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wow this is big!

Breaking News: @espn takes Rachel Nichols off @NBA programming

ESPN has taken Rachel Nichols off of all NBA programming and will cancel her weekday afternoon show “The Jump,” the network confirmed today.

Read the story: https://t.co/NP6wtWVL9h pic.twitter.com/0254ayg667

— Sports Business Journal (@sbjsbd) August 25, 2021

yikes! so they're basically firing her w/o firing her

Nichols has a year remaining on her contract and will still be paid, but won't be on-air.

— Andrew Marchand (@AndrewMarchand) August 25, 2021

wow. does she have other transgressions besides getting caught on a hot mic whining about someone getting an assignment over her? that has already sort of blown over, i thought?

leave it to espn to handle this in the stupidest way possible

the surprising part here to me is cancelling the jump at the same time, i thought it was pretty well-regarded.

i liked it for a time but way too much perk in recent months

wow. does she have other transgressions besides getting caught on a hot mic whining about someone getting an assignment over her? that has already sort of blown over, i thought?

― Lavator Shemmelpennick, Wednesday, August 25, 2021 12:50 PM (fifty-one minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

nothing public that i know of

Got to create a whole show and spend five years hanging out with some of my favorite people ❤️ talking about one my favorite things 🏀 An eternal thank you to our amazing producers & crew - The Jump was never built to last forever but it sure was fun. 😎
More to come… pic.twitter.com/FPMFRlfJin

— Rachel Nichols (@Rachel__Nichols) August 25, 2021

maybe she goes back to NFL coverage for a bit?

kill me

NEWS: Stephen A. Smith wants to team up with Magic Johnson on ESPN, The Post has learned.https://t.co/w3vQSzOACR

— Andrew Marchand (@AndrewMarchand) August 26, 2021

haha noooo

i think stephen a. is just looking for the ultimate challenge. trying to imagine cutting to the classic brand of stephen a. reaction shots after one of magic's non-takes. unintentional comedy of the kind i never want to see

in reading the article i guess the new head of nba content (the last one got bounced over the taylor/nichols thing) is tight with stephen a. and stephen a. is currently the network's biggest star, so it sure sounds like this is going to happen.

we already know how bad magic was at this why bring him back in

ESPN will launch 'NBA Today' - a new @ESPNNBA studio show - Monday, Oct. 18

Hosted by @malika_andrews with @KendrickPerkins, @mrvincecarter15, @chiney, @ZachLowe_NBA, @wojespn & @ramonashelburne

Mon-Fri | 3p ET | ESPN

*Debut episode to air on ESPN2*https://t.co/79uhFW5Wh3 pic.twitter.com/F5l6iQs34d

— ESPN PR (@ESPNPR) September 20, 2021

kendrick woj lowe is a pretty wildly divergent cast

Excited to announce I’m joining @espn as an NBA analyst! Let’s go!!! https://t.co/3SiZGO3I19

— JJ Redick (@jj_redick) October 27, 2021

the tony romo we deserve

Welcome to the Turner Sports family, @money23green!

The 3x NBA champ will contribute to Inside the NBA as an active player in a first-of-its-kind deal 👏🏿 pic.twitter.com/wXdIkq1ao2

— NBA on TNT (@NBAonTNT) January 27, 2022

here for this

yeh hes real good at it

yes!!!!

nice

was listening to lowe’s pod today and he shared that his mom had a stroke and isn’t doing well :(

Oh hell that sucks

i thought zach’s feed had been quiet recently. sometimes i want to clown him for having gotten a little cartoonish but he’s a good guy. i hope things improve.

i had no idea candace parker came out in december, has been married for two years to a russian hooper, with a baby on the way - she is the best

probably the best lady vol ever, and maybe the greatest woman’s player period?

lmao what a tool

What a fun NBA off-day in Miami. But we didn’t get Elon’s Finals prediction. pic.twitter.com/ruJQmDv7B2

— Kevin O'Connor (@KevinOConnorNBA) May 17, 2022

Thanks. I can’t imagine disliking someone who runs companies that employ some of the smartest and hardest-working people in the world creating tech that can make life better, safer, more efficient. And more fun. But to each their own. You do you too

