bill simmons IS bill simmons IN the book of BASKETBALL

also a lot of this is just wrong on a pure base level... like jayson tatum over KD. if the celtics called the warriors and offered that trade straight up the warriors would laugh in their faces but boston would do it in a heartbeat

yeah there some overvaluing of young players on cheap contracts going on here for sure, which is all well and good but you have to take in to consideration that young players are bad

if the bulls called the suns and offered wendell carter straight up for deandre ayton the suns would block the bulls front office's number

btw watched ayton the other night and hes def got some offensive game but yeah he looked tired out there energy levels cld be a problem

i don't necessarily think ayton is better than carter but the idea that carter has more trade value than ayton right now is crazy

its wrong for sure

the list is bad also why did they do the fancy design which relegates the info youre looking for to a fraction of the screen (on desktop)

it does look way better on mobile

yeah I think the list would be better if he abandoned the tiers because clearly there are some players on bigger contracts that would definitely get traded for cheaper youngr players as jordan mentioned. I like the michelin stars tho haha, and the pantheon levels are just from his book

got the #1 right obv :P

its funny because michelin ratings at least for american restaurants are also very bad and nonsensical

brow is way better than "the freak"

that one makes sense to me because of the contracts

if the bucks offered giannis to pelicans for brow they would have to do it

I must say that page has great web design (at least on my iPhone).

idk one player option year is not a huge differentiator in the long run, i mean maybe theyd do it cause cause their roster is garbage making a brow trade demand likely but that situation is just gonna make giannis unhappy too

he's going to beat this michelin star concept into the ground for like the next five years

id trade giannis for brow if i were the bucks but if i were the pelicans and id rather trade brow for some sort of more rebuilding type package

basically the context of the teams situation is completely missing from this, its more of a all things being equal wld u trade which is fine

like the warriors wldnt trade kd for tatum but if steph went down w a season ending injury tomorrow they prob wld since kd is prob out after this season

cj above kyrie huh lol

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had to double-check that this was cj *mccollum* aka the ben gordon of the 2010s

hes a dece player but i mean cmon lol

had a hard time getting through this (viewed on desktop)

CJ vs BG kinda otm (through age 27 season)
http://bkref.com/tiny/kjpCq

love to score 20 points a game and not really do other stuff

wow their stats are uncannily similar

i feel like deep down i always knew that ben gordon was the correct comparison but would never admit it to myself

i checked their per game stats really quick after thinking of that before i posted it and am v. proud of myself after seeing their career shooting percentages and advanced rate stats.

the advanced rate stats are eerie

wow, that's impressively bad to look at on my laptop.

i know teams don't like to unload rookies that look somewhat promising, but there are a bunch on that list that are a long way from being actual good nba players.

bill simmons has put twitter ON NOTICE

"I'd say you have 8 to 12 months to figure it out" - bill simmons has set the timetable

it is so bizarre to pivot from 'dad talk with assholes' to this attempt at barbara walters style interview

Simmons moves to Gab in 2020.

now for you to understand this theory about kevin durant you will have to pretend that he is patrick ewing

— Amazon Original Series Bosch (@Mobute) May 11, 2019

im bill simmons and my new book is a podcast

so... many... podcasts

Are we sure Spotify is good??? https://t.co/Lz4JOFW4ah

— Jay Yarow (@jyarow) January 17, 2020

u know what just gotta say credit to the guy he is good at understanding tech, way early on blogvoice and early enough on pods to become huge in both; not really my cup of tea but hes obvs great at actually doing them too

funny to think if espn hung on to grantland it wld be way profitable by now via pods

bill simmons is often wrong but usually good

i like bill, but his posse of old buddies can be awful

i cant stand his whole tone its p much a non starter for me tho i did used to like his basketball columns back in the day

also i do not pod

got to pod

i just really dont like listening to recordings of ppl talking like radio audio books whatever im just not into it i find it irritating

i do it cos all the good ocntent is on there but i dont enjoy it. i listen at 1.25X speed so i can get through it quick and speed up the pod voice cadences

the only two pods i got into were on the same long drive the one abt the manson family and the one about buddy cianci they were both excellent

I'd like to go back to the 2001 version of me and say "in 2020, Simmons will *still* be talking about Rounders"

lmao

Totally agree w p much all the negative criticisms but dude knows nba past and present. Generally find it worthwhile to put up with his grating qualities to get that sweet gooey bball knowledge.