Poor Jalen Rose Goes Slumming on First Take with Skip Bayless

I have a policy that explicitly prohibits me from watching First Take. It’s my own personal “common sense” clause. I just can’t get caught up in things that I PERSONALLY believe insult my intelligence. First Take is a lot like wrestling except wrestling thrives on the fact that everyone knows it’s fake. First Take survives by people–especially athletes–thinking it’s real.

It’s like going to see a drama and being shown a bad comedy.

I have been enticed to watch First Take THREE times since my common sense clause went into effect. Once for Nnamdi Asomugha who is so dreamy I just had to see him talk. Once for Chris Bosh who is currently my favorite basketball player (just a bit above Kevin Durant) and a frequent target of Skip’s offensive sexual baiting (Bosh Spice? fuck you, dude).

Today was the third time I watched (and I didn’t watch it all, let’s be clear). But I had to at least see a little bit of it because Jalen Rose was on and I’ve been a HUGE fan of his for a very long time (reference point: long before he made peace with Larry Brown!) and I hate that he’s on at odd times and I can never catch him doing anything. Today’s broadcast was sparked by Jalen’s appearance on-air yesterday where he confronted Skip about his inability to play basketball sparking a fuller ratings ploy… I mean conversation, for today.

From the parts that I saw, this is what stuck out to me:

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