The Mailbag: Dangerous NBA Teams, Lottery Tweaks, the KD Files, The Oscars, and Cruise vs. Pacino | With Chris Ryan and Joe House

The Bill Simmons Podcast

The Ringer

Sports

4.4 • 30.2K Ratings

🗓️ 18 February 2026

⏱️ 93 minutes

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The Ringer’s Bill Simmons is joined by Chris Ryan to dive into the mailbag and answer questions from the listeners (2:21). Then, Joe House joins to talk about their favorite NBA bets post All-Star break before ending the show with some more mailbag questions (43:21). Host: Bill Simmons Guests: Chris Ryan and Joe house 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. 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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0:42.6	We have a new episode of The Rewatchables that went up Monday night.
0:46.0	We did a Bond movie.
0:46.9	We did Gold and I.
0:48.2	It was me and Sean Fantasy and Chris Ryan.
0:51.8	Had a lot of fun talking about the movie, the video game, CR on Earth,
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1:00.9	it out on Netflix, on Spotify, wherever you get your pods. Next rewatchable is going to be crazy,
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