Do you instruct your podcasters to laugh all the time they talk? It’s very insincere and distracting. Your women all stink, Bill.

The Windhorst interview is a prime example of our society needing to recalibrate. When a SPORTS REPORTER says multiple times over the course of a 30-minute chat (presumably about sports): “Eh, I really shouldn’t share that”…Rome may be on the ropes. The athletics ecosphere is just entertainment, folks. “Big business”…sure…but it’s still grown men putting a ball in a basket at its core. Professional sports’ only value to the other 99.9999% of us lies in the entertainment quotient. This disproportionate deification of individuals that don’t tangibly move a society forward is misguided, at best…and if you think that the slope doesn’t get more slippery from there, take another listen to Deepthroat Windhorst and his cryptic codes…about grown men putting a ball in a basket. Deify appropriately, gang, because this consumer base is the only force that can move this particular needle. If these dudes wanna play “I have a secret,” just quit clicking. Or at least write a scathing review. A few more million of these shouts from the darkness, and who knows, maybe reporters will go back to reporting. What a world. Shhhhh, don’t tell though!

Bill is a big NBA fan which I appreciate being a hardcore basketball fan. He’s a Celtics fan (duh) but appreciates the history of the game. Good guests and solid interviews. People that are educated and specialize in the topics. I have read his articles 20 years ago and still enjoy his takes even when it’s conspiracy Bill.

Hire dog sitter during recording. I just turn it off once I start hearing it. It’s bad. Worse than you think. It’s all the time.

C’mon man

Thanks for doing this pod. I enjoy it. Sincerely, A Fan

Mouth diarrhea

Bill has really regressed as a podcaster. He has lost any and all zip on his fastball. Now he’s just a rag-arm middle reliever who is trying to trick people to get by for another year before he’s fully exposed. This has just become a sports betting podcast run by a guy who is clueless. He’s just going through the motions these days with recycled takes and uninformed nonsense. He sounds more and more like an old man who hangs on to old ideas and tries to stay current by referencing Taylor Swift, but then compares everything to a Celtics team from 40 years ago. Keep throwing your spitballs.

Yes we are all tuning in to hear Bill’s agent, with the authentic NY accent, that only LA people develop. Can you please leave the agent, sal and Joe House off the roster for the 26 Masters. Nathan is insightful and has access. Joe house “has exposure” to every player on the board and we should never have to listen to him.

Sunday night’s podcast should only be Bill and Sal in the fall and winter and only Bill and Russillo in the spring and summer. Please don’t add people. It ruins it. Thanks.

Lakers shouldn’t be upset Luka didn’t play well lmaoo . I turned it off right there not that listen regularly lmaoo . Idk his Bill Russell liked you champ ! Major white guy lover or unless they played for Boston ! You get the point though , anyway I know my dubs won on y’all floor , best feeling ever !! Lames ! Back to the BLACK PODCASTS

Wildes’ let his intrusive thoughts win and so did Nico Harrison.

Bill slurps White Lotus so much, his family is in season 3. I didn’t know Bill was a Duke alum.

The Lowe Post is back

D1 Celtics glazer

So happy Zach is back. Really missed his work

That Chris Vernon guy is incredibly annoying. I can’t listen if he’s on.

Vernon is legit a moron and it’s clear bill and ryen think the same

The Sunday NBA episodes with Russillo are Bill’s best. I wish he would stop diluting them with extra guests, like the loud and often insufferable Chris Vernon on 3/30.

Chris Vernon and Wos are unlistenable. Real Ones is great without Logan. Wos and Logan are not voices fit for broadcasting. And their repeated cussing just seems to show a lack of imagination or intelligence. Bill- there are MANY black broadcasters that are awesome- don’t be cheap. Hire them. Other than that love the podcast.

Less Verno and his shouting

Just clear your throat you monster

This is a great podcast for keeping up with anything sports. I only really listen to the NFL parts but that is what makes this podcast so good, you can like either sport and be fine.

Perfect podcast for me!!!!! SPORTS LOVER! Please give us more!

The podcast Is good for shallow thinkers.

Classic Bill to have the great Kirk Goldsberry on to talk about how his college class worked on solutions to fix the league, and then proceed to spend 81-82% of the time espousing his own solutions.

Those two guys together with you make the absolute best podcast, funny, CORRECT & ACCURATE INFO., and just plain enjoyable to listen to. Give us more!!

