bill simmons IS bill simmons IN the book of BASKETBALL

his value was already lower in the league than outside of it, and now this, plus you're only getting him for a half a season potentially

i stand by my initial statement

btw if cleveland were to sell low on love it wld lead to some excellent file for later takes all across the basketballashpere

well clearly part of the reason he's so low is that he's a free agent next year

calling draymond the best defender on the dubs is defensible, he can really guard anyone and the advanced numbers love him

no

Yeah no draymond is mad good but healthy bogut is an all-world defender

take away bogut' stall points from RPM and they're probably neck and neck lol

i mean dray is an all-world defender it's not up for debate

all world is excessive imo idk know what stall points from RPM mean but it sounds like a bunch of baloney and i have already disproven you anyway by debating it

damn that's true

stall points = tall points

even if dray is all world their relative style of play man defense v rim protection imo makes their value no comparison, bogut is of course also a very good man on man defender

So is draymond. It's pretty close but bogut healthy gets the edge I guess Altho kev otm about draymonds versatility. I feel like he's learned a ton from Iggy but also just has that aggression to want to guard bigger guys, he owns Blake one on one

blakes not bigger tho

like dray is very game but i suspect a good team with a large leet pf cld take advantage of his size, zbo dirk and so forth

he's got like 3" on him and probably like 20-25lbs

short arms tho

him and zbo was a blast to watch for sure. def harder for dray but he did well.

klay isn't bad

oops

So I'm guessing the trade value top 3 goes 3 Lebron 2 durant 1 curry right?

Esp given that contracts are considered and curry is now probably the best bargain in the league, I guess if you give more weight to "who do you want for ten years" durant might be the better bet bc of injury history but I'm guessing simmons can't resist the dubs momentum

Ooh wait actually he might put the brow and harden up there...over Lebron??

brow has to be #1

If it was a straight "pick one franchise guy and you have him for ten years" tho the answer is probably the brow

Ha xp

hes on the verge of being the best player in the nba and because no one ever turns down that first contract you have him for six more years and hes cheap for another year and a half

also fwiw ive been thinking about the kevin love situation and i realized he will 100% exercise his player option next year because hes waiting on the big cap bump in two year but he cant just sign a one year deal with another team next year because bird rights dont come with a one year deal and if a team doesnt have bird rights they cant offer the 5 year super max, so if kevin love wants the five year super max in two years when the salary cap goes up he must opt in next season*

so hypothetical trading for love a. includes that he will def be with the team next year b. gives that team a very good chance of resigning him via big bird rights contract†

*i think this is how it works lol

†obvs theres a chance he will forgo his opportunity for a five year max and switch to a team he prefers to the one holding his bird rights, i just doubt he will do it preemptively next year, tho its maybe more likely if things keep not working out on the cavs, conclusion trade love

btw month to date love is averaging 20-11, shooting still a little off at 44/29/80, but hes trending int he right direction

guess some of that was cause bron was out thp

29 from three? Ouch

yeah thats no good

q: could you beat Bill 1 on 1?

Super Bowl XLIX was like the last episode of The Sopranos

followed by 7000 more words

does he make a comparison between phil leotardo and pete carroll? does he compare their heads of white hair? does he compare the previously little-known malcolm butler to the previously little-known walden belfiore aka the guy who takes out leotardo?

squawks backup cb repeatedly getting torched is aj's suv catching fire and exploding

so a cowork3r of mine was sitting next to s1mm0ns' table at a restaurant last night and he was loudly holding court w/bros on how "i'm toying with the idea of moving back to bos4on" and how "i could own that city if i was there!" something something about not having the same power in l.a.

attempting to figure out what that wld look like and failing

like what exactly wld he own idk

if u want to be a powerful media person its better to do it in a place that like has media right

he'd have to dethrone a wahlburg or two

grantland v wahlburgers in the ultimate st paddys day brawl

maybe he can come back just long enough to run dan shaughnessy out of town

maybe simmons was just fantasizing. why'd he want to give up l.a. and brodowns with kornheiser at the kimmel mansion?

sundays wldnt be the same w/o jimmy

theres some underground dudebro sports tweeter in boston wishing a motherfucker would move back in on his turf right now

so a cowork3r of mine was sitting next to s1mm0ns' table at a restaurant last night and he was loudly holding court w/bros on how "i'm toying with the idea of moving back to bos4on" and how "i could own that city if i was there!" something something about not having the same power in l.a.
--LIKE If you are against racism (0mar l1ttle)

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jordan!

@BillSimmons: I am never leaving the West Coast. Oh, and I had dinner with my family at home last night. We got takeout.

wow j0rdan s breaking shit off ilx give this dude a pulitzer already

xp loool

xp maybe the assbag who runs barstool sports will challenge simmons to a highlander-type battle, would be one of the only times I'd favor simmons in a fight

omars coworker is luna btw