More Cuts at ESPN

Perk is the only reason to watch any of ESPN’s NBA talking head shows. I would listen to him read a grocery shopping list

 

Stephen A’s key skill is being entertaining. It’s not about what he is saying; it’s about how he is saying it.

I heard Nick Wright sum it up well — you could be sitting at a hotel gate watching a tv with no sound, and if Stephen A is on you’re still going to just watch him talk for a good ten minutes.

 

He generally does a good job being loud and entertaining with a wink to the audience that it is all an act.

 

Oh, he definitely gets X-Pac heat.

 

I think this only applies for some people, though - it's not like he has universal appeal. idk - To me, $15M *plus* all of the airtime you have to give to him seems like a poor idea. I'm positive that the ROI must be OK for ESPN though.

 

I always mute the TV or change the channel. It's not because I think he doesn't provide good insights; it's because I don't want to hear anybody yelling. I enjoyed reading his columns during his newspaper career.

 

should have been fired the day after this
STEPHEN NAY: KNOW-IT-ALL KNOWS NOTHING

If you show you don't even know the rules of the sport, you get to go talk about something else.

 

Same ol, same ol on Screaming A, but this line at the end is a gem.

 

How long was tonight's halftime segment? A minute and a half?

 

Forty-five seconds of which was spent by Maria* introducing the cast, each of whom had exactly one line about the first half.

* In ending the segment Jalen called her “Money T” which I presume he meant as a complement about her new contract.