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DeMarcus Cousins on greatest small forwards: 'It's LeBron James, then Larry Bird'
Chandler Parsons: It’s going to be hard to jump over Bird, KD, and LeBron. Michelle Beadle: Does anybody have him jumping over Bird? Lou Williams: He can jump over guys if you add championships. DeMarcus Cousins: No. Let's not do this. No. Beadle: Not even a little? Cousins: No. Williams: Yes, he can. Cousins: No. Larry Bird? No. Parsons: I don’t want that smoke. I give him maybe Pippen. Beadle: Why wouldn't you put him over Pippen? Kawhi Leonard's been the guy on a championship team. Parsons: Just availability, I suppose, is the only flaw. Beadle: Okay, but when he's there… Williams: Why is Larry Bird untouched? Why is Larry Bird an untouchable in this conversation? I'm not challenging nothing about Larry Bird. I'm asking why is he an untouchable in this conversation when we're throwing out LeBron James, Kevin Durant…We're throwing out so many people, but when it comes to Larry Bird, you’re all shutting down, I don’t understand. Parsons: Three time champ, two-time NBA finals MVP, three-time MVP, 12 time All-Star… Williams: You don't have to tell me, I know exactly who Larry Bird is. Parsons: Nine-time first team. Lary Bird is even a three-time all-defensive team. Cousins: Can we not do this? Williams: Then Larry Bird is number one then, right? Based on your logic. Cousins: No. It’s LeBron James, then Larry Bird.
The Post previously reported that Michelle Beadle was in advanced talks to join this show. However, sources said both sides got cold feet at the eleventh hour and decided not to proceed.
Michelle Beadle is in serious talks to join former WFAN broadcaster Craig Carton’s morning show as a daily co-host, The Post has learned. A deal has not been finalized, according to sources.
Clutch Points: Michelle Beadle: "Take us through choosing [your jersey number]." Wembanyama: "It's a mentality... There's no other option but to be number 1. I can't accept to be behind someone in some way." Victor wants nothing but to be the best 👀 (via @spurs) pic.twitter.com/X7ZUVzvxEe
Michelle Beadle: "Take us through choosing [your jersey number]."
— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) July 5, 2023
Wembanyama: "It's a mentality... There's no other option but to be number 1. I can't accept to be behind someone in some way."
Victor wants nothing but to be the best 👀
(via @spurs)pic.twitter.com/X7ZUVzvxEe
Michelle Beadle, Shams Charania and Chandler Parsons team up in new TV show
FanDuel is growing its TV network. Michelle Beadle, Shams Charania and Chandler Parsons will be doing a show for the sportsbook’s linear TV channel three days a week, The Post has learned.
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“Run It Back” will air Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays at 10 a.m. on FanDuel TV, which is formerly TVG. The show will be produced by Eddie Gonzalez, who will be on-air as well. Beadle and Parsons will discuss the latest NBA news, while Charania will contribute with insider information.
Michelle Beadle of The Athletic said in an episode of her “What Did I Miss?” podcast this week that the Los Angeles Lakers star tried to get her fired from ESPN. Beadle’s guest on the podcast, retired Hall of Famer and ex-ESPN host Paul Pierce, brought up that there was a rumor about James supposedly doing so. “He tried,” replied Beadle. “He did try, yep. He did try to do that. I was like, ‘Wow, I’m honored that I’m even on your mind. Thank you very much, sir. That’s a weird place for me to be.’
“So, my stuff with him started out not personal,” Beadle continued. “I made fun of ‘The Decision’ like 400,000 other talking heads did at the time, and I think for some reason, that was it. So, it wasn’t personal to begin with it. It’s obviously, now it will always be personal, but it is what it is.” Beadle began at ESPN in 2009 as a co-host of the show “SportsNation” and quickly worked her way up the ranks. She eventually got her own podcast on the network and served as a guest host for several different ESPN programs. Beadle briefly left ESPN to work at NBC from 2012 to 2014 before returning to The Worldwide Leader. She began hosting “NBA Countdown” in 2016 and joined the crew of the show “Get Up!” in 2018. Beadle’s time at ESPN ended in 2019 when she was removed from “NBA Countdown” and eventually agreed to a buyout with the network.
Veteran broadcaster Bill Land returns for his 19th season of calling Spurs basketball as the lead play-by-play announcer and former Spur Sean Elliott is in his 21st year as the lead analyst. Former Spur Matt Bonner is back for his fourth season at the studio desk alongside primary host Dan Weiss. Fans will notice two new additions during select broadcasts this season – former sports reporter Michelle Beadle as a special correspondent and former Spurs center Fabricio Oberto as a studio analyst.
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2). ESPN and ABC are overhauling their NBA studio shows. Host Michelle Beadle was ousted for several reasons, among them — according to a network source — her inexplicable refusal to appear on other ESPN platforms to promote NBA programming. Seriously. She reportedly has a $5 million annual salary and could get a buyout, as The New York Post reported. Rachel Nichols, who has helped build “The Jump” into the second-best NBA studio show on TV (behind TNT’s award-winning “Inside the NBA”), will get the marquee host job on ABC’s Saturday night package, some playoff games and the NBA Finals. She also will continue to host “The Jump” on weekday afternoons.
And Michelle Beadle is officially out of ABC/ESPN’s NBA coverage. She had been leading “Countdown” when it had the top perch. Beadle, who makes $5 million per year, is expected to shortly finalize a buyout, according to sources.
Michelle Beadle and ESPN are in talks that are expected to result in her leaving the company, The Post has learned. This is part of the continued fallout from ABC/ESPN’s NBA shake-up that right now has Rachel Nichols and her show, “The Jump,” in line for a major promotion in how the network’s coverage will be presented going forward.
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