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Mar 2022
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Brady’s Unretirement and the 20 Best Top...

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The Ringer’s Bill Simmons is joined by Ryen Russillo to discuss Tom Brady’s announcement that he’s coming out of retirement to play another season with the Buccaneers (2:23), before going through their top 20 NBA players (44:47), thinking about All-NBA teams, and more (1:08:53). Host: Bill Simmons Guest: Ryen Russillo Producer: Kyle Crichton Learn more abou ... Show More
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