ESPN Poll Asks Whether Jeremy Lin is NBA’s Best Point Guard
Concoct reactionary response by seeding poll. Use reactionary response to troll fans and attract attention. Have trusty analyst swoop in to calmly refute obviously reactionary response. Classic ESPN. Today, the Worldwide Leader would love you to weigh in on their pressing issue of the day: is Jeremy Lin the best point guard in the NBA? No Deron Williams. No Westbrook. Linsanity.
Only 15 percent of America, thus far, has taken the bait. Though, it’s still disturbing he has received nearly twice as many votes as Rajon Rondo (32 points, 10 rebounds, 15 assists). Nine days. Fluky lockout season. Settle down. Though, truly, with the Super Bowl and now Jeremy Lin it’s nice to see New York receive some sorely needed national media attention.
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February 13th, 2012 at 11:08 AM
To be fair, “Lin” comes first alphabetically.
February 13th, 2012 at 11:09 AM
Haha yes – classic ESPN. Don’t know any other sports sites that do the exact same thing…
February 13th, 2012 at 11:10 AM
Flip. Murray.
February 13th, 2012 at 11:10 AM
If this was the NFL, the pundits would be saying that this is your classic “not enough footage” player who would be found out the 2nd time he faced a team like the Patriots or Steelers or Ravens.
So why is that different in the NBA? 5 games. That’s the stretch of this Charge of the Lin Brigade. If he’s still doing this in April, we can go crazy. If he’s still doing this next April, then every plaudit and pageview is justified.
February 13th, 2012 at 11:14 AM
Duffy where is your piece about the inherent racism from writers saying things like “Lin has a Kung Fu grip on the league”? In the hopper? I’m looking forward to it.
February 13th, 2012 at 11:15 AM
ESPN is a first-ballot troll hall of famer.
February 13th, 2012 at 11:15 AM
legit lol.
February 13th, 2012 at 11:16 AM
Tango and Cash was on Encore last night. Stallone was surprisingly good at playing a yuppie cop.
February 13th, 2012 at 11:17 AM
There should have been a poll at the end of the final week of the NFL season asking who the best quarterback in the NFL was, and one of the choices should have been Matt Flynn.
February 13th, 2012 at 11:18 AM
If only CJ Watson had put on a better performance yesterday to make this poll…there’s another guy who went undrafted and bounced around Europe and Golden State before playing surprisingly well this season, I’m sure his accolades will start if Rose gets bad news on his back today
It’s like something from a Reggie White speech
February 13th, 2012 at 11:18 AM
What’s the fuss? It’s either Lin, Jimmer or Rubio.
February 13th, 2012 at 11:18 AM
I am more outraged they listed Derrick Rose as a PG.
February 13th, 2012 at 11:18 AM
ESPN should put together another poll asking who the most clutch playoff QB ever was and include Frank Reich as a choice.
February 13th, 2012 at 11:19 AM
Three weeks ago, Rubio would have been a choice. Now he’s not even a choice.
February 13th, 2012 at 11:19 AM
The thing is I’m being serious, I would actually want to read that. I think there has been a fair amount of racist stuff thrown about with Lin. Writers just think it’s okay because Asians aren’t Black.
February 13th, 2012 at 11:19 AM
Me Lin you long time.
February 13th, 2012 at 11:19 AM
Tango and Cash was on Encore last night. Stallone was surprisingly good at playing a yuppie cop.
Shit, last night they had Lionheart at midnight. Now, I had to get up early but there was no way in hell I wasn’t watching it.
February 13th, 2012 at 11:20 AM
They did, but Tebow was a choice instead of Reich.
February 13th, 2012 at 11:20 AM
Or a TBL post.
February 13th, 2012 at 11:21 AM
Me Lin you long time.*
*was another one that I saw.
Will we ever be able to edit our own comments?
February 13th, 2012 at 11:21 AM
Only a 38 year old canadian has managed to average 10 dimes a game in this compact season.
February 13th, 2012 at 11:21 AM
espn is a caricature…so sad.
February 13th, 2012 at 11:21 AM
They did, but Tebow was a choice instead of Reich.
Clearly all the Tebow voters were too young to remember 35-3.
