Re:Jim O'Donnell....Sun-Times writer.....Proud Dro
dougthonus wrote:
Frankly, this is absolutely ridiculous. When and where have I ever said that anyone who likes Kirk Hinirch is a complete "imbecilic moron"? I'd like to know. That would make me a moron, since I think he's a good player . I've never said that Kirk is a bad player. I do think he's overrated, but that doesn't mean he's a bad player. It just means that a lot of people make him into something more than he is.
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You use the term "drone" all the time to refer to people who dislike Gordon and like Hinrich.
That's not a drone. I had absolutely no problem with your "Case for Kirk" and I told you so. You brought up some excellent points of why Kirk should stay and Ben should go. You brought facts, the best being that Kirk's contract runs out when we are due to pay Rose.
A drone is someone who says, "Kirk is a better shooter than Ben", or Steve T. Gorches, or someone like O'Donnell who says that "Kirk is more clutch than Ben". All subjective arguments, with no basis in fact. In fact, facts point to the contrary. I have no patience for this.
And who was hurt by the example you pointed out? Jim from Naperville...no last name...who took the time out of his day to write this egregious email blasting Ben as some worthless piece of crap, with no facts or real points to back it up. Hundreds of thousands of people heard that email read by Kashul. How many people are hearing me? Yeah, I called him a basement dwelling degenerate....Who was really hurt by me calling him a "basement dwelling" degenerate? For all I know, he could be an attorney in Lisle living the life. Am I calling all Hinrich supporters that? Of course not. When I called this faceless, email-ing coward a "basement dwelling degenerate", how did that possibly take away from my arguments? It's a common trait of a basement dwelling degenerates to send an email like that, without any points to back it up, without a last name. And it's more entertaining to read than "This person sent an email with no facts to back it up".
It's not fair to accuse me of labeling all Hinrich lovers as drones, or "basement dwelling" losers, because I've never said that, or believe that, and I've never written that. Many people, like my co-host, love Kirk Hinrich. And most of the Hinrich lovers on this Forum, like Diddy1212, I really respect because they obviously know the game. I don't understand, nor will I ever, the people who hate, and I mean REALLY HATE, on Ben Gordon. Because I've never heard a really solid argument for it, and the completely subjective one of "He sucks at defense" and "he's selfish" doesn't qualify as a valid argument. If you're going to argue that, then please provide facts, and then admit that Reggie Miller, Gilbert Arenas, George Gervin, and all the other scorers who didn't play defense suck. Otherwise, you're disrespecting a kid who works really, really hard.
