Ep. 85: Diana Taurasi

The Bill Simmons Podcast

The Ringer

Sports

4.4 • 30.2K Ratings

🗓️ 1 April 2016

⏱️ 74 minutes

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HBO and The Ringer's Bill Simmons is joined by Diana Taurasi to discuss her WNBA return from Russia, UConn's dominance (6:00), the stupidity of lowering the rims (13:00), GSW's selflessness (16:30), playing pickup with Westbrook and Draymond (21:00), and the struggling Lakers and D'Angelo Russell (30:00). Then, The Ringer's Chris Ryan and Juliet Litman break down the Russell scandal (38:10), NBA coaches/players on the move (53:00), and the 2016 'Sources Say' MVPs (1:06:00). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:01.2	Yeah, well this is exciting. This is the biggest timezone difference we've ever had on a BS
1:08.5	podcast calling from Russia. The greatest women's basketball player of all time, Diana Terassi. How are you?
1:16.9	Is your intro song really two-pock? Yeah, how about that? That's amazing. That's amazing. I figured
1:23.4	you like that. How are you? That's great. I like that. I'm feeling great. I'm over here in Russia.
1:29.9	You know, the grind continues. What's the, you're in the playoffs, right? What is the playoffs
1:35.2	called and what round are you in? So there's two playoffs, a Russian league playoffs which
1:41.1	starts tomorrow, the quarterfinals. And then we have our Euro League which is, which is the big
1:47.0	boy now and is April 14th. And then after that's done, you fly back here and you start the 20th WNBACs
1:54.4	in your back, right? Yeah, yeah. I first came to the 15th I think. So I'll probably get back to
2:02.2	LA around the fifth and then go straight to Phoenix and there. And then during that season,
2:07.6	you're going to Rio to try to win your four straight Olympic gold medal which only one other person
2:12.8	has done least so Leslie, that's happening too, right? That's that's the plan. Hopefully I make the team.
2:20.0	Oh, stop it. Don't say that. Come on. And then after that, probably WNBA playoffs. What a run.
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