Bill Simmons Absolutely Crushed The 2013 NBA Draft

[@youknowball]

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[@Soopology]

This is the Bill Simmons I miss. We still get hints of it every now & then. But man, from 2002 until about 2016, straight HEAT.

[@MRBarton369]

Agreed, stopped writing as much and all his beloved teams won "too much". Might've dulled his intensity, still a great run.

[@t.yop9]

He's a great writer but he's never been very knowledgeable about ball. His pop culture references started falling flat after the 10th time you've heard him say the same thing. My favorite thing was when he used to propose trades and ask 'which team says no?' 99% of the time it's a completely absurd trade because he overvalues the scrubs from the team he favors.

[@Sid-a-potamus]

Book of basketball was a huge influence on me. His euphemisms are so classic

[@Zach-bt2ky]

​@@t.yop9You do realize this guy has forgotten more about basketball than you've ever known, right?

[@mrechannel2023]

@@Zach-bt2ky @t.yop9 if you mention any important basketball game post-1975 there's ~ 10% chance Bill was there.

[@chrisolivo6591]

It’s amazing how much the NBA has changed in a decade. Not one mention of 3 point shooting ability of anyone in that draft. That was the last days of drafting big men just for posting up and defense. This video is a great time capsule.

[@OrderedConch]

They all aged like milk

[@mickmilan2171]

I mean they said MKG was a terrible shooter and it might hold him back, but you do make a great point.

[@Purlypurlington]

Well said

[@J.A.Z-TheMortal]

Pre Golden State basketball. When there was still some sense of balance. Now they literally run a fast break and turn back to shoot a 3 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@NZT77]

Bill was dotting 99 on the corners here lmfao

[@ericstanton-hoyle7463]

I miss when espn allowed people who actually knew basketball to talk instead of making everything some glam show for kids

[@Peakfreud]

Facts & good take.

[@akadanielmaia]

Same time every time you go back on Jalen Rose takes they seem more and more off or even random

[@Peakfreud]

@@akadanielmaia I feel you. But today's analyst rarely talk about actual games and the sport. When Possible they lead off with players Legal Problems first. If they're Super Stars then their Politics second. 3rd Their Tweets & Personal Life. And to finish every Analyst favorite topic "Themselves". Do you disagree that S.A.S, Shay Shay, Skip Talk and cover themselves their takes, relationships and media presence an Awful lot. Heck As much as I like Wiley He covers all three.

[@Peakfreud]

@@akadanielmaia I bet if they Had an Algorithm that count mentions. Skip, S.A.S and Lebron name mentions are 1,2 & 3 in the sports media realm and two of those names don't even play a sport.

[@jimcheung3527]

I loved David Stern's reaction to seeing that he was about to announce Anthony Bennett as the number one pick.

[@dakotaraptor224]

John Calipari “College Basketball Trump” is so funny

[@ryanbruner9937]

It’s even funnier when you know how liberal Cal is lol

[@cathalrooney-cespedes9548]

Bill Simmons on TV was a PROBLEM!

[@arthurcharest9061]

🫡

[@MatthewMedina-b7l]

If you know you know…

[@BotHole]

I see what you did there 😆

[@FootyInsights_]

2013 Simmons was like 05 Pedro at this point. Couldn't always give you virtuoso performances like at his peak, but there were enough flashback moments that he was still mostly himself

[@matthewweiss8579]

he is still really good now, especially when he is with Russillo doing NBA.

[@mlhayes91]

Did 2013 Simmons write this?

[@FootyInsights_]

@@mlhayes91 Will neither confirm nor deny this

[@thebigmanufacturer]

@@mlhayes91y’know, this reminds me of the 1986 Celtics somehow

[@AB-sw4kb]

that reminds me of the Clippers season tickets I share

[@KK-pm7ud]

Don't ever give Jalen Rose the keys to your car

[@siniister710]

Bill gets hate but the dude is a chef

[@ryanmfrancis]

Slow down

[@ryanmussell739]

A underrated talent Bill has is he is a good gm. He can find good employees.

