Ric Bucher is peeling again the curtain on his relationship — or obvious lack thereof — with Invoice Simmons.
The sports activities media persona spoke concerning the Ringer founder throughout a current episode of his “On the Ball with Ric Bucher” podcast, calling consideration to feedback made by Simmons concerning the Kings whereas additionally suggesting a fractured bond between the previous ESPN colleagues.
“My former ESPN colleague, Bill Simmons, took note of the Kings’ loss to Detroit. And as Bill is wont to do, immediately threw out a trade idea as if Mike Brown’s firing is an indication that the Sacramento Kings are ready to start over. He suggested that the Houston Rockets should be putting on a full-court press to get the Kings to deal them De’Aaron Fox, ” Bucher stated, based on Terrible Asserting.
That’s when the dialog turned to Bucher and Simmons’ podcasting previous and the place issues allegedly frayed.
“… As soon as upon a time, he, Marc Stein and I might do an everyday podcast collectively referred to as ‘The Three-man Weave’ once we have been all with ESPN. It typically consisted of Invoice suggesting numerous wild and outlandish strikes and Stein and I explaining why they have been both A. Not possible, B. Not good or C. Not possible nor good.
“And then after Bill left ESPN, he actually invited me onto his podcast at one point. And I said, ‘I’d be happy to’ if he would also come on mine. And I never heard from him again. And that’s kind of the way it works with Bill from my experience. If you can do something for him, he is very excited to work with you. If it comes to him doing something that would be more of a benefit to you, crickets.”
Bucher had appeared on “The B.S. Report,” which is now referred to as “The Bill Simmons Podcast.”
Simmons cut up from ESPN in 2015.
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It seems Simmons has not but responded to Bucher’s claims.
Simmons has had some media spats previously 12 months, notably with ESPN persona Pat McAfee.
McAfee took exception to Simmons’ impression of him and criticized the content material in February.
Simmons fired again by jabbing McAfee over poor TV rankings.
