Skip Bayless claims he was star HS basketball player, called out on lies by Jalen Rose

[SportsFromA2]

Props to Jalen for bringing this up on-air, lol. great stuff:



it all started about Bayless talking about Russell Westbrook:

Pretty soon the Thunder must start Harden at PG, play Westbrook on wing, play Sefalosha less. Will slightly hurt D, make better overall.

http://twitter.com/#!/RealSkipBayles...23980850200576

For the record: I love the OKC Thunder. My hometown team. KD my favorite player. RWestbrook sensational talent. But doomed if he plays PG.

http://twitter.com/#!/RealSkipBayles...23496353574913

Fine, whatever, he has his opinion, but then he tries to validate his take with his basketball expertise gained from being a HS Basketball (and baseball) star:

FYI: I started for high school team that lost in state finals. Coach didn't like me b/c I shot too much and he wanted me to be more PG.

http://twitter.com/#!/RealSkipBayles...25630272847872

Tall for age in 9th grade, chosen MVP of state-wide basketball camp over several future D1 players. Decided I was Maravich. Coach disagreed.

http://twitter.com/#!/RealSkipBayles...26505288536064

I made all-region sr. year in baseball. Vandy asked me to play (on teams that won SEC all 4 of my yrs). Wisely decided to lock in on school

http://twitter.com/#!/RealSkipBayles...27041144438784


uhh, about that:
http://www.thelostogle.com/2012/04/0...etball-career/

Over the weekend, we acquired through the Ogle Mole network some scans from the 1969 and 1970 Northwest Classen High School Yearbooks. Not coincidentally, that was Skip’s junior and senior year at the once suburban high school. The yearbooks contain team photos, season recaps and even individual player stats for the basketball team. Basically, they let you know if Skip’s claims of high school basketball glory were true and accurate, or if they were just wild lies pulled from the ass of the elder douche bag of annoying sports commentators.

(they go into a lot of detail, but in conclusion)

Yep, Skip Bayless scored a grand total of 21 points in 15 games as the “starting” point guard for the 1970 state runner-up. That averages out to 1.4 points per game. Considering his coach didn’t like him because he “shot too much,” you have to wonder how low his field goal shooting percentage was. And thank God we don’t have Skip’s stats for assists, rebounds or turnovers. It would be sad to see John Hollinger’s brain explode while trying to figure out Skip’s PER.

some other reports on this:
http://www.sportsgrid.com/media/skip...ss-not-a-star/
http://larrybrownsports.com/media-po...ketball/128830


SBB found something else, from the state finals:

SbB obtained an image scan of the original account of the Northwest-Norman game printed in the DAILY OKLAHOMAN on March 15, 1970.

Included in that account, written by Daily Oklahoman reporter Lynn Garnand, was a box score. ESPN on-air talent Bayless, who 10 days ago claimed to hundreds of thousands of Twitter followers that he “started” for Northwest that season was not mentioned in Garnand’s game story while the stat line of Bayless in the Daily Oklahoman’s box score can be seen as zeroes across the board.

http://sportsbybrooks.com/boxscores-...-twitter-30011

[ACfromtheD]

Destruction.

Love Jalen.

[SportsFromA2]

oh and should be noted, when Jalen calls Skip out, and Skip says "We'll addrees that later"


of course it was NOT addressed later.

[det2orl]

Destruction.

Love Jalen.

this, so glad Jalen is back from his suspension. Just in time for the playoffs.

[Ilov80s]

"I have no game"...HAHAHA that was amazing

[onionpouch]

I can't stand Skip, loved seeing this

[yourmom_is_hot]

I can't stand Skip, loved seeing this

this

[motorcityjoe611]

Why in God's name, especially in this day and age of fact-availability at lightning fast, search engine speed, lie about things?
Weird.

[LionSB06]

Why was he asking Jalen what he was? Was he trying to say Jalen wasn't anything back in the day either? What a jackass and love that he got called out on another one of his DB moves.

[SportsFromA2]

Why was he asking Jalen what he was? Was he trying to say Jalen wasn't anything back in the day either? What a jackass and love that he got called out on another one of his DB moves.

i believe the context of the discussion was about if russell westbrook should be the pg of the okc thunder.

so i believe/assume he was asking jalen what was his defined position

[General283]

this, so glad Jalen is back from his suspension. Just in time for the playoffs.

Why was Jalen suspended?