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The Bill Simmons Podcast

NBA Draftapalooza, Part 2: Cade to Detroit and 2 Semi-shockers in Top Six With Ryen Russillo and Kevin O’Connor

The Bill Simmons Podcast

The Ringer

Sports

4.529.4K Ratings

🗓️ 30 July 2021

⏱️ 39 minutes

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The Ringer’s Bill Simmons is joined by Ryen Russillo and Kevin O’Connor to discuss the first six picks in the 2021 NBA draft in real time, including surprising picks by the Thunder and the Raptors. Host: Bill Simmons Guests: Ryen Russillo and Kevin O’Connor Producer: Kyle Crichton Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Ringer Films is premiering its first of six films in our music box series Woodstock 99,

0:05.2

Peace, Love, and Rage on Friday, July 23rd on HBO. Woodstock 99 tells the story of the infamous

0:11.8

music festival promoting unity and counterculture, but devolved into chaos and collapse under the

0:16.7

weight of its own ambition. Watch or stream, Woodstock 99, Peace, Love, and Rage on HBO or HBO Max

0:23.4

now. Hey, this is part two of draft of Paloza 2021 Kevin O'Connor, Ryan Rosillo. We did part

0:32.1

one was already up. This is part two, which covers picks one through six of the actual draft and

0:36.1

our reaction. There are a couple of doozy picks in there. We did this live on Greenroom as well.

0:41.6

So that is all coming up. Here's Pearl Jam again.

1:04.0

Alright, part two of the BS podcast, Ryan Rosillo is here. Kevin O'Connor is here. We do this

1:09.6

live on Greenroom. Look at GoRunk. 504 Pacific Time or about to get picks. They did something different

1:15.7

this time. They had all the guys walk out with their families. I really liked it. Alright, so

1:23.1

it looks like the pistons are going to take Kate Cunningham. KOC, we okay with that?

1:26.7

Great. That's the right decision. It's kind of a, I wouldn't call it a no-brainer,

1:30.6

but because that's the speaks to Evan Mobley and Jaylen Green how talented they are.

1:35.1

But it's as close to a no-brainer as it gets when you're talking about a guy who's six foot seven,

1:39.1

six foot eight can playmate who can shoot off the dribble, who can defend multiple positions,

1:43.7

who's a leader who works hard. Like for the pistons here with their current roster,

1:48.7

you know, as Troy Weaver said, everybody's a fit. But Kate Cunningham is especially a fit next to

1:54.3

their back court with Killian Hayes, Sidiq Bay and the front court. And Isaiah Stewart,

1:58.5

I love their young core and the pistons finally have hope.

2:03.1

Someone who wants to be in Detroit too, it seems like Ricello, I have my final rankings,

2:07.1

Mobley won Cunningham to green three. I think Mobley is going to go down 20 years from now

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