An NBA 6-Pack: Heat Culture In Trouble, All-Star Game Fixes & Much More | The Bill Simmons Podcast

[@inigogastearena9412]

I love Bill Simmons but man there are very few people that are more prisoners of the moments than him

[@gators9570]

Peak prisoner of the moment Bill talking about the heat whiffing on McCain before we even know how he or Ware actually pan out. We knew Ware wasn’t gonna be an immediate rotation guy for Spo, and he’s still already flashed rim protection and ability to shoot the 3. And Pelle was a second round steal. The Heat did fine in this years draft

[@sonicbelt]

Bill Simmons really snitched on himself when he implied AJ Green isn’t a good defender. Him and Ajax have easily been the Bucks best perimeter defenders this season.

[@DenG611]

@15:08 Franz just hit a game winning 3 vs the Lakers

[@dparks2856]

And?

[@IcarusFallz]

AND it was a real one 🔥

[@Lemonpepperwett]

Aj green is actually a good defender for the bucks

[@rustydagon598]

Who's here after Franz' dagger three against the Lakers?

[@theTHiiiNG]

🙋‍♂️

[@tiguhhhh5415]

Who gives a fuck about a meaningless November game

[@boogie350]

Bill called it

[@matthewhunter8122]

Was awesome to see

[@nenevz2948]

Always satisfying to see a team overcome Lakers and their refs

[@ZD7DPT]

Tari Eason and Jaden McDaniels went to the same high school which would be absolutely terrifying to go against

[@China2TXMan]

Bill finally speaks like a clipper fan now, good good

[@jackramsden9346]

The Franz shout was great foreshadowing

[@sixtentore8655]

Having the Rookie/Sophomores there could work so that finally there's someone with some honour trying to win.

[@Celestials411]

Bill how does your channel not have at least 1 million subs? Unbelievable.

[@tiguhhhh5415]

Too late to the YT party

[@Sbock86]

​​@@tiguhhhh5415dude...he's called the podfather for a reason....

[@TerryBenzie]

He's the 'podfather' not the 'KZbin-father'.

[@arsenworld123]

How many times are we gonna have to teach you this lesson old man-"Miami heat"

[@nickbarcheck1019]

I know nothing and care nothing about basketball but I could listen to Bill talk about it for a while. He loves it so much and that is infectious.

[@Von199X]

I can't finish a game lately aside from Golden State games.. Too many stoppages and reviews it kills the vibe

[@mauszx]

May be biased as hell but Hornets games are very fun

[@Lemonpepperwett]

​@@mauszxtrue bucks too

[@eliyarrows2456]

@@mauszxagreed. Hornets Pistons tonight was a wonderful watch… which is a hilarious statement to make about both teams but still is true.

[@HKim0072]

NBA has trended more towards MLB. I watch the Ws games and a bit less interested in other teams. I used to watch a lot of other non-home team games.

[@pegasustante]

I get your opinion about the heat, but where tf is the correlation between the failed dame trade and heat cutlure? This has nothing to do with each other.

[@HerbHerman-le5ux]

Bill, I advise you to take AJ Greens defense seriously. Look at the bucks defensive rating with him on court vs off. It’s mind boggling. By far best three point shooter in league so far, albeit small sample size.

[@tiredbasketballfan]

By what metric exactly is he the best 3pt shooter in the league by far?

[@Sirdutcharlesthe63rd]

Talks about Franz - Franz proceeds to hit a game winner against the Lakers haha

[@supasmits]

Couldn't script it any better

[@NoName-l2o2c]

James Harden is the reason they didn’t sign Paul George. Just like Dwight Howard, CP3, Westbrook. Maybe it was part of the we will send you harden and we’re the only ones w money to get George.

[@Mac2Mon]

Is it Karma that Bill’s 2nd favorite thing to do is hate on the Heat (#1 is to hate on the Lakers); and yet the famous meme of him is watching the Heat kick the Celtics a**. No memes of Bill’s joy for the Celtics championship, just forever immortalized Bill watching the Heat demolishing the Celtics 😂😂😂

[@hiddengem9742]

That meme is lock for Hof meme. It's like he seen Big foot😂

[@eliyarrows2456]

The heat are irrelevant rn tho lmao. Celtics heat last 4 playoff matches are 2-2 and one of those is the Celtics coming back from 3-0 to force game 7 against the heat, and that’s a game I personally think they would have won had Tatum not gotten injured on the first play of game 7. Had that happened, you would have no ground to stand on. Miami would be the first nba team to blow a 3-0 lead, and based on how they got dog walked by Denver it probably woulda been for the best for league viewership had they blown that lead.

