A Bucks-Hawks Blahfest, CP3’s Legacy Run, NBA Announcer Slumps, Replay Fixes + Summer Trades w/ Bryan Curtis and Chris Mannix

The Bill Simmons Podcast

The Ringer

Sports

4.5 • 29.4K Ratings

🗓️ 2 July 2021

⏱️ 113 minutes

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Summary

The Ringer’s Bill Simmons shares his thoughts on a superstar-less Bucks-Hawks Game 5 (3:00), before talking with The Ringer’s Bryan Curtis about sportscasting legend Marv Albert’s upcoming retirement, the play-by-play Mount Rushmore, how instant replay has plagued the NBA’s television product, NBA Finals media story lines, and more (25:00). Finally Bill is joined by SI’s Chris Mannix to discuss Chris Paul and the Suns defeating the Clippers to get to the NBA Finals, how the Trail Blazers may handle Damian Lillard wanting out of Portland, the new-look Celtics, fake Ben Simmons trades, and more (1:11:00). Host: Bill Simmons Guests: Bryan Curtis and Chris Mannix Producer: Kyle Crichton Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	What if the Lin-Bias story hosted by Jordan Ritter-Con
0:03.2	is the ringer's latest narrative podcast?
0:05.6	You can find new episodes every Wednesday on the Book of Basketball 2.0 feed.
0:09.8	Here's a quick trailer.
0:12.8	You've heard his name, Lin-Bias,
0:15.7	1980s phenom, second pick in the NBA draft,
0:20.1	and then cocaine, tragedy.
0:23.6	One of the most shocking deaths in sports history.
0:26.2	35 years later, bias's legacy is still making an impact.
0:30.8	From Spotify and the Ringer podcast network, this is What If, the Lin-Bias story.
0:37.0	I'm Jordan Ritter-Con.
0:38.7	We're also brought to you by theringer.com, as well as the Ringer podcast network.
0:48.7	I hope you listen to our music podcast. We have some really good ones.
0:51.7	We got something for everybody.
0:52.8	60 songs that explain the 90s is fantastic.
0:56.4	Robert Villa hosts that.
0:58.8	I actually feel like it's gotten better every month.
1:02.0	He really has complete command of it.
1:03.6	He did cakes the distance this week, I think.
1:07.4	I just listened to it, and I love that band.
1:11.4	I love the 96 album. It's one of my favorite 90s bands.
1:14.8	So I love that one.
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