Simmons and Ford mock draft

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'Oh My God, That's Chad Ford's Music!'
Published 6/27/2007 by Tom Ziller at FanHouse
... is holding an 'interactive mock draft' with scouty ...

Sweeping the Bleachers: Tuesday, June 26 - Execution
Published 6/27/2007 by msquared at ...from the cheapest seats
... And finally, this isn’t about baseball, but it’s not worth a full post. This ongoing mock draft with Bill Simmons and Chad Ford is one of the greatest things I’ve read on the Internet in a long while. Plenty of heated banter going back and forth between the two, but Ford is pretty much delivering the smackdown to Simmons right now. ...

Be Chad's Friend, Bill!: Getting Drunk With The Draft And Simmons
Published 6/27/2007 by Leitch at Deadspin
... As we watch Chad Ford do his absolute best Bill Simmons impression while mock-drafting with the Sports Fella -- "Taking Oden is like marrying the girl you don't want to date, but the girl you want to spend the rest of your life with!" -- we look forward to tomorrow night's ...

Well, Simmons knows best!
Published 6/27/2007 by Doctor Dribbles at We Rite Goode
... But now Simmons just validated Danley's "surprisingly good take" on various prospects in ESPN.com's own mock draft today (scroll down to Atlanta at no. 11): ...

Wednesday Bullets
Published 6/27/2007 at ESPN.com - True Hoop - Blog
... ESPN's Chad Ford and Bill Simmons are running an entertaining mock draft of their own. Simmons took Durant with the first pick: "If I'm Portland's GM, I just spent the last five weeks wondering about Greg Oden. What's his ceiling? Can he be better than Patrick Ewing? Alonzo Mourning? Can he become as dominant as Tim Duncan? Should I be worried about his surgically repaired wrist, or the fact that he might suffer back problems some day because his legs are different sizes? What about the fact that he likes basketball, but doesn't love it? The thing is, all these franchise centers are basically the same -- it just comes down to their inherent will to dominate a game. Hakeem had that will, Duncan has it, Moses had it, Shaq had it in 2000 and 2001 ... for whatever reason, Ewing didn't have it, and neither did Mourning or Robinson. Can you see Oden stepping onto a basketball court ...

Dancing With Miami
Published 6/27/2007 by TZ <info@sactownroyalty.com> at Sactown Royalty: Front Page Posts
Chad Ford is dancing with Bill Simmons, and suggests the Kings dance with Miami: ...

Bill Simmons Owes Us Money
Published 6/27/2007 by BenGo07 at Thank You Isiah
From he and Chad Ford's Mock Draft: ...

Six Reasons We Love Mock Drafts
Published 6/28/2007 by Kevin Hayward at All on the Field sports blog
... Everyone's an expert. In a dream world, we'd all be getting paid for our expert analysis. As it is, we offer it to the world at no charge and then later boldly proclaim that our mock draft was better than Bill Simmons'. Unfortunatley, Simmons' mock draft happened to be readable. ...

Mad Respeck
Published 6/28/2007 by Adam at Pacman Jonesin' | Game Over, Byotch
... ESPN’s Chad Ford for more than holding his own against The Sports Guy in today’s live “2007 Interactive NBA Mock Draft.” I really enjoy Bill Simmons, always have, but the sports blogoshere basically throws rose pedals in front of his every word. Chad Ford won that exchange today, and that format totally catered to Simmons and his strengths. In Simmons’ defense, he’s The Sports Guy; Ford only covers hoops. Still, Ford is the man, and he’s also a Kansas City Chiefs and Royals fan. What’s not to like? ...

Blurbs and Links: Part BOCEMb
Published 6/28/2007 by dswinder at Untitled[.]
... If however you're more like me, and do like Simmons, then this is for you...(Simmons and Chad Ford) ...

Breaking News: The Sun Will Rise
Published 6/28/2007 by redsarmy at RedsArmy.com: The Voice Of Celtics Fans
... Want some fun reading?  Chad Ford and Bill Simmons take turns making lottery picks and trashing each other in this unique take on a mock draft. ...

