Theres NO WAY he just said this...

There is no way he actually just said this. As someone who is widely known for surrounding Heat Nation, as a Miami Heat bona fide hater, Bill Simmons has already flipped ship. I'm here to break down brand new quotes from him on his Bill Simmons podcast, how he's starting to eat already some of his words that he mentioned just a few weeks ago about this Miami Heat team and the expectations he has for them going into this up and coming regular season. I'll break down that as well as what quotes originally started this entire conversation at least this new conversation as season after season after season Bill Simmons is always the guy to stand out amongst everyone else as by far and away the biggest Miami Heat hater and just just non-believer if you will because the original comments that came out in the late stages of September were so bad i didn't even i couldn't even report on them because they were so ridiculous i couldn't do it with a straight face we'll break down those quotes and what he has said more recently following the first and only game of the preseason for this Heat team we'll break down all of that on this episode of Heat Digest so let's not waste any time and get right to it breaking down the news and we are going to start with the newest quotes from Bill Simmons on his podcast if you go to his Twitter he tags the link down below for his Spotify link or Netflix crazy to think that it's on Netflix as well shout out to Simmons for absolutely crushing it in his podcast crushing it but he goes on to say this quote all right Miami I'm really fighting off the urge to wonder if I might have been wrong with the glass being half empty with Miami I watched some of their preseason game granted it is the preseason but Giannis looks great I have no idea how him and Bam are going to play but obviously their swing guys are great referring to Tim Hardaway, Klay Thompson, Nikola Jovic and various others a part of this Heat team you can see it when they when you just read the stuff because Giannis creates so much space for these guys I think Wiggins is in a really good spot now Simmons would continue to say this and I can't this is great you got to remember Bill Simmons is a huge Boston guy doesn't matter if it's just the Celtics it is Boston Boston Boston when it comes to Simmons quote the thing that is so tough to figure out with Miami is if Giannis plays 70 games it probably is a team in the high 40s speaking about wins we'll get to that in just a second because so much is going to run through him Giannis if Giannis misses a month or five weeks I don't know what they're going to do offensively what happens at that point they have a lot of role players that are specifically built around the force of him speaking about Giannis again and if you don't have that how are you going to create shots at that at the end of the game now before we get to the rest of the news we do have to thank our sponsor for this video Calcius. 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I don't know who they thought they were bidding against with that contract. I still haven't seen him play three games in a row that I liked and it gets worse. It gets worse. I promise you it gets worse. The question from Zach Lowe is, is this like a reverse reverse jinx where you're so scared of Miami that you're trying to bury them early? And Bill responds with quote, I'm not scared of Miami at all. I'm really not. No one has explained to me how Bam are successfully going to play offense together i'm still waiting to see someone break that down then he would go on to say this and this is where it gets to the point where i genuinely don't know if Bill Simmons should be allowed to talk about basketball he goes on to say who's playing defense on this team who's guarding Jayson Tatum now before i get to the last piece of this quote this entire team is built on defense the offense you can we can have conversations at a later date about about how Bam and Giannis are going to play together how that is going to work schematically how they're going to create shots if Giannis is injured taking time off whatever it may be if he's not on the floor but this team this team as currently constructed how who's playing defense what are we talking about what are we talking about the starting point guard for the Miami Heat is nicknamed Off Night and granted he might not be the greatest defender in the world and I'm not arguing that but he's a damn good one especially on ball against other guards and that is Devon Mitchell, Clay Thompson is way past the days where he was making all defensive teams year after year after year but he's still considered respectable at least on the wing then you have Andrew Wiggins who has made a career of being decent if not just above average offensively anywhere averaging anywhere between 15 to 18 if you go back to his early days in Minnesota 21 22 points per game but for the vast majority of his career he's 15 to 18 per game but he is a wing defender that is one of the most prolific in the league not to mention Pelon Arson plays extremely hard can guard one through three at any given time and he gets on the floor he's not scared to get dirty he's not scared to get hit in the face then you have Giannis not I don't even have to elaborate on how great he is then you have Bam Adebayo again same conversation defensively about Giannis we don't even have to elaborate on it that's how good