A Lakers Abyss, Plus Embiid Tales, Boston’s Bad Luck, and Will Smith Fallout With Chris Mannix and Larry Wilmore

The Bill Simmons Podcast

The Ringer

Sports

4.5 • 29.4K Ratings

🗓️ 30 March 2022

⏱️ 122 minutes

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The Ringer’s Bill Simmons shares his thoughts on the Bucks’ win over the 76ers and wonders “Is this two-year Lakers collapse the worst of any modern title team?” (3:05). Then Bill talks with SI’s Chris Mannix about Joel Embiid, the 76ers’ playoff hopes, the third-place Celtics, the Eastern Conference standings, and more (20:34). Next Bill is joined by Larry Wilmore to discuss the Oscars, the 11th-place Lakers, and HBO’s ‘Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty’ (1:06:16). Host: Bill Simmons Guests: Chris Mannix and Larry Wilmore Producer: Kyle Crichton Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	For as long as I've known the NBA, it's been a Star's League.
0:03.8	But even among the stars, there's an exclusive club.
0:07.6	Russell and Dr. J. Jordan, Kobe.
0:11.2	They're all part of a select group that paved the way for the NBA superstar up today.
0:16.8	And some even shared secrets with each other along the way.
0:21.3	From Spotify and the Ringer Podcast Network, I'm Jackie McMone.
0:25.6	And this is the Iconz Club.
0:30.9	We're also brought to you by the Ringer Podcast Network.
0:33.9	Hope you're checking out Iconz Club.
0:35.5	It's Jackie McMone's new narrative podcast on the NBA superstar's evolution.
0:40.4	You can hear it on the book of basketball 2.0 feed.
0:42.8	This week's episode is a big one.
0:44.7	Chicago Michael Jordan.
0:45.7	It's the Michael Jordan episode and Michael Jordan's interviewed for it.
0:48.3	A lot of great people are interviewed, but it's an amazing episode.
0:51.6	Check it out.
0:52.2	Also, speaking of great narrative podcasts, just like us, which Claire Malone did for
0:56.8	us for the Ringer dish feed, which was about, you know, the rise of paparazzi slash reality
1:03.5	culture in the 2000s.
1:06.5	Benefer, tabloids, us weekly, TMZ, the reality TV takeover.
1:15.0	It's all in there.
1:16.0	It's how we go basically from the early 2000s all the way to kind of where we landed, which,
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