Simmons Loves Durant A Little Too Much
Published 6/28/2007 by Phillips at Rumors and Rants
... Bill Simmons and Chad Ford did an interactive mock draft yesterday, in which they alternated selections, with Simmons taking the odd picks and Ford taking the evens. Therefore, Simmons had the top pick and predictably he made himself look like an idiot. Bill has been ...

Blizzard: NBA Draft!
Published 6/28/2007 by Pacifist Viking at Pacifist Viking
... As a student of literature, I often come upon world-class writers who have distasteful politics (Pound), messy personal lives (Hughes), or a tendency to act like an ass (Hemingway). There might be all sorts of reasons I want to disrespect the writing, but ultimately, I have to respect the work's quality. That's how I feel about Bill Simmons. Oh, no, it's not that he's that good or anything, or that he's an awful person (I don't know). It's just that his writing consistently annoys me in some way, and yet I keep wanting to read what he writes about football and basketball. Anyway, here's his mock draft with Chad Ford. ...

Draft Day: 24 Hours Straight Live Blogging, Bitches.
Published 6/28/2007 by TheHype at NBA Basketball and Other Unrelatedness

FanHouse: Thu AM 'Draft Day' Edition
Published 6/28/2007 by John at John Clifford Ness
... Consider this a programming note if nothing else: ESPN is holding an 'interactive mock draft' with scouty Chad Ford and pundity Bill Simmons trading picks and barbs. And seriously, Ford is murdering The Sports Guy. MLB: ...

Major Scoop! Oden to Portland! (Tougue Firmly in Cheek)
Published 6/28/2007 by TheBigLead at The Big Lead
... Then Bill Simmons and Chad Ford conducted a mock draft where both raved about Durant, with Simmons taking him first. The coup de grace came when another ESPN guy, John Hollinger ...

Todays Draft Day Links 6/28
Published 6/28/2007 by FLCeltsFan at Celtics247.com
... Simmons and Ford do an interactive mock draft ...

The Search For Young Talent Never Ends
Published 6/28/2007 by insomniac at Insomniac's Lounge
... With the NBA draft starting in a few hours, it's a little late for me to put a mock draft up. My only prediction is that when everything is over, Arron Afflalo may wish he'd stayed for his senior year at UCLA. If you need more picks, I'm pretty sure you can find one or two mocks somewhere on the internet. One of the more entertaining mocks was posted yesterday by Chad Ford and Bill Simmons on ESPN.com. They combined logical picks with some pretty good banter to make for a very enjoyable column. Maybe that's what Simmons needs now to keep things fresh- someone to volley with who will also call him on some of his recycled material. ...

The Sports Guy: Subject archive
Published 7/11/2007 by Bill Simmons, Page 2 at ESPN Feed: Bill Simmons
... (2007) Simmons vs. Ford (2007) ...

Fashion Faceoff: David Lee vs. Kevin Durant
Published 7/11/2007 by Courtside at NBA's Finest
... . He's been described as a tenacious competitor and a cold-blooded killer so it cracks me up that he's wearing a ...

Blazers don't deserve Bowie 2.0
Published 9/13/2007 by Bill Simmons at ESPN Feed: Bill Simmons
... vin Durant knife-in-the-stomach highlights when he's averaging 25 points a game on a bad Seattle team. On a larger scale, the double whammy of Bowie/Oden brings back memories of the day Reggie Lewis dropped dead seven summers after Lenny Bias' coke overdose. Obviously it's not as tragic because nobody died, but there was that same "Oh God, not again ..." feeling upon hearing the news. I know that feeling all too well. As a sports fan, there's nothing worse. It's not like this story came out of the blue. Heading into the draft, there were concerns about Oden's long-term physical health and the fact his legs were different sizes. After his predraft physical with Portland, rumors spread that the Blazers were concerned about his knees, followed by a round of stories that they weren't concerned at all. I believed at the time the Oden-Durant thing was so close, ANY potential physical concerns should have swung the choice to Durant; that's one of the reasons I kept writing last June ...

If Greg Oden=Sam Bowie Then...
Published 9/20/2007 by mrberg at Only The Bulls
... Now, even before the Greg Oden knee injury, there were some comparisons between Kevin Durant and his Airness. Most notably would be our buddy Bill Simmons, who in a Mock Draft with Chad Ford had the following to say about Durant: ...