tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102327997051254703.post7955822295814851003..comments2023-10-31T06:31:41.395-04:00Comments on Bottom of the Barrel: What Gimmick Column Idea Does Bill Simmons Have Today?Bengoodfellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09401971573776672570noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102327997051254703.post-46732386948210167092012-10-15T13:17:24.459-04:002012-10-15T13:17:24.459-04:00Ling, probably the same reason you took the time t...Ling, probably the same reason you took the time to leave a comment calling me whiny. <br /><br />It's ironic you call me whiny when your boy Bill acts like the world has ended whenever any of his preordained as great Boston teams don't win every single championship in every single major sport. Clearly from reading Bill's columns religiously you understand what whiny is, yet you don't get this irony. Bengoodfellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09401971573776672570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102327997051254703.post-35687860321087057612012-10-14T05:02:08.139-04:002012-10-14T05:02:08.139-04:00WOW. You are spectacularly whiny. Why read his col...WOW. You are spectacularly whiny. Why read his column if you hate it so much? Linghttp://johnsonnomoretearsbabyshampoo.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102327997051254703.post-75804235579108493952012-06-01T08:53:13.803-04:002012-06-01T08:53:13.803-04:00Rich, I saw you mentioned Denis Leary. You know Bi...Rich, I saw you mentioned Denis Leary. You know Bill knows Denis Leary? He can call him right now if he wants to. <br /><br />I think at this point Bill doesn't know how to be relatable. He's reached the point where he hangs out with his friends and lives where he lives, but has lost touch with the fans. This is why he takes it too far. He says, "I can be a GM" and then it seems like he truly believes he is cut out for the job. Like you said, as if he were insulted he isn't a GM yet. <br /><br />That's an interesting point about the defensive teams playing each other. I honestly think that is something Bill would/could have thought of. I wonder why he didn't? <br /><br />Spurs fans know what Bill means because the core of that team has been together for a long time! No other teams know how this feels. Of course, Bill COULD add the Lakers since Bynum/Gasol/Bryant have been together for nearly as many years as the Celtics core has. Bill is just advocating for a Spurs-Celtics Finals. Bill likes to sound lofty when making comments like that. <br /><br />Bill is all about how a team defends the title. To an extent, this shows what teams are consistently good, but it also means very little. If you applied this "defending the title" theory to the NFL you would find teams don't always defend their title well. It's just a way for Bill to compliment his Celtics. <br /><br />I was trying to think of a movie character (just so I could knock Bill with his own type of medicine...so Transformers works for me), but I couldn't think of any. But you hit the nail on the head. He pouts when things don't go his way and we are supposed to like him because we liked him once before. <br /><br />I guess the biggest issue is Bill's "regular fan" schtick had to go out the window once he got successful. He could have stayed more grounded, but he chose not to do that, probably because he didn't want to do that. <br /><br />He's still a capable writer, I wish he just tried harder to write well and tried less hard to be impressed with his own self.Bengoodfellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09401971573776672570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102327997051254703.post-8311403469573678022012-05-31T18:25:44.800-04:002012-05-31T18:25:44.800-04:00The benefit of a few weeks has allowed us to see B...<i>The benefit of a few weeks has allowed us to see Bill may not quite be the expert he wants us to see him as being.</i><br /><br />Here's the thing about this aspect of Simmons - its relatable, but he takes it way too far.<br /><br />It's one thing to say "Ya, I'd love to be a GM and I think I could do it and here's some moves I would make" and quite another to constantly beat the issue into the ground like Simmons does. It's like he's honestly upset that no one has given him the reins of an NBA franchise yet.<br /><br /><b>Scoring is down because 2012's playoff teams aren't as good at scoring.</b><br /><br />This year's playoff teams average 97.67 PPG in the regular season.<br /><br />Maybe it's not that they aren't good at scoring?<br /><br />Think about it this way - there were three teams in the NBA playoffs that allowed less than 90 points a game. Those three teams all played each other: Philly, Chicago, Boston.<br /><br />In other words, Philly - Chicago was heavy on D, Boston - Philly was heavy on D. Those went 6 and 7 games.<br /><br />Teams like SA or OKC who just crush everyone, only score a ton of points over 4 games or 5 games. So the stats are slightly skewed from the fact that the defensive teams have played one another.<br /><br /><b>If you earn a technical or commit a "Flagrant 1," you have to sit at the scorer's table for 75 seconds while your team plays shorthanded.</b><br /><br />Two things:<br /><br />1) How many flagrant or technical fouls are given per game on average? Maybe 1 or 2? So you're talking 3 minutes or so of "powerplay basketball."<br /><br />2) If you're the team with the 4... you're just going to hold the ball for as much of the shot clock as you can, which will slow the game down even more.<br /><br />Add in the fact that while one team will have an easier time scoring, while the other has a harder time scoring... there wouldn't be a net positive effect on scoring.<br /><br /><b>I'm sure Spurs fans know exactly what I mean.</b><br /><br />Why the hell would Spurs fans know this? The Spurs haven't played more than 2 games against the Celtics a year... ever. <br /><br /><b>Yeah, but you also won the "One of the Worst Title Defenses Ever" title.</b><br /><br />Says who? In 2006, the Heat were swept in the first round by Chicago.<br /><br />In fact, there have been two teams that won the championship who missed the playoffs the next year. One of those teams? The Boston Celtics.<br /><br />Even if it were a real award, who gives a shit? You know how many teams don't win a title and then flame out the next year? A shitload of them. To be in consideration for "worst title defense ever" you had to win a fucking title.<br /><br /><i>I know Bill Simmons well enough to know he probably actually believes his writing can have an impact on a basketball game.</i><br /><br />Whenever I read a takedown of Simmons (I refuse to read his work straight up), I constantly hear Dennis Leary singing "he's an asshole" in my head.<br /><br />It's amazing to me that people actually still like to read his stuff. It's kind of like how I view the main character in Transformers:<br /><br />In the first, you could relate to the guy - awkward around women, parents are a little off, bad shit happens to him. You feel for the guy and you're happy when he succeeds.<br /><br />Then the second one rolls around and he's an arrogant twerp.<br /><br />To top it off, the third one starts with him unemployed, living in a fucking condo with his smoking hot gf <i>who pays for everything</i> and all he does is bitch about stupid shit like his car.<br /><br />That's Bill. He's got this amazing life, he throws it in our faces and then complains when stupid shit doesn't go his way (like still not being a GM).richnoreply@blogger.com