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Re: Ed and Jeff on Bill Simmons Thursday

Posted: Fri March 27, 2020 5:39 pm
by verb_to_trust
Jeff said Kemp was second best player in the NBA at one point. That was never true, but nice to see Kemp love.

Re: Ed and Jeff on Bill Simmons Thursday

Posted: Fri March 27, 2020 5:48 pm
by dad
verb_to_trust wrote:Jeff said Kemp was second best player in the NBA at one point. That was never true, but nice to see Kemp love.
Yeah, definitely. The Sonics were fun to watch, but to say he was second best is a stretch. I'm sure we could find at least five other players during that era not named Jordan, who were better.

But that was certainly generous of Jeff.

Re: Ed and Jeff on Bill Simmons Thursday

Posted: Fri March 27, 2020 5:51 pm
by Habitman
verb_to_trust wrote:Jeff said Kemp was second best player in the NBA at one point. That was never true, but nice to see Kemp love.
Yea...clearly wrong and Bill did a good job of not slamming him. Shawn Kemp, Gary Payton, Detlef Schrempf - loved that trio.

Re: Ed and Jeff on Bill Simmons Thursday

Posted: Fri March 27, 2020 5:57 pm
by RAG319
Pretty good interview so far, but I just got to the 70-minute mark and I hate hate hate it when Bill uses that old "let's talk about rock bands cause they're aren't many anymore" bullshit

Re: Ed and Jeff on Bill Simmons Thursday

Posted: Fri March 27, 2020 5:58 pm
by RAG319
Oh, but Jeff with the amazing response "I think there's more great music now than there's ever been."

Re: Ed and Jeff on Bill Simmons Thursday

Posted: Fri March 27, 2020 6:05 pm
by verb_to_trust
dad wrote:
verb_to_trust wrote:Jeff said Kemp was second best player in the NBA at one point. That was never true, but nice to see Kemp love.
Yeah, definitely. The Sonics were fun to watch, but to say he was second best is a stretch. I'm sure we could find at least five other players during that era not named Jordan, who were better.

But that was certainly generous of Jeff.
Maybe Jeff was thinking of the 96 Finals? Kemp was certainly top 2 in that series. His career superstar trajectory after that season seemed pretty set in stone, until it wasn't.

Re: Ed and Jeff on Bill Simmons Thursday

Posted: Fri March 27, 2020 6:36 pm
by Noaheb
good interview but did Ed chain-smoke like a carton of cigarettes during this?
So glad he still has a voice

Re: Ed and Jeff on Bill Simmons Thursday

Posted: Fri March 27, 2020 6:37 pm
by RAG319
Holy crap...the best part of this interview is when Bill drops off and Ed and Jeff just chat about scoring in Baseball v. Basketball. They still chat like they're new bandmates.

Re: Ed and Jeff on Bill Simmons Thursday

Posted: Fri March 27, 2020 6:39 pm
by RAG319
Also, seems more likely to me Ed's smoking a joint and is relighting it from time to time.

Re: Ed and Jeff on Bill Simmons Thursday

Posted: Fri March 27, 2020 6:42 pm
by scrub12
When Ed said the best they sounded was yesterday because he was listening to their rehearsal tapes for the tour, that hurt a little bit. Hopefully the Europe tour is good to go, but I struggle to see how with what's going on.

Re: Ed and Jeff on Bill Simmons Thursday

Posted: Fri March 27, 2020 6:42 pm
by dad
verb_to_trust wrote:
dad wrote:
verb_to_trust wrote:Jeff said Kemp was second best player in the NBA at one point. That was never true, but nice to see Kemp love.
Yeah, definitely. The Sonics were fun to watch, but to say he was second best is a stretch. I'm sure we could find at least five other players during that era not named Jordan, who were better.

But that was certainly generous of Jeff.
Maybe Jeff was thinking of the 96 Finals? Kemp was certainly top 2 in that series. His career superstar trajectory after that season seemed pretty set in stone, until it wasn't.
cocaine is a helluva drug. twinkies are a helluva drug.

Re: Ed and Jeff on Bill Simmons Thursday

Posted: Fri March 27, 2020 6:43 pm
by dad
one of my favorite parts of the interview is when Ed asks "John" for a beer.

wut.

Re: Ed and Jeff on Bill Simmons Thursday

Posted: Fri March 27, 2020 6:50 pm
by gardenparty
dad wrote:one of my favorite parts of the interview is when Ed asks "John" for a beer.

wut.
Dude still knows how to party

Re: Ed and Jeff on Bill Simmons Thursday

Posted: Fri March 27, 2020 6:55 pm
by numbers
dad wrote:
verb_to_trust wrote:
dad wrote:
verb_to_trust wrote:Jeff said Kemp was second best player in the NBA at one point. That was never true, but nice to see Kemp love.
Yeah, definitely. The Sonics were fun to watch, but to say he was second best is a stretch. I'm sure we could find at least five other players during that era not named Jordan, who were better.

But that was certainly generous of Jeff.
Maybe Jeff was thinking of the 96 Finals? Kemp was certainly top 2 in that series. His career superstar trajectory after that season seemed pretty set in stone, until it wasn't.
cocaine is a helluva drug. twinkies are a helluva drug.
Kemp was the second best player on his own team.

Re: Ed and Jeff on Bill Simmons Thursday

Posted: Fri March 27, 2020 7:01 pm
by scrub12
dad wrote:one of my favorite parts of the interview is when Ed asks "John" for a beer.

wut.
I guess there’s a guy named John quarantining with Ed and his family.

Re: Ed and Jeff on Bill Simmons Thursday

Posted: Fri March 27, 2020 7:37 pm
by tragabigzanda
pearl jam sucks now

Re: Ed and Jeff on Bill Simmons Thursday

Posted: Fri March 27, 2020 7:41 pm
by dad
tragabigzanda wrote:I’m assuming it was a remote session with Ed in his own studio, with an engineer named John.
I thought the same thing. Maybe Ed has John Burton fetch him beers in the off season.

Re: Ed and Jeff on Bill Simmons Thursday

Posted: Fri March 27, 2020 8:09 pm
by evenslow
RAG319 wrote:Also, seems more likely to me Ed's smoking a joint and is relighting it from time to time.
yeah, this is my guess.

Re: Ed and Jeff on Bill Simmons Thursday

Posted: Fri March 27, 2020 8:33 pm
by MemoFromTurner
dad wrote:one of my favorite parts of the interview is when Ed asks "John" for a beer.

wut.
That’s his man servant. You don’t have a man servant?

Re: Ed and Jeff on Bill Simmons Thursday

Posted: Fri March 27, 2020 8:33 pm
by dad
MemoFromTurner wrote:
dad wrote:one of my favorite parts of the interview is when Ed asks "John" for a beer.

wut.
That’s his man servant. You don’t have a man servant?
nah, I'm just a servant, man.