Zion’s Murky NOLA Future With Justin Verrier. Plus, Kenny Smith on Giannis vs. Hakeem.

The Bill Simmons Podcast

The Ringer

Sports

4.5 • 29.4K Ratings

🗓️ 28 July 2021

⏱️ 90 minutes

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Summary

The Ringer's Bill Simmons is joined by Justin Verrier to discuss the New Orleans Pelicans, including recent acquisitions Steven Adams and Eric Bledsoe heading to the Grizzlies for Jonas Valanciunas, rumors of Zion Williamson being unhappy with the team (and parallels to the early signs of Anthony Davis's departure), fake Pelicans trades, and more (2:35). Then Bill is joined by Kenny "The Jet" Smith to discuss the upcoming NBA draft, parallels between Giannis Antetokounmpo's title win with the Bucks and Hakeem Olajuwon's mid-'90s Rockets, the slew of Ben Simmons trade rumors, how the Warriors might use their draft capital, and more (49:25). Host: Bill Simmons Guests: Kenny Smith and Justin Verrier Producer: Kyle Crichton Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Nobody knows what's going on, but we watch the Olympics.
0:03.5	We just turn on our TVs and become obsessed with sports we haven't thought about in
0:08.2	four years.
0:09.5	This is why we made the Ringer Guide to the Summer Games.
0:12.9	I'm your host Roger Sherman.
0:14.8	Each day during the Tokyo Olympics, I'll tell you about a different sport, athlete,
0:18.9	or storyline.
0:19.9	We'll be releasing new episodes every day starting July 19th.
0:23.7	Follow along on Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts so you know exactly how
0:28.8	to watch the Olympics.
0:29.8	We're also brought to you by the wringer.com as well as the wringer podcast network.
0:34.2	Put up a new rewatchful.
0:35.2	It's on Monday night me and Vian Latham broke down the bodyguard with Whitney Houston
0:39.6	and Kevin Koster.
0:40.8	The movie that featured the biggest movie soundtrack ever made.
0:44.3	Sold the most copies ever by far.
0:46.9	Also the second biggest movie of 1992 and Whitney and Kevin at their peaks and a fascinating
0:55.6	movie to discuss.
0:56.6	I enjoyed that.
0:59.6	Hope you enjoyed our first installment of the music box documentary series on HBO Woodstock
1:04.1	99, peace 11 rage.
1:05.6	Check it out.
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