crzymdups wrote:gee, Ian O'Connor writes for ESPN? it's funny that his report for ESPN will drive up ratings for the Lebron press conference which ESPN will be televising.

oh wait, no it's not.

By the way.. which one of those guys broke the Amare rumors? Oh yea. None. It was an AZ paper. ESPN with its 30 guys with their 150 sources didnt know ****

fishmike wrote:

crzymdups wrote:gee, Ian O'Connor writes for ESPN? it's funny that his report for ESPN will drive up ratings for the Lebron press conference which ESPN will be televising.

oh wait, no it's not.

ESPN is a total joke right now.

By the way.. which one of those guys broke the Amare rumors? Oh yea. None. It was an AZ paper. ESPN with its 30 guys with their 150 sources didnt know ****

yeah, i don't believe anything their guys say until this press conference is over. maybe beyond that. they always have an agenda with their reporting. right now that agenda is drive up ratings. in fact that's probably always the agenda - drive up ratings. ratings first, accuracy second. there are plenty of other places to get my news from.

crzymdups wrote:gee, Ian O'Connor writes for ESPN? it's funny that his report for ESPN will drive up ratings for the Lebron press conference which ESPN will be televising.

oh wait, no it's not.

Although I think O'Connor is one of their few guys who thinks the Knicks are in play.

Do you think that all the ESPN reporters are in cahoots- attempting to drive up ratings by giving people the belief that all teams have a chance?

The reason I don't believe in an ESPN conspiracy is that as far as I know, James only just suggested the ESPN show idea, and O'Connor has been leaning toward him going to the Knicks for awhile.

MS wrote:There was talk of a sign and trade to the suns with lee since the contract hasn't been signed yet. A sixth year would be added and the overal salary would be reduced.

Great. We add another "risk year" to our deal with Amare. Of course, if it brings Melo into the fold....JUST DO IT!

crzymdups wrote:

Paladin55 wrote:

crzymdups wrote:gee, Ian O'Connor writes for ESPN? it's funny that his report for ESPN will drive up ratings for the Lebron press conference which ESPN will be televising.

oh wait, no it's not.

Although I think O'Connor is one of their few guys who thinks the Knicks are in play.

Do you think that all the ESPN reporters are in cahoots- attempting to drive up ratings by giving people the belief that all teams have a chance?

The reason I don't believe in an ESPN conspiracy is that as far as I know, James only just suggested the ESPN show idea, and O'Connor has been leaning toward him going to the Knicks for awhile.

it's been in the works for months. originally the plan was for ESPN to follow lebron and do a documentary on the FA process as he visited each city. mav carter squashed that idea, fearing backlash to the lebron brand.

but they've been in cahoots with ESPN for months. that's why broussard has all these inside reports.

ian oconnor doesn't just work for ESPN, he works for ESPN NY. of course his job is to drive up traffic for ESPN NY by reporting the knicks are in contention. chris sheridan, too.

Not sure we end up getting James, but I usually don't buy into conspiracies such as this one.

Basically, you are saying that ESPN has known about what James is doing the entire time and is just playing us. I don't like many of the ESPN people I see-they are a cocky bunch who would have people think that their analysis is somehow "special," but I am not willing to buy into the idea that they have some special inside info and are just playing us.