[@Mac2Mon]

@@eliyarrows2456 hmm you could also argue the Heat probably would have swept the Celtics if their starting point guard didn’t get hurt in game 4 when the Heat were up. Or that it could’ve ended in 6 games if it were for the world’s luckiest 0.01 tip in by Derrick White, but sure Tatum’s ankle in game 7 was the “what if” 😂😂😂😂 Or how about the Celtics would have probably not gotten to the finals in 2022 if 15 minutes after the fact in game 7 they league said Max Strus stepped out of bounds and they took 3pts off the board but there was never any video evidence, or if Jimmy made that 3pt shot?! Gotta love Celtics fans always changing history and distorting the facts. Same Celtics fans complaining Tatum should have played more in the Olympics, except LeBron & KD are miles better than him and he was actually the worst on the team and couldn’t buy a jump shot.

[@gators9570]

@@Mac2MonOr how about if the Celtics didn’t shoot like 100 more free throws in a 7 game series in 2022. Just a laughably bad series. Taking away the Strus 3 even though the camera angle still couldn’t show that he was touching the line really showed what kind of bullshit was going on with the officiating in that series

[@SchulzEricT]

@@gators9570 He was on the line

[@sdfsd1asada632]

Ceruti rocking the Ajax flag in the back, I see you 🫡

[@henryfrazier3046]

Bill Simmons is gonna be talking about trading Jalen Brown after Jimmy beats them in the playoffs once he starts taking basketball serious mark my words 😂🙏

[@TomKobe-x9l]

Franz Wagner 🏀🔥🙌 All Star 💫

[@mackblitzer4875]

Love the pod but saying hear culture is dead is a big L. This iteration is done, but Pat and Spo will reload

[@MNatmusic]

He went from proposing fake Giannis trades to the Nets and saying it’s over for him being in Milwaukee to now saying the Bucks will be fine. Truly shameless behavior

[@lansvale28]

He’s in the business for generating views and he is provocative. So he’s doing his job. He does have good points and insights.

[@addisonwagner2458]

“They whiffed on the pick” saying ware is a bust literally 13 games into the season? Cmon man. Bam barely played his rookie year. It’s gonna be the same thing for ware first half of the season.

[@gators9570]

Right? A skinny young center isn’t getting a ton of run on a roster who has an all star center? Who’d have thought. Ware still looks like he has all the tools of a Lively

[@crotdacrude]

Re: terror twins. Best Set Designer. Best Screenplay Adaptation.

[@twizms2]

Knect is 23

[@boricua007x]

Franz for all star

[@PoodlestarGenerica]

You don't understand why they're basically guaranteeing Wembanyama will be in the All Star game?

[@daviday87]

Motion to call the Franz Renaissance “the Franzissance” 🙋‍♂️🏀

[@chris-y05]

I think rookies/sophomores playing against all-stars is a great idea. They're the meaning of the all-star game now! Present the trophy using the Olympics podium will be even better. If an all-star doesn't want to be in a photo as the runner up to the rookies, they've better play hard.

[@TheJohnPandaYuan]

Balmer never had a problem, it was everyone on the Clippers took a paycut, Harden took a fat discount, Westbrook took one signing a 5mil the previous year, Leonard took one he could of got more, and so on but the only person that wasn’t willingly was PG I understand the first one was a disrespectful one but he’s 33 or 34 and they wanna win shouldn’t you try and get a discount like all your other teammates.

[@Dbo_Sports]

Paul George should stick to podcasting

[@reemro8760]

The Heat needed SIZE bro

[@rayzhou3151]

Knect is still the biggest steal of the draft. He was one of the best players of college basketball last year. Hornets should have got him at #6 or Spurs at #8

[@jumelhopkins1353]

One number…23. His age. Teams are always weary of drafting old prospects.

