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What do you think of his commentaries?

A breath of fresh air, stale air, insightful, talks in circles, direct and to the point, misses the mark, amusing, or whatever else?

I will say he does have a unique personality.
 
I dont mind Stephan A. He seems like an ok dude. That said, ESPN is dead. Cable TV is dead. Sports commentary is lame. How many times does one need to ponder questions like, was the football deflated? Is Lebron better than Michael? By the way, he's not.
 
What do you think of his commentaries?

-stale air, NOT insightful, talks in circles, misses the mark, NOT amusing

or whatever else?
-Loud, obnoxious

I will say he does have a unique personality.
-Not really though.
 
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Do Lakers fans say Kobe was better than LeBron James anyway?
 
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Complete waste of a human being. Every breath he takes is one that could have been for someone that deserves it.
 
Travelman32 said:
What do you think of his commentaries?

-stale air, NOT insightful, talks in circles, misses the mark, NOT amusing

or whatever else?
-Loud, obnoxious

I will say he does have a unique personality.
-Not really though.
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He is a jackass! Very simply said..
 
Seeing him at UConn on 4/20 was electric. That being said, he's definitely shrunk in my eyes over the last year or so.
 
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Pmurph678 said:
His job is to have controversial takes that get people listening, and he's good at it.

At having insightful, accurate, or in way valuable commentary on sports in general, he is terrible.
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He is also well paid for it as it is reported he makes $8 million a year. I prefer the quieter, less controversial commentators but I am in the minority and not in their target demographic. I preferred shows like "The Sports Reporters" and Dick Schaap.
 
Smith is nothing special or unique. The role of vociferous sports pundit is a common and well established type. All networks have some version of Smith. If you listen to what he says, none of it is particularly insightful. He tends to take the players perspective on events. He tries to be controversial but mostly fails at that.
 
He's playing a character like all these guys are.
The internet and especially social media killed the need for Sportscenter.
I remember the days having to wait minutes or up to an hour to see a score on the scrolling bottom line or for a highlight.
 
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ecasadoSBU said:
King James, the GOAT!
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Not even close. Michael is the greatest player ever and came up on the biggest stage each and every time, unlike James.
Talent wise he is as talented as any player ever, but that doesn't make him the greatest
 
I don’t like sports radio or those sports opinion shows, so I don’t watch or listen.

But I don’t dislike him. His job is to make you listen to him and the way to do it is to hold outlandish opinions that piss you off. Reading this thread, he is very, very good at his job.

It’s a game. If you’re have a strong opinion about him, you’ve been played - I never used to listen to Mike and MadDog because they both had common sense opinions and always agree with each other. One guy aways had to have a loud, wrong opinion. That’s the script.
 
He is a little loud for me in the morning and gives me a headache so I really don't watch. Most of these sports talk hot take guys are pretty similar. They are personalities meant to illicit a strong response either way and get ratings. Take it for what it is and enjoy if it's in your wheelhouse or don't take the bait and turn the channel. People arguing with each other over manufactured hypotheticals for 2 hours isn't that entertaining or relaxing to me but it is for some people so all the power to them. The remote control is a wonderful thing. Something out there for everyone.
 
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