ESPN to launch "Heat Index"

No Offense · Post #181 » by **No Offense** » Tue Oct 5, 2010 1:24 am

Don Ford wrote:
BLKOUT wrote:How are they the best professional basketball team in history? They haven't won a single game.

+1

And the Celtics didn't win a single game at this time 3 years ago. That's a bad argument to make.

shaqfan1 · Post #182 » by **shaqfan1** » Tue Oct 5, 2010 1:31 am

I don't see what the problem is here. ESPN is just giving the people what they want. Everyone who has been complaining about this in this thread spent a chunk of their summer keeping up with what was going on with the Heat, even if they don't want to admit it. People are just gonna have to face the facts here. The Miami Heat is by far the most popular team in the NBA. It doesn't matter if they are popular cause they are hated or loved. People will want to follow and keep up with this team.

ahonui06 · Post #183 » by **ahonui06** » Tue Oct 5, 2010 1:31 am

Windhorst is the real villain in this. His whole career is predicating on riding LeBron's coattails.

Wavy Q · Post #184 » by **Wavy Q** » Tue Oct 5, 2010 1:32 am

shaqfan1 wrote:I don't see what the problem is here. ESPN is just giving the people what they want. Everyone who has been complaining about this in this thread spent a chunk of their summer keeping up with what was going on with the Heat, even if they don't want to admit it. People are just gonna have to face the facts here. The Miami Heat is by far the most popular team in the NBA. It doesn't matter if they are popular cause they are hated or loved. People will want to follow and keep up with this team.

I'm going to disagree with them being the most popular in the NBA, considering how many bandwagon fans the Lakers acquire, its ridiculous how many foreign fans that the Lakers really have.

RamonSessions7 · Post #185 » by **RamonSessions7** » Tue Oct 5, 2010 1:40 am

No Offense wrote:
Don Ford wrote:
BLKOUT wrote:How are they the best professional basketball team in history? They haven't won a single game.

+1

And the Celtics didn't win a single game at this time 3 years ago. That's a bad argument to make.

You're argument is bad, his isn't. He's saying the Heat can not be the best professional basketball team in history because they have not won a game.

3 years ago the Celtics hadn't won a single game and they weren't and aren't the best team in history either.

shaqfan1 · Post #186 » by **shaqfan1** » Tue Oct 5, 2010 1:42 am

Jay From LA wrote:
shaqfan1 wrote:I don't see what the problem is here. ESPN is just giving the people what they want. Everyone who has been complaining about this in this thread spent a chunk of their summer keeping up with what was going on with the Heat, even if they don't want to admit it. People are just gonna have to face the facts here. The Miami Heat is by far the most popular team in the NBA. It doesn't matter if they are popular cause they are hated or loved. People will want to follow and keep up with this team.

I'm going to disagree with them being the most popular in the NBA, considering how many bandwagon fans the Lakers acquire, its ridiculous how many foreign fans that the Lakers really have.

I agree that the Lakers have a lot more fans, but the interest in the Heat isn't about how many fans they have. The Heat right now are the flavor of the month with everyone talking about them. Honestly, the Lakers have been afterthought compared to the Heat ever since July 8th. I'm not saying it should be that way (though obviously I don't mind cause I'm a Heat fan), but that's just the facts. The Lakers are the current champions, but I'd be willing to bet the Heat's celebration of signing the big 3 got more viewer' than the Lakers championship parade.

Wavy Q · Post #187 » by **Wavy Q** » Tue Oct 5, 2010 1:57 am

shaqfan1 wrote:
Jay From LA wrote:
shaqfan1 wrote:I don't see what the problem is here. ESPN is just giving the people what they want. Everyone who has been complaining about this in this thread spent a chunk of their summer keeping up with what was going on with the Heat, even if they don't want to admit it. People are just gonna have to face the facts here. The Miami Heat is by far the most popular team in the NBA. It doesn't matter if they are popular cause they are hated or loved. People will want to follow and keep up with this team.

I'm going to disagree with them being the most popular in the NBA, considering how many bandwagon fans the Lakers acquire, its ridiculous how many foreign fans that the Lakers really have.

I agree that the Lakers have a lot more fans, but the interest in the Heat isn't about how many fans they have. The Heat right now are the flavor of the month with everyone talking about them. Honestly, the Lakers have been afterthought compared to the Heat ever since July 8th. I'm not saying it should be that way (though obviously I don't mind cause I'm a Heat fan), but that's just the facts. The Lakers are the current champions, but I'd be willing to bet the Heat's celebration of signing the big 3 got more viewer' than the Lakers championship parade.

yeah i get that, i think there was something like 500,000 to 2 million for the parade though, i don't remember that day ver well :lol:

dangermouse · Post #188 » by **dangermouse** » Tue Oct 5, 2010 2:07 am

Im actually going to follow part of this, the LeBron triple-double meter or whatever its called, because averaging a trip-dub is the only way he will redeem himself and be mentioned in the same breath as the greats again, in my eyes anyway. He has the talent and the team mates, it isnt an outlandish feat but its not going to be easy either, it remains to be seen wether he has the attitude and the mind for it.

Blame Rasho · Post #189 » by **Blame Rasho** » Tue Oct 5, 2010 2:23 am

Talk about being a circle jerk fan boy... common ESPN... tell us how you really feel about the Miami Heat.

kapono24UCLA · Post #190 » by **kapono24UCLA** » Tue Oct 5, 2010 2:50 am

I think ESPN have done it perfectly. There is currently 13 pages about a future website on this board....

