Want to know how much news gathering has changed? Ric Bucher is apologizing for reporting stuff that didn’t come to fruition, and an anonymous poster at Real GM is nailing even crazier stories with uncanny accuracy.
First, the Bric Ucher thing.
Source: Toronto looking to S&T Kyle Lowry to Miami for cash and future picks. Part II: Bosh opts out, returns to Toronto.
— Ric Bucher (@RicBucher) June 27, 2014
My deepest and sincere apologies. My report on Lowry and a S&T between the Raptors-Heat is wrong. I should’ve known better. I could not…
— Ric Bucher (@RicBucher) June 27, 2014
…be more embarrassed. I can’t explain why someone would go the lengths “my source” did to set me up, but that’s irrelevant. I allowed…
— Ric Bucher (@RicBucher) June 28, 2014
my zeal to break a story take too much for granted. I’d like to think I’m better than that. Yesterday and today I was not.
— Ric Bucher (@RicBucher) June 28, 2014
Hey, at least Bric apologized. And he’s had a very successful career, taking a path that has led him to 95.7 The Game and Bleacher Report. But he’s also wrong fairly often.
May 16, 2013: Ric Bucher claims the Maloofs will never sell the Kings to Vivek. May 17, 2013: The Maloofs sell the Kings to Vivek. — Tom Ziller (@teamziller) June 27, 2014
That time Ric Bucher dismissed Woj’s report of Dwight to the Lakers a few hours before the trade happened: http://t.co/o6t4FEYA9H — Tom Ziller (@teamziller) June 27, 2014
Sources: KLove deal to Warriors is dead. Love “unlikely” now to be dealt before draft.
— Ric Bucher (@RicBucher) June 23, 2014
#Twolves been in meetings the last 4+ hours. As stated, talks w/ #Warriors have always been alive. Won’t be shocked if we have news tonight.
— Darren Wolfson (@DarrenWolfson) June 26, 2014
Kevin Love isn’t on the Warriors yet, but it’s pretty clear that the deal isn’t officially “dead,” either. But this isn’t about crapping on Bucher, who, again, went the extra mile with the kind of apology rarely seen from a reporter. No, this is about congratulating the unappreciated reporters out there. That’s right, forum commenters.
Dude. RT @hartzellNBA: Fan on Nets’ RealGM forum nailed this story on Thursday: http://t.co/rS5nCJNq64 — Sean Highkin (@highkin) June 29, 2014
Sounds crazy, since it took about half a season with the Nets for Jason Kidd to shed the “embattled” label, but it’s true.
After denying Jason Kidd’s demand to oversee basketball operations, Nets have given Bucks permission to speak to him: http://t.co/vVxb7YxkGn
— Tim Bontemps (@TimBontemps) June 29, 2014
But that’s not all, according to Carl2680!
From the same poster, later in the thread: pic.twitter.com/Ukc79mz7qd — Sean Highkin (@highkin) June 29, 2014
It makes some sense for the Nets and Mark Jackson to work out an arrangement, even though Jackson’s church is in the L.A. area. More sense than the Bucks thinking Kidd would be a suitable candidate to run an NBA franchise, anyway. Jackson is a New York guy, and he’d probably get along pretty well with the famous veterans on Brooklyn’s roster.
And would you look at that:
Sources say Mark Jackson’s name has come up internally within Nets organization as potential replacement if Kidd leaves
— Ohm Youngmisuk (@NotoriousOHM) June 29, 2014
Someone get Carl2680 a morning show!
