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The Bill Simmons Podcast

Brooklyn Blows Up, Durant’s Next Move, and Free Agency Highlights With Rob Mahoney and Bryan Curtis

The Bill Simmons Podcast

The Ringer

Sports

4.430.2K Ratings

🗓️ 1 July 2022

⏱️ 91 minutes

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Summary

The Ringer’s Bill Simmons is joined by Rob Mahoney to discuss a wild day of NBA free agency, spearheaded by Kevin Durant requesting a trade from the Nets (1:10). They also discuss the Bucks keeping their team intact, Jalen Brunson joining the Knicks, Dejounte Murray to the Hawks, and much more (31:55). Finally, Bill talks with Bryan Curtis about how NBA free agency is covered in the media, battling for “scoops,” and more (57:43). Host: Bill Simmons Guests: Rob Mahoney and Bryan Curtis Producer: Kyle Crichton Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Coming up day one of free agency, some stuff happened.

0:04.7

A famous person asked for a trade.

0:07.4

A famous, not very successful basketball team signed somebody who's never made

0:11.6

an all-star team for over $100 million.

0:14.4

Things are happening.

0:15.2

It's all next.

0:16.9

We're also brought to you by the Ringer podcast network.

0:19.3

I put up a new rewatchables on Monday night with the project X.

0:22.1

We have another new one going up on this Monday.

0:25.5

So stay tuned for that.

0:26.7

Coming up, I'm going to talk to Rob Mahoney from the Ringer about the first day of free

0:32.1

agency and Kevin Durian's big trade request and all the other subplots.

0:36.0

And then near the Umbraian Curtis is going to join us.

0:38.7

And we're going to talk about the media coverage of a day that's turned into one of these signature

0:43.2

days on the NBA calendar.

0:46.4

It's all coming up.

0:47.0

First, our friends from ProJun.

1:10.4

Okay, Rob Mahoney is here.

1:11.6

We wait until 8 o'clock Pacific time to tape this podcast because we figured some stuff

1:16.4

was going to happen.

1:17.0

Some stuff happened right away.

1:18.1

It was a flurry.

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