An NBA Mailbag, LeBron’s Next Move, and the Wild Paramount-WBD Merger With David Jacoby and Matt Belloni

The Bill Simmons Podcast

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4.4 • 30.2K Ratings

🗓️ 4 March 2026

⏱️ 128 minutes

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The Ringer’s Bill Simmons is joined by David Jacoby to answer some mailbag questions from the listeners (2:45). Then, Matt Belloni joins to react to the Paramount–Warner Bros. merger and to discuss the winners and losers of the deal (01:11:33). Host: Bill Simmons Guests: Matt Belloni and David Jacoby Producers: Chia Hao Tat and Eduardo Ocampo Bundle and Save Book now. #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 Fandul Sportsbook.
0:09.8	We are also brought to you by the Ringer podcast network where on the rewatchables,
0:13.9	it is officially CR month.
0:16.7	That's right.
0:17.3	Chris Ryan picked a bunch of movies.
0:20.0	We did Sicario on Monday night. We did it live
0:22.4	on Netflix. You watch on Netflix. You watch on Spotify. We're over here podcast. We have Fargo coming
0:28.3	next Monday. And then the next one after that is going to be to live and die in LA, which we've
0:34.4	been waiting to do forever, a classic. And then the fifth one is going to be LA confidential.
0:39.3	And we're going to let everybody vote for the fourth one.
0:41.2	So if you follow the rewatchables on Twitter, we'll have some choices for the fourth one.
0:46.5	There's some pretty good.
0:47.1	We have 12 movies.
0:49.1	Vote every day for one of the four.
0:51.5	And then we'll make the finals the fourth day between the three winners so that's what we're doing coming up on this podcast
0:57.3	Dave Jacoby my old friend from my Grantland days my ESPN days he is coming on to do
1:03.3	a mailbag with me we have like two-thirds of a mailbag but some really really fun
1:07.5	basketball questions some good nickname stuff as well. And then Matt
1:11.0	Bellany, who you can hear on The Town, we were going to talk about the Warner Brothers
1:17.5	Paramount Crazy Merger and all the ramifications and ripple effects. So action-packed podcast for
1:24.9	you today. We're going to take a break, bring a Pearl Jam, and then my old friend, Dave Chalby. This episode is brought to by Expedia. You gotta love a good deal, whether that's a quarterback on a short, low-risk contract who competes like a top-tier quarterback, like a Brock Purdy once upon a time, or Expedia's bundle and save feature,
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