Ep. 266: Average


The Basketball Jones — The Fix — Episode 266 (.mp3)

On today’s show, Tas and I discuss the Celtics-Cavs game, why the Hornets have the Suns’ number, Bill Simmons’ latest diss against the Raptors [Ed. We’re idiots, see comments], if and when a NBA will “come out,” and much, much more. Enjoy.

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By J.E. Skeets at 10:02 am on 02.28.2008 — Tags: Podcasts

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22 Responses to “Ep. 266: Average”

  1. Pistol Pete from Scotland at 10:58 am on 02.28.2008

    Good podcast again.

    Can you introduce a Hall of Fame section on days where you struggle to fill the airtime? Maybe focus on a different legend each week?

    Would also be good to list the music played during the pod.

    Keep up the good work!

  2. Dave at 11:02 am on 02.28.2008

    From the next paragraph of Simmons’ mailbag:

    “By the way, I was just kidding with the answer to the previous question — I wanted to get the Toronto fans all riled up. They’re so easy. Here’s my real answer to the Sherm Douglas question:

    PG: Andre Miller
    SG: Vince Carter
    SF: Corey Maggette
    PF: Antawn Jamison
    C: Brad Miller
    6th: Al Harrington”

    Come on guys, you’re better than that! Research!

  3. Brinson at 11:14 am on 02.28.2008

    Dave’s right, but I think you just play that off as “we don’t read Simmons”. Although that might preclude you from your upcoming appearance on his podcast…

  4. Ryne Nelson at 11:15 am on 02.28.2008

    Very, very glad you guys aren’t on the Cavs bandwagon. Thanks for speaking some sense about that team.

  5. Ryne Nelson at 11:17 am on 02.28.2008

    Not to put out fighting words, but I think you guys do overrate Bosh a bit.

  6. Devine at 11:20 am on 02.28.2008

    Appreciate you pronouncing my name right, Tas. But while I freely admit that I haven’t seen too much of the Raps this year, I think that your prediction that they’ll win a playoff series depends heavily on what they do over the next two weeks — maybe it’s too early to think about seeding, but hear me out.

    If things hold as they are now or the Raps drop down a seed, they’d be in the 4-5 matchup with the Cavs, and while Toronto looks to be a deeper, more balanced team than Cleveland, I think you’d be hard-pressed to bet them to beat LeBron in an early-round seven-game series.

    I think I’d like Toronto’s second-round chances a lot more if they can kick it into gear next week against a weak sched — vs. Indiana, at Charlotte, at Orlando, at Miami, vs. Washington, vs. Seattle. Those are six winnable games that could go a long way toward eliminating the Magic’s three-game lead for the third seed before Toronto heads out for a nasty Western swing (at Lakers, at GS, at Denver, at Sacramento, at Utah) the following week.

    If they can put themselves into position to move up a line into the 3-6 matchup, then instead of LeBron, you’re looking at what could be a Zero- and Caron-less Wiz, the Sixers or the Nets — or, if the bottom half of the conference undergoes a significant shake-up in the next few weeks, one of the four outside-looking-in-teams (Hawks, Bulls, Bucks, Pacers), all of whom are presently separated by 2.5 games. As a Raps fan, you’ve gotta feel much better about a path to Round 2 that goes through one of those seven teams than a road through LeBron, right?

  7. Devine at 11:22 am on 02.28.2008

    And completely my bad on the Simmons item — didn’t finish the piece until after I’d sent the e-mail. I’ll sit the next few plays out.

  8. Devine at 11:42 am on 02.28.2008

    And buy a Jones T-shirt as penance.

  9. Will at 12:07 pm on 02.28.2008

    I think if Simmon’s is going to take a month off of podcasting, he should shut his goddamn face. The last time he did a podcast? January 31st (it says so in my itunes)…the last time you did a podcast? Every fucking day. Bill Simmons can suck a nut. Seriously…I can’t think of another sportswriter who I love and hate so much. Half the time he’s doing great NBA interviews when nobody else cares, and the rest of the time he’s bitching about his Boston Sports.

  10. Bilal at 12:18 pm on 02.28.2008

    Is that you, Mr. Redheaded Skeets?

  11. Shums at 12:23 pm on 02.28.2008

    The Wasatch Mountains thank you, Skeets.

  12. Brooks at 12:23 pm on 02.28.2008

    3 gay blocks has gotta be some kind of record

  13. goathair at 12:56 pm on 02.28.2008

    That’s what she said.

  14. The Superstar Receiver at 1:05 pm on 02.28.2008

    Ha! The real joke is on Simmons! I would have never read his “basketball bag” if you guys didn’t inform me of it, and only cause he mention the Raps. But since you linked it, I would like 10 minutes of my life back.

    Bill Simmons sounds insecure about the whole Toronto thing. Maybe ’cause the Blue Jays will overtake the Red Sox? Raps can upset the Celts? Sounds like somebody has a girlfriend up in Canada.

    Anyways, I take all my Toronto complaints to Will Leitch.

  15. Will at 1:49 pm on 02.28.2008

    I wish the Nuggets had Bosh instead of Melo…what do you think?

  16. Moonshine Mike at 2:51 pm on 02.28.2008

    If you guys run out of things to sya, you can always call me when I’m doing wake ‘n’ bakes. i probably make as much sense as when i call in.

    and -2 for failing to read simmons throughly.

  17. christoff at 3:20 pm on 02.28.2008

    If there was a ‘book it’ poll where we, as fans, could choose which spread we liked out of a couple of choices - then go with the winner for the official ‘book it’.

    Or maybe a couple of W/L games - you know, for fun. Just pick the winner Skeets; no spread. Get a little bit of confidence… sorta like a slumpbuster. Then go back to working with spreads.

  18. onslaughtreborn at 5:32 pm on 02.28.2008

    like the above comments, u guys get a ‘poo to the face’ for not reading the VERY NEXT QUESTION.

    but if u guys get simmons on an upcomig show, all is forgiven. =D

  19. Alec Wilde at 6:30 pm on 02.28.2008

    I am calling Pau Gasol for Whoa Boy on Friday.

  20. Martin W at 7:26 am on 02.29.2008

    @ Alec: You say that as if Miami has absolutely no one in the middle…. oh yeah, sorry!
    Mark Blount anyone?

  21. Blake at 3:43 pm on 02.29.2008

    Man, the Simmons thing got me bad, too. I read it in class and was visibly upset, I think, because someone asked me what was wrong.

  22. dickey simpkins at 2:05 am on 03.01.2008

    A heads-up to all you Raps fans, he drops a dig at your team(usually joking) in about every NBA column he writes. I’m sure he has the same hard-on for Calderon A/T ratio,

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