I'll agree about compartmentalization, but measuring intelligence is a highly subjective process anyway. In any case, communicative abilities should definitely factor into any discussion about intelligence, but communication is not limited to the act of verbal speech.

And if Magic is as inarticulate as you and I think he is, he must be pretty smart actually, in non-verbal ways, for holding down that ESPN job for as long as he did.

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must be, Jesse Palmer as well and Coach is downright Einstienian

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I agree. To share a workplace with luminaries like Sean Salisbury and Skip Bayless should immediately qualify you for MENSA without any other requirements needed.

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doris burke or kerry sayers.... who has the least attractive sounding voice? I cant decide

I wouldn't say he came across like a dummy, he was rather bland and uninteresting, at least to me. But then again I think all pregame shows are worthless anyway, so it's not like he or anyone can really make a name for him or herself there in the first place. I just got tired of him (and it wasn't only him) deferring to cliched statements like "What has to happen is the Lakers have really got to step up and own the third quarter before things get out of control" that were passed off as "expert" analysis. That's the kind of stuff amateurs say to each other in the stands while watching the game, and not what I think should be expected from a paid analyst/commentator.

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I thought he came off most poorly on his television show

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here's an easy test for NBA analysts. Are they:

a) As good as Charles Barkley? If not, are they
b) As good as Kenny Smith?

If not a) or b) they should be fired.

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I received no hand clapping for my logical rebuttal

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that's because you quoted both quotes in your rebuttal, of which only one were you really rebutting.

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I needed context, my man.

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you rebutted Keeping Score but quoted vegasfan in the same post, which made it look as though you were rebutting him too. What, were you reared on the Score?

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Edgy COF is fun.

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Despite all of that he appears to my great business decisions. I understand what you're saying but some rules aren't universal.

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