Bill Simmons Addresses "Drexler's Pistons" at Beaverton Book Reading

Chris Snethen, who blogs at On The Vig, tweets from the Bill Simmons book reading.
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I asked about Drexler's Pistons. [Bill Simmons] said he was thinking Isiah [Thomas] and wrote Drexler. Said it's not even the 25th best typo.
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-- Ben Golliver | (benjamin.golliver@gmail.com) | Twitter

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What a jackass

by Mattco26 on Nov 19, 2009 7:31 PM PST reply actions

Nah, Ben's alright.

by shralpster on Nov 19, 2009 7:37 PM PST up reply actions 5 recs

not sure i buy it......

ofcourse thats what he would say. What other type of excuse could he have? Umm….lemme try "it was that i was thinking of Dennis Rodman since i had been watching alot of old tape, i put on a dress, i called Madonna and professed my undieing love (to which she replied, who r u?) then got my nose peirced and finish the “Drexler pistons” portion." Thats it! i knew it!

Ok i have vented…..i still consired him a douche for that misprint. But thats just me.

by blazerbeliever97504 on Nov 19, 2009 7:35 PM PST reply actions

I don't consider the typo an issue.

BUT: I wouldn’t have told someone in Portland that I meant to omit the Blazers. I would’ve blamed it on my publisher.

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formerly rockingharder

by Mr. Knox on Nov 19, 2009 7:39 PM PST reply actions

From his blog, among a list of other typos

Page 609: Typo. Says “Drexler’s Pistons” and obviously should say “Drexler’s Blazers.”

http://sportsguy.blogspot.com/

by jcboyd on Nov 19, 2009 11:18 PM PST up reply actions

Isiah and Drexler

Both names are pretty similar.

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by mookie on Nov 19, 2009 7:42 PM PST reply actions

Lol.

to put it simply.

by dpnim on Nov 19, 2009 8:19 PM PST up reply actions

brilliant

so Jordan “demoralized” 8 teams, including both the Bad Boy Pistons AND Isiah’s Pistons. Apparently those are distinctly different teams and Portland doesn’t make the cut. He can’t even get his typos right.

by shralpster on Nov 19, 2009 7:47 PM PST reply actions 1 recs

Yep, Simmons is dead wrong here.

i cry for nic

by Cablinasian on Nov 19, 2009 8:31 PM PST up reply actions

bingo

came here to mention this and you were on it. He can’t even get his typo right.

by ItsMrHarris2u on Nov 19, 2009 9:59 PM PST up reply actions

Great post, you just owned Bill Simmons again lol.

by BRoyInThe4th on Nov 20, 2009 12:25 AM PST up reply actions

What a creep.

My team went to the playoffs in my first year.

by pxilpooshr on Nov 20, 2009 2:46 PM PST up reply actions

Doesn't have the guts to admit Clyde's Blazers are even MEMORABLE

"Everyone knows who you are; but only your friends know why."
- Rich Amato

by CoRBBall on Nov 19, 2009 8:14 PM PST reply actions

Love the book

but it’s totally biased towards eastern conference finalists.

by Samuelson on Nov 19, 2009 9:05 PM PST reply actions

What a lame excuse

Drexler’s Blazers were much more of a factor in the NBA in Jordan’s era than Barkley’s Suns, Malone’s Jazz and Miller’s Pacers, yet he managed to get those right, and his only excuse was that the Blazer’s shouldn’t have been in there at all?

by superfly05 on Nov 19, 2009 9:41 PM PST reply actions

Why am I so ambivalent about Simmons?

meh

"We didn't start the fire. It was always burning. Since the world's been turning." - E. E. Cummings

by Sexual Tyrannosaurus on Nov 19, 2009 11:03 PM PST reply actions

I don't know why, you should hate him like most sports fans do. Everything he writes is gratuitous. In other words, he

is an over paid troll.

by BRoyInThe4th on Nov 20, 2009 12:28 AM PST up reply actions

I tried to hate him and for a little while I did. But when it comes down to it, I just don’t care about him or what he has to say about anything. He’s a nobody to me.

I still don’t understand why anyone would want give up their good money to buy his book or stand in a line just to have him sign it.

"We didn't start the fire. It was always burning. Since the world's been turning." - E. E. Cummings

by Sexual Tyrannosaurus on Nov 21, 2009 11:31 AM PST up reply actions

You know you'd wait in line for the Twilight author

by tominhawaii on Nov 22, 2009 3:49 AM PST up reply actions

That stuff is quite popular isn't it?

I reckon if one of my nieces or nephews asked me, I’d go stand in line with them. They’d have to bribe me with a lot of peanut brittle though.

"We didn't start the fire. It was always burning. Since the world's been turning." - E. E. Cummings

by Sexual Tyrannosaurus on Nov 22, 2009 1:51 PM PST up reply actions

Yup

Stephenie Meyer is pretty much the E. E. Cummings of her generation.

by tominhawaii on Nov 23, 2009 5:55 AM PST up reply actions

I heard she was more of a Billy Joel of her generation.

"We didn't start the fire. It was always burning. Since the world's been turning." - E. E. Cummings

by Sexual Tyrannosaurus on Nov 23, 2009 2:57 PM PST up reply actions

I think the guy is funny.

And that everyone is being oversensitive. Not every sportswriter needs to have a Blazer bias like Henry on Truehoop. I like Henry and Bill.

by Fantastic Red Turtle on Nov 20, 2009 7:06 AM PST reply actions

Never in my life have I seen people get so worked up over a typo

It is getting pathetic. good god, MOVE ON.

Does anybody else have some observations about the book reading? Was there a big turnout? Was he funny? I’m curious what he might have had to say about Portland and the Blazers….

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by T$ 225 on Nov 20, 2009 1:20 PM PST reply actions 1 recs

is that Bo Outlaw's Portland team or Rudy Hernandez's Blazers? Or maybe that team with greg odom in the 503?

Please, for the love of all that is holy, please stop using the following: "Book it.", "FTW", "Epic" & "Fail".

...no seriously--stop.

by nima on Nov 20, 2009 4:47 PM PST up reply actions

Hear hear!!!!

I’ve lived in PDX 42/45 of my time on the planet, but as man says, good gawd! I totally see why Portland fans are percieved the way they are with displays as above…when did BE turn into O-live?

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by G_dubs on Nov 20, 2009 6:29 PM PST via mobile up reply actions