Bill Simmons Leaving ESPN

[Loose]

Did the same with Kobe going over for treatments in Germany and saying he was doping yet had no proof. His agenda with Doc is annoying as hell too

Doc is overrated can't blame his agenda tbh

 

[The War Report]

I wish the NBA would hire him to fix that dreadful channel of theirs.

 

[Big Boss]

Its over

 

[satam55]

 

[FreedS[ohh]lave]

Him taking on Goodell and the nfl was the last straw no way espn gonna let their cash cow be bad mouthed

 

[ryderldb]

Shane Smith the owner of vice already hollering at Bill on twitter

Ain't vice owned by ruport Murdock?

 

[OGBobbyJohnson]

I Fuccs Wit Bill Simmons,He'll Be Straight

 

[Street Knowledge]

Lol @ this dude sending shots from purgatory

I couldn't stand him

 

[Professor Emeritus]

Yet fools in here believing the ESPN company line just because they hit twitter first. (Probably before even telling Simmons.) Simmons has always broken from the "protect our wealthy white men at the top" mantra more than anyone else at ESPN, so it was a matter of time before they couldn't handle it anymore. Simmons was just on DP criticizing Goodall yesterday - you think it's a coincidence that the announcement came today, when they weren't even in active negotiations? If they didn't ax him for repeatedly crossing that line, other people would have been crossing it, but everyone else acts like scared little children.

I laugh at the people who say that Simmons doesn't know anything about basketball. I read Simmons because he was entertaining. It was stuff like his Anchorman/NBA column that got me cracking up, not whether he was right about who would win the championship next year. There ain't one "name" personality on any of the networks who is actually any good at informing people about the game...they're all playing roles. Simmons's role was to be the super-informed fan who watched all the games and knew everything that was going on, but cracked you up with his homerism and pop culture comparisons. That's better than being Skip the Troll.

Man, that quote talking about Simmons wanting $6 million and ESPN doesn't want to give him that because of upcoming Skip Bayless and Colin Cowherd negotiations is just

Those two clowns are easily replaceable.

The fact that anyone pays Bayless and Cowherd to say anything more than, "Can I take your order?" is already a travesty. I had to suffer through Cowherd when he was a Portland sports announcer, and he was already horrible then. He was horrible during morning radio in LA, and he's horrible for ESPN. Are you seriously telling me that there aren't 10,000 guys with more talent than Bayless/Cowherd who will do their jobs for $200,000? All those guys have are good connections and good agents.

 

[Redguard]

I wish the NBA would hire him to fix that dreadful channel of theirs.

That is what needs to happen. Most of the stuff on NBATV is horrible.

 

[IrateMastermind]

bruh nba was around before Simmons cacass and will be around long after

True but he has a following. And when he leaves so will a lot of people. ESPN is creating competition by not keeping someone that can stand on his own. When he leaves, if successful, the people he put on will most likely jump ship too. ESPN isn't going to disappear but I remember checking ESPN everyday for the news. Now I check Bleacher Report. The only time i'm on ESPN is for Grantland. I'll keep going to Grantland until he creates another platform and the rest of the talent leaves.

 

[Big Boss]

Everybody wants to be black until the police show up

 

[#SOG_soldier]

i fukk with bill he funny to me, but i dont like the way he love to sneak diss the KNICKAS!

 

[#SOG_soldier]

Its over

 

[#SOG_soldier]

I guarantee you there's a god damn mutiny going on in the grantland offices. Jalen and Jacoby at the very least said they're out if Bill ever gets kicked to the curb. I imagine it's the same for most of the other staff.

no jalen and jacoby or bill means that grantland is over :salka:


the fanbase will leave and it will only be a name at that point