UNINTENTIONALLY FUNNY

Props to Rob in Dallas for getting my back, and to all of you who have emailed me about the recent spate of copy cats. At this point, I'm used to seeing my tale of the tape regularly ripped off by anonymous hacks at Page2 and Sports Illustrated, but here's a new low...

ESPN BILL SIMMONS CHAT TRANSCIPT (6/26):

Rob (Dallas): "Did you send Nick Bakay his check for you stealing his bit for your last Mag column?"

Bill Simmons: "I'm sorry, I didn't know Bakay invented the concept of breaking down 2 players by categories. What a brilliant idea, he hasn't gotten enough credit."

Easy there, little fella -- you sound a tad sensitive about the topic.

Maybe because, deep inside, you know you hijacked a signature bit I was doing on Sportcenter when you were still jerking off to a Mo Vaughn rookie card.

On the bright side, I guess this means I have cart blanche to try my hand at a 75,000 word NBA draft diary thats' really all about me!