Comments on: Cheap Shot Theater

By: Marc R

Marc R — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 19:12:47 +0000

Hoolahoop-

I used their names in the same sentence, if that’s what you mean. The only way I compared them is by noting that they both have relatively low assist ratios for shooting guards.

By: Alex

Alex — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 19:04:25 +0000

I like simmons. He writes from a fans/players persepctive as opposed to these analysts/journalists who probably never played the game. He understands that the game is bigger than the numbers. That’s why I can accept his knicks bashing better than other ‘writers’ who just spew numbers like that’s the entire game. If you read his ‘analysis’, pretty much everything he said about this knicks is absolutely true (except he went a little heavy on the Isaih bashing). I’d read simmons over berman or Worjasldkfjwerqos any day.

More importantly, Eddie Curry just strung together 4, possibly 5 (counting the terrible Minnesota game) pretty solid games in a row since he took a bashing in this space. If he can improve his ft%, he’d be doing even better. And he’s kinda, sorta, passing out of the double/triple team now. I’m reaching.

By: hoolahoop

hoolahoop — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 18:33:50 +0000

Marc R.
Yeah, Bird’s overrated and Isiah is underrated. . . and did you actually compare Nate Robinson to Paul Pierce?

By: thepalerider

thepalerider — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 16:43:14 +0000

Also Isiah went on ESPN Radio show and said Simmons was an idiot and would like to meet him in a dark alley. Ever since that comment Simmons has been on full Knick bashing overdrive. I like the Sports Guy I truly think he’s a good sports writer and is very funny. I just get tired of the constant Knick bashing. But it’s not just him, lots of media members seem to enjoy kicking us while we’re down.

By: Marc R

Marc R — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 15:41:38 +0000

Bennyb-

I know you’ve always had a crush on Simmons, but you forgot one other flaw in his discussion of the Celtics: his blind passion for Paul Pierce. Somehow Simmons considers Crawford and Nate Robinson the biggest gunners in the NBA, bud omits Pierce. Using Hollinger’s nifty stats, we see that Pierce has the second highest Usage Rate among shooting guards but has a lower Assist Ratio than Nate (Crawford is 34th out of 74 shooting guards, Nate is 51st, and Pierce is 53rd).

Also I have to disagree that Simmons is relentlessly negative about the Knicks. He just has a bug up his ass about Isiah. It must stem from when Isiah agreed with Rodman’s statement that Bird would be just another guy if he wasn’t white. (Can anyone deny though that Bird, despite his objective greatness, received considerably more hype due to his race?)

The flip side of this is Simmons’ blind passion for Bird. Isiah inherited an absurd mess from Scott Layden. Bird inherited a very talented roster and has driven it into the ground. Guess who Simmons savages on a regular basis?

By: Bennyb

Bennyb — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 15:22:40 +0000

Simmons has two blind spots in the NBA: he is too positive about the Celtics (I don’t think it’s realistic to think that their roster is chock full of talented youth and their problems are all coaching), and he is relentlessly negative about the Knicks. that being said, he is the best NBA sportswriter/analyst working today. Outside of his Celtics/Knicks commentary I think he is really insightful.

By: tim

tim — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 13:30:50 +0000

simmons blows, he acts like the celtics are some expertly run team, when in reality, they have less talent in their youth than we do…and a coahc who last week was perplexed by the 2-3 zone

he rakes isiah, but refuses to rake ainge, who, in my opinion has done a worse job.

we’re getting better, ask me to trade rosters with the celtics?

not any time this week

i like what curry is showing, marbury at least looked interested last night…after a brutal november schedule, 6 wins is acceptable, but there has to be some home cooking.

would be nice to steal on in DET, 7-11, with the schedule that we played would be more than acceptable in my opinion at least.

By: EMH

EMH — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 11:44:31 +0000

More than “loser,” I’d just say Marbury can’t fit his skills in with other players to form a winning team. Now that there’s finally someone DEMANDING that he do something other than pound nails and penetrate, and there’s no way to just get rid of him, and no meanie coach for him to blame, Marbury’s lack of ability to do anything but that is being exposed for all the world to see.

What you’re left with is a guy that can do some things with the ball in his hand, but absolutely nothing when it isn’t. And that adds up to a guy that simply isn’t a very good player, and never really was, no matter what his numbers — which show only what he does with the ball — might say.

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 09:53:53 +0000

Yeah, I have no problem with Simmons’ piece. He wasn’t pretending to offer up actual analysis like Wojnarowski was, he was just trying to make jokes.

By: thepalerider

thepalerider — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 02:40:16 +0000

I like Simmons I just get tired of him constantly taking pleasure in the Knicks misfortunes. He is funny but its like going to a comedy club, everyone laughs but the poor guy in front that the comedians making fun of. Well as a Knick fan I’m sick of being that guy.