idk it's one of those things where if you come at someone like simmons you better really come correct and it was mostly just a bunch of workplace gossip
― k3vin k., Friday, 26 June 2020 18:19 (three years ago) link
the article started off like it was going to be some sort of takedown of him as a racist (which may still be true) but ended up just being abbott airing his own personal grievances. it was petty and embarrassing given the moment
this is otm
― mookieproof, Friday, 26 June 2020 18:20 (three years ago) link
sure but these stories have been around forever, it's also a trait that is pretty much universal among people with his kind of clout.
― k3vin k., Friday, June 26, 2020 2:17 PM (two minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
untrue and frankly pretty toxic
― lag∞n, Friday, 26 June 2020 18:20 (three years ago) link
still a fun read!
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Friday, 26 June 2020 18:22 (three years ago) link
At both his sites, he has collected writers like they’re trophies he can display in his mancave. He hasn’t learned a thing from any of them.
this rings true for Dave Chang, as well. Bill remains committed to chicken parm.
― the warm seafood salad that exists (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 26 June 2020 21:00 (three years ago) link
tbf chang likes ch parm too
― lag∞n, Friday, 26 June 2020 21:07 (three years ago) link
Bill goes to fancy restaurants and orders the steak
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Friday, 26 June 2020 21:25 (three years ago) link
the henry abbott piece is great gossip but it also makes abbott look like a fucking insane person... as none of us are personally involved we can just enjoy it for bringing drama
― J0rdan S., Friday, 26 June 2020 22:01 (three years ago) link
yeah i came out of it liking both of them less. here for the dramz tho of course
― Spottie, Friday, 26 June 2020 22:14 (three years ago) link
i got more out of the tweets abbott collected than anything he said in his piece
― ACABincalifornia (voodoo chili), Friday, 26 June 2020 23:34 (three years ago) link
https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/29375906/espn-show-confirms-decision-was-fan-idea-not-lebron-james
― Wayne Grotski (symsymsym), Sunday, 28 June 2020 02:52 (three years ago) link
lol
as an editor, i surprisingly often have to nix the 'taking talents to' formulation
― mookieproof, Sunday, 28 June 2020 03:19 (three years ago) link
you certainly don't want things of that nature slipping into the pieces you edit
― the unappreciated charisma of cows (Aimless), Sunday, 28 June 2020 03:32 (three years ago) link
talents, crab rangoon, things of that nature
― mookieproof, Sunday, 28 June 2020 03:44 (three years ago) link
lol someones gotta dig into what simmons said over the years about the decision
― lag∞n, Sunday, 28 June 2020 03:46 (three years ago) link
ahaha, he literally pitched it to maverick carter or whoever?
― circles, Sunday, 28 June 2020 04:12 (three years ago) link
yeap
― lag∞n, Sunday, 28 June 2020 14:49 (three years ago) link
that’s wiiiiild
the beauty of podcasts is it’s hard to find actual records of takes but I know for sure he has repeatedly said stuff about how the decision was a failure of having the wrong people around him or whatever back then. this is hilarious
― k3vin k., Sunday, 28 June 2020 15:30 (three years ago) link
lool
― lag∞n, Sunday, 28 June 2020 15:34 (three years ago) link
see if i were bill simmons i wouldve played it real cool everytime the topic came up
― lag∞n, Sunday, 28 June 2020 15:52 (three years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/Y4QUqa5.png
― lag∞n, Sunday, 28 June 2020 15:54 (three years ago) link
Every life event is like sports. Every sports event is like a movie. Every movie is rewatchable.
― the warm seafood salad that exists (Sufjan Grafton), Sunday, 28 June 2020 16:28 (three years ago) link
-Buddha Simmons
imagining myself listening to a podcast of simmons rewatching goodfellas then becoming the unibomber
― lag∞n, Sunday, 28 June 2020 16:31 (three years ago) link
https://www.espn.com/general/page2/story?id=5366996&src=desktop
― Mr. Snrub, Sunday, 28 June 2020 19:28 (three years ago) link
TLDR:
“So when Clemens went to Toronto, got in shape, won two straight Cy Youngs and forced a trade to the Yankees, really, a column called "Is Clemens the Antichrist?" became inevitable as soon as I found a bigger forum to write it. I hated that guy as much as you could hate a professional athlete without things getting creepy.
And you know what? What LeBron did to Cleveland last night was worse. Much worse.
