NFL Free Agency Predictions, an NBA Power Poll, and Tatum’s Return With Danny Heifetz, Danny Kelly, Michael Pina, and Joe House

The Bill Simmons Podcast

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4.4 • 30.2K Ratings

🗓️ 6 March 2026

⏱️ 137 minutes

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The Ringer’s Bill Simmons is joined by Danny Heifetz and Danny Kelly to predict the top NFL offseason stories (4:10). Then, Michael Pina and Joe House join to break down Bill’s updated NBA power poll rankings (01:06:51). Host: Bill Simmons Guests: Danny Heifetz, Danny Kelly, Michael Pina, and Joe House Producers: Chia Hao Tat and Eduardo Ocampo Learn more at https://linkedin.com/simmonsbill #ULTRACourtside could get you closer to the game! https://michelobultra.com/courtside MICHELOB ULTRA® COURTSIDE ’25 to ’26. No Purchase Necessary. Open to US residents 21 plus. Begins on October 1, 2025 and ends on June 30, 2026 Multiple entry periods. See Official Rules at https://michelobultra.com/courtside 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 Bill Simmons podcast brought to you by Fandul Sportsbook.
0:09.3	We were also brought to you by the Ringer podcast network where we launched,
0:13.7	wait a second, with Jason Concepcion a couple weeks ago.
0:16.3	I was on it.
0:17.1	Chris Ryan was on it.
0:18.8	Van Lathen is on it this week.
0:20.3	It's a hard podcast to explain, but it's about, you know, the underbelly, conspiracies, the things that make you go, hmm, things in the news cycle. It's a really good podcast. Please check it out. I hope you're checking out, CR Month on the rewatchables. We did Scarra this week. Fargo's coming on Monday. To live and die
0:39.1	in LA is going to be the third movie. And then we're having everybody vote on the fourth movie.
0:43.2	It's basically an all-week thing. Yesterday, the Goonies won the Wednesday vote. Thursday vote is today.
0:51.9	It seems like the other guys is going to win that one. And then we have one more vote tomorrow. The three winners will face off over the weekend. I think the Goonies is going to win, but some other people think the other guys will probably win. We'll see who comes out of the last seat. You can vote on that. And I think we're going to blow out CR Month is where this is leading. Sierra Month's been such a smashing success.
1:13.3	I think it's going to be maybe more like the San Giro Festival,
1:17.4	something like that.
1:18.0	We'll have food, we'll have musical acts.
1:19.8	We'll have barely recognizable actors from crime thrillers from the 90s,
1:25.2	2000s, and the 80s, just kind of wandering around.
1:28.3	You just like look over and be like, I think that's Robert Patrick.
1:31.9	I'll keep you posted.
1:32.8	Maybe next year's CR month just becomes a much bigger thing.
1:36.6	Jason Tatum seems like he's coming back on Friday.
1:39.9	I'm taping this on a Thursday afternoon and And all signs, as I said on Sunday,
1:45.4	I pointed to Jason Tatum coming back
1:47.1	against the Dallas Mavericks at 7 o'clock Eastern time.
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