Part 1: Unexpected Bucks-Nets Drama, Plus Top 40 Players Right Now With Ryen Russillo

The Bill Simmons Podcast

The Ringer

Sports

4.5 • 29.4K Ratings

🗓️ 14 June 2021

⏱️ 74 minutes

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In Part 1 of the two-part Sunday podcast, The Ringer’s Bill Simmons is joined by Ryen Russillo to discuss the Nets’ Game 4 loss to the Bucks after Kyrie Irving was injured. Among their questions: Did the series just flip in the Bucks’ favor? Is Kevin Durant officiated differently than other superstars? Is Giannis Antetokounmpo’s play style inefficient for his skill set? (3:00) Then Bill and Ryen run through their much-alluded-to list of the top 40 NBA players (40:30). Host: Bill Simmons Guest: Ryen Russillo Producer: Kyle Crichton Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	What if the Lin Buyers story hosted by Jordan Ritterconn is the ringer's latest narrative podcast?
0:05.6	You can find new episodes every Wednesday on the Book of Basketball 2.0 feed.
0:09.9	Here's a quick trailer.
0:12.8	You've heard his name, Lin Buyers, 1980's Fienon, second pick in the NBA draft.
0:20.2	And then, Cocaine, Tragedy. One of the most shocking deaths in sports history.
0:26.2	35 years later, Bias' legacy is still making an impact.
0:31.6	From Spotify and the Ringer podcast network, this is What If, the Lin Buyers story.
0:37.0	I'm Jordan Ritterconn.
0:41.9	We're also about to buy the Ringer.com as well as the Ringer podcast network.
0:46.5	We have a new rewatchables coming on Monday night.
0:51.2	Let's say what it is, city slickers.
0:52.8	Yeah, 30th anniversary.
0:54.9	And it's quite a movie.
0:58.1	I'll tell you, some of it's age great.
1:00.8	Other of it is age in the corner.
1:02.4	It's way possible.
1:03.2	But we had fun breaking that one down.
1:04.8	So that's tomorrow night.
1:05.6	That movie is on one of the streaming platforms for free at Cameron, which one?
1:10.3	You won't check out the Ringer NBA show.
1:11.7	We are reacting live right after a lot of these games on Sunday night, Monday night, Tuesday night,
1:18.1	Wednesday night, all those nights.
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