Bucher's Bias

[Bang]

First, remember that Bucher wrote/co-wrote Yao's book quite recently. He's also been to a few radio shows promoting his book. I bet it makes much more money than what he earns through ESPN. Of course Yao is more important than anything else in the world. That alone would make me assume that he is biased against the Heat because Yao is Shaq's "rival" in his mind and has a clear agenda.

Ric Bucher is starting to get on my nerves. The guy is way too biased against the Heat. He doesn't consider the Heat a contender (He said it on a radio show), which is ridiculous from all points of view, and says they are the "team in transition"(ESPN Motion). Then the guy speaks as if Heat cannot win the championship at all, even with Finley, and that Finley would have NO REASON to join the Heat. The wording that he uses implies that Suns are a much better team. The Heat should be considered a CONTENDER at LEAST. I believe almost everyone agrees they're a contender. He always uses clearly negative words to describe the Heat. Also, right after writing an article about Stan Van Gundy being in danger, he suddenly decides to write a random RUMOR article about Yao improving his upper body strength. The timing was way too soon to be considered coincidential.

How the hell did losing Eddie Jones suddenly make us a non-contender? Did everybody just forget that all we lost were Eddie Jones, Rasual Butler, and Qyntel Woods? Maybe we might lose Damon Jones, but worst case scenario we can put Jason Williams and Antoine Walker on the IR or something. Did everybody just forget that Dwyane Wade might acftually IMPROVE??

[Colin]

Bucher is definite tool material. A bunch of those ESPN 'experts' deserve a big smack upside the head. Chad Ford is first on my list, followed by Bucher, followed by Scoop Jackson for leaving Slam to go to fucking ESPN. The only one I would leave alone is Bill Simmons.

[Riot]

I like Harold Renyolds and some of the Baseball Tonight crew.

[Zee]

Yeah, Bucher always acts like an ass and thinks he knows more about the NBA than everyone else on ESPN's NBA shows. But Steven A. Smith, Greg Anthony, and Marc Jackson cancel him out (especially Smith, cause he's godly )

[Nel]

People have different opinions. The heat maybe good in the paper but it doesnt mean it would translate to the real thing. Remember the heat loss their chemistry with the departure of EJ, RButler and soon DJ. Its clear that Bucher may have not considered them coz the team may lack chemistry. I wouldn't like bucher just coz he didnt like my team.

[Matt]

never paid attention to the dude but to say the Heat are not contenders is complete bullshit. They have the leagues best duo and sufficient depth to compete.

[Bang]

Well no matter what the opinion, I believe Heat are a contender...You COULD argue that since they changed so many players they'd maybe be behind Detroit and Indiana, but to say they're not a contender? That's just nuts. We were just 1 game away from the finals, and the only main piece we're missing is Eddie Jones, and maybe we'll be missing Damon Jones, but that's it. Now this article about Yao he writes...I guess Yao really is a good guy, but Bucher tries too hard and forces it into us. He didn't really have to write it as if signing an extension is a super honorable thing. I applaud Yao for showing loyalty, but Bucher makes me doubt what part of the whole article I should believe.

[Andrew]

As I said in the Finley thread the Heat are taking a bigger risk than the Spurs since they can't just cut their new additions and go back to the same core they had last year, but to say they are no longer contenders isn't giving them barely enough credit.