bill simmons IS bill simmons IN the book of BASKETBALL

generally about the quality of his output these days

http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/9261768/nba-trade-value-part-3

this is pretty terrible halfway through

he overrates steph altho steph's contract is insane

also always will and always has overrated carmelo

yeah the melo section is just completely religious. you wouldn't trade melo for cp3 straight up? and his griffin "oh noes his per-game scoring and rebounding averages are down" shit i assumed was beneath him

if steph plays anything like this on that contract #3 is totally defensible tho

he remains otm about harden though

he didn't quite make a case for why he put westbrook over him though

i think it's close

it is just shameful that there are people who still apologize for that trade btw. just indefensible on any level

yeah, truly

i think part of the problem -- in presti's defense -- is that harden was underrated around the league. if the wizards and warriors both turned down offers, they're nuts.

SIIIIMMMMOONNNNSSSS!!!!

How'd We Fix It: The Lakers

It's actually worse than you would expect an article from him with that title to be.

I'm like a cross between the Wolf, Olivia Pope and Jerry West. Or I like to think that I am.

Last week, an L.A. reader named Jake B. even compared him to Tommy Boy, followed by me being unable to figure out if that was a bigger insult to Jimmy Buss or to Tommy Boy.

cool story

Tim Marchman ‏@timmarchman 3h

There are over 50 uses of I, I'm, me, and my in this column. http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/9466869/lakers …

it's a good article f the haters

50 doesn't seem like that many uses for a guy who has always written 1000s of words in the first person

well the point that he makes about the Bucks is definitely true and quite frustrating

lol? http://deadspin.com/sources-magic-johnson-left-espn-because-of-bill-simmon-1443543687

even tho i dont care for him much its kinda awesome how this guy who used to joke fantasize abt controlling espn now controls espn

Celtics beat Lakers yet again

haha

lmao polyphonic

PRAISE SIMMONS

magic and wilbon were completely and totally insufferable

Im not a huge fan but he is better than anyone else on that show no doubt. Magic was the worst he can be gone and stay gone faic.

yeah magic and wilbon are terrible

Replacing Wilbon with Doris Burke is a huge upgrade imo

<3 doris

does that mean less doris doing games tho?

Doris is cool if a little dry but yah big upgrade. Also Doug Collins back is alright.

a good bit would be trolling collins ocd

Ha for sure

as you can see theres 12 seconds left on the clock when he takes the shot, theres 12.7 seconds left

finishing out quarters strong is no more important than starting them strong

thats 6 six point swing, it was actually a 7 seven point swing

PRAISE SIMMONS

somehow he managed to be a douchebag and a hero at once with this

haha yes perfect

doris and doug collins are huge huge upgrades over wilbon and magic tho

i wonder if hes going to install an actual host or what since simmons himself is awful at that part

i have to say i figured he would just walk given that he spent all year plus the summer complaining about the show

what would he be with nothing to complain about

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/more/news/20131013/bill-simmons-magic-johnson-espn-media-circus/?xid=nl_siextra

doris is great. she actually seems human

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/espns-bill-simmons-connor-schell-667292

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BcHnb-dCIAA0dBz.jpg

there was a preview of that w/ that pull quote followed immed by a prev for the jon hamm indian mlb pitcher thing which simmons produced or smething right? spreading the brand p thin now

grantland got a redesign, its pretty bad

yeah it sucks but i always say that about new designs so we'll see

yeah i always liked the simplicity of the old design (esp w/ adblocker) but this is understandable, does a better job of promoting all their content or whatever. mainly just relieved they haven't gone to that 'this will look like garbage if you're not reading it on a tablet' design new republic and a bunch of others have adopted.

i liked the old design, never had trouble finding anything. it looks more cluttered now.

yeah their old design was more in keeping w recent white space and readability trends, tho they werent really clever or detail oriented enough to fit that much content in there, the new one has tons of content but is a total mess and a definite step backward as far as the evolution of web design, and its got a bunch of really corny lowest common denominator details, especially that sticky top stories box in the margin my god what is this techcrunch, nagl for a publication trying to brand themselves as quality