What has been incredibly prevalent in this NBA postseason has been the overreaction of all the media types. After a certain team loses that certain team now has no heart or plays with no intesity. Or after a certain team loses that certain team buckles under pressure or makes mental mistakes. All of these statements of course relate to a Lakers loss or a Nuggets loss. What gets lost in all of these statements is the fact that these were very close games and any one of those teams could've won the game. Basketball sometimes just comes down to making shots and missing shots. What people need to realize is that these are the conference finals. These four teams are all fabulous teams playing at a high level. Just because the Lakers won more games than the Nuggets doesn't mean the Nuggets are just going to roll over. Like I said, this is the conference finals people! These games are going to be tightly contested no matter what. My favorite media type who does this is Jay Mariotti. No one in the business does this better than him. I have never seen someone flip-flop more than him. As Kobe stated "some of these guys go back and forth more than a pendulum", and hes right. After Denver took care of Dallas so easily in round 2, sir Jay was certain the Nuggets wouldn't lose a game at the Pepsi Center. Lakers win game 1 and now the Lakers are the greatest team in the league and no one can stop them. Melo comes up huge for game 2 and now the Lakers are in serious trouble. Lakers win game 3 and they are a tough team on the road all of a sudden (I've thought this the whole season, 29-12 road record). Nuggets win game 4 and the Lakers have no answer for J.R. Smith. Why don't we all take a deep breath and report the facts, rather than ludicrous opinions. What gets me even more frustrated is that these media types never get held accountable for their claims. John Hollinger, Steve Aschburner and Bill Simmons all need to be held accountable for some of their comments regarding these conference finals. If they don't then they can just write or say whatever they want with no reprocussions. This has to stop.
This overreaction was also so prevalent in the Magic vs Celtics series. After the Magic blew a late game lead in game 5 to Boston, everyone and their mother started talking about Stan Van Gundy not being a good coach and the master of panic. Look, these things happen in the playoffs. Stan aka "Ron Jeremy" is a great coach who is just passionate about winning. He calls great plays out of timeouts all the time and puts his team in position to win every game. Its not Ron out their bricking shots, its the players. Also like I have said its a make or miss game sometimes. Just because the Big Aristotle called out Stan doesn't make him right. So lets all step back for a moment and enjoy these conference finals and please stop overreacting Jay Mariotti.
3 comments:
Dude, right on the money with this. I'm loving Skip Bayless right now. He took the Magic and gave sound reasons for it.
That anonymous comment was mine.
it really annoys me, stick to your guns or be held accountable
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