It's one thing to leave. I get it. You're 25. You don't know any better. You're tired of carrying mediocre teams. You want help. You want the luxury of not having to play a remarkable game every single night for eight straight months. You want to live in South Beach. You want to play with your buddies. I get it. I get it. But turning that decision into a one-hour special, pretending that it hadn't been decided weeks ago, using a charity as your cover-up and ramming a pitchfork in Cleveland's back like you were at the end of a Friday the 13th movie and Cleveland was Jason ... there just had to be a better way.”
― Mr. Snrub, Sunday, 28 June 2020 19:29 (three years ago) link
― lag∞n, Sunday, 28 June 2020 19:37 (three years ago) link
i want netw3rk to do the whole nba desktop about this. get all the articles, pod audio, and video clips lined up and just completely roast his boss.
― circles, Monday, 29 June 2020 02:02 (three years ago) link
bill is a good sport he would like that
― lag∞n, Monday, 29 June 2020 02:05 (three years ago) link
wait.... this news... what the fuck lmao
― J0rdan S., Monday, 29 June 2020 02:11 (three years ago) link
when i read the report it seemed like there were 8 critical things that occurred between the mailbag column and the decision itself and it wasn't really that interesting
― call all destroyer, Monday, 29 June 2020 02:26 (three years ago) link
the thing that nobody involved at any point could know is that lebron would choose miami and say "i'm taking my talents to south beach"
― J0rdan S., Monday, 29 June 2020 02:32 (three years ago) link
you can take a horse to water, but you can't make it light itself on fire and then drown
― J0rdan S., Monday, 29 June 2020 02:33 (three years ago) link
yup
― call all destroyer, Monday, 29 June 2020 02:39 (three years ago) link
lmao this is amazing
― frogbs, Monday, 29 June 2020 02:47 (three years ago) link
― Spottie, Monday, 29 June 2020 02:48 (three years ago) link
he does love content, idk.
obviously lebron is responsible for how it went down, but the fact that simmons did what he did to get the ball rolling is hilarious to me.
― circles, Monday, 29 June 2020 02:59 (three years ago) link
its very funny, and then he just carried on like he didnt do it
― lag∞n, Monday, 29 June 2020 03:03 (three years ago) link
bill is not a good sport for the record i was just kidding
yeah he is a guy who for better or worse likes to make predictions and brag about his correct predictions and it’s something you think he’d mention when the topic comes up if he were proud of it
― k3vin k., Monday, 29 June 2020 03:04 (three years ago) link
bill setting it up and immediately armchair fan tut-tutting the thing is just so pure
― Clay, Monday, 29 June 2020 03:30 (three years ago) link
whats a cheap assist lol
Bill Simmons' in his latest podcast: "Luka's assists are like Bird's - they're not cheap assists... like the James Harden type of assists'.— Andrew Soukup (@asoukuptx) August 10, 2020
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 11 August 2020 00:35 (three years ago) link
crash toward the basket and kick it out for a three?
― DJI, Tuesday, 11 August 2020 00:47 (three years ago) link
BS almost ruins Luka for me
― it's a spicy dinner we're having (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 11 August 2020 00:52 (three years ago) link
he was basically talking about seeing passes that most ppl don't see vs. passing to a spot and knowing someone is there. it was pretty forced.
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 11 August 2020 01:30 (three years ago) link
not sure where to put this, but netw3rk is leaving the ringer
some personal news! pic.twitter.com/flfHRoK9ax— ☕netw3rk (@netw3rk) October 30, 2020
― glengarry gary beers (voodoo chili), Friday, 30 October 2020 14:50 (three years ago) link
boooo
― sound of scampo talk to me (El Tomboto), Friday, 30 October 2020 15:41 (three years ago) link
somethings afoot at spotify ringer
hi! today is my last day at the ringer. it’s been a delight working with so many thoughtful and brilliant people over the last four years. i was 22 and waiting tables in kentucky when they called me - i’ll be grateful always, to the ringer and to any of you who followed along ❤️— haley o'shaughnessy (@HaleyOSomething) October 30, 2020
― lag∞n, Friday, 30 October 2020 20:26 (three years ago) link
it's not spotify. people don't like working for bill because he's an asshole
― J0rdan S., Friday, 30 October 2020 21:12 (three years ago) link
is that what's going on? losing newtork seems like a big deal
― Spottie, Friday, 30 October 2020 21:28 (three years ago) link