Luka & Jokic Chase History, the All-Time Fun NBA Team, and NFL Burning Questions | With J. Kyle Mann and Benjamin Solak

The Bill Simmons Podcast

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4.5 • 29.4K Ratings

🗓️ 28 December 2022

⏱️ 105 minutes

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The Ringer's Bill Simmons is joined by J. Kyle Mann to discuss Luka Doncic's 60-point performance in the Mavericks' win over the Knicks (1:56), as well as Nikola Jokic's dazzling offensive impact, and the All-Time Fun NBA Starting Five (23:00). Then Bill talks with Benjamin Solak about his 5 questions for the rest of the NFL season including "Are we supposed to take this Chargers team seriously?", "Did the Eagles peak too early?", and more (1:00:39). Host: Bill Simmons Guests: J. Kyle Mann and Benjamin Solak Producer: Kyle Crichton Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, if you're not following my Instagram, go check me out at SPT GUI 33. That is the handle.
0:06.0	I put up a photo this week of my room, sophomore year in college, early 1991 range,
0:12.6	that is an amazing time capsule of that era. I'm embarrassed by it. I'm delighted by it. I'm proud
0:18.4	of it. Go check it out. Check out my Instagram. We're also brought to you by the Ringer podcast
0:23.7	network. Put up a new rewatchables on Monday night with the admission impossible fallout,
0:27.5	one of the best action movies of the 21st century, Meek, Chris Rancric, Horobek. That is up.
0:32.4	That was the last rewatchables podcast of 2022. Next week, we are starting one word movie month.
0:39.6	Every movie in January will have a one word title. That is your only hint. Can't wait to unleash
0:47.7	the first five of 2023 on you. Can't wait to unleash this podcast on you. J Kyle Mayan came on. We
0:53.5	taped this after the games tonight. We were going to do a whole Yoke age thing coming off the King's
0:58.0	Nuggets game. Then Luca Dacchus just decided to casually put up a 60, 21, 10. The first segments
1:05.1	about Luca, then we have a giant Yoke age gasm, including a big thing that we had planned about
1:11.3	what is the most fun possible team you could put together of five guys from NBA history. Not best
1:17.0	team, fun team. So we did that. Then after Kyle, Ben Solac came on from the ringer to talk about
1:25.1	his five biggest questions heading into the last six weeks of the season, including the playoffs.
1:29.8	So it's today's pod. It's fantastic. First up, our friends from ProJay.
1:55.9	All right, taping this a little before 930 Pacific time. J Kyle Man is here. We were going to talk
2:01.3	about Nicole Yoke, we had a whole thing planned, but the great thing about the NBA. There's so many good
2:08.2	players. You just kind of never know who's going to steal the spotlight on a random Tuesday night
2:12.5	podcast. Luca Dacchus 60 points, 21 rebounds, tennis, assists, not even Will Chamberlain has done that.
2:20.8	So let's talk Luca Loro. Let's talk all these great guys we have now and then we can ease into Yoke.
2:26.4	I was thinking about Luca during this game. He's over 8,000 points now. He's 23 years old.
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