Ep. 187: Zach Lowe on the NBA's Wild, Wild West

The Bill Simmons Podcast

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4.4 • 30.2K Ratings

🗓️ 14 March 2017

⏱️ 85 minutes

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HBO and The Ringer's Bill Simmons brings on former Grantland teammate Zach Lowe to discuss the Warriors' losing ways (6:00), the only teams to go three years without 20 losses (15:00), Durant on the Warriors (19:00), Jazz-Clippers (25:00), whether this is the last year for Doc Rivers (34:00), whether the Jazz are for real (40:00), All-NBA picks (48:00), are the Spurs smoke and mirrors? (55:00), James Harden's passing ability (1:02:00), and Croatian basketball power rankings (1:10:00). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:33.1	every week. And I think I have an NBA meal back coming much later this week. Check out my
1:38.3	Russell Westbrook column from last week. If you missed it about whether he is the most successful
1:44.2	blog we've ever had. And I mean that as a compliment. Since I wrote the column, he's been a little less
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