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Van Lathan

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4419 total appearances

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Podcast Appearances

The Bill Simmons Podcast
Indiana’s Incredible Finals Run, a Knicks Summer Strategy Session, and the 'Inside the NBA' ESPN Fit With Ryen Russillo and Van Lathan Jr.

Number one, it loads you back up to maybe go get another player that you can get another title with. I mean, they hadn't won in so long or been basketball relevant in so long. They just owe him a lot. Giannis is the Bucks right now. That's number one. And then number two, you say goodbye to him in a way that's not really contentious.

The Bill Simmons Podcast
Indiana’s Incredible Finals Run, a Knicks Summer Strategy Session, and the 'Inside the NBA' ESPN Fit With Ryen Russillo and Van Lathan Jr.

Number one, it loads you back up to maybe go get another player that you can get another title with. I mean, they hadn't won in so long or been basketball relevant in so long. They just owe him a lot. Giannis is the Bucks right now. That's number one. And then number two, you say goodbye to him in a way that's not really contentious.

The Bill Simmons Podcast
Indiana’s Incredible Finals Run, a Knicks Summer Strategy Session, and the 'Inside the NBA' ESPN Fit With Ryen Russillo and Van Lathan Jr.

Number one, it loads you back up to maybe go get another player that you can get another title with. I mean, they hadn't won in so long or been basketball relevant in so long. They just owe him a lot. Giannis is the Bucks right now. That's number one. And then number two, you say goodbye to him in a way that's not really contentious.

The Bill Simmons Podcast
Indiana’s Incredible Finals Run, a Knicks Summer Strategy Session, and the 'Inside the NBA' ESPN Fit With Ryen Russillo and Van Lathan Jr.

and lets him go start over and try to do it with another franchise and you get what you want. You don't drag this out and make this into a situation where he's unhappy or where people are looking at Milwaukee as a place where there's unhappiness in the organization.

The Bill Simmons Podcast
Indiana’s Incredible Finals Run, a Knicks Summer Strategy Session, and the 'Inside the NBA' ESPN Fit With Ryen Russillo and Van Lathan Jr.

and lets him go start over and try to do it with another franchise and you get what you want. You don't drag this out and make this into a situation where he's unhappy or where people are looking at Milwaukee as a place where there's unhappiness in the organization.

The Bill Simmons Podcast
Indiana’s Incredible Finals Run, a Knicks Summer Strategy Session, and the 'Inside the NBA' ESPN Fit With Ryen Russillo and Van Lathan Jr.

and lets him go start over and try to do it with another franchise and you get what you want. You don't drag this out and make this into a situation where he's unhappy or where people are looking at Milwaukee as a place where there's unhappiness in the organization.

The Bill Simmons Podcast
Indiana’s Incredible Finals Run, a Knicks Summer Strategy Session, and the 'Inside the NBA' ESPN Fit With Ryen Russillo and Van Lathan Jr.

If he asks out, you brought us a title, we had great memories, the whole deal, goodbye, let's start over and we have everything that we're going to get back from the trade to build and try to get back there again in four or five years.

The Bill Simmons Podcast
Indiana’s Incredible Finals Run, a Knicks Summer Strategy Session, and the 'Inside the NBA' ESPN Fit With Ryen Russillo and Van Lathan Jr.

If he asks out, you brought us a title, we had great memories, the whole deal, goodbye, let's start over and we have everything that we're going to get back from the trade to build and try to get back there again in four or five years.

The Bill Simmons Podcast
Indiana’s Incredible Finals Run, a Knicks Summer Strategy Session, and the 'Inside the NBA' ESPN Fit With Ryen Russillo and Van Lathan Jr.

If he asks out, you brought us a title, we had great memories, the whole deal, goodbye, let's start over and we have everything that we're going to get back from the trade to build and try to get back there again in four or five years.

The Bill Simmons Podcast
Indiana’s Incredible Finals Run, a Knicks Summer Strategy Session, and the 'Inside the NBA' ESPN Fit With Ryen Russillo and Van Lathan Jr.

But this is like the situation when one of your homeboys starts dating a girl that you actually care about and have respect for, and you warn him, don't Fuck this one up. Like it's your cousin or somebody like that. I know how you are. I know how you treat all the other girls that have been around. But don't fuck this one up. We're paying attention to you now.

The Bill Simmons Podcast
Indiana’s Incredible Finals Run, a Knicks Summer Strategy Session, and the 'Inside the NBA' ESPN Fit With Ryen Russillo and Van Lathan Jr.