/Beebe stepped out of bounds
February 13th, 2012 at 11:22 AM
I also don’t follow the NBA as much as some of you do, but I’m guessing Steve Nash and Tony Parker’s omissions are still preposterous.
February 13th, 2012 at 11:24 AM
The New York Mets have the lowest payroll in the NL East as of this morning. Wow.
February 13th, 2012 at 11:24 AM
“He gone KEEL you Lioheart!”
February 13th, 2012 at 11:24 AM
Nash is the only player in the league averaging over 10 assists a game. Yes.
February 13th, 2012 at 11:25 AM
Now their failure is complete….
February 13th, 2012 at 11:25 AM
ESPN POLL: Who will win the Daytona 500 in two weeks?
Danica Patrick
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Other
/not a real poll
//yet
February 13th, 2012 at 11:25 AM
BWAHAHAHHAHA!!!
February 13th, 2012 at 11:26 AM
Shit, last night they had Lionheart at midnight
“He gone KEEL you Lioheart!”
“He gone KEEL your ass dead!”
in the great Seagal vs Van Damme debate, I firmly came down on the JCVD side.
February 13th, 2012 at 11:26 AM
The New York Mets have the lowest payroll in the NL East as of this morning. Wow.
At least they aren’t paying Carlos Lee $18 million this year….
February 13th, 2012 at 11:26 AM
Nonsense, this is just their ploy to pull a 2003 Marlins.
/skipping over baseball this year
//waiting for football and the Olympics
February 13th, 2012 at 11:27 AM
Flip Murray’s first 5 starts in the NBA (4-1), 36.6 minutes per game:
24.6 pts, 5.2 rbs, 4.8 ast, 1.6 TO, 51% FG, 35% 3pt, 76% FT, 1.0 stl
Jeremy Lin’s first 4 starts in the NBA (4-0), 39.5 minutes per game:
27.2 pts, 4.0 rbs, 8.2 ast, 5.5 TO, 51% FG, 23% 3pt, 74% FT, 2.0 stl
I think it’s perfectly reasonable to state that we should all relax.
February 13th, 2012 at 11:27 AM
The thing is I’m being serious, I would actually want to read that. I think there has been a fair amount of racist stuff thrown about with Lin. Writers just think it’s okay because Asians aren’t Black.
Yeah I hit on this over a weekend thread. Lisk’s sanctimonious post on Whitlock’s apology failed to note the irony of the earlier KUNG FU comment by the site Editor-in-Chief.
February 13th, 2012 at 11:27 AM
Uh, Junior should absolutely be on that pole, Daytona is one of the tracks he does well at and he’s actually a good outside bet to win the Chase this year. Second at the 500 two years ago, won the pole last year.
February 13th, 2012 at 11:28 AM
Jim Leyritz was a more clutch postseason hitter than A-Rod! I’m sure if Twitter existed during that World Series the lady Yankee fans would have gone on about how they’d let Leyritz drive them around while drunk any day
February 13th, 2012 at 11:29 AM
Considering Junior hasn’t won a race in 4 years and Patrick has never won any kind of race on this hemisphere……
February 13th, 2012 at 11:29 AM
im going with seagal…casey ryback is a force to be reckoned with.
plus, JCVD’s only good if he has time for spinning jump kicks and gratuitous flexing.
February 13th, 2012 at 11:29 AM
The New York Mets have the lowest payroll in the NL East as of this morning. Wow.
Now their failure is complete….
Eh, whatever
February 13th, 2012 at 11:30 AM
if you are gonna be a dumpster fire of an organization, you may as well be cheap.
February 13th, 2012 at 11:30 AM
Anyone wanna guess what cutting 1% of the defense budget equals in dollars?
February 13th, 2012 at 11:30 AM
it’d be fantastic if all the regular commenters hijacked every post with hockey, golf and nascar. blow people’s minds, son.
February 13th, 2012 at 11:30 AM
He gotta see the wind the way his daddy used to.
February 13th, 2012 at 11:30 AM
Isnt she switching to fulltime Nascar this year?
February 13th, 2012 at 11:30 AM
Jim Leyritz was a more clutch postseason hitter than A-Rod! I’m sure if Twitter existed during that World Series the lady Yankee fans would have gone on about how they’d let Leyritz drive them around while drunk any day
Don’t forget, he left the Yankees long enough to fuck over my 102 win Astros as a member of the Padres in ’98. My teams, all of them, have a habit of playing to shitty players throughout their histories.
