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MSB Opinion: Bill Simmons
Posted on 9/11/12 at 12:44 pm
Posted on 9/11/12 at 12:44 pm
What's y'alls opinion of the guy? I've never really met anyone that didn't like him. He's an unashamed homer which I appreciate and he doesn't sugarcoat things. He knows his stuff but doesn't come off as cocky like Stephen A and Bayless as well as others. Plus he produces the 30 for 30 docs which are outstanding.
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Posted on 9/11/12 at 12:48 pm to gatorhata9
Didnt we do this like last week?
Posted on 9/11/12 at 12:49 pm to wildtigercat93
...and the week before? And the week before that? And...
Posted on 9/11/12 at 12:50 pm to gatorhata9
He is an idiot
Posted on 9/11/12 at 12:51 pm to gatorhata9
Hes the best thing ESPN has going for them
Posted on 9/11/12 at 12:54 pm to gatorhata9
He knows basketball....sort of, other than that he's just a comedian in a sports context. When I've heard his interviews or step-ins during games, he just jokes the whole time, doesnt sound serious or intelligent.
Posted on 9/11/12 at 12:55 pm to gatorhata9
The Book of Basketball is still one of the best things I've read in regards to sports books. His homerism showed a good bit (devoting a whole chapter as to why Russell is better than Wilt), but I enjoy the majority of the articles he, and other writers, do on his Grantland site
Posted on 9/11/12 at 12:56 pm to wildtigercat93
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Didnt we do this like last week?
Oops, I don't venture over here all that much. Sorry guys
Posted on 9/11/12 at 1:27 pm to gatorhata9
He's pretty savvy and humerous at times...his hate for the Lakers gets a little over the top though,just comes off as a petty
Posted on 9/11/12 at 1:31 pm to wildtigercat93
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Didnt we do this like last week?
Posted on 9/11/12 at 1:35 pm to tiggerthetooth
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He knows basketball....sort of,
Read the book of basketball. He knows basketball.
Posted on 9/11/12 at 1:38 pm to gatorhata9
I kind of compare him to Coldplay. Really great at what they do, but not "cool" anymore so they get tons of hate.
In this analogy, Stephen A. Smith would be Nickelback, Rick Reilly would be Aerosmith, and Klosterman would be Arcade Fire.
In this analogy, Stephen A. Smith would be Nickelback, Rick Reilly would be Aerosmith, and Klosterman would be Arcade Fire.
This post was edited on 9/11/12 at 1:39 pm
Posted on 9/11/12 at 1:40 pm to TreyAnastasio
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Read the book of basketball. He knows basketball.
Reading through that I kept thinking how much research he had to do for that until I saw his acknowledgements at the end and that in and of itself was like a book with how many different resources he used
Posted on 9/11/12 at 1:42 pm to GeauxAggie972
Yeah, it was a very good book.
Posted on 9/11/12 at 2:23 pm to gatorhata9
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What's y'alls opinion of the guy? I've never really met anyone that didn't like him. He's an unashamed homer which I appreciate and he doesn't sugarcoat things. He knows his stuff but doesn't come off as cocky like Stephen A and Bayless as well as others. Plus he produces the 30 for 30 docs which are outstanding.
He pretty much created a genre. He was a game changer. And I still enjoy his writing as long as it isn't about Boston teams.
Posted on 9/11/12 at 2:26 pm to gatorhata9
Didn't he more or less invent sports blogging? That makes him pretty cool in my book.
Posted on 9/11/12 at 2:31 pm to LSUgators
It's gone to shite the last few years. It's more VF/US Weekly than sports.
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