Stephen A. Smith‘s record in picking recent NBA Finals winners is, quite frankly, preposterous.
The crab rangoon king has had a tough time picking NBA Finals winners in recent memory, missing on the last seven seasons. As the 2017 version of Cavaliers/Warriors gets set for tipoff next week, some have looked back to Smith’s misfires in anticipation of his series pick this time around.
So they can, you know, bet heavily against whatever he says.
https://streamable.com/fs9cl
To me the the most preposterous thing about the video is the debate about Russell Westbrook ever being a good enough point guard. Did we really do that? Was there a time for that ever in this world? We really do waste so much of the all-too precious time we have on this Earth. It’s sad, really.
Anyway, Smith picks the Heat over the Mavericks in 2011 and the Thunder over the Heat in 2012. He picked against Miami again in 2013, but finally picked the Heat in 2014. They lost to the Spurs in the rematch. In 2015, Smith bet on James again and lost. He then switched to Stephen Curry and the Warriors and got burned by a 3-1 lead.
Since 2011, Smith has missed every NBA Finals prediction. That’s actually pretty difficult to do, considering that the chances of picking the series correct blindly rest at 50/50. Add in the basketball expertise that’s supposed to be in play here and an educated guess should be more likely to yield success. But even if you pick randomly, it would take a pretty long string of coin flips to randomly string that many losses together.
We’re witnessing history here, everyone. Let’s see if he can keep it going this year.
