bill simmons IS bill simmons IN the book of BASKETBALL

deadspin post sez he'll do video podcasts

i'm guessing zach lowe will be contractually barred from appearing, which would be sad

simmons getting an irrelevant weekly hbo show and never writing again is the perfect slow death, rip

yeah i have an early an unfounded fear that the show will go heavy on celeb-level guests when i really want to hear simmons and stein talk about the nba in february for 75 minutes

he should do posts on medium or something in connection to the episode topics, maybe, even longer and with more references, drink the haters' tears

this does give him the ability to actually say whatever the hell he wants, because what does ESPN, for example, have to threaten HBO with? "u can't do hard knocks anymore?"

er, the NFL, not ESPN

heres to hoping he holds a viscous unquenchable grudge against espn

simmons getting an irrelevant weekly hbo show and never writing again is the perfect slow death, rip

otm

yeah it would be a shame if he didn't hold an espn grudge

im sure he will but just i require it to be extremely public and unrelenting, otherwise he is no use to me

lol

hbo to make move of espn oral history starring frank caliendo, hybrid of beloved hbo classics the late shift and rich little's a christmas carol

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

heres to hoping he holds a viscous unquenchable grudge against espn

this is absolutely crucial

hmmm might make it worth keeping my hbonow membership

simmons getting an irrelevant weekly hbo show and never writing again is the perfect slow death, rip

― lag∞n, Wednesday, July 22, 2015 12:28 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Otm it's so funny that he's basically terrible on TV and that's basically gonna be all he does now

As cad noted all I really want from him is minutia pods in dogs days of the NBA and NFL seasons and maybe another hoops book or two sometime and he's probably gonna basically do the grantland basketball hour with more celeb handjobbery

Do hope he has a lifetime public beef w the worldwide leader though, that would be solid entertainment

Otm it's so funny that he's basically terrible on TV and that's basically gonna be all he does now

― juice college (agent hibachi), Thursday, July 23, 2015 2:04 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i guess as part of his contract it says he can still publish a column elsewhere and everyone is assuming he will do so but idk he seems pretty sick of writing

Can't wait for his preview of the NFL season wherein he gives each team a summarizing quote from Carnivale or whatever

Maybe he'll rank all the Dream On babez

lol

Why do we think Simmons is only getting a show? I bet he takes over HBO Sports.

A less likely prediction: HBO bids on NFL or NBA rights.

like as an executive? idk that he wants to do that or like why he'd want to do that

there is an easy overlap w/ their monday night documentaries and him reinventing some 30 for 30 style doc series probably

the leagues all have their own channels now; if they were to go that route there's no need to involve hbo

hbo should be fighting to get saturday night football imo but only for a five year contract

barnwell doing the grantland weekly nfl picks column - suddenly simmons' departure feels very real, as i realize i am accidentally reading the grantland weekly nfl picks column

he did it during the suspension last year also. simmons pod back october 1st.

i like the column today though it's not really a picks column. more like another season preview with picks wedged in somewhere. i would like to know why barnwell thinks the redskins are gonna cover +3.5 against the dolphins!!

Jake Silverstein ‏@jakesilverstein
Absolutely thrilled to announce that the great @Wesley_Morris is joining @nytimes as a critic-at-large and @NYTmag staff writer.

grats, well deserved and so forth

podcasts are coming back starting 10/1!

i've been listening to a lot of pods at the gym so i'm amped for this

maybe this should go on grantland thread but jalen and jacoby are getting a daily espn radio show

i can't say i've ever listened, any good?

it's an enjoyable enough podcast. i don't know how it'll work on radio, there's a half assed aspect to the pod that i can't imagine they'll replicate on radio.

Jalen and Jacoby are pretty good especially when they dig into jalens stories or have fun news to break down. The off the dome aspect is actually kind of fun usually but they can get a little aimless occasionally and I'm a little tired of jalens catchphrases but maybe a daily structure will inject some extra life. Would definitely listen to them on radio over most other boring ass sports host doods

Also the story of Jalen jacking Patrick Ewing's TV is all-time

Bill Simmons ‏@BillSimmons 14h14 hours ago
Random things I'm excited about starting next month, vol. 24: finally being able to go on Mike Francesa's show. This will be yuuuuuuge.

yess

so happy to see whitlock fail tbh

― k3vin k., Friday, June 12, 2015 4:56 PM (15 minutes ago)

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/05/sports/jason-whitlock-and-espn-part-ways.html

*dances*

Not so much happy to see him fail as constantly frustrated that he's the kind of person that gets put in a position to do so.

grantland exodus

movment of da ppl

steve hyden checking his voicemail every five minutes. "no new messages".

i only care about zach lowe

lowe will be fine, i hope he goes w/ simmons cuz i like his podcast, like him providing contrast w/ simmons, and most importantly like him not hidden behind insider (i have insider, it's just the principle of the thing). i see lowe's grantland stuff pop up w/ the normal espn stuff in the feed or whatever in the nba section which i don't think i do w/ the other sports writing at grantland. barnwell would leave as soon as simmons called, i'd hope mays would go w/ him cuz i enjoy that podcast and mays goes a long way in making barnwell tolerable on the pod. apparently whatever site he's setting up will still cover pop culture which idk, morris was the only dude there i really thought was very good (as opposed to adequate, like what you'd find at vulture or something) and he's gone to the times. simmons seems like a great boss but if i was a sports writer i could see debating whether you'd want to potentially burn a bridge w/ espn, which probably is the pinnacle for yr profession. whereas w/ lambert or pappademas or whoever on the pop cult side there's no incentive to stay, espn will probably slowly shut grantland down over the course of the next year or year and a half so either you take a job elsewhere now or later.

yeah as long as lowe keeps doing his podcasts i'm happy, though i do love his pods with simmons

his podcast w/ windhorst was good

if anything happens to grantland all the sports people will just be folded into main espn, it's the pop culture people who might get boxed out

maybe it is more complicated getting the headliner sports dudes because of espn but based on the ppl i have seen so far you could believe they're doing something pop culture focus, no/fringe sports

this is mean and unfair i know but i always giggle a little at how windhorst always sounds winded on podcasts

simmons is supposed to be on francesa's show on weds