06-15-2021, 03:58 PM
(This post was last modified: 06-15-2021, 03:59 PM by hakeemfaan.)
(06-15-2021, 02:50 PM)mavsluvr Wrote: Yes, as far as appearing to be based on multiple sources, confirmation obtained, Cuban given a chance to comment, addressing an important issue, etc.
I do think the piece was slanted to present the situation as perhaps more sensational than it really is. Particularly the headline. (Authors don't typically write their own headlines, so I don't think Cato is necessarily to blame for that.)
I think that's why it was necessary for Tim to spend the whole day podcasting that he didn't really mean to suggest that Luka was threatening to leave or trying to throw his weight around, that there was a rift between Bob and Rick, that Bob was the cancer that needs to be rooted out, etc.
I think the piece would have stood on its own, with the apparently solid reporting that was done about the front office dysfunction, and didn't require the added sensationalism, which only served to confuse the issue, imho.
This. I also felt Luka’s name was mentioned as a crutch by whoever leaked this. Luka can go to Cuban’s office and Bob is out in 5 mins. He doesn’t need this article or leak. He has real power. Whoever leaked ths doesn’t have that power and what better way to get fans onto his side than mention Luka’s personal feelings about Bob.