The 2024 Made-Up NBA Awards | The Bill Simmons Podcast

[@dehaman_4_144]

Underrated Bill and Ryen bromance. Russillo episodes are always great.

[@keenannorris3309]

Russillo is a bitter hater so I bitterly hate on him.

[@subhasmusic]

“We created a bunch of awards…” Of course you did Bill, of course you did

[@kam_12_]

bill has to have some sort of autism or be on the spectrum just for how much he loves making up awards and drafts😭😭 but damnit imma watch every single time especially with rusillo😂😂

[@benjespina]

Cant wait for the snake draft for each of these 3 years from now. 😅

[@c.j.4620]

I'm waiting for them to go full meta. Draft of the best Bill Simmons drafts.

[@fentanyljones6956]

His awards are the best awards.

[@NBAkingsfan10]

He the GOAT for a reason!

[@rickyw5910]

Having a new Simmons pod makes waking up for work on a Monday so much smoother.

[@austingreen1274]

1000% agree. 👍🏻

[@ryankay0]

especially 1+ hour and with russillo

[@LeviDavidSchaffer]

That's how I feel about the Tony Kornheiser show on Spotify

[@jg-fs2kk]

Not anymore. It’s all Celtics and anthony Edwards slobber. Nothing is objective anymore with this hack

[@dwaynekeenum1916]

@@jg-fs2kkedwards is good

[@jeremyweaver5639]

"Side Piece Award" is hilarious 😂 7:56

[@jaysmith8505]

The reaction to it was even better LOL "...What?"

[@therealmvp1024]

Wish I could put into words what it means to me that you added the timestamp

[@johndixon1725]

Yeah really Russilo reaction to that was gold

[@MisterFds]

And KYLE forgot to edit it out! Bill called him out even!

[@at0mly]

Got edited out of the podcast and left in the video I think lmao.

[@F_E_A_Rise]

Making Russilo laugh is an award in-and-of itself.

[@jamesh7469]

The "White Chocolate was a problem" award absolutely goes to Bol Bol

[@ElBrillante4]

Jalen Green🤷🏻‍♂️

[@prod.snqwfall1347]

@@ElBrillante4Damn you might be right

[@notoriousLSGshow]

Yea that's an underrated nominee

[@andyh4518]

If he wasn't looking forward to getting Doc back Bill would have been roasting him non-stop.

[@slightexag]

i was hoping for a "worst content creation decision" award, with Bill winning for crushing his beef with Doc to get him on the pod, only for Doc to get re-hired and coach even worse than during the peak of Bill-Doc beef

[@Morlich209]

14:25 “The big euro who Draymond will probably punch next year” 😂

[@fortynights1513]

Hopefully he doesn’t punch the talent out of him

[@dominictrento8770]

Bill really had to invent awards 😂. And I love it.

[@fortynights1513]

He got creative

[@DelishusBlackMan]

Honestly, seeing Bill fucking die from laughter at 1:13:10 is one of the great Simmons Podcast moments ive ever seen. The air just escaped his body immediately after processing Amir Coffey. A Russillo classic

[@untexan]

Honestly Bill has not laughed that hard since the Steve Levy mention in the Rewatchables of The Town

[@DelishusBlackMan]

@untexan That is an awesome call lol. Such a similarly hilarious reaction to Ryen being a goat. What's great about this one is he seemed so caught off guard it's like Bill got punched in the gut 🤣

[@SellingSWFL1]

Not picking doc rivers for worst coach of the year instead of adrian griffin who was 30-13 before doc took over really tells u how biased bill is since he had doc on the pod all those times.

[@cameronbernardo]

You dropped this 👑

[@fortynights1513]

In the words of Urinatingtree: Doc Rivers is the NBA’s version of Mike McCarthy.

