Here, J.A. Adande makes the stunningly illogical argument that “since Kobe has his Lakers at the top of the Western Conference, he deserves the MVP.” No mention of Chris Paul in the entire thing. I’m most irate because, well, read it. Everything he says about Kobe today is the exact same argument that could have been made for Chris Paul on Thursday. You could substitute their names. But he didn’t wanna write one about Chris Paul, did he?
Someone asked why the omission of Chris Paul in his chat this afternoon, and he responded that “the Lakers were in first place when he wrote the article.”
Only stunningly illogical because it was the Hornets who were in first place as recently as 20 hours ago. I bet he’s all annoyed he had to wait until the Lakers had a game in hand on the Hornets to post that garbage. Shit, who hasn’t been in first place in the Western Conference this week? This is what I’m saying.
It’s like, if you want to say you love Kobe, it’s your opinion. But don’t go giving reasons that apply equally as well to another player. That’s not an argument. That’s a biased opinion.
Like, see me? I have a biased opinion. But I’m not pretending not to.
I feel dirty even linking to this article.
HypeMeter: We wouldn’t touch this article with a 39 1/2 foot pole.
First thing I did upon opening that page that article this morning was CTRL-F for “Paul.” Once nothing showed up, I didn’t even bother reading that garbage.
Good call!
Ummm….did anyone catch the byline at the bottom of the article? Observe: “J.A. Adande is the author of “The Best Los Angeles Sports Arguments.” He joined ESPN.com as an NBA columnist in August 2007 after 10 years with the Los Angeles Times.” Ummm…yeah. Totally objective. I’m sure. I particularly like the part when he said, “yeah, I’m so a Lebron guy.” Fuck you J.A. Fuck you. If you don’t even mention Chris Paul you don’t deserve your press credential. I don’t even care who you think deserves the award. But you can’t write an MVP article anymore without mentioning CP3. Period.
why do you read espn? theyre fuckin horrible.