Brian Windhorst Leaves Plain Dealer, Will Cover Heat For ESPN

I never really followed him, but congratulations to him on the new opportunity.

ESPN is showing its true colors again. Being a big NHL fan before any other sport, I’ve hated them for many years, and them sucking up to Miami is just more fuel to the fire.

If the heat crash and burn…is windhorst gonna be guaranteed another gig at espn? Hitching your wagon to LBJ right about now is pretty risky…although I understand why he made the move.

and then does essentially the same thing. I don’t begrudge him because he actually DOES have to worry about what is best for his family but still funny.

Just another journalist to me.

Best sports beat writer in Ohio. He will be missed.

Winhorst:

I didn’t care if you just wrote for ESPN.com for general basketball (like Bucher or hollinger). I wouldn’t care if you went to ESPNNY, ESPN Boston, or any of the other ESPN city-based websites. I wouldn’t care if you went to Yahoo.com or even to write for the NY Times.

However, I do care that you left cleveland to go cover MIAMI. Why did you have to go to ESPN and go through them to get to Miami…isn’t that how lebron did it (go to south beach through ESPN)?

I understand you have property in Miami, but you don’t have to go to Bristol, CT to write for ESPN.com. Rick Bucher, Bill Simmons, and JA Adande (just off the top of my head) live in Cali. You don’t HAVE to move out of cleveland to write for ESPN or Yahoo online.

I do wish you the best, because you were great here, however I question the overall decision making that led you to Miami.

Disgusting. I don’t blame him, I’m sure ESPN made him an offer he couldn’t refuse. It’s the whole “Heat Index” shit that I can’t stand. More of this unprecedented epic ass kissing for the ages.

The state of the NBA and ESPN’s coverage of them is just god awful. F%ck y%o, ass kissing douchebags.

Go Cavs! Cleveland rocks!

It’s times like this, ESPN shows where they stand, and remember why I love TNT, and Charles Barkely.

The idea of the Heat Index and LeBron Tracker is horrendous. Seriously? If this was happening here in Cleveland I’d be ashamed.

I’m torn with this guy…

I loved him as a journalist. I followed him on Twitter to get inside Cavs information about roster moves and general team workings. He seemed to be making a decent name for himself here in Ohio as a post-LeQueen era beat writer.

This move has “sell-out” written all over it for me. He took the douche bag route all the way to Miami. I would’ve been okay with him going to cover Boston or Los Angeles compared to this move. He followed the “Pariah of Ohi-ah” down to South Beach.

I am fed up with this Miami Heat nonsense. I hope that something gets worked into the new CBA that a team can only sign 2 max-contract players to their roster or just have one. In the fairness and good sportsmanship, this move is awful. In the near future, the powerhouse teams in the NBA will be the Miami Heat, the New Jersey Nets, the New York Knicks, the Chicago Bulls, the Los Angeles Clippers and the Dallas Mavericks. “Let’s grab the big-money market teams and have a soft salary cap like the MLB.” This way, all of these teams shall succeed and the rest of the teams will have horrible attendance and eventually go into bankruptcy.

I love my Cavaliers, but I may have to also root for a couple of other teams this year. I like OKC and Kevin Durant. I also will be rooting for Boston in the East to take down the Heat in the Conference Finals. The Heat don’t have a post presence to contend for a world title. Unfortunately for them, Boston does. When you have KG and Glen Davis at PF and Shaq and JO at center with Kendrick Perkins coming back, this team looks to be a scary one. Boston has depth for days. This isn’t college basketball where great guard play can carry your team through the Tournament. This is the NBA and you have cover down low, baby.