OKC Wins the Title, Haliburton’s Devastating Injury, the Durant Trade and NBA Draft Buzz With Ryen Russillo and Zach Lowe

The Bill Simmons Podcast

The Ringer

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4.5 • 29.4K Ratings

🗓️ 23 June 2025

⏱️ 129 minutes

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The Ringer’s Bill Simmons is joined by Ryen Russillo and Zach Lowe to react to the Thunder winning the 2025 NBA championship, and Tyrese Haliburton’s injury (2:35). Then, they talk about the Eastern Conference next season and possible trades around the league before discussing SGA’s incredible season (28:33). Finally, Bill and Ryen break down the Kevin Durant trade, discuss the NBA draft, and much more (01:04:41). Host: Bill Simmons Guests: Zach Lowe and Ryen Russillo Producers: Chia Hao Tat and Eduardo Ocampo This episode is presented by State Farm®. Dishing the assists you need off the court. State Farm® with the Assist. Play for an ULTRA today, available on Doordash! ENJOY RESPONSIBLY© 2025 ANHEUSER-BUSCH, MICHELOB ULTRA® LIGHT BEER, ST. LOUIS, MO. 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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0:38.8	rewatchable is coming for you on Monday. It is still New York City Month. I kept calling it
0:44.6	New York Month. It's really New York City month. We're trying to find movies that feel very
0:48.5	New York City-ish. So we did Die Hard with a Vengeance. Me and Van Lathen and Chris Ryan. That is going to be running on Monday
0:56.0	night. It was a really, really, really good one. Excited for you to listen to it. And then we have
1:00.9	one more movie after for New York month that I'm trying to figure out. But we'll be taping that
1:06.3	later this week. So you can check out the rewatchables and the Ringer movies YouTube channel.
1:10.8	It's also a video podcast. And there you go out the rewatchables of the Ringer Moves YouTube channel.
1:12.4	It's also a video podcast.
1:14.2	And there you go.
1:16.0	We have a bunch of NBA draft stuff. If you're into the draft, because where you're about to listen to our post-game 7 NBA
1:20.5	finals podcast with a tragic twist, thanks to the terrible halberd entry.
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