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re: Bill Simmons being himself

Posted on 6/13/14 at 8:54 am to
Posted by Samso
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Posted on 6/13/14 at 8:54 am to
He never provides any analysis or information of substance. It's always about the overall narrative of the series or a historical comparison.
Posted by Chef Leppard
Member since Sep 2011
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Posted on 6/13/14 at 9:03 am to
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He never provides any analysis or information of substance


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It's always about the overall narrative of the series or a historical comparison.


Lol what would u expect. guy has an encyclopedic knowledge of all things NBA

That said. I prefer his ramblings with cousin sal during FB season, gambling, above anything else
Posted by Feral
Member since Mar 2012
12501 posts
Posted on 6/13/14 at 9:04 am to
He's an oddity for me in that I enjoy his podcast and his columns, but I can't stand him on TV or any other medium. He's become this smug, self-important caricature of himself.

I don't know what it is about sportswriters, but the good ones always seem to turn into terrible, petty people who vastly overstate the importance of both sports and themselves. Simmons, Rick Reilly, Peter King -- seems to happen to everyone.

One thing about Simmons is that he goes on these insane tangents every now and then in these shows, the worst being when he tried to posit that LeBron played badly in a playoff game because Cleveland got the first pick in that day's lottery, and perhaps that meant he was thinking of returning to the Cavs and he'd be playing with that pick. Like I said, insane.

Bill Simmons Lays Out Nonsensical Theory About LeBron James
This post was edited on 6/13/14 at 9:10 am
Posted by shel311
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Member since Aug 2004
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Posted on 6/13/14 at 12:05 pm to
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He never provides any analysis or information of substance. It's always about the overall narrative of the series or a historical comparison.
in fairness, that means he's he's speaking on something he knows about, and Rose and Collins can talk Xs and Os as they'd be the experts there in relation to Simmons.
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