We’re living in a time where there is no shortage of hot takes being screamed on TV at all hours of the day. And we all know by now that most of those hot takes are not good.
But what Mike Greenberg said on Tuesday morning’s Get Up! might be one of the worst takes that you’ll ever hear.
Greenberg went on national TV and made a case for LeBron James to not play in Wednesday night’s Game 5 against the Warriors. He even said that James shouldn’t fly with the team to San Francisco for the game and that he should watch it from the comfort of his very big home.
Why? Because Greenberg thinks rest is more important than trying to close out a playoff series as quickly as you can.
Check this out:
Might be time for Greeny to clear his mind and take that darkness retreat he promised pic.twitter.com/feNYeravCn
— Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) May 9, 2023
NBA fans rightfully roasted him:
This is truly one of the dumbest things I’ve ever seen https://t.co/v97c2vOtVI
— Ben Ross (@BenRossTweets) May 9, 2023
ESPN has fallen off so hard you got media members saying professional athletes should rest in the playoffs 😐 https://t.co/udBcDGZfGs
— Austin 🦆➖0 Natties (@deviousduck_) May 9, 2023
it's said...better to be quiet and look like a fool...then speak and remove all doubt... https://t.co/jEaSKG0y6f
— gary sensenstein (@garysensenstein) May 9, 2023
I agree the warriors get amped up and probably win this game at home facing elimination, but suggesting the lakers rest their starters is one of the dumbest things I’ve ever heard https://t.co/fSCSYZdJKt
— Charlie Rockford (@clrockny24) May 9, 2023
Why was this even okay’d in the production meetings? @espn fire everybody. https://t.co/03NOfbzCCp
— Kyle Lee Watson (@_MasterWilliam) May 9, 2023
Suggesting the Lakers rest their starters for Game 5 is one of the dumbest takes in the history of takes. https://t.co/RFDlRuHlOw
— Joe Osborne (@JTFOz) May 9, 2023
How the hell has this guy ever been allowed to speak a word about sports, this is absurd https://t.co/xkxVZytazc
— Jeremy Entwistle (@JerEnt1) May 9, 2023
