Bill Simmons rips Stephen A. Smith
Before free agency started, Stephen A. Smith reported that a LeBron/Wade/Bosh combo in Miami was pretty much a done deal.
As everyone knows, I reported last week on my morning drive show on Fox Sports Radio that LeBron James would join Dwayne Wade in Miami and take Chris Bosh with him to join the Heat.
Now, of course, that trio joining forces in Miami doesn’t seem to have legs, and Bill Simmons had some fun at Smith’s expense on his Twitter feed:
Stephen A. Smith is reporting that Stephen A. Smith’s report was incorrect. http://stephena.com/?p=953
Oldest trick in book: Report something is done, and if you’re wrong, claim it WAS done but something last minute derailed it. Child please.
What is Simmons talking about? Here’s what Smith said ‘derailed’ the deal:
At the moment, that is still very possible, but there’s been a potentially huge monkey wrench thrown into the equation — with (understandable) greed on the part of Bosh being the main culprit.
It was shocking news at the time, so it’s not a huge surprise that the report seems to have fallen apart at the seams.
What’s interesting is that Simmons has been silent on Dan Le Batard’s report that there was a trade in place bringing Chris Bosh to Miami.
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Its the good ole boys club, you know that, C’mon!
Per ESPN policy, he’s not allowed to criticize Le Batard. He can rip Screamin’ A. Smith only because he no longer works for the World Wide Leader. It’s that simple.
The whole premise of First & 10 is for Skip Bayless to rip his co-workers and for people to rip him.
Correct, but that’s staged and sanctioned by ESPN. Simmons has mentioned the prohibition against him criticizing other ESPN personalities in his column many times.