Comments on The Blog That Yost Built: Yeah. We Get It. You Don't Like The Pistons.

Completely agree. It's hindsight in the worst way ...

2006-12-03T14:15:43.942-06:00

Completely agree. It's hindsight in the worst way to bring Wade into the conversation (or Bosh for that matter). Anthony was the only other option and we had a small forward. Plus Carmelo would've been a terrible fit for that team since LB would've hated him.

Not to mention that we got a pick in the deepest draft in years in return for Darko (and it ain't like he's tearing it up in Orlando).

I'm not all that familiar with the NBA salary cap, but I have to believe that the money we didn't use on Ben will protect us from the same thing happening when Billups because a FA, no?

He also said last week that Saunders is "Running the Pistons into the ground". Laughable.

The guy is still an entertaining read, but I'm getting more and more convinced that he really doesn't know all that much about sports.

Earlier in that column he praised the Bobcats for ...

2006-12-01T16:20:55.277-06:00

Earlier in that column he praised the Bobcats for building from within and not screwing up the cap needlessly. I don't see how this is any different from what Dumars did.

When Wade came out, he was an undersized swingman. There was no way to predict that he would successfully make the move like he has. How many of those guys have flamed out, just in the last five years?

Finally, as I understand it, part of the reason the Pistons moved Darko was to free up room to re-sign Wallace. Therefore I think its unfair to count this as two bad moves against Dumars. I don't see how he could've predicted Chicago being willing to torpedo their own franchise to pay double-market-value for Big Ben. If he had any inclination that Chicago would outbid them, I don't think he does the Orlando deal.

If Detroit goes to the finals this season and is able to pull off another shocker like the '04 series over LA, Dumars ought to be hailed as a genius for recognizing the weakness of the East and knowing that he wouldn't need to put the team in salary cap purgatory to stay competitive.

Well said, I was just as upset when I read it. Why...

2006-11-29T22:38:55.224-06:00

Well said, I was just as upset when I read it. Why doesn't he talk about his pathetic Celtics, last I checked they havent won a championship since the 80's.

Heh, also true. I didn't catch that. It amuses me...

2006-11-29T22:28:34.058-06:00

Heh, also true. I didn't catch that.

It amuses me how he always cracks on bloggers because they don't have to fact-check, they don't have to confirm stories before posting them, and they like to take shots at people in the real media.

But he's as guilty as anyone at screwing up stuff. How often does he post "I made a mistake in my last column....."

And he takes more shots at media members than anyone (e.g. Joe Buck and Chris Berman).

Honestly, Simmons is as close to being a blogger as you can be in the MSM.

I think he's a great writer and I love reading his stuff, but there are some things about him that are just annoying as hell.

This is minor, but how about the fact that he "age...

2006-11-29T20:58:19.614-06:00

This is minor, but how about the fact that he "aged" Ben a couple of years -- last I checked he just turned 32.