Any sports columnist more annoying than Jason Whitlock

[Dr. Jack]

Like a blackboard being scratched

[snapdad]

I can't stand that fat bastard.

[The Judge]

I never heard of him before the "nappy head" fiasco and actually appreciated his take on that issue. Heard his drivel when he guested a couple of time on Rome's show after that an realized he was a hack.

I do not miss talk radio.

[Big Pimpin]

obv. u guys are racists

[THE Sports PROFIT]

This is what's wrong with newspaper columnists (writers) crossing over into talk radio and tv, this guy represents all that is wrong, can't stand him. Thinks he's profound, loves to listen to himself, takes a most obscure angle on most issues just to be different.

Less he's around the better, fat bastard.

[QuadzillaXXX]

yeah most of these guys were meant to stay hidden under their rocks and not make the jump to TV

[upinya83]

i've made my hatred for this guy known for years, being in Kansas City I have to put up with him more than most

[upinya83]

Jason Whitlock Opining On Jeremy Lin’s Dong [Morning Twitpic]







You're an NBA fan. Dissatisfied with the typical online outlets, you're coming to an NBA-obsessive blog on a Monday to read more than what the more orthodox NBA media outlets are giving you. You search and you scour for takes and columns and tweets and video and you'll do it all again come Tuesday morning. Tell me, have you ever read a Jason Whitlock column on the NBA? Do you even think to go to him when NBA news breaks?

Jason Whitlock knows this. He's also an unfunny boor with a massive ego, and the combination of those factors plus his NBA irrelevancy leads to Twitter comments like this, in the wake of Jeremy Lin's brilliant 38-point performance against the Lakers on Friday night:

Some lucky lady in NYC is gonna feel a couple inches of pain tonight.

There are funny jokes, and then there are unfunny jokes that mix with needless racial stereotyping and the laziness that comes from not even bothering to look up the fact that the Knicks would be flying to Minneapolis directly after Friday's game.

On Sunday, after much criticism and derision, Whitlock came through with an apology of sorts:

I then gave in to another part of my personality - my immature, sophomoric, comedic nature. It's been with me since birth, a gift from my mother and honed as a child listening to my godmother's Richard Pryor albums. I still want to be a standup comedian.

Don't you dare involve Richard Pryor in this, Jason Whitlock. Maybe your mother makes lame jokes all the time, but do not invoke Pryor's name. His jokes were funny. This was pathetic.

I like dark, weird humor. Michael O'Donoghue remains a steady influence on me, even as I write up posts about Dwight Howard dunking on a fake giraffe. But this, to paraphrase the least-darkest comic of all time in Jerry Seinfeld, offends me more as someone who appreciates humor than it does the ugly and needless stereotyping of a 6-3, 200-pound man. If you're going to go nasty, at least go out being funny.

Whitlock's not going anywhere, though some called for and even expected his dismissal from FOX over the weekend. The Asian American Journalists Association was more than correct in looking past the "not funny" aspect of Whitlock's noise and Facebook.com/note.php?note_id=10150589985069654" target="_blank">calling out its blatant stereotyping.

Jeremy Lin, meanwhile, went on to overcome tired legs in his fifth game in seven nights on Saturday, and score 20 points in New York's win over the Minnesota Timberwolves.

Whitlock, per usual, will be dutifully ignored by NBA fans until he says another stupid thing about the league

[BLBisinnocent]

I read it, I laughed.....

People are selectively uptight these days........

[Dr. Jack]

Originally Posted by BLBisinnocent

I read it, I laughed.....

People are selectively uptight these days........

Don't believe you laugh, lol

[BLBisinnocent]

I don't want to live in a world where we can't make fun of Asians for having small dicks........

[mark12]

Originally Posted by BLBisinnocent

I read it, I laughed.....

People are selectively uptight these days........

At least now it is clear you don't defend all races just African Americans. Nice job racist.

[bdgear]

i bet you whitlock has not seen his thing in years which makes that comment even more hillarious

[BLBisinnocent]

As for a more annoying columnist, how about Rick Reilly, who climbs the ladder writing the most vanilla, self-aggrandizing crap in media....

[mark12]

Originally Posted by BLBisinnocent

As for a more annoying columnist, how about Rick Reilly, who climbs the ladder writing the most vanilla, self-aggrandizing crap in media....

And how convenient that he is white.