DEEP3CL · Post #191 » by **DEEP3CL** » Tue Oct 5, 2010 3:23 am

j-ragg wrote:Oh my.... this is getting embarrassing for ESPN.

No it's not, hoe's are never embarrassed of doing anything. This is jock sucking at it's fullest.

Mamba Venom · Post #192 » by **Mamba Venom** » Tue Oct 5, 2010 3:44 am

This site must have been worked in by LeBron when ESPN teamed up to do the decision.

I get you rating ESPN BUT you have to suck me off everyday at noon and 9 and make a website devoted to sucking me off

andre316 · Post #193 » by **andre316** » Tue Oct 5, 2010 3:56 am

Point forward wrote:
andre316 wrote:
No Offense wrote:I will still read Hollinger on ESPN when he isn't talking about the Heat.

Eww. When he's just writing about basketball he's okay, but then he starts bringing up PER...

That is not mutually exclusive. Hollinger wrote that Wade's 2006 Finals performance was the Greatest Of All Time, based on PER.

Well, he's wrong. PER isn't a very good metric. Rewards inefficient FG% and doesn't reward defense other than steals or blocks.

Post #194 » by **Boss_** » Tue Oct 5, 2010 3:57 am

People still read ESPN.COM/NBA website?
Isn't like half the site for pay now?

http://msn.foxsports.com/nba

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/basket ... eref=sinav

http://sports.yahoo.com/nba

Have been better than espn articles and website for a long, long time.

Like someone else said (forgot who), the name ESPN..is like the name of Walmart and McDonalds. Its known. But there's better.
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Oh, and I think everyone is just gonna have to deal with getting heat articles shoved down their throats all season long by all media outlets. People are still trying to figure out why in the world Lebron who was goat discussions (he would have won a ring or two eventually) would chase Bosh and Wade to Miami still and it will take them a very long time to try to "dissect"..

Everyone wants to be a psychologist now.

Btw..Lebron james is so hot right now..I went to a comics store the other day cuz I had these old bball cards and wanted to see if they were worth anything..and the average lebron james rookie card is going for like 200 bucks a pop. Like a regular hoops card lol. Chris Bosh and Wade have skyrocketed as well for demand.

andre316 · Post #195 » by **andre316** » Tue Oct 5, 2010 4:18 am

The Boss of Bosses wrote:People still read ESPN.COM/NBA website?
http://msn.foxsports.com/nba

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/basket ... eref=sinav

http://sports.yahoo.com/nba

Ugh, not only is the Fox site ugly as sin and part of the same corporate family as Fox News, but it's basically the opposite of ESPN's "nuthugging" ways. They're just miserable all the time, whether it's Whitlock rambling about race with maybe one or two good points thrown in, Rosen reminding us how he knows everything about basketball, or that tool with the Satanic goatee.

The other sites are fine, but I prefer just going to independent blogs to read good basketball discussion.

The Boss of Bosses wrote:People are still trying to figure out why in the world Lebron who was goat discussions (he would have won a ring or two eventually) would chase Bosh and Wade to Miami still and it will take them a very long time to try to "dissect"..

LOL.

Post #196 » by **darth_federer** » Tue Oct 5, 2010 4:30 am

For those expecting ESPNMiami soon ... don't. Those city-specific sites (ESPNDallas, etc.) losing tons of money, says industry insider.

http://twitter.com/SamAmicoNBA

It was a decent idea at first, but I agree that it must cost quite a bit to get guys to cover the obscure teams. I cant see this Heat Index losing money. People are really interested in seeing how these guys will make it work.

Maybe when the Celtics decline, they shut down ESPN Boston. Boston is pretty well represented by Bill Simmons anyways. Then you have guys like Peter Gammons who are well versed with the Red Sox.

MVP-3 · Post #197 » by **MVP-3** » Tue Oct 5, 2010 4:34 am

Why would anyone read ESPN Miami.. lol

Recently · Post #198 » by **Recently** » Tue Oct 5, 2010 4:35 am

I hope they give us instant updates on stuff like what wade ate for breakfast, and when lebron takes a poop. They need to hire someone to be staking out their houses 24/7. Well wade and lebron at least (no one cares about bosh).

I'm totally interested in things like how many times lebron yawns in a day and if wade picks his wedgies like the rest of us.

Clangus · Post #199 » by **Clangus** » Tue Oct 5, 2010 4:57 am

This is nausiating.

I am going to boycott ESPN now.

Vertical Limit · Post #200 » by **Vertical Limit** » Tue Oct 5, 2010 5:06 am

shaqfan1 wrote:I don't see what the problem is here. ESPN is just giving the people what they want. Everyone who has been complaining about this in this thread spent a chunk of their summer keeping up with what was going on with the Heat, even if they don't want to admit it. People are just gonna have to face the facts here. The Miami Heat is by far the most popular team in the NBA. It doesn't matter if they are popular cause they are hated or loved. People will want to follow and keep up with this team.

Most of the posters on this thread have posted in the Lebron Wade and Bosh thread in the general board, which is basically the "Heat Index" of RealGM boards. :lol:

So reading some of these responses are just hilarious.