Most hated sports reporter in history!...

[Xenopathic Investigator]

Jim Gray is far and away the biggest doofus doing sideline reporting in sports. And it's not even close. Gray's antics make Lisa Guerrero seem like, well, the hot, dumb-but-harmless cheerleader from high school who always had aspirations of being a television celebrity. Gray strikes me as the nerd in high school who was crapped on by the Lisa Guerrero's of the world, and is now using his position to get back at all those who slighted him.

Anyway, I bring all this up (and by the way, my nickname in high school was "the next Jim Gray") because Mark Cuban calls out Gray for some nifty (if not necessarily true) sideline reporting he did last weekend:

I didn’t catch this while it was happening, but thanks to Adam W for emailing me and bringing it to my attention. I know I said chemistry was better this year, but made zero mention of Steve Nash in my comments regarding chemistry.

I will just go with Adam’s Email to say it all

During yesterday’s game vs. Houston (no comment) Jim Gray said something very interesting. the summary of it was something to the affect of

JG: Dirk, I asked Mark [Cuban] and Finley if team chemistry was better without Nash, would you agree:

DN: No I don’t think so (with a puzzled look on his face)

Now if I recall when Jim Gray talked to both you and Fin there was no mention of Nash in his chemistry statement. He just asked if team chemistry was better.

I thought Jim Gray was a solid reporter (if that's what you call him) but this was ridiculous.”

Obviously I trust Adam to report accurately more than I trust Jim Gray.

What Gray did is pretty much the definition of slime reporting. I will talk to Dirk about it, but for a reporter or whatever he calls himself to misrepresent an interviewee’s comments in order to elicit an emotional or controversial response is wrong.

ABC Sports should take immediate action against Jim Gray and suspend him from working until he apologizes to Dirk and Mavs fans.
I don't care so much about Gray apologizing, but I would love to see him called out on national television (preferably a blindside by one of his coworkers -- you know, the same M.O. Gray uses when interviewing players). Maybe someone could ask him: "Jim, thanks for that report, but I've got an important question to ask. How have you made it this far without routinely getting the crap kicked out of you? You're awful, spiteful, smarmy, and often seem to relish asking really asinine questions to players three times your size." How this guy has a full-time job that doesn't include wearing a name tag and a paper hat I'll never know.

And while I remember the whole Pete Rose ambush a few years ago (I mean really, how big of an ass do you have to be to make fans side with Pete Rose?), this was something I hadn't heard (it was left in the comments section of Cuban's blog, so consider the source when considering the veracity):

"...But the icing on the cake is the "spell that" he comment he made to Shaq during last year's finals, when Shaq described the season as "enigmatic". There was something offensive, and borderline racist about it....he either thinks an athlete like Shaq wouldn't know how to spell the word, or a black man like Shaq wouldn't....one way or another, it was surprising that he didn't get disciplined for it, and Shaq had the good grace not to pound his face in for it."

Honorable mention: Skip bias(ayliss),Ms. Tim Mccover,and Steven "Asinine" smith and Stu "Booya" scott.

[tylero87]

Best Jim Gray moment: 1997 Western Conference Finals

Bill Walton: Who's going to guard Karl Malone?

JG: Russell will inbound from half court.

Ball inbounded to Stockton at top of 3

Bill: Uh oh

JG: Stockton, open 3.......YESSSSSS.......JOHN STOCKTON SENDS THE UTAH JAZZ TO THE NBA FINALS!

[RapsGM]

Does Steven A Smith count as a sports reporter? Because he is probably the dumbest fool I have ever seen on T.V.

[big L]

Peter Vessey

[Prophet_C]

Skip Bayless

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[Indy07]

Skip Bayless

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Truth.

[kdot99]

Best Jim Gray moment: 1997 Western Conference Finals

Bill Walton: Who's going to guard Karl Malone?

JG: Russell will inbound from half court.

Ball inbounded to Stockton at top of 3

Bill: Uh oh

JG: Stockton, open 3.......YESSSSSS.......JOHN STOCKTON SENDS THE UTAH JAZZ TO THE NBA FINALS!

???

That was one of the Gumbel brothers, not Jim Gray.

[King Roosk]

Skip Bayless is by far the worst.

[Realm_G]

Best Jim Gray moment: 1997 Western Conference Finals

Bill Walton: Who's going to guard Karl Malone?

JG: Russell will inbound from half court.

Ball inbounded to Stockton at top of 3

Bill: Uh oh

JG: Stockton, open 3.......YESSSSSS.......JOHN STOCKTON SENDS THE UTAH JAZZ TO THE NBA FINALS!

???

That was one of the Gumbel brothers, not Jim Gray.

This one? (well if you switch two letters around)

And I say Vescey, he's like the tabloids ... he's always wrong.

[carrottop12]

Jim Gray is an idiot, and he's been punished for being an idiot before, like when he hounded Pete Rose at the Major League Baseball All Centrury Team induction.

But the truth is, there are worse reporters then Gray.

And like Big L said Peter Vecsey is probably the most biased, agenda based loser in the game. He acts like he's some revelation to game and how it is to be reported on.

Listen Vecsey, attacking professional athletes because of their off the court issues and making up crappy trade rumors isn't hard. Thats what we all do every day we get on RealGM, get a real career.

[360]

Peter Vecsey.

[BillsGiants_Rep]

Mike Tirico

[UrbanLegendMD]

Rob Parker. The "my homies in C-town tell me" guy.

[TheOUTLAW]

I think it'd have to be Howard Cosell. He's way more well known than just about anyone you could mention today and he was disliked by just about half of the people. He was actually loved by the other half.

[Malinhion]

Nothing beast Vescey in terms of sliminess or fabrications, or Bayless in terms of sheer incompetence and open bias.

[Wizenheimer]

didn't John Tesh do figure skating at the Olympics one year?

for the intensity of hatred, as someone mentioned, Howard Cosell probably tops the list.

Chris Shenkel was pretty bad and ugly as sin (but you have to be older to remember him) In the same era, Curt Gowdy had some puke-inducing moments.

Kevin Harlan's "right between the eyes" is really irritating.

so much suckage, so little time

[Jonathan Watters]

I despise Jim Gray for many reasons, but mostly for the 5-year stretch where he would appear on draft night to interview a Lakers official. Instead of inquiring about something relevant, LIKE THE FREAKING DRAFT, he would spend two minutes grilling Kupchak or Jackson on the regularity of Kobe Bryant's stools. And of course he's shaking and stammering away like he's interviewing the new president right after the election results were announced.

I'm a fairly spiteful person, but I don't know if I've ever had as much disdain for an individual human being as I did for Jim Gray during those interviews.

Thank god ESPN finally quit this despicable practice for the 2008 draft...

[Xenopathic Investigator]

Near the conclusion of a interview with O'Neal, Gray asked O'Neal to characterize the Laker season; and O'Neal did, with the last word he used being "enigmatic."

Jim Grey: Spell that

slime. Just base slime.

[Ballings7]

I don't dislike him as much as others, but Jay Mariotti...

Definitely don't like Stephen A. Smith.

Only have known of him for a few years, and only see him on ESPN, but I actually don't mind Skip Bayless, usually.

[jenn_gp]

Peter Vessey

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