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The Bill Simmons Podcast

Kevin Durant on His Injury, Return to OKC, and the JaVale-Shaq Beef (Ep. 195)

The Bill Simmons Podcast

The Ringer

Sports

4.430.2K Ratings

🗓️ 31 March 2017

⏱️ 94 minutes

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Summary

HBO and The Ringer's Bill Simmons brings on NBA All-Star Kevin Durant to discuss his near season-ending injury (4:00), the decision to embrace being the enemy in OKC (15:00), the amount of talent in today's NBA (24:00), Russell Westbrook's and James Harden's MVP cases (30:00), ways to fix the All-Star Game (38:00), Scott Brooks's redemption in D.C. (46:00), the loaded 2017 draft class (56:00), and Shaq vs. JaVale McGee (1:04:00). Then they address James Worthy's harsh reality (1:11:00), Durant's college recruiting process (1:22:00), and the timetable for his return to the court (1:26:00). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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a bunch of Ringer and I've shown episodes including GM Street, our new podcast with Mike Wimbardi.

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But on the Mass Man show, we are celebrating Resomania, which is this weekend with a slew of

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Resomania-based podcast hosted by David Schumacher. Guess what? I'm on that podcast.

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The last one I think on Friday, which is the same day you're listening to this. You get to hear me

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talk about the history, Resomania and all that stuff. Check that out. The Mass Man show and the

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Ringer NFL show and also on Ringer University teed up breaking down the Final Four, which our

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guest for today never played in the Final Four, but you did play in the NBA Final, and it's

1:46.6

looking like he might play in another run again. Kevin Durant coming up in one second, but first

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pro jam.

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All right, I'm the Squirrels location in the Bay Area on a Thursday night. That Mayor

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