From the web or from magazines, who are your favourite writers? On the web, I enjoy reading articles by Bill Simmons and Scoop Jackson of ESPN.com. They both have thier own style of writing and while Bill Simmons is hilarious to read, Scoop reflects and writes basketball in a more poetic way. They are both great writers. As for magazines, the only basketball one I read is SLAM so my favourite basketball writers are straight off those pages. The one that I admire most again has to be Scoop Jackson (he was formerly with SLAM before going on to ESPN.com) and I've been hooked on his writings ever since he wrote a amazing peice on Kobe right after the allegations against him were out. Another one of my personal favourites is Khalid Salaam from SLAM, he is very smart and a great writer as well.
Bill Simmons, hands down. He's funny, but still gets to the point. One of my favourite quotes from a recent article about the top 40 players with the highest trade value: Stephon Marbury (20) ? Partly because he's the three-time MVP of the "When he's your best player, you better start thinking about who's representing you at the lottery drawing" team, partly because anything's possible with Isiah as the GM. Hey, that reminds me ? do you think Phoenix's brain trust was sitting around when the following exchange happened: ?GM Bryan Colangelo: "God, Q sucked in that Spurs series, we gotta get rid of him." ?Coach Mike D'Antoni: "Come on, nobody wants a guy with a bad back who chokes in big spots?" ?Colangelo: "Just for the hell of it, should I call Isiah and see if we get Kurt Thomas for Q and a No. 1?" (Colangelo and D'Antoni laugh hysterically for five seconds. Then they stop laughing.) ?Colangelo (grabbing phone): "You call his office, I'll call his cell!" I started howling when I read that.
