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
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What are the key highlights from the NBA playoff games?
The Bill Simmons podcast is brought to you by FanDuel. We're also brought to you by the Ringer Podcast Network. I put up a new rewatchables on Monday night. We did Tropic Thunder. We're doing comedies all month on Netflix. You go to Netflix, they have a million comedies. We've done a bunch of them on the rewatchables already, including Fletch, Along Came Polly, Ghostbusters. um 48 hours the list goes on and on um and we've also done this month we did Tropic Thunder we did Ghostbusters we did that last month we did um There's something about Mary. And this Monday we're doing Borat, which is an absolutely hilarious movie. I've watched it once. I have to watch it again before we record the episode. But just laughing my ass off.
This movie, it's 20 years old. It's still really funny. And it's going to be Monday's rewatchable. So stay tuned for that. Scheduling stuff this Sunday. So I'm recording this on Thursday. We don't know what's going to happen in the game sixes on Friday. Detroit. and Cleveland and then, uh, San Antonio, Minnesota, who knows? So on Sunday, we might be doing two podcasts with Zach Lowe. We might be doing a part one, part two after each game seven, we might be just be doing one after the game sevens, or if there's no game sevens and just the game one, we'll be doing one episode, but we're going to be live on Netflix and we'll, we'll let you know on social media, what the, what the time is. If you want to join us, I'm looking forward to that.
We have an action pack podcast on this one coming up after the break. I want to talk about five guys that I'm looking at heading into these game sixes that we have a doubleheader on Friday night. Really, really interesting night of basketball. Brian Curtis is going to join us to talk about the NFL schedule released was today, but just in general, what the leagues are doing here with all of the games. And is there just too much sports? Are we heading there or is too much sports a good thing? We're going to talk it out. My dad finally decided to come on after boycotting, um, for a week and a half after the Celtics loss, but Boston sports is in shambles. So, um, had him come on and talk about it for 20 minutes.
And then last but not least Utah jazz owner, Ryan Smith, who's never been on the podcast. Um, they finally got some luck with the lottery. His story is fascinating how we ended up, um, owning not just the Utah Jazz, but also the hockey team as well. And he hired the Angels from Boston and just a lot of stuff about what it's like to own an NBA team. So this is a long, fat, content-filled podcast. It's all coming up next. We're gonna take a break, bring in Pearl Jam, and then I'm gonna talk about the NBA. The Bill Simmons Podcast is brought to you by FanDuel. It's been a wild playoff run. Not over yet. FanDuel wants to bring you closer to the court to make all of that action come to life for you, the basketball fan.
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All right, we have a game six doubleheader on Friday night. Really intriguing. Game six is always intriguing, but I think these two, for different reasons, can't wait to watch. I've already broke the news to my wife that that's what's going to be happening for us on a Friday night. Cavs minus three and a half at home to finish off Detroit. Minnesota getting four and a half points, trying to stay alive against San Antonio. And Look, Minnesota looks like they're in trouble for different reasons than Cleveland looks like they have the upper hand against Detroit. Minnesota just looks like a talent issue, especially with Edwards not 100%. Cleveland, Detroit, this series has become more of a math problem where it just feels like Detroit's max is around 105 points.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What are the key highlights from the NBA playoff games?
0:06–6:31
2
How is the current state of sports programming addressed?
6:31–8:02
3
What reflections are made about Boston sports?
8:02–8:43
4
What insights does Ryan Smith share about owning the Jazz?
8:43–1:26:49
5
What are the implications of trading Jalen Brown?
1:26:49–1:27:56
6
How did the Celtics handle player minutes during the playoffs?
1:27:56–1:28:46
7
What are the current challenges facing the Boston Red Sox?
1:28:46–1:30:29
8
How is Ryan Smith planning to rebuild the Utah Jazz?
1:30:29–2:50:48
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