The Sports Guy: It's time to play 'What if?'

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Indy South
Published 3/10/2008 by Deshawn Zombie at 18 to 88
... Meanwhile, Simons asks what if... I hate to even think about it. The devolution of the Pacers continues to be one of the saddest and most unexpected stories of my adult life. I literally get sick thinking about it.

Pre-LeBron links
Published 3/10/2008 by Sean Meagher, OregonLive.com at Blazers Blog - OregonLive.com
... and all that plays a part in it. So I just go out and try and do the things that I know how to do." All Aldridge has done this season is alternate with Brandon Roy as the Blazers' leading scorer while leading the team in rebounds - despite missing five games during Portland's 13-game win streak in December. It's no wonder some experts and coaches around the league believe Aldridge can be a future Western Conference All-Star. Bill Simmons, stirs the pot, and plays a little bit of 'what if?' and the Blazers are included: 2a. What if Portland had taken Chris Paul with the No. 3 ...

The Stretch Run
Published 3/11/2008 by mike at The Hoop and The Harm
... With the trade deadline passed, the playoff picture becoming increasingly more clear, and March Madness fast approaching, I feel like now is as good a time as any to link this article. There are a few important games left, but they are mostly for playoff position. Most of the  ...

Daily Links 3/11
Published 3/11/2008 at CelticsBlog
... win Feeling the rust Celts fans reading into Ray Allen s book pick Globe Happy 50th for Celtics Cassell's debut with Green rust-colored LOY's Place Comments from the other side - Sixers Celtics get 50th win of the season Celtics 17 Streaking NBA.com Power Rankings - Rockets #1, Celtics #2 ESPN Stein's Power Rankings - Rockets #1, Celtics #2 Hollinger's Power Rankings - Celtics #1 Sports 2 most intriguing words "What if." Cuban bans bloggers Celtics 24/7 C's hit ...

Corn Becomes Bill Simmons In Conjunction With Kobe Day
Published 3/11/2008 by Corn at Hardwood Paroxysm
... So, I am taking my own contribution to Kobe day in a totally different direction (not that the others mercenaries we enlisted aren't doing their own original prose as well). I was inspired for my Kobe piece when I read the Sports Guy's amusing "What If" article yesterday. I mean, since Bill gave us a ...

Fiddlin' and Diddlin' - Daily Links 3/11
Published 3/11/2008 by FLCeltsFan at LOY's PLACE a celtics green blog
... #2 FL's Take: Power rankings always puzzle me. 4 rankings come out on the same day. They are ranking the very same teams with the same criteria and yet they all come out a little different. Like Stein putting the Rockets 1 and Hollinger putting them 4th. I guess that is why we shouldn't put much stock in these things. Too subjective. ESPN Stein's Power Rankings - Rockets #1, Celtics #2 Hollinger's Power Rankings - Celtics #1 Sports 2 most intriguing words "What if." Cuban bans bloggers ...

Today’s Links 3/11
Published 3/11/2008 by FLCeltsFan at Celtics247.com
... for Celtics Cassell’s debut with Green rust-colored LOY’s Place Comments from the other side - Sixers Celtics get 50th win of the season Celtics 17 Streaking NBA.com Power Rankings - Rockets #1, Celtics #2 ESPN Stein’s Power Rankings - Rockets #1, Celtics #2 Hollinger’s Power Rankings - Celtics #1 Sports 2 most intriguing words “What if.” Cuban bans bloggers ...

Post 5: What if the Hornets Never Traded Kobe Bryant?
Published 3/11/2008 at Fan Voice: Recent Topics in The Court Reporters: The NBA.com Blog
Secaucus, NJ, March 11, 2008 - 11:00 a.m. -- First of all, let’s start with a disclaimer. This post is utterly, completely and totally inspired by Bill Simmons’ piece the other day about the 15 greatest “What ifs?” surrounding the NBA. Here’s a 16th I’ll add to his list: What if the Hornets never traded Kobe Bryant? In the smartest move of Jerry West’s career as the Lakers’ GM, Los Angeles shipped ...

Mark Cuban bans bloggers, including himself
Published 3/11/2008 by Chip's Moody Blues at Uwe Blog
... **** Bill Simmons asks, "What if?" **** Warrick Dunn will not be a Cowboy. **** Despite awful headline, great feature on the greatest job in the world: Baseball card photog.

Behold, the blackout is over. Long live Jordi.
Published 3/12/2008 by JScrubb at YAYsports! NBA
... 1) Bill Simmons looks at the biggest NBA “What If’s” of this decade. For you Cavs fans out there, it begins with a possible dynasty and ends with your worst nightmare. Personally, I am still stuck on “what if PJ Brown didn’t flip Charlie Ward back in the day?”. ...

Let Me Explain...
Published 3/12/2008 by Sturminator at Bob's Blog - Live from Lewisville
... free agent in the off-season, has potential, but Johnson said it's too early to tell. "Antoine's a basketball player. He's still relatively young, but he knows how to operate out there on the floor," said Johnson, who not only didn't play Wright in seven of his first 11 games, he made him inactive in five. "He's very heady, good instincts. He has a subtle confidence where he really thinks he belongs in the league. And, he gets after it defensively." Bill Simmons with more salt in the wound … What if the Mavs had re-signed ...

Hola, Amigos. I Know It's Been a Long Time Since I Rapped At Ya
Published 3/13/2008 by larry b at Fire Jay Mariotti
... Since we never pick on low-hanging fruit here at FireJay, today I've decided to write something about William Simmons from the Anchorage Daily News. His nickname is "The Never A Pompous Dickhole Guy." (It used to be "The Anchorage Never A Pompous Dickhole Guy," but then he got syndicated.) In this column, he speculates on some "what if(s)?" from recent NBA history. ...

The Sports Guy: Another large side order of links
Published 3/14/2008 by Bill Simmons, Page 2 at ESPN Feed: Bill Simmons
... . Do you think I can be the head writer for this show and the Bucks GM at the same time? Could this lead to the return of the Peach Pit, the Walsh house and Joe E. Tata? And do you think Ian Ziering has spent the past 24 hours staring at his cell phone waiting for it to ring with "DARREN STAR" in the caller-ID? I can't speak. This is too good. Let's just move on. An inordinate amount of readers wondered why I didn't put "What if the Pistons had taken Carmelo over Darko?" in Monday's "What if?" NBA column . The short answer is I screwed up. The long answer is I overthought the ...

Simmons: Farewell to the S.S.O.L.
Published 5/1/2008 by Bill Simmons, Page 2 at ESPN Feed: Bill Simmons
... up with Phoenix's breakneck pace, only the Suns kept dangling their high-speed game like a carrot -- "come on, run with us, it will be fun, come on" -- and the Lakers kept fighting them off and slowly things down. Ultimately, they couldn't hold the Suns off. That was the PHOENIX we knew and loved, but that "Seven Seconds or Less" mentality had faded into Bolivian well before the Shaq trade. Anyway, some of this territory has been covered in this space before (most recently in the " 15 What Ifs?" column from March), but I couldn't resist the chance to steal Connelly's theory ...