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Bill Simmons ... Will this guy ever learn his lesson?

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by RocketFire, Apr 26, 2005.

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  1. RocketFire

    RocketFire Member

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    Will this guy ever going to learn his leason?

    http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=simmons/cowbell/blog

    Bill Simmons writing about the Dallas/Houston series.

    Dallas-Houston: The only real surprise for me. Houston played small for much of the game, playing Yao/Dikembe with T-Mac, Jon Barry/Ryan Bowen, Bobby Sura/Mike James and David Wesley. The appropriate response by Dallas would have been to go small with Nowitzki, Finley, Howard, Stackhouse and Terry, giving it an advantage at four of the five spots. Of course, Avery Johnson (I kept checking their bench to make sure Don Nelson still wasn't coaching them) stubbornly played Dampier 25 minutes, which was suicidal because A) it allowed Houston to guard Nowitzki with T-Mac (bad matchup for Dirk because he couldn't go by him), and B) Dirk had to run around on the defensive end trying to guard smaller shooters. Any time Dallas went small, it would climb back into the game. So why not just stick with it?



    As I wrote on Friday, I thought Dallas would KILL Houston in this series. And it still might happen. Sometimes you see that happen in Game 1, when one team tries something so crazy, the other team just doesn't know how to respond – like the Rockets' having Wesley guarding Stackhouse or deciding to leave shooters like Finley and Van Horn wide open. Still, if Dallas doesn't switch to a small lineup, if Nowitzki (who seemed soft and scared in Game 1) doesn't start playing like an MVP candidate again, and if T-Mac can really play 47 minutes a game/guard Nowitzki/run Houston's entire offense (he was MJ-esque in Game 1), the Mavs will absolutely get blown out of this series.


    (With that said, I watched too many remarkable Nowitzki performances over the course of the season – there's no way he could submit consecutive world-class stinkers at home. Dallas takes Game 2. Whether coaching costs it the series remains to be seen.)
     
    #1 RocketFire, Apr 26, 2005
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  2. YallMean

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    Those those sportscasters, writers are like gamblers. They gamble on calling out the winners. This simmons guy is about to lose his pants and underwear on this bet. :D
     
    #2 YallMean, Apr 26, 2005
  3. liujun0768

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    Maybe Cuban should fire Johnson,hire this so-called expert coach mavs,so i can GUARANTEE rockets will sweep mavs!:D
     
    #3 liujun0768, Apr 26, 2005
  4. Tom Archer

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    Hmm. So Dallas will win unless Houston wins? Got it. :rolleyes:
     
    #4 Tom Archer, Apr 26, 2005
  5. robbarnett

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    what a chump. sounds like as long as he thinks we will lose we are safe.
     
    #5 robbarnett, Apr 26, 2005
  6. AroundTheWorld

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    LOL. That was exactly what I was thinking :).
     
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  7. RocketFire

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    he is just trying to save his ass from embarrasment.
     
    #7 RocketFire, Apr 26, 2005
  8. Cohen

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    Too late.


    Must suck to have your mistakes at work visible for the entire planet to see.
     
    #8 Cohen, Apr 26, 2005
  9. Chuck 4

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    ..... Moron..... :rolleyes:
     
    #9 Chuck 4, Apr 26, 2005
  10. Gutter Snipe

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    He's still a great writer:

    The biggest surprise was the Bulls' playing up-tempo, which seemed like it should have played right into Washington's hands ... except for the fact that there have been guys arrested for point shaving who were more effective than Arenas was in Game 1.

    Just not necessarily a great basketball mind.:D
     
    #10 Gutter Snipe, Apr 26, 2005
  11. SwoLy-D

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    Simple Directions. Please imitate this, Mr. Bill...

    [​IMG]

    Oh, you did already.
     
    #11 SwoLy-D, Apr 26, 2005
  12. GRENDEL

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    I hope the Mavs continue to "kill" us:D
     
    #12 GRENDEL, Apr 26, 2005
  13. RocketFire

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    lol at the pic
     
    #13 RocketFire, Apr 26, 2005
  14. Svpernaut

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    brilliant!
     
    #14 Svpernaut, Apr 26, 2005
  15. emjohn

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    Yep. To be fair, Simmons isn't an insider or analyst. He's Page2 entertainment. He doesn't sell himself as any more than that, though a large number of his columns would give you a different opinion.

    He's also big into gambling, which I believe leads him to try and make wild, 'big money' predictions a bunch of the time.

    His NBA Preseason column was full of terrible calls (Rockets miss playoffs, NYK and Tor in, LAL the #3 west seed, Cle the #3 seed over Miami, etc).

    He falls in love with certain players or teams (he's your typical Boston homer) and can loss touch with reality. On the flipside, he can also make some pretty great observations, mostly in regards to intangibles.

    Evan
     
    #15 emjohn, Apr 26, 2005
  16. yaomania

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    NEW BILL SIMMONS - TMac Praise

    Look! it's not the same content as the thread previous thread!

    and I hadn't seen this posted elsewhere - from this afternoon's More Cowbell:

    One more note, totally unrelated to Doc's hatchet job: If you like basketball at all, if you've ever cared about it, then you need to catch one of these Mavs-Rockets games and see what Tracy McGrady is doing. He just submitted the two best all-around playoff performances by a non-big man since MJ. Seriously. Even when Kobe and Iverson were cruising during their playoff primes, it was always on their terms – they involved their teammates to a certain degree, but only because they needed them, and they were never totally happy about it. In T-Mac's case, he's doing every possible thing to help his team win – finding open shooters, guarding the other team's best guy, taking the game over when it matters, encouraging everyone else – and it's been remarkable to watch. Now THIS is why I love basketball.

    http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page...ns/cowbell/blog

    Just understand that the Sports Guy is a humorist and pop culture columnist who relates most things through (Boston) Sports. He makes calls - and he's often wrong. He's got a stock line . . .the lesson? As always, I'm an idiot.
     
    #16 yaomania, Apr 26, 2005
  17. MadMax

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    he's right. and i think i may cry! :D

    T-Mac is quickly supplanting Smarty Jones. :D
     
    #17 MadMax, Apr 26, 2005
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    Oh god after picking against him in the past thread he all of a sudden likes T-Mac and is supporting him...give me a break.
     
    #18 Stack24, Apr 26, 2005
  19. wouldabeen23

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    Come now Max...don't get all LOOPY with us now...

    Does T-Mac EVER have a shot at the Triple Crown?? I think NOT
     
    #19 wouldabeen23, Apr 26, 2005
  20. m_cable

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    #20 m_cable, Apr 26, 2005
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