February 13th, 2012 at 11:31 AM
Take note, Daniel Snyder.
February 13th, 2012 at 11:31 AM
Anyone wanna guess what cutting 1% of the defense budget equals in dollars?
[buzzes in]
What is ‘a lot’?
February 13th, 2012 at 11:32 AM
$1.5 bil?
and does that include the classified funding for JSOC? there’s an anecdote about the JSOC units that they fire more ammunition per year than the entire marine corps to say nothing of $60mm stealth helicopters.
February 13th, 2012 at 11:33 AM
Anyone wanna guess what cutting 1% of the defense budget equals in dollars?
$5 Billion.
February 13th, 2012 at 11:33 AM
Yea but Bloodsport man. Bloodsport.
February 13th, 2012 at 11:33 AM
$5.1 Billion
February 13th, 2012 at 11:33 AM
Unreal Rugby 7′s final yesterday. NZ fought back from 2 tries down with 3 minutes left, only let up the winner after the whistle blew.
February 13th, 2012 at 11:34 AM
CASEY MOTHERFUCKING RYBACK. i don’t even know why we’re still debating this.
February 13th, 2012 at 11:34 AM
Spencer… sometimes it worries me how much you know about our military.
February 13th, 2012 at 11:34 AM
and does that include the classified funding for JSOC? there’s an anecdote about the JSOC units that they fire more ammunition per year than the entire marine corps to say nothing of $60mm stealth helicopters.
JSOC budgets, I don’t think, are fully classified. There are programs which only the members of the respective Intelligence and Armed Forces Committees know about, but to my knowledge, only the Intelligence Budget each year is fully classified. In fact, almost every intelligence budget ever put together remains classified, with a handful of exceptions.
February 13th, 2012 at 11:34 AM
I watched this! Extremely entertaining. Is this something I can find normally televised?
February 13th, 2012 at 11:35 AM
There’s a ton of defense spending hidden in Homeland Security too.
February 13th, 2012 at 11:36 AM
wonder what savings we’d see if they pulled out of the war on drugs…
we can do that anytime, you know…and even better, we wouldn’t be leaving a country politically unstable!
February 13th, 2012 at 11:36 AM
Rational thought has no place when discussing the war on drugs.
February 13th, 2012 at 11:36 AM
not nearly as high as the ppg average Lin has been putting up
/keeping the narrative going
//lin is nations best defense against everything
///fuck espn
February 13th, 2012 at 11:37 AM
I just bought a Smith & Wesson, Casey Rybeck type knife from my buddy. Actually it was closer to the one used by Rambo. It’s a beautiful thing.
CASEY MOTHERFUCKING RYBACK.
“No one beats me in the kitchen.”
February 13th, 2012 at 11:37 AM
SC…ms621 puts me to shame. i just know shooty bangy shit.
February 13th, 2012 at 11:37 AM
They’re televising it more and more. It’ll be in the Olympics in 2016, so they’re increasing the media exposure.
February 13th, 2012 at 11:38 AM
I believe it’s Nationwide full time, Sprint part time.
I may have the sponsors wrong.
February 13th, 2012 at 11:38 AM
There’s a ton of defense spending hidden in Homeland Security too.
Not as much as you might think. The Washington Post had a pie chart the other day showing what percentage of federal employees work for each Department. Defense was by far the largest with around 32% of all federal employees. DHS, if memory serves was less than 10%.
February 13th, 2012 at 11:38 AM
I’m kind of upset you guys got a military spending discussion going, and my hard hitting Flip Murray analysis got zero love.
February 13th, 2012 at 11:38 AM
Bobby Zachs was the real hero on that train.
February 13th, 2012 at 11:38 AM
What’s that, 0.5% of the budget deficit?
February 13th, 2012 at 11:39 AM
St.Bear, if you haven’t been there already, I highly recommend the Mohawk House restaurant in Sparta. Went there last night, and they have an awesome beer selection. Food’s pretty good too.
February 13th, 2012 at 11:39 AM
and then legalized weed and levied taxes against it, while allowing people to buy very expensive permits to grown their own.
surprised big tobacco isn’t lobbying for it since they need a future product and they’d be in prime position to sell it en mass.
