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He is awful, but Skip Bayless is the worst.

Don't get me wrong, I really don't care for Skip...but I look at Skip the same as Colin Cowherd, they just want to go against what ever everyone else thinks for ratings. But Stephen A is downright annoying. Just imagine trying to hold a conversation with that guy over a cocktail? I think its impossible for him to keep that loud trap at a normal level for more than 20 seconds.

This is word-for-word what I came here to say.

Not a big fan of Steven A or Skip. I could be wrong, but Steven A is the first media type I can remember that introduced us to the "I'm going to shout as loud as I can so you'll think I'm important" approach. Dicky V has always gotten carried away, but that was genuine emotion. Can't think of anyone else that did that before Steven A. And it honestly makes me uncomfortable every time I hear him speak. And it's awful watching him and Skip debate each other, because they constantly interrupt each other and talk over each other.

Steven A just screams for no reason, and unfortunately, others have adopted the same approach. For example, I used to think Bob Ryan was pretty good, but in recent years, he's adopted that same loudmouth approach, so any time I see him on TV, I immediately change the channel.

Made some great points Todd- but- he has to deal with skip...

OH so now all male black sportscasters/analysts are loudmouths? Talk about stereotyping. RACIST!

...no, I generally don't like him. Cannot STAND Skip Bayless; will never forget his horribly tangential rant on why Craig Biggio was not worthy of being inducted into the HoF (whether or not one agrees isn't my issue).

It's really Steven's approach that I'm not particularly fond of. It ALWAYS distracts me from his main point(s).

Interesting that you created this thread; I always wanted to know why people didn't care for Chris Berman. I LOVE listening to him (well...I did).

Back to Steven...would rather listen to Jamaal Mashburn any day. And while we're at it, anyone else think Chris Webber is coming along rather nicely as a basketball analyst?

The entire first line is sarcasm; I figured the titanic straw man that I erected was a dead giveaway.

LATE edit. You'll probably enjoy these (Steve did a little better than Skip did):

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

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

I like Webber as well. I like how he's calm and analytical. I'd take him over any of ESPN's on-air people, and he's one of the better analysts on TNT as well. He passes along his knowledge without trying to make it all about himself. That's exactly what I'm looking for in a broadcaster. He doesn't look 100% comfortable yet, but he's just getting started. I expect him to continue improving.

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classic videos. i think its time for skip and stephen A. to stop challenging players to come on the show because this is what is gonna start happening from now on. they make it like they are the only people that watch sports and they know everything. we all watch sports. were not blind to the game and we can evaluate whats going on in the game just like them.

I think people just need to realize they are entertainers who also happen to talk about sports. The show is entertaining in comparison to other sports shows imo.

I really didn't see how Cuban showed either of them up. If he knew as much about basketball as he would have everyone believe, then why did he let Chandler walk away? His presence kept bigger players from pushing Dirk around. I thought not bringing him back was a pretty dumb move. Now Dirk has no muscle backup and will spend the rest of his career getting pushed around and run out of the playoffs.

Not to mention he tried to act like it was some great coaching strategy that kept Lebron out of the paint in last years finals lol. Riiiiight....

Came across as arrogant and full of himself.