[@dantenewyork7380]

'Shabazz Nagee Muhammad is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots of the Philippine Basketball Association.'

[@lucaskaplan1598]

man alive he was cooking

[@Gabagool93]

Would’ve been sick if I could’ve heard what he was saying instead of these 3 dorks

[@JRRobles]

So glad I found my people here, BS is an absolute legend

[@Greedisgood2025]

This channel “let him cook” also this channel after we say that we’re gonna do the opposite and talk the whole time

[@RASTAGOOB]

Dude this is good!! Post more clips of bill and this draft

[@youknowball]

We’re doing 2014 tomorrow night and will post the highlights afterwards. Follow us on playback and Patreon if you wanna see the whole thing!

[@juzzyseko]

That "WOAH" is the f*cken best

[@TheJpyne518]

the bill simmons "woah" was in 2k14 my player draft

[@dnice2000]

Bill Simmons is super intelligent, dude gets hated on so much

[@tonyg6902]

Amazing content

[@ryanmccrary1880]

Bill Simmons was flawless during the 2013 draft. What a performance LOL.

[@FrankGallagher-OG]

Jesus ur screaming let him cook but u just speak all over him

[@aidanmccoy9872]

My wolves get flamed for not taking steph, the wes johnson and derrick williams picks... but taking Shabazz Muhammad and Gorgui Dieng instead of Giannis/Gobert is a brutal miss. Those guys were right there! Thank god for Rosas taking Ant/Jaden in the same draft.

[@Sticktothemodels]

Derrick Williams was the right pick at the time special prospect. Nobody could’ve foreseen that.

[@WheresWaldo05]

Wes and Derrick were not during the Steph draft. Rubio and Flynn were.

[@WheresWaldo05]

For the record i hated each and every one of the picks mentioned here. I would not have drafted ANY of them at that point in time.

[@aidanmccoy9872]

@@WheresWaldo05 no shit

[@aka1721]

There's not a single person who saw what Giannis and Gobert have become. It's all hindsight.

[@volusiasorange]

Bill Simmons smart smart smart smart, Jalen Rose dumb. Dumb da dumb dumb dumb da dumb, dumb ditty dumb da dumb dumb

[@JossParkerPopArt]

Get dem checks Jalen!!!

[@jonjonpantazi7146]

Great topic video. Too bad they keep yappin over Bill.

[@King_Mac80]

The funny part about Bill comparing Giannis to Paul George is now he doesn't understand why so many kids these days like Paul George

[@Bliu2th]

I don't understand why either, my biggest guess is that PG is smooth with his game

[@daqueda1577]

​@@Bliu2thI don't know what kids like PG's game? He's not all that relevant.

[@AB-sw4kb]

It's not fans, it's hoopers. Hoopers like how PG at his size can dribble, get his own shot, do everything. Kids probably think he sucks, but hoopers wish they could be a guy like that

[@AlejoChris73092]

It’s the well roundedness that PG has. That’s it. PG not the goat lol.

[@ShoegazeSteelyDan]

“Please put us on the ringer”

[@youknowball]

He’s probably leaving the ringer soon so that wouldn’t be the best strategy

[@realkevinharlan]

@@youknowballwhat makes you say that?

[@leejones8082]

the WHOA is the defining moment of the history of the nba draft

[@SkinsFan902]

Glazing at its finest

[@respectluis]

I know its not in this video, but his Doc Rivers comments in this draft were also hilarious

[@BowersGameCorner]

Good stuff. Subbed!

[@Greedisgood2025]

Why are they talking over the audio so much?

[@panicbombs]

This Draft was so bad too, plenty of ammo for Chef Bill

[@MegaTOUCHIE]

Where can i watch the full version of this??

[@youknowball]

@@MegaTOUCHIE it’s on our Patreon page for subscribers. www.patreon.com/YouKnowBall

[@t.yop9]

Can you guys stop saying 'cook' every 2 seconds? Like, we get it, you just discovered Bill Simmons. It was exciting back in 2002. But let him say some shit before you start slurping him.

