bill simmons IS bill simmons IN the book of BASKETBALL

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

(my post was too late, intended for bison)

i heard bill simmons was secretly a woman, let's break this story

lmao

can we googleproof my post? it's 100% true but...don't want to have it come back to here as it were.

lol @ "a source"

10ud1y h01d1ng ¢0u®† w/ b®0s

HA!

:D

i can't believe i got subtweeted so quickly

hot damn

in the midst of a grantland shootaround post around cavs drama (lol) that touches briefly on boogie's "god's plan" speech, this choice nugget from bill simmons:

I can’t tell you how focused I am on the possibility of a Boogie/Boston trade. Like, you have no idea.

and then later:

Boogie for Jared Sullinger, Kelly Olynyk, Marcus Thornton’s expiring, our unprotected 2015 no. 1 pick, the unprotected 2015 Clippers pick AND Dallas’s future no. 1 pick. THIS IS GOD’S PLAN!!!! Wait, what are you guys talking about?

as great as that would be for the Cs, this has to be a new high water mark for simmons absurdity, right? even as crazy as vivek is and as incompetent as his front office is?

hes making a joke

...is he tho?

yes

BS report player interviews from all star weekend - lowry, boogie, splash bros, john wall, bosh, korver & horford and elfrid payton & victor oladipo - have been really enjoyable

Boogie sounded mad bummed out