Bill Simmons

Bill Simmons

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Bill Simmons writes for ESPN.com and ESPN The Magazine as "The Sports Guy." In this role, Simmons writes several columns each week for ESPN.com and one column every issue for ESPN The Magazine.

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Stock up: the first round

Bill Simmons, Page 2

It's been an unbelievable first round and Bill Simmons has his NBA playoffs stock watch, from Nash and Kobe to LeBron's beard and Reggie Evans' trip to hell.

Story | Conversation | May 05, 2006

The NBA is a lotto fun

Bill Simmons, Page 2 columnist

It's been a while, but the Sports Guy is back in the NBA saddle and he's handing out scratch tickets to the lottery bound.

Story | Conversation | February 07, 2003

East: From least to beast

Bill Simmons, Page 2 columnist

In part 1 of his NBA preview, Page 2's Bill Simmons handicaps the East from bottom to top.

Story | October 30, 2001

Your Second-Favorite Team

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

NBA fandom usually begins with the love of a team. My love of the NBA, for instance, springs directly from a childhood spent listening to Blazer games...

Blog | August 21, 2009

Duck and Cover

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

After watching a whole bunch of basketball in Boston, hearing from all kinds of basketball people in person, watching the Blazer game of the year, and...

Blog | March 10, 2009

The War in John Paxson's Mind

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

John Paxson may look calm on the outside. (Getty Images) Chicago Bulls general manager John Paxson took over a lousy team four years ago. Without b...

Blog | May 10, 2007

I saw the sign so you can open your ears

Paul Shirley, Special to ESPN.com

Now that you and Paul Shirley know each other better, he's put together sort of a mix tape of some artists you need to hear. Nothing weird, just a musical cheat sheet from a friend, so enjoy.

Story | Conversation | June 22, 2009

The biggest winners of the '09 playoffs

Marc Stein, ESPN.com

Now that the 2009 NBA playoffs are in the books, Marc Stein takes a look at the biggest winners.

Story | Conversation | June 16, 2009

Game 6: And the readers have spoken

Bill Simmons, Page 2

From Tony Allen to Ray Allen to everyone else, Game 6 between Boston and Chicago made Bill Simmons' inbox explode.

Story | May 01, 2009

A game with everything but talking dogs

Bill Simmons, Page 2

Bill 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, 2009

Insider Intel: (More) Miller time

Kevin Pelton, Basketball Prospectus

The Bulls have performed significantly better when Brad Miller has been on the court against the Celtics, meaning he should see even more time off the bench in Game 7.

ESPN Insider Story | Conversation | May 01, 2009

Fouls, flops, fiascoes ... but not flagrant

Bill Simmons, Page 2

The Sports Guy answers the most burning questions about the 2009 NBA playoffs, including whether Rajon Rondo's foul was flagrant.

Story | April 29, 2009

The postseason of the point guard

Marc Stein, ESPN.com

Here's a series-by-series look at the great point-guard story lines in the postseason.

Story | Conversation | April 27, 2009

Celtics-Bulls is one for the ages

Bill Simmons, Page 2

Bill Simmons breaks down the 12 subplots that will make an already exciting Celtics-Bulls series even better.

Story | April 23, 2009

Rating the first playoff weekend

Marc Stein, ESPN.com

Here are eight bests culled from the first eight games of the NBA playoffs.

Story | Conversation | April 20, 2009