Asshole NBA writer Peter Vecsey reportedly gave a legendarily awful speech at the basketball Hall of Fame last night that was so atrocious that Michael Jordan walked out- and the league appears to have suppressed the videotape. From Jeff Pearlman's account:
Throughout his 32-year career covering hoops, Vecsey boasts an unparalleled record of alienation. This is just a guess, but I’d say 90-95 percent of players dislike him. I’d say 97-99 percent of coaches and owners dislike him. And, among his peers in the media … uh, well … yeah. Not a good track record. The problem, to be blunt, is this: Vecsey has never come off as a particularly nice person. His writing is snide and dismissive; his tone that of a know-it-all third grader. He’s extremely combative, and (this is a guess, admittedly) would rather try and throw punches than engage in an actual intellectual discourse. That Vecsey writes for the Post is appropriate: He and the newspaper deserve one another.All that, on top of being wrong about every major story for years. I just hope that videotape surfaces eventually.