[@ronrox14]

@@fortynights1513😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@SMOOTHJESÚS]

@@fortynights1513Superiorly accurate

[@PrettyRickyDanko]

Seriously, Bill was the OG Doc hater and you can totally tell now he just wants to leave it alone. They’re definitely buddies now.

[@frankleone23]

Perk for worst take award is the best.

[@fortynights1513]

Gilbert Arenas deserves mention (granted I haven’t gone that far yet)

[@AyeYoYoYooo]

Yesterday, Perk literally said on national tv “Miami could shoot 100% from the field and 100% from 3, AND STILL GET SWEPT!” Perk deserves some sort of “learning disabled children can succeed in lamestream media” award or some such other monstrosity. His confidence in displaying his IQ being in the 80’s was incredible. And we’re all so done with the 80’s !

[@casiemny1219]

It’s being sarcastic in no way they will win

[@AyeYoYoYooo]

@@casiemny1219 perk can’t even spell the word Sarcastic lol

[@casiemny1219]

@@AyeYoYoYooo 😂😂😂

[@thebrockman12]

Bill wins the "i just want an excuse to create and name awards to remind people of old celtics moments" award

[@empireJSS]

Celtics must lose before the Finals. Just to prevent him from being too insufferable.

[@nocturne311]

@@empireJSSToo bad, so sad.

[@TannerLikesStuff]

“Side piece award” staying in killed me 😂

[@TomDelayBeats]

Doc Rivers wins the Vinny Del Negro award.

[@Woody13woodpecker]

😂😂😂 Doc Rivers is the Michael Jordan of finessing owners into paying him!!! He himself should be THE NAME OF AN AWARD for finessing in whatever area.

[@AdamHammond-]

Why? Bucks are 15-17 under him. It's obviously Adrian Griffin who only led them to a 30-13 record

[@benjespina]

It would have been so awkward for Bill. Haha

[@ethanlong4726]

@@AdamHammond- You're not counting the impressive and real 43-0 Doc Rivers believes he would have gone to start the season. Unfortunately he was doing the Bill Simmons Podcast instead

[@paulfrantizek102]

Bill always protects his cronies, it's the first rule of running a media platform.

[@scottgray9674]

I like how the side piece seat was edited out of the podcast but left in the KZbin version

[@frankshouldice2490]

“We Shared custody of Scoot” took me out 😂

[@Peroriperora]

They’re hilarious! 😂

[@AyeYoYoYooo]

I was a big “Bulls should draft Dante Exum” guy before the draft. His re-emergence this year WITH A HIGH EFFICIENCY 3PT SHOT has really given me some undeserved barber shop ammunition.

[@sethhussey5804]

Love the, "is Gilbert arenas doing a bit?" dilemma... so much 🔥 from Mr. Firearms

[@notoriousLSGshow]

I never listen to long podcasts , BUT now i will listen to these - as an avid nba fan & gambler this is such nerdy, analytical, unique, insider info , thru the prisms of true fans of professional basketball' players, culture, variance of teams organizations w/ logical & confident yet humble deductive reasoning backed by exceptional critical thinking skills - and im here for all if it - extremely knowledgeable & underatedly great info betting on teams , totals & player props - great stuff and i just had to consume the entire vid- tap the veins im def hooked - looking forward to using their insight to bet these playoffs - much appreciated

[@anthonymannone441]

Getting rid of the All-Star game for a 1 on 1 tournament would be awesome. 1's and 2's up to 15 win by 2. The winner gets 5 million or something. I would love to see that with top guys in the league

[@johndixon1725]

I know he is already the Pod Father and he is trying to become the sports Czar but he is going for the triple crown with yt uploads.

[@TheWhoCaresCast]

Great stretch of uploads, does anyone know if he has some kind of agreement with Spotify that keeps him from consistently uploading full eps?

[@lulululululu2939]

@@TheWhoCaresCast I thought the Spotify deal kept him from uploading full eps too, but he's been uploading full length Rewatchables eps for a while now. Maybe uploading full eps messes up with Spotify's listenership so he opts not to do it?

