I love covering the NBA. It's amazing sometimes how one comment or one second-hand report bounces around in the echo chamber and suddenly becomes a big story.
Take, for instance, Rod Thorn's comment that Richard Jefferson "didn't seem very happy" when the news broke about the trade that would send him to the Bucks. Keep in mind that Thorn hadn't actually spoke to Jefferson when he made that comment. He had only spoke to Jefferson's agent and tried to call and text Jefferson himself.
Suddenly, there were reports everywhere that Jefferson was upset with being traded to Milwaukee. Some people even wondered if he'd try to force a trade elsewhere.
There's that echo chamber that I was talking about...
(Read the rest after the jump.)
Found July 08, 2008 on
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HAHA. I wrote that article about Jefferson being unhappy, but i know what you mean.
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Jealous of what? VC's inability to perform in the playoffs?
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