Bill Simmons Is Changing The NBA

Sadrak · Post #41 » by **Sadrak** » Wed Jul 16, 2014 7:04 am

Amount of salt in TommyTBolts posts is making me thirsty.

YogurtProducer · Post #42 » by **YogurtProducer** » Wed Jul 16, 2014 7:13 am

TommyTBolt wrote:
Bertrob wrote:
TommyTBolt wrote:mid season tournament is a horrible idea. I cant believe the nba is seriously considering it. ill be one of the first to hate on him. arrogant douche. if he was humble about himself and his sports teams i would definitely be one of the first to get his back but he is an annoying yuppie. he has a huge platform and waste it pushing garbage out there because he is either biased or too stoopid to realize how ignorant he is. I understand he has a depth of knowledge about the history of the nba but THATS IT and thats not what he does. What he does is put out ignorance (as viewed by his horrible NFL point spread prediction record) because hes a frail little unathlethic wimp he never understood what team sports mean or what values are important.

Sad thing is I'm sure Bill could whoop you.

no, he couldn't. NO CHANCE IN HELL as Vince McMahon would say. im not here to toot my own horn and im not some mma fighter but im 29, 6 feet tall and lean, been in plenty of scraps, not intimidated by anyone, wrestled in high school. wrestled and boxed with guys much bigger and more athletic than me in college for fun. im not superman but Im more than capable of holding my own and Simmons would be NO match.

Man the internet is packed with tough guys

EntropyPR · Post #43 » by **EntropyPR** » Wed Jul 16, 2014 7:17 am

TommyTBolt wrote:
M4P wrote:
TommyTBolt wrote:no, he couldn't. NO CHANCE IN HELL as Vince McMahon would say. im not here to toot my own horn and im not some mma fighter but im 29, 6 feet tall and lean, been in plenty of scraps, not intimidated by anyone, wrestled in high school. wrestled and boxed with guys much bigger and more athletic than me in college for fun. im not superman but Im more than capable of holding my own and Simmons would be NO match.

https://www.facebook.com/tom.demay.1?fref=nf

thats me dog. I'm not scared of Bill Simmons or anyone knowing who I am. I'm not no beast or anything but I ain't ashamed of nothing either.

MaxKunitz · Post #44 » by **MaxKunitz** » Wed Jul 16, 2014 7:50 am

TommyTBolt wrote:
M4P wrote:
TommyTBolt wrote:no, he couldn't. NO CHANCE IN HELL as Vince McMahon would say. im not here to toot my own horn and im not some mma fighter but im 29, 6 feet tall and lean, been in plenty of scraps, not intimidated by anyone, wrestled in high school. wrestled and boxed with guys much bigger and more athletic than me in college for fun. im not superman but Im more than capable of holding my own and Simmons would be NO match.

https://www.facebook.com/tom.demay.1?fref=nf

thats me dog. I'm not scared of Bill Simmons or anyone knowing who I am. I'm not no beast or anything but I ain't ashamed of nothing either.

did you really just post your facebook page?

this reminds me of the thread of that suns fan who posted pictures of his walls with suns posters on it, only to continue to post pics about himself and his (pretty hot) girlfriend.

Do you even have a girlfriend? If yes, prove it. :lol:

JVL · Post #45 » by **JVL** » Wed Jul 16, 2014 7:56 am

Bertrob wrote:
TommyTBolt wrote:mid season tournament is a horrible idea. I cant believe the nba is seriously considering it. ill be one of the first to hate on him. arrogant douche. if he was humble about himself and his sports teams i would definitely be one of the first to get his back but he is an annoying yuppie. he has a huge platform and waste it pushing garbage out there because he is either biased or too stoopid to realize how ignorant he is. I understand he has a depth of knowledge about the history of the nba but THATS IT and thats not what he does. What he does is put out ignorance (as viewed by his horrible NFL point spread prediction record) because hes a frail little unathlethic wimp he never understood what team sports mean or what values are important.

Sad thing is I'm sure Bill could whoop you.

"BILL SIMMONS WOULD OWN YOUR ASS, I DONT CARE ABOUT YOUR WORDS, HE'S STRONGER THAN YOU".

You know what is sad? The fact that your only argument consists of these "my dad > your dad" statements. About a guy you don't even know.

kombayn · Post #46 » by **kombayn** » Wed Jul 16, 2014 8:02 am

I like Bill Simmons, I like the new ESPN NBA crew of Steele, Collins, Rose & Simmons. I however, do not like this NBA tournament idea. The NBA needs to move the season from 82 games to 76 games, you play your division 4 times, the other two divisions in your conference 3 times and the other three divisions in the separate conference 2 times.

It slightly helps prevent tanking with teams and it adds a little spice to division games giving them something worth a little bit more to play for. But for Adam Silver to want to do something like this because of what he sees in Soccer is silly. Soccer's system in Europe works for them, while the NBA just needs a few tweaks to their system.

eagereyez · Post #47 » by **eagereyez** » Wed Jul 16, 2014 8:19 am

JVL wrote:
Bertrob wrote:
TommyTBolt wrote:mid season tournament is a horrible idea. I cant believe the nba is seriously considering it. ill be one of the first to hate on him. arrogant douche. if he was humble about himself and his sports teams i would definitely be one of the first to get his back but he is an annoying yuppie. he has a huge platform and waste it pushing garbage out there because he is either biased or too stoopid to realize how ignorant he is. I understand he has a depth of knowledge about the history of the nba but THATS IT and thats not what he does. What he does is put out ignorance (as viewed by his horrible NFL point spread prediction record) because hes a frail little unathlethic wimp he never understood what team sports mean or what values are important.

