An OKC-Houston Slugfest, MJ on NBC, and a Seven-Week NFL Awards Draft With Danny Kelly, Danny Heifetz, and Craig Horlbeck

The Bill Simmons Podcast

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4.5 • 29.4K Ratings

🗓️ 22 October 2025

⏱️ 125 minutes

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Bill reacts to the start of the NBA season with OKC's defeat of the Rockets in a double-OT nail-biter (2:32). Then, Danny Heifetz, Craig Horlbeck, and Danny Kelly of The Ringer Fantasy Football Show join the pod to have a midseason check-in draft (22:17). Host: Bill Simmons Guests: Danny Heifetz, Craig Horlbeck, and Danny Kelly Producers: Chia Hao Tat and Eduardo Ocampo This episode is sponsored by State Farm®. Don’t settle for just any insurance when there’s State Farm. Presented by @MichelobULTRA #ULTRACourtside LDA 21 and over. Drink responsibly. 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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0:36.9	I put up a new rewatchable as Monday night.
0:38.6	It was the last episode of Redford Month.
0:40.9	We did quiz show, a movie that he directed.
0:42.5	It was me and Brian Coppiment, so you can find that wherever you get your pots, preferably on Spotify.
0:47.3	Also, Prestige TV, we broke down the last episode of Task.
0:52.1	Is it the season?
0:52.9	Is it the series?
0:53.7	I guess it's just the season. We will find out.
0:56.1	But was me and Joina Robinson and Rob Mahoney talking about that. On the ringer.com, we did a bunch
1:01.1	of basketball stuff this week. We have a bunch of basketball podcasts and we're about to talk
1:05.4	basketball at the top of this podcast. I had the shrewd idea, veteran experience, because we have a full podcast. We did a whole
1:12.5	football thing, me, Danny Kelly, Danny Hyfitz, Craig Korbeck. We handed out some after seven weeks
1:18.2	awards. We came up with a dopey draft gimmick that was really fun actually and basically broke
1:23.3	down the whole season. And it could have been its own podcast. But something in my head was like,
1:28.4	OKC versus Houston. We should wait to see what happens in this game. And maybe that could be the
1:33.4	lead of my podcast. So my instincts were correct. The veteran, Bill Simmons, he's seen some things
1:39.6	in his day. Anyway, we're going to talk about that at the top. And then a big, big football.
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