— Kevin O'Connor (@KevinOConnorNBA) May 17, 2022

big elon guy huh

clown shit

sure did.

my logic is clear: i'm not complaining if i get a *really* good player, even if someone drafted later turns out better.

i grew up in houston. no one ever said "should've taken jordan." ayton ain't olajuwon, but luka ain't mike, so i think the analogy holds. https://t.co/z2JHzdq87G

— bomani (@bomani_jones) May 16, 2022

hahah that's really dumb

bomani is incapable of admitting hes wrong

correct

I generally don't follow the drafts, was Ayton considered a bad pick at the time?

he was the consensus top pick m/l but with a ton of the more informed people saying hey you might want to check out this kid who won the euroleague mvp at 19

the really crazy pick was bagley at 2

tho when you consider the ancient balkan blood feud aspect it starts to make sense

there was lots of talking head types being like "well you can't pass up a 7 footer this skilled!" ayton also put up legit good stats at arizona, and there was the local angle, he seemed like a pretty safe pick (which has turned out to be true) and because luka was not in our faces the way american prospects are where lots of ppl feel like they have informed opinions i think the feeling was mostly "hey can't blame them for picking ayton." i don't remember there being tons of prominent voices being like "this will be a disastrous decision that the suns will regret for decades." people *did* say that about the kings and the hawks, but i think ayton seemed like "modern" enough of a center that the suns generally were given a pass pretty much up until two days ago

it was a classic example of picking fit over best player available. the suns had book so they needed to pair him w a center. it is interesting to think about booker and luka on the court together. seems like a match made in heaven, booker is better off ball.

the really crazy pick was bagley at 2

― lag∞n, Tuesday, May 17, 2022 5:47 PM (five minutes ago)

if i'm not mistaken it seemed like they were insulted by whatever interactions they were having w/ luka and perhaps some of the other top guys and really gravitated towards bagley because he told the kings he would be excited to be picked by them. which turned out to be a career killing decision for him, but the kings never seemed to stop and think like "maybe this guy is happy to get picked by us because nobody else in their right minds would draft him number 2."

reportedly divac also doesnt like lukas dad

it was a classic example of picking fit over best player available. the suns had book so they needed to pair him w a center. it is interesting to think about booker and luka on the court together. seems like a match made in heaven, booker is better off ball.

― Spottie, Tuesday, May 17, 2022 5:55 PM (three minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

ppl saying they shdnt take luka cause they already have a dribbling scorer was wild as if its not ok to have two of those guys

i wanna say there was a number of guys in that draft who refused to work out for the kings, shit like that. bagley was the guy who was like "i would LOVE to be drafted number 2 overall even if it's by the kings!"

same tbh

ppl saying they shdnt take luka cause they already have a dribbling scorer was wild as if its not ok to have two of those guys

― lag∞n, Tuesday, May 17, 2022 3:02 PM (nine minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

hey you know what the suns couldve used in the 2022 playoffs...

i bet they woulda rather had brunson than ayton in that series

this kid who won the euroleague mvp at 19

― lag∞n, Tuesday, May 17, 2022 5:46 PM (thirty-two minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

what an insane accomplishment btw way more impressive than say winning the ncaa player of the year as a freshman a thing thats only happened three times (kd, ad, zion) (tho obvs its gone from unheard of to merely unusual during the one and done era)

luka's euroleague stats as a teenager were miles better than the euroleague stats of guys who became very solid nba pros

a guy like nikola mirotic was putting up numbers half as good at age 24 that luka was at 18

yeah it actually makes for a more stable projection than college. teams just invented reasons not to draft him, didn’t think he was athletic enough, stuff like that. really should’ve been one of the easiest picks in draft history. again i give the mavs front office a lot of credit for betting on luka to the tune of 2 first round picks when everyone else around them didn’t even wanna draft him period. and of course 2 first round picks for luka now looks like one of the heists of the century, i don’t think you could legally trade enough first round picks to even acquire luka at this point, i think he’s quite literally untradeable. i have no idea what you could even come up with to give the mavs to even make them consider trading him.