bill simmons IS bill simmons IN the book of BASKETBALL

but even if youre determined to cram all the clicks in there this is just really poor execution, like look at buzzfeed they have tons of shit everywhere but its way more user friendly than this

i will not look at buzzfeed

you know youre a 90s kid when you wont look at buzzfeed

I really liked the old site, one of my favorites on the whole internetz

the old site was good from a readability pov but imo but kinda lacked attention to detail otherwise, obvs the whole olde timey aesthetic is total garbage too but w/e

yeah v readable

oh wow theyre showing preload ads now too

the hipster design aesthetic was trendy yeah but the articles just read so nicely

ya thats by far the most important thing

that and ease of navigation

and fast loading

I hate sidebar footnotes but yeah I liked the old design a lot

i thought the old design was awesome, very readable who cares about the rest

it couldve been even more cooler and you wouldve liked it

why does anybody redesign anything

speaking of, the new espn app is a disaster. more for usability reasons tho

Speaking of Perkins, I enjoyed this e-mail from Kyle Leonard in OKC: “Every day when I get home from work and look at my DVR, there it still sits — four hours straight of ‘Grammys Live from the Red Carpet’ that my girlfriend is not ready to delete in case she needs to ‘go back and look at someone’s outfit’ (unreal). It drives me crazy every time I look at it. But then I realized something. Having that recording on my DVR is actually a possible asset. Just think of all the space I will have once I amnesty it off my DVR queue. So I just renamed it ‘Kendrick Perkins’ and now it’s not quite as bad when I look at it.”

total package

In fact, it was Simmons' father who nudged Silver into locking in the deal with ESPN over the other media entities he was considering. "Right when Nate was deciding what to do, he happened to be in San Antonio, and he was going to the [NBA Finals] game, and my dad got two tickets from the NBA, so we hooked him up with the passes and things like that, it's when he kind of realized that it would be really cool to work for ESPN," he says. A courtside seat and a pep talk from a proud Boston parent later, and Silver was won over.

ha no

http://sports.politicususa.com/2013/07/27/bill-simmons-evolution-the-sports-guy-insufferable-sports-pundit.html

old article, but holy crap did this really happen?

Also, something else about Simmons that has become overly annoying is that he is always looking for a unified theory of WHY THINGS HAPPEN. A perfect example of this was after Game 3 of the San Antonio/Memphis series in the NBA Playoffs this year. On the postgame show, when discussing the crowd’s reaction when Memphis got behind in the game, Simmons tied in the 1968 assassination of MLK in the city. Basically, he said that because of the tragic events 45 years ago in their city, the crowd just knew something bad was happening, and it caused them to go quiet. If you read his writing, you’ll notice dozens of these theories that he throws out there, trying to position himself as some next-level thinker.

Bill Simmons is the Alex Jones of sports writing

I think he got that move from klosterman.

Is Michael Wilbon really considered as bad as Skip Bayless or Bill Simmons? I guess you can lump them all in as "sports pundits", but...

MLK assassination thing astounding though

I have really disliked him on TV in the playoffs so far. He says stupid obvious shit and repeats it over and over again, interrupting people who have more substantive things to say.

NBA draft article was really the only thing worth reading.

Also, something else about Simmons that has become overly annoying is that he is always looking for a unified theory of WHY THINGS HAPPEN. A perfect example of this was after Game 3 of the San Antonio/Memphis series in the NBA Playoffs this year. On the postgame show, when discussing the crowd’s reaction when Memphis got behind in the game, Simmons tied in the 1968 assassination of MLK in the city. Basically, he said that because of the tragic events 45 years ago in their city, the crowd just knew something bad was happening, and it caused them to go quiet. If you read his writing, you’ll notice dozens of these theories that he throws out there, trying to position himself as some next-level thinker.

― Doritos Loco Parentis (Hurting 2), Sunday, May 11, 2014 11:59 PM (1 week ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

http://deadspin.com/oh-tim-youre-so-naive-the-cavs-lebrons-former-team-1579579873

lol

sry that comment is lol but meant to link to the main video http://deadspin.com/bill-simmons-lays-out-nonsensical-theory-about-lebron-j-1579566715

Listening to Bill Simmons shouting nonsense while Sage Steele is trying to make a point is really unfun.

He needs to not be... there.

yeah a show of sage steele, jalen rose, and doug collins is definitely my idea of good TV

http://www.theonion.com/articles/bill-simmons-ventures-into-interdimensional-vortex,36205

courtesy bill magill

“No one is questioning his skills, but he just doesn’t have that killer instinct that Jordan had,” Simmons said as a team of five 28-year-old Michael Jordans defeated five 28-year-old LeBron Jameses—a discovery that led the Grantland editor-in-chief to conclude that the Jordans were “clearly playing in full-blown ‘Eff You’ mode.”

eff you mode

has he said this yet on tv

5 Lebrons beats the crap out of 5 Jordans IMO

brons size wld be p tuff for jordan to overcome

yeah i'll go jordan over lebron til i die but a team of lebrons beats a team of jordans. now vs a team of mini ditkas i don't know.

basketblol

http://i.imgur.com/itLDbW8.jpg

One of the better Onion photoshops

NBAHaus ‏@NBAHaus 3m
I feel like @BillSimmons tells Doug and Jalen his ideas before the show. Doug and Jalen tell him "Not a good idea".. Bill proceeds #NBA

Rizz ‏@Rizzmigizz 12m
"It's almost like ___" - Bill Simmons

bill simmons is trending

John Lurie ‏@lurie_john 2m
Bill Simmons is trending because he has been replaced by an actual Talking Gerbil.

http://www.sbnation.com/lookit/2014/6/13/5806496/sage-steele-bill-simmons-espn-head-shake

i cldnt get through the whole thing but its just astounding how much bill simmons americas biggest sports writer a guy who gets paid to talk abt basketball on tv whole steez is just talking nonsense http://grantland.com/features/24-lingering-questions-from-the-nba-finals

It's a great gig to have.

like comparing kawhi to pippen

Since Pippen was a 22-year-old rookie, Kawhi got a two-year career jump on him. But Pippen was Chicago’s backup playmaker, so he handled the ball way more than Leonard does (hence, more points and more assists). If you look at Kawhi’s first three playoff years …

writing off pippens superior stats cause he was was Chicago’s backup playmaker, in the nba thats a desirable skill ffs one of many pippen had that kawhi does not, its like saying oh he only had more points cause he was a better shooter, this guy

i understand he compared the spurs to the '04 red sox on tv, which is really the most bill simmons thing a person could do without referencing the godfather movies

Or the wire.

lol my god