ESPN bias
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It’s not about model citizen, it’s about the mental instability and that’s impact on his game as a prospect. White had huge negative intangibles.
As a prospect he also was coming up in in an era that still was big on guys being tweaners
If Flagg reaches 21 and is a head case like White, that hasn’t improved his weaknesses like shooting, and now takes plays off, let alone practices, it’ll show up on tape. He’d no longer be considered a generational talent. He’d be a White type that can make plays that are generational, but it’ll be watered down by average play
Physically and skill wise it’s not a horrible comp. White was 1 inch shorter with same wingspan, but much heavier and stronger. His instincts for play making were very good.
And that's as old as time for the brand names to get the air time.
That network still hypes up the UNC/Duke games like everyone else's season revolves around it even if one or both aren't very good.
Is there a way to mute a certain word on here like you can on Twitter?
I’d love to leave the word bias back in 2024.
I’d love to leave the word bias back in 2024.
I guess if you want to say simply, Royce White had enough physical ability and instinct to be great, maybe a top 5 or #1 pick, sure. But there are a ton of guys you can say that about. And really Flagg is not some measurables/physical freak.
Refinement/development of skills is a massive part of "talent." Generational size and athleticism are two completely different things than generational talent. That doesn't mean be great at everything, but that means show the indicators that you are likely to become great at the skills.
The reason Flagg is considered such a high ceiling and talent is that his skill level at being 18 while still probably figuring out how to play in that body shows a hell of a lot. Just like Royce being a guy that pretty much had been physically mature for a couple years and still couldn't shoot 50% from the line showed a hell of lot.
Royce had a massive hole in his game as a jump shooter and FT shooter, and there was no indication that was likely to change. Royce's best comp. was Boris Diaw. And if you pick a guy and you get peak Boris Diaw, you're not disappointed. But you also aren't building teams around that either. There were a few things limiting Royce's draft stock. The combo of being 6'8 without elite quickness and poor shooting were as much contributors as what we knew of the off the court stuff at the time. It seems at draft time at least some teams felt confident they could work with Royce, and I'm sure Royce and his team were giving that impression. So it certainly hurt his stock but there were also significant on the court weaknesses.
The only time I ever turn on ESPN anymore is one our games is on there, otherwise I stay away from it.
Sportscenter was my favorite part of the summer in the 90's. Loved me the baseball highlights. Now, you tune in and it's essentially a sports book promotion. All they talk about is gambling on the NFL and fantasy football.
Speaking of ESPN bias I see Lunardi dropped us to the 4th overall on his seed list behind Auburn, Duke and Tennessee. They don't even bother trying to hide the bias at this point. We beat a ranked team and conference opponent each by quite a bit and Tennessee gets dump trucked at home. And Duke gets bumped up for beating powerhouses SMU and Pitt.
I personally don't really pay any attention to projected brackets until late February. And even then it's just water cooler talk. Don't get me wrong: it is fun to see ISU being ranked high and projected as a 1 seed, but there is still a lot of basketball to be played. I just don't see the need to be concerned over what certain media members think.
To paraphrase the late Denny Green: "Nice thing about America is anyone can have an opinion. The other nice thing is you don't have to listen to them"
People need to learn to check when things are updated. He only updates it twice a week and it was last updated yesterday morning, before Tennessee lost and ISU beat Utah by 20+. As poor as people think his brackets maybe, it's not like he's updating them daily.
This was updated 5 hours ago and posted on his X....
"There's a talented white guy from Duke is getting massive amounts of coverage on ESPN"
*an evergreen comment since 1991*
*an evergreen comment since 1991*
If we would have lost there would have been an ass load of coverage.
The top article for me lists us as top NC contenders with Auburn and Duke, with a big picture of Gilbert as the photo.
Maybe hold the angry letters for a different day.
Maybe hold the angry letters for a different day.
Yeah, I'm not paying attention to a guy who has Kansas listed twice in his bracket and is known to be one of the worst bracket people out there.
ESPN is thinking about ratings. They don't care much about Ames, Iowa or Iowa State because the coasts don't care that much about college basketball until March. I live in northern New Jersey and even Rutgers is an afterthought around here. If we earn that elusive one seed, then they will be forced to acknowledge us more.
This is also very true of some of our local media, both TV and newspaper!
This has kind of become a lot of sports media overall. Constant talk about what's the line, what's the spread, what's the over-under, what's Vegas doing, who is the "smart money" on; I just don't care.
It’s always been there and a major driver. They’re just allowed to say the quiet part out loud now.
