedupcats said:
At that point he was offering no analysis of the game other than saying Syracuse could/would not stop Zion - clearly implying that Syracuse had no chance to win.

A clear-thinking commentator would surely bring up how Syracuse managed to beat them the first time, even if Zion did get his.
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So you admit that what he actually said was correct then right?
 
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c-a-t-s-f-a-n

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hardknocks1 said:
No, you were just wrong. It's okay, not that big of a deal.
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I get what you're saying. If you look at what he literally says then yeah, you might have a point. But my point is beyond that. It's what he's implying, what he's not saying (not doing his job as an objective analyst), how he's behaving (like a giddy schoolchild). That's the whole reason I brought it up.
 
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billCgmx

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For anyone who doesn't believe ESPN is in bed with Duke...

From Reddit:

ESPN random survey had some strange questions this year. (self.CollegeBasketball)

submitted 5 minutes ago by naydude502

So about a week ago I got a random survey from ESPN. It had the typical questions such as age, race, and gender. It started getting a little deeper asking about the college game day sponsors and what the commercials could do to get more attention but one thing really threw me off. This question is where I started wondering things. After this it asked me questions if ESPN coverage of Duke and Zion has caused me to watch more games and if I knew more of their players names. Would Duke partner with ESPN For extra coverage and pay them to market them?

 
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If you think it is just ESPN go to the Fox Sports NCAA basketball page. There are at least 5 stories/videos about Zion.
 
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hardknocks1

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pumpedupcats said:
I get what you're saying. If you look at what he literally says then yeah, you might have a point. But my point is beyond that. It's what he's implying, what he's not saying (not doing his job as an objective analyst), how he's behaving (like a giddy schoolchild). That's the whole reason I brought it up.
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He said "how could they stop him" answer: They obviously couldn't as he is averaging 32.5 ppg vs them and shooting around 80% from the field. Also, if you want to try and argue what he MAY have been thinking you are still wrong. Unless giving up 91 points is considered stopping someone.
 
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c-a-t-s-f-a-n

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hardknocks1 said:
He said "how could they stop him" answer: They obviously couldn't as he is averaging 32.5 ppg vs them and shooting around 80% from the field. Also, if you want to try and argue what he MAY have been thinking you are still wrong. Unless giving up 91 points is considered stopping someone.
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We are on here discussing things, trying to figure things out and argue our case. There are these little things called inferences that people do all the time. Induction. You know, reading between the lines, picking up on what's not said, reading people's behavior and speech patterns over time. That's what I was doing. My point is he let his bias show and didn't do his job. He was so googly-eyed about Zion (just go back and listen, he can't contain himself during the first half) that he was fixated on one thing while ignoring the fact that Syracuse had beat them despite this same thing happening before. Offer up some analysis, discuss how Syracuse DID stop/contain him and the team enough to win the first go-round.
 
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hardknocks1

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pumpedupcats said:
We are on here discussing things, trying to figure things out and argue our case. There are these little things called inferences that people do all the time. Induction. You know, reading between the lines, picking up on what's not said, reading people's behavior and speech patterns over time. That's what I was doing. My point is he let his bias show and didn't do his job. He was so googly-eyed about Zion (just go back and listen, he can't contain himself during the first half) that he was fixated on one thing while ignoring the fact that Syracuse had beat them despite this same thing happening before. Offer up some analysis, discuss how Syracuse DID stop/contain him and the team enough to win the first go-round.
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That's the point. Making inferences or actually taking him at his word you were still wrong lol. Semantics I suppose, have a good day, go blue!
 
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SpamburgerHamburger said:
I still have no issues with Bilas. Still one of the best. People around here just can't handle when he praises anyone but UK. Zion is the biggest story in college Basketball in a couple years. It's all for the casual fan. You'll just have to deal with it.
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It reminds me of when AD was here. Zion is simply a freak of nature. He is unbelievable.
 
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DonkeyDwayne

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Elliott Tim said:
The only envy I have is what might have been had Zion attended UK.He would have made everyone better and the players would have rose to another level. Other than that I would be happy if a certain university (that rivals UK in number of posts) never won another game.
We could all stop watching ESPN and nothing would change. You have to impact the purse, which is the monies from cable, satellite and sponsors. That's the only head that would make the ESPN snake die. BTW, I know I said the same thing on another of your posts, but the money train has to be derailed.
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Funny part is go back and read the post when Zion made his choice.

We have threads of how he is over rated. How we are better off without him, didn’t want him.
 
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morgousky

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UKWildcatT said:
I’m not going to watch. Most Kentucky fans should just watch the Tennessee game to put a dent in the ratings
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My issue is becoming, do ratings even matter? I’m not so sure anymore.

ESPN has lost mad viewership. It’s not stopping them one bit. As a matter of fact in comes Zucker who destroyed CNN, so they’re obviously not concerned with it. ESPN is even hiring people that tanked other networks.
 
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UKWildcatT

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morgousky said:
My issue is becoming, do ratings even matter? I’m not so sure anymore.

ESPN has lost mad viewership. It’s not stopping them one bit. As a matter of fact in comes Zucker who destroyed CNN, so they’re obviously not concerned with it. ESPN is even hiring people that tanked other networks.
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That is true
 
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morgousky

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UKWildcatT said:
That is true
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It’s very confusing. Maybe it just takes a while for the reality to set in where advertisers start pulling out.

I don’t get it. Wish I did. All I’ve ever heard is viewership is all that matters but the evidence suggest not.

I think a lot of it is political. And I feel like I can say that without trying to be political but I won’t hide from it because it makes someone uncomfortable.

Social media is an attack wing of one side of politics. The corporations know it, they bow to it. People assume the platform of that ideology will frighten corporations but it won’t, because the devil is in the details. The most wealthy among us will be exempt from any socialistic practice through the tax structure, it will only effect average millionaires and less.

That’s not effecting the largest corporations.

Seems like they’ve moved on from needing viewership and don’t care, because the advertisers don’t care. Because there’s a much larger scheme taking place where the Uber wealthy will be more powerful at the end of it all.
 
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rick64 said:
LBJs game was much more well rounded coming out of high school.
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LBJ was and probably will always be the best HS player I have ever seen. He was a franchise player at 18. There was no doubt he was a superstar.
 
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