[@amc1140]

Joe Rogan stopped posting full pods on YT right after his Spotify deal. Terms might be different for Bill?

[@charlesbaker3950]

"Unexpected Delight" nominee: Alperen Sengun's "jr. Jokic" season. Haliburton's first half of the season assist:turnover run. Scottie Barnes recovery from second year slump. Porzingis fit in Boston. RUDY GOBERT WORKING AMAZING WITH TWOLVES. Malachi Flynn's 50. Is there really anything unexpected about Wemby's run or Edwards being a star...?

[@theheebs100]

I also nominate gafford's run of field goals (can't say shots. lol) without a miss

[@notoriousLSGshow]

Underrated comment & replies

[@bbott137]

Kyle wins the MVP for the "leave it in award."

[@shotokhan1992]

worst media take: the 2011 heat weren't a super team - lebron

[@fortynights1513]

@@Edd_LShoreIf KD never goes there, could that make sense?

[@SportsCultureFragrance]

I love the long video segments. Please keep posting!

[@jasoninmymind]

i never comment on youtube videos, but i love this podcast... Bill & Ryen are great together... i love Ryen's podcast as well... always great content that i enjoy listening to time & time again

[@Peroriperora]

God I love those guys! Laughing all throughout the video 😂😂Bill is one of a kind and Russilo is clever enough to fit perfectly next to him

[@robertbaker782]

No Rusillo sucks murky stagnant bug infested pond water

[@BlizzardAcolyte]

This night be the most I’ve ever heard anyone discuss/analyze Amir Coffey-true brilliance at play here

[@Crystar500]

"Yeah it's Amir Coffey" The 0 hesitation and the fact he was 100% serious is hilarious

[@jacobw8849]

Bill announces the "side piece" award and a slew of NBA players are sent into instant panic until he clarifies.

[@AdamHammond-]

Not championship caliber but the Trae Young is a pretty good candidate for Ewing Award. Hawks are 22-29 when he plays, 14-13 when he doesnt.

[@filipov16]

Love Bill's podcast

[@brandonyee4119]

I absolutely love these Ryen x Bill pods. Always great content and awesome chemistry

[@fplfieco22]

Zaza Pachulia award is 100% the ability to challenge an out of bounds play where there is a foul on the player who last touches it out of bounds and them be unable to look at the foul call on the review

[@Zarbon000]

It’s for a player who purposely injures another player. Everyone knows that.

[@victorvic4659]

Kyrie in Dallas is so great. On and off the court.

[@YunisRajab]

People's hate for him made them blind to his shenanigans always having different reasons that are mostly difference of opinion

[@robertbaker782]

It's only a matter of time until there is an imbalance in his medication.

[@Irfanhill]

I was waiting for the Perk award to be 100% Perk quotes being read for 5 minutes.

[@RedbarParadise-ni4cq]

Ryen seems in better spirits lately. For years I always thought he was going to kill himself any minute.

[@fentanyljones6956]

Payton Watson is my favorite player right now. Been a Nuggets fan since 2002

[@AndrewReaddy]

You 2 are the reason I wake up everyday

[@shotokhan1992]

how does worst coach not go to doc? you take over a team that was 30-13 and go 15-17???

[@corncornrocks]

Bill wants him to come back after the bucks fire him lol, need to keep him in good graces

[@Zarbon000]

@@corncornrocks😂

[@JackE.Johnson322]

Good Ol Uncle Bill Love you Simmons!

[@c.j.4620]

POLL!!! Ant, Zion or Jalen for the Side Piece Award?😂

[@David-iv6je]

😆

[@Shortballa11]

Zion!!

[@wileyschmitt]

He's not a mere coffee, he's a very significant coffee.

[@fan5407]

1:13:15 - The Shamet Face Award goes to...

