The Bill Simmons Podcast
The 2025 NBA Worst Contracts Draft With Joe House and Wosny Lambre
06 Mar 2025
The Ringer’s Bill Simmons is joined by Joe House and Wosny Lambre to marvel at how well the Luka Doncic and Jimmy Butler trades have worked out for the Lakers and Warriors, respectively, and argue about whether the Cavaliers should be the favorite to win the Eastern Conference (2:46), before commencing the annual NBA Worst Contracts Draft (23:56). Host: Bill Simmons Guests: Joe House and Wosny Lambre Producers: Kyle Crichton and Chia Hao Tat Order Michelob ULTRA today, available on Doordash! ENJOY RESPONSIBLY © 2025 ANHEUSER-BUSCH, MICHELOB ULTRA® LIGHT BEER, ST. LOUIS, MO. 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
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Listen to the end of this episode for additional details. Must be 21 plus and president select states. Game problem, call 1-800-GAMBLER or visit rg-help.com. Coming up, it's time. The annual NBA worst contracts draft with House and Wise. It's next. We're also brought to you by the Ringer Podcast Network. If you missed it, we did a rewatchables on Monday night. It was Rocky, the 1976 Oscar winner.
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You hit that, you get 30% on top of what you win. Be sure to claim the PBT, place your 30 on 30 bet for Friday. Just look for 30 on 30 in the FanDuel website. Sportsbook app. So I think this is the fifth year we've done it. Me and Big Waz and House, we draft the worst contracts in the league. It sounds like a negative podcast. It's actually very positive because we have a lot of laughs.
We have a great time talking about it. We're going to talk Warriors, Lakers at the top with House and Waz and then dive into the worst contracts of 2025 in the NBA. This is always a blast. Can't wait. First, our friends from Pearl Jam. All right, we've been doing it every year since 1977. The worst NBA contracts draft. One of my favorite times of the year.
We always wait for the perfect week of the season. Far enough away from the playoffs, right after the trade deadline, guys start getting sidelined, scratched, bodies start breaking down. Perfect time to do this. And we have a couple doozies at the top. House, just thinking back this decade, who was your favorite worst contract of the decade before the guys this year?
It was probably the Ben Simmons, right? When he had all that money left, was he number one or somebody else?
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