Chad Ford

Chad Ford

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Chad Ford covers the NBA and NBA Draft for ESPN Insider. He is also a frequent contributor to ESPN the Magazine and makes weekly appearances on ESPN Radio and ESPNEWS.

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The Book of Basketball

Bill Simmons, Special to ESPN.com

In an excerpt from "The Book of Basketball," Bill explains how the ABA-NBA merger set off a crazy storm of events.

Story | Conversation | October 21, 2009

A 'Band-Aid' for the NBA offseason

Bill Simmons, Page 2

Bill Simmons recaps the NBA offseason so far, using quotes from his favorite movie of the decade, "Almost Famous."

Story | July 26, 2009

Gladwell-Simmons II: Part 3

Bill Simmons, Page 2

In Part 3, The Sports Guy and best-selling author Malcolm Gladwell discuss how to fix the NBA and what the ceiling for LeBron James might be.

Story | May 13, 2009

The wait is over! The mailbag comes through

Bill Simmons, Page 2

Bill Simmons ends his long mailbag drought with a mammoth batch of reader submissions, including the definitive word on the De Niro-Pacino debate.

Story | March 05, 2009

In the NBA, and life, it's all about getting your reps

Bill Simmons, Page 2

Before Bill Simmons breaks down the NBA, he has to get in his column reps.

Story | Conversation | November 26, 2008

The NBA finally has its curves back

Bill Simmons, Page 2

After rejoicing that the NBA finally has its sexy figure back, Bill Simmons has 20 predictions about the upcoming season.

Story | Conversation | October 28, 2008

The king of all fantasy previews

Bill Simmons, Page 2

Bill Simmons offers a cheat sheet for your fantasy basketball draft and tries to put LeBron's greatness in historical perspective.

Story | Conversation | October 23, 2008

Introducing the comedic stylings of the Lopez twins!

Bill Simmons, Page 2

As he chronicled every moment for his annual NBA draft diary, the Sports Guy developed a new fascination with the Lopez brothers.

Story | Conversation | June 26, 2008

Rockin' and chalkin' with The Links

Bill Simmons, Page 2 columnist

Before passing along his recommended reading, the Sports Guy offers his thoughts on the Kansas-Memphis title game.

Story | Conversation | April 08, 2008

A lot to Love ... so the Bruins get kiss of death

Bill Simmons, Page 2 columnist

From the tradition to the system, Bill Simmons loves everything about UCLA. That's why the Bruins are getting his NCAA kiss of death.

Story | Conversation | March 19, 2008

Another large side order of links

Bill Simmons, Page 2

Bill Simmons passes along another big batch of links and attempts to raise some more money for a good cause.

Story | Conversation | March 14, 2008

Sports' two most intriguing words: What if?

Bill Simmons, Page 2

Bill Simmons looks at 15 key moments in the NBA over the past decade and wonders how they could've played out differently.

Story | Conversation | March 09, 2008

The horror, the horror: Pistons-Spurs II looming?

Bill Simmons, Page 2

Bill Simmons tackles an entire mailbag of basketball letters ... except the real letters were so bad he had to make up his own.

Story | Conversation | March 05, 2008

Sorting through the NBA morass and more links

Bill Simmons, Page 2

Bill Simmons tries to figure out who the real NBA favorite is and passes along a new batch of recommended links.

Story | Conversation | January 23, 2008

Simmons and Ford mock draft

Bill Simmons, ESPN.com

Chad Ford and Bill Simmons mock out the 2007 NBA Draft live in real time, with input from ESPN.com users.

Story | Conversation | June 26, 2007