[@Hilltopperpete]

Remember 15 years ago when other podcasters started timestamping their content for easy navigation?

[@becameabird]

Ant is def league pass mvp. great pod dudes

[@tspcontent4630]

How is Griffin on the list for worst coach and not Doc Rivers?

[@JakeDantoni]

Yeah I thought that was sarcasm?

[@michaelahurt]

A lot of the difference in W-L is the schedule and some *insane* shooting luck in December. Plus their offense was being propped up by Dame's FT and that went away when they started calling the games differently Griffin was doing stuff -- having Brook play up to touch, putting two on the ball, running Dame-Brook PnR over Dane-Giannis -- that, while kind of understandable, had zero buy in from his players Doc mostly runs a defensive system that makes sense and there are clear rules and his offense is designed around running actions his best players are comfortable with. It's not great coaching but just saying they were 30-13 then went 17-19 therefore Doc is a bad coach is overlooking a lot of context outside the coach's control

[@tspcontent4630]

@@michaelahurt in April the bucks lost to the WIZARDS, GRIZZLIES & RAPTORS in back to back to back games. I’m not accepting strength of schedule as an excuse.

[@tspcontent4630]

That said, I appreciate there are nuances to the argument and it’s not as simple as just looking at the record. But the results and some of the performances (warriors, kings & heat games in particular) are so unacceptable

[@casiemny1219]

@@michaelahurtmaaan Doc should’ve won the award no debate

[@lancevalencia6852]

Russillo, you can't say viagra and kid in the same sentence without saying, "no Diddy."

[@mordecaidrake]

Can't take anyone seriously who still doesn't think pop was tanking on purpose 🙄 .. that franchise mastered the art of tanking over the last 30 years...😂 this was a multi year tank in the works out in the open for 2 years before wemby to maximize these assets.. he was playing a pf as a first-time pg 😂 get with the program bill... you sound ridiculous af 😂

[@stuartmccleary]

At 22:30 Bill Simmons hit the Gilbert Arenas point perfect. A lot of ppl don’t realize when they are watching a take designed to get people riled up.

[@Crose46]

These were awesome

[@MarioDiciple]

The sneaky team for bronny is OKC. OKC has picks to throw away and a young team with a chance to win. Clearly a team that develops well. It's really attractive for lebron, even if it is oklahoma.

[@Sbock86]

Bronny not getting any court time on OKC. He really needs to go to a bad team.

[@MarioDiciple]

@@Sbock86 then Bron isn't going to a bad team. It's not a good deal for bronny anyway you cut it. But I think the coaching staff at okc could help him a lot. They play the game the right way.

[@dirkcallaway]

One hilarious thing, among others, is thinking that LeBron has "1 to 2 yrs left". The guy might make All-NBA and is unstoppable when fully engaged. People need to wake up to the reality that he's going to be in the League well into his 40s... and still be very good.

[@darkvader2024]

45 and an impactful player is very hard to believe. All I'll say

[@jamesh7469]

It's more about his willingness to keep playing vs his ability

[@fortynights1513]

@@jamesh7469Could LeBron’s career point total be over 45,000?

[@notoriousLSGshow]

Imo I think when he's 44& beyond he can be a 75% late in career Karl Malone - just more versatile & athletic - I agree w/ the commenter he will be going HAM for awhile

[@ragsrecords5371]

Re: MJP... I'm a Nuggets fan. the 6'10" guys who shoots 49/40 is always supposed to shoot. I'm good with it.

[@Rievax17]

28:00 no Austin Reaves???

[@40yearprocess.6]

Does Micheal Jordan get credit for the Brandon Miller draft pick?

