Simmons wouldn't play for Portland!

Welcome to our community

Be a part of something great, join today!

Register Log in
I love the rain. I love the green it produces. If I ever moved it'd probably be to the Olympic Peninsula area and hug a tree! :)
 
MickZagger said:
Hey, Hey, Hey! You're a shit-stirrer that doesn't use your own name.
Click to expand...

I don't claim to be perfect, and I don't claim to be funny. I don't get paid to be either, though, and Simmons does.

I don't find Simmons funny and I don't find him to be insightful. As you said, I don't need to read every word of his to determine that his drek is not anything I'm interested in wasting my time reading.

Is Breaks of the Game good? Maybe. I dunno. I haven't read it. I read a lot of other things, though, where I have greater confidence it's worth my time... Simmons has consistently demonstrated that he's worthless to me over the years and there's no chance that I'm going to waste time--let alone money--giving him another chance.

Ed O.
 
BGrantFan said:
Read The Book of Basketball. I think you'd enjoy it. Tons of stuff that I never even knew about regarding the NBA.

Or, just call the guy a "moron" after admitting that you never "read his stuff". That's probably easier.
Click to expand...

I can't speak for Ed, but I used to read him, then I determined he was a moron, so I stopped reading.
 
44Thrilla said:
I can't speak for Ed, but I used to read him, then I determined he was a moron, so I stopped reading.
Click to expand...

Same here... Then I put him on ignore, so I wish you guys would stop quoting him in your replies.
 
Lmao, I was talking about bill simmons, but you can interpret it however you want.
 
Who gives a fuck if someone doesn't want to live where you want to live you big fucking girls.
 
axs88 said:
He lives in LA.
Click to expand...

They built a freeway on a desert and called it LA. And demanded the rest of the country worship.

Not sour grapes, I've lived there. My father is still in the area and whenever I visit I choke driving through LA. Hot, parched, smoggy. Give me San Francisco fog or a nice clean Northwest drizzle any day.
 
Thrilla I'm curious, why do you hate him so much? What in particular?
 
huevonkiller said:
Thrilla I'm curious, why do you hate him so much? What in particular?
Click to expand...

I don't think much of what he says is genuine. I also don't like his writing style. And he's inconsistent with his opinions. He is a jackass, and I hate that so many people think "oh, all Boston fans must be like that"
 
44Thrilla said:
I don't think much of what he says is genuine. I also don't like his writing style. And he's inconsistent with his opinions. He is a jackass
Click to expand...

Agree with all of this but I still enjoy him. It's like hanging out with one of your friends. Totally full of shit, making ludicrous statements and getting in arguments about ridiculous things.

The thing I like most about him is that I think he actually believes every thing he writes unlike 99.475% of todays writers whose sole purpose seems to be to wind people up and generate angry letters.
 
crandc said:
They built a freeway on a desert and called it LA. And demanded the rest of the country worship.

Not sour grapes, I've lived there. My father is still in the area and whenever I visit I choke driving through LA. Hot, parched, smoggy. Give me San Francisco fog or a nice clean Northwest drizzle any day.
Click to expand...

Um, the Bay Area, especially the East Bay, isn't much better.
 
Pinwheel1 said:
As I said I travel quite a bit for work and when they find out I am originally from Portland they often ask. "Does it really rain every day there?" I feel like saying "yes you fucking moron every single day".
Click to expand...

It's like when people say that LA is hot and smoggy everyday?
 
it's_GO_time said:
It's like when people say that LA is hot and smoggy everyday?
Click to expand...

Yes pretty much the same thing. LOL. The weather west of LA (on the beach) where most of the players live, is pretty tough to beat. I live in between Malibu and Santa Monica, and it is pretty much 78 degrees and smog free every day. Yes I know very boring....... (10 months a year)
 
Last edited:
Ok, guys. I doubt NBA players are comparing NBA potential cities for the coldest winters....I think they are more thinking about 'fun' but... Look, we all know Portland is a great city...but, the truth is, it's like Drexler once said to another hall of famer - "welcome to my world" - it's small town. It's small time. Our population is near Charlotte and it is associated with rain and pot smokin' hippies and a gay mayor who likes minor interns..

