NBA Lottery Karma Rankings, Jaylen’s Future, and a Blistering Wolves-Spurs Series With Nick Wright

The Bill Simmons Podcast

The Ringer

Sports

4.4 • 30.2K Ratings

🗓️ 6 May 2026

⏱️ 106 minutes

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The Ringer’s Bill Simmons is joined by Nick Wright to check in on the Celtics by reacting to Jaylen Brown’s controversial Twitch stream and discussing a possible Giannis trade (3:02). Then, they preview the rest of the Timberwolves-Spurs matchup and discuss LeBron’s Ringer Top 100 NBA player ranking before ending with their 2026 NBA Lottery Karma Rankings (31:58). Host: Bill Simmons Guest: Nick Wright Producers: Chia Hao Tat and Eduardo Ocampo Brought to you by PayPal. Learn more at paypal.com/paymonthly The Ringer is committed to responsible gaming. Please visit https://fanduel.com/playwithaplan to learn more about the resources and helplines Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:52.4	A lot of fun discussions.
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1:00.5	We did Tropic Thunder.
1:02.0	So that is coming on Monday.
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1:07.5	But pretty easy movie to find.
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1:28.3	one. So check that out whenever you have a chance. Coming up on this podcast, the one and only Nick Wright is here.
1:34.7	We're going to talk about the San Antonio Minnesota series. We're going to talk about my Celtics
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