But this is like the situation when one of your homeboys starts dating a girl that you actually care about and have respect for, and you warn him, don't Fuck this one up. Like it's your cousin or somebody like that. I know how you are. I know how you treat all the other girls that have been around. But don't fuck this one up. We're paying attention to you now.

The Bill Simmons Podcast
Indiana’s Incredible Finals Run, a Knicks Summer Strategy Session, and the 'Inside the NBA' ESPN Fit With Ryen Russillo and Van Lathan Jr.

But this is like the situation when one of your homeboys starts dating a girl that you actually care about and have respect for, and you warn him, don't Fuck this one up. Like it's your cousin or somebody like that. I know how you are. I know how you treat all the other girls that have been around. But don't fuck this one up. We're paying attention to you now.

The Bill Simmons Podcast
Indiana’s Incredible Finals Run, a Knicks Summer Strategy Session, and the 'Inside the NBA' ESPN Fit With Ryen Russillo and Van Lathan Jr.

I think before they could do whatever they wanted to do with these various shows because nobody really cared how these shows were treated. Nobody really cared whether or not you called these shows back, whether or not you took them to Cut or TGI Fridays, what kind of hotels you guys were staying in. No one really cared how these shows were treated. Now, you're dating a girl from our church.

The Bill Simmons Podcast
Indiana’s Incredible Finals Run, a Knicks Summer Strategy Session, and the 'Inside the NBA' ESPN Fit With Ryen Russillo and Van Lathan Jr.

I think before they could do whatever they wanted to do with these various shows because nobody really cared how these shows were treated. Nobody really cared whether or not you called these shows back, whether or not you took them to Cut or TGI Fridays, what kind of hotels you guys were staying in. No one really cared how these shows were treated. Now, you're dating a girl from our church.

The Bill Simmons Podcast
Indiana’s Incredible Finals Run, a Knicks Summer Strategy Session, and the 'Inside the NBA' ESPN Fit With Ryen Russillo and Van Lathan Jr.

I think before they could do whatever they wanted to do with these various shows because nobody really cared how these shows were treated. Nobody really cared whether or not you called these shows back, whether or not you took them to Cut or TGI Fridays, what kind of hotels you guys were staying in. No one really cared how these shows were treated. Now, you're dating a girl from our church.

The Bill Simmons Podcast
Indiana’s Incredible Finals Run, a Knicks Summer Strategy Session, and the 'Inside the NBA' ESPN Fit With Ryen Russillo and Van Lathan Jr.

You're dating our sister. You're dating our cousin. You gotta treat her right or else all eyes are gonna be on her. When she starts complaining, we're gonna be like, hey man, this isn't right. Okay? We care. So I don't think that they'll treat Charles Barkley like anything other than the prom queen.

The Bill Simmons Podcast
Indiana’s Incredible Finals Run, a Knicks Summer Strategy Session, and the 'Inside the NBA' ESPN Fit With Ryen Russillo and Van Lathan Jr.

You're dating our sister. You're dating our cousin. You gotta treat her right or else all eyes are gonna be on her. When she starts complaining, we're gonna be like, hey man, this isn't right. Okay? We care. So I don't think that they'll treat Charles Barkley like anything other than the prom queen.

The Bill Simmons Podcast
Indiana’s Incredible Finals Run, a Knicks Summer Strategy Session, and the 'Inside the NBA' ESPN Fit With Ryen Russillo and Van Lathan Jr.

You're dating our sister. You're dating our cousin. You gotta treat her right or else all eyes are gonna be on her. When she starts complaining, we're gonna be like, hey man, this isn't right. Okay? We care. So I don't think that they'll treat Charles Barkley like anything other than the prom queen.

The Bill Simmons Podcast
Indiana’s Incredible Finals Run, a Knicks Summer Strategy Session, and the 'Inside the NBA' ESPN Fit With Ryen Russillo and Van Lathan Jr.

It's like, so you don't have the show? Barclay's saying he'll never do it again anywhere else other than TNT. So, oh, I've made my peace with the fact that it's over. But no, it's not over. I actually didn't know that they were moving to ESPN as a unit. So maybe like two, three weeks ago. I literally thought the show was over.

The Bill Simmons Podcast
Indiana’s Incredible Finals Run, a Knicks Summer Strategy Session, and the 'Inside the NBA' ESPN Fit With Ryen Russillo and Van Lathan Jr.

It's like, so you don't have the show? Barclay's saying he'll never do it again anywhere else other than TNT. So, oh, I've made my peace with the fact that it's over. But no, it's not over. I actually didn't know that they were moving to ESPN as a unit. So maybe like two, three weeks ago. I literally thought the show was over.