Behind the Line

For the past year...Stephen A Smith has been telling anyone who would listen...that the reason the Brooklyn Nets hired Steve Nash was because of his white privilege. Monday morning on ESPN's Woke Take...Stephen A was singing a different tune.

Now he's blaming Kevin Durant for the hiring of Steve Nash. We look into Stephen A Smith's comments...and rip him apart again. We also dispel the tired point Stephen A likes to make...about African American head coaches with little to no coaching experience...not getting the same opportunities as their white colleagues.

Kevin Durant responded to a tweet from Toure Neblett...in which Neblett claimed the current situation for the NBA Playoffs is a negative for the league. With all the mainstream stars eliminated...there are no stars left to draw in the casual viewer.

Kevin Durant alluded to this not being the case...and an article posted on this topic made the claim that the NBA Playoffs were for the diehard fans...not the casual fan.

We refute these claims...and explain why the NBA Playoffs are geared towards the casual NBA fan. We also explain how the lack of superstars in the Conference Finals...and NBA Finals...could have a devastating impact on NBA television ratings.

NBA Playoff ratings continued their decline throughout the second round...as the league once again saw double digit declines compared to 2019. Some games even saw declines compared to the record lows last year.

Since the NBA is considered the second most popular sport in America...we compare the current NBA Playoff ratings to Major League Baseball. With Giannis being the biggest superstar left in the playoffs...can he stop the bleeding and improve the NBA's ratings?

Ben Simmons is being universally blasted for his dismal performance in the Philadelphia 76ers second round playoff series with the Atlanta Hawks. Simmons was outplayed by Trae Young....and was such a liability in the fourth quarter that Doc Rivers had to bench him.

What this series proved...is that Ben Simmons isn't a superstar level player in the NBA. He's the league's highest profile role player. We look into the performance of Ben Simmons...and explain why his time in Philadelphia is coming to an end.

We look at postgame comments from Doc Rivers and Joel Embiid...and show how Ben Simmons doesn't have friends in the locker room. 

We've been saying for two weeks that Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Milwaukee Bucks would be eliminated from the playoffs. After Kevin Durant took over Game 5...and the Bucks surrendered a 17 point lead and lost...it seemed implausible that Milwaukee could overcome adversity.

However...Giannis and the Bucks proved me wrong by winning Game 7. Vegas oddsmakers now have Milwaukee as the favorites to win the NBA Finals. With that being the case...how come I'm still not a believer in the Bucks?

We explain why Milwaukee isn't a championship team...and how beating an injured Brooklyn Nets team isn't impressive.

Jemele Hill likes to call herself a journalist...but she's actually a propagandist. After it was announced that Phoenix Suns point guard Chris Paul will be sidelined due to the NBA covid protocols...Jemele Hill posted an interesting piece in The Atlantic.

She claims that getting vaccinated is not a personal choice...and alludes to the fact that the vaccine should be mandatory. Jemele Hill also claims that the vaccination status of NFL and NBA players should be public information.

We counter Jemele Hill's claims...and explain why health and whether or not you're vaccinated is absolutely a personal choice...and should remain a private matter.

Megan Rapinoe has burst into the mainstream by being a proponent of equality...ending racism...and social justice. Basically...if there was a queen in the woke community...it would be Megan Rapinoe.

After it was announced Thursday that Megan Rapinoe would be the new face of Victoria's Secret...a tweet from 10 years ago resurfaced. The tweet from Megan Rapinoe contained racial connotations directed towards Natasha Kai.

However...not one outlet in the mainstream sports media has covered this story. We explain why the sports media...along with social justice warriors like LeBron James...have ignored this tweet from Megan Rapinoe. We also explore the fact that once businesses and athletes go woke...they experience a rapid decline.

The New Orleans Pelicans have a history of not knowing how to handle superstar players. They messed up with Chris Paul...they messed up with Anthony Davis. Now...it appears the relationship with Zion Williamson is on thin ice.

We react to a report from The Athletic that states Zion Williamson's family wants him to leave New Orleans. According to The Athletic...Zion is concerned about the dysfunction and the direction of the Pelicans.

We explain how this impending departure has been coming...and show the subtle signs that have occurred over the last two years. Can David Griffin and the Pelicans find a way to salvage their relationship with Zion Williamson?

Megan Rapinoe has found a way to ruin something else. Not only does she wants women to receive equal pay to men in sports...she's now found a way to ruin Victoria's Secret. This is a common practice for wokers. They never build anything...but are experts at destroying everything.

It was announced that Victoria's Secret is getting rid of their world famous Angels...and replacing them with "accomplished" women like Megan Rapinoe. We explain how this will destroy their business...by showing the demographics of their average customer.

Victoria's Secret has shrunk their market cap from the majority of the American population...to less than five percent of the population.

LeBron James was bounced from the playoffs two weeks ago...yet he's still finding a way to keep his name in the headlines. LeBron went on a social media rant yesterday...saying he warned the NBA before the season that there would be a rash of injuries to players due to the quick turnaround.

We look into LeBron's comments...and explain why Adam Silver had no choice but to start the NBA regular season as soon as possible. We look into the injury rate from this season...and determine if more injuries occurred this season than they did last year.

We also explain that quick turnaround or not...both LeBron James and Anthony Davis likely would've suffered injuries at some point this season anyway.