Bill Simmons is a gigantic blowhard

[RJP2741]

Originally Posted by Pengin4192

He also said that Vince Carter never played with any good players before now, and then said Jameer Nelson was a top 5 point guard. Did he forget that Carter spent 4 years with arguably the best point guard of this era, Jason Kidd? He also played with Chris Bosh and Tracy McGrady for a short time.

The point was that he never had talent surrounding him like he does now. Yeah, he had Jason Kidd, but his center was Jason Collins. And Bosh wasn't Bosh and McGrady weren't the players they were when they played together.

[dreamgirl31]

Got to meet him at the philly book signing, great guy. I'm going to sit down and start the book tonight

[RJP2741]

Originally Posted by dreamgirl31

Got to meet him at the philly book signing, great guy. I'm going to sit down and start the book tonight

Good to hear, I'm going to the signing on Friday afternoon in Boston.

[gocubsgo3822]

i got the book in the mail today already started it is awesome and he can curse..

[watchtower86]

For anyone that was wondering, today on SportsNation they shot the book with a .357 Magnum (?). It stopped the bullet at around page 620.

[vaxarado]

Originally Posted by kmb40oz

Forget Simmons, its all about Mark "the shark" Titus and club trillion
http://clubtrillion.blogspot.com/

Saw this thread pop up and did some backreading and was surprised to find a post about Club Trillion in here. I never knew it got out beyond OSU fans. Good to see. The first place for fan appreciation week (his most recent post) had me laughing pretty good.

[devilandthelord]

Originally Posted by vaxarado

Saw this thread pop up and did some backreading and was surprised to find a post about Club Trillion in here. I never knew it got out beyond OSU fans. Good to see. The first place for fan appreciation week (his most recent post) had me laughing pretty good.

I remember listening to the podcast he was one and thinking that he was not funny or entertaining at all. And I'm from Ohio, so I knew most of what he was talking about too.

[vaxarado]

Originally Posted by devilandthelord

I remember listening to the podcast he was one and thinking that he was not funny or entertaining at all. And I'm from Ohio, so I knew most of what he was talking about too.

Some of his stuff is funny, some really isn't. The letter that was written to him (and posted for fan appreciation week) was hilarious.

[Shagadelic]

Vince Carter = Half man, half a season


Bill Simmons is a bit of a dope...Durant is better than LeBron

[HoldemHart]

Originally Posted by Shagadelic

Vince Carter = Half man, half a season


Bill Simmons is a bit of a dope...Durant is better than LeBron

When did he ever say Durant is better? I know he said he might have more success in his career but I've never heard him say Lebron is better.

Love all the Vince critics, he's really pissed people off apparently.

[RJP2741]

Originally Posted by Shagadelic

Vince Carter = Half man, half a season


Bill Simmons is a bit of a dope...Durant is better than LeBron

I'm assuming you're referring to his interview on PTI, and he never said that.

[dmbmuskie]

Gusalina was the best part of Club Trillion, but he's been missing since April.

[HolyCow]

Originally Posted by RJP2741

I'm assuming you're referring to his interview on PTI, and he never said that.

He just said Durant has a chance to have a more successful overall career. Which I think could be very accurate.

[dmbmuskie]

Originally Posted by HolyCow

He just said Durant has a chance to have a more successful overall career. Which I think could be very accurate.

I secretly hope LeBron heads to OKC and they team up for the next decade.

[RJP2741]

Originally Posted by HolyCow

He just said Durant has a chance to have a more successful overall career. Which I think could be very accurate.

Exactly. I love how he clearly stated that when he was on air and somehow it still gets misconstrued into him saying that Durant is better than Lebron.

Originally Posted by dmbmuskie

I secretly hope LeBron heads to OKC and they team up for the next decade.

He mentioned that possibility too, OKC would have the cap space I think, probably too small a market for Lebron though. But that would be a scary, scary team for a lot of years.

[Shagadelic]

Originally Posted by holdemhart

When did he ever say Durant is better? I know he said he might have more success in his career but I've never heard him say Lebron is better.

Love all the Vince critics, he's really pissed people off apparently.

usually this equals being better...

[HoldemHart]

Originally Posted by Shagadelic

usually this equals being better...

Yeah, because having better teammates doesn't mean anything.

[gocubsgo3822]

cant state how much i like his book

[Shagadelic]

Originally Posted by holdemhart

Yeah, because having better teammates doesn't mean anything.

Lebron James will have what will be considered a better career (including 'more successful') than Kevin Durant...now come check back in 15 years and tell me I'm wrong...

[dmbmuskie]

I think all he was saying is the Thunder are more likely to win multiple titles with Durant and the other young guys they have compared to LeBron and whatever the Cavs manage to cobble together around LeBron assuming he stays there. I agree 100%.

[HoldemHart]

Originally Posted by Shagadelic

Lebron James will have what will be considered a better career (including 'more successful') than Kevin Durant...now come check back in 15 years and tell me I'm wrong...

I'm not saying Durant will have a better career, I was just clarifying Simmons' point.

[Lee3691]

Originally Posted by dmbmuskie

I think all he was saying is the Thunder are more likely to win multiple titles with Durant and the other young guys they have compared to LeBron and whatever the Cavs manage to cobble together around LeBron assuming he stays there. I agree 100%.

Does this mean Robert Horry had a better career then Jordan, Magic & Bird?

[neumdogg]

I hate this man.

[Lee3691]

Originally Posted by neumdogg

I hate this man.

I find him very entertaining, and my respect went up, as he wrote that Magic was a better player then Bird - you know that's tough for him to admit.

[HoldemHart]

Originally Posted by neumdogg

I hate this man.

A lot of the people I've found that hate him are just jealous bloggers/hacks, not saying you are at that way at all but that seems to be the consensus to me.

[dmbmuskie]

Originally Posted by Lee3691

Does this mean Robert Horry had a better career then Jordan, Magic & Bird?

When comparing players with similar career stats titles do matter.

[Lee3691]

Originally Posted by dmbmuskie

When comparing players with similar career stats titles do matter.

Will Durant ever have the similir stats? Scoring will be clsoe, LeBron is a better rebounder, and there is no way Durant will get assists like LeBron. But, Durant hasn't had any team success, and LeBron has - also, how do we know that Durant plays his career in OKC?

[neumdogg]

Originally Posted by Lee3691

I find him very entertaining, and my respect went up, as he wrote that Magic was a better player then Bird - you know that's tough for him to admit.

To me, anyone with half a brain can admit that Magic was better than Bird.

[Lee3691]

Originally Posted by neumdogg

To me, anyone with half a brain can admit that Magic was better than Bird.

LOL
This is why many of my Laker fan friends are despised. While I agree Magic was a better player, Larry Bird was incredible, and every Laker fans who remembers the 80s, has to respect the guy.

[neumdogg]

Originally Posted by Lee3691

LOL
This is why many of my Laker fan friends are despised. While I agree Magic was a better player, Larry Bird was incredible, and every Laker fans who remembers the 80s, has to respect the guy.

Oh, Bird is fucking amazing. He's definitely a legend. But, cmon! He's NO Magic!