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Bill Simmons apparently approached Lebron’s team and gave him the idea for “The Decision”
Posted on 6/27/20 at 11:39 pm
Posted on 6/27/20 at 11:39 pm
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Of course, after the Decision, Simmons criticized lebron for doing it like that and blamed it on “him not growing up with a father” which has apparently lead to a Cold War between Lebrons team and anything Simmons touches
ETA here’s what Simmons wrote
quote:
The idea for ESPN's The Decision show 10 years ago, in which LeBron James declared that he'd take his "talents to South Beach," wasn't LeBron's or his agent's or his inner circle's or anyone at ESPN's. It turns out that the show's idea came from a 38-year-old Detroit Pistons fan from Columbus, Ohio, identified only as "Drew" in a Bill Simmons mailbag column published by ESPN on Nov. 26, 2009, seven months before the broadcast.
"What if LeBron announces he will pick his 2010-11 team live on ABC on a certain date for a show called 'LeBron's Choice?'" Drew wrote, with no last name published. "What type of crazy ratings would that get?"
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Simmons pitched two ideas to his bosses: a 90-minute documentary following LeBron in his free-agency recruitment tour called "The Courting of the King" and "LeBron's Decision," in which he would pick his new team in a live show, both to be aired on ABC.
"I really think we can convince them to do it," Simmons wrote in a May 8, 2010, email to multiple ESPN executives, including then head of content John Skipper. "So my question is this: should we proceed, and if so, how should we proceed ... At the very least, I think we should meet with these guys and soon ... This could really be one of the coolest sports shows ever made if we do it correctly." There is no mention of "Drew from Columbus, Ohio," in that email.
Of course, after the Decision, Simmons criticized lebron for doing it like that and blamed it on “him not growing up with a father” which has apparently lead to a Cold War between Lebrons team and anything Simmons touches
ETA here’s what Simmons wrote
quote:
And you know what? What LeBron did to Cleveland last night was worse. Much worse. It's one thing to leave. I get it. You're 25. You don't know any better. You're tired of carrying mediocre teams. You want help. You want the luxury of not having to play a remarkable game every single night for eight straight months. You want to live in South Beach. You want to play with your buddies. I get it. I get it. But turning that decision into a one-hour special, pretending that it hadn't been decided weeks ago, using a charity as your cover-up and ramming a pitchfork in Cleveland's back like you were at the end of a Friday the 13th movie and Cleveland was Jason ... there just had to be a better way. I blame the people around him. I blame the lack of a father figure in his life. I blame us for feeding his narcissism to the point that he referred to himself in the third person five times in 45 minutes. I blame local and national writers (including myself) for apparently not doing a good enough job explaining to athletes like LeBron what sports mean to us, and how it IS a marriage, for better and worse, and that we're much more attached to these players and teams than they realize. I blame David Stern for not throwing his body in front of that show. I blame everyone.
This post was edited on 6/27/20 at 11:42 pm
Posted on 6/27/20 at 11:41 pm to wildtigercat93
Bill Simmons is the worst
Posted on 6/27/20 at 11:44 pm to wildtigercat93
quote:
Drew from Ohio,
Posted on 6/27/20 at 11:45 pm to wildtigercat93
I didn't even know Bill Simmons still existed. He's too busy dreaming of ways to wash anyone's feet who looks darker than snow.
Posted on 6/27/20 at 11:49 pm to wildtigercat93
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I blame the lack of a father figure in his life. I blame us for feeding his narcissism to the point that he referred to himself in the third person five times in 45 minutes
Inject it into Whitlock's veins like gravy
Posted on 6/27/20 at 11:50 pm to wildtigercat93
That lack of father figure quip sounds pretty racist and should lead to him being cancelled as an unapologetic racist.
Posted on 6/27/20 at 11:51 pm to wildtigercat93
Is it the anniversary or something? I noticed the bottom line during UFC kept replaying this “breaking news”
Posted on 6/28/20 at 6:59 am to wildtigercat93
Bill is really an insufferable person...
It’s shining bright here with all the BLM stuff
It’s shining bright here with all the BLM stuff
Posted on 6/28/20 at 7:58 am to wildtigercat93
Bill Simmons is a content creator and entertainer first and foremost. I’m curious throughout history what stories and events people have manipulated at the beginning so they’d have content/purpose in the results.
It’s basically the plot to the incredible villain creates another villain so he can come in and be a hero.
It’s basically the plot to the incredible villain creates another villain so he can come in and be a hero.
Posted on 6/28/20 at 10:48 am to wildtigercat93
This is a pretty solid shot ESPN is firing at Simmons. Definitely a shitty look for Simmons if it truly played out that way.
Posted on 6/28/20 at 11:21 am to wildtigercat93
Yet another flop from Simmons
Posted on 6/28/20 at 11:21 am to wildtigercat93
I thought everyone knew this?
Posted on 6/28/20 at 12:32 pm to wildtigercat93
I could give a shite about Lebron's decision back then, and I could still give a shite about it now!
This post was edited on 6/28/20 at 12:33 pm
Posted on 6/29/20 at 10:34 am to wildtigercat93
I never really had much of an issue with LeBron doing "the decision". But if Bill Simmons really did push LeBron to this just so he could come back and publicly shite on him. That makes Bill looks like a massive douchebag a-hole, and I'm Surprised LeBron hasn't publicly called him out on it.
Posted on 6/29/20 at 10:47 am to wildtigercat93
Seems like it was all set up as a piece for LeBron to stay in Cleveland and then boom, taking his talents to South Beach.
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