Sad thing is I'm sure Bill could whoop you.

"BILL SIMMONS WOULD OWN YOUR ASS, I DONT CARE ABOUT YOUR WORDS, HE'S STRONGER THAN YOU".

You know what is sad? The fact that your only argument consists of these "my dad > your dad" statements. About a guy you don't even know.

It's funny because Bill Simmons is a scrawny old white dude. It's called satire.

Ridicululz · Post #48 » by **Ridicululz** » Wed Jul 16, 2014 8:21 am

The tournament idea intrigues me, does he go into detail about it?

Nate505 · Post #49 » by **Nate505** » Wed Jul 16, 2014 8:22 am

What the hell is a midseason tournament?

And before some tool says "it's a tournament that takes place midseason" what is the format/point of it?

narmerguy · Post #50 » by **narmerguy** » Wed Jul 16, 2014 8:50 am

What the hell is happening in this thread??

richboy · Post #51 » by **richboy** » Wed Jul 16, 2014 9:44 am

Nyphantom wrote:Whats the point of a midseason tournament? Guaranteed playoff seeding? Wild card?

Heard talk about a tournament that if you won you could pick a playoff series and get an extra home game in that series. For example if Pacers won the tournament at mid season they could pick to have 5 home games in the ECF.

Hitman33 · Post #52 » by **Hitman33** » Wed Jul 16, 2014 10:04 am

Thanks for the laughs TommyTBolt. You are truly hilarious. I hope that one day you get to fight Bill Simmons on TV, with Mark Levin & Sarah Palin in your corner.

BKing10 · Post #53 » by **BKing10** » Wed Jul 16, 2014 11:19 am

richboy wrote:
Nyphantom wrote:Whats the point of a midseason tournament? Guaranteed playoff seeding? Wild card?

Heard talk about a tournament that if you won you could pick a playoff series and get an extra home game in that series. For example if Pacers won the tournament at mid season they could pick to have 5 home games in the ECF.

lol the owners aren't going to risk losing a home playoff game's revenue

ATLTimekeeper · Post #54 » by **ATLTimekeeper** » Wed Jul 16, 2014 11:30 am

The mid-season tournament was proposed by Shane Battier years ago.

I also didn't quite understand the replay booth. The only difference is that there will be an independent booth to cue up the replay faster?

sidestep · Post #55 » by **sidestep** » Wed Jul 16, 2014 11:42 am

kombayn wrote:It slightly helps prevent tanking with teams and it adds a little spice to division games giving them something worth a little bit more to play for. But for Adam Silver to want to do something like this because of what he sees in Soccer is silly. Soccer's system in Europe works for them, while the NBA just needs a few tweaks to their system.

The benefit of a tournament is not to copy soccer per se, but to introduce more unpredictability and therefore fun into seeding/playoffs.

As it is now, due to seeding rules and 7-game series, usually the best team wins. While that rewards merit, it's also much too predictable.

A tournament would increase viewership, and for good reasons: fanbases that otherwise could not realistically expect to get anywhere can feed off the hope that they can pull out an upset in a sudden-death scenario. Especially fanbases of treadmill teams -- suddenly something to cheer for.

donalddole · Post #56 » by **donalddole** » Wed Jul 16, 2014 12:28 pm

TommyTBolt wrote:https://www.facebook.com/tom.demay.1?fref=nf

thats me dog. I'm not scared of Bill Simmons or anyone knowing who I am. I'm not no beast or anything but I ain't ashamed of nothing either.

Seriously bro Simmons would drop you right quick. I clicked on your facebook and he'd school you in the hard knocks, you know? Stop playin'

babythug23 · Post #57 » by **babythug23** » Wed Jul 16, 2014 12:38 pm

Tournament will be like how Ncaa does tournaments during the season. It wont mean nothing it will be callled something and you win a lil trophy or something.

TommyTBolt · Post #58 » by **TommyTBolt** » Wed Jul 16, 2014 12:39 pm

donalddole wrote:
TommyTBolt wrote:https://www.facebook.com/tom.demay.1?fref=nf

thats me dog. I'm not scared of Bill Simmons or anyone knowing who I am. I'm not no beast or anything but I ain't ashamed of nothing either.

Seriously bro Simmons would drop you right quick. I clicked on your facebook and he'd school you in the hard knocks, you know? Stop playin'

and who the hell are do bro? I didn't post facebook to "prove" ide win a fight, I know that in my heart that I would take him 1 v 1. All I posted facebook for was to show i'm not some internet tough guy hiding behind a screen name.

Post #59 » by **MoneyTalks41890** » Wed Jul 16, 2014 12:40 pm

This thread is largely proof that post secondary education is critical to success in many arenas, including internet forums.

DoubleLintendre · Post #60 » by **DoubleLintendre** » Wed Jul 16, 2014 12:43 pm

This is officially one of the weirdest threads I've read in a while. If you read posts in this thread without reading the title or OP carefully.. you've got guys talking about sports articles, beating people up, some kind of tournament, a replay system, Obama, espn misogyny, and a direct link to someone's Facebook proving how he would be able to take Bill Simmons in a fight.