I don't think we can explain away all of the stuff Brian has written that wasn't true as a consequence of his involvement with Grant. Some things just don't match up with that. My problems with many of Windhorst's recent articles is that they insult my intelligence. There is no way he can believe some of the things he is writing. People need to understand that one major aspect of his life changed after Lebron left Cleveland, the person signing his checks.
I want to make it clear that I don't hate Windhurst. I used to listen to him on the Les's show. I read most everything his writes. It just is incredibly disappointing to me how much he now slants the news and tries to pass off things as truths that are completely false.
"Lebron has never played with a ball dominant guard." -- Brian Windhorst
Anyone reading this actually believe that? Anyone actually believe that Brian believes that? Mr James had just played the last 4 years with Dwayne Wade. They had a lot of issues that first season on how to share the ball due to them both being dominant. In fact, Mr Windhurst himself wrote many of the articles from E-Spin highlighting the problems it was causing the Heat. But, when it comes time to frame an article this off season with a slant on how Lebron wouldn't leave Miami, he suddenly gains amnesia and pushes the above falsehood.
"The Heat have record setting cap space." -- Brian Windhorst
Brian ignores something called cap holds when he perpetrated this lie. He repeated it over and over in multiple articles and tv interviews. It very clearly isn't true. The only way to have had the cap space he claimed they had was to actually renounce the very players they were trying to re-sign. Couple this with how he painted the Cavs as having no cap space, and pushing how much they would have to jump through hoops to get some shows just how much he was coloring the news. He was correct that, at that very moment, the Cavs didn't have any cap space. But, he also had to know that they could renounce certain players at an instant when they choose to. This picking and choosing of when to acknowledge or ignore facts is what is bothering me. I don't like someone trying to bull shit me and expect that as a reader I am going to just accept it.