Bill Simmons likens LeBron James’ defense to his own during pickup games
"This is the worst comparison you've ever made."
"This is the worst comparison you've ever made."
"This team is getting worse. Kraft will do nothing and bring everyone back."
"How's that for a conspiracy theory?"
"We've had nine weeks, and I feel like he's gotten worse than he was four, five weeks ago."
"It looked like somebody who had emerged from a fire and lived."
"Who is that for? Morons?"
"They're about to start this new Raw deal, ironically on Netflix, which I think probably helped us save the documentary."
"I'm not sure what the soul is going to be if this is what your strategy is."
"I don't know if he's gonna do it."
"'I'm calling the Super Bowl, dude.'"
"There’s been so much negativity. And a lot of it is just petty jealousness."
"I can’t wait for Nick Wright’s feedback."
"The bright side is it will probably be the entry point to me making my long-awaited debut on The Bill Simmons Podcast."
"I don't want to do like the Nick Wright, I'm just throwing crazy takes out hoping to get aggregated ... Sorry, Nick."
"For Bezos, it's a little bit of a heat check."
"This is how the ABA started."
"Are we sure we should be marginalizing Tatum like this?"
The Sports Guy is leaning into the bit.
"No, we can't go down that road."
"That's the disappointing thing, is it's an opportunity lost."
"My job on this podcast is to pass along the things that I hear and make some educated guesses."
"Football's more fun, it's a more smartly put-together sport at this point than basketball."
"By the way, he should run the Lakers."
"He's sharing these stories in the media. I'm like, 'This guy might be awesome at this.'"
"There was always something to talk about, but it wasn't a good playoffs."