meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
The Bill Simmons Podcast

Harden’s Next Team, Westbrook the Wizard, and Pittsburgh’s 19-0 Quest With Joe House and Ryan Shazier

The Bill Simmons Podcast

The Ringer

Sports

4.430.2K Ratings

🗓️ 4 December 2020

⏱️ 118 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

The Ringer's Bill Simmons shares his thoughts on James Harden's next team, the only two serious contenders in the Harden sweepstakes, and how the deal can get done (3:00). Then Bill talks with Joe House about the Russell Westbrook–John Wall trade, how Westbrook upgrades the Wizards, what John Wall meant to the DMV area, and more (21:00). Finally, Bill is joined by Ryan Shazier to discuss the 11-0 Pittsburgh Steelers, linebacker Bud Dupree's season-ending injury, a behind-the-scenes look at head coach Mike Tomlin, and Bill's Million-Dollar NFL Picks (1:04:00) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

I have an action pack bill soon as podcast for you.

0:03.2

I figured out the James Harden trade that's going to happen.

0:05.9

I talked to Joe House about Westbrook versus Wall and Ryan Schaezer coming on to figure out

0:10.5

Pittsburgh can go undefeated, post-credits, a million dollar picks. It's all next.

0:14.2

We're also brought to you by the Ringer podcast network where we spun off the mismatch

0:17.8

with Kevin O'Connor and Chris Vernon. Their first podcast on the new feed

0:23.6

is going to be available. I think either late Thursday night or Friday morning, but

0:27.6

we have moved them off the Ringer NBA show. You can subscribe to their feed on Spotify,

0:33.3

on Apple wherever you get your podcasts. Go help those dudes out.

0:38.4

They love the subs. They love the feedback. They're excited for those guys. They definitely

0:43.5

earned it. It's a great show and we'll have more announcements on what's going to happen

0:47.2

with the Ringer NBA show feed over the next couple days. Also, speaking of basketball,

0:53.5

the Book of Basketball podcast did, we covered Chris Paul this week. Ryan Russell came on because

0:59.9

Chris Paul is one of his favorite players. We covered his whole career. It is called Chris Paul,

1:04.0

the almost point god. Please check that one out. Put it a lot of time and energy in this Book of

1:09.2

Basketball podcast. I really love doing them. I think we took them up another level this season.

1:15.3

Go check them out. Rewatchables. We did Wall Street this week. I'm just going to tell you the

1:22.1

movie now for Monday, the program, me, Riscilla and Kyle Brent, a college football movie,

1:29.8

unlike any other. That's going to be Monday night. So you have four days to watch it on your

1:33.9

own time this weekend. All right. Let's get to the podcast here's project. All right. I'm going to

1:57.9

have Joe House on in a second to talk about the Russell whisper trade something we take last night.

2:03.1

Also, Ryan Shazier is joining us to do a million dollar picks and talk about the undefeated

...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from The Ringer, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of The Ringer and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.