Real Bad Basketball Takes, Part Infinity

[Chin Diesel]

Was listening to Cowherd this afternoon and he had on an NBA draft analyst. I forget the analyst's name.

Analyst did say he was a lifelong Pistons fan and really wants them to draft Cunningham because he sees a lot of Grant Hill in Cunninghman.

Anywho as Cowherd was finishing the segment and talking about why he like Suggs as a player he mentioned Suggs not being a great shooter but shooting being something a player can work on. He then cited Ray Allen as a prospect who wasn't a great shooter in college but became a great shooter in the NBA.

Ray was a career 44.8% 3 pt shooter at UConn.

 

[UCDaveD]

Your first problem was listening to Cowherd.

 

[Rocktheworld]

Listen to cowherd for his guests

Not his takes

 

[ConnHuskBask]

UConn Men's Basketball

 

[Palatine]

Ray was a great shooter from the moment he showed up at UConn until he left. Oh yeah, he was also a great shooter before he came to UConn and after he left. That is all.

 

[mauconnfan]

Always said he was a dope. If he stated that he is much better at being a dope than I could even imagine. Wow Sports Talk Show guy with that take LOL, do your homework please FF.

 

[HuskyHawk]

Was listening to Cowherd this afternoon and he had on an NBA draft analyst. I forget the analyst's name.

Analyst did say he was a lifelong Pistons fan and really wants them to draft Cunningham because he sees a lot of Grant Hill in Cunninghman.

Anywho as Cowherd was finishing the segment and talking about why he like Suggs as a player he mentioned Suggs not being a great shooter but shooting being something a player can work on. He then cited Ray Allen as a prospect who wasn't a great shooter in college but became a great shooter in the NBA.

Ray was a career 44.8% 3 pt shooter at UConn.

If he said Jason Kidd, that would be been a more reasonable comp.

 

[Chin Diesel]

Your first problem was listening to Cowherd.

Listen to cowherd for his guests

Not his takes

Correct. It was some channel surfing mid afternoon. Normally not in the car and not listening to sports radio but the guest seemed somewhat interesting. Was just listening to Cowherd close out the segment and thought that was one of the more strange comparisons you could have in your head.

I realize it's tough to put out a national radio show and have 3 hours of content every day and be conversable on all major sports and stuff. I also realize much less is spontaneous and non-scripted than some may believe.

If anything the surprise to most people under age 40 is that Ray was a spectacular above the rim player in college and his first 6-8 years in to the NBA until he settled in to his role of being a long distance bomber.

 

[Hoophound]

I enjoy Cowherd, but he pissed me off with that. Sometimes, you don’t truly realize someone is a dope until they talk about something you know a lot about. For me, this was the final straw. He’s a .

 

[Chin Diesel]

I enjoy Cowherd, but he pissed me off with that. Sometimes, you don’t truly realize someone is a dope until they talk about something you know a lot about. For me, this was the final straw. He’s a .

Have you considered sending him a strongly worded twitter at him to let him know this?

 

[Waquoit]

Have you considered sending him a strongly worded twitter at him to let him know this?

And when that gets ignored, perhaps you can assist the young man with drafting a petition.

 

[HooperScooper]

I wonder if he realizes how wrong he was. Has anyone tweeted at him how off base that was? If he does realize it at some point I wonder if he'll issue a mea culpa.

 

[Hoophound]

Have you considered sending him a strongly worded twitter at him to let him know this?

I considered it but I decided more people would see it if posted here.

 

[Get a Job]

I don't know what to tell you if you are upset by this. These radio guys need to sound like they know what they're talking about everyday, for hours on end. Obviously a lot of what they say will have little to no basis in reality. They are not paid for their detailed knowledge of sports. They are paid to drive sports fans nuts.

 

[KembaKek]

Ray was a great shooter from the moment he showed up at UConn until he left. Oh yeah, he was also a great shooter before he came to UConn and after he left. That is all.

Close enough!

 

[Mr. French]

I used to like Cowherd and his style, but I grew to just get annoyed at him. I never took him that seriously for his knowledge, but I liked his style. Then as the time went by I realized he often tries to sound super witty with his comparisons, like this, and ultimately is just spouting nonsense.

 

[Kitaman]

Veteran Brain Fair was one of our better shooters. Freshman Ray came in and moved him to the bench.

 

[Adesmar123]

Veteran Brain Fair was one of our better shooters.

Brain was more known for his GPA than his shooting %.

 

[Mr. Wonderful]

Brain was more known for his GPA than his shooting %.

My favorite Brian Fair fact: He led UConn in 3pt fg% all four years he was here. Let that really sink in for a second while you consider who he played with.

 

[Deadrody]

Your first problem was listening to Cowherd.

Absolutely. THE biggest know-nothing blowhard in all of sports jOuRnALiSm. Skip bayless is a close second, but he's more of a scumbag, than a simple blowhard

 

[Deadrody]

I don't know what to tell you if you are upset by this. These radio guys need to sound like they know what they're talking about everyday, for hours on end. Obviously a lot of what they say will have little to no basis in reality. They are not paid for their detailed knowledge of sports. They are paid to drive sports fans nuts.

Wow. At least I know who to ignore

 

[Get a Job]

Wow. At least I know who to ignore

I'm surprised this is a controversial take. I thought it was common knowledge.