Bill Simmons says ...

[Nikolokolus]

In his NBA megapod The Blazers will be ...




























































36-30













So he's still a dumbass right?

 

[chris_in_pdx]

Yes, especially since that only adds up to 56 games.

 

[SheedSoNasty]

haha! that was too perfect.

 

[GoBlazersGo]

Yes... Because 36 + 20 = 56, not 66.











































36-20













So he's still a dumbass right?[/QUOTE]

 

[magnifier661]

Yes, especially since that only adds up to 56 games.

LMAO! Bill Simmons pwned

 

[RR7]

Yes, especially since that only adds up to 56 games.

lol

 

[3RA1N1AC]

what a fucking idiot that person is

 

[chris_in_pdx]

However, if the Blazers are 36-20 after 56 games, I'll call Simmons a soothsayer.

 

[magnifier661]

What's a little strange is I think of Nik to be a scientist type. Not shooting from the hip. You would think he already knew about the sum and wouldn't have posted it. Unless.....












It was all part of his dasterdly plan!

 

[3RA1N1AC]

and yes, simmons is also still a dumbass

 

[illmatic99]

hahahahaha

 

[3RA1N1AC]

nik is a numerologist/mathmagician

 

[3RA1N1AC]

all joking aside though, i think we will finish the season 18-0

 

[Nikolokolus]

typos make me a dumbass I'm sure. Call it 36-30

 

[3RA1N1AC]

he said 36-30? yes he is definitely a dumbass, and his podcasts are fucking nerd orgies, he can keep his jersey shore breakdowns

 

[MickZagger]

Simmons is always a rabble-rouser so I really never put any thought into what he has to say.

 

[PtldPlatypus]

Bill simmons being a dumbass is independent of his prediction.

 

[magnifier661]

typos make me a dumbass I'm sure. Call it 36-30

What did he say about the Lakers?

 

[chris_in_pdx]

36-30 is dumbass territory. Even a ultimate blazer hater will admit that they will be better than that. I'm calling 40-26, maybe 42-24.

 

[Nikolokolus]

What did he say about the Lakers?

He thinks they're going to suck ... I can't remember the actual win total though.

Listen for yourself if you like:

http://espn.go.com/espnradio/play?id=7376432

 

[Nikolokolus]

36-30 is dumbass territory. Even a ultimate blazer hater will admit that they will be better than that. I'm calling 40-26, maybe 42-24.

You realize that 36 wins is roughly equivalent to 45 wins in a full 82 game season right? Minus Roy, minus Oden in a wacky ass year he's saying we're still a playoff team and pretty good ... and all you do is say he's hating? Wow.

 

[3RA1N1AC]

blazers won 48 last year, and that was with "roy holding them back" as you like to say, and without oden.

now we have a full season of crash

a better sg backup in crawford

better big man depth

and

promising rookies

soooooooo

 

[MickZagger]

We'll have a better win % than last year. Book it, Danno.

 

[3RA1N1AC]

it would be logical to assume that i would say

 

[Nikolokolus]

blazers won 48 last year, and that was with "roy holding them back" as you like to say, and without oden.

now we have a full season of crash

a better sg backup in crawford

better big man depth

and

promising rookies

soooooooo

The schedule is so jacked up though. I think it's going to have a profound affect on every team (ie. really good teams that "should" have a .700 win percentage in a normal year will be closer to .650 and bad teams are going to win more than they should as they get exhausted teams stumbling in to their building).

 

[BrianFromWA]

Simmons likes riling up the soccer moms.

That said, I don't know that there's anyone alive that has a better grasp of NBA history post-merger. Maybe his prognostication sucks, but the dude knows what he's talking about (unlike, say, Bucher/Broussard/Adande/Platchke/LeBatard).

Wilbon knows his stuff, but I think is too close to some players.

 

[RR7]

Maybe he knows stuff that happened in the past, which is easy to get out of a book. Always has come across to me as someone that doesn't know a ton about what's going on in the rest of the league outside of his few teams with recent years. And then I stopped reading his articles because he sounded like an idiot, and I got tired of the forced pop culture references.

 

[RR7]

The schedule is so jacked up though. I think it's going to have a profound affect on every team (ie. really good teams that "should" have a .700 win percentage in a normal year will be closer to .650 and bad teams are going to win more than they should as they get exhausted teams stumbling in to their building).

It's definitely going to make for some very interesting outcomes.

 

[Further]

First off, I like Simmons. He does not pretend to be anything other than what he is, a huge basketball fan who has his biases and favorite teams. He is one of the few writers who ever actually makes me laugh.

As far as his prediction, I would expect perhaps 2 more wins than him, so his prediction seems reasonable. 38 and 28 would meet my expectations. 40 wins or better and I'm loving it.

 

[Nikolokolus]

Maybe he knows stuff that happened in the past, which is easy to get out of a book. Always has come across to me as someone that doesn't know a ton about what's going on in the rest of the league outside of his few teams with recent years. And then I stopped reading his articles because he sounded like an idiot, and I got tired of the forced pop culture references.

He definitely has a slant toward Boston, but to say that he doesn't know the league or its history is just flat out wrong.