The Bam Backlash, Kawhi’s Heater, East vs. West, and SGA vs. Jokic, With Tim Legler

The Bill Simmons Podcast

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4.4 • 30.2K Ratings

🗓️ 13 March 2026

⏱️ 93 minutes

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The Ringer’s Bill Simmons is joined by Tim Legler to discuss how the gap between the NBA conferences has closed significantly due to the talent of the league (4:17). Then, they break down Bam Adebayo’s 83-point game against the Wizards, Kawhi Leonard’s late-season surge, and much more (34:38). Host: Bill Simmons Guest: Tim Legler Producers: Chia Hao Tat and Eduardo Ocampo Sam’s Club | Join The Club of Yes And #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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0:12.1	where we put up a new episode of The Rwatchables on Monday.
0:14.4	We did Fargo.
0:15.5	We have another one coming next Monday.
0:18.3	Third episode of CR Month, it is to live and die in LA. And we're actually
0:22.0	doing two episodes next week because we have, I think we're doing a special mailbag episode
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0:44.3	You'll see my animated mug click on it. There you go. We have a pod. On Sunday, I'm going
0:51.8	to be going a little bit earlier because we're going to come right off March Madness
0:55.6	and I'm going to do some stuff with Tate Frazier, Kyle, man, right off the brackets.
1:01.5	They're going to tell us everything we want to look for for March Madness.
1:04.1	I'll do some MBA too.
1:05.0	So that's going to be probably 4 o'clock p.m. Pacific time on Sunday. And then after I do that, a couple hours later,
1:14.2	big picture, Sean Fantasy Amanda Dobbins reacting to all the Oscars stuff. It's looking,
1:20.3	we talked about it with Sean on Tuesday. It's looking pretty good for my guy, MBJ. This is
1:26.6	unbelievable. Been with him on the ground floor,
1:29.8	The Wire, Friday Night Lights, had him on my podcast in 2012 or 13 whenever he did Fruitvale,
1:37.6	got to meet him them. He came on a couple times on the BS pod and always room for that dude so man it would be amazing if
1:46.2	you won best actor and who knows maybe sinners could could upset one battle it's
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