I don't mind Broussard's commenting on the game, he essentially is a fan so he has no more knowledge of basketball than you or I.
You're right...So my question is...What the hell are people like broussard, hill, and smith doing commentating on a sports broadcast in the first place? They belong, if anywhere, on a local broadcast with their name and the caption "uninformed fan".
I honestly have no idea. This is not to say that fans and journalists have a limited knowledge of the game: I hate when professional athletes pretend that because they are pros they somehow know the game more than people who follow it for a living. For example, I trust Bob Ryan's evaluation of an NBA game over someone like, say, Stephon Marbury.
But Broussard is a hack journalist with supposed inside connections to players and team officials. The only reason he is on the panel is because of his "insider" knowledge. Truth be told, he might actually know a lot about the NBA game and have some deep insights that we don't see. But he is paid to call up some scrub connections in LA or MIA and spew ridiculous trade rumors, because it makes good television.
Let's go back to the Rondo-Gasol rumor. Danny comes out and says there is no way that's happening and it's the first he has heard of it. Broussard swings right back and says, yes, talks are still ongoing, basically calling Danny a liar. Now, if Broussard had any credibility, he would have said "my source tells me the deal is still alive, but given Danny Ainge's comment and the fact that the deal doesn't really make sense, I don't see this as any more than a rumor at this point."
Instead he says something like "my sources tell me this deal is still alive and talks are ongoing."
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No critical evaluation of the deal, no second guessing his source, no follow up questions, NO JOURNALISM...just stenography...copy and pasting....regurgitating what he was told and not saying anything back lest he *GASP* actually lose his "inside" connection.
He is a hack. That is what they do.