Oh don't let Jim Gray off that easy. No this dude has an ego to rival LeBron. Gray actually pitched this idea to LeBron with him doing the interview of course.
Kings Broadcaster Jim Gray will Host James One Hour Special
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Oh don't let Jim Gray off that easy. No this dude has an ego to rival LeBron. Gray actually pitched this idea to LeBron with him doing the interview of course.
NME
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Elise10
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Emma
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Yes ... he surely would be a fool to take an extra $30 million.
Can I be a fool?
You know for a man who is so into establishing his "brand", he sure makes some curious decisions. Holding a "ME" party hour on ESPN where he discusses "ME" with one of the most reviled reporters in sports broadcasting. All the while he flips the bird at every city except one. And throw in one very suspect cover of doing it for charity. So much for smart marketing...
And yet, word is that he's rented 6 cabanas at the W Hotel South Beach for this weekend.
http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/jim-gray-pitched-lebron-decision-show-on-june-6-28648
It was Jim Gray. Yes our very own sideline reporter that was supposed to add integrity to the Kings broadcast. Does that integrity come with a side of slime?
stevetaebo
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What a disastrous situation this will become if 2 smaller less desirable market teams lose their players to one mega market. The NBA is the BCS where a few elite teams can really compete with a Boise St team looking in. I hope the issue is atleast brought up in the CBA talks about some sort of compensation or a Franchise-type tag to keep teams from losing supertar FAs.
Elise10
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Well, we already have Howdy Doody. The question now is, who does Jim Gray look like? We need a new nickname...
Barney Fife?
Phantom of the Opera?
Shamwow guy?
Post your suggestions here!
PurpleHaze
All-Star
A lot of people say Gray's voice, especially when excited sounds like "Kermit the Frog."
How sad we go from terrible voice, terrible sideline reporter A. Tsai, to the pleasant sounding, estute Kayte - to now THIS! Well, at least we'll have plenty of laughs from off-the-wall but solid analyst Bill Walton when he's around on Kings telecasts, hopefully on radio too.
How sad we go from terrible voice, terrible sideline reporter A. Tsai, to the pleasant sounding, estute Kayte - to now THIS! Well, at least we'll have plenty of laughs from off-the-wall but solid analyst Bill Walton when he's around on Kings telecasts, hopefully on radio too.
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DocHolliday
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The people of this site make me laugh some times. Some of you can't be pleased at all....ever. Jim Gray is a respected broadcaster. Yea he wasn’t exciting in the interview, but neither was Lebron. He was mirroring the demeanor of the entire event in my opinion.
The guy did a good job, and asked a lot of good questions. Lebron was the one giving uninteresting answers, and a lot of repetitive BS.
By the way, who cares what the guy looks like? So, all of the broadcasters have to be attractive in some way? Is Grant attractive? Is Jerry? Get real folks.
The guy did a good job, and asked a lot of good questions. Lebron was the one giving uninteresting answers, and a lot of repetitive BS.
By the way, who cares what the guy looks like? So, all of the broadcasters have to be attractive in some way? Is Grant attractive? Is Jerry? Get real folks.
Last night's circus of BS was Gray's idea. He's desperately trying to resurrect a career he himself put in the toilet. How can anyone respect either man last night for putting on that media frenzy of lies that wouldn't even qualify as spin. Some reporter he is for spoon feeding LeBron softball questions for all that time.
You ever wonder why he had to work in Sacramento and not one of the major markets? It's because he wasn't wanted. Also, who he is respected by? Ailene Voison is the only who defended his hiring and it had more to do with her twisted opinion of Kayte.
And no I doubt all this hate towards Gray has a thing to do with his looks or his voice.
Bricklayer
Don't Make Me Use The Bat
Its really not just Kings fans unamused by Gray's performance last night:
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/20...sch/07/09/espn.lebron/index.html?xid=FanHouse
I find it a little interesting that a guy who made his reputation (for better/worse) asking probing and questionably appropriate questions lobbed softballs at LeBron all night. Perhaps the toughest question was asked by Wilbon (for LeBron's reaction to his jersey burning), a guy occasionally accused of being too cuddly with star players. It was like bizzaro world.
Arco Arena
Bench
You can't fault Jim for asking safe questions. He was hand picked from the depths of sports broadcasting irrelevance by Lebron, and according to CNBC was even paid by Lebron. Of course he's not going to grill Lebron. To think that someone in his situation would/should is silly.
