Embiid’s Crazy Career, Plus Harden’s Next Move, Big Papi’s Honor, and Charles Oakley Stops By | With Big Wos and Kevin Hench

The Bill Simmons Podcast

The Ringer

Sports

4.5 • 29.4K Ratings

🗓️ 26 January 2022

⏱️ 113 minutes

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The Ringer’s Bill Simmons shares an essay on Joel Embiid’s career in the midst of another spectacular season (2:36) before talking with Wosny Lambre about the 76ers’ need to trade Ben Simmons in order to get Embiid some support this season, James Harden trade rumors, the Lakers’ win over the Nets, trade deadline predictions, and more (16:42). Then Bill talks with his longtime friend and Red Sox fan Kevin Hench about David Ortiz being inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame (47:08). Finally, Bill is joined by Charles Oakley for the first time since 2018 to discuss stories from his career; ‘The Last Dance’; the NBA season; NFL playoffs; his upcoming book, ‘The Last Enforcer: Outrageous Stories From the Life and Times of One of the NBA’s Fiercest Competitors’; and more (1:06:26). Host: Bill Simmons Guests: Charles Oakley, Wosny Lambre, and Kevin Hench Producer: Kyle Crichton Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:22.8	We had an effective mic for Chris Ryan. We tried to fight through it. We did a two hour podcast.
0:26.7	You can hear him. The audio wasn't nearly as good for him as it was for the rest of us, but we had a choice.
0:33.0	We had some magic for the two hours. Do we want to just throw it away and try to recreate it or
0:38.1	you know basically have that podcast with the tour in ACL. We chose the tour in ACL.
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1:31.6	It's action packed. I have some thoughts on Joel and beat at the top. He had 42 points tonight.
1:37.1	Another monster monster game. It's him and Yokeh for MVP right now. It's a battle.
1:42.2	Anyway, that's coming up big wise talking about the Brooklyn Lakers game in both of those teams. My friend Kevin Hensh.
1:51.0	Talking Poppy, making the hall fam. And then finally our guy Charles Oakley. He's back four years ago.
1:56.6	We did one of the great podcasts of all time. We're not going to be able to recreate that. It's impossible to recreate. It's like recreating boogie nights. Can't do it.
2:03.1	But he's coming back because he has books. We're going to talk to him about a current NBA stuff.
2:07.6	The last dance, Pippin' and MJ. All kinds of things. It's an action packed podcast as always. First our friends from
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