Marc Stein is one of the few NBA writers at ESPN (along with Chris Broussard and J.A. Adande) that I actually respect. He's candid, he does his homework, he sticks to his opinions (except for his power rankings, which obviously must fluctuate week-to-week), and he knows the league as well as anyone.
When Marc Stein says or writes something, I pay attention. There's a reason that he—and not any of the jack-offs I'm about to mention—is the senior NBA writer at the four-lettered network.
Unlike Chris Sheridan, he doesn't have massive orgasms whenever somebody mentions "LeBron James" and "New York" up to 745 words apart in a conversation. Unlike Tim Legler, he doesn't just spew B.S. only to flip-flop every day, just to hear himself talk. Unlike Ric Bucher, he doesn't say or do stuff that any idiot off the streets could do for free. Unlike John Hollinger, he doesn't just throw numbers together and make sweeping generalizations without knowing anything about the game itself.
Adrian Wojnarowski doesn't write for ESPN, but he would be treated like the dude who steals this guy's scooter if we had our way.
That's why when Stein wrote a feature on Friday regarding LeBron James and 2010
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