bill simmons IS bill simmons IN the book of BASKETBALL

i think living in l.a. as a quasi-insider for the last decade has sort of rotted simmons' brain. like he can only think in marketing gimmicks now. he writes about his fucking tournament idea almost as much as he writes about actual basketball.

http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/7562176/the-sports-guy-nba-all-star-team

My third favorite moment was when we massaged the West's glut of quality forwards by making James Harden a guard; it was one of those "What the hell? We're in charge here!" moments where you feel like you're playing God and it's awesome.

is this backwards or?

pretty terrible column actually. keeps forgetting harden is a 2 for some reason

I don't think he watches games very much

yeah i had the exact same reaction. somehow simmons convinced himself that one of the best young shooting guards in the league is a forward. like maybe he thinks harden doesn't start b/c he "plays the same postion" as durant? and he says it or implies it at least 3 times.

says or implies that he's a 3 that is

I think it's embarrassing that Springsteen now has his wife front and center playing guitar with the E Street Band. There's nothing worse than someone interjecting their spouse into the creative proceedings when she didn't really earn the spot. By the way, my wife wrote this.

lol

fairly good linsanity piece usual simmionsisms aside http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/7579097/linsanity-bag feel like he gave the magnitude of the thing its due

the entire part about lebron is so utterly retarded

or is it lebron thats so utterly retarded, think abt it

it takes someone who has only spent his life in boston and los angeles to not understand why someone who grew up in ohio -- even one of the best basketball players ever -- wouldn't really give that much of a shit about "owning" new york

anyone from new york or boston: HE COULD'VE OWNED NEW YORK
anyone that grew up/lives in any other part of the united states: uhhh who gives a shit?

it was funny tho to see knicks fans still massive butthurt about lebron not even considering joining their decrepit franchise for a second

i feel like 'lebron is a pussy' is an excellent and hilarious nba meme even if it has not that much basis in reality, i support it

also it was hilarious when the one emailer said that the knicks have a legit shot of winning the nba title

if lebron had gone to new york everyone wouldve been complaining abt him being an egomaniac moviestar wannabe or w/e, lol he cannot win, because hes a pussy

it takes someone who has only spent his life in boston and los angeles to not understand why someone who grew up in ohio -- even one of the best basketball players ever -- wouldn't really give that much of a shit about "owning" new york

― illuminati girl (J0rdan S.), Thursday, February 16, 2012 1:14 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

tbf people who dont give a shit abt new york or owning new york have no taste

fair enough

it was funny tho to see knicks fans still massive butthurt about lebron not even considering joining their decrepit franchise for a second

― illuminati girl (J0rdan S.), Thursday, February 16, 2012 1:16 PM (8 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

of course if anyone is interested in srsly understanding the situation, which simmons is clearly not, this is the key piece of info

http://i.imgur.com/VuVhb.jpg

where the heat are clearly one of the best organizations

anyway most of the rest of the piece i thought was p good!

yeah it was cool

one of his best in a while for sure.

I grew up in San Diego but I would kind of like to own New York.

who the fuck wouldnt like to own new york, it would be p rad, i mean owning cleveland what does that even get you, owning miami would be sweet but you cant do that via basketball since no one give a shit

who owns ny right now, eli?

i mean i guess j lin

but feels like hes kinda borrowing it

this is a compelling question

gotta be eli

evidence: http://deadspin.com/5885495/who-are-new-yorks-most-exclusive-restaurants-more-eager-to-seat-jeremy-lin-or-eli-manning-deadspin-investigates

eli clearly doesnt care to own new york, and doesnt have the persona for it, just not a match - lin yeah im sure everyone knows is not epic enough to own ny but they still really vibe to him - a non athlete can own ny too of course but im not sure who thatd be

me

o right how could i forget max

also Eli plays in jersey lets not forget

kinda feel like jeter still owns ny even if hes just grandfathered in at this point

yeah the point simmons weirdly overlooked in that lebron discussion is that in order to own nyc he would have to join the *knicks* which is its own thing

i thought that was part of his point, that he could own nyc because he'd make the knicks a legit franchise

lmao i like the idea of lebron moving to nyc and owning it without actually joining the knicks

this thread made me watch j Lin highlights so thx dudes

what did we think of this

http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/7604660/the-danny-ainge-anniversary-party

poor

Only 12 months ago, Danny's Celtics were the favorites to win the 2011 NBA title. That didn't stop you from trading your starting center and defensive anchor for a bench player who never fit in and a draft pick you'll almost definitely screw up.

i mean what srsly i do not recall it that way

Rondo: "Danny, we built our championship team around the African word 'Ubuntu,' which means 'togetherness.' We trusted each other and believed in each other."

Perk: "And in our coach."

Rondo: "That bond held for nearly three and a half years. Then, you took that word and flushed it down the toilet by trading Perk, my best friend and someone who loved being a Celtic more than anyone."

pffft

the celtics had a great run won a championship came w/in one quarter of winning another then got old like everyone knew they were going to

c's had the best record early last year but everyone thought that was spurs-esque, heat were the favorites from the minute The Decision ended

simmions srsly thinks the celtics can make trades and turn into a title contender, the mind boggles

i mean m all for blowing it up but not to trade for odom and marion wtf, blow it up and start over