agree, came off sounding bad

It's going to be tough to top that Freudian slip

He makes many valid points but the only problem is that his theme is "people will move on, the NBA better watch out" yet he is clearly freaking out and has written two consecutive essays on essentially the same topic with the exact same ideas... something he pretty much never does.

It's obvious that BS loves his NBA, which we can all agree to, and that he's writing in hopes of making any sort of difference (Which we know it won't, but he's a known figure within the sports inner circle and he also owns a brand new freaking website that needs hits).

I think a lot of people, either directly related to the NBA or a lot of "celebs" that closely follow the NBA and write/blog/speak about it etc, are freaking out. This doesn't look like it will end anytime soon, hence the pretty similar message in 2 back to back articles.

It's also something that's not really true (might lose my GOCB card here). I am sure if Simmons knew more than 4 hockey players he might think that Shayne Corson is a GOCB, eventhough he's clearly a massive *******.

http://www.sbnation.com/nba/2011/10/...l-simmons-hook

Eating that little fgt up.

The problem is people don't move on. Rather, studies show they come back. Lockouts and strikes do little to harm the brand of a sport.

Fanatics should put up or shut up.

omg that's so embarrassing!

I will never understand the need for 1 writer to criticize another writer. It sounds like major jealousness. This happens over and over again with Simmons for some reason.

Simmons writes the way he writes because it appeals to his audience. It's light entertainment. If you don't want to know his opinion, just don't read it. How hard is that?

Man, ziller slayed him.

They all brushed over it so well

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i think this is a bad post

so does that make me jealous of you, Matt Williams? i should just not read your posts then, right?

lol

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BYqy9au1gY

http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/...or-rock-n-roll

I'm not even really a Springsteen fan, but that last sentence is one of the most offensive things I've ever read.

Dang, Simmons got roasted by Ziller. As well he should. It's a terrible thing that certainly strikes of racism.

The NBA season is 82 games, what is BS' point in proposing to scale it back to 75?

You increase revenue by decreasing your ability to generate revenue. Or something.

you make it all back and then some with the Entertaining as Hell tournament

I want you to sit down, look me in the eye, and tell me you wouldn't watch it

btw Bill's "retired NBA players vs. WNBA allstars" was 100x better than this idea

yeah i mean it's obviously dumb and pointless bc who the [censored] cares who the #8 seed is? #8 seeds have won, what, like twice? do fans of those teams even gaf if they squeak into the playoffs, or would they rather be brutal and get a decent draft pick? it's not like ppl go nuts for the NCAA play-in game(s). why? because we all know they're just going to get stomped by the #1 seed. so they ones who could be bothered to turn their head are:

1. people who go to those schools
2. alumni i guess
3. degen gamblors

the NBA playoffs are about as chalky as it gets in NA sports, so this entertaining as hell tournament is obv a brutal idea that only wastes time. if it wasn't for the revenue generated they might as well get rid of the 1st round altogether. but no, we need a bunch of pointless games to see who's ghana get swept by the team with 3 all-stars. great idea, Bill! you're right, i'd totally watch this, and you should mention it in every article until you retire!

(just like how you should be a GM bc...idk...they let you into that Sloan Conference thing, and you have Daryl Morey on speed dial, or something)

the guy's right about the Simmons contraction thing. All Simmons does is gets way too emo about the whole Seattle thing, saying they "murdered" basketball there. Whatever, they didn't build a new arena and they went somewhere else, get over it Bill. And yet he just wants to contract all these teams even though that doesn't help anything. What an idiot.