A Radical NBA Idea, Wemby’s Musical Comp, Despising Duke, and Baseball’s ABS Revolution With Chuck Klosterman

The Bill Simmons Podcast

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4.4 • 30.2K Ratings

🗓️ 31 March 2026

⏱️ 114 minutes

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The Ringer’s Bill Simmons is joined by Chuck Klosterman to discuss a new fix for tanking in the NBA, before diving into a convo about fixing the NBA product as a whole (2:49). Then, they discuss the development of student-athletes and the draft process (40:15). Finally, they break down Wemby’s game, ABS in MLB, and more (01:05:50). Host: Bill Simmons Guest: Chuck Klosterman Producers: Chia Hao Tat, and Eduardo Ocampo Sam’s Club | Join The Club of Yes And #ULTRACourtside could get you closer to the game! https://michelobultra.com/courtside MICHELOB ULTRA® COURTSIDE ’25 to ’26. No Purchase Necessary. Open to US residents 21 plus. Begins on October 1, 2025 and ends on June 30, 2026 Multiple entry periods. See Official Rules at https://michelobultra.com/courtside for free entry, entry deadlines, prizes, and details. 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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0:00.0	The Bill Simmons podcast is brought to you by Sam's Club.
0:08.9	We are also brought to you by the Ringer Podcast Network, where I put up a new
0:12.9	rewatchables episode on Monday.
0:14.8	It is the official end of CR Month.
0:17.8	We did LA Confidential, Me and Fantasy and Greenwald and CR, and that's it.
0:23.0	CR Month no longer with us. We're doing a one for us next week. We're finally doing Eddie and the
0:26.9	cruisers. So you have six days to go check it out. It's all over the place now in a bunch of different
0:32.1	streaming platforms. Speaking the rewatchables, Wednesday morning, April 1st, 10 a.m. Pacific, you can go to the ringer.com
0:43.4	slash events and buy tickets for our live show that's going to be in San Francisco on April 8th
0:49.0	at the Tony Rembi Theater.
0:51.2	It is going to be on a Wednesday night.
0:53.6	We've never been to San Francisco before. It is going to be on a Wednesday night. We've never been in San Francisco before.
0:56.0	It is going to be me and CR and Mallory and Van and we're going to be doing basic instinct.
1:01.5	Second time we've done it. Way more categories this time. We've never done it in front of a live
1:05.2	audience. I think this will be a hilarious podcast. I'm just warning you now. And we really hope we see him in San
1:11.5	Francisco. So the ringer.com slash events. Come see us in the Bay. Maybe we even hit a Giants game the
1:18.5	day before. Who knows? Giants Phillies. I think Sierra likes the Phillies, but we'll see.
1:24.5	Anyway, basic instinct. Can't wait to see everybody in the Bay. Coming up on this podcast,
1:28.7	Hall of Famer of this podcast, BS Podcasts Hall of Famer, BS Pod, Hall of Famer. Chuck
1:35.1	Losterman. And it's his kind of year. We're going to talk college sports, pro sports,
1:39.7	music, AI. We're going in 19 different directions, as always. Let's take a break. Pearl Jam,
1:45.4	and then Chuck. This episode of the Bill Simmons podcast is presented by Sam's Club. It is that
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