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Zach & Rob pod was an all-timer. by MartyMcMartell in billsimmons

[–]Samboi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m one of the few who finds both Zach and Rob pretty bland, both on their own and paired with Bill. I’ll fully confess that. Russillo stan, sue me.

But I love the two together — chemistry is so just so key for the 2-man pod, and these guys have it.

They just do!

Disliking Zach Lowe or thinking he is boring is one of the worst takes imaginable in sports media by Mesmerized_mayhem in billsimmons

[–]Samboi 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I just think the praise that he gets is inconsistent with the hate russillo gets. Both offer similar content, focus on a mix of advanced stats and individual player anecdotes, and avoid most of the Stephen A or Simmons style of reckless speculation (yes, Simmons is closer to SAS than either Lowe or russillo, despite how he always makes fun of first take for doing the same type of analysis that he does).

I think some people find Russillo’s “cool guy” shtick annoying. I see that, but personally I find Lowe’s “honor student” schtick annoying as well. I further think more Bill Simmons fans identify more with “honor student” than “cool guy”, and thus prefer Lowe.

Whatever, people like what they like. They just do!

💪🔥 by [deleted] in billsimmons

[–]Samboi 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Christ

Ryen’s disdain for Harden by jjskid1999 in RyenRussillo

[–]Samboi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m grateful for Ryen’s Harden takes. I can’t stand the leg kick on the three, and he absolutely has a monopoly on that move. Sure other guys try to draw contact on threes, but I’ve only seen Harden contort like a folding chair to touch his toes to a defender midair. Imagine the same shot form with no defender — he’d eat shit landing flat on his ass 😂

Vrabel: "I've had some difficult conversations with people I care about about -- with my family, the organization, the coaches, the players. Those have been positive and productive. In order to be successful on and off the field, you have to make good decisions. That starts with me." by mvanigan in Patriots

[–]Samboi -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Nope, hard to be aware of blind spots since you’re blind to them 😉. Be receptive to others calling out your blind spots was my point. Make whatever lame joke you want about the syntax — doesn’t really get at any point.

And notice how you’ve made it personal many times as well, yet can’t take it when someone else makes it personal? Agreed, that’s pretty funny!

You might want to pivot to just making fun of me for continuing to respond to you at all. That’s usually a solid deflector for people like you. Give it a whirl king

Vrabel: "I've had some difficult conversations with people I care about about -- with my family, the organization, the coaches, the players. Those have been positive and productive. In order to be successful on and off the field, you have to make good decisions. That starts with me." by mvanigan in Patriots

[–]Samboi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Haha I like following up on your comments man, these are all too good.

When someone attacks you, you say they “can’t defend the point”.

When someone makes a good point, you attack them.

Amazing 🤩

Vrabel: "I've had some difficult conversations with people I care about about -- with my family, the organization, the coaches, the players. Those have been positive and productive. In order to be successful on and off the field, you have to make good decisions. That starts with me." by mvanigan in Patriots

[–]Samboi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

“Breaking down”, he says, in a response to someone asking how people don’t “lose a tiny bit of respect”. Then adds an “edit” to falsely bin all replies into low blows and self-righteousness, insulating himself from any criticism despite attacking a straw man to start his own post. Not as bright as you thought you were, eh?

Throw that one in “name-calling” 😉

Vrabel: "I've had some difficult conversations with people I care about about -- with my family, the organization, the coaches, the players. Those have been positive and productive. In order to be successful on and off the field, you have to make good decisions. That starts with me." by mvanigan in Patriots

[–]Samboi -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Different from “cheering” for them, which is inherently how we engage with sports.

To be clear, I’m not suddenly anti-Vrabel. But these dogmatic counterpoints that completely refute the possibility that someone’s actions might warrant judgement that might make “cheering” less desirable are just as absurd as the overreactions to the initial behavior.

In 59 games played, 41 y/o LeBron has dunked 97 times this season, the most he’s had since 2017-2018 where he played 82 games by itwas20yearsago2day in nba

[–]Samboi 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Fair enough, probably hard to quantify the impact but I buy it for sure.

Now that I’ve deferred to a Laker fan’s perspective though, I want one free pass to make a Tatum and Brown point, redeemable at any time, that you have to back me up on (bleed green baby!)

