Why do we have an uneducated media educating fans on basketball?

Crawford was probably the best scoring 6th man this year, but he’s really not that good at anything else besides handles. He’s one of the worst rebounding guards in the NBA and plays pretty bad defense. I think he’s solid, but this season was nothing more than what he’s done his whole career. The only thing that’s different about this year compared to his past years is that he’s coming off the bench and playing starters minutes.

And look what we got this year. The media will be the media, let them be.

This is quite a blanket statement seemingly based on only a few select media members you have hand-picked.

No, I don’t think sports media needs to change for the better. We fans, the audience, have the freedom to choose what to read, hear, see, and interpret the way we want. There are a lot of quality media members who know what they’re talking about, but they are neither right or wrong. They are simply opining to the best of their ability. There are a lot of media members who are all show and no go, but they are neither right or wrong. They are simply opining to the best of their ability.

Just because Stephen Curry didn’t win the ROY award, doesn’t mean we should blame the media. It doesn’t mean Stephen Curry had a worse year nor does it mean Evans had a better year. It’s just an consensus opinion of a select few. It’s not going to make or break their careers. But if we are going to blame someone, maybe we should blame the inept Warrior front office who was unable to construct a roster that would win more games, which might have resulted in a few more votes for Curry.

Getting upset about this is like getting upset that water makes you wet or the sun makes you hot.

 Then don’t complicate it with the heavy stuff? Most fans just want to watch a fun player and have a good time out . The players are the game, not the minutia of the percentages. The one big number that matters is the score at the end then we go home and get on with life.

would be improved by the “retirement” of Skip Bayless. He has to drag down the average a lot.

Kings created a stat cut-off, a catchy one at that. Look everybody, 20-5-5! Only Lebron, Oscar, MJ and now RekeRoy accomplished that!

Let’s ignore that Lebron, Oscar, MJ all averaged more pts, more rebs, more asts than Evans. It’s so silly. Evans isn’t IN the same league as those guys, he’s on the OUTSIDE of it just like Curry, just like everyone else.

I can create a stat cut-off too. Only two rookies have EVER averaged 17.5+ pts, 5.9 asts, 4.5 rebs, and 1.9 stls… Magic Johnson and Steph Curry.

BTW, Curry averaged 20/6/5 from Dec 12th on. Curry outplayed Evans the final 59 games of the year.. Curry outplayed Evans for over 70% of the season. I flat out disagree with anyone who says Evans had the better year. The difference between the final stats is what? 0.8 rpg and 2.6 ppg? Curry beat Evans at every other stat along with better %‘s across the board. Yeah, whatever. I’ll admit Kings PR kicked the Ws PR butt, but Curry was the better player.

 Hey that was a favorable comparison, those girls can really pass. If you like finesse basketball they are more your ticket than the NBA.

3 guys went 20-5-5 this year. 1 will win the MVP, 1 will finish 3rd or 4th in the MVP race, 1 won ROY. Steph wasn’t any of those guys. you can slice the stats to the 6th level but that’s the reality. Evans was 1 of 3 guys this year and 4 guys in the history of rookies. steph didn’t do it.

the folks in the media are not paid to be statisticians. they are paid to write articles, talk on tv or radio, and entertain the fans. 99% of the fans out there don’t operation on the 6th level of statistical analysis – the operate on level 1 or 2 and that is what the media provides. going to deeper on a broad media basis is going to push more fans away from sports than closer to sports imo.

people like that in baseball because the games are so unbearably slow – it is a time filler. same with football, you only have games once a week so the stats fill up the off days. but with basketball you have action to watch every other day and too much stats are going to get in the way.

  If three guys did it this year and four guys have ever done it that only leaves one guy who did it previously? If more than one of the past greats din’t do it then it must not have been very important?
   How many have done 17 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists with a TS % over .565 for comparison?

 Haha, tell me about it, when my daughter first moved there I wasn’t sure if I was payin rent or supporting a heroin addiction? IIRC is was about twice as much as hollywood without the benefit of the Lakers and Dodgers nearby?