It's been quite a year for Eric Bledsoe. The former Cat suffered a heart-breaking loss in the Elite 8 of the NCAA tournament, was drafted, then traded, in the first round of the NBA draft, then spent the summer being scrutinized over his high school grades.
“… a heart-breaking loss in the Elite 8” – make it sound like Bledsoe was the only person who suffered that loss. I believe the whole team, and Coach Cal’s wallet suffered the most from that loss.
“… was drafted, then traded in the first round of the NBA draft” – so, he was still part of an NBA team making a number he can’t even count to, so what difference does it make if he was traded right off the bat? He’d be deluding himself to think he was the best last year’s team had to offer.
I mean I wasn't paying that no attention from the jump," Bledsoe told LEX 18 Sports.
Wha-huh? Can you please repeat that in English, Eric?
"It was just talk. I was just focusing on me and my career. I mean what happens, happens. They were just trying to find a big deal out of nothing so I mean it happened."
Well, there’s the English I was looking for, though now, might I request coherent English? Or is that too much to ask?
Elitist reporter alert: Seriously, can’t we prod for better quotes? Reform the questions, repeat what he said to make sure you understood it, and see if you can get a better quote out of him. It’s not that hard.
Elitist college graduate moment: Come on, I went to UK too and I can form coherent thoughts. Way to make us all look bad. I spent a small fortune for my higher education (and my parents spent even more than that) – don’t make it seem to the world that all that money was spent in vain.
Bledsoe is now relishing his role as the starting point guard for the Los Angeles Clippers. While the team isn't doing so well, Bledsoe has shined. He is one of the surprise rookies of the season so far.
Wow, you can tell I don’t give a damn about the NBA because I thought Los Angeles was the Lakers, not the Clippers. Thought that was Columbus. In what alternate universe can anything having to do with Columbus be remotely considered in the same sentence as LA?
While he is busy on the road with the Clippers, he still keeps up with the Cats. He watches them every chance he can and still stays in touch with his former teammates and coaches.
I should hope so.
"I watch them a lot, I actually talked to a couple people on the staff yesterday. Tony Delk and Rod Strickland, I talked to them yesterday. They told me they were doing pretty good.
Redundancy alert, redundancy alert – is he sure he talked to them yesterday? Sure? Absolutely sure?
Grammar Nazi alert: It should be “They told me they were doing pretty well.” ARGH. When will people learn this one???
Elitist reporter alert: Where’s the close quotation mark? Methinks someone’s editor needs some lessons.
What about John Wall and Demarcus Cousins?
What about them? This story is about Eric Bledsoe.
"Oh yeah, I talk to them all the time. They doing pretty good and from what I'm hearing. They're loving it too."
Grammar Nazi alert: Not to beat a dead horse, but it should be “They are doing pretty well…” He’s missing the “are” in that sentence and he used “good” instead of “well” AGAIN!
Elitist reporter alert: I’m thinking you inferred a period when there wasn’t one. All normal people would have inferred that sentence to have a comma and appear in print as the following (it pains me, but I will keep Bledsoe’s horrendous grammar in here – just to prove it wasn’t the grammar that made this sentence structure awkward, but rather poor reporting skills): “They doing pretty good and from what I’m hearing, they’re loving it too.” That’s right, boys and girls, a comma instead of a period can work wonders.
Elitist reporter alert (again!): Is it just me, or does it seem this story had little to do with the headline about his grades scandal? Perhaps the headline and lead could have been reworked so as to not fool people into thinking this story is about the grade scandal, but rather about what he's doing after the fact. I mean, granted, his overuse of "they are doing pretty good" does prove that his grades were brought into the spotlight justifiably, I still don't think there was enough information here about it to justify that being the headline and lead. But, maybe that's just me. What do I know? I only have a Bachelors of Science in Journalism and a Masters of Arts in Communications.
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