A Moron Says What?

So this blog isn't really supposed to launch yet, and would like to start it with a more formal introduction than the first part of a recurring feature, but I just heard something too stupid to let slide. Anyways, A Moron Says What? is going to be our FJM-style post where we call out idiots who are paid to write or talk about sports for imbecelic, indefensible opinions. There's no shortage of these out there to be found, but this is the worst I've heard in some time:

Petros Papadakis (introduced as a "TV and radio personality") on LeBron James:

You know me, I don't show up a sporting event, unless I'm being paid to be there.

Who the hell is paying you to be at sporting events?

Unless, LeBron James is in town, because I want to watch him! Because he's so big, he's so physical, he's like Natrone Means!

He just compared LeBron James to Natrone Means in a way that is supposed to be flattering to LeBron. Even Jim Rome (who I forsee becoming a regular part of this feature,) clowned him a minute later by asking "What, Marion Butts didn't want a piece that action?" Petros, however, was oblivious to the ridiculousness of his comparison.

In case you didn't grow up a Chargers fan in the mid-90s, here are Natrone Means' career numbers (all-time ranks in parentheses):

Yards: 5,215 (95, one behind Willis McGahee)
Rushing TDs: 45 (T-72)
Yards per Attempt: 3.7 (the list on pro-football reference stops after 4.0)

Yeah, that sounds like an apt comparison for a man with the potential to go down as the best player ever in his sport.

So, anyway, I apologize that the first post ever for this blog has nothing whatsoever to do with Chicago, and without other writers (some of whom don't even know they're writing for this blog yet.) I'm still aiming for a mid-May launch.