OT: Statements from Teams to Fans (Bill Simmons tweets- HILARIOUS)

[RR7]

What did Dunleavy say about him?

 

[axs88]

Huh? You must not have listened to the show then. And no, I don't gotta love it. I really really don't.

No, I haven't, sorry. Although I was only reacting to the part where you said that that Dunleavy listed facts, as opposed to Simmons who's a moron for responding like this. Yes, he can be a moron more and more often these days, BUT: First off, Dunleavy and the Clippers really ARE a joke. Secondly, this is exactly what I think Twitter is for. It's Bill Simmons on Twitter, so don't expect anything else.

 

[Erroneous Subterfuge]

What did Dunleavy say about him?

Dunleavy was responding to Simmons remarks about how the Clippers have been horrible in the draft. Dunleavy brought up how their recent first round picks are Eric Gordon (very good rookie season), Al Thornton (very good young player), Shaun Livingston (good PG who suffered horrible injury), and Chris Kaman who's put up good numbers. He acknowledged that the Yaroslav Korolev pick wasn't good and that they took a chance in a draft he didn't like. Seriously, a lot of teams have been as good or worse than that in recent years. And last year they had a plague of injuries. A Michael Richards joke as your retort proves Simmons doesn't have credibility, and so his pot meet kettle remark is also complete horseshit.

I just think a coach who took the Lakers to the NBA finals and the Blazers to the WCF 2 years has a lot more credibility than some joke-writer turned insult-comic-via-twitter will ever have when it comes to basketball. But if he wants define his career and draw attention to himself by insulting half the league then more power to him.

 

[Ed O]

Huh? He called him a joke writer, so he wrote some jokes. Gotta love it.

Those are jokes? They seem like attacks to me. Not even particularly effective ones.

Seems like widdle Biwwy Simmons had his feewings hurt.

Ed O.

 

[Minstrel]

Didn't Simmons lobby seriously for the Minnesota GM position? I thought I read that somewhere. I think he thinks of himself as actually knowledgable about basketball, rather than merely a (weak, IMO) humourist.

 

[Boob-No-More]

Wow, so NOT funny. Bashing the Clippers is like beating an 8-year old 21-0 in a game of 1-on-1 - and them taunting the kid. It's just too easy and not at all funny.

And, it's not like it's Dunleavy's fault the Clippers suck. It's a dumb ass owner and a horrible culture. Dunleavy inherited a train wreck and managed to lead the Clippers to a 47-35 record, made it to the 2nd round, where they took the Suns to 7 games. Hard to believe, but that season Dunleavy led the Clippers to a better regular season record and a better play-off showing than the Lakers.

And, as Dunleavy correctly pointed out, the Clippers have drafted pretty well recently. Heck, the Clippers in general, have done a decent jog getting good talent through the draft (or on draft day trades). Their problem isn't getting good young talent, their problem has always been keeping that talent - and that's the owner's fault, and goes back many years before Dunleavy became involved. If Simmons wants to bash the Clippers, Donald Sterling should be his target, not Mike Dunleavy.

Once again, Bill Simmons comes across as petty and bitter with a personal ax to grind. I'm not sure why anyone finds that funny,

BNM

 

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Draft Recapz

The Virgin Megastore on Hollywood Boulevard had a "Going Out Of Business!" sale this month. For the first few days, everything in the store was 30 percent off. The discount jumped to 40 percent, and finally, 80 percent. I voyaged down down there one day too late, well after every desirable DVD and Blu-Ray had been snagged. One wall of DVDs featured only "Don't Mess With the Zohan" and "Meet Dave," to give you a sense of what was left.

I spent 20 minutes sifting through the Blu-Ray remains. It wasn't pretty. I talked myself into "Terminator 3," "The Shining" and "Superman Returns," then carried them for a few more minutes before realizing, "Wait a second, what am I doing?" I put the Blu-Rays back and walked out of the store.

Here's the point: The 2009 NBA draft is the equivalent of that 10 minutes when I nearly talked myself into three Blu-Rays I didn't even want. I have seen "The Shining" 10 million katrillion times. I don't need to own it on Blu-Ray. But when it's sitting on the same shelf with "Along Came Polly" and "Ocean's 12"? It starts looking good by default. That's the problem with this year's draft class -- too many "Terminator 3" Blu-Rays, only everyone else is so bad, you start talking yourself into them.