scoop at the nba finals

[SheaSeals]

anyone hear scoop jackson at the nba finals? he was at garnett's press conference. it went like this:

Scoop: "Scoop Jackson, ESPN.com."
Garnett: "Scoop. My man."
Scoop: "They (meaning the press) don't know ... we go back. I don't know if anyone else in this room knows ... they don't know. Explain to them (meaning the press) ..."

 

[imjustagirl]

Ack.

 

[playthrough]

Hey, it's not like he said "talk about ..."

 

[didntdoit19]

He got the best answer of anybody in there. Better than the next question which was about defense.

 

[slappy4428]

anyone hear scoop jackson at the nba finals? he was at garnett's press conference. it went like this:

Scoop: "Scoop Jackson, ESPN.com."
Garnett: "Scoop. My man."
Scoop: "They (meaning the press) don't know ... we go back. I don't know if anyone else in this room knows ... they don't know. Explain to them (meaning the press) ..."

Next question: Kevin, do you know the definition of sycophant?

 

[Boobie Miles]

He got the best answer of anybody in there. Better than the next question which was about defense.

And we all know he'll take that quote and turn out a great, cogent column.

 

[Bruce Leroy]

He got the best answer of anybody in there. Better than the next question which was about defense.

And we all know he'll take that quote and turn out a great, cogent column.

Obviously the natural response, but there's something to be said for eliciting the answer Garnett gave. It really was the quote everyone wanted. Scoop at least did part of his job right.

 

[jimmydangles]

"Good to see you too man, congratulations family."

A little weird to hear, but damned if he didn't get results. If only he could write, eh?

 

[Tom Petty]

"Good to see you too man, congratulations family."

A little weird to hear, but damned if he didn't get results. If only he could write, eh?

i like scoop's columns.

 

[Bruce Leroy]

I love lamp.

 

[Joe Williams]

Garnett is tricky. You've got to throw him a curveball sometimes to get something different from him. Now, that doesn't mean you have to suck up to him and kiss his ass, Scoop-like. But in this case, the palsy-walsy approach did prompt a good response.

Echoing above, too bad he can't write.

 

[WaylonJennings]

And the response was??

 

[MartinEnigmatica]

I believe it was the bully quote:

“You ever go to school and you have that bully mess with you every day?” he said. “You know when you get out of your mom or dad’s car that you’re going to have to see him as soon as you walk through the door and he’s going to be sitting there with his feet up waiting to pat your pockets.

“Then one day you say to yourself, ‘It’s going to stop tonight.’ You walk through there and as soon as he pats your pocket you lay his (butt) out. You see the expression on his face and you’re sort of kind of shook because you know what, you just knocked the bully out and you don’t know how he’s going to come back.

“So the next morning you come in and he’s not there, and it’s like a sigh of relief.”


That's from John Tomase's story in the Herald.

 

[bigpern23]

I was gagging through the whole question, but he got the best answer of the night ... from anyone. Hard to knock the guy when he made many stories better with that question, however sycophantic it might have been.

 

[Boobie Miles]

I'll give him props for getting the answer, and I don't have any problem with him and KG apparently being boys. The thing I took issue was the way he worded the question basically insulting the rest of the media present saying they don't get it, etc.

 

[Joe Williams]

I'll give him props for getting the answer, and I don't have any problem with him and KG apparently being boys. The thing I took issue was the way he worded the question basically insulting the rest of the media present saying they don't get it, etc.

If the media is "they" to Scoop Jackson, that means he's not on our side, which is exactly the way I like it.

 

[Ace]

I'm guessing scoop didn't understand the answer because I doubt he ever considered handling the bully any way other than handing over his X-men lunch box.

 

[Trey Beamon]

I'm no Scoop fan, but this isn't half bad.

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=jackson/080618&sportCat=nba

 

[Tom Petty]

I'm no Scoop fan, but this isn't half bad.

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=jackson/080618&sportCat=nba

maybe casper stopped by.

 

[bigpern23]

I gotta admit. He nailed that one. A well done piece. Considering Scoop sometimes has trouble putting together a cogent sentence, I have to say that's the best piece of his I've read (not that I read a lot of his work).

(Although, if I may nitpick, KG said more to Russell than "I got my own." He also said, "I hope we made you proud," which I actually think is a quote that would have fit better in this piece.)