The Bill Simmons Podcast
Denver’s a Mess! Plus, Live at the Masters With the Simmons Crew
09 Apr 2025
The Ringer’s Bill Simmons is in Augusta, Georgia, and he is joined by Joe House to discuss the Nuggets’ shocking decision to fire longtime head coach Michael Malone and general manager Calvin Booth with a week left in the regular season (2:16). Next, Cousin Sal joins Bill and House to peruse some NBA playoff and NFL draft odds (23:51). Then, Bill, House, Sal, Nathan Hubbard, Dave Chang, and James "Baby Doll" Dixon do a quick 2025 Masters draft (57:14) before discussing walking Augusta National Golf Course and more stories from the week so far (01:09:16). Host: Bill Simmons Guests: Joe House, Cousin Sal, Dave Chang, Nathan Hubbard, and James "Baby Doll" Dixon Producers: Kyle Crichton, Chia Hao Tat, and Eduardo Ocampo Presented by the all-new 2025 Nissan Armada. Learn more at https://www.nissanusa.com/vehicles/crossovers-suvs/armada/html The Ringer is committed to responsible gaming. Please visit www.rg-help.com to learn more about the resources and helplines available. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Full Episode
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We're also brought to you by the Ringer Podcast Network. If you liked White Lotus, go check out Prestige TV. Go check out The Watch because we covered everything that happened in the season finale. I put up a new Rewatchables, The Saint, that went up over the weekend because Val Kilmer passed away, so we want to pay homage to him. I am at the Masters right now.
I have a bunch of people we did not expect when we were walking off the course and got our phones back today that Denver had cleaned house. So I'm going to talk about that at the top with Joe House. We're going to talk NBA. We're going to talk Western Finals odds and a whole bunch of stuff with Sal and House. And then we did a bunch of Masters stuff.
We created a little draft that you can bet on a FanDuel Sportsbook and a whole bunch of Other fun props, bets. And then last but not least, James Babydoll Dixon. He comes in. We've talked about him on the podcast a bunch. And we talked to him and Chang and Sal about Augusta and smoking and some of the stuff that makes Augusta what it is. So that is all coming up. First, our friends from Pearl Jam.
All right, we're recording this on Tuesday, early evening in Augusta, Georgia, East Coast time. We're here for the Masters. We brought a whole crew, including Nathan Hubbard, your fairway rolling partner, Cousin Sal. He's going to be joining us later. David Chang and baby doll James Dixon, who's still talking. You can't hear him. But we're going to do a bunch of segments for this pod.
We did not expect... What happened when we left the Masters? Because when you leave the Masters, you have to give your phone. You're not allowed to have your phone on the course. We didn't have our phone for six hours. So literally anything can happen. And we're thinking we leave the course and we're going to find out the market has dropped like 150 points.
Just to know the day that ends and why.
Yeah, some sort of bad tariff news. And instead, all these texts about, oh my God, Nuggets, can you believe Denver? And they fired their coach and their GM. And we're going to be one of many podcasts who talks about this tonight. But a true stunner. I don't remember. I have a bunch of thoughts on this.
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