Simmons' new podcast with NBA predictions
Link is on right side. Portland stuff starts in part 2, made me laugh :)
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I like Simmons
but really…not that he had that much ‘credibility’ but he’s lost all of it by saying the C’s are going to win over 52 games…such a homer. Celtics did nothing good during the off-season except get older.
While I'd predict that the Boston Celtics will win 50 games, I wouldn't be shocked if that ballclub won ...
upward of 55 games next season. I doubt that’ll happen, though, since the Celtics will be more focused on preparing for the playoffs than grinding it out throughout the long, treacherous regular season.
"Some things you can't unsee, bro." (The League)
OKC is the trendy pick this year.
"A bizarre and extremely rare hybrid Blazer/Laker fan, Timbo has always struggled to contain the Beast Within, like Dr. Jekyll, Bruce Banner, or Ted Kennedy." — Miled Animal
one of the worst analysts i have ever listened to
by ougadougou on Oct 20, 2010 12:34 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs
He's a sports entertainer.
"A bizarre and extremely rare hybrid Blazer/Laker fan, Timbo has always struggled to contain the Beast Within, like Dr. Jekyll, Bruce Banner, or Ted Kennedy." — Miled Animal
He calls himself an expert on baseball and football
I used to go by tominhawaii. My real name is still Tom.
by LukeBabbittFTW on Oct 22, 2010 3:02 AM PDT up reply actions
Bill Simmons just does what ESPN pays him to do. Get people to hate him. The sports trolling business
is booming.
^this
"Conan, what is best in life?"
"Crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentation of the women."
by dario argento on Oct 20, 2010 6:21 AM PDT up reply actions
Hmm, that isn't quite Bill Simmons shtick. To me, that assessment describes a commentator like ...
Skip Bayless, who markets himself well by being a negative pessimist. Regarding Simmons, however, his columns and podcasts online are a fusion of pop culture and sports discussion for the common, yet not deeply informed fan.
So yeah, I feel the analysis of Simmons — who I’m not a fan of personally, for he’s not the sharpest tool in the shed apropos of sports — is a bit off base here. Simmons, all things considered, isn’t marketable due to people hating him, but rather ‘cause he’s formed a large fan base of casual/common sports fans who enjoy his soft-serve pap.
"Some things you can't unsee, bro." (The League)
And pay them they do.
He makes close to $2mil a year between his ESPN gigs, 30 for 30 and his book.
Simmons is a storyteller
…and over the past few years, his overarching narrative about Portland has been promising young team blows a draft pick, mortgages its future on injury-prone players, and has an insane owner.
I’d find it very difficult to refute that at this point in time. Hopefully later.
I remember back in 08
He thought we were the best young team in the league, and said so numerous times. But then, of course, Oden’s injuries started to pile up, Durant started averaging 25-30 a game, and Allen forced out KP. Now I guess we’ve been “surpassed” by OKC in the best young team department. Although, knowing Simmons, if Oden starts playing well again he’ll act like he never ditched us for the Thunder.
What I like about Simmons
…is that he has no problem eating crow. He even seems to enjoy it. I just listened to part I of the podcast and aside from referring to the Portland fanbase (more-or-less-accurately) as “Soccer Moms”, he has nothing but nice things to say. He referenced what he had said about Wesley Matthews and said the emails he received from Portland fans might have swayed him — then he proceeded to knowledgeably rattle off exactly the positive things that fans have been saying about Matthews in the pre-season. The dude obviously listens.
He's full of crap, knows he's full of crap, willing to admit he's full of crap, and generally pretty entertaining distributing his crap.
"A bizarre and extremely rare hybrid Blazer/Laker fan, Timbo has always struggled to contain the Beast Within, like Dr. Jekyll, Bruce Banner, or Ted Kennedy." — Miled Animal
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