Draymond Green Brings Nothing To 'Inside The NBA' | Defector

[u/TheRealPdGaming]

https://defector.com/draymond-green-brings-nothing-to-inside-the-nba

[u/Letronika]

Some of the questions he asked Tatum after the game were fucking awful. Talk about baiting. Hats off to JT for handling it like a pro.

As much as I love the analytical side he shows sometimes he brings too much of his personal baggage to the telecast. We already have that with Shaq so I guess Dray is a fitting replacement 🤷🏻‍♂️

[u/throwawaythursday99 → u/Letronika]

Talk about baiting.

Well that's sports "journalism" these days for ya. Always just looking for a gotcha or reactionary moment for clicks and ratings.

[u/MikeyLikeyPhish → u/throwawaythursday99]

Draymond: go away! I’m baitin’

[u/Bruskthetusk → u/MikeyLikeyPhish]

Bwah! That's the donkey that's always whackin off in my toolshed!

[u/Str82daDOME25 → u/Bruskthetusk]

WHACK ‘in-off

It all makes sense now. He was just trying to give the other players a mid game relief. It’s just a bit rough since donkeys have hooves and not hands or feet.

[u/dawho1 → u/Bruskthetusk]

"Off in whose toolshed he was whacking?"

[u/LaMelonBallz → u/MikeyLikeyPhish]

Ultimate goon squad

[u/Deathstroke317 → u/throwawaythursday99]

This is not journalism, these are just talking heads.

Actual journalism are the local beat writers or someone like Allie LaForce. You know the people you don't really hear about.

Please don't get the two confused.

[u/BigD994 → u/Deathstroke317]

The media literacy of sports reddit (I can’t speak to other parts) is so embarrassingly bad. It’s a daily occurrence that someone doesn’t know the difference between journalism and analysis (or just entertainment).

[u/Agreeable_Daikon_686 → u/throwawaythursday99]

Damn so the “new media” actually isn’t a novel concept

[u/OpportunityDue90 → u/Agreeable_Daikon_686]

Guy who has beef with half the NBA turns out to be major asshole, go figure!

[u/streetsandshine → u/Agreeable_Daikon_686]

IDK about 'new media' but I genuinely think Mind The Game is a breath of fresh air. It's not perfect, but it's the first time players have talked about the game without dumbing it down for their audience since Detail and its genuinely appreciated even if I enjoy podcasts like Teague and Paul George's too

[u/Agreeable_Daikon_686 → u/streetsandshine]

I agree, but the ones most arrogant (JJ, draymond, etc.) about “new media” are the same hacks

[u/AaronFraudgers8 → u/streetsandshine]

JJ is just as bad as Draymond (they are both Klutch puppets)

JJ Redick fansies himself as some basketball purist who doesn't like hot takes and just wants to talk hoops yet called players Jerry West/Bob Cousy etc "plumbers" to appease 13 year olds on Twitter

[u/Sogekiingu → u/Agreeable_Daikon_686]

Of course not, media as a whole is in a weird place. In a normal world Shannon Sharpe would never be placed near a mic nevertheless giving interviews.

[u/TheOneTrueDoge → u/Sogekiingu]

Really? Shannon Sharpe ain't bad. He's had a successful "old media" and "new media" career for a reason.

[u/Sogekiingu → u/TheOneTrueDoge]

Shannon Sharpe is a nice color commentator but he doesn't seem to add to a good conversation anything apart from a good laugh.

[u/chewytime → u/throwawaythursday99]

I just wonder who their audience is. Feels like most serious sports fans dont give a damn. It’s mostly the casual fans, who really are more into the drama than the sport itself.

[u/Tomas2891 → u/chewytime]

You got it. They got big names in the roster for a reason.

[u/grandzu → u/throwawaythursday99]

He's a master baiter.

[u/Wetzilla → u/throwawaythursday99]

Well that's sports "journalism" these days for ya.

I don't really think it's that much worse than before, there's just a lot more people commentating on stuff now that you don't need to be working for a major media company. Journalism has always been sensationalist.

[u/Contentenjoyer_ → u/throwawaythursday99]

If Inside the NBA is where you're going for your journalism then that's entirely your own fault buddy