Jokic Prevails, Wemby to San Antonio, Philly’s Culture Fail, and Fun NFL Over/Unders With Tate Frazier and Michael Lombardi

The Bill Simmons Podcast

The Ringer

Sports

4.5 • 29.4K Ratings

🗓️ 17 May 2023

⏱️ 123 minutes

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The Ringer’s Bill Simmons briefly reacts to the Nuggets winning Game 1 of the Western Conference finals over the Lakers (0:39). Then Bill talks with Tate Frazier about the Spurs winning the NBA draft lottery, the Hornets’ second overall pick, and Scoot Henderson vs. Brandon Miller (8:13), before they are joined by Steve Ceruti to discuss some fake trades, draft prospects, and the ceiling for the Spurs’ 2023-24 season (32:04). Then Bill is joined by Michael Lombardi of ViSN and The Daily Coach to discuss the 76ers’ second-round playoff exit, the Sixers firing Doc Rivers, and the lack of team culture in Philadelphia (1:01:57). Later, they discuss some alarming NFL win totals for next season, including the Texans, Bears, Packers, Steelers, and Patriots (1:34:32). Host: Bill Simmons Guests: Michael Lombardi, Tate Frazier, and Steve Ceruti Producer: Kyle Crichton Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Coming up, the lottery. We have a winner. Plus, Lakers Nuggets, a Sixers Redux, and a little NFL
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0:54.4	We're also brought to you by the Ringer podcast network. Put up a new rewatchables on Monday night. We did
1:02.4	an OG meet, bandlet, and Chris Ryan. We broke down trading places. The 40-year anniversary is next
1:09.1	month. Maybe the greatest filling movie of all time. Maybe the greatest steady Murphy movie of
1:13.5	all time. Maybe the greatest Deandachrae movie of all time. Maybe just one of the greatest movies
1:17.7	of all time. We hit all the possible storylines so you can go check that one out. Coming up, we're
1:24.3	going to talk about the lottery with Tate Frazier. Victor Webinama is going to the San Antonio Spurs.
1:31.1	It was a complete hype fest for me as PN. We didn't even talk about this with Tate coming up.
1:36.7	But Woj came on and he said, a couple of executives said that Webby was the best prospect in
1:43.8	NBA history and maybe the best prospect in team sports history. That's at my head spinning.
1:49.8	I find that hard to believe. And then he said, a couple of people feel that he could be the best
1:55.5	part in the league by his third season. That seems ambitious. Jesus. I mean, I've been alive for
2:02.2	a lot of great prospects. LeBron, oh, I was one year old or maybe even six months old for Karim.
2:08.6	Was I born yet for Karim? I don't know. It's hard for me to believe anybody is a better prospect
2:13.6	than Karim or LeBron. So I'm just going to lay that out. With that said,
2:18.5	seems like the best prospect in 20 years. So he's going to San Antonio. Tate and I are going to talk
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