Bill Simmons says there’s legitimate buzz around Jeff Bezos buying the Celtics
August 19, 2024
Bill Simmons says there’s legitimate buzz around Jeff Bezos buying the Celtics
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Is there a not so evil billionaire that can afford to spend like half a billion in luxury taxes on a bball team? Preferably someone who doesn’t treat employees like shit. Asking for a friend
Babe wake up. The Amazon x Jayson Tatum collab is dropping soon.
Players will be mandated to stay in the court even on timeouts and in-between quarters.
Boston Prime
Not related to the topic but Chuck Klosterman is legitimately the GOAT Bill Simmons podcast guest. Everyone should listen, it’s amazing. Bill said Seinfeld and Law & Order are the MJ and LeBron of airplane TV lmao
It feels like he won’t stop until he has his hands on/in every single relevant sector in society. It’s narcissistic in so many ways.
as gross as this would be it’s better than that terrorist John Henry owning another team in this town
Let’s see this another level of hate if true
The Celtics players are going to be dropped off at the arena in an unmarked van driving with the side door open
MMMmmmm… late stage capitalism enabling capital to pool in fewer and fewer hands truly makes me proud to be an American. This is the dream!
Tatum and Brown come off the court, get in their mandated Amazon work trucks and start delivering packages across Boston.
No. Fuck Bezos, fuck Simmons, and fuck the NBA if that happens.
They’re a perfect match ngl
New rule
To own a team, you must be able to make 3/5 free throws and a left hand layup.
Match made in Hell!
Seems like hed be a lock to buy the Supersonics when the next expansion is passed. Especially since Silver said ‘looking into expansion is next on the NBA agenda’ at the NBA finals this year. Honestly seems about time. 32 teams seems right and I think the NBA’s talent is big enough and global enough to support two more teams.
As for the Celtics Im not sure if there is some giga billionaire that makes sense. More likely imo is ‘Casino money’. Especially since Encore casino is relatively new in boston and it would make sense to have an arena right next to the casino there. The Celtics currently pay the Bruins owner rent on the building they are in so anyone who buys the majority shares of the celtics would probably want to build a new place and have total control.
Ah, someone has to tell Jeff that the players are in a union.
For Celtics fans who are against this, do you realize how few people exist on planet Earth that can handle this payroll? We need a Balmer sized billionaire, the standard CEO type would collapse under the weight of this payroll and sell off the roster within 2 years.
isn’t it required before buying a team at least you should know how to dribble?
Ahh so this is why the now owners signed everyone to super max deals lol
Jeff Bezos laugh played over the PA system after every opponent’s missed FT.
That’s it, no more taking a break to pee. Get them Gatorade bottles ready!
Fuck Bezos
This give me a legitimate reason to hate the Celtics if this happens.
To put the scale of wealth that Bezos has, his stated net worth is 200 billion dollars (and it is likely much higher than that). Jeannie Buss’s family has a net worth of 700 million dollars. This means that Bezos has 285 times the wealth of the entire Buss family.
The current richest owner in the league, Ballmer has 124 billion dollars in net worth. That’s a difference of 75 billion dollars. That’s the *combined* net worth of the next 4 richest owners in the NBA.
And yet somehow he’ll argue that Boston owes him a new stadium on tax payers’ dime.
Can’t wait to see what the 3rd and 4th aprons look like. Some real Hellraiser shit, hopefully.
This bald MF could literally end hunger for at least the next decade but instead wants to ruin the Celts and buy more yachts
The Boston waterboy job just got a lot grosser
Seriously.. did he do some bleach job and get colored lenses? Dude looks insane.
Millionaire mid life crisis – ” think I’ll buy a boat.”
Billionaire mid life crisis – ” think I’ll buy the Celtics.”
30 comments
Is there a not so evil billionaire that can afford to spend like half a billion in luxury taxes on a bball team? Preferably someone who doesn’t treat employees like shit. Asking for a friend
Babe wake up. The Amazon x Jayson Tatum collab is dropping soon.
Players will be mandated to stay in the court even on timeouts and in-between quarters.
Boston Prime
Not related to the topic but Chuck Klosterman is legitimately the GOAT Bill Simmons podcast guest. Everyone should listen, it’s amazing. Bill said Seinfeld and Law & Order are the MJ and LeBron of airplane TV lmao
It feels like he won’t stop until he has his hands on/in every single relevant sector in society. It’s narcissistic in so many ways.
as gross as this would be it’s better than that terrorist John Henry owning another team in this town
Let’s see this another level of hate if true
The Celtics players are going to be dropped off at the arena in an unmarked van driving with the side door open
MMMmmmm… late stage capitalism enabling capital to pool in fewer and fewer hands truly makes me proud to be an American. This is the dream!
Tatum and Brown come off the court, get in their mandated Amazon work trucks and start delivering packages across Boston.
No. Fuck Bezos, fuck Simmons, and fuck the NBA if that happens.
They’re a perfect match ngl
New rule
To own a team, you must be able to make 3/5 free throws and a left hand layup.
Match made in Hell!
Seems like hed be a lock to buy the Supersonics when the next expansion is passed. Especially since Silver said ‘looking into expansion is next on the NBA agenda’ at the NBA finals this year. Honestly seems about time. 32 teams seems right and I think the NBA’s talent is big enough and global enough to support two more teams.
As for the Celtics Im not sure if there is some giga billionaire that makes sense. More likely imo is ‘Casino money’. Especially since Encore casino is relatively new in boston and it would make sense to have an arena right next to the casino there. The Celtics currently pay the Bruins owner rent on the building they are in so anyone who buys the majority shares of the celtics would probably want to build a new place and have total control.
Ah, someone has to tell Jeff that the players are in a union.
For Celtics fans who are against this, do you realize how few people exist on planet Earth that can handle this payroll? We need a Balmer sized billionaire, the standard CEO type would collapse under the weight of this payroll and sell off the roster within 2 years.
isn’t it required before buying a team at least you should know how to dribble?
Ahh so this is why the now owners signed everyone to super max deals lol
Jeff Bezos laugh played over the PA system after every opponent’s missed FT.
That’s it, no more taking a break to pee. Get them Gatorade bottles ready!
Fuck Bezos
This give me a legitimate reason to hate the Celtics if this happens.
To put the scale of wealth that Bezos has, his stated net worth is 200 billion dollars (and it is likely much higher than that). Jeannie Buss’s family has a net worth of 700 million dollars. This means that Bezos has 285 times the wealth of the entire Buss family.
The current richest owner in the league, Ballmer has 124 billion dollars in net worth. That’s a difference of 75 billion dollars. That’s the *combined* net worth of the next 4 richest owners in the NBA.
And yet somehow he’ll argue that Boston owes him a new stadium on tax payers’ dime.
Can’t wait to see what the 3rd and 4th aprons look like. Some real Hellraiser shit, hopefully.
This bald MF could literally end hunger for at least the next decade but instead wants to ruin the Celts and buy more yachts
The Boston waterboy job just got a lot grosser
Seriously.. did he do some bleach job and get colored lenses? Dude looks insane.
Millionaire mid life crisis – ” think I’ll buy a boat.”
Billionaire mid life crisis – ” think I’ll buy the Celtics.”