tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102327997051254703.post3464563217303321083..comments2023-10-31T06:31:41.395-04:00Comments on Bottom of the Barrel: Bill Simmons Decides Since This NBA Lockout is Really About Him Anyway, He May As Well Go Ahead and Fix itBengoodfellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09401971573776672570noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102327997051254703.post-40363174858724660612012-01-28T11:55:00.544-05:002012-01-28T11:55:00.544-05:00Nice photo. Its meaningful and somehow sharing thi...Nice photo. Its meaningful and somehow sharing this to readers like me, makes me want to surf the web to be able to get more wonderful ideas.Thank you for posting this. Thank you <a href="http://healthcare-consulting.org/six-sigma-training.php" rel="nofollow">six sigma training</a>mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06169812996432978423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102327997051254703.post-90011591828554564582011-10-31T08:55:20.539-04:002011-10-31T08:55:20.539-04:00Fred, but THAT'S HOW YOU FIX IT! You just get ...Fred, but THAT'S HOW YOU FIX IT! You just get everyone to compromise and then contract 5 teams. It should just be easy to do. <br /><br />Jeremy, you could stick w/ him when he talks the NBA...usually. Still, I hope the hockey talk won't continue. <br /><br />Jim, he has a way of doing that. Everything he touches has an imprint of his opinion. What's unfortunate is he has a bit of credibility so people will believe what he says about hockey possible. Hopefully for you the lockout will end and he can get back to the NBA.Bengoodfellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09401971573776672570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102327997051254703.post-16619980893630097112011-10-30T14:51:07.089-04:002011-10-30T14:51:07.089-04:00I just want him to get the fuck away from hockey. ...I just want him to get the fuck away from hockey. The idiot writes something about hockey and all the hockey blogs have to link him to get their own hits, then say "look at what Simmons said about hockey". If the Bruins hadn't won the Cup last Spring this douchebag would be in Vegas every weekend.JimAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15106385969638134118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102327997051254703.post-51646328667035879092011-10-30T04:29:09.925-04:002011-10-30T04:29:09.925-04:00I might quit Bill Simmons soon. He's getting t...I might quit Bill Simmons soon. He's getting to be a bit unbearable.Jeremy Conlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00999218325324667964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102327997051254703.post-21718690815553635052011-10-29T15:01:33.611-04:002011-10-29T15:01:33.611-04:00I like how he nonchalantly talks about contracting...I like how he nonchalantly talks about contracting five teams. Wouldn't it cost billions of dollars to pay off those owners losing the franchises? Not to mention the leases for the arenas.Fred Triggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16980604002168881166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102327997051254703.post-13246327155531300322011-10-29T12:49:41.822-04:002011-10-29T12:49:41.822-04:00Robert, thanks. I would love to read the Book of H...Robert, thanks. I would love to read the Book of Hockey, purely for the entertainment value of it. <br /><br />He probably doesn't think he is the peer or equal of Hunter Thompson, but way, way, way better than Hunter Thompson. <br /><br />Rich, from my limited experience with hockey fans I have found they hate the shootout. I don't like it either. I just think it is a bad way to decide a winner. <br /><br />So maybe there is a higher percentage of real hockey fans, but probably not in number...simply b/c football stadiums are able to hold more people. <br /><br />I can imagine a Grantland.com column how hockey is like Louis CK and I will quit reading it after one paragraph. I would imagine hockey is like football. Being in the end zone is great when the action goes on down there, but otherwise is somewhat overrated. I feel somewhat the same about basketball games. <br /><br />The whole conversation w/ the person involved w/ the talks killed me. I know Bill has to understand a conversation b/w two people is completely different from dealing with 30 owners and players who aren't in a huge mood to compromise and are too busy making sure there isn't a season. I am amazed at the ego in thinking he just fixed this. Sure, the ideas are great, but neither side wants to compromise or give up on certain issues. So it makes a compromise hard. If Bill could figure it out with 10 people on each side, then maybe I would listen to him. Otherwise, he's just playing a pure fantasy league version of ending the lockout. <br /><br />Charlotte. Charlotte can lose a franchise. No problem here. <br /><br />The whole Barea issue is what kills me too. The market decides Barea's worth and he doesn't think he is a 3rd guard. He seems himself better than that and if a team wants to pay him better than that then he is a starter. It would be great to limit how much he can make since he probably is a 3rd guard, but good luck convincing an athlete to stay in his "place." <br /><br />Murray, I know that drives you crazy. I am almost convinced Boston-area fans hate Bill more than nearly any other fan base.Bengoodfellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09401971573776672570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102327997051254703.post-60231440901839075462011-10-28T17:19:15.372-04:002011-10-28T17:19:15.372-04:00The Kings have either seven, eight or nine months ...