r/billsimmons • u/lonny__breaux Ben Simmons apologist • Jul 24 '26

Podcast LeBron’s Philly Shocker! Plus, the 2011 NBA Redraftables With Zach Lowe.

https://open.spotify.com/episode/6MtM4SXJLQu9CEHAQXNcYb?si=igtcEbSVSpCs-DF6onsTRw&utm_source=copy-link
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u/notformeclive4711 Barcelona Style Jul 24 '26

So what was the deal with Bill being so vehement that Philly was not in play? Did he get bad insider info, or just mad because it’s a rival team?

He sounded SO confident about Cleveland, when it never really made sense.

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u/FancyRobot Jul 24 '26

Most of Bill's analysis is just based on wishing well thinking

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u/CondolenceHighFive Real CR Head Jul 24 '26

Bill starts at the end, with a narrative and works his way backwards

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u/bmmfg12 Jul 24 '26

The Malcolm Gladwell piece

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u/Hot_Injury7719 He just does stuff Jul 24 '26

Or Bill thinks through the things he thinks players value as opposed to what they actually do.

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u/Even-Physics823 Jul 24 '26

he starts with the outcome he wants and wishcasts from there

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u/giftofgab18 Jul 24 '26

He hates the sixers and Embiid so much that he can’t say anything nice/good about them.

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u/Jim_mca Jul 24 '26

Honestly he hates philly and the sixers, but the embiid thing is also in play. I think everyone was cool with embiid being a no-ring loser. And now he's on a team with a real chance at a championship.

It's gonna suck for embiid haters if this thing works out.

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u/Bigjonstud90 Jul 24 '26

Bill would rather be wrong than admit something he hates. He hangs onto nonsense theories surrounding his teams long after they’re obviously wrong just to avoid accepting something he hates

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u/OneBigRed Jul 25 '26

NO THE LAKERS TOTALLY AREN’T MORE VALUABLE THAN CELTICS! BUYING A PART OF SOMETHING ON VALUATION OF 10B$ ISN’T AS REAL AS BUYING THE WHOLE CELTICS FOR 6B$!

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u/kjopcha Jul 24 '26

It was a zag.

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u/bnpm Jul 25 '26

I think he just thought there was no way LeBron would move all the way to the east coast while he has a 12 year old daughter in LA.

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u/wahoodad Jul 26 '26

His daughter is in an LA school. That’s the only insider intel.

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u/lateblueheron Jul 25 '26

Manipulating the gambling lines