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part 8
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Feb 26 '10, 12:04
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Matt (DC)
Forrest Gump week has been great on AMC. They even did a fake preview to make it look like a horror movie.... "tormented all his life... Hey Stupid!" Anyway, isn't the funniest moment of that movie when Forrest says "I'm not a smart man, but I KNOW what love is", then walks out and puts his hands on his hips and poses? I've done that move thousands of times while drunk, and it kills every time. Kinda like the "Oh wait" guy in Silence of the Lambs. My friend can do that voice spot on.
Bill Simmons (2:29 PM)
I love that we can have Forrest Gump Week and Shark Week, and yet, ESPN can't have Tyson Week.
Samson (Windsor)
Any cool pranks planned for Dorkapalooza? Maybe some fake stats on the "correlation between headband-wearing and getting drastically overpaid (Baron Davis, Charlie Villanueva, TJ Ford,...)". You could even include the statistical outliers (Melo, LBJ)
Bill Simmons (2:30 PM)
I'm on the same panel with Bill Polian - I was thinking about starting things out by asking him, "Bill, if I do a better job than you on this panel, are you going to change the rules next year so that they're more in your favor?"
Oops (L.A.)
Hollywood and Sunset don't cross, Clipper boy.
Bill Simmons (2:31 PM)
Sorry about that - I meant the Chik Fil A is going to be on Highland and Sunset. Right now it's a Drive-Thru Carl's Jr.
jesse (champaign)
can you just please agree with me that women's hockey isn't that great...also youre the only one who thinks lebron could go to chicago, why?
Bill Simmons (2:32 PM)
Women's hockey is awful to watch, and even worse, it's an awful Olympic sport since only 2 countries are good at it. So yes, I agree. That might be the single worst women's sport to watch. I can't think of anything that comes close. It's like watching 10 drunk people try to have a snowball fight.
patrick (los angeles)
As a Clipper season ticket holder, can you list of the upcoming free agents based on the percentage likelihood of them coming to the Clippers?
Bill Simmons (2:33 PM)
The only one who might be dumb enough to come is Rudy Gay. He just wants to get paid and they could sell him on the whole, "It's LA, and we need a small forward!" thing.
Jeff (Albany NY)
They're Canadians, They're Hockey Players, They won in Canada.... I LOVE the Canadian Women's Hockey Team celebration!!! The IOC can eff off.
Bill Simmons (2:34 PM)
I agree. I guess that was the one redeeming thing about Olympic women's hockey.
Mike (Sactown)
Bill,To go back to you saying you like Everton, because of Donovan and Howard playing on it, and also the Spurs. Now i know you picked Tottenham as your team to follow the EPL but you cant root for another team in the same league. Its like rooting for the Angels or Rays or Blue Jays or Tigers (you get the point) because you may like one or two players on those teams because they happen to be from Mass or the Boston area. Just because 2 american are playing for Everton doesnt make it right. I realize I've just lost about 90% of your readers right now by talking EPL.
Bill Simmons (2:36 PM)
Yeah, but it's good for Team USA if Everton keeps doing well and Donovan/Howard (2 of our 4 most important players) get those world-class reps at the highest pressure level heading into this summer. As an American, how can you root against that?
Michael (Green Bay)
Can you please tell Favre to retire?....and actually stay retired?
Bill Simmons (2:36 PM)
Come on, one more year! How can you root against more Favre? What's more fun - a 2010 Vikes team QB'ed by Favre or Tarvaris Jackson. DOn't be silly.
Nate (Boston)
I loved your column about fixing the NBA. Unfortunately, there is no way owners would ever go for your reducing ticket prices for missing the playoffs plan. But do you think the NBA could relegate teams to the D league for finishing dead last. This does two things, stops tanking and creates genuine interest in the D-league.
Bill Simmons (2:39 PM)
Look, the owners are in for a rude awakening if they think they can continue to fleece fans like this. Look at what happened to hockey the past 15 years - they priced their fans out, the sport collapsed, and now it's coming back. The bottom line is that it shouldn't cost 350 bucks for good seats to an NBA game, and it shouldn't cost 20 bucks + 20 in parking a 4 hour committment for crappy seats to an NBA game. These teams are delusional. They need to blow things up and it won't happen until they get over their arrogance and admit that the habits of sports fans are changing and nobody wants to pay for crappy seats or overpay for good ones anymore.
Lou (NYC)
What is your worst-case scenario for the Knicks this offseason?
Bill Simmons (2:40 PM)
Amare and Rudy Gay.
Eric (Rochester, NY)
Hey Bill did you know our city won an NBA championship in 1951? Suck it Cleveland!
Bill Simmons (2:40 PM)
That's just not fair.
Steve (Albuquerque)
I don't know what's worse Rasheed Wallace shooting 3's or hearing Reggie Miller say how Wallace will be good when he gets into game shape (there are only 24 games left!!!!!.
Bill Simmons (2:41 PM)
It's a tie. Yeah, Game 58 and a TV announcer is saying seriously that a player making $6 million this season who's been halthy all year "just needs to get in game shape." Are you kidding me? CTC, right Rasheed?
JK (Bronx)
In you're last column you ripped the NBA's lack of caring about the fans, but can't you extend these arguments to any sport?
Bill Simmons (2:43 PM)
It could easily be extended to baseball, but here's the difference: it's fun to go to a baseball game. You're outdoors, you can take your family, bad seats don't matter... there's some upside. You could be a Royals season ticket holder and miserable, but at least you're outside. In fact, that should be their 2010 marketing slogan: "The 2010 Royals: At Least You're Outside."
Bill Simmons (2:43 PM)
FYI: We're shutting down this chat in 15 minutes because I have to tape a massively important podcast with the tsar or reality TV, Dave Jacoby.
Bill Simmons (2:44 PM)
Heard on the USA network right now: "HARD! HARD! HARD!!!!!!!!!!' Go Curglar!!!!
Adam (Philly)
Let's get a national perspective -- will McNabb be back in Philly next year? Should he?
Bill Simmons (2:45 PM)
They should absolutely an unequivocally trade him for a draft pick and usher in the Kevin Kolb with Vick Backing Him Up Era. McNabb and Philly are like Lindsay Lohan and Sam Ronson - they just need to break up for everyone's sake.
Zach (Kansas City)
You really want to be outside in Kansas City in April?
Bill Simmons (2:46 PM)
At least I'd have BBQ!
Doug (Hoboken)
You ranked Carmelo #1 player you would want taking the last show for your team on Cowherds show... why though wouldnt you just want LeBron to drive to the basket instead, NOBODY can guard him in the NBA
Bill Simmons (2:46 PM)
But that's the problem... LBJ settles for 20-footers and threes a little too much right now. He can get to the rim every single time.
Andrew (Burlington, VT)
This week, Conan O'Brien joined twitter, which set the world ablaze for over 29 minutes before the world collectively moved on. Is there any one person you would like to see get on the twitter, and do you have enough juice to get Worldwide Wes to join?
Bill Simmons (2:47 PM)
Uncle Wes would have the greatest twitter ever. That's the first twitter that I'd tie to my cell phone so it would send me a text every time he wrote something.
Nick M. (Atlanta, GA)
Is it too early to call Hasheem Thabeet the biggest bust of all time in any major sport? I say not. MLB - Brien Taylor - Injury. NFL - Ryan Leaf, he at least played more than one season. And he wasn't shipped off to the NFL equivalent of the D-League NFL Europe. I mean, what an utter whiff of a draft choice.
Bill Simmons (2:48 PM)
Come on, Jamarcus Russell has to be worse.
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