Mark Cuban pwns Skip Bayless and ESPN

[slamtheking]

good for Cuban.  made Bayless look like a complete and utter moron.   was hoping Stephen A was going to open his mouth but seems like for the first time ever he realized the smartest thing he could do was to shut up.

I didn't think much of Cuban before but he's my second favorite owner behind Wyc.

[LarBrd33]

Good call.  I agree with Cuban.  Suggesting that LeBron shrank away in that Dallas series (or his early Boston series) is an insult to the type of brilliant defenses teams were throwing at him.  He's the best player in the league... he'll get his 30 regardless, but Dallas (and Boston back in the day) were able to limit him enough to pull off a victory.  The Thunder didn't seem to do that as well.

[Timdawgg]

Man this was the best video ever. Same as you all are saying Cuban went all the way up to #2 owner in my book.  He is smart and completely destroyed bayless.  I loved it!!!

[slamtheking]

Man this was the best video ever. Same as you all are saying Cuban went all the way up to #2 owner in my book.  He is smart and completely destroyed bayless.  I loved it!!!

probably too much to hope for that ESPN cans all the self-important talking heads and bring on  people that know what they're talking about like Cuban

[cltc5]

What i appreciated was Cuban's forthrightness to tell it like it is as it pertains to the media.  They do nothng but build up and tear down who they want while the average Joe that either doesnt know, or doesnt care just follows along.  ESPN is the tops for this type of propaganda.  If I didnt have to watch Espn I wouldnt. 

[jyyzzoel]

did anyone else note how unbelievably quiet stephen A smith was???

[cltc5]

did anyone else note how unbelievably quiet stephen A smith was???

I think he knew he was in over his head too.

[gift]

While Cuban is right that guys like Bayless have no clue what they are talking about, it was quite clear that Cuban himself had a little trouble answering his own question about the defensive schemes.  It's ok though.  He wasn't there to analyze, but criticize and rightfully so.

[jyyzzoel]

he then had a go at stephen a smith, who held his own a lot better than skip bayless:

http://www.businessinsider.com/mark-cuban-stephen-a-first-take-2012-6

[gar]

Stephen A and Bayless deserve one another.

Cuban was ripping them both - Classic

Standing up for the knowledgeable sports fans everywhere and doing us all a favor.

[alley oop]

A Dr.Phil/Skip Bayless caption from a video made for the show.

[Eja117]

Not buying it. Thought Cuban made himself look like a moron. Trying to tell me Lebron didn't wilt and actually made the right decisions, because they were just so smart and nobody else was?

Skip was supposed to have personal access to OKC's playbook?  Lebron wasn't under excruciating pressure?  We didn't give the Mavs any credit? Teams never want it more?

Cuban is a confident speaker. Don't go for the revisionism. Skip as a sportswriter puts things in context. Cuban doesn't have to like or agree with it.

[NoraG1]

Good call.  I agree with Cuban.  Suggesting that LeBron shrank away in that Dallas series (or his early Boston series) is an insult to the type of brilliant defenses teams were throwing at him.  He's the best player in the league... he'll get his 30 regardless, but Dallas (and Boston back in the day) were able to limit him enough to pull off a victory.  The Thunder didn't seem to do that as well.

Cuban was right but you are giving Lebron too much credit. He still was a choker  in close games up until now. Not all the time but  enough to be noticable

[NoraG1]

Not buying it. Thought Cuban made himself look like a moron. Trying to tell me Lebron didn't wilt and actually made the right decisions, because they were just so smart and nobody else was?

Skip was supposed to have personal access to OKC's playbook?  Lebron wasn't under excruciating pressure?  We didn't give the Mavs any credit? Teams never want it more?

Cuban is a confident speaker. Don't go for the revisionism. Skip as a sportswriter puts things in context. Cuban doesn't have to like or agree with it.

Bayless had nothing intelligent to say. I don't know what you saw but you saw something different then most people saw I guess.

[Eja117]

Not buying it. Thought Cuban made himself look like a moron. Trying to tell me Lebron didn't wilt and actually made the right decisions, because they were just so smart and nobody else was?

Skip was supposed to have personal access to OKC's playbook?  Lebron wasn't under excruciating pressure?  We didn't give the Mavs any credit? Teams never want it more?

Cuban is a confident speaker. Don't go for the revisionism. Skip as a sportswriter puts things in context. Cuban doesn't have to like or agree with it.

Bayless had nothing intelligent to say. I don't know what you saw but you saw something different then most people saw I guess.

I kinda thought Skip just did what I did which was sit there in shock. It was tough to keep up with cause he just kept talking about how great a job  they did (which just happened to come in the 4th quarter of course) while I was still processing "Did he just say Lebron didn't wilt?" 

I guess Cuban thinks if you're just smart enough or something and you run a good enough defensive set (in the 4th quarter of course) then you can easily succeed. So therefore nobody was smart enough to stop Jordan (the player that Bron is always compared to) or Jordan was just smarter than that. Six times. Maybe Cuban sees chess or suduku where I see basketball.

Can't say a team wanted it more? So one guy is practicing while the other makes commercials and I can't say the first guy wants it more.

Yep. Not buying it.