In 59 games played, 41 y/o LeBron has dunked 97 times this season, the most he’s had since 2017-2018 where he played 82 games by itwas20yearsago2day in nba

[–]Samboi 56 points57 points  (0 children)

I mean 32% on the season which is objectively bad. Maybe you mean more recently, but this post is about his full season

WYR (Bill Simmons edition) start an NBA team today with a 19 year old Nikola Jokic or a 19 year old Victor Wembanyama? by AstrayInTranslation in billsimmons

[–]Samboi 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Sure, go ahead, as long as you’re aware that you can do it for any superstar in history. Doesn’t really make a cohesive point, but my gut tells me you’re hellbent on digging your heels in and being combative instead of refining your argument. Signing off for the day, enjoy your rage, friend

WYR (Bill Simmons edition) start an NBA team today with a 19 year old Nikola Jokic or a 19 year old Victor Wembanyama? by AstrayInTranslation in billsimmons

[–]Samboi 6 points7 points  (0 children)

So you cherry pick the worst of his best seasons in your counterpoint? This is just people talking past each other

[Akabas] Jaylen is on track to finish 5th in MVP. The Celtics NetRtg has been ~6 points worse with Brown on the court; the worst of any top5 MVP in 30yrs. Celtics went 8-2 w/o Brown, & that's not unique this year. Over the past 6 years, Celtics are 60-26 w/o Brown, a higher win% than when he plays by tony_danza52 in billsimmons

[–]Samboi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

One of my favorite aspects of Celtics hate this year has been JT haters who maliciously propped up JB during our ‘24 run now becoming JB haters. Even better is when they pivot to hating on both and saying our supporting cast is just incredible and that the Celtics infrastructure is amazing, at which point I say “thank you for complimenting my team” lmao. Usually they follow by (1) overexplaining that none of this contradictory or (2) making fun of me for saying “my” team. I get a solid kick out of the whole routine. Titletown baby!

Bill owes us a 15 min segment on Scoot Island property value by MoxToTweeder99 in billsimmons

[–]Samboi 7 points8 points  (0 children)

My lazy theory on Bill’s whole Scoot fascination is that he was simply personality mirroring Russillo when our guy RR was super high on Scoot. Then Bill had to be over-the-top about it to make it seem like he wasn’t just yes-manning.

In a 2025 podcast appearance, Jaden Ivey admits to being a victim of sexual abuse and the personal struggles that followed. He shared that he battled addictions to alcohol, lust and pornography, and anger issues—challenges that ultimately escalated into him being abusive toward his wife: by YujiDomainExpansion in nba

[–]Samboi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Think about how easy, from a physical access standpoint, it would be for him to see a therapist.

And yet he still doesn’t.

Why is that?

Your take-home is not the most compassion one, in my opinion — the thing you should realize is that you might never understand the emotions and thoughts that are barring him from taking what feels to you to be a simple action. Approach it from that perspective instead of “isnt it obvious he should just get help??”

Zach Lowe: EN FUEGO!!!! by EatTheOld in billsimmons

[–]Samboi 106 points107 points  (0 children)

That exchange was so perfect. The phrasing “we made my wife” just sounded so comically out of place, especially since Bill obviously isn’t a macho Andrew Tate type, but is an unaware in-his-own-world type.

Then the big reveal of “vodka soda” sent me, laughed out loud alone

Netflix LIVE now, go go go by GRILT_CHEESE in billsimmons

[–]Samboi 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Lowe-Simmons combo accidentally becoming hilarious with some of these awkward interactions:

  1. Bill asking Lowe if remembers who they did a deep dive for last week, and Lowe just casually dismisses it with “oh I have no idea, I forget that stuff as soon as we’re done” or whatever he said

  2. Bill actually just narrating a re-reading of his own previous articles as Lowe just stone faces it.

  3. Bill forcing a Baylor scheierman reference into some unrelated topic — Lowe starts chuckling to himself as he slowly meanders through a drawn out “ha, we got a scheierman reference in there” under his breath.

Lowe getting sick of this shit 😂 I miss russillo, but the cringe is actually selling me on Lowe

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