Fox Sports personality Skip Bayless’ entire career in sports media is built on performative dishonesty. He’ll settle on a take and simply refuse to budge from it despite all evidence to the contrary.
On Tuesday night, we saw exactly how those objectively horrendous takes form in real time.
During Game 2, Warriors guard Gary Payton II suffered a fractured elbow as a result of a dirty foul from the Grizzlies’ Dillon Brooks. With Payton already in the air, Brooks made no attempt at the ball and caught Payton squarely on the head with the follow through. Payton fell awkwardly on his arm, which caused the injury. Brooks was ejected on the play, and honestly, should face a suspension.
