Damn ESPN!! Disgusting!

[Antonio_]

Who the fuck is this journalist named John Hollinger?

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/playoffs2008/columns/story?columnist=hollinger_john&page=FinalsPerformances-1

D-Wade ranks #1 in the Greatest NBA Finals Performances Ever. No fucking comment.

[Antonio_]

Shit i'm watching the whole list! WOW... just WOW!! It sucks from the top to the bottom. Damn. I knew you guys considered ESPN gargabe (i don't watch it).. but i didn't know they were that bad.

Top 10 Finals PERs since merger
Name    Team    Year    PPG    RPG    APG    FG%    PER
Dwyane Wade    Mia    2006    34.7    7.8    3.8    46.8    33.8
Tim Duncan    SA    2003    24.2    17.0    5.3    49.5    32.0
Michael Jordan    Chi    1991    31.2    6.6    11.4    55.8    31.5
Shaquille O'Neal    LAL    2002    36.3    12.3    3.8    59.5    31.4
Shaquille O'Neal    LAL    2000    38.0    16.7    2.3    61.1    31.1
Michael Jordan    Chi    1998    33.5    4.0    2.3    42.7    30.8
Tim Duncan    SA    1999    27.4    14.0    2.4    53.7    30.7
Michael Jordan    Chi    1997    32.3    7.0    6.0    45.6    29.5
Shaquille O'Neal    LAL    2001    33.0    15.8    4.8    57.3    29.4
Michael Jordan    Chi    1992    35.8    4.8    6.5    52.6    29.2

Are we fucking joking??

LOL @ Kobe not even being in the Top-50 list (but they added Latrell Sprewell in it, LMAO)

[Now_Im_Not_Banned]

Hollinger is one of the worst writers ever...What the fuck are you doing reading BSPN in the first place?

[Antonio_]

Hollinger is one of the worst writers ever...What the fuck are you doing reading BSPN in the first place?

I was watching if there was something online about that Shaq freestyle. I googled it and ESPN appeared. LOL, i don't even why.

[Javier]

You're overreacting.  The list is clearly heavily influenced by the PER stat, which doesn't take into consideration the strength of the opposing team.  

[Now_Im_Not_Banned]

^Doesn't matter, Hollinger has always been a mockery to real basketball heads. This is the same guy who says Kobe isn't the best player in the league... Antonio, I hope that's your last BSPN article.

[Now_Im_Not_Banned]

You're overreacting.  The list is clearly heavily influenced by the PER stat, which doesn't take into consideration the strength of the opposing team. 

PER?

Per game.

[Antonio_]

Naw. I quote him.

That's where this project comes in. Using both numbers and a healthy dose of opinion, my task today is to rank the top 50 individual NBA Finals performances since the merger. I've included the player efficiency rating (PER) of every player in the top 50 as a guide, but this wasn't my only measuring stick. Basically, everything counts: competition, defense, clutch play, winning, durability ... it all matters.

He doesn't even have that excuse.

[Antonio_]

Antonio, I hope that's your last BSPN article.

Hahahaha.. sorry. It was my first and last one. But i was in a shock, lol.

[.:DaYg0sTyLz:.]

i never read those stupid Hollinger rankings.

[Styles1]

If it makes you feel better, you can always print out the article and use it to the line the bottom of your bird cage.....

[Javier]

Naw. I quote him.

That's where this project comes in. Using both numbers and a healthy dose of opinion, my task today is to rank the top 50 individual NBA Finals performances since the merger. I've included the player efficiency rating (PER) of every player in the top 50 as a guide, but this wasn't my only measuring stick. Basically, everything counts: competition, defense, clutch play, winning, durability ... it all matters.

He doesn't even have that excuse.

He claims everything counts, but you can tell it's heavily influenced by PER alone.  

[Antonio_]

If it makes you feel better, you can always print out the article and use it to the line the bottom of your bird cage.....

Naw, i care for them.

[Antonio_]

Naw. I quote him.

That's where this project comes in. Using both numbers and a healthy dose of opinion, my task today is to rank the top 50 individual NBA Finals performances since the merger. I've included the player efficiency rating (PER) of every player in the top 50 as a guide, but this wasn't my only measuring stick. Basically, everything counts: competition, defense, clutch play, winning, durability ... it all matters.

He doesn't even have that excuse.

He claims everything counts, but you can tell it's heavily influenced by PER alone.

Ok man, but he's supposed to be an NBA expert. So he's supposed to better than that. Putting Wade in top of the list is just incredibly stupid no matter what the criteria was.

[Javier]

ESPN has some good baseball writers.  

-Keith Law
-Rob Neyer
-Peter Gammons (he has his days though)

All the others are pretty much trash, well most of them.  The worst of them is Steve Phillips and Buster Olney.