A Rollicking NBA Mailbag and March Madness Storylines With Rob Mahoney, Tate Frazier, and J. Kyle Mann

The Bill Simmons Podcast

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🗓️ 16 March 2026

⏱️ 95 minutes

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The Ringer’s Bill Simmons is joined by Rob Mahoney LIVE on Netflix to answer some NBA mailbag questions (0:32). Then, Tate Frazier and J. Kyle Mann react to the March Madness bracket reveal, and much more (55:48). Host: Bill Simmons Guests: Rob Mahoney, J. Kyle Mann, and Tate Frazier Producers: Chia Hao Tat and Eduardo Ocampo Sam’s Club | Join The Club of Yes And 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
0:07.0	The It's Bill Simmons podcast, presented by the Ringer Podcast Network.
0:35.9	Rob Mahoney is here, Kyle Mann, and Tate Frazier will be joining later. Talk Little March Madness. I have a new rewatchable tomorrow. How's CR Month's been for you, Mahoney? I mean, isn't every month's CR Month for us? Well, I just, we officially put a stamp on it, told everyone. Yes. Even though every month is CR Month, this is really Sierra Month. You're going to be on the fourth one we do. So we have to live and die in LA is going up tomorrow. And then you're going to be on the nice guys, which we're doing a week from Monday. So stay tuned for that. We're going to do a little mailbag and I have some topical questions. Rob, I only sent you like three.
1:11.4	So some of these are surprises.
1:13.3	You're not going to be surprised by this first one.
1:15.3	This is from every Lakers fan I know.
1:19.2	Simmons, can I believe in the Lakers yet?
1:21.9	Three question marks.
1:23.2	That's just, that's an amalgam of all the Lakers' texts that I've gotten.
1:27.8	I know you did a little bit with Zach on his podcast on Thursday.
1:30.8	Yeah.
1:32.4	Their last 11, they're 8 and 3.
1:34.2	They have the fourth net rating, first offensive rating.
1:36.7	Luca.
1:38.2	Not that he didn't look like Luca before, but this is probably the most fun.
1:42.3	It seems like he's had.
1:44.1	And they had an awesome win last night that came down to Austin Reeves throwing the ball against the rim and catching it and putting it back in, which works one out of 200 times. I don't know. But that was the one. 300 times? There was. That was the one. As precisely executed as that could exactly be. So what do you think? I mean, my four contenders right now, I would say the three West teams,
2:04.1	I think the I mean, my four contenders right now, I would say the three
2:02.8	West teams, I think the Celtics have to be in there now with Tatum. Sure. And then Cleveland
2:08.6	Knicks, Pistons, I want to see how these next 13 games go. Would you move that four spot in the
2:14.4	West is wide open? Would you have the Lakers as the fourth best team in the West right now?
2:21.4	I'm very tempted.
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