Comments on: Adam Zagoria on Kyrie Irving, Recruiting, and Social Networking

By: Rick Douglass

Rick Douglass — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:51:41 +0000

Adam is a tabloid reporter who stole a 17 year old’s dream to announde on ESPN U. He owes Kyriie and his family an apology for manufacturing a story without speaking with any of them. He completely manufactured the story and incorporated old quotes from Kyrie and his father to corroborate his chessy story. That is journalism at its best.

I have lost all respect for this reporter and hope the kids BAN him going forward. This is not the first I have heard stories involving this reporter.

Hopefully the kids will boycott him going forward.

By: Rick Douglass

Rick Douglass — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:46:02 +0000

ADAM…GET A LIFE. YOU ARE A LOSER!!!!!!

By: jstevrtc

jstevrtc — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:09:56 +0000

Judging by the number of people who have read this story, Mark?

LOTS of people.

John Stevens
RTC

By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:42:53 +0000

Wow, who cares?

By: Brian

Brian — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:47:17 +0000

I totally disagree with Matt. Zagoria got the scoop and reported it, then Irving lies about it for his own selfish interests. I am familiar with Zagoria’s coverage and he certainly is no angel. However, I have to stand with him on this issue. Irving has been parading himself around like no other during this recruitment, committed to a school on his visit and then lied to Georgia Tech and Seton Hall about taking visits to those schools.

Why does he need to be “in the spotlight?” He doesn’t deserve any spotlights, he should shut his mouth and play hard for the school he choses and be responsible and truthful with regards to the other schools on his list.

It’s so sad that kids have to make a big spectacle of a college choice when most of them won’t even be there for more than 2 years. I don’t know how long Irving will be at Duke, but this trend is troubling to me. We are definitely in a me-first generation now and it’s a sad reflection on society.

By: rtmsf

rtmsf — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:58:06 +0000

It seems as if the best way for KI and any other recruits to handle this in the future is just to not tell anyone (coaches included) until they make their big decision, whether on national tv or wherever. Then there’s no “scoop” to be delivered.

What would have been the harm in waiting 2 more days to tell the Duke staff along with the rest of the world at the same time?

Otherwise, players will leave open the possibility of leaks such as happened here, and accusations of lies, sliminess, and the like.

Bottom line – like everything else in life – if you really want it to be private, then don’t open your mouth.

By: Don McClintock

Don McClintock — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:41:20 +0000

Although Mr. Zagoria feels that it is his job to “report the news”, I don’t see where it is his job to make the news. He clearly was attempting to scoop the story ahead of the announcement date, that had already been established. Reporting the news is about telling the story that has occurred. Making the news is about creating a story before it has occurred, true or otherwise.

Kyrie Irving owes this guy nothing. Zagoria is trying to make a living on the back of 17 and 18 year olds. The problem is not the kid, it is the “adult”. If an appology is owed, it is from Zagoria to Irving for trying to steal his moment.

Lose the ego Zagoria.

By: Sean Thomes

Sean Thomes — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:01:49 +0000

Zagoria calling himself a “journalist” is laughably stupid.

His next job, telling 5 year olds that there is no Santa.

kudos jacka**

By: Grammy

Grammy — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:43:21 +0000

Matt,

I couldn’t have said it better myself. Imagine how excited Kyrie must have been at the prospect of making his announcement on TV. Only to have Mr. Zagoria take away his thunder. Slimy is too kind a word.

By: Stuart

Stuart — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:31:58 +0000

Adam did his job. Had he gotten his confirmation from Kyrie on a confidential basis and violated a promise, that would obviously be bad. Kyrie had every right to deny his decision to anyone until he was ready to affirm it (once again, assuming it was not he who provided Adam a scoop). The only real jerk here is Seth Davis, who seems to think that the world has some obligation to journalists.

By: matt

matt — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 09:26:27 +0000

Adam has reduced himself to nothing more than a tabloid journalist. His comments in this article reflect his own internal struggle between what is reportable as news and what is morally and ethically the proper thing to do.

“That’s my job as a reporter to report the news when a story happens and that’s pretty much it.” “When they have a story they go with it and that’s pretty much the bottom line as far as journalism goes.”

It’s obvious to me that Mr. Zagoria knows that scooping this story was “pretty much” a slimy thing to do. It would have been easy for him to keep his trap shut and allow Kyrie to make his announcement on his own terms. Several people besides Mr. Zagoria knew of Kyrie’s intentions to commit to Duke and chose not to spoil this young man’s opportunity to be in the spotlight. Shame on you, Adam, for not listening to your intuition, and rationalizing your decision to report this information under the guise of some type of journalistic responsibility. This reader doesn’t buy into that rationale.

To Mr. Irving: I’m glad that I got to listen to your announcement on ESPNU, and I am ecstatic that you chose to attend Duke University. Best of luck with your college career!