The Book of Basketball
Bill Simmons, Special to ESPN.comIn an excerpt from "The Book of Basketball," Bill explains why Patrick Ewing is the 39th best player ever.
Story | Conversation | October 23, 2009Open letter to Blake Griffin
Bill Simmons, Page 2Blake Griffin will be chosen No. 1 in the NBA draft Thursday night. Bill Simmons uses 33 years of history to explain why this is a terrible thing for the OU star.
Story | June 24, 2009Game 6: And the readers have spoken
Bill Simmons, Page 2From Tony Allen to Ray Allen to everyone else, Game 6 between Boston and Chicago made Bill Simmons' inbox explode.
Story | May 01, 2009A game with everything but talking dogs
Bill Simmons, Page 2Bill Simmons didn't realize he cared so much about the 2008-09 Celtics until watching them and the Bulls duke it out in the greatest first-round series ever played.
Story | May 01, 2009Fouls, flops, fiascoes ... but not flagrant
Bill Simmons, Page 2The Sports Guy answers the most burning questions about the 2009 NBA playoffs, including whether Rajon Rondo's foul was flagrant.
Story | April 29, 2009Celtics-Bulls is one for the ages
Bill Simmons, Page 2Bill Simmons breaks down the 12 subplots that will make an already exciting Celtics-Bulls series even better.
Story | April 23, 2009We now interrupt this coach ...
Bill Simmons, Page 2Even in the heat of the playoffs, NBA coaches have to stop for an in-game interview. Bill Simmons wonders if we actually learn anything from this inside access.
Story | Conversation | April 21, 2009An MVP race for the ages
Bill Simmons, Page 2From No. 450 all the way down to No. 1, Bill Simmons sizes up the entire NBA MVP race. Let's just say this will be the first of many for our winner.
Story | April 14, 2009Previewing the '08 Finals, by the book
Bill Simmons, Page 2Bill Simmons hasn't eaten a full meal in four days. Jack Nicholson is dropping $35,000 on a single ticket. Yep, it's time for the Sports Guy's preview of the 2008 NBA Finals.
Story | Conversation | June 04, 2008Rambling toward the summer
Bill Simmons, Page 2Bill Simmons offers his thoughts on everything from the Suns, Tom Brady and Lester's no-no to "Iron Man" and "The Hills."
Story | Conversation | May 21, 2008THE SPORTS GUY
Bill SimmonsLet's play word association: KG. Warrior? Sure. 2008 MVP? Maybe. Clutch? Eh.
Story | May 19, 2008Doc Rivers and the ugly side of ubuntu
Bill Simmons, Page 2What will Doc Rivers say to pump up the Celtics before Game 5? Bill Simmons has the plain and painful truth of the pep talk.
Story | Conversation | May 14, 2008How the West might be won
Bill Simmons, Page 2Bill Simmons finally decides to chime in on the NBA's crazy Western Conference and how the rest of the season will play out.
Story | Conversation | March 26, 2008A lot to Love ... so the Bruins get kiss of death
Bill Simmons, Page 2 columnistFrom 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, 2008NBA value has never been higher
Bill Simmons, Page 2Bill Simmons ranks the NBA's top 50 players with the highest trade value and says the league has never been more loaded.
Story | Conversation | December 17, 2007EDITOR'S PICKS
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