If you want to join a Celtics circle jerk, this is the pod for you. My god. It’s almost worse than Mallory’s god forsaken laugh.

I normally like his appearance but his Rodgers’ bias is absurd. Rodgers stinks and needs to go away.

Russillo and Simmons sundays are the best. Everything else is whatever

Simmons and Ryan the best besides Brian talking hoop love them together.

Too many ads and gambling stuff, but otherwise great

Seriously, not one single criticism of King Lorne Michaels. I get that you are both sycophants but Good God, that was boot licking of the highest order.

NFL cousin sal and Joe house-ness. Otherwise it’s LOTS of NBA filler lol 🤙

It is amazing he still has this passion all these years later. Thank you for all the memories Simmons

The NBA is a Ponzi scheme and so is this podcast

Love this pod. Great insight and discussions on sports and culture. Bill is awesome

Skip Shea.

Dying league like this pod

Love the pod, still makes me laugh

Could be a good pod, but 70% of it is unpaid promo for Fanduel. You’re already sponsored by fanduel, have shows about betting on fanduel, have ads from fanduel, yet instead of talking about the sports part of sports, you mostly just talk about your insane level of gambling and how it relates to fanduel. I don’t gamble, but a lot of listeners do and if they haven’t had a company bought by Spodify, having gambling pushed on them so heavily could be damaging.

I’ve never left a podcast review before for any show. The fact that Bill spent 6 hours talking about NBA this because of the Luka trade is dumb. Man he really got every gram of meat off that bone. Bill said “sorry, sometimes NBA wins”. No Bill, you lost. Lost a listener until next season when Guess the Lines returns. Update. Really want to listen to this SuperBowl recap episode, but really afraid the 1st hour will be about NBA trades. Wish me luck.

It’s what NBA “fans” need right now.

But, no shade to Justin and Eddie, if I wanted to hear people yell, I’d watch first take, which I don’t.

I don’t miss an episode… EXCEPT when he is doing an all NBA episode. I can’t stand the NBA. I could listen to Bill talk about literally any other subject. I would rather listen to his yearly segment with his daughter. (Which I do 😂) Love “guess the lines” during football season with Cousin Sal. Everything with Joe House is fantastic. Needed weekly Pods. All hail the PodDaddy Bill Simmons ✋🏻🤚🏻

I love the pod, and when I first started listening a few years ago Ryen and Bill was my Favorite Combo. They had great Chemistry and seemed to be really good friends. Hearing them reference and laugh about obscure nba players and moves from the past, listening to them slightly disagree but often find common ground with positivity in their voices. But starting last year, I wanna say, The vibe completely changed. After thinking this about most of their podcasts last year I kinda wrote it off. But after listening to the most recent podcast, and first Ryen and Bill one of the 24-25 NBA Season, I was reminded of their seeming negativity and frustration with each other. So I decided to some investigating and listen to some old podcasts between them to see if my feelings were warranted. I listened to a few pods from 2022, 2021 and 2018. I quickly realized that the banter was much more light hearted, positive, and fun. And I’ve concluded that Bill is mostly the same, I love hearing him talk to House, Sal, and even KOC, who I don’t care for much. Many say he’s changed and are upset about Bill having “bad takes” and being reactionary. But those kinda of takes make sports talk entertaining and ultimately whats most important in any podcast, in my opinion, is the chemistry between the hosts. But Ryen has just changed. He’s become way more critical towards bill, and has a lot of negativity surrounding his commentary. He’s always called out bill but they used to find some common ground in a light hearted way, but idk, Ryen just seems sick of Bill and like he hates doing these pods. Idk what changed, maybe they need to go to some clippers games and get hammered a few times to reignite their friendship? Pod still gets 5 starts, as it’s great but these are just some observations I have about my favorite duo becoming my least favorite.

Love the show. I hope Drake Maye is a bust since Bill ruined the finale of Landman so casually.

Bill and Sal together are the absolute best. Enough said.

I think the fame and fortune has eroded his once rapier wit. Now he just loves talking about how incredible he is.

I only mildly follow professional sports, but my husband is sports obsessed. He listens to every sports podcast under the sun, so I’ve heard them all and find most of them pretty intolerable. Love the Simmons podcast mix of interesting sports commentary and banter. This morning I found myself thinking “I wonder what Bill Simmons will say about the Commanders win!” But don’t tell my husband, that will completely throw off my bargaining power.