L.V.P.! L.V.P.! L.V.P.!
Yesterday Bill Simmons dropped the first half of his “NBA MVP Breakdown,” where he counts down to his MVP from the Least Valuable Player in the League all the way to his pick for this year’s Most Valuable Player.
It’s good stuff, including this entry on Tim Thomas that had us laughing out loud:
314. Tim Thomas
I guess the question is this: Is there an NBA forward alive who couldn’t play 31 minutes a game, score 12 points, notch five rebounds and three assists, miss 70 percent of his 3-pointers and allow his guy to score at will? If baseball has VORP (value over replacement player), then basketball should have VOTT (value over Tim Thomas). And that’s not even half the story. During a Lakers-Clips game last week, the Postmaster General (that’s my nickname for him) spent a large chunk of the third quarter jogging between the two 3-point lines without ever crossing either line, almost like he wagered a teammate that he could play an entire quarter without going within 24 feet of either basket. It might have been the most riveting moment of the Clippers’ season. He’s such a dog that PETA might protest this paragraph.
Part II is supposed to be posted sometime today. Check out all of Part I HERE.
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April 16th, 2008 at 10:59 am
doc says:
I like the dude Simmons he funny as hell and he know the game.He be on that Boston bullshit though.
April 16th, 2008 at 11:38 am
bsteezy3 says:
Yeah man, the Sports Guy is a trip. He really does have some funny stuff in that article…I checked it out yesterday. Check out Marion…
April 16th, 2008 at 11:41 am
Fabian says:
i laughed sooo hard all the way through the article.. entertaining read.
April 16th, 2008 at 11:43 am
bsteezy3 says:
And he had Marbury as LVP…lol
April 16th, 2008 at 11:44 am
Celts Fan says:
best line of the article:
85. Vince Carter
I mailed in this paragraph in his honor.
April 16th, 2008 at 12:09 pm
GEE...Life imitates art and art imitates....Deeeezzz nutzzz! says:
Marion thing was funny!
Dang that is messed up how he had Wade so low.
Yao was pretty low, true what he said, but pretty low.
April 16th, 2008 at 12:19 pm
Jim says:
Speaking of Simmons (and Mr. Obama), what do you make of this?
http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2008/04/16/2008-04-16_barack_obama_is_game_espn_isnt.html
April 16th, 2008 at 12:42 pm
fallinup says:
Wow, Jim. That’s completely idiotic for ESPN to do that. Simmons and Obama together. That would have been straight gold. You know they’d talk about basketball most of the time. Bill has a way to just ramble with his guests and I’d like to hear Obama wax poetic about his love of basketball. I guess I’ll just catch the Real Sports interview he did on HBO. Way to drop the ball, ESPN.
April 16th, 2008 at 1:13 pm
yallallreadyknow says:
some captions are funny…
but just goes to show how EASY it is to be a sports columnist/writer/jounalist/reporter
when you have no stories, just make up your own…like…”I’m goin to rank all the bums in the NBA. No.s 450 thu 1. Add i’ll add a comic twist to it for my editor”
geeeesh…
sports media is getting weaker and weaker with every article
April 16th, 2008 at 1:37 pm
Jim says:
Meeting deadline 2-6 times a week isn’t easy for anyone. But his bitching about people complaining about Yao made me laugh. How the hell can Bill Simmons complain about our society? His schtick of talking about TV and sports has made him rich and famous.
April 16th, 2008 at 1:41 pm
yallallreadyknow says:
jim
there are folks on this board that can do that job and meet the deadline easily. its talking sports…how HARD is that?
..and its not like the material coming out everyday us pulitzer-ish.
so i disagree…it is EASY
April 16th, 2008 at 3:20 pm
Big Aaron says:
I love Bill Simmons.
“Zach, I’m sorry. I don’t know what else you could have done short of stabbing Nate Robinson during a timeout.”
Had me laughing my ass off. It’s true. It seems cliche to say it anymore but New York really is like a car crash. From the outside, you just can’t help but stare yet from the inside, it’s agonising. The Zach Randolph trade pretty much compunded everything for NY.
April 16th, 2008 at 4:07 pm
Mike C says:
His stuff haven’t been as good as they used to be. But I still think he’s the best sportswriter there is.
April 16th, 2008 at 10:10 pm
hotdog says:
best indeed!!! he’s an entertaining sports nut. He knows his stuff, researches on columns and he’s funny as hell. He could have been a good gm for the Bucks just for entertainment purposes.