Reed's Rhetorical Analysis: The Warriors Team

Those that oppose the Warriors team and that are in favor of the Bulls team have a use many of the same techniques but use different approaches to reach the audiences emotional side such as aiming to attract an older audience. Those against the Warriors, like those supporting the Warriors, use a logos heavy argument and support there claims through the use of statistics that include streaks made and records broken. They prove their credibility on the topic through logos and establishing strong tone. Many believe that the facts presented by the writers is a sufficient way to establish credibility but that’s only one small way to achieve this as we see from Travis Reed’s article. Reed makes sure that the audience knows his expertise on the

He takes instances such as the historic start to the season that Warriors had and makes it seem like it was easy to do. Banks states that “16 wins that made up the Warriors’ historic start, 13 of those victories came against teams… who all rank in the bottom nine in the league.” This bold statement makes a historic NBA record look like something that wasn’t difficult to do. He then continues to make the warriors look appalling by informing the audience on how the Bulls had to go up against tougher competition than the Warriors are facing. Banks says that “in an era that was defined by superstar big men like Hakeem Olajuwon, Shaquille O’Neal, David Robinson and Alonzo Morning, the Bulls went 12-2.” He wants the audience to realize that the Bulls had to face Hall of Fame big men to get to the top of the mountain in NBA history. He makes it his goal to use streaks and recors to make the Bulls look impressive all while using impressive Warrior accomplishments against them. Banks, like Scaletta, manipulates facts in his favor and makes the Bulls look like they are much better than the Warriors, when in reality the teams are very evenly

We see him try and touch the older fans through the use of sympathy. Banks says that this run by the Warriors “threatens a portion of Michael Jordan’s legacy.” Through this statement we see that Banks wants to make the audience feel sympathetic because they know Michael Jordan as the greatest player all time and do not want to see his amazing track record damaged. He makes these fans want to feel that the Warriors aren’t better than the Bulls solely because Michael Jordan is such a great player and no one can hurt his legacy. He makes it seem as though the older fans want to preserve history and don’t want to see a team that has plays a “soft schedule” to take that historic legacy away from the 1996 Chicago Bulls