The Ringer’s Bill Simmons is joined by Cousin Sal and Joe House to preview the upcoming NBA season including NBA MVP, playoff seeding odds, underdogs to win the title, pandemic-specific prop bets, and championship favorites. Later, they get into the upcoming golf majors and break down their favorite players before closing the show with a new edition of Paren ... Show More
Sep 1
Make-or-Break NFL QBs, a CFB Preview, and the WNBA Renaissance With Todd McShay and Diana Taurasi
The Ringer’s Bill Simmons is joined by Todd McShay to discuss the NFL's make-or-break QBs before previewing college football. Then, Diana Taurasi joins the pod to talk about the renaissance of the WNBA, her friendship with Kobe, and much more! (0:00) Intro (3:04) NFL and CFB prev ... Show More
1h 39m
Oct 2024
2024-25 NBA Season Predictions | Real Ones
The NBA regular season is back! And so are Howard and Raja with their predictions for the season. Along the way, they discuss their picks for most interesting teams, biggest underachievers, MVP, and more!
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1h 27m
Dec 2023
The Best There Is, the Best That Will Be | Group Chat
Justin, Rob, and Wos discuss which NBA teams and players are in trouble right now (3:20), who has the best team (29:27), who is the MVP so far (43:24), what team or player has taken the leap (52:03), and who’s the most intriguing disgruntled star (1:06:37). Then, they predict wha ... Show More
1h 15m
Apr 2020
1999 Redraftables: Francis in Purgatory! Odom in Hell! Weis Over Artest! Remembering an Unusually Hilarious Draft With Chris Ryan and Joe House | Book of Basketball 2.0
The Ringer's Bill Simmons is joined by Joe House and Chris Ryan to revisit the 1999 NBA draft, talk through some of the NBA subplots and legends in that draft class, and redraft the first 14 lottery picks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
1h 11m
Jan 2025
NBA Trade Market Check-In With Bobby Marks, Plus NFL Divisional Round Preview and Picks With Ted Nguyen
Russillo welcomes Bobby Marks to preview the NBA trade deadline and discuss what could happen to Jimmy Butler, Bradley Beal, Zach LaVine, and Zion Williamson (0:42). Then, he’s joined by Ted Nguyen to break down all four divisional-round games, share where teams have the edge, an ... Show More
2h 2m
Apr 2018
Bill Simmons and Joe House From Augusta, and WWE Hall of Famer D-Von Dudley (Ep. 48)
Cousin Sal is joined by HBO and The Ringer’s Bill Simmons and The Ringer's Joe House from Augusta, Georgia, to discuss Bill’s early birthday gift for Sal (07:00), Tiger Woods prop bets (11:15), who’s familiar with Augusta (17:30), and who’s trending up to win the Masters (23:45). ... Show More
1h 22m
Jun 2024
Celtics-Mavs NBA Finals Preview | Real Ones
Logan, Raja, and Howard preview the upcoming NBA Finals matchup between the Boston Celtics and Dallas Mavericks, debate who has the most to gain from winning the title, discuss how this series can swing the reputations of specific players, make predictions, and much more (2:00). ... Show More
57m 34s
Jan 2021
What are your new NBA obsessions thus far? | The Answer
Chris Ryan is joined by the Ringer’s Bill Simmons to discuss early season things that they are obsessed with including Collin Sexton, chippy Kevin Durant, and more (01:00). Later, Chris is joined by NBC Sports Warriors reporter Kerith Burke to talk about the many reasons to obses ... Show More
40m 46s
Jun 2022
Picks for Game 3 and a Family Play
John Jastremski, Joe House, and Raheem Palmer, a.k.a. East Coast Bias, are back for another one. They open by recapping Game 2 of the NBA Finals and look at the spread, series prices, and the best props for Game 3. They finish by making a Same Game Parlay.
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36m 2s