It's been a long time since 1977.....
 
To an NBA player, Portland may be small-time, but you have the entire city behind you. Most cities have other pro teams sharing the spotlight, whereas if you're the man on the Blazers, you own the city.
 
I wonder why, if Portland is such a terrible place to live for NBA players, why do so many of them who played here come back to live after they retire? Even a guy like Rasheed Wallace - who was basically ran out of town - is coming back to live. I guess it's not such a bad place once you actually spend some time here.
 
Hoof Hearted said:
I wonder why, if Portland is such a terrible place to live for NBA players, why do so many of them who played here come back to live after they retire? Even a guy like Rasheed Wallace - who was basically ran out of town - is coming back to live. I guess it's not such a bad place once you actually spend some time here.
Click to expand...

It's a matter of perspective. If you are in your early twenties, single and looking to hit as much tail as humanly possible in as little time as humanly possible then you probably want to go to a warm weather city with a vibrant nightlife and lots of ladies in minimal attire (not sweaters and parkas). If you are retiring from hoops or nearing the end of your career it's likely you are in your early to mid-thirties, have a family, are looking for a little more stability and a place to raise your children and take it easier ... don't forget most of these young players live elsewhere in the off-season too, which means they are only in town during the most miserable time of the year (October - April).
 
Hoof Hearted said:
I wonder why, if Portland is such a terrible place to live for NBA players, why do so many of them who played here come back to live after they retire? Even a guy like Rasheed Wallace - who was basically ran out of town - is coming back to live. I guess it's not such a bad place once you actually spend some time here.
Click to expand...

So many? Over the years, who? Maybe a few.

I lived outside P-Town for 25 years. I've also lived in Phoenix, Anchorage, Salt Lake City, Tacoma, outside Reno, Seoul-Korea, in addition to owning a place in Florida and now I live in Central America. It's all a matter of perspective and preference. If you like 3 boring seasons of dreary-drizzle, PacNW is perfect. If you like sun and heat, or distinct seasons, Portland blows - literally.
 
Wait, it literally blows? I guess I thought it was figuratively :dunno:
 
Nikolokolus said:
Having lived in LA for 3 years in my early twenties, I'd say it's pretty damn close unless you are a mile or so from the coast.
Click to expand...

I agree as well. Living within a mile of the beach is expensive, crowded, expensive, hard to get to, expensive, far from workplaces, expensive:

And yet, any other part of LA BLOWS by comparison. Couldn't stand the smog, heat, dust of living away from the water.
 
Blazer_Mullet_Man said:
So many? Over the years, who? Maybe a few.

I lived outside P-Town for 25 years. I've also lived in Phoenix, Anchorage, Salt Lake City, Tacoma, outside Reno, Seoul-Korea, in addition to owning a place in Florida and now I live in Central America. It's all a matter of perspective and preference. If you like 3 boring seasons of dreary-drizzle, PacNW is perfect. If you like sun and heat, or distinct seasons, Portland blows - literally.
Click to expand...

There is an "outside Reno"?
 
Ed O said:
Is Breaks of the Game good? Maybe. I dunno. I haven't read it. I read a lot of other things, though, where I have greater confidence it's worth my time...

Ed O.
Click to expand...

A book that focuses on the '79-80 Blazers (Walton is the primary tragic figure in the factual book), and written by David Halberstam, is something that you don't think that would be worth your t ime? Are you SURE you're a fan of the Blazers?
 
BGrantFan said:
Catching up on your posts lately, it appears that you've joined the shit-stirring crew. Welcome to the club!
Click to expand...

Do I get a T-shirt, key chain, yo-yo?

realized if I can't beat em, might as well join em.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Users who are viewing this thread

Total: 1 (members: 0, guests: 1)
Back
Top