[@brando1919]

“WOAH”

[@Sticktothemodels]

4:55 Evan Turner was a very good player. Key glue guy on a multitude of playoff teams with decent numbers, particularly in Boston. Just had a bad fit next to Jrue/Ighy in Philly

[@TheFizzjunior]

Christ, Anthony Bennett. One of the worst, if not the worst #1 pick of all-time. The 2 guys people throw out previous to Bennett were Kwami Brown and Michael Olowokandi, from the 90's and 00's. Who at the very least were rotation players in the league. Both of them started for many years on quality teams. Anthony Bennett was awful from day 1 and never got any better. Atrocious pick.

[@MichaelFear]

He would be great every year!

[@mikeneilson4619]

lasted abpuy half the video of these guys talking through bills points and saying cook 😅 the idea was there atleast hahaha. could of been good content

[@AntFarmer47]

Bill saying Rudy could’ve gone first, LMAO 😭😭

[@joshs4314]

It's rather amusing, Simmons mentions that the Cavs were trying to trade out of the pick, called up the Wolves for K-Love and we said no. 1 year later, Love gets traded to CLE for Anthony and other things. Why the Wolves thought a year later was the best time to move Love....I dont remember why. But if they had pulled the trigger....what could have been. Another miserable draft and a GM that had NO BUSINESS being a GM. Owners should be forced to sell their team for making too many idiotic decisions related to hiring.

[@JossParkerPopArt]

Apex Simmons!!!

[@jasonreyes8682]

Greatest video I’ve watched in some time

[@dbags317]

Smoking is just destroying Bill's voice

[@hubertsumlin9697]

The guys on the right are hardly necessary

[@hubertsumlin9697]

Let's go, cook, etc.

[@MateMagyar88]

“RECE, I NEED MEDICAL HELP!” 😂

[@2SloppyJoe]

Which draft was it where Bill compared every prospect of a certain country, race or ethnicity to an NBA player of the same background? I remember him being mocked for that.

[@brokenteeth22]

college basketball trump had me rolling holy shit

[@bender9222222222]

They have Dion Waiters 💀💀

[@Hold_on_now_playa]

Bill has said he doesn’t watch CBB and only highlights before the draft. Why tf would I listen to him talk draft stuff? 😂

[@RobberStormfire]

Jalen Rose was just trying to be a contrarian, he was so wrong on all this.

[@mashwork6615]

86 bird

[@BatmanBoss]

Jalen and Bill got fired! Lol

[@JRRobles]

BS walked so McAfee could run

[@kingsmokee8136]

crazy amount of glaze 😂

[@willellis9417]

Series!!!

[@wreck.create.MAK0]

Can I ask, what software u guys use for recording these watchalongs? Give u a sub if u answer pls?

[@youknowball]

@@wreck.create.MAK0 playback.tv

[@mitchsmix269]

Was this the worst draft class ever?

[@youknowball]

2000 is the worst by a mile but this one is up there. Giannis and Rudy save it from being a disaster. Arguably better than recent drafts like 2010/2015/2019 just because of them.

[@mitchsmix269]

@@youknowball yeah I missed giannis when I was looking through it at first. Such a weird top 10 in 2019 tho

[@jaridatkinson4907]

2013 draft was really some ass dang lol forgot how bad that yr was

[@eriksports]

College basketball Trump 😂😂😂 spot on

[@aaronmurrayvazquez]

the double wish piece

[@youtubelife9248]

Doesn’t matter. Noel and Bennett both busts

[@spencerdouglas1538]

Jalen Rose proved to be so bad on his takes. Which goes to show ex players not the best

[@Hoopsnmma]

4:02

[@ADM-nx8gn]

Jalen is 75 iq

[@rodson2465]

This was prob one of the few drafts he cooked, he fell off after this

[@bigshermabg]

Yall talk too much lol

[@TheFizzjunior]

Bill Simmons was never good, but he was funny to listen in this era. His Celtics bias ran soooo deep. Still does, I'm sure.

[@desktopuser2912]

Wait, are these bundle of sticks actually excited for Bill's takes?

[@VenomousStare]

Yeah the dude on the left had his mouth open like Cedric Maxwell was about to drop a load in it!