February 13th, 2012 at 11:40 AM
im going with seagal…casey ryback is a force to be reckoned with.
but Under Siege (ERIKA ELENIAK’S BOOBS ASIDE) is Seagal’s finest. I’m talking whole oeuvre. I get tired of watching Seagal busting up Jersey guys as a cop who won’t back down.
February 13th, 2012 at 11:40 AM
TRY THE CALAMARI EL DIABLO, FOR TONIGHT YOU DINE IN HELL!!!
February 13th, 2012 at 11:40 AM
Danica Patrick is switching to the Nationwide Series (Busch) full time this year with a handful of Sprint Cup (Winston).
This June will be 4 years. He was competitive last year and almost won 3 times. Your hatred of all things popular is ridiculous. Find another avenue to vent your frustration or sit in your little hole in Baton Rouge. No one gave a fuck about the Saints until 5 years ago. Count your blessings.
February 13th, 2012 at 11:41 AM
TRY THE CALAMARI EL DIABLO, FOR TONIGHT YOU DINE IN HELL!!!
[dying]
February 13th, 2012 at 11:41 AM
surprised big tobacco isn’t lobbying for it since they need a future product and they’d be in prime position to sell it en mass.
Big Tobacco is actually doing just fine. R.J. Reynolds had a very positive earnings report for last quarter. The reason is that they are pivoting form the North American market, where fewer and fewer people are smoking, to Asia; especially India and China. There are as many smokers in China (315 million) as their are people living in this country. Chew on that for a moment.
February 13th, 2012 at 11:41 AM
but that omelet, or whatever surrenderin’ french word you used, includes casey ryback, right? jcvd never stood a chance…
February 13th, 2012 at 11:42 AM
SHOTS FIRED!
I will be shocked if he doesn’t win a race this year. And Daytona would be a good bet if he has the right set up and doesn’t get fucking wrecked again.
/team 88
February 13th, 2012 at 11:42 AM
but that omelet, or whatever surrenderin’ french word you used, includes casey ryback, right? jcvd never stood a chance…
Casey Ryback vs Frank Dux. Like I said, it was a debate for the ages about 22 years ago.
February 13th, 2012 at 11:42 AM
/chews
//ew…”their” was a vein in this factual hot dog
February 13th, 2012 at 11:43 AM
I think that works out to be about .000325% of our national debt.
Didn’t you retweet Arian Foster wondering how on earth cigarettes aren’t illegal?
February 13th, 2012 at 11:43 AM
still going ryback…he could use a firearm.
then again, sudden death showed us jcvd knows his way around in a shootout.
/tip your waitresses
February 13th, 2012 at 11:44 AM
SOUTHERNER FIGHT!
/plays banjo
//shoots gun in the air
February 13th, 2012 at 11:44 AM
Team 14
February 13th, 2012 at 11:44 AM
If they can’t get rid of the two car draft then it neutralizes any talent he has for restrictor plate tracks and its anyone’s race. Sigh..Trevor Bayne won it last year
February 13th, 2012 at 11:44 AM
If that. I was just amazed by the number when I heard they were cutting 1% and the number was $5.1 billion.
February 13th, 2012 at 11:46 AM
yeah, they are definitely doing well overseas and even here to an extent, and weed won’t eventually kill the habitual users in various different ways that their tobacco products do.
February 13th, 2012 at 11:46 AM
JCVD vs Seagal on a PPV MMA fight. Make this happen.
February 13th, 2012 at 11:46 AM
Casey Ryback is here for all the omelets.
February 13th, 2012 at 11:48 AM
It’s still a declining annuity. Killing your customers is bad biz.
February 13th, 2012 at 11:48 AM
i was never a big mad tv fan, but there were two skits that never failed to have me rolling on the floor…first was kenny rogers jackass and the other was the impression of seagal. IT’S PERFECT.
February 13th, 2012 at 11:49 AM
JCVD vs Seagal on a PPV MMA fight. Make this happen.
Casey Ryback vs Dale Jr. Knife fight atop the #88 car at Daytona. Make this happen!
February 13th, 2012 at 11:50 AM
I’ll take the mustard flavored one!
