John Wall is a class act. Completely exceeded my expectations.

[BigErnMcCracken]

A lot of what cowherd says is true, especially when its not politcally correct. When he made these statements about wall, they were true. To walls credit he has proved him wrong. Mike and mike are just politically correct espn talking heads who never ask tough questions and are frankly boring and predictable.

When he said Wall had a low basketball IQ, was not a sharp guy, would never be a leader because he didn't have a father, and mimicked him by saying "Yo dawg look at me"?

I mean, you might agree with his opinion, but that doesn't mean what he was saying was "true."

Agree on SVP and Rusillo although - and I'm going to sound like my 67 year old father here - there are too many damn commercials.

Mike and Mike can be counted on to take the most white-bread, vanilla, company line position on virtually everything. I have no idea what their demographic is. Minivan driving dads in the mid-west I would imagine.

 

[jibsey]

Just a point re Carmello's 4 C's and a D. Based on what we know about the course content offered athletes at major universities like NC the letter grades are meaningless. They could represent electrical engineering or no show 1 term paper courses, we'll never know, but I'll bet against the EE. He knew he was 1 and done so why wouldn't he ask his academic advisor to put him in the easiest gaff courses in the university? This is why the whole APR thing is a crock.

 

[Dynasty]

So Cowherd attempted to "apologize" to Wall recently. Instead, he made himself sound like a bigger asshat.

http://www.sbnation.com/nba/2014/12/10/7367941/john-wall-wizards-colin-cowherd

"If you play real defense in this league, you've got character. John Wall works hard on the defensive end. He grinds people. [...] Do I think John Wall has grown up? Absolutely! Do I think he was immature when he broke into the league? Absolutely. First couple of years he was a turnover machine and couldn't shoot because he took lousy shots. Do I think he has evolved? Yes. Do I think he has matured? Absolutely! Do I think he has character? Yeah. You don't play defense like that without deeply caring about teammates. Defense is about your teammates. That is why Melo doesn't play any. Offense is about you. Defense is about caring about your teammates. John Wall plays real defense. Definitely has real character.

Was I too harsh on him? I host a radio show. I do basically 30 columns a day. But if you are looking for apologies you are off the wrong pier. I said what I mean, I mean what I say. John Wall has grown. Hopefully over five, six years, so have I."

 

[CallMeBruce]

What a choad.