Stupid ESPN and the Big 3 label
Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2008 1:18 pm
From RedsArmy.com (http://redsarmy.wordpress.com/2008/11/20/we-cant-call-everyone-the-big-3/):
"My buddy Joe emailed me a rant that I think needs to be shared.
I happened to have the ESPN NBA pregame show on tonight and all throughout they kept referring to the big 3… that would be McGrady, Ming, and Artest of the Houston Rockets. Are you kidding me? Has this been the case since the start of the season? The Big 3 is a legendary Celtics moniker, that was reborn last season when the Celtics got 3 legit stars. McGrady is an all-star, but Yao is just a guy who’s always hurt that happens to be really big, and Artest is a nutjob. And how can they give these guys that nickname when it’s currently being used in the league?? Why not call McGrady “the glove”, Yao “Shaq-diesel” and Artest “the answer” while they’re at it? Or maybe call them the purple people eaters, or the steel curtain defense. dumb dumb dumb dumb dumb.
I couldn’t have said it better myself. I think the best point here is that THE NICKNAME IS CURRENTLY BEING USED!! You can’t use it on someone else. That’s just lazy. Hell, I think it’s lazy to call this Pierce, Garnett and Ray “The Big 3″… but that’s where we are right now."
Not only that, but all we heard all **** year last season from the national guys was how we were NOT ALLOWED to call Pierce, Allen, and Garnett the Big 3 because the original Big 3 won 3 titles and we hadn't won ****...yet McGrady, Yao, and Artest, career losers, are being called it now and it's cool? How many titles have they won? How much playoff success have they all had? Oh, yeah, that's right, the answer to both questions is ZERO!!!
And ESPN wonders why real sports fans think they are all a bunch of idiots...
"My buddy Joe emailed me a rant that I think needs to be shared.
I happened to have the ESPN NBA pregame show on tonight and all throughout they kept referring to the big 3… that would be McGrady, Ming, and Artest of the Houston Rockets. Are you kidding me? Has this been the case since the start of the season? The Big 3 is a legendary Celtics moniker, that was reborn last season when the Celtics got 3 legit stars. McGrady is an all-star, but Yao is just a guy who’s always hurt that happens to be really big, and Artest is a nutjob. And how can they give these guys that nickname when it’s currently being used in the league?? Why not call McGrady “the glove”, Yao “Shaq-diesel” and Artest “the answer” while they’re at it? Or maybe call them the purple people eaters, or the steel curtain defense. dumb dumb dumb dumb dumb.
I couldn’t have said it better myself. I think the best point here is that THE NICKNAME IS CURRENTLY BEING USED!! You can’t use it on someone else. That’s just lazy. Hell, I think it’s lazy to call this Pierce, Garnett and Ray “The Big 3″… but that’s where we are right now."
Not only that, but all we heard all **** year last season from the national guys was how we were NOT ALLOWED to call Pierce, Allen, and Garnett the Big 3 because the original Big 3 won 3 titles and we hadn't won ****...yet McGrady, Yao, and Artest, career losers, are being called it now and it's cool? How many titles have they won? How much playoff success have they all had? Oh, yeah, that's right, the answer to both questions is ZERO!!!
And ESPN wonders why real sports fans think they are all a bunch of idiots...