[@supasmits]

8 is fine, dudes ain't killing themselves on all Star weekend so they'll be ok subbing out to keep fresh.

[@devonlatrell5767]

Dalton kinect is clearly the worst mistake out of any gm to have passed on through 17th.. a nba ready lethal shooter

[@B2twenty]

NBA six pack is a great name 😂

[@akadanielmaia]

Putting the rookies to play against the all stars and hopefully triggering some competition was a great idea. I agree that 3 subs is too much but if you don’t increase the sum of all stars crybabies like Embiid would complain too much

[@iank3924]

fixing the all star game is simple. The players have to just try. It doesn't matter what you do if they don't do that. Just fine them if they don't.

[@HarleyHilder]

When’s the Sunday Russillo x Simmons pod returning?

[@aron.gortman]

Bill is still butthurt after the Trump win.

[@trumpetking11]

It’s always after the Superbowl.

[@twizms2]

But they committed to kawhi no problem. lol

[@blake7639]

There’s not a single bucks fan who’s taking Franz over dame, khris probably yes

[@jamarthompson1350]

Players are hurt and people are saying players sitting out, you guys just hate basketball

[@adarious2326]

@@jamarthompson1350 “hurt” . Don’t believe everything you see.

[@jamarthompson1350]

@@adarious2326 only guy you can say that for is embid, all other guys are legitimately injured

[@Jaywrites23]

On everything. I don’t understand how people can see someone get injured and get mad, then claim they’re sitting out. And seeing people saying there’s no defense, y’all are not watching games!

[@leonardanyanwu78]

@@Jaywrites23narratives have run rampant in the NBA. “No ball movement” and “no defense” just aren’t true but they still get parroted

[@jamarthompson1350]

@ magic are literally on a six game win streak where they haven’t allowed a team to score 100, Okc, Boston, Cleveland and the rockets are also great defenses

[@amc1140]

When Norm Powell comes down to earth and PG is back, this won't age well

[@hunterking81734]

They probably did the sophomore thing to capitalize on Wemby hype if he doesn't make the all star roster

[@katza831]

Where did those wrong comments about Franz go?

[@jankyjimenez4268]

The Clippers weren’t going to give the max to 2 players. They shouldn’t have even signed Leonard

[@HerbHerman-le5ux]

Crazy how melton/warriors get brought up with his injury yet no mention of Middleton/bucks…

[@mctaguer]

It's pretty simple why the ASG has the rookie/sophomore team: the NBA is making a concerted effort at owning Gen A and continuing to grow fandom in Gen Z. They want to be bigger than football in less than 10 years. Bill, if you weren't over 50, it would make more sense to you.

[@SilentBob-y3y]

lol NBA is in decline how the fook is it going to be bigger than football

[@devilrider39000000]

As long as the NBA keeps following their 1970's blueprint of parody, I highly doubt they'll surpass the NFL.

[@nohmers18]

Bill is NBgAy

[@David-b7h2b]

Bill you literally said you were most worried about Milwaukee in the East before the season started

[@mico6155]

Damn, imagine that. An opinion has changed. Is this really a new concept for you?

[@David-b7h2b]

@mico6155 sure; however, Bill is stating he never thought they'd be a threat in East rather than changing his op. Did you watch the video or just scroll through comments for converation's sake?

[@Matty-vw8vw]

Clippers are 25th in the league in attendance

[@chrisgomez8747]

Suddenly clippers looking smart for not signing pg 😂. They were always right

[@dparks2856]

They signed kawhi??? So wtf

[@Mskedu47]

Is every starter a max player now? Franz is like a rotation guy/role player

[@mauszx]

That was a potential contract, he has still a lot of potential, I saw a few games of the magic and he is playing very good

[@scottipippen6554]

Are watching the games?! If his 3 is falling in the 35%+ range, he is clearly a max player. And he still has a lot of upside being 23. If Paolo and Franz figure out to play together and both produce, they are a scary duo..

[@danp920]

Calling Franz a rotation player is insane talk lol, he starts on every team in the league, and is a top 3 player pretty much every team

[@Idkwut2putsoiputdis]

Too many old heads in these comments

[@ziggle5000]

NBA fans wearing nostalgia glasses are truly some of the worst fans in sports, imo even worse than hockey fans who only watch for violence.

