NBA Draftapalooza, Part 1: A Shocking Celtics Trade With Kevin O’Connor and Ryen Russillo

The Bill Simmons Podcast

The Ringer

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🗓️ 22 June 2023

⏱️ 49 minutes

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The Ringer’s Bill Simmons is joined by Ryen Russillo and Kevin O’Connor after the Celtics, Grizzlies, and Wizards made a surprise trade that sent Marcus Smart to Memphis and Kristaps Porzingis to Boston. They discuss Porzingis’s fit and future with the Celtics, why the deal makes sense for Memphis, and why Bill is going to miss Marcus. Host: Bill Simmons Guests: Ryen Russillo and Kevin O’Connor Producers: Kyle Crichton and Steve Ceruti Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Coming up, the Celtics did it.
0:04.0	They traded, Marcus Smart.
0:06.1	Our thoughts are next.
0:08.2	We're also brought to you by the Ringer podcast network.
0:10.4	If you missed the rewatchables,
0:11.6	we did Indiana Jones in the last crusade on Monday night.
0:15.6	Hope you're checking out the ringer.com,
0:17.1	all of our NBA draft coverage, our NBA draft guide.
0:20.6	We got mock drafts, we got a big board,
0:23.5	done by KFC and a whole bunch of our NBA writers.
0:26.2	KFC is about to come on.
0:28.7	It's a little bit of an emergency pod.
0:30.6	I gotta say, if it was Porzingis and Brock then probably
0:33.4	would have waited until Thursday,
0:34.4	but then Marcus Smart got involved.
0:37.5	So we had to bring Mozilla out, KOC, Kevin O'Connor,
0:42.5	and we're gonna do a little emergency podcast on a shocking
0:47.2	late Wednesday night trade.
0:48.6	It's all next.
0:49.4	First, our friends from ProJup.
0:50.7	All right, we're taping this.
1:12.3	It is 9.30 on a Wednesday night.
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