Bill Simmons Sucks Donkey Balls

[Joe Asberry]

120 mil for 3 bench guys + RIPs contract justify that

[Uncle Mxy]

Bill Simmons deserves Isiah Thomas as coach of the Clippers.

[Joe Asberry]

These trades happen all the time now: Teams making lopsided deals to clear cap space so they can overpay other players. Last season, Detroit gave away Chauncey Billups so it could spend $95 million on two bench players.

the truth hurts!

[Uncle Mxy]

I still think CV will turn out to be a reasonable buy for the money.

Even if BG were healthy, I still don't think he'll b e worth his contract because of his limited flexibility. He can't play much PG, and he can't defend many SGs, and he's not enough of an offensive threat where you build a team around him despite those shortcomings.

[Laxation]

WORST CONTRACTS

Just for fun, the 25 worst contracts in the league that have 3-plus years or at least $25 million remaining. I didn't have the heart to put Kevin Garnett (3 years, $56.5 million) in here even though he belongs. I am in denial.

25. Jose Calderon -- four years, $37.6m
24. Andrei Kirilenko -- two years, $34.3m
23. Jason Richardson -- two years, $27.7m
22. Corey Maggette -- four years, $39.8m
21. Peja Stojakovic -- two years, $27.6m
20. Kirk Hinrich -- three years, $26.5m
19. Matt Carroll -- four years, $16.4m
18. Rasheed Wallace -- three years, $19m
17. Andres Nocioni -- three years, $21m
16. Charlie Villanueva -- five years, $40m
15. Jason Maxiell -- four years, $20m
14. Luke Walton -- four years, $21.5m
13. Francisco Garcia -- four years, $23.2m
12. Hedo Turkoglu -- five years, $53m
11. Baron Davis -- four years, $53.7m
10. Boris Diaw -- three years, $27m
9. Richard Hamilton -- four years, $48.5m
8. Richard Jefferson -- two years, $29m
7. Michael Redd -- two years, $35.3m
6. Ben Gordon -- five years, $55m
5. Desagana Diop -- four years, $26.8m
4. Rashard Lewis -- four years, $80.4m
3. Emeka Okafor -- five years, $63m
2. Elton Brand -- four years, $66m
1. Gilbert Arenas -- five years, $96m

[Pharaoh]

#1 - AK47 is never a bad thing, no matter what you're paying.

I'd love for Utah to win a game where AK47 sits out and then Sloan says at the press conference "I didn't even have to use my AK - it was a good day"

But seriously:

How the fuck are 2 year contracts listed as some of the worst 25 contracts?

5 out of 25 are for 2 years ONLY!

So next season at the deadline they are "soon to be expiring" contracts, like Tayshaun's is now.

I'd love to have AK47 instead of Rip and Maxiell.

Or Richardson instead of Rip and Maxiell.

But, if you ever wondered about our core going forward that list gives you the answer:

Rip/BG
Nova/Maxiell

On the brightside at least we have SG and PF covered.

[Zekyl]

I'd love to have AK47 instead of Rip and Maxiell.

Or Richardson instead of Rip and Maxiell.

P, I'm guessing that's why Rip and Max are ranked much worse than AK and Richardson.

[Zekyl]

Paul Millsap: Two-time winner of "the best tweener/banger" award, easily edging out Chuck Hayes, Taj Gibson, Glen Davis, Craig "The Rhino" Smith, Brandon Bass and the 283-Pound Guy Who Ate Jason Maxiell

Sadly, this is true.

[Uncle Mxy]

Required reading:

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2...simmons/100224

[shags]

Required reading:

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2...simmons/100224

I guess I haven't reached the breaking point with the Pistons. Maybe I'm in the minority. When Dumars stupidly extends Stuckey this summer (and you know it's happening), that will be the breaking point.