The NBA’s World Cup Fix, Plus the 2004 NBA Redraftables With Kevin O'Connor and Joe House

The Bill Simmons Podcast

The Ringer

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4.5 • 29.4K Ratings

🗓️ 27 May 2020

⏱️ 112 minutes

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The Ringer's Bill Simmons is joined by Kevin O'Connor to discuss the proposed World Cup–like group stage format for the NBA playoffs, potentially eliminating conferences, how to maintain the integrity of the NBA regular season, exciting matchups, and more (2:15). Then Bill and Joe House revisit the 2004 NBA draft and discuss some of the subplots, draft comedy, and NBA legends from that draft class (40:25) before redrafting the top 14 lottery picks (55:00). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:38.4	So there you go. Coming up, we're going to talk to Kevin O'Connor about his World Cup idea for
1:44.2	the basketball playoffs at basketball can come back during the quarantine. And then the redraftables
1:49.7	2004, the redraftables is back. Me and Joe House will break down that draft. That's all coming up.
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