February 13th, 2012 at 11:51 AM
The other thing to consider, is if that 1% cut is all this year, or over a period of years, which they like to do. It gives them a great headline to run, without all the work to back it up.
February 13th, 2012 at 11:52 AM
Hey Spence, Trey is tomorrow. At the Atlanta show he did YEM with the symphony, I’m banking on his doing Harry Hood tomorrow in its place but either way it’s going to be sick.
February 13th, 2012 at 11:52 AM
It’s still a declining annuity. Killing your customers is bad biz.
I’m not saying I would put my 401k in there. I have a friend whose been a long time investor in Altria, which is somewhat more stable because I believe tobacco (Marlboro) is just one of their brands and they also have subsidiaries in agriculture and food processing.
February 13th, 2012 at 11:53 AM
It should be Casey Ryback vs. Alex and Chad Wagner from Double Impact.
February 13th, 2012 at 11:53 AM
im legit jealous…can’t wait to download.
February 13th, 2012 at 11:54 AM
It’s obscene that the guy who played Chong Li was in his forties when that movie was made.
February 13th, 2012 at 11:54 AM
dear fucking god is this hysterical.
February 13th, 2012 at 11:55 AM
Bolo Yeung. Legend.
February 13th, 2012 at 11:55 AM
You’d really have to have the pulse of the legal system and knowing what sort of settlements could be out there against Big Tobacco before investing in it. That said, there is likely some value there.
February 13th, 2012 at 11:57 AM
I did because it is amazing when things like weed are illegal. The shit we legalize and the things we criminalize baffle me.
February 13th, 2012 at 11:57 AM
Vice funds.
February 13th, 2012 at 11:58 AM
You’re right. Anybody can win Daytona if recent history is an indicator. Didn’t David Ragan win the July race?
February 13th, 2012 at 11:58 AM
I mean, Altria’s stock price has gone up 153% in the past 10 years (DOW, 30%) and 403% the past 20 years (DOW, 298%).
They also pay a 5%+ dividend and have paid one for the past 44 years.
February 13th, 2012 at 12:00 PM
replace 88 with Tiger Woods and Daytona with Pebble Beach and you have what everyone has been saying in golf…
February 13th, 2012 at 12:00 PM
Tomacco is only a stage or two away from being released to the public, still far too addictive for farm animals though.
February 13th, 2012 at 12:01 PM
I knew Altria was a decent investment, but I didn’t know it was that good.
February 13th, 2012 at 12:01 PM
You also would hold some shares in Kraft (spin-off to Altria shares) along with Miller Brewing (now SAB Miller). Altria is an awesome value play and should be in almost any portfolio.
February 13th, 2012 at 12:02 PM
Tomacco is only a stage or two away from being released to the public, still far too addictive for farm animals though.
I thought about tomacco this morning after hearing an NPR report on energy drinks. Minute Maid has apparently come out with caffeinated fruit juice.
February 13th, 2012 at 12:03 PM
Tomacco is real. A guy created it after that episode aired and The Simpsons had him come on the DVD commentary for it.
/it tastes like grandma!
February 13th, 2012 at 12:03 PM
Bayne, Ragan, Paul Menard, Regan Smith. All these guys had the rabbit’s foot last year for at least a week. It really is crazy that 88 hasn’t won at least once. And Hendrick will continue to tinker with the teams and the crews until he gets there.
February 13th, 2012 at 12:04 PM
i hope tropicana comes out with an OJ flavor that tastes like orange juice right after you brushed your teeth.
February 13th, 2012 at 12:04 PM
That payout ratio has also gone from 46% to 100% in 10 years.
If you think that dividend is going much higher from here, good luck to you.
Can’t reinvest in your business when you give it all away to shareholders, hence the declining annuity comment.
February 13th, 2012 at 12:09 PM
GOLD NEWS: South Africa will stage a new World Golf Championships tournament beginning in 2013. The $8.5 million Tournament of Hope, the fifth WGC event, will be held Nov. 28-Dec. 1 next year and is likely to clash with Tiger Woods’ Chevron Challenge.
February 13th, 2012 at 12:10 PM
so tiger will be playing by himself? maybe he’ll win!
February 13th, 2012 at 12:11 PM
This Tomacco shit is interesting.