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Scott Van Pelt zings Colin Cowherd with John Wall tweet

Published Apr. 21, 2015 11:07 p.m. ET

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Colin Cowherd has spent the better part of five years – FIVE YEARS! – holding one 30 second dance over John Wall’s head like some kind of modern day scarlet letter. Amazingly enough, he brought it up again on Tuesday. This guy just doesn’t quit.

Not to start another ESPN-on-ESPN feud or get SVP suspended (he’s one of the good ones in Bristol), but we couldn’t help but stand up and applaud this tweet that Van Pelt sent while Wall was playing a great game against the Raptors in the playoffs.

Imagine how good Wall would be if he didn't dance that one time.

— Scott Van Pelt (@notthefakeSVP) April 22, 2015

So yeah, it’s kinda stupid that someone would take a 30-second pregame dance and try to define someone’s life and legacy for the rest of recorded history by it and treat it as some kind of seminal moment for mankind. Other ESPNers like Bomani Jones have called Cowherd out on it too. Cowherd has maintained that he’ll never back down from his Wall rant (that many accused of race-baiting) like he’s Patrick Henry or something. The bloodthirsty vendetta against Wall over a pregame dance is maybe the most bizarre in recent sports media history. Thankfully there are some people sensible enough to not think that way.

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