I know we all share a general disdain for the direction that ESPN has gone in, but we also are all in the same boat in that... hey, what are we sports fans going to do? Not watch ESPN? Kind of hard. They're everywhere.Including on Twitter. And I am currently "following" them because I was curious if it would just be one of those lame Twitter feeds that's just a link dump to ESPN.com articles. But it's not. It's not bad, in the fact that it appears actual anchors and producers are Tweeting. What is getting a little obvious is that they really, really, really want us to all agree that Bulls-Celtics is the most amazing playoff series ever of all time ever, EVER. Take a look:
Josh E:Last night, hand ticking towards midnight, in a packed Manhattan restaurant. Diners leaving tables to watch the 3rd OT. Unforgettable
7 minutes ago
PRODUCER: We are all convinced that somehow the Bulls and Celtics will find a way to play EIGHT games in this series. Incredible basketball.
about 2 hours ago
Producer: 3 OT's = Tired morning SC Pod...but...WOW...what a game! What a series.
about 4 hours ago
Impromptu Poll: Who wins Game 7?
about 12 hours ago
Robert F: Wow. Don't have rooting interest in either team, but Bulls/Celtics reminds me of NBA in the 80's...when the league was Fan-tastic!
about 13 hours ago
Yes, we get it. It's amazing basketball. Especially the violent fouls that knock out people's teeth. Awesome. Now, I don't mean to be a conspiracy theorist here, but you don't suppose that... maybe... just possibly... they were encouraged to talk about just how awesome, life-changing and socially impacting this series has become? I mean, I know this is WAY out there....
3 comments:
Its rigged. Watched it from start to finish. The officiating was a joke.
Sorry to disagree. But I've been watching basketball for 40 years and this is BY FAR the best first round series ever, and certainly among the best of any round. It feels like those conference finals the Bulls and Pistons used to play. If you're watching this series and not entertained, than the NBA game is just not for you, which is fine, but it doesn't mean that all the talk about this series is just propaganda and hype.
I have no interest at all in auto racing, but if some racing fan tells me that the duel between So-and-So Jr. and Jimmy McWhatsisname at the Chattahoochie 500 was the greatest race he's ever seen, I'm not going to disagree.
Besides, our man Brad Miller really stepped up last night and was one of the Bull's heroes. You gotta like that.
I think that ESPN's latest Twitter venture is actually an elaborate ploy by the Evil Bill Simmons to solidify his position that Boston is, indeed, the center of the entire universe. If J-Bug or Hench show up in a tweet, then we'll all know that my assumption is correct.
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