[@Jippa_33]

I’m sure CR can’t wait to talk 76ers

[@SquidysTents]

Cristiano Ronaldo likes basketball?

[@FurdTurgeson]

You just have to respect the laker hate Bill brings to the table.

[@alfonsoluque7292]

FRANZZZZZZ, his momma call him franz ima call him franz wow

[@1stKindChris]

Nope Bill, EVERYBODY bashed the Clippers for losing PG..... don't walk back the criticism now

[@DM.Nefelibata]

Simmon’s this is literally the first time I’ve ever disagreed with you, but Ware is going to be really good. There’s something going on with Spo. He’s refusing to play the younger players now. It’s like he’s scared playing for his job than the talent

[@gators9570]

We’re in a weird transition period. Spo wants to give Jimmy his chances to win it, but that’s over. That said, the Heat aren’t far from being on the upswing. Herro is playing like a legit star, Bam is in a rut but he’s still young and we know what he can do, Jaime is a solid young piece, Jovic is a solid young piece, Ware has tons of potential, Pelle has the makings of a high caliber role player. That’s not a bad start on the road to the next iteration of the Heat. They just need to work out what to do with Jimmy and Terry

[@andresgirardo8481]

Team Germany France is actually two teams.

[@Jimmy_WMSA]

Haha so good

[@tiguhhhh5415]

Wait wait, I have to see if he mentions LeBron. It’s happened every single podcast. But giving him praise! Let’s wait and see

[@kf4778]

This guy talks about the Lakers' having an easy schedule when the Celtics play in the Eastern Conference, a dumpster fire of terrible teams. 🙃

[@eliyarrows2456]

That true but the Celtics are a proven team and are visibly coasting for most of the season so far. Lakers are a play in roster with a new coach, it’s gonna take a lot more evidence before I feel like they’re the real deal. And as far as western conference teams go, the lakers HAVE HAD AN EASIER SCHEDULE. 10-4 is great, but I need more before I say they’re a legit contender. OKC is the standard out west right now, the west runs through them. And eye test alone, the lakers do not compare to OKC.

[@kf4778]

@@eliyarrows2456 You wrote all that to say absolutely nothing. The point is that the Celtics always have an easier schedule, no matter the schedule, because they play in a WEAKER conference. The East is trash!

[@comrade_snarky]

So a West team can't have an easy schedule because the East is a worse conference? Interesting logic.

[@joelcontreras3419]

Breaking news… Bill Simmons is a Boston homer…did you expect something else?

[@RIDGEMATIC]

Pat Riley is done

[@johnw9907]

🚀🚀🚀

[@abjustdoit1294]

One day ima put a Laker car flag on Bills gravesite

[@626lifeaa]

This season has been unwatchable so far….every player sits out every game for no reason, 150 3s a game, no defense

[@daveruss9972]

You should probably watch more Rockets little buddy. None of the problems you mentioned really apply to them.

[@adarious2326]

Let’s emphasize players sitting out. MAJOR issue that still hasn’t been addressed.

[@fulltang1]

Warriors are playing great defense and are fun to watch so..

[@santoscinemas1032]

Randoms, casuals, and angry folks are trying to drive this narrative lol

[@JJFT235]

@@adarious2326so you think most of the star’s injuries are not legit enough to sit out?

[@Hendrix.Robinson]

🚨 update after Laker loss. - we’ll bill was right especially about Wagner. He lakers, you are half right lol Bill with the typical lakers hate- shut up fam- you play the teams on your schedule, you act like the lakers made the schedule. Give a team credit for winning the games they’re supposed to win. If this was Boston, you’d be slurping them dry-

[@kf4778]

The only decent team in the east is Cleveland. Full stop.

[@kangZ_94]

It almost like…he’s a Celtics fan

[@Laidback_616]

"The Franz".

[@Chronz]

U need the threat of the young guys and their hunger to embarrass the pros

[@chris-y05]

I think it's still too early to be too optimistic about the Clippers. The west is brutal and a lot of things will have to go right for them to make the playoffs.

[@turneryoung905]

SHAEDON SHARPE IS A SUPERSTAR WHOS LIGHTSKIN 🐜 + LIGHTSKIN SGA!!

[@itsyaboipaulychips4498]

I’m sorry but The final 3 mins of NBA games are unwatchable. All the timeouts & challenges just kill the flow and fun of the game.

[@katza831]

Wow I normally podcast russilo, so I've never seen ceruti! His voice and face don't match to me Edit in a good way He looks like he could go hit 5 3s in a ncaa tourney game😅

[@Hibbs4Prez]

Bill stick to going to Clippers game because your deep-seated hatred of the Lakers and LeBron just keep popping up.

[@charlesbolstridge3871]

Man all these NBA players that are over 35 need to be kicked out of the league if you want to get the younger people to watch and why are you guys surprised that they're all hurt they're not supposed to play this long. These are all old men that no one under 25 cares about and thinks that they suck but they're the first people to be covered by every reporter no one 20 year old gives a crap about a 40-year-old LeBron James but the start of every NBA today is covering LeBron and now his 20 year old son😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅

[@adarious2326]

Players STILL getting away with sitting out is a MAJOR issue. An issue that has yet to be addressed.

[@loosethoughts6219]

lol no players sitting out lol. Players are hurt.Are you confused.

[@santoscinemas1032]

Meanwhile a large number of players are out…due to injuries lol

[@adarious2326]

@@loosethoughts6219 yea “hurt”. Don’t believe everything you see.

[@justindza]

Who specifically?

[@angryman132]

They don't get paid in full

[@edgardoMurnia]

"the rookie would try in the all star game"... complains a "mind" that has been complaining about players not trying in the all star game.

[@rolliemosley]

Bill, such an NBA junkie and salute him. But the NBA man is just trash, Bill more skilled doesn't mean better. Only Lebron fanboys wouldn't admit it, but unlike Magic/Bird, Jordan, he's not leaving the in a better place. Not all on him, but every team copying the Warriors makes me wanna puke. Bron killed the dunk contest, all-star game used to be lit. Now it's unwatchable. Bron super team and buddy buddy approach has killed the rivalries, which, for me, is the funniest part about being a fan. You used to watch 90s-2016. You didn't trip off the players' salary as much. Now you see them as prima donnas who wanna load manage the entire season. You say player empowerment is good, but who wants to see an HOFer player in 6 different jerseys?! Shit mediocre.

[@vashthestampede9269]

lol something is going on with this guy… but they signed kawhi!

[@EmperorPenguinn]

And you think they'll sign a worse player for more money?

[@vashthestampede9269]

@ I’m saying signing kawhi was stupid. They took a half measure. Either sign them both and have a chance or sign neither and start your rebuild. Admit it was a failed experiment and move on. But now they are paying kawhi to be middle of the road at best.

[@tombrokow8181]

Freemason media hypocrites as usual. Bill is the best analyst. Pandemic P Podcaster 200.000.000$ is done with the injuries. Mr Cameroon crybaby 200.000.000$ total loser for the city of Philly. GMs are clowns. Cheers.

[@ildaphonse]

This dude talks like a trump supporter

[@taf3ful]

The dedication to hating on the Lakers is crazy. Worry about the fact that the president still doesn’t know your favorite won the title last season.

[@SkiLILs]

How did he get elected again?

[@joshhutchins6747]

​@@SkiLILsdemocratically. Imagine that.

[@SkiLILs]

@joshhutchins6747 that's one way of describing that election 😂

[@ziggle5000]

​@@SkiLILsYou guys never really had democracy in America anyways. When's the last time an election or primary was decided democratically in your country? You live in the world's biggest banana republic lmao

[@turneryoung905]

Deandre Ayton + Robert Williams + Delano Banton + Matisse Thybulle 🔀 Cam Whitmore + Jabari Smith Jr + Jeff Green Ayton has been a disappointment while he fits perfectly next to Şenguin as a rim runner with Ime having a history of getting Timelord to play his best basketball. Jabari Smith Jr has been a disappointment while he perfectly fits playing next to Clingan for his entire career with Jabari Walker and Toumani Camara helping him do dirty work rebounding and defensively. Behind Jalen Green/Reed Sheppard/Tari Eason/Amen Thompson + VanVleet/Dillon Brooks, Cam Whitmore isn’t really valued as he lacks the wing defense of Thybulle/Banton who don’t need the ball in their hands while Whitmore perfectly fits into the Sharpe/Scoot/Clingan core. Portland could really use 36 year old player coach Jeff Green on the last year of his deal to teach Sharpe/Scoot/Clingan how to WIN long-term.

[@agentallstar7]

The NBA has gotten worse every year for about two decades

[@nysguy07]

Bill loves to dump on the Lakers. In 14 games they’ve played Minnesota, the Suns twice, Denver, Sacramento, Cleveland and Memphis twice. Take a look at Boston’s joke of a schedule and tell me who’s off to the more impressive start. Not saying LA is better but if he’s going to shit on LAs schedule at least try to be slightly objective.

[@MrOctober44]

The Celtics who just beat the Cavs...

[@SkiLILs]

Being in the East by default means the Celtics have the easier schedule.

[@aron.gortman]

Bill is an obama supporter. You can't expect the guy to demonstrate a command of logic.

[@tiredbasketballfan]

When did they play Denver

[@kangZ_94]

It might be me just getting older, but the NFL is way more entertaining to watch than the NBA. I’d rather watch 2 shitty NFL teams play than any NBA game these days

[@HKim0072]

Not sure how it happened, but people will watch random football games. I used to watch a lot of national NBA games, but stick to my local NBA team now. Wasn’t like that 20 or even 10 years ago. (But, I’m not a football person either. Had to make choices on sports to watch a while ago.) Also, leaving network TV was a bad move. I know ABC does it now, but I don't think it's been consistent. I could be wrong.

[@Friedafterbirth]

McCain is too zesty for the Heat. Pat already has his hands full dealing with Jimmy's crazy ass. 😂

[@sinsoreshippromotesconform8218]

Nobody more zesty than D wade foh

[@SquidysTents]

McCain seems pretty low maintenance tbh lol

[@Friedafterbirth]

@@sinsoreshippromotesconform8218 D Wade became zesty AFTER he got married, had kids, then nutured.

[@Friedafterbirth]

@@SquidysTents Never know dog, he's a rookie. In a year or 2 he might start sporting baby oil lol.

[@Pacoag]

@@sinsoreshippromotesconform8218 dumbass comment of the day

[@NoName-l2o2c]

Miami doesn’t always draft well. They’ve had misses. Dion waiters.

[@SomeChink]

Miami didn’t draft Waiters

[@countblobula]

Winslow was a miss but they generally draft well considering they’re usually picking in the mid-teens and 20s

[@gators9570]

@@countblobulaWinslow was a solid pick, just injury prone unfortunately. And happened to be just before Booker

[@mylesfranklin6987]

Maaan ain’t nobody watch the nba no more 😂 literally a waste of time

[@Jaywrites23]

Disagree, still the best 🏀 league in the world. High level coaching, intricate defenses, elite shot making. My criticisms have to do with officiating and length of season. Unless you’re not actual bball fans.

[@MrOctober44]

Riiight. Billion dollar business. Back to your cage.

[@harveycminusmansfiel]

I wouldn’t be opposed to get to getting rid of the three point line. Make all baskets equal. All teams basically have the same strategy of jacking fifty plus threes. There’s no unique character to any of these teams. It makes it really boring.

[@dearmas9068]

​@@harveycminusmansfiel you should watch the Cavs play. They shoot too, of course, but they run a lot of really fun exciting actions with cuts, rolls, and screens that you won't find almost anywhere else.

[@ziggle5000]

​@@harveycminusmansfielBefore the three point line all teams also had the same strategy, and it was infinitely worse to watch.

[@skywalker2759]

“Houston is a top 5 team in the west” He gets paid great money to say dumb bs like that? It’s a mf shame 🤦🏽‍♂️

[@meteozberk9776]

If they don't reduce number of games like 66 72 they ll lost more money and audience in long term 82 games its not working also people tired to see nobody makjng any defence in normal season enough

[@AceManning18]

Idk about everyone else but I miss the days when every team didn't play the exact same style and half the best players weren't sitting out for "rest" once a week.. call me a boomer if you want 😂

[@Celestials411]

Bill how does your channel not have at least 1 million subs? Unbelievable.