Tim Duncan

You mention Hollinger's categorization of Tim Duncan, but you dismiss it without reason. Tim Duncan IS a center. He plays in the deep post as the main post option. He defends the opponents center, and plays defense like a center. The only reason that Duncan isn't considered a center by his team is that he doesn't want to be categorized as a center because of all the great centers who have played whom he would be compared against. He wants to be the best power forward ever, not the 5th or 6th best center of all time.

Bill Simmons

http://insider.espn.go.com/nba/insider/news/story?id=4058647

I'm writing you because I listen to your podcasts and you seem to be on my side about statistics. You understand their value, but you consider them a useful tool, but not the Holy Word. Can you please address internally the problems with talking about these statistics like win share and PER the same way something concrete like points is talked about? They never mention the error bounds that are built into their models, and they just spout these numbers as if it could encompass all the interactions on the basketball court. They give brief time to defense, but only when it is in agreement with their own measures.

I'm really tired of seeing all these articles that seem nothing more than propaganda to make it seem like Hollinger or ESPN have created an infallible measure that everyone needs to get on board with. I come to ESPN for sports reporting, not biased ignorant journalism.

Letter to the Ombudsman

I'm a longtime ESPN fan, and I heard you on Bill Simmons podcast. Thank you for coming on, I hope that we can get more espn people on his show. I feel like he will be critical about things that should be addressed, both positive and negative.

You talked about announcers who get complaints. I do enjoy the basketball coverage and think that this is not an issue with them Breen, Van Gundy, and Jackson, but I think that one of the main problems I dislike is bias in the announcers. If an announcer can't keep his personal bias out of his reporting, he should not be announcing. For example when the patriots were on their run toward the perfect season, Mike Tirico couldn't help but show how happy he was whenever they had anything bad happen to them. Or with Kobe, certain announcers feed into the negative stories that are told about him. I just wanted to give a heads up that I feel strongly about this issue, and if I notice further incidents I will send another message.

Thank you, and I'm glad I've discovered this forum for voicing issues.

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