[@jhank0cean]

he could have told the Hornets to draft Scoot who was #2 overall by a long shot in a lot of people's eyes so yes, for the first time, MJ *crushed* a draft pick selection

[@MangosInTrees]

This is amazing

[@monkeyycoollay32]

First time ever that the camera is clear. Insane how long it took lmfaoooo

[@egask2]

Can we talk about how a basketball superconference makes more sense than anything? There are far more basketball only schools, guaranteeing matchups yearly probably increases revenue, and giving some of these smaller programs a boost in funding would increase their ability to recruit improving the on court product

[@benroethlisberger2567]

“Side piece award” 😂😂😂

[@dereksondergaard2883]

Bill knowing what doing a speedball is super surprising

[@gabrielgreer2493]

Recently moved to oregon and kinda have to watch the blazers. I think Scoot will be good.

[@danielnanowski9644]

“Disneys already making a movie about him.”🤣🤣🤣why do we let russilo talk about anything

[@morganzimmerglass9925]

Doing the Elam ending in the all star game with the 24 point ;th quarter target score was smart because it was an artificial way to keep the final score down and make it appear like more d was being played.

[@jonathanchan1365]

unexpected delight nominees: the competitiveness of the western conference the revitalization of the pacers, rockets, okc, dallas

[@KnoxWheelerJr]

Obradovic the Partizan coach is supposedly the best coach in the world fwiw

[@brandonwhite4992]

21:08 😂😂

[@PrinceSpence678]

Never heard of the vitaly guy, but when russilo said his nba comp was eubanks i died 😂

[@Musso8771]

Copper Flagg won’t be immune from their criticism because he’s American. There seems to be an even broader and more obvious reason why people like Arenas and Perkins don’t like certain guys.

[@ClutchTalkPod]

how does Ryen camera move along with him? Does anyone know what camera he is using ?

[@Tsotmiam]

Bill has said Marcus Smart is the heart and soul of the Celtics. Bad take of the decade so far could be Bill proclaiming Ayton is a top 15 player in the NBA during the bubble season.

[@iomenicola]

@ 23:18 - 25:02 oh my god the bromance, I love these 2 so much lmao

[@Weaponator18]

Same, every time Rusillo came up with a new for awards name Bill hadn't thought of and how excited Bill would get because he hadn't thought of that is just pure joy. Love these two together.

[@jeffjeff6746]

I wanted Chet Holmgren to be a nominee for the 2011 Blake Griffin award.

[@Paul_pp]

Payton Pritchard only plays 21 minutes he only got over 20 because of Celtics resting downn the stretch. He has been a huge suprise for the Celtics off the bench and Stevens hit a homerun locking him up on that cheap deal. Sam Hauser with only 21.7 minutes a game too and shooting 43% from 3. Horford, Hauser, Pritchard is a really solid bench when you have the stacked starting 5 they do. Stevens has put on a masterclass.

[@fentanyljones6956]

When yall back together on Sundays? There’s no better podcast combo in the world.

[@JohnSkyrim2]

Why is media hyping up Edwards sooo fuckin much? Dude is really great and fun to watch , nobody argues that. But like “next face of the league, SUPERSTAR, MVP consideration “ - what? Kyrie literally has better numbers😂and SGA gets almost half a love Ant gets

[@casiemny1219]

Kyrie doesn’t play bothsides of the ball…I think SGA doesn’t get the love because he’s not as exciting but he deserves more praise

[@acrobatmapping]

Big brain: bron always planned on staying in La no matter what. But bron wanted to make sure his son gets a contract so he announced he “only wants to play w his son.” Isnt that called just being a good dad and making sure jr gets paid?

[@fentanyljones6956]

I’m loving rewatching last year BS NBA content. Shit changes so fast

[@kimdavies3697]

i love you bill mate

[@KingSpeechRo]

I need to understand how Wembenyama is an unexpected delight.

[@MrOctober44]

Gilbert Arenas is ridiculously racist, but no one wants to say anything.

[@drdkphd]

Timestamps are your friend. Please use them.

