Lakers.com hiring Kevin ding as in house reporter

Post #1 » by **Slava** » Mon Dec 18, 2017 7:53 pm

Read on Twitter

Michael Lucky · Post #2 » by **Michael Lucky** » Mon Dec 18, 2017 8:19 pm

He already was. lol

Post #3 » by **snaquille oatmeal** » Mon Dec 18, 2017 8:20 pm

I like Ding

Dr Aki · Post #4 » by **Dr Aki** » Mon Dec 18, 2017 10:30 pm

I thought he was a hit man doing a hack job on Jimmy and Mitch

And then I found out he was Jeanie's hit man doing a hack job on Jimmy and Mitch

Michael Lucky · Post #5 » by **Michael Lucky** » Mon Dec 18, 2017 10:41 pm

I don't get it. How do you gain an award by just writing what others tell you to all the while doing massive brown nosing? The guy doesn't have an opinion of his own.

TylersLakers · Post #6 » by **TylersLakers** » Mon Dec 18, 2017 10:51 pm

That sucks.

None of his inside stuff will be released any more as far as Lakers news is concerned.

Post #7 » by **Kilroy** » Mon Dec 18, 2017 11:34 pm

So I thought Ding was Jeannie's shill... And I thought there was a suspicion that Pelinka was leaking directly to Woj...

So we corralled Ding, so that feed will go silent I assume... Wonder what happens with Woj...

Beethoven · Post #8 » by **Beethoven** » Mon Dec 18, 2017 11:44 pm

Ding is fine but he was already in house w Lakers anyways I don't know the difference. Is this like, he was temp to perm kind of thing?

Sedale Threatt · Post #9 » by **Sedale Threatt** » Tue Dec 19, 2017 1:21 am

I used to work as a sports reporter, one of my coworkers told me a great story about Ding: Apparently he was on the road in New Orleans and made a chunk of cash playing black jack or something at one of the casinos. He's walking back to his hotel late when some guy steps up and pulls a gun on him. So he pretends he can't speak English, and the guy eventually just wanders off.

BBBKobe · Post #10 » by **BBBKobe** » Tue Dec 19, 2017 1:58 am

Kilroy wrote:So I thought Ding was Jeannie's shill... And I thought there was a suspicion that Pelinka was leaking directly to Woj...

So we corralled Ding, so that feed will go silent I assume... Wonder what happens with Woj...

Rob still leaks via Woj. Hence, the announcement vs the Celtics that the Lakers are looking for a 1st round pick for Randle.

macNcheese3 · Post #11 » by **macNcheese3** » Wed Dec 20, 2017 3:12 am

nice hire

Post #12 » by **dockingsched** » Wed Dec 20, 2017 3:27 am

Did he get let go by bleacher report? Seems like quite the downgrade in becoming a writer for one team’s website, not really a role for reporting or journalism.

Post #13 » by **Goudelock** » Wed Dec 20, 2017 3:45 am

Sedale Threatt wrote:I used to work as a sports reporter, one of my coworkers told me a great story about Ding: Apparently he was on the road in New Orleans and made a chunk of cash playing black jack or something at one of the casinos. He's walking back to his hotel late when some guy steps up and pulls a gun on him. So he pretends he can't speak English, and the guy eventually just wanders off.

I want to believe that this is true :lol:

LAKESHOW · Post #14 » by **LAKESHOW** » Wed Dec 20, 2017 7:44 am

He was key in pushing out Jimmy? Or spreading the negative publicity in pushing out Jimmys reign of terror? The reign that produced the likes of mozgov and Deng??
THIS IS AN EXCELLENT HIRE!!

Laker_Kid · Post #15 » by **Laker_Kid** » Wed Dec 20, 2017 1:21 pm

always thought he had bias for the Lakers, doesnt really make a difference, he was always one of us.

Post #16 » by **snaquille oatmeal** » Wed Dec 20, 2017 3:13 pm

dockingsched wrote:Did he get let go by bleacher report? Seems like quite the downgrade in becoming a writer for one team’s website, not really a role for reporting or journalism.

I don’t think so, he is commissioned to write only once a week for the Lakers, he can bust that up in a day. So I’m sure he is keeping his day job.

Post #17 » by **snaquille oatmeal** » Wed Dec 20, 2017 3:24 pm

Michael Lucky wrote:I don't get it. How do you gain an award by just writing what others tell you to all the while doing massive brown nosing? The guy doesn't have an opinion of his own.

What do you think a journalist Pulitzer price winners write about? Science Fiction, biographies, novels? No they write articles on Notable Events Weather and Sports (NEWS) base on interviews, investigations and research. It is the quality of the writing it self (how is written and presented) that sets a writer apart, although Wojo is an anomaly because he is considered a really good reporter because he has the best scoops but his writing could be better.

JohnVancouver · Post #18 » by **JohnVancouver** » Wed Dec 20, 2017 3:27 pm

snaquille oatmeal wrote:
dockingsched wrote:Did he get let go by bleacher report? Seems like quite the downgrade in becoming a writer for one team’s website, not really a role for reporting or journalism.

I don’t think so, he is commissioned to write only once a week for the Lakers, he can bust that up in a day. So I’m sure he is keeping his day job.

Bleacher Report isn't exactly 'journalism"

Post #19 » by **snaquille oatmeal** » Wed Dec 20, 2017 3:39 pm

JohnVancouver wrote:
snaquille oatmeal wrote:
dockingsched wrote:Did he get let go by bleacher report? Seems like quite the downgrade in becoming a writer for one team’s website, not really a role for reporting or journalism.

I don’t think so, he is commissioned to write only once a week for the Lakers, he can bust that up in a day. So I’m sure he is keeping his day job.

Bleacher Report isn't exactly 'journalism"

That’s not the only job he has ever had. He used to write some amazing articles for the Orange Country Register

Sedale Threatt · Post #20 » by **Sedale Threatt** » Wed Dec 20, 2017 4:42 pm

PockyCandy wrote:
Sedale Threatt wrote:I used to work as a sports reporter, one of my coworkers told me a great story about Ding: Apparently he was on the road in New Orleans and made a chunk of cash playing black jack or something at one of the casinos. He's walking back to his hotel late when some guy steps up and pulls a gun on him. So he pretends he can't speak English, and the guy eventually just wanders off.

I want to believe that this is true

I cannot speak to its veracity. All I can say definitively is that it is a story people tell about Kevin Ding. :wink: