Bill Simmons disses Amar'e!?!?!

by kterr on Dec 30, 2008 10:07 AM MST

In his recent column on Mike D'Antoni (http://sports.espn.go.com/espnmag/story?section=magazine&id=3797805&lpos=spotlight&lid=tab1pos1), Bill Simmons takes a shot at Amar'e Stoudemire stating "Or Amaré Stoudemire? (Is he even an All-Star anymore?) ". How did Simmons go from praising Amare, back in at the beginning of the season said Amare was having a "Career Year" and was probably going to make Second Team All-NBA, to not even an all-star? Wheres the love Bill?

Amar'e's Season Stats: 22.2 ppg, 8.7 boards, 2.2 steals, and 1.1 blocks.

Amares obviously not putting up insane numbers but he has a solid stat sheet and has been extremely consistent (11 straight games over 20 points).

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It would seem

That Simmons has joined the Suns bash-wagon like all the other talking heads.

"Yeah I could have been king, but maybe I already am king. Hail to the king baby." Ash from Army of Darkness

by Turambar on Dec 30, 2008 10:21 AM MST reply actions

it would seem...

…that simmons is an idiot, and i hate him. he never has anything good to say about the suns, ever. minus the early season amare talk, he is always one of the quickest to judge the suns decisions and say “i don’t agree with ___________”.

be it the richardson trade, the hiring of porter, the signing of dragic, anything. any move we make will be quickly (and harshly) criticized by him.

by Trevor Paxton on Dec 30, 2008 4:01 PM MST reply actions

Simmons has never said anything good about the Suns?

Really?

…Really?

by Azreous on Jan 1, 2009 6:46 PM MST up reply actions

Simmons also wrote...

…the best eulogy for the D’Antoni era in Phoenix.

I read the article and really don’t find it all that offensive as a Suns fan. He’s probably a little too harsh on STAT, but beyond that, it’s a pretty well-written well-thought piece.

by Mike Lisboa on Dec 30, 2008 7:45 PM MST reply actions

Usually

Simmons has been a Suns backer….for the most part.

When he comes down on us he comes down hard though.

Now Rosen…..there’s a guy who has issues with the Suns. Don’t know what his friggen problem is.

"Yeah I could have been king, but maybe I already am king. Hail to the king baby." Ash from Army of Darkness

by Turambar on Dec 30, 2008 8:55 PM MST up reply actions

about rosen:

i don’t know what it is, but it seems like most ex-suns commentators generally have issues with the suns. maybe it’s the fact that we’re basically one of the most famous soap operas in the NBA, or maybe it’s just because of the “it could have been so good” mentality. who knows.

by Trevor Paxton on Dec 31, 2008 2:40 AM MST up reply actions

Damn

it’s always so painful to read all those mistakes in one place. Damn. And I was feeling good too..Damn

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by Seth Pollack on Dec 30, 2008 10:25 PM MST up reply actions

Jeez

Now I’m depressed after reading that eulogy.

by TwinnerA on Dec 31, 2008 12:45 AM MST up reply actions

holy depressing.

the only things i’ve heard from simmons are watching him on sportscenter or NBA fastbreak, and he’s usually always criticizing moves the suns make.

i never knew he felt that way about the 7SOL era.

he was right. a couple shots of tequila would have been needed. i should’ve heeded his counsel.

by Trevor Paxton on Dec 31, 2008 2:37 AM MST up reply actions

it's a good article

the only reason some above are mad at him is because we wish it wasn’t true. We want the steve nash of 10-15 assists a game, we want the amare who is a top 5 player in the league, not a player with an attitude getting kicked out of games because he’s not smart enough (or he’s too selfish) to keep quiet

i’m done making excuses for amare

as for d’antoni, there’s too much information for me to have a strong opinion about how and why he left. I read different things…if the bottom line was he didn’t want to listen to kerr and sarver about getting a defensive coach – the weakness of his style – then I think it was best he left. But who knows how kerr/sarver & d’antoni actually treated each other except a few (very few poeple).

I can honestly say, (and expect you’all to be catching up eventually on this) that nash looks horrible this year as far as turnovers go, and i mean horrible!! It’s looking more and more like the ssol had more to do with Steve’s success than him being a late bloomer or basketball iq genius. Too bad for us…The real verdict will be in a year or 2, and then looking at d’antoni’s knicks and seeing what we see…

I still think we have the talent to win a championship, but I don’t think we have the maturity – and I mean Amare, and I don’t think we have the ball handling or decision making – and I mean Nash – because of the change of style of play – not because of his age or anything else.

by be-the-ball on Dec 31, 2008 12:11 PM MST reply actions

Oddly...

… I think we can do it this year. In a horribly sad and hopeful way, this team is reminding me of Shaq’s Miami championship team. A kind of WTF FTW, if you know what I’m saying. Let’s just not count on the refs to bail the boys out of a game 3 debacle.

by Mike Lisboa on Jan 1, 2009 3:32 AM MST reply actions