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Infatuation Is a Stinky Cologne
Bill Simmons is obsessed with Kevin Durant to the point that hyperbole knows no bounds in the discussion. I simply can't take it right now and must give my rebuttal.
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Best of MVN: Pittsburgh Steelers are Dirtiest Team in the NFL; Their Fans are Pathetic, Need to Get a Life
MVN Outsider — ... While Zach Harper endeavors to debunk Bill Simmons' assertion that Kevin Durant is capable of being divisible into zero and curing cancer, Celticsfanatic takes on a more realistic argument: Why ...

Calling All Suns Fans - I Need Your Help!
Fanster.com — ... has graciously offered to moderate the blog via his site, which is awesome by the way.  Few people know more about basketball than Zach does (and few people know more about the Spurs than Michael does).  Make sure to read Zach’s post addressing Bill Simmons man-crush on Kevin Durant - fantastic. ...

Calling All Suns Fans - I Need Your Help!
Fanster's Suns Community — ... has graciously offered to moderate the blog via his site, which is awesome by the way.  Few people know more about basketball than Zach does (and few people know more about the Spurs than Michael does).  Make sure to read Zach’s post addressing Bill Simmons man-crush on Kevin Durant - fantastic. ...

The Hoop Doctors Daily Dimes: Where Gene Hackman is our best ‘Movie Coach’!
The Hoop Doctors — ... NBA reading from all over the world wide web Late Helpside Defense = Posterized for Yao Iguodala Dunks on Yao’s Skull Norman Dale of Hoosiers should be #1….But still a cool list! Best Coaches in Movie History Durant is good….maybe one day great….but Jordanesque? come on…..sad…Great read on Talkhoops.net Infatuation is a stinky cologne Here is the video replay of the ...

The Fundamentals
BallerBlogger.com — ... 43% on threes since Thanksgiving? Go online and check out his ESPN.com game log. Do it now. I’ll wait. (Twiddling my thumbs.) Got it? Now look at those point totals: 28, 25, 26, 26, 28, 26, 25 … You know in Jaws when Richard Dreyfuss calls the shark an “eating machine”? Durant is a scoring machine. He was put on this earth to collect points. We have never seen anyone quite like him before: a 6′9″ forward with Plastic Man arms, 30-foot range and the ability to thrive in big moments.” TalkHoops.net :  “He honestly thinks that Kevin Durant has the potential to average 36 points ...

Friday Bolts - 1.30.09
Daily Thunder.com — ... Someone happens to disagree with Bill Simmons about Kevin Durant. And yes, I read the whole thing and I don’t really get what he’s saying either: “Bill Simmons just overstated the importance, placement, and ceiling of Kevin Durant for the umpteenth time. It’s a very annoying and pointless obsession that eventually conjures up feelings in the audience of just wanting to get this whole charade over much like Tommy Lee’s one-track mind in Best of the Best. The Sports Guy just wrote an article for ESPN the Magazine basically stating that ...

Weekly Assists (01/30/2009)
The No-Look Pass — ... And, of course, great quotes and NBA videos are all over the place. Both Teams Played Hard is quite well-rounded. And Wade will always throw in a movie quote or 20 in the mix. So check that shiz out. And you can follow him on Twitter, too (because we're all obsessed with Twitter... or maybe that's just me), at BothTeamsPlayed. All right. My Links of the Week. The usual hoops and I'll throw in maybe a couple of wild cards. Infatuation Is A Stinky Cologne: Don't get me wrong; I like Bill Simmons' articles. ...

Carnival of the NBA #63: Stress Relief
WaitingForNextYear — ... a roast.  Don’t hold back.  It can be about being cheap!  It can be about losing clients!  It can even be about your opponents in your fantasy basketball league, regardless of what place you’re in!  Everything is fair game.    So get cracking… – Jim, you’re six eleven and weigh ninety pounds.  Gumby has a better body than you.   As does Kevin Durant, but just barely.  Remember when he couldn’t bench press his own body weight before the draft?  Now he’s lighting up the league and is pinned in poster form firmly to the cieling of Bill Simmons.  Boom, roasted. You’re the reason ...

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