Yahoo Sports: Player Hatin' on Jimmer Fredette

Shots Heard asks who has the better stats. Player A or Player B?

Player A - 27.9 ppg, 45.5 FG%, 40.4 3FG%, 89.6 FT%, 3.5 Reb, 4.3 Asts, 3.5 TOs, 1.5 Stls, 0.0 Blks

Player B - 21.8 ppg, 47.0 FG%, 36.2 3FG%, 81.9 FT%, 4.8 Reb, 5.2 Asts, 3.2 TOs, 1.3 Stls, 0.1 Blks

Also for the scope of understanding recognize each team's performance.

Team A (Player A) - 28-3, RPI 4, SOS 20

Team B (Player B) - 27-4, RPI 5, SOS 30

Anybody and their dog who claims to know thing one about evaluating performance would pick Player A. So what the F is the Yahoo 'experts' problem? They picked Duke's Nolan Smith (Player B) ahead of Jimmer Fredette (Player A) for their college player of the year. 

It's official, Yahoo Sports has added their experts to the brothel of sports media whores will pander to bigger markets for more web hits.

By the way, the Mountain West Conference as a whole had a better RPI than the ACC, so the media whores don't have that golden oldie excuse of 'well he had to play against tougher competition.'

Yahoo's Jason King wrote the article of explanation.Yahoo reasoned:

- Duke is 27-4 and it may have been worse if not for Nolan Smith stepping up his game after Irving Smith was injured when Duke was 8-0. Nolan Smith led them to a 19-4 record after the injury. "Most teams would've crumbled after losing a player such as Irving."

Jeff King, did you want to throw up when you wrote the line? "Most teams would've crumbled after losing a player such as Irving." 

Not only is that patently bad sports clique, but what the heck is it even supposed to mean?

In Duke's case they have a bevvy of talent and going 19-4 after losing any player was not at all unexpected. If anything it was expected.

And when it comes to player of the year awards, it's pretty lame to play the where would a team be without a player card anyhow. By that measure, one player could perform better and still be at a disadvantage.

But even if you are going to play the where would they be card then what's the point if you're not going to legitimately answer the question? Where would Duke be without Nolan Smith? I don't know, maybe a four or a five seed at worst. Where would BYU be without Jimmer Fredette? I don't know, maybe not even making the NCAA Tournament.

You see. These media whores don't even care if their reasons make sense. They just want to reward their dog in the race. Get it together Yahoo Sport 'experts.' You were supposed have independent analysis (unlike ESPN). But it appears that is no longer the case (if it ever really was).

At any rate, stop player hatin' Yahoo Sports. Ya'll saw Jimmer doing stuff on the court that has not been done since the days of Pistol Pete and ya'll can't recognize? Shots Heard pronounces shame upon Yahoo Sports. Shame.

Shots Heard dedicates these Depeche Mode lyrics to Yahoo Sports. It all seems so stupid. It makes me want to give up. But why should I give up when it all seems so stupid. Shame.

Shame indeed.