[@MPHswayze]

1:13:37 Bill losing it

[@holstorrsceadus1990]

Still don't care about the in season tournament. The Celtics prioritized getting KP some early season rest over a shot at the winning the tourney and that should tell you how much the in season trophy is really worth. It's worth nothing.

[@David-iv6je]

I'm with you. A plus was yes, many teams and players amped up the intensity. The downer was it wasn't particularly suspenseful, like the playoffs. Meh. And behind that was a league rolling in cash is trying to create more revenue. Again, meh.

[@timwormus]

It's a good consolation for teams that aren't really contenders.

[@joshfrees7401]

As a nuggets fan I know MPJ passes up more shots than I’d like him to, I would guess his assist rate is low because a lot of times when he doesn’t like a shot he will either pass it back to Jokic or drive to the hoop or a better location to shoot it.

[@DenG611]

Genius posting the pod on YT. At least we can post our disagreements here 😅

[@AdamLovesHorror]

HUGE part of the intrigue of this In-Season Tournament was because it was the FIRST. There is 0% chance players care as much moving forward.

[@Jokoman019]

57:14 as a lifelong heat fan who watches every game rusillo is 100000% right, holy f*** is it infuriating, this year more than ever he seems like he cares more about his percentages than anything else, he refuses to take any more than 17 shots even when its a crucial game that you need to win to stay out of the play in he just refuses to do it, he's such a contrarian with the way he plays its like hes trying to prove a point all the time rather than just shooting the damn ball cause hes the best player on the team.

[@jordantaylor3570]

Loved the mavs praise , it’s deserved

[@slobberkissintl3548]

Replace the in-season final with an all star game that is two all-tournament teams. In-season final counting as an exhibition is weird, having an all star game in December, maybe guys aren't as worried about getting hurt? Prize for winning the in-season tournament all-star game thingy is you get more lenience on missed games, like maybe your number goes from 65 down to 55. The prize money isn't a real motivator for the top end guys, but those top end guys are going to be vying for post-season awards which affect their contract negotiations, so a little bit of help making the quote for all-nba could put some juice in the game

[@xaviernastic2331]

Can you guys release full videos more often haha

[@David-iv6je]

53:23 "I'm just looking forward to it because if they are on the same team and they do play together the next year it will be the first time you've had the country just cheer on nepotism." I love Russillo but this is not cynical enough. Has he looked at prominent politicians? Cheney. Clinton. Rand. Bush (4 freakin times! Prescott, Poppy, W and Jeb). Romney. RFK Jr. And I'm sure I'm missing a ton. BTW what are the Vegas odds Cheney runs for president if Trump goes down in flames? She is better positioned to pick up the reins of disaster than anybody I have ever seen. As smart as her dad was!

[@michaelahurt]

OKC will have like $30m+ in cap space, has excess draft picks and their biggest need -- big physical veteran forward with championship experience who can defend, rebound, has the playmaking ability to work in their offense, a vertical threat and/or positive spacer who is good cutter -- read like Lebron's scouting report And if he goes there they become inner circle contenders and he could get ring #5 for team #4

[@squidsyd100]

“Milwaukee has the best big 3 in the league” and I can’t even think of who the 3rd would be

[@nocturne311]

Right now the 3rd is probably Portis. Talent wise, their 3rd is Middleton though.

[@rngesus6472]

The All-Star game should be the rising stars but the rising young stars in the NBA + the best rookies vs the veterans of the NBA. If you want great competition you got to invite it & i think some pride will be on the line. Bring back those warm ups with all those patches on it with all the different accomplishments. Not just the present Stars but the past ones as well. Like bring back wearing their actual team jerseys. Take some of these great ideas that worked & bring it back.

[@eboooo]

A team in the 75 would be crazy

[@anycoveryoulike7510]

Lol Perk has 3 of the 4 nominations, that guy is brutal

[@willzsportscards]

'side piece award' 8:10 😂😂🤣🤣Hope your wife watches this clip.

[@PaulS-q9c]

Give us chapters please