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Re: Bill Simmons tries too hard 

Post#21 » by Verbal » Fri Jun 12, 2009 2:46 am

Tim_Hardawayy wrote:Scoop Jackson is a joke, and a racist.

Bill Simmons can be too much of a homer at times, but if you can handle that, the rest is usually quite funny. I don't know why people take him so seriously and then criticize him for it. He writes to entertain, not to inform.


Rarely can someone do both.
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Re: Bill Simmons tries too hard 

Post#22 » by milesfides » Fri Jun 12, 2009 6:32 am

KennerLeaguer wrote:
milesfides wrote:Here's a nice counter by Scoop Jackson, which probably won't be read half as much:

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/st ... ortCat=nba



That's probably because Scoop hasn't mastered the English language and comes up a bit short in the astute department. Seriously I liked Scoop when he was confinded to Slam magazine but I can't take him seriously as a writer. If you ever read many of his ESPN pieces you would understand why.


Actually I do like his articles because they provide a different insight into the players and the game.

Also, it's ironic that you criticize his mastery of English while making the following usage errors:

1. "astute department" - you need a noun before department, not an adjective; try "astuteness department"

2. need a comma after "Seriously"

3. "confinded" is not a word

No offense, but I question your ability to discern "mastery of the English language" when you demonstrate a poor grasp of it yourself.

Tim_Hardawayy wrote:Scoop Jackson is a joke, and a racist.

Bill Simmons can be too much of a homer at times, but if you can handle that, the rest is usually quite funny. I don't know why people take him so seriously and then criticize him for it. He writes to entertain, not to inform.


Scoop Jackson is a racist? Where's your proof?

Also, we Laker fans on realgm don't take Bill Simmons that seriously; there's maybe one thread about him every few months. However, it doesn't take a genius to understand why Laker fans would be annoyed at this self-proclaimed Laker hater's petty slights against Kobe and the Lakers.
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Re: Bill Simmons tries too hard 

Post#23 » by hermes » Fri Jun 12, 2009 3:29 pm

i'm a big fan of Simmons, like reading his stuff and listening to his podcasts

he interviewed Jerry West last week
here is the link to the archive

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Re: Bill Simmons tries too hard 

Post#24 » by Erik Eleven » Fri Jun 12, 2009 8:19 pm

One more win, and then we don't have to worry about negative Lakers commentary until dethroned, sometime that might happen a few years into the next decade.

Here's to a Four-peat. :beer:

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