A Finals Pick, Greatest Knicks Ever, ‘Made’ N.Y.C. Stars, and Big NFL Trades With Max Kellerman

The Bill Simmons Podcast

The Ringer

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4.4 • 30.2K Ratings

🗓️ 2 June 2026

⏱️ 126 minutes

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The Ringer’s Bill Simmons is joined by Max Kellerman to discuss the blockbuster Myles Garrett trade to the Rams (02:35) and the Patriots trade for A.J. Brown (16:05). Then, they preview the biggest storylines heading into a highly anticipated Knicks-Spurs NBA Finals (29:35). Finally, they discuss the greatest Knicks of all time (56:20), what’s next for OKC (1:39:30), and much more! Host: Bill SimmonsGuest: Max KellermanProducers: Chia Hao Tat, Eduardo Ocampo, Tucker Tashjian, and Chris Wohlers Brought to you by PayPal. Learn more at paypal.com Bundle and SaveBook now on Expedia.com The Ringer is committed to responsible gaming. Please visit https://fanduel.com/playwithaplan to learn more about the resources and helplines. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	The Bill Simmons podcast is brought to you by PayPal.
0:09.4	We're also brought to you by the Ringer podcast network
0:12.8	where we put up a new rewatchables on Sunday night.
0:15.9	It might have been the best one we've ever done.
0:17.6	It's at least in the running.
0:18.8	It was 2001 of Space Odyssey,
0:21.6	me, Sean Fantasy, and the one and only Steven Spielberg. Just an incredible episode. We thought we were
0:28.0	going to have him for like 75 minutes. He stayed for two hours and just put on a film school
0:33.6	clinic for us. What a rush. What a great time. Claims he's coming back to do Jaws next year.
0:39.0	We'll see. But we love to having them. I'm really proud of that episode. So go check it out
0:42.8	when you have a chance. We're going to have another rewatchables episode this week. We have a mailbag
0:47.5	coming on Thursday. So stay tuned for that one. I am going to be doing a podcast right after game
0:54.1	one tomorrow night. That's going to be doing a podcast right after game one tomorrow night.
0:56.1	That's going to be live on Netflix, so get ready for that as well. The Knicks are in the
1:01.1	finals. Had to have Max Collarman to just talk about football trades, the Knicks, Wembe, what should
1:08.4	O KC do? Greatest Nicks of all time. We tried to cover as many things
1:13.2	as we possibly could. And you can check out Max as well on the Game Over podcast with Max
1:18.1	Kalerman and Rich Paul. So that's coming up next. We're going to take a break. We're bringing
1:22.5	our friends from Pearl Jam. And then two hours with Max Kellerman. Next.
1:30.5	This episode of the Bill Simmons podcast is presented by PayPal.
1:35.1	You know a clutch move when you see one, a no-look pass, a buzzer beater, big steel.
1:38.8	Well, imagine if your wallet could pull off moves like that.
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