NBA Hot Takes, OKC’s Red Flag, and Giannis vs. Father Time With Kirk Goldsberry and Joe House

The Bill Simmons Podcast

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4.4 • 30.2K Ratings

🗓️ 26 March 2026

⏱️ 94 minutes

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The Ringer’s Bill Simmons is joined by Kirk Goldsberry to talk about how vulnerable the OKC Thunder are after their loss to the Celtics before Joe House joins for some quick NBA takes (3:38). Then, they discuss whether there are enough historical signs to indicate that teams shouldn't trade for Giannis at this point in his career (59:51). Host: Bill Simmons Guests: Kirk Goldsberry and Joe House Producers: Chia Hao Tat and Eduardo Ocampo Sam’s Club | Join The Club of Yes And Learn More at https://linkedin.com/simmonsbill The Ringer is committed to responsible gaming. Please visit⁠⁠⁠ www.rg-help.com⁠⁠⁠ to learn more about the resources and helplines available. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	The Bill Simmons podcast brought to you by Sam's Club.
0:08.6	We are also brought to you by the Ringer Podcast Network.
0:12.0	I put up a rewatchable's on Monday night.
0:13.8	As part of CR Month, we did The Nice Guys.
0:16.6	We have LA Confidential coming next Monday.
0:19.5	Speaking of movies, I was also on the big picture this week.
0:22.0	They did a 1988 movie draft.
0:24.3	Sean Amanda, CR, myself.
0:26.8	We drafted all the best 1980 movies.
0:29.6	Great, phenomenal year, die hard, big, midnight run.
0:32.5	So it was kind of a bloodbath.
0:34.6	But I had a good time.
0:35.3	I had been on that one in a while so you can check that out.
0:37.2	That's on Netflix as well.
0:39.5	This podcast, if you forgot, was on Netflix.
0:42.4	We're going to be live on Sunday on Netflix.
0:44.8	I think after Nick's Thunder.
0:47.3	So it'll probably be 7 o'clock PT range on Netflix.
0:52.1	And then if you're not tired of me by that point, April 8th, Wednesday night,
1:01.3	San Francisco, yeah, the rewatchables.
1:04.1	We've never been in San Francisco.
1:06.0	We've been talking about it for a while.
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