NBA Trade Deadline Reactions and Super Bowl Picks With Zach Lowe and Joe House

The Bill Simmons Podcast

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4.4 • 30.2K Ratings

🗓️ 5 February 2026

⏱️ 124 minutes

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The Ringer’s Bill Simmons is joined by Zach Lowe LIVE on Netflix to react to the NBA trade deadline moves (0:34). Then, Joe House joins, and he and Bill make their Ringer 107 picks for Super Bowl LX (01:25:54). Host: Bill Simmons Guests: Zach Lowe and Joe House Producers: Chia Hao Tat, Eduardo Ocampo, and Chris Wohlers #ULTRAinstructor could get you closer to the action! https://michelobultra.com/instructor MICHELOB ULTRA® ULTRA Instructor. No Purchase Necessary. Open to US residents 21 plus. Begins on January 30, 2026 and ends on February 22, 2026. See Official Rules at https://michelobultra.com/rules for free entry, entry deadlines, prizes, and details. 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
0:07.0	The Live on Netflix, the Bill Simmons podcast, Zach Lois here, trade deadline.
0:40.3	I can't believe Janus got traded.
0:42.1	Oh, no, it was Cole Anthony.
0:44.4	Easy.
0:45.6	Don't fool people.
0:46.4	This is Netflix.
0:47.2	We got to behave.
0:48.3	It was Cole Anthony.
0:49.5	Did you think, at what point this week did you think Janus was actually getting traded?
0:54.0	Was there ever a point?
0:54.7	It was always 50-50 at best.
0:56.5	Every team that was in it, maybe save for just one, was constantly saying, you know,
1:03.4	we're kind of skeptical.
1:04.5	They're really going to move them.
1:05.5	We'll put it at 80-20, 75-25 that they keep them.
1:08.7	And this carries into the summer.
1:10.3	I took 80-20 and I unilaterally went to 50-50 because the toothpaste is just so far out of the
1:16.1	tube that I thought, you know, maybe they'll just surrender to the inevitability of it and get an
1:21.8	offer that's good enough.
1:22.8	But it looks like with an hour to go and all the reporting that we'll revisit all this in June.
1:27.6	So I was never super confident.
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