That was a massive omission, yes. Good point.Euclis20 said:I felt more let down when he said so little about Pierce and Garnett leaving, to be honest.
Patrick Beverley says hi. Well, he would if he existed I suppose.AlNipper49 said:I have zero doubt that Simmons said to himself 'who the fuck is that????' when Workman got called in on Saturday
Oh come on, that would never happen...Ralphwiggum said:Of course now watch him write a tone-deaf column about him being at Game 6 in awesome seats with his Dad. I'm betting against it, though.
At least go the Bill Burr route and make fun of yourself for jumping on the bandwagon, like he did with the Red Sox this year. Some degree of self awareness has to be involved somehow.The Napkin said:Patrick Beverley says hi. Well, he would if he existed I suppose.
Oh come on, that would never happen...
Oh. Wait.
The Napkin said:Patrick Beverley says hi. Well, he would if he existed I suppose.
Oh come on, that would never happen...
Oh. Wait.
John Marzano Olympic Hero said:I can't get on Simmons for jumping off the Bruins bandwagon and then jumping back on. The B's were a complete mess a decade ago with a really, really shitty owner, a GM who had no idea what he was doing and crappy head coach after crappy head coach. They weren't fun to watch because the NHL was in their neutral-trap zone phase and Bettman was doing a great job of killing the sport.
The B's were a distant fourth on the Boston landscape back then, so if you're going to kill him, you'll have to kill 90% of the current Bruin fans too.
Except he wrote a whole article about it.JohntheBaptist said:
To me, hopping on and off the bandwagon is totally fine--it's a fact of life, even. Everyone's done it to some degree, and there's really zero shame in it. And it can make for a funny, relatable story. I think my beef with him is when he either pretends it never happened or retcons some "jinx" nonsense so that he can stand with the "we were here the whole way" crowd for some reason.
I think if he went the Bill Burr route in either case no one would have made a peep. Because you're totally right, who could blame a fan for growing apart from the Bruins for a while? Or the Sox after '11/'12?
The Napkin said:
nattysez said:On November 5, Simmons said on his podcast that the Warriors are "a bad defensive team other than Iguadola." When Zach Lowe gently pointed out that he was wrong, Simmons admitted that his whole analysis was based on the one game he'd seen the Warriors play in person against the Clippers. He is ridiculous.
Klay Thompson is one of the better defenders in the NBA. Saying otherwise suggests you don't watch the Warriors much.Rocco Graziosa said:
Well two of their starters, David Lee and Steph Curry are comically bad defenders. Harrison Barns is bad. Klay Thompson is below average. Maybe the rest of the team make up for them statisically, although I find that hard to believe, and there really are no reliable stats for defense anyway. You judge it by how people move in space with regards to where the basketball is (or isn't).
There are some really really bad defenders on the Warriors.
PC Drunken Friar said:So I take it that you also hate Its Always Sunny, The League and Eastbound and Down?
PC Drunken Friar said:...but the League? Nope. They are constantly making fun of Andre and his gay tendencies.
nattysez said:Klay Thompson is one of the better defenders in the NBA. Saying otherwise suggests you don't watch the Warriors much.
Rocco Graziosa said:
I find him below average. I suppose I could see someone making a sound argument that he's an average NBA defender. But one of the best in the entire NBA? Egads
"I like Klay Thompson as a defender," former NBA coach and current ESPN analyst Jeff Van Gundy said.
Even when Thompson's shooting percentage dipped under 40 percent earlier this season, head coach Mark Jackson kept the guard on the floor because of his defense.
Over the course of the season, especially the last few months, Klay Thompson has emerged as the Warriors’ go-to perimeter defender
Among all players with at least 200 possessions guarding the pick-and-roll ball handler, Thompson gave up the fewest points per possession, with 0.686. By comparison, All-Defensive team members Tony Allen held pick-and-roll ball handlers to 0.649 points per possession and George to 0.783.
Rocco Graziosa said:I find him below average. I suppose I could see someone making a sound argument that he's an average NBA defender. But one of the best in the entire NBA? Egads
Rocco Graziosa said:
I watch the Warriors a ton. On of the better defender in the entire NBA? I have the opposite opinion.
As a group they have a lot of trouble keeping people out of the paint via the dribble. Thompson is a culprit at times, although he's much better than Curry and Barns. Thompson cheats a lot of times, out of strategy and out of laziness, which can result in steals or easy baskets for the opponents.
I find him below average. I suppose I could see someone making a sound argument that he's an average NBA defender. But one of the best in the entire NBA? Egads
i have no idea if you or Simmons is right, but they've only played 10 games and those included games versus Utah, Sacramento, Memphis, SA and the Lakers (all are at or near the bottom in scoring so far this season). They also played OKC, LAC and Philly, who are in the top 14. not sure any real conclusions can be drawn either way. But, if you take out the game where Curry didn't play and SA scored 76 points, they would give up 99.8 PPG and be 16th in the league. I think that Iguadola has elevated their D, but at this point its just a SSS.nattysez said:
Drew Dawg did what I was going to do -- cite the many, many sources that have lauded Thompson as a very good defender. I'm not going to get into a back-and-forth about this -- I think my opinion is shared by a lot more people than yours.
In any event, Simmons's larger point was "the Warriors are not a good defensive team." Meanwhile, the W's are 4th in point differential in the NBA and 8th in average points allowed in the NBA -- playing in the West. Simmons was, and is, wrong.
DrewDawg said:
Just some examples that you're missing something with him:
http://www.sfgate.com/warriors/article/Thompson-raises-his-defensive-game-4356392.php
http://joemoore.net/Dribble/2013/05/10/is-klay-thompson-an-elite-defender/
http://insider.espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/9281686/nba-klay-thompson-underrated-qualities?refresh=true :
Rook05 said:There are few things I could give less of a shit about than Bill Simmons's daughter's take on recent Adam Sandler movies. I don't care how cute he thinks it is, just give me Sal and House. Please-and-thank-you.
SaveBooFerriss said:
I am really curious why he thought that was a good idea.
drleather2001 said:Not to defend Adam fucking Sandler, but I think there's a big difference between allowing your kids to play parts in a movie (that calls for kids), so long as the kids can do the job. That's good ol' fashioned cronyism.
Writing boring stories about your kids for no other reason than to talk about your kids is just narcissism.
drleather2001 said:Not to defend Adam fucking Sandler, but I think there's a big difference between allowing your kids to play parts in a movie (that calls for kids), so long as the kids can do the job. That's good ol' fashioned cronyism.
Writing boring stories about your kids for no other reason than to talk about your kids is just narcissism.
Yet you still take the effort to bitch about him...why exactly?JohntheBaptist said:I stopped reading him years ago because he's not even remotely worth the effort, but ok. I don't have an issue when someone feels this way.
The Sox excuse remains extremely lame.