Rachel Nichols joining Skip Bayless on Undisputed

[RoyceDa59]

Love this line up!

[mowcrowbar]

I really like Nicholas. She’s really personable and I sometimes like her blunt takes.

[Ckay]

Is Richard Sherman gonna be soft on Skip now?

[Lalouie]

i dunno

i would have preferred kellerman. bayles's best foil was stephenA, and kellerman has a big mouth like sas. he also brings boxing knowledge - all skip and shannon ever talked about were brady and lebron.

espn fired kellerman, right?

and i never liked nichols,,,she was stiff as a board and always sounded like she was reading off cue-cards. she is not a natural

don't like sherman either. he was always "on". once he got a rep as brash, he started playing the role. and he tried to show-off his stanford degree. put those two things together and i saw a really annoying pretentious jock

but,,,maybe in studio both will be different

[BasketballAnon]

I'm one of Skip's few defenders. I've been watching him since First Take and I often watch Undisputed everyday. The new show sounds like it's going to be a total mess.

I don't agree with Shannon's non-sports takes, but he is a likeable person. He's entertaining, but not braggadocios or mean spirited. Richard Sherman is the opposite. He's mouthy, aggressive and nowhere near as liked or respected.

Rachel Nichols is not going to be happy playing a referee role, and that's what she is going to end up doing. Skip is not going to be able to yell at her and if he goes too far like he did with Shannon, he's getting fired on the spot.

The rotating guest thing also is going to be a problem. We know what Skip's takes are in regards to Jordan, Lebron, The Cowboys and so forth. He needs a steady person to combat those takes, and you just can't do that with rotating guests. All of Skip's Mountain Dew bets and "remember when you said ____" stuff will go right out of the window. Having rotating guests also furthers the idea that nobody wants to work with Skip which makes him look bad.

[BasketballAnon]

Can we check in for a moment: who here that posts regularly— or at all— actually watches “First Take” or “Undisputed?”

I watch Undisputed sometimes everyday of the week. Just kind of depends whether the NBA is in-season or not and it depends on whatever else is going on in sports.

[ThunderBolt]

She is great, super hot, intelligent. I never get the hate on Rachel. Rachel > Malika.

Malika is milquetoast. The jump wasn't the greatest show but NBA Today is just trash except for Lowe.

[TheGeneral99]

I don't mind Sherman and Nichols...but Lil Wayne...????

[NYPiston]

They couldn't have picked a better loudmouth to replace the previous best loudmouth. It'll be entertaining, I'll give them that much, but don't expect much insight.

[dhsilv2]

Let us pray for an asteroid to hit the planet and end this show!

[dhsilv2]

Can we check in for a moment: who here that posts regularly— or at all— actually watches “First Take” or “Undisputed?”

I wonder if watchers of these shows are a protected class. Like can we ask in a job interview if someone watches and if they say yes can we use that for grounds to not hire? I mean...it seems reasonable but smoking in some states is protected. I'd assume this falls under a mental illness, which maybe we can't base hiring and firing on?

[BodieB]

I like Nichols, Sherman is whatever, but Skip did about as well as he could replacing Shannon. I hope her contract extends to her appearing on First Things First sometimes during the NBA season.

[Snakebites]

I don’t think I’ve watched one second of Undisputed.

Lots of people clearly watch Skip Bayless given how long he’s been on TV. I don’t get it. Couldn’t stand him on ESPN back in the day.

[cam24thomas]

It almost doesn't matter what Skip Bayless says, his voice is the easiest at listen to. Plus he's got pretty nice facial expressions. I can see why he'll never lose his job. I'm a bit weary of Rachel Nichols, she speaks a bit too fast for TV. Jimmy Butler likes fast voices I guess. She's 49 and soon 50 but she probably speaks faster than anybody in the NBA.

[Charlesareed]

I’m glad Rachel Nichols is Back on tv I’ve really missed the jump and don’t watch nba tv at all I tried to give it a chance but it’s downright bad

[Kingdibs19]

I miss Rachel. Glad she’ll be back on tv as she deserves to be even if it is with Skip who I despise. I’ll watch a few clips.

[Kobeskillz]

She is great, super hot, intelligent. I never get the hate on Rachel. Rachel > Malika.

super hot? lol.

[hyper316]

She is great, super hot, intelligent. I never get the hate on Rachel. Rachel > Malika.

super hot? lol.

Why does every female tv personality have to be commented about their looks?

I don't see people commenting Richard Sherman or Lil Wayne being handsome or not

Nichols does her research before player interviews and asks insightful questions, players get along well with her and open up.

[Lalouie]

She is great, super hot, intelligent. I never get the hate on Rachel. Rachel > Malika.

super hot? lol.

yeah im not putting my trust in anything tomala says regarding beauty

[Lalouie]

She is great, super hot, intelligent. I never get the hate on Rachel. Rachel > Malika.

super hot? lol.

Why does every female tv personality have to be commented about their looks?

I don't see people commenting Richard Sherman or Lil Wayne being handsome or not

Nichols does her research before player interviews and asks insightful questions, players get along well with her and open up.

because tv is a visual medium. otherwise, do radio. almost every female who's done espn eventually enhances their look except the already good looking ones. men too for that matter..... does lowe still sport that pastey hair look