An NBA Playoff Preview With Doc Rivers, Plus Nick Khan on WrestleMania 42 and the Next Big WWE Stars

The Bill Simmons Podcast

The Ringer

Sports

4.4 • 30.2K Ratings

🗓️ 17 April 2026

⏱️ 176 minutes

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The Ringer’s Bill Simmons is joined by Doc Rivers to react to the Warriors taking down the Clippers to keep their playoff hopes alive, Wemby and the Spurs’ improvement this season, and the Bucks' season (5:17). Then, Nick Khan joins to talk about the future of WWE, WrestleMania 42, and much more (01:27:18)! Host: Bill Simmons Guests: Doc Rivers and Nick Khan Producers: Chia Hao Tat and Eduardo Ocampo This episode is sponsored by State Farm®. Like a good neighbor, State Farm is there.® 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 brought to by Fandul.
0:08.4	We're also brought to by the Ringer podcast network.
0:10.7	I had new rewatchables that went up on Monday.
0:12.4	We did Basic Instinct.
0:13.8	Kindergarten cop is coming next Monday.
0:16.0	We also launched a brand new narrative podcast called Legata.
0:19.6	First two episodes are up. Please check it out.
0:21.7	I was involved with this one. If you like Miami Vice, Scarface, the 80s, cocaine shows.
0:27.5	This has it all. So please go check it out. I have a big podcast coming up. Doc Rivers,
0:33.5	a dramatic return. And we're going to talk a lot of hoops with him. We're going to talk about
0:36.9	the award stuff, the season, the best player he saw in person,
0:40.9	playoff matchups, what happened with the buck season, Janus.
0:44.7	We go into all of it.
0:46.5	And normally that would have been the podcast.
0:48.7	But Nick Kahn, a very important person at the WWE in boxing, bull riding, all kinds of things.
0:57.1	And somebody I've known for a long time, he came over and we did a wide-ranging talk
1:00.9	on a whole bunch of things.
1:02.2	So this is a massive podcast.
1:04.5	I wanted to mention the playoffs are starting this week.
1:08.1	And I do a fandole of bed a little bit later.
1:10.1	But I really wanted to take an upset. I love taking an upset every year. Every
1:14.7	year there is an upset. And I don't see the matchup for the upset this weekend.
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