The Bill Simmons Podcast
Harden’s Moment, an NFL Schedule Glut, Owning the Jazz, and a Boston Sports Check-In—With Bryan Curtis, Bill’s Dad, and Ryan Smith
when you've been bouncing the first round like three times.
The Bill Simmons Podcast
Harden’s Moment, an NFL Schedule Glut, Owning the Jazz, and a Boston Sports Check-In—With Bryan Curtis, Bill’s Dad, and Ryan Smith
Right.
The Bill Simmons Podcast
Harden’s Moment, an NFL Schedule Glut, Owning the Jazz, and a Boston Sports Check-In—With Bryan Curtis, Bill’s Dad, and Ryan Smith
You know, and I think when Danny, when Danny originally came in, he and I had a lot of real honest conversations about that.
The Bill Simmons Podcast
Harden’s Moment, an NFL Schedule Glut, Owning the Jazz, and a Boston Sports Check-In—With Bryan Curtis, Bill’s Dad, and Ryan Smith
And ultimately he's like, Hey, look, I've done this before.
The Bill Simmons Podcast
Harden’s Moment, an NFL Schedule Glut, Owning the Jazz, and a Boston Sports Check-In—With Bryan Curtis, Bill’s Dad, and Ryan Smith
This is what we're doing.
The Bill Simmons Podcast
Harden’s Moment, an NFL Schedule Glut, Owning the Jazz, and a Boston Sports Check-In—With Bryan Curtis, Bill’s Dad, and Ryan Smith
And like, this is how we're, we're going to think through this.
The Bill Simmons Podcast
Harden’s Moment, an NFL Schedule Glut, Owning the Jazz, and a Boston Sports Check-In—With Bryan Curtis, Bill’s Dad, and Ryan Smith
And, you know, he had been coming from a place where he'd been knocking on that door with a really good team in Boston for some time.
The Bill Simmons Podcast
Harden’s Moment, an NFL Schedule Glut, Owning the Jazz, and a Boston Sports Check-In—With Bryan Curtis, Bill’s Dad, and Ryan Smith
that he had kind of put together and then obviously the year he leaves like they end up going back re adding one more piece almost you don't know what you got and it's just one more piece then that didn't work and then one more piece and you know having those assets to be able to do that is really important
The Bill Simmons Podcast
Harden’s Moment, an NFL Schedule Glut, Owning the Jazz, and a Boston Sports Check-In—With Bryan Curtis, Bill’s Dad, and Ryan Smith
Brad doesn't answer my calls.
The Bill Simmons Podcast
Harden’s Moment, an NFL Schedule Glut, Owning the Jazz, and a Boston Sports Check-In—With Bryan Curtis, Bill’s Dad, and Ryan Smith
Yeah, but I think the other thing is also, one of the things I do love, I'll just be honest, and it's not to get on the OKC train, but one of the things I do love is just, I mean, with Joe Kitch in SGA is just how they haven't let the narrative come.
The Bill Simmons Podcast
Harden’s Moment, an NFL Schedule Glut, Owning the Jazz, and a Boston Sports Check-In—With Bryan Curtis, Bill’s Dad, and Ryan Smith
Like, they've been pretty forward thinking on both of those individuals about, no, I like this market.
The Bill Simmons Podcast
Harden’s Moment, an NFL Schedule Glut, Owning the Jazz, and a Boston Sports Check-In—With Bryan Curtis, Bill’s Dad, and Ryan Smith
I want to be here, you know?
The Bill Simmons Podcast
Harden’s Moment, an NFL Schedule Glut, Owning the Jazz, and a Boston Sports Check-In—With Bryan Curtis, Bill’s Dad, and Ryan Smith
you know, there's a lot of drama.
The Bill Simmons Podcast
Harden’s Moment, an NFL Schedule Glut, Owning the Jazz, and a Boston Sports Check-In—With Bryan Curtis, Bill’s Dad, and Ryan Smith
There's a lot of narrative that comes out.
The Bill Simmons Podcast
Harden’s Moment, an NFL Schedule Glut, Owning the Jazz, and a Boston Sports Check-In—With Bryan Curtis, Bill’s Dad, and Ryan Smith
Well, you're in a smaller market.
The Bill Simmons Podcast
Harden’s Moment, an NFL Schedule Glut, Owning the Jazz, and a Boston Sports Check-In—With Bryan Curtis, Bill’s Dad, and Ryan Smith
You're in this or that.
The Bill Simmons Podcast
Harden’s Moment, an NFL Schedule Glut, Owning the Jazz, and a Boston Sports Check-In—With Bryan Curtis, Bill’s Dad, and Ryan Smith
Like it's loud enough for these players.
The Bill Simmons Podcast
Harden’s Moment, an NFL Schedule Glut, Owning the Jazz, and a Boston Sports Check-In—With Bryan Curtis, Bill’s Dad, and Ryan Smith
You know, we see this in hockey, you know, there's a lot of these players play the worst when they're in the biggest markets, you know?
The Bill Simmons Podcast
Harden’s Moment, an NFL Schedule Glut, Owning the Jazz, and a Boston Sports Check-In—With Bryan Curtis, Bill’s Dad, and Ryan Smith
And I love the fact how they're embracing that market.
The Bill Simmons Podcast
Harden’s Moment, an NFL Schedule Glut, Owning the Jazz, and a Boston Sports Check-In—With Bryan Curtis, Bill’s Dad, and Ryan Smith
There's nothing you can't do from OKC.