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Isiah Thomas Threatens Bill Simmons (the sports guy)

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  1. 3814

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    here's the basics of the latest bill simmons article...click the link for the whole thing: http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/blog/index?name=simmons

    During a New York radio interview Monday, Isiah Thomas threatened to make trouble for me. Talking to Stephen A. Smith he said, "I'm gonna tell ya ... if I see this guy Bill Simmons, oh, it's gonna be a problem with me and him ..." I thought it was ironic he threatened me on Martin Luther King Jr. Day -- I'm sure MLK would have been proud. Given that this was the same guy who sucker-punched his best friend on the Pistons (Bill Laimbeer) during the 1992 season, I am thinking about travelling with a full-time bodyguard, or at the very least a can of mace or one of those tasers that you can get in a stalker catalog.

    Here's my question for Isiah, who's very angry with me ...

    Right now, you have a roster that costs something like $120 million. You completely overhauled the Knicks' roster in 14 months, and now you're trying to overhaul it again. There's no rhyme or reason to anything you're doing. Your team doesn't have a first-round pick next summer, and in the summer of 2007 -- widely considered to be the deepest draft in 20-plus years -- the Bulls have the right to exchange first-round picks with you (most of your fans don't even know this). You also have to give another first-round pick to Phoenix before 2010. And you have at least eight or nine players on your roster who are completely, utterly, totally untradable, including someone with a possible heart defect and someone whose back is in such bad shape nobody would insure his contract. Your team also has one of the worst records in the league. And your fans are downright traumatized at this point, to the degree that you went into hiding until your recent winning streak. Now you're available to talk to the press again, of course.

    So why shouldn't you be criticized for any of this? Why should you be immune? Why should the fact that you destroyed the CBA, then coached an underachieving Pacers team that came within two possessions of making the 2004 Finals one year after you left ... why isn't this relevant in some way? I would love to know the answer to this. So either you can e-mail me, have one of your PR people call me to explain it, or tell me as while you're making trouble for me on the street.

    Or, I can fly to New York and we can have a dignified conversation about this stuff. Followed by you beating the living hell out of me.

    It's up to you.

    why can't kelly get this kind of press :D
     
    #1 3814, Jan 18, 2006
  2. francis 4 prez

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    LMAO, gotta love simmons. even more fun to like him now that the patriots lost. isiah sucks and i'm glad simmons is around to remind him as often as possible.
     
    #2 francis 4 prez, Jan 18, 2006
  3. vwiggin

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    If Isiah is going to beat up every journalist who points out his flaws, he is going tohave nubs for hands by the end of the week. ;)
     
    #3 vwiggin, Jan 18, 2006
  4. emjohn

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    He certainly owned Isiah with his response, and has rightly nailed him in his previous columns.

    On the flipside, he's gotten increasingly snide over the last couple of years, maybe not coincidently coinciding with the Pats and Sox success. I'm finding it less and less enjoyable to read his stuff, though it's still the best out there. Sooner or later he's going to piss off someone with unfair digs (and he's been tossing those out there for certain).

    Evan
     
    #4 emjohn, Jan 18, 2006
  5. JuanValdez

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    Does telling a third party that there would be a problem if the two were to meet qualify as a threat? I think Simmons is assuming a bit too much.
     
    #5 JuanValdez, Jan 18, 2006
  6. KingCheetah

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    Isaiah thomas with a veiled threat to beat up the Sportsguy ~ now i've read it all.
     
    #6 KingCheetah, Jan 18, 2006
  7. Rocketman95

    Rocketman95 Hangout Boy

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    When your head is as big as Simmons', that's typically what happens.
     
    #7 Rocketman95, Jan 18, 2006
  8. KeepKenny

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    that would be hilarious if Simmons just took the beating and then sued his ass off.
     
    #8 KeepKenny, Jan 18, 2006
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    isiah.....what he said is true.....i know the truth hurts, but you can't get mad at someone who simply telling the truth.
     
    #9 Hakeem06, Jan 18, 2006
  10. pgabriel

    pgabriel Educated Negro

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    I'll take this "threat" seriously when its reported by someone other than Simmons.
     
    #10 pgabriel, Jan 18, 2006
  11. 3814

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    well...if you open the link, you can see that he became aware of the situation because of fan feedback...people heard it on AM radio and told Simmons about what Isiah said (check the bottom).
     
    #11 3814, Jan 18, 2006
  12. pgabriel

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    Well, I opened the link, and I'll take the threat seriously when I see it reported by someone other than Simmons, not his fans.
     
    #12 pgabriel, Jan 18, 2006
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    I think it'd be funny if Isiah sued Simmons for defamation for saying Isiah threatened him in the first place.
     
    #13 JuanValdez, Jan 18, 2006
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    LOOK AT ME!!! I'M BILL SIMMONS!!!!! I'M RELEVANT!!!! I'M RELEVANT!!!!!
     
    #14 MadMax, Jan 18, 2006
  15. pgabriel

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    I actually like Bill Simmons' material but he has a jim rome fascination with himself. it started when he put himself on "Tilt" and he played some big time poker player.
     
    #15 pgabriel, Jan 18, 2006
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    :mad:

    I can't stand Bill Simmons, especially after his Houston comments during the superbowl.

    :mad:
     
    #16 underoverup, Jan 18, 2006
  17. codell

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    If Simmons IS making this up, hes outta lose his job and Im assuming he will, since a) Hes implicated Smith as being privy to the conversation and b) Claims there is an actual tape of the footage.

    Which makes me think, hes not making this up.
     
    #17 codell, Jan 18, 2006
  18. pgabriel

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    its not a threat technically, just simmons technically didn't insult Isiah's character, which simmons claims, even though simmons must have at least five columns bashing him.
     
    #18 pgabriel, Jan 18, 2006
  19. Clutch

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    I don't know anything about the threat, but can anyone dispute what Simmons said in paragraphs 3 and 4?

    And of course, lets not forget the Rockets have the Knicks second round pick (sadly we owe our own to Milwaukee courtesy of the Mike James trade... that is, the first Mike James trade. It's anyone's guess which pick will be better.)
     
    #19 Clutch, Jan 18, 2006
  20. bobrek

    bobrek Politics belong in the D & D

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    Incidentally, for those who read the Simmons article earlier today, there is now a "Part II" when you click the link.
     
    #20 bobrek, Jan 18, 2006
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