<b>The Kings have either seven, eight or nine months to win me over.</b><br /><br />He's a Bruins "fan"... meaning he just watched his team win the Stanley Cup. If that couldn't win him over, then nothing will.<br /><br /><i>I would submit most true hockey fans feel this way.</i><br /><br />You would be correct. The shootout is terrible. You play for 65 minutes as a team for 1 point, then play one-on-one for another point. <br /><br />Two years ago, the Flyers made the playoffs on a last game shootout... which knocked the Rangers out. That's a shitty way to miss the playoffs. It'd be like watching NBA games decided by a dribble, pass, shoot competition.<br /><br /><i>Quite disputable actually.</i><br /><br />Here's the wrinkle: hockey stadiums only seat 20,000 or so. Football stadiums seat anywhere from 3-6 times that many. So as a percentage, I think hockey wins out, but only because there's a much more limited supply of tickets.<br /><br /><b>I want to send Grantland staffers to games and make them write about what they witnessed.</b><br /><br />Fuck off Bill. I love hockey and I think hockey games are the greatest sport to watch in person, but to ask bloggers to write self-centered 20,000 word essays about what they "witnessed"? Go fuck yourself Bill.<br /><br /><b>(Hence, our "Behind the Pipes" series; our seats are only a couple of rows behind one of the nets.) </b><br /><br />Two rules for going to a hockey game:<br /><br />1) Sitting behind a net sucks, you miss half the action.<br /><br />2) Sitting on ice is great... except you can't see the plays in the corners.<br /><br />Personally, if you get seats in the first couple rows in the second deck towards center ice, you'll save 20 bucks a ticket and have a better time.<br /><br /><b>We even picked the perfect Kings season — it's their best chance to win the Stanley Cup since Wayne Gretzky's heyday.</b><br /><br />No. The Kings should make the playoffs and they have a bright future, but there odds of winning the Stanley Cup this year are pretty slim.<br /><br /><b>realized we both wanted the same thing — an entirely new NBA system — then spent the next 20 minutes wondering why this mutual epiphany hadn't happened for the two sides that caused this lockout.</b><br /><br />Lets see here: the owners want a new system that pays the players less; the players want a system that pays them more... Ya, hard to imagine where the problem is.<br /><br /><b>You want sign-and-trades, I want no sign-and-trades … I get that one, no sign-and-trades. You want a five-year, $30 million max for the midlevel exception, I want a two-year, $3 million max for the midlevel … we'll cap it at four-years, $16 million.</b><br /><br />This assumes that each side is willing to give up somethings in exchange for others. There are also going to be times when both sides want the same issue and the cost of "winning" that point might be too much. <br /><br />On the other side, you get the infamous "16 game schedule" where someone gives up something they "wanted," just too say they gave up something important.<br /><br /><b>I think we should contract/merge several franchises until we settle at 27 teams; I think Seattle should have a team; I think Chicago should have two teams.</b><br /><br />So the NBA has 30 teams and Bill wants to get down to 27... by adding two more? <br /><br />Which 5 lose their franchises?<br /><br /><b>We need to create a league in which Jose Juan Barea can't make more than $16 million for four years</b><br /><br />We should make a world where shitty writers can't make more than 20k a year.<br /><br /><b>People like me say, "Screw it, I'll give hockey a real chance."</b><br /><br />Your typical Bruins fan everyone!<br /><br /><b>The McCourts turned the Dodgers into Clippers 2.0</b><br /><br />Baseball is over by November anyway... so... I fail to see how the Dodgers sucking has any impact on the NBA lockout or the NHL.richnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102327997051254703.post-19905828934629234512011-10-28T17:14:15.595-04:002011-10-28T17:14:15.595-04:00Crisply done with several laughs, Ben. The Book of...Crisply done with several laughs, Ben. The Book of Hockey is just around the corner where he can spew that Bobby Orr was better than Gordie Howe. <br /><br />I heard his podcast today where he seemed to think he was a peer/equal of Hunter Thompson. <br /><br />R. RaynerBRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15244319135550006658noreply@blogger.com