According to Deadspin:



http://deadspin.com/sources-magic-johnson-left-espn-because-of-bill-simmon-1443543687

Is he positive?

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The 8 year old Celtics fan in Simmons has to love this

You are dangerously close to winning the internet today my friend.

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I am now more of a fan of Bill Simmons.

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To be fair, Doris Burke never knows what the hell is going on.

the problem is that Wilbon shouldn't be gone. It should be Rose that's gone. It's just weird for him to moderate the show. It feels forced and off.

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Not really a fan of Simmons, but Magic is about as interesting as watching paint dry. I wouldn't notice his absence had there been no announcement of his departure. At least Rose is articulate and has an original thought here and there. Can't say the same for Magic, and Wilbon is even worse because he's paid for the alleged journalistic credibility he brings to the show, but he's as banal as they come.

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Kyrie Irving will never win anything as a team's alpha: check
T.rubisky is a bust: check
Ben Simmons is a liability: check
The Fields Cult is dumb: double check

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She's for pluggin', not for huggin'.

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- Henry George

You are a wonderfully horrible person.

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Agreed. He's attained that.

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You know me like that.

Agreed. Magic might be a great greeter at the front door, but thats about it.

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for the life of me, I cannot figure out how that guy hasn't been taken for every dollar he has earned. Cookie must be a fantastic accountant and money manager.

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You assume that Magic Johnson is a dumb guy just because he isn't eloquent on television. Why do you make that assumption?

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The most obvious answer is that facility with language is often equated with intelligence. It has been pretty much since the beginning of time. Those who can read, write and speak well are very often the leaders of the tribe.

In Magic's case I back that with little complexity of thought displayed in his commentary even beyond NBA analysis, a personality that could not temper his basest desires despite the harm it caused to him and others and a fairly slow wit in extemporaneous situations.

Is there some other evidence that should sway my opinion other than that he has money?

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You don't find it strange for a brother to spend considerable quality time with a broad who calls herself "cookie"?

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I would if I had the opportunity.

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"Cowabunga? Cowa fucking piece of dog shit! This game is diarrhea coming out of my dick!"

Even KS would.

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- Henry George

I'm not sure about that. I wouldn't equate intelligence with articulateness; it obviously is tied to one's ability to process information, but there are several thousands of absolutely brilliant folks who fail in being ably to convey that intelligence in eloquent and cogent verbal speech. Just anecdotally I know of several computer scientists and engineers who can't write or speak well if their life depending on it, but they are absolutely brilliant in their own fields despite the absence of articulate speech. On the other hand, we know of several smooth-talking politicians who are as dumb as bricks and, since you brought up Magic's indiscretions, quite unethical as well, although I realize we're not talking about knowingly or unknowingly spreading AIDS here.

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Kyrie Irving will never win anything as a team's alpha: check
T.rubisky is a bust: check
Ben Simmons is a liability: check
The Fields Cult is dumb: double check

2013 CSFMB ROY

Thumbs up on such a logical post.

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"Cowabunga? Cowa fucking piece of dog shit! This game is diarrhea coming out of my dick!"

at least i'll be spared from seeing wilbon namedropping "earvin" enough times to be considered "a thing." it's prolly this lil psychological tick in wilbon's head that since he's "made it" in life and he's very successful in his chosen profession that he's of a level where he knows "earvin" as opposed to the "magic" that the general public knows. his emphasis on "earvin" throughout the last few years has been enough to convince me that wilbon's trying to cope with working in the viscinity of one of his heroes.

bill simmons tho? goddamn..... does america really want bill simmons there as opposed to magic johnson, a man who truly didn't live up to the name in one very cash-infused sense?

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I have known some incredibly intelligent people at my day job in healthcare, most of whom have absolutely no idea how to form a complete written sentence. I don't think articulation equates intelligence in the least.

Magic might not have been the most well-spoken television commentator/host in the world, but his real-world basketball experience is absolutely higher than that of a guy who wrote a book on the history of basketball. If I want a historian of the game spewing information at me, I certainly would not be going to ESPN for that information.

Having an appreciation and understanding of a game's history is all fine and good, but when I tune in to a game I want real, "been there done that" analysis from someone who excelled at that sport. Magic offered that.

I feel exactly opposite and Magic's inability to articulate his experiences have always been a problem.

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Plenty of former players are great analysts of the game. Magic rarely has anything insightful to add to any broadcast. He's bad.

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I'll generalize again in my rebuttal to say that while there are anecdotal instances to the contrary, intelligence is generally not compartmentalized so that a person is ONLY strong in communicative abilities or ONLY able in science. Your savants exist but the much more likely scenario is that an intelligent person is intelligent across the board with one area standing out above the others.

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