Baseless? How about the fact that Verizon is blocking a Google feature from being on it's phone?
http://www.androidcentral.com/verizon-reportedly-blocking-access-google-wallet-its-galaxy-nexus
They have taken over the launch of the phone (with Matias Duarte saying that it is their phone now), they added bloatware (2 apps is still bloat), and are checking for bugs themselves (meaning the update process will go through them). I think that this will be a great stock phone with a nexus name, but it will not be a true nexus. And I know that people aren't going to like hearing that, but as of right now, that's what it appears to be. I hope that I am proven wrong and that Google takes over.
Regardless, I'm still getting the phone and I'm super excited for it. Flame me anyways.