defensively Bam Adebayo is coming off the bench you have Nick Richards a legit seven foot big that has been brought in to rebound and defend the painted area to alter shots not even rack up 10 blocks a game but at least alter shots something he is going to do in a complimentary fashion Bobby Portis a stretch power forward who can play the center position is a great defender now is he as good as Giannis or Bam no not really but he's still above average and he's damn good defensively Tim Hardaway good on the wing is he prolific no I'm not arguing that but he's definitely above average or right at average Trey Donaldson Ryan Connell haven't seen him on the NBA level just yet but still they have room to go out and actually defend and be respectable and efficient in doing so the the entire idea of it's just it's it's insane how could anyone that speaks about basketball and has for years he's published books about the history of basketball and about basketball in general how could he say that with a straight face and genuinely put off the idea that he means it it just absolutely insanity in my opinion so he goes on to say this so Giannis, Bam, Wiggins, Devion and Larson that's my crunch time five and maybe Clay Thompson in there replacing Larson if you had to guess welcome to the play-in you are you Bill Simmons uh you're really good at getting clicks i'll tell you that much you're killing it you really are the clicks on twitter on social media on these little clips that you put out when you say crazy things like this you're killing it you gotta be you there's no way you're not but oh lord that is just insanity to hear someone actually say about a Heat team that has been built around defense genuinely you look at this Heat roster and you think yeah they have a lot of three-point shooting opportunity got two juggernauts down in the painted area that could dominate in the paint you have Devion Mitchell who yeah hopefully the three-point shot improves compared to last year especially in the spot-up positions he's going to have with the attention the attention that Giannis and Bam demand which correlates with the idea of Tim Hardaway, Klay Thompson, and Wiggins and even Fontacchio for that matter but like what are we talking about this team has been built on defense for the entirety of its in the the just the lifetime of the organization's existence just absolutely insanity and I actually took the time to throw up the box not the box charts excuse me the depth charts of these two teams and how they would match up and granted it's not finalized by any means but Devion versus Derrick White okay those two guys are prolific defenders especially for point guards Derrick White does edge him in height and size without a shadow of a doubt but they really do resemble each other in a bit of a way where they do they are both defensive minded point guards specifically with good offensive upside Derrick White does clear Devion at least up to this point because we haven't seen Devion's improvements, at least on an NBA level in regular season games yet. But again, Derrick White, Devion, both defensive-minded guys. Derrick with a higher upside offensively. Baylor, Scheideman, I hope I'm saying that correctly, and Klay Thompson. It could be Larson here. I just put Klay because that is who is listed as the starting shooting guard in Miami right now. Taking the experience over the youngster. I'm going to. I know Baylor might be considered more athletic. Won't argue that. Wiggins and Paul George Wiggins can guard anybody including Paul George who's getting older and he if it happened if it has to happen Wiggins will guard Jason Tatum Giannis can guard anybody Bam has guarded guarded Jason Tatum very effectively and with the way this defensive team is laying out I just it is it is it is it is just absolutely insane to me that Bill Simmons could say that with a straight face and i will mention to Zach Lowe's credit when Bill Simmons says all of these things you cut the pay the camera panned back and cuts back to Zach Lowe and he's kind of just like is he being serious like looking at the producers looking at the camera guys like are is he is he serious right now like and i'm the same way and this guy was sitting across the table from him it's just absolutely insanity insanity you think i can't wait for this rivalry rivalry to kick back off obviously they're going to play four times and they might play more depending on the in-season tournament i can't remember off the top of my head of how those tournaments and how the brackets are actually shaped up but i know that he have a very daunting uh actual what's mccall actually i think i have it here let's see if is this it i hope this is it this group b all right so boston is not in it it would have been nice if they were because it's already murder's row in this actual group b but there's a way where miami does see boston in the in the uh playing tournament not playing tournament the uh in-season tournament and there's a way where we'll see them more than four times this year can't wait to see how it all plays out let me know down below your thoughts and opinions on bill simmons and how he's just obsolete with everything he says but overall the idea that he's already eating his words once again and already jumping ship on his narrative that he pitched just over three weeks ago in the late stages of september thank you guys for watching i will see you guys on the next episode of heat digest