Bill Simmons on Mikhail Prokhorov
by Net Income on May 21, 2010 6:03 PM EDT
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You knew it was coming...at least you had to hope it was coming. Bill Simmons, the Sports Guy, sat down with all the Mikhail Prokhorov transcripts, profiles, videos he can lay his hands on....and then, and then, unleashed 5,000 words of sports poetry covering it all: the money, the babes, the Nets, the salary cap, Jay-Z, LeBron, the Dolans, even the disdain for computers and teeth-whiteners.
Just a sample, a mere morsel: Simmons on the oligarch's video message to Nets fans: "inadvertently made him sound like a terrorist requesting demands in a bad action movie." Okay, here's another to whet your appetite for the link below: Simmons on Prokhorov's breakfast this week with Mayor Bloomberg, Bruce Ratner and Jay-Z "what immediately became known then and forever as 'The Single Most Awkward Breakfast Of All Time.'
The Sports Guy loves The Most Interesting Man in the World, but doesn't think his charm will get him LeBron James. But Phil Jackson? Bank on it.
- The Idiot's Guide to Russian Mark Cuban - Bill Simmons - ESPN
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New hire
Simmons has always wanted a consultancy position (VP of Common Sense) — this is his best chance. Proky, make it happen!
every one's lovin on this guy...
He was Jim Rome’s lead story today. Jim said the Nets are the “coolest” team in the NBA because they have the coolest owner in the NBA. He even went on to say Proky and his charisma could get LeBron to sign on the dotted line.
sidenote: Cuban is sooo jealous!
stupid nickname
mutant russian mark cuban? really? and he’s so proud of it he made it into an acronym and used it over and over. please stop.
Hmmm...
…what i didn’t like reading in this article is that BS seems to think Proky will change the name and logo of our beloved Nets (Bears). I hope not
Go Nets!
Does Kirilenko make any sense?
Other than marketing-wise? Obviously, while he is talented, he is frequently injured and grossly overpaid. OTOH, Utah has to be desperate to shed his contract and will likely take almost anything in return.
What about offering Yi and Dooling? That results in a cap hit of $9-10 million (meaning no max FA offers this summer, but maybe a middling David Lee-type) and, most importantly, rids the Nets of Yi. Given the salary disparity, I’d be tempted to demand Utah’s #1 pick in ’11 as well. Would you make this deal?
AK-47 to the Nets makes too much sense...
It’s win-win for both teams. The Jazz get to clear the cap space to re-sign Boozer.
We overpay AK for 1 year (he’s an expiring contract next season) as opposed to overpaying an injury prone free agent for 5. It leaves us with the cap space to go after Melo next year – when there will be a new, owner friendly collective bargaining agreement, allows Cousins or Favors to develop, and we keep AK’s bird rights so we can go over the cap and sign him for a reasonable $7 million or so.
The only question in my mind is if the Jazz are desperate enough to clear space for Boozer that they would be willing to add their lottery pick into a trade and get back our lower pick(s).
Amen
Call me crazy, but I actually like this idea. Rebuilding this team to championship contenders in one year with the acquisition of one major free agent + Favors/Cousins is ludicrous; even if this move doesn’t work out, I wouldn’t mind the chance to get Harrison Barnes, and the cap would be preserved. I just don’t think that AK is worth even $7 million anymore.
by UltimateNetsFan on May 22, 2010 2:04 AM EDT up reply actions
Enough with Kirilenko already
AK-47 once was one of the most promising players in the league. That was a long time ago. Now he is fragile, diminished, and is the most overpaid player in the league. Only if we completely strike out in the free agent market should we even consider going for him, and then, only if Utah throws in a first rounder and we give them the equivalent of Common.
Kirilenko at this point has negative value. Utah paid serious luxury tax last season leading them to dump their starting 2 Brewer and the promising Eric Maynor to save a few bucks. If anyone was even mildly interested in Kirilenko, the Jazz would have made a deal in a heartbeat. Didn’t happen. He may have some value at next year’s trade deadline to a team that wants to blow up its roster, but that isn’t us anymore. We need to set our sights much, much higher.
So enough already. Just because AK-47 is Russian doesn’t make us stupid.
Here's the point
it’s not about the content of the story. That is secondary.
it’s about the fact that Bill Simmons wrote 5,000 words on the Nets, that Bill Rome thinks they are the coolest team in the NBA, a month after they finished 12-70.
it’s extraordinary, miraculous even.
mixed the two guys names together. Anyway…Bill Simmons also stated he thinks there is noo way LeBron would sign here. “waste two valuable years of his prime with an expansion roster” Even though we only won 12 games, this team is much better then a so called expansion roster.
Side note…Terrence will have a breakout year this upcoming season, especially with a real coach on the sidelines
by Homey We Don't Play Around on May 21, 2010 6:42 PM EDT up reply actions
Almost too good to be true, isn't it?
I’m a LITTLE concerned about all of this attention being heaped on our owner. Call it a healthy skepticism – or, more accurately, years of being burned as a Net fan. The ghosts of Bill Pascrell still loom…
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The Marc Cuban jokes arent funny, and I have a feeling hes too stubborn to stop
“12 wins!!!!!” – idiots
Nets/Prokhorov/LBJ are more popular than the playoffs..lol.
" I'm really excited to take the worst team in the league and turn it to be the best in the league." --Mikhail Prokhorov.
Love the sports guy, love the attention, don’t like the expansion roster dig but 12 wins thats what you get.
my thoughts exactly
Simmons is REALLY popular so this might give us a couple more fans. Not a big fan of him calling us one of the most depressing teams in the league after only one real bad season.
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