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Post by gk on Nov 24, 2009 13:22:46 GMT -6
I'm calling BS on BS's "The Secret" revelation in The Book of Basketball. Without doing a full review, I'll state that I am enjoying the book, but this "Secret" business is ridiculous. Simmons thinks he's stepped into some rarefied air by knowing "The Secret" as he calls it. What's "The Secret" you ask?
Well as best as I can describe it, it's:
A) having players that don't care about padding their stats and only about winning
B) putting together a team that plays well together, as opposed to a fantasy lineup of stars
C) that's it.
This is not a secret. It's so much not-a-secret that it's cliche. I think Simmons wants us all to think he's telling us something amazing, along the lines of Bill James' most revelatory work in baseball, but he's not. He's rehashing cliches every single commentator that I've ever heard in any sport ever.
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Post by fatmenace on Nov 24, 2009 13:32:25 GMT -6
Were you reading Chad Ford's chat today by chance?
I think Simmons considers it a "Secret" only because so many NBA GMs fail to understand it.
On another note, I'm not sure what it is about naming things "The Secret" that don't deserve the hype. There's that book The Secret which basically boiled down to positive thinking. Ooh, wow!
The Segway was called The Secret for a few months before it was revealed. Before that it was called IT. Supposed to be revolutionary, turned out to be a motorized scooter.
I have a Secret for winning in fantasy football, but you're going to have to subscribe to my blog ($19.99) to read it.
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Post by gk on Nov 24, 2009 14:23:45 GMT -6
Didn't read the chat, but I saw Ford's comment in Twitter about how every player and GM should read it.
Do you think that every player hasn't heard something like "The Secret" about 3000 times in their life?
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Post by gk on Nov 24, 2009 15:29:19 GMT -6
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Post by fatmenace on Nov 24, 2009 15:37:17 GMT -6
Ridiculous. ESPN is just a...never mind. We all know.
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Post by fatmenace on Nov 24, 2009 15:43:48 GMT -6
The ONLY reason I even click on ESPN is because of Simmons. I know I'm not alone. There are too many good blogs and other sites to get your news from. The very few interesting writers there are Insider Only.
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Post by mayor on Nov 24, 2009 17:48:43 GMT -6
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Post by fatmenace on Nov 25, 2009 16:09:28 GMT -6
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Post by fatmenace on Nov 26, 2009 23:49:48 GMT -6
I've actually lost a little respect for Simmons during this. The above article is right, this feels like a "timeout." As if he's a child. I don't know, makes him seem like some wimp who has his favorite toy taken away. I know ESPN allows him to produce TV stuff, which he couldn't do if he were on his own, but after the Obama thing and now this (I know he's been disciplined other times to, though I can't recall them now) you gotta wonder if he's not contemplating leaving when his contract is up next year.
A twitter timeout is just embarrassing for a 40 year old man.
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Post by gk on Nov 27, 2009 9:40:44 GMT -6
I remember advocating a few years ago that FoxSports should back up the money truck for BS. Now I'm pretty convinced that the marriage, such as it is, between BS and ESPN is mutually beneficial.
I'm not convinced that if he were to start his own company/website it would be terribly profitable. Certainly not to the extent that he's banking right now.
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Post by fatmenace on Nov 28, 2009 19:56:59 GMT -6
There is one thing that Simmons is spot on about, and that is changing the Hall of Fame. Whether you like his pyramid idea or not, I do think certain players deserve a higher pedestal.
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