Tatum in NYC, MVP Questions, Best First-Round Matchups, and Kon Vs. Coop, With Tim Legler

The Bill Simmons Podcast

The Ringer

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4.4 • 30.2K Ratings

🗓️ 10 April 2026

⏱️ 121 minutes

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The Ringer’s Bill Simmons reacts to Thursday night's Knicks-Celtics game before being joined by Tim Legler to discuss Joel Embiid’s bizarre surgery news, Scoot Henderson and the Trail Blazers, and possible playoff matchups (0:06). Then, Bill asks five questions to try to narrow down the MVP race (01:18:50). Host: Bill Simmons Guest: Tim Legler Producers: Chia Hao Tat and Eduardo Ocampo Learn More at https://linkedin.com/simmonsbill 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	There's no one like you, and there never will be.
0:03.0	From the producer of Bohemian Rhapsody.
0:06.6	There are many legends, but there was only one.
0:12.0	Michael in IMAX and Cinema's Wednesday, April 22.
0:23.5	The Bill Simmons podcast, brought to by Fandall. We're also brought to by the Ringer podcast network where we did a rewatchable's live show in San
0:29.4	Francisco last night.
0:30.4	We did Basic Instinct.
0:32.0	I had an awesome time at the Tony Rempi Theater.
0:34.9	Thanks to everybody who came out, a rollicking show.
0:37.3	We were going to be running it on Monday's rewatchable feed.
0:40.7	We did Basic Instinct, a movie that we did six years ago during, it was like three weeks
0:46.2	after COVID started and we did it on Zoom and we needed to redo it.
0:49.7	We needed to do it in San Francisco because it's a great San Francisco movie.
0:52.8	So that's coming Monday night.
0:55.4	Coming up on this podcast, Tim Legler stops by to talk about favorite round one possible
1:01.3	playoff matchups, the MVP race, Joe L&B going down.
1:05.1	We spent time talking about the Portland Trailblazers for some reason, but I enjoyed it.
1:09.2	And a whole bunch of other NBA stuff heading into the final weekend of the season.
1:15.1	Zach Lowe and I will be live on Netflix, Sunday night.
1:20.1	We'll know all the playoff matchups by then.
1:22.8	We have a little gimmick that we're going to do on Sunday night.
1:25.4	You can watch us live on Netflix.
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