Bill Simmons Agrees With Curt Schilling

June 12th, 2008 at 8:42 am
By Chris

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A lot was made about Curt Schilling’s comments about Kobe Bryant’s demeanor after Schilling blogged about attending Game 2 of the NBA Finals. In case you don’t quite recall; essentially, Schilling said Bryant was extremely hard on his teammates and apparently displayed noticeable levels of aggravation towards the other Lakers, including some sailor-like cussing.

For his observations, Schilling was taken to task by a number of sports blogs and one MSM (mainstream media) columnist in particular. In his LA Times piece, T.J. Simers called the Boston pitcher a jerk and a hit-and-run blogger.

I wonder if Simers would change his tune if someone else — someone actually employed by the MSM — agreed with Schilling and supported pretty much everything in the 38 Pitches post. Well, maybe we’ll find out now that Bill Simmons has planted his flag in Schilling’s corner with his latest Page 2 entry:

2. The Kobe anecdotes are so damning you have to read them to fully grasp the significance. All I can say is I sat close to the court for Games 1 and 2 and can confirm everything — the glares, the yelling, the extended staring, the poisonous body language and everything else. If this had been pickup hoops, some of Kobe’s teammates would have intentionally thrown a game just to get back to the sidelines, then done the “No, I’m running with these four guys” routine when he came over to ask if they wanted “Next” with him.

That’s two Boston-area supporters singing the same tune. Is this just a case of hearing with a homer’s ears or is Kobe really that surly to his teammates? Is Simmons just standing up for Schilling because of the pitcher’s role in getting a World Series championship back to Boston or are they merely confirming what many NBA watchers already assumed about Bryant? I mean, it’s not like some of these boorish mannerisms escaped the camera’s watchful eye completely. It was quite easy to see the MVP was upset with his team in Game 2.

And with that Mr. Simers, the gauntlet has been thrown down. It’s your move.

In some final, not-so-related news, a GIS for “Bill Simmons” turns up some interesting and amusing results. Things like this are always good for a chuckle. And she’s just hot.