Anyone catch PTI Friday?

by jacquetbg on May 11, 2009 6:27 PM PDT

Dan LeBatard (and we know how much he lives up to the translation of that last name) and Wilbon positively skewered the Kings on Friday, wondering why anyone would ever want to coach the team.

Basically, the implication was that we are so bad that no coach in his right mind would want to come here.

Anyone else hate LeBatard? I have never heard him say anything nice about the city, the team, or the players. He implied that Kevin Martin was the only thing good about the team, and even Kevin isn't that good.

No wonder everyone boos when he is subbing on the show.

(This is a FanPost from a member of the Sactown Royalty community. The views expressed come from the member, and not Sactown Royalty staff.)

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He's way better than Kornheiser.

I’ll take LeBatard badmouthing the Kings over Kornheiser professing his undying love for Tom Brady any day.

by Charlieb on May 11, 2009 7:31 PM PDT reply actions

Is that on ESPN?

I missed it – I prefer sports stations.

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by section214 on May 11, 2009 8:12 PM PDT reply actions 5 recs

+1

by bignerd on May 11, 2009 8:57 PM PDT up reply actions

Its fast food sports opinion

I don’t hate the show – but thats what it is.

So imitate the action of the tiger!.
Lend the eye a terrible aspect
- and teach them how to war!
Henry V iii

by lietothegirls on May 11, 2009 9:34 PM PDT up reply actions

This ...

… would not be LeBatard’s first crime against our fair city.

by Tom Ziller on May 11, 2009 9:34 PM PDT reply actions

Lol at DL himself apologizing at the end of that thread

I wonder when he’ll make an appearance on this one…

With the fourth pick of the draft the kings select...

by kangsfan on May 12, 2009 9:19 AM PDT up reply actions

That was quality

I don’t remember that…and I commented on it.

when will the Kenny Thomas Reign of Terror end?!!??

by diehardkingsfan5 on May 14, 2009 7:40 PM PDT up reply actions

PTI

pardon the ignorance

Bad mouthing an entire city? He would enjoy the attention that a response would bring but, I say fine, stay away, and let’s just ignore each other, we will both be happier.

by betweentheeyes on May 11, 2009 10:15 PM PDT reply actions

So what you're saying...

is that Miami has hurricanes, humidity, and an ignorant gasbag. As if the hurricanes and humidity weren’t enough.

by jacquetbg on May 11, 2009 10:50 PM PDT up reply actions

Its really not that big of a deal

everyone talks trash about the team with the worst record in the league, no matter the sport and no matter what happens the next year.

by jstnblke41 on May 11, 2009 10:59 PM PDT reply actions

+1

Look at the crap the Lions get ….. it comes with the territory. You’re in last, you’re going to get dumped on.

But it also shows that the media at ESPN doesn’t know crap about the Kings. Any team in the league would want JT, Martin, or Hawes. Anyone. and i don’t know how a guy who can score 25 a game in this league is “isn’t even that good.” Pure ignorance.

Peaches is an idiot.

by Dub_TC on May 12, 2009 8:18 AM PDT up reply actions

I know it isn't a big deal...

but this has happened before, even before this worst of all seasons. LeBatard just seems to hate Sactown. I wonder if the twit has even been here?

by jacquetbg on May 12, 2009 8:43 AM PDT up reply actions

It just makes it better on the way back up

makes that a better story. A story is what its all about.

So imitate the action of the tiger!.
Lend the eye a terrible aspect
- and teach them how to war!
Henry V iii

by lietothegirls on May 12, 2009 10:04 AM PDT up reply actions

There was a time...

…when nobody would’ve wanted to coach in Cleveland. There was a time nobody wanted to coach in Denver. There was a time nobody wanted to coach The Clippers (but that time has not yet passed, and possibly never will).

Never forget: I am a complete idiot

by Exhibit G on May 12, 2009 8:55 AM PDT reply actions

The potential coaches

know better. This is an attractive job because of the city, Geoff Petrie, the “only way to go is up” factor, the high draft pick, and so on. Nobody is listening to The Batard. I am certainly not interested in what he thinks about Sacramento and the Kings. I’m not sure he really has an opinion. I think he just makes noise for effect.

And PTI is entertaining, especially with Wilbon and Kornheiser.

Lower their expectations and rise to met them

by left hand on May 12, 2009 10:31 AM PDT reply actions

I'm probably the odd man out...

but I really like Kornheiser, especially on his radio show. The orange man cracks me up.

by jacquetbg on May 13, 2009 5:51 PM PDT up reply actions

piling on is easy

this is a perfect example of lazy journalists behaving lazily. and/or soundbite culture producing another meaningless soundbite. trying to find meaning in ten-second clips on cable “news” is like trying to visit miami without contracting an STD.

see what i did there? i made a blanket statement about an entire city based purely on conjecture, hearsay, and snarkiness. like i said, easy! BAM.

by beevenator on May 12, 2009 2:11 PM PDT reply actions

Miami...STD...weight gain...hurricanes

Wow, it IS fun! No wonder FatBatard loves to play this game!

by jacquetbg on May 13, 2009 5:52 PM PDT up reply actions

On the other hand

Wilbon has a fond place in my heart based solely upon his strong reactions (and continued opinions) towards the-series-that-we-all-still-think-of-yet-hesitate-to-mention, as my tagline at the bottom shows.

I remember back in 2004 when somebody suggested the refs were favoring the lakers in a series against the rockets, Wilbon said the only time he felt the refs seriously screwed a team over was back in 2002. So he’s okay in my book.

"I have never seen officiating in a game of consequence as bad as that in Game 6...this officiating took away what would have been a Sacramento series victory in Game 6." -Michael Wilbon, Washington Post

by NeverForget2002 on May 14, 2009 4:27 PM PDT reply actions