I'm a Bill Simmons fan, but this time he's way off.
I'm sure you have all read Bill Simmons's annual Trade Value column, and if you haven't, you probably shouldn't, because it will just anger you. Here's a breakdown of the rules:
A quick recap of the rules:
1. Salaries matter. Over this season and the next two, would you rather pay David West $27 million or Amare Stoudemire $43 million?
2. Age matters. Would you rather have Chauncey Billups for the next five seasons or Rajon Rondo for the next 12?
3. Pretend the league passed the following rule: For 24 hours, any player can be traded without cap ramifications but with luxury-tax ramifications. So if Team A tells Team B, "We'll trade you Player X for Player Y," would Team B make the deal?
4. Concentrate on degrees. Neither San Antonio nor Orlando would make a Howard-Duncan trade, but the Spurs would at least say, "Wow, Dwight Howard's available?" and have a meeting about it while the Magic would say, "There's no frickin' way we're trading Dwight Howard." That counts in the big scheme of things.
5. The list runs in reverse order (Nos. 40 to 1). So if Carmelo comes in at No. 16, players 1 through 15 are all players about whom the Nuggets would probably say, "We hate giving up 'Melo, but we definitely have to consider this deal." And they wouldn't trade him straight-up for any player listed between Nos. 17 and 50.
Fair enough. That's not where my problem lies. My problem lies with the list itself. There is not a single Sixer on it. No Andre Iguodala. No Marreese Speights. No Thaddeus Young. That is a complete and utter joke. They didn't even make the honorable mention list for god's sake.
So you're telling me NBA teams with these players would reject a one-for-one trade for Andre Iguodala?
Andrea Bargnani. No.
Rudy Gay and Rodney Stuckey. No.
Luol Deng. Are you serious? The next one's even worse.
J.J. Hickson. J.J. Hickson for Andre Iguodala?. That's ridiculous.
I might be able to understand if Young and Speights didn't make the cut, but for Iguodala not to make the list at all is horrible.
Sorry if I'm coming off as an angry homer, but this list was just the icing on the cake. I've been sick of the Sixers and Iguodala getting no love from the NBA and ESPN, especially Bill Simmons, for a long time. I'd write more, but I might hurt somebody.
P.S. Elton Brand ranked second on the list. The list of the NBA's worst contracts that is.
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I agree. I read the column and was shocked their were no Sixers listed other than Elton Brand being the second worst contract in the NBA.
by YoSixers on Feb 12, 2009 7:26 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
bill hates elton and the sixers for some reason
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by jsams on Feb 12, 2009 8:04 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
He’s from Boston
He hates philadlephia – it’s a complex they have
this just proves my theory on simmons getting worse daily
by jemagee on Feb 12, 2009 8:14 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
you can't ignore the fact that he's the most unique sports writer there is
he’s also very entertaining.
what would you classify as “worse”?
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by jsams on Feb 12, 2009 8:16 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Well – here’s the thing – he’s not a journalist in my opinion, he’s a ‘columnist’, his pieces aren’t factual so much as op/ed pieces – and i think my problem is how seriously people take them – i think he’s a hack with no real SPORTS credibility – he’s a poor mans (very poor) rick reilly, or mike lupica, who got lucky with people reading his blog and then hired by ESPN
If the redsox don’t win a series – people still probably don’t know who he is.
by jemagee on Feb 13, 2009 12:05 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
i read about the first 15 guys on the list and had to stop because of how awful he is.
he doesnt really base his columns on any actual statistics or real information, and his “sports” columns mostly consist of brutal pop culture references and details from his home life. its like he writes to an audience of his friends.
it doesnt help that i despise anything that comes out of boston, but ive found maybe 1 of his articles interesting (how the brand new modern stadiums make homefield advantage less relevant) and really want the time i wasted reading that garbage back every time ive sat through it
by jmorcate on Feb 12, 2009 10:51 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
i find him entertaining
i take his “advice” with a grain of salt though
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by jsams on Feb 13, 2009 6:11 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
That’s it I find him entertaining but not informative.
"I need to do a better job of putting players in the right position to perennially come up short of expectations"
by Whodie126 on Feb 13, 2009 6:32 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
he'd be nothing if he didn't write columns that weren't as unique as they are
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by jsams on Feb 13, 2009 6:34 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Unique doens’t mean good or worthwhile or talented.
He peaked with his ‘bad gm summit ’ – fi you haven’t read it – while not asa relevant as it wwas – it’s quite funny
by jemagee on Feb 13, 2009 12:05 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
i'll have to check it out.
i personally think he’s a good writer
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by jsams on Feb 13, 2009 1:20 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Not reilly in his prime – reilly in his prime was one of the best sports opinioinators (i just made it up) of our time
Journalism as a whole is slowly declining – the internet has led to a strong rise of ‘talk radio’ mentality in all things – it doesn’t have to be good it just has to stir debate
by jemagee on Feb 13, 2009 12:06 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

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