Post#15 » by dagger » Tue Jan 5, 2010 7:46 pm
Ford's sources are heavily focussed on the draft. He lives in Hawaii now and doesn't actually get down to watch many games, so unlike Stein or Sheridan - the latter a little too much of a shill for the Knicks - he doesn't get into many locker rooms or talk in person with coaches and general managers. Since most GMs are reluctant to put strong opinions into writing, which is what a text message is, I suspect Ford is largely reduced to a list of unnamed sources he may or may not speak to over the phone.
On draft issues, I suspect agents and college coaches and the like seek him out to promote their clients/players. And GMs use him to launch their smokescreens. But on whether Chris Bosh is staying or going, I don't believe Ford has any more insight than the average writer on Bleacher Report. And that's because I don't think anything is a done deal with Bosh in his own mind.
By the way, it was below freezing this morning in Orlando. Coldest day in Miami in a decade. Guess Chris got to walk around in a T-shirt and get used to those wonderful Florida winters.
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