Bill Simmons gives JQuick some national recognition.

Scroll about 2/3 of the way down and Bill Simmons makes an interesting point about why Brian Windhorst in Cleveland and Jason Quick in Portland are two of the best beat writers in the NBA. It basically boils down to the fact that they're the only ones who properly use their courtside/locker room access. Hard to argue that considering Quick's recent Behind the Locker Room Door series.

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nothing but love for J-Quick. he’s the man.

si usted puede leer esto, el grito.

by prezofdeath on Apr 1, 2009 5:48 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Quick has redeemed himself nicely

after the inserting himself into the Oden story debalacle. His recent locker room stuf is awesome. Cool for Simmons to give him props.

"The match in Los Angeles is a good opportunity to begin to demonstrate that we want to make war." Rudy Fernández (translated)

by G_dubs on Apr 1, 2009 6:10 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

In my mind,

JQ never needed redeeming. He’s been consistently the best.

Brandon Roy just destroyed everything in his path. There's your rational analysis -- Dave

Also: COMCAST SUCKS!

by TwoDeep on Apr 1, 2009 9:35 AM PDT up reply actions 3 recs

totally agreed

I'm a really really ridiculously good looking orange mocha frappaccino drinking manhammer sandwich

by hobobob on Apr 1, 2009 9:56 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

jason quick has always underoverwhelmed me.

jk, jk. he seems like a kewl dude. the only way he could possibly be cooler would be if he started bedging.

si usted puede leer esto, el grito.

by prezofdeath on Apr 1, 2009 10:32 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

agreed

redemption accomplished.

It's more than diculous. It's REdiculous

by pxilpooshr on Apr 2, 2009 2:24 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Actually, the high point of that article

Is the following quote in the lead:

Q: Does the possibility of Isiah Thomas going to work for the Clippers make you want to renew your season tickets more or less? I think it should be more.
— Zach, Los Angeles

Aside from the fact that the spelling is too good (ghostwriter?) did anyone else picture Z-Bo hunched over a keyboard typing this message to Bill with his index fingers?

by DonkeyShins on Apr 1, 2009 8:30 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Behind the locker room doors

is a must read. I cannot wait until that comes out the next morning.

Nice job J. Quick

I try to help with everything," Fernandez said. "If the coach says go rebound, I go rebound. I work for the team.

""If I'm playing this game to get media and attention, I shouldn't be here," Aldridge said. "I'm here to play basketball, and do what I can do to help this team win."

by Dragonage on Apr 1, 2009 9:27 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

+1

It’s become my favorite blog article on all of the intrawebs.

by erastus25 on Apr 1, 2009 10:06 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I like reading JQ

usually good stuff

There is probably no more terrible instance of enlightenment than the one in which you discover your father is a man — with human flesh.
Paul Muad'Dib - Dune (Frank Herbert)

My Translation: My Dad is a dude just like me, and my sons are dudes like me also. I love that.
Season Tix: Section 315, with my sons

by johnv59 on Apr 1, 2009 10:43 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Give the man his "M"!!!

by you'vegottomakeyourfreethrows on Apr 1, 2009 12:18 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

as Bill points out, we are spoiled by JQ's stories, many oldschool media folk take it easy and get fat on the spoils of easy labor while Quick busts his ass and risks his reputation by going for the indepth stories.

Tony Luftman Is an Animatronic Robot created by Cyberdyne Industries for the purpose of the destruction of the entire human race, no one shall be spared.

by Jiggamant on Apr 1, 2009 2:03 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs