They Saved the NBA All-Star Game? Plus, the NBA’s Tumultuous Week, With Zach Lowe

The Bill Simmons Podcast

The Ringer

Sports

4.4 • 30.2K Ratings

🗓️ 16 February 2026

⏱️ 100 minutes

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The Ringer’s Bill Simmons is joined by Zach Lowe to react to NBA All-Star Weekend and to catch up on the NBA season (0:32). Then, they try to figure out how to fix some of the problems around the league (45:44). Host: Bill Simmons Guest: Zach Lowe Producers: Chia Hao Tat and Eduardo Ocampo Bundle and Save Book now. 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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1:07.7	the NBA All-Star game, 2006.
1:11.2	Team Stripes took it down.
1:13.6	I never thought I would say these words, Zach.
1:16.5	I wish I had gone.
1:19.2	It was a fun game.
1:20.3	It was a fun game.
1:21.5	35, 40 minutes from my house.
1:23.8	It would have been inconceivable to me 20 years ago, 25 years ago,
1:27.2	that I wouldn't have wanted
1:27.9	to go to the All-Star game. But it had just beat me in a submission and I just didn't want to go.
1:33.6	And then as the game kept going quarter by quarter, all of a sudden became super-doper fun.
1:39.0	Fourth quarter, not fun. But first three, super fun.
1:42.5	It was a great, like a bit of redemption for the NBA.
1:46.2	I made fun of the format.
1:47.5	I still don't love like the round robin for mini game format.
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