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Brian Windhorst

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
1872 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

The Bill Simmons Podcast
The NBA Playoffs Mega-Preview. Plus, Awards Picks With Rob Mahoney, Chris Ryan, and Brian Windhorst

I think those were better days. The general manager called and was like, hey, we made a trade. Oh, really? You know, like, that's how you found out about trades. When the Cavs traded for Shaquille O'Neal, and that was not in 2000, that was not 1997. That was, like, actually, like, that was in the Twitter era. That was, like, 2009, 2010, I think 2009. Danny Ferry just called me up.

The Bill Simmons Podcast
The NBA Playoffs Mega-Preview. Plus, Awards Picks With Rob Mahoney, Chris Ryan, and Brian Windhorst

He's like, yeah, we traded for Shaquille O'Neal. Oh, okay. What'd you get? Well, you could be Ben Wallace in the first round. That's how it happened. You weren't like waiting, you know, on top of it, you know.

The Bill Simmons Podcast
The NBA Playoffs Mega-Preview. Plus, Awards Picks With Rob Mahoney, Chris Ryan, and Brian Windhorst

He's like, yeah, we traded for Shaquille O'Neal. Oh, okay. What'd you get? Well, you could be Ben Wallace in the first round. That's how it happened. You weren't like waiting, you know, on top of it, you know.

The Bill Simmons Podcast
The NBA Playoffs Mega-Preview. Plus, Awards Picks With Rob Mahoney, Chris Ryan, and Brian Windhorst

He's like, yeah, we traded for Shaquille O'Neal. Oh, okay. What'd you get? Well, you could be Ben Wallace in the first round. That's how it happened. You weren't like waiting, you know, on top of it, you know.

The Bill Simmons Podcast
The NBA Playoffs Mega-Preview. Plus, Awards Picks With Rob Mahoney, Chris Ryan, and Brian Windhorst

And in 2009, Twitter was around, but people weren't paying attention as a news feed.

The Bill Simmons Podcast
The NBA Playoffs Mega-Preview. Plus, Awards Picks With Rob Mahoney, Chris Ryan, and Brian Windhorst

And in 2009, Twitter was around, but people weren't paying attention as a news feed.

The Bill Simmons Podcast
The NBA Playoffs Mega-Preview. Plus, Awards Picks With Rob Mahoney, Chris Ryan, and Brian Windhorst

And in 2009, Twitter was around, but people weren't paying attention as a news feed.

The Bill Simmons Podcast
The NBA Playoffs Mega-Preview. Plus, Awards Picks With Rob Mahoney, Chris Ryan, and Brian Windhorst

So it like, you know, like Twitter was like, there was two years.

The Bill Simmons Podcast
The NBA Playoffs Mega-Preview. Plus, Awards Picks With Rob Mahoney, Chris Ryan, and Brian Windhorst

So it like, you know, like Twitter was like, there was two years.

The Bill Simmons Podcast
The NBA Playoffs Mega-Preview. Plus, Awards Picks With Rob Mahoney, Chris Ryan, and Brian Windhorst

So it like, you know, like Twitter was like, there was two years.

The Bill Simmons Podcast
The NBA Playoffs Mega-Preview. Plus, Awards Picks With Rob Mahoney, Chris Ryan, and Brian Windhorst

Yes. That was LeBron. That was LeBron. That was, I was happening in LeBron's career. Like that's how it was, was, and now look at, you know, it's pretty nuts.

The Bill Simmons Podcast
The NBA Playoffs Mega-Preview. Plus, Awards Picks With Rob Mahoney, Chris Ryan, and Brian Windhorst

Yes. That was LeBron. That was LeBron. That was, I was happening in LeBron's career. Like that's how it was, was, and now look at, you know, it's pretty nuts.

The Bill Simmons Podcast
The NBA Playoffs Mega-Preview. Plus, Awards Picks With Rob Mahoney, Chris Ryan, and Brian Windhorst

Yes. That was LeBron. That was LeBron. That was, I was happening in LeBron's career. Like that's how it was, was, and now look at, you know, it's pretty nuts.

The Bill Simmons Podcast
The NBA Playoffs Mega-Preview. Plus, Awards Picks With Rob Mahoney, Chris Ryan, and Brian Windhorst

My first big Twitter thing was the LeBron free agent meetings. Because nowadays, free agent meetings, first off, by July 1st, they're all done. Nobody goes on free agent meeting tours anymore. Secondly, they do it all in secret. It's people's houses and stuff.

The Bill Simmons Podcast
The NBA Playoffs Mega-Preview. Plus, Awards Picks With Rob Mahoney, Chris Ryan, and Brian Windhorst

My first big Twitter thing was the LeBron free agent meetings. Because nowadays, free agent meetings, first off, by July 1st, they're all done. Nobody goes on free agent meeting tours anymore. Secondly, they do it all in secret. It's people's houses and stuff.

The Bill Simmons Podcast
The NBA Playoffs Mega-Preview. Plus, Awards Picks With Rob Mahoney, Chris Ryan, and Brian Windhorst

My first big Twitter thing was the LeBron free agent meetings. Because nowadays, free agent meetings, first off, by July 1st, they're all done. Nobody goes on free agent meeting tours anymore. Secondly, they do it all in secret. It's people's houses and stuff.

The Bill Simmons Podcast
The NBA Playoffs Mega-Preview. Plus, Awards Picks With Rob Mahoney, Chris Ryan, and Brian Windhorst

Or a year.

The Bill Simmons Podcast
The NBA Playoffs Mega-Preview. Plus, Awards Picks With Rob Mahoney, Chris Ryan, and Brian Windhorst

Or a year.

The Bill Simmons Podcast
The NBA Playoffs Mega-Preview. Plus, Awards Picks With Rob Mahoney, Chris Ryan, and Brian Windhorst

Or a year.

The Bill Simmons Podcast
The NBA Playoffs Mega-Preview. Plus, Awards Picks With Rob Mahoney, Chris Ryan, and Brian Windhorst

Right. Have you met him? This is Bob. Listen, I saw Joel Embiid and Paul George on the countdown set during the finals last year. Right. That was an amazing moment. It was an amazing moment. And, you know, Joel gave him the side eye. I mean, like, it's a little bit manufactured. Obviously, Joel and Paul George had communicated before that meeting.