Let me preface this by saying I’m a loyal reader of Henry Abbott and Truehoop.com (an ESPN blog), easily one of the best basketball blogs out there.  I don’t consider Abbott to be an ESPN guy however, as his blog was purchased only a couple years ago, and his daily posts follow the same format and style as they did when his blog was independently operated.  If ESPN knew what they were doing, they would just let Abbott run their whole NBA section.

But unfortunately that is not the case.  Instead, their NBA frontpage is one of the laziest and least informative basketball sources out there.   Just check out their headlines section today:

“Wolves sign free-agent C Hollins to offer sheet” has been the leading headline for 2 goddamn days!!! Why???  This is probably the most irrelevant free agent signing of the off-season.  Not even the most ardent T-Wolves fan cares or is even mildly excited about having Ryan Hollins on their team.  Its not like this has been a slow NBA off-season either.  There are about 100 pieces of NBA news from the last 2 days that should lead their headlines section over Ryan freakin’ Hollins.  Just to name a few:  Iverson/Felton/Big Baby/Ramon Sessions FA status, JR Smith telling the world he is a member of the Bloods via Twitter, Earl Watson playing for the Mexican National Team, the owner proposed “super luxury tax,” what Lebron ate for lunch)

Other than TrueHoop, their NBA section offers NOTHING worthwhile.  If you want any actual information, you need to be an “Insider.”  Granted this is only like $3/month, but you could just go to Hoopshype.com and read the same shit for free.

Also, gotta love the auto-play video advertisements on ESPN’s homepage these days….If it weren’t for Bill Simmons, Abbott, and Streak for Cash, I literally would never visit ESPN.com.