My biggest problem with fake analysts like Skip Bayless is that their entire approach is to support pre-formed takes with cherry-picked statistics. It's the perfect grift because sports furnishes us with an opportunity to do just that, if we're shameless enough to try it.
https://twitter.com/RealSkipBayless/status/1397396025006985221
Here's what I mean by that.
In baseball especially, but also in basketball, football, hockey, and even soccer, there is always going to be some stat, some aspect of the game, that can be deployed to show that a player hasn't been flawless.
In baseball especially, but also in basketball, football, hockey, and even soccer, there is always going to be some stat, some aspect of the game, that can be deployed to show that a player hasn't been flawless.
These are sports with enough statistical categories, with enough competitive complexity, that you can always isolate some statistic to fit a pre-formed narrative.
What Bayless does is the shock jock equivalent of p hacking.
What Bayless does is the shock jock equivalent of p hacking.
Sample LeBron or Luke stat line (two players he has a problem with): 41 points, 11 rebounds, 13 assists.
Bayless: "I don't know, I think the best players should shoot better than 5-9 from the free throw line."
Bayless: "I don't know, I think the best players should shoot better than 5-9 from the free throw line."
"But Skip, aside from that statistic, they played amazing. They won the game."
"Did they? I mean, I kind of think superstars should take the final shot in a game. LeBron/Luka passed it up last night to a teammate. They only shot twice in the final five minutes. Not good."
"Did they? I mean, I kind of think superstars should take the final shot in a game. LeBron/Luka passed it up last night to a teammate. They only shot twice in the final five minutes. Not good."
This guy is absolute trash.
LeBron is lucky? His prime overlapped with the dynastic run of the greatest NBA team of all time: the Curry/Durant/Thompson/Draymond Warriors. He also faced an all-time Spurs team during their intermittent dynastic run.
LeBron is lucky? His prime overlapped with the dynastic run of the greatest NBA team of all time: the Curry/Durant/Thompson/Draymond Warriors. He also faced an all-time Spurs team during their intermittent dynastic run.
https://twitter.com/RealSkipBayless/status/1397410227448729600?s=20
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