The Bill Simmons Podcast
Phoenix in Shambles, Cleveland’s Ceiling, Best Third Bananas, NBA Refs, St. John’s, and ‘Season on the Brink’ With Ryen Russillo
17 Mar 2025
The Ringer's Bill Simmons is joined by Ryen Russillo to discuss the continued disaster that is the Phoenix Suns' season, what Kevin Durant's trade options will be this summer, and whether Devin Booker should be untouchable (03:02). Then, they play a game of "I Just Don't Have An Answer" for a few NBA questions, including whether the Nuggets are actually good, Thibs's coaching ability, and are there some experience concerns for the Cavs come playoff time (26:51). Finally, they talk about the latest episode of 'Celtics City' and whether Bill Russell has become underrated as time goes on (01:35:21), before closing it out with some thoughts on March Madness (01:59:59). Host: Bill Simmons Guest: Ryen Russillo Producers: Kyle Circhton, Chia Hao Tat, and Steve Ceruti The Ringer is committed to responsible gaming. Please visit www.rg-help.com to learn more about the resources and helplines available. Order Michelob ULTRA today, available on Doordash! ENJOY RESPONSIBLY © 2025 ANHEUSER-BUSCH, MICHELOB ULTRA® LIGHT BEER, ST. LOUIS, MO. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Full Episode
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And by the way, the ringer is committed to responsible gaming. Please visit the ringer.com slash RG to learn more. Listen to the end of this episode for additional details. Must be 21 plus presidents like states game problem call 1-800-GAMBLER or visit rg-help.com. Coming up, going to talk a lot of basketball, and somehow we're barely going to talk about March Madness. I'm sorry. We love the NBA.
It's next. We're also brought to you by the Ringer Podcast Network. I have a new White Lotus recap on the Prestige TV podcast, me, Mallory Rubin, and Joanna Robinson. Episode five is an all-time, all-time banger, and we are breaking it down. As soon as you finish that episode, you can listen to our recap. Also, I have new rewatchables coming on Monday. It's kind of
kind of moved into sports movie month. So we're doing Days of Thunder. Tom Cruise, his 16th rewatchables movie. So you can check that out. That's on video on Spotify as well, or you can watch it on the Ringer Movies YouTube channel. We have the Sonic Boom podcast that we did in 2019 for Luminary. It's now available on the Ringer Podcast Network.
And you can get it on our Book of Basketball 2.0 feed. If you remember, the Sonics were one of the most iconic franchises in the NBA. They won the 1979 title. And then all of a sudden, they packed their bags for Oklahoma. And Sonic Boom tells the story of basketball and politics, wealth and power. revealing new truths about the NBA's greatest heist.
It was a nine episode series and we'll be dropping episodes, I think twice a week over the course of the next month, especially relevant now that OKC is the favorite to win the NBA title. So anyway, you can check that out. And then last thing, Fandle Sportsbook doing player performance doubles, two leg parlays on Tuesdays, player prop combined with a team to win. And we're doing a ringer PBT
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This Tuesday coming up, Priscilla and I are going to talk a lot of NBA stuff. We are just disgusted with the Suns. Intrigued by the Cavs. OKC, where are they going? We have a lot of fun little gimmicks for you. We'll talk about season number two. It's all next. First, our friends from Pearl Jam. All right, we are taping this. It is 4 o'clock on a Sunday afternoon.
All the March Madness stuff just came out. Our long national nightmare is over. Another Phoenix Suns nationally televised game is behind us. How much longer, Rosillo? Here's the case for the season being too long. We don't have to go through the death march of the last 20 Suns games, among other things. But God, can't they move stuff around? Can't they flex? What can they do?
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