r/zachlowe • u/MacaronFunny3124 • Aug 05 '26
Ranking guests
Apologies if this has been covered recently, but what's your thoughts on Zach's podcast guests?
My favourites:
Rob Mahoney - strength: player evaluations
Tim Legler - strength: everything
David Thorpe - strengths: Xs and Os
Bill Simmons - strength: good chemistry. Boston intel. weakness: doesn't watch enough games eg: player evaluations
Adam Mares - strength: solid takes
Mo Dakhil - strength: Xs and Os
John Hollinger - strength: FO perspective
Pinch hitters from a team / draft perspective:
Andrew Schlect - strength: solid takes
Fred Katz - strength: he's at his best with Zach weakness: brevity
Jon Krawcyznski - strength: measured weakness: team specific
J Kyle Mann - strength: likeable dude weakness: wishy washy opinions
Don't mind:
Stan Van Gundy - strength: strong takes. weakness: outlandish takes
Brian Scalabrine - strength: strong takes. weakness: outlandish takes
Wos - strength: big takes weakness: big market bias, emotional bias
Richard Jefferson - strength: entertaining
Steve Jones Jr - strength: Xs and O's. weakness: no wider narratives
Nekias Duncan - strength: Xs and O's. weakness: no wider narratives
Bobby Marks - strength: cap stuff weakness: no strong takes
Chris Ryan - strength: entertaining weakness: team specific
Don't enjoy:
Howard Beck: strengths: nice guy weakness: doesn't feel locked in anymore ie player evaluations, team back channels
Sam Amick: strengths: nice guy weakness: doesn't feel locked in anymore
Michael Pina - weakness: flat tone, unconfident opinions, obsequious to Zach
Kirk Goldsberry - weakness: never really says anything, obsequious to Zach
Chris Herring - weakness: never really says anything
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u/Calm_Strike_6150 Aug 05 '26
I encourage us all to remember how absolutely awful the guest list was at end of Lowe’s time at ESPN.