i switched from Bill to Ryen awhile ago due to overexposure to Bill's personality and friends. a real facebook to instagram move, sticking it to nobody. when I think about the total time spent listening to Bill talk to his Dad on the phone about Tatum settling for too many jump shots or hearing Joe House say anything, it makes me ill.
― NFT of snare on "The King of Wishful Thinking" (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, 24 May 2021 22:05 (three years ago) link
i never listen to anything with house on
― i was too much listening to your accent (Spottie), Monday, 24 May 2021 22:17 (three years ago) link
the podcast has kinda become 2 hours of Russillo walking a tightrope between making fun of Bill and showing restraint. this is part of what's funny ... to me, at least. but i am definitely a latecomer on this.
― alpine static, Monday, May 24, 2021 5:46 PM (two hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
it's a weird dynamic since i don't think bill always realizes that russillo is going to react honestly to what he's saying. it serves to expose how bad bill has gotten over the past year. today he said with sincerity that the celtics should play pritchard over walker. russillo just hit it with a brick wall "no" and then bill starting backtracking to oh well they should at least split time.
i used to be able to see where bill was coming from with nba takes even if i didn't agree but he's just gone off a cliff. i wonder if not going to a work environment and probably only talking to his dad and house and occasionally his cohosts has made some of his dumber tendencies shine through.
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 25 May 2021 00:32 (three years ago) link
Bill is even doing the whole "ask a leading question about something ridiculous that i believe" and after he gets a hard "no" from Ryen he's like "yeah, me neither"
it's like 25% sweet and 75% embarrassing
― alpine static, Tuesday, 25 May 2021 04:26 (three years ago) link
Ryen and I share some friends and stories about him are bizarre yet endearing. I know there’s some issues (e.g. the breaking and entering thing) but I like him and love that he’s finding some success. He knows a lot about balling without coming across as an asshole so he’s a perfect foil for Simmons.
― Allen (etaeoe), Sunday, 30 May 2021 21:18 (three years ago) link
Bill Simmons: and uh they have garv-garvilo Ryen Russilo: Gavrilo BS: Gavriol Prin-RR: Gavrilo PrincipBS: Right...so i like him a lot as an irrational confidence guyRR: sure— Handsome B. Charming (@Richard57941301) November 16, 2021
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 17 November 2021 21:01 (two years ago) link
hahah
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 17 November 2021 21:07 (two years ago) link
“When I was in the first grade, I thought that I was Black.” - Bill Simmons pic.twitter.com/cJUFOuT8Ya— Real Hooper Pilled Trill (@TrillBroDude) January 22, 2022
― lag∞n, Saturday, 22 January 2022 17:19 (two years ago) link
idk if that's particularly unusual but I sure as hell would never tell anyone about that
― frogbs, Saturday, 22 January 2022 17:34 (two years ago) link
Jeez, at first I thought that was a recent quote and not from his book that was published twelve years ago.
― Mr. Snrub, Saturday, 22 January 2022 17:59 (two years ago) link
from a recent podcast:
Bill: "I tried to figure out who was the best 2 guard for every year since Bill Russell came into the league."
Ryen (noticeably appalled): "What is wrong with you?"
Bill: "I don't know. It didn't take that long."
Ryen: "OK, go through all 50."
― alpine static, Thursday, 7 April 2022 07:50 (two years ago) link
lol. pretty amazing how bill made such a lucrative career out of just transcribing the stupid bar debates that go on in his head (and now as podcaster he doesn't even have to transcribe them!)
― Lavator Shemmelpennick, Thursday, 7 April 2022 13:06 (two years ago) link
was his stated premise from the beginning, can only tip your cap
― lag∞n, Thursday, 7 April 2022 13:39 (two years ago) link
Madone!!!! pic.twitter.com/hKiNGZ9Vsf— Sigur Ross Geller (@killakow) April 27, 2022
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 27 April 2022 23:32 (two years ago) link
pic.twitter.com/oqNMTQX0dD— Subscribe to the You Know Ball Patreon (@TrillBroDude) November 17, 2022
― im a beacon of light (Spottie), Thursday, 17 November 2022 16:12 (one year ago) link
insight
― “Cheeky cheeky!” she trills, nearly demolishing a roadside post (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 17 November 2022 17:53 (one year ago) link
hes not wrong
― lag∞n, Thursday, 17 November 2022 18:33 (one year ago) link
Great to have you back Bill, but could you please try something different next time?
― Mr. Snrub, Friday, 3 February 2023 17:46 (one year ago) link
the trade value column is a real throwback. im three entries in and he's already referenced tom sizemore and heat and compared rudy gobert's trade to a buddy buying an expensive pool table
― sault bae (voodoo chili), Friday, 3 February 2023 19:18 (one year ago) link
he's really tiresome
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 3 February 2023 19:33 (one year ago) link
annoying columnist was a more preferable role for him than annoying podcaster imo
― sault bae (voodoo chili), Friday, 3 February 2023 19:37 (one year ago) link
I like listening to The Rewatchables on walks from time to time. I know a lot of podcasts fall under "middle-aged white guys sitting around shooting the shit," but this one works for me.
― made a mint from mmm mmm mmm mmm (Eazy), Friday, 3 February 2023 19:44 (one year ago) link
bill's dad was genuinely good on the game 7 post-game pod...
they also had an interesting note in there about watching butler at halftime make a bunch of threes in a row from the right wing & then the heat running the play to start the third q that got him the open pull up three from that spot (which he made). the simmons family doing a better job than TNT's sideline reporters
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 30 May 2023 17:22 (one year ago) link
pic.twitter.com/efKQF6s7Az— conspicuous leisure (@Inspectah8) May 30, 2023
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 1 June 2023 17:37 (one year ago) link
never gonna feel bad for a fanbase that's gotten to experience 3 full lifetimes of unforgettable sports moments in a single decade but still what a brutal way to go out
― frogbs, Thursday, 1 June 2023 17:46 (one year ago) link
idk it wasnt that bad, watching the games was kinda bad lol, getting swept wouldve been bad but they fought back and just didnt have enough in the tank
― lag∞n, Thursday, 1 June 2023 22:05 (one year ago) link
bad JB series and an injured brogdon was all she wrote. and they still made it interesting despite that.
― Spottie, Thursday, 1 June 2023 22:16 (one year ago) link
some crazy shooting from the heat too
― lag∞n, Thursday, 1 June 2023 22:18 (one year ago) link
yeah didnt feel any worse than the 2020 one
― ciderpress, Thursday, 1 June 2023 22:23 (one year ago) link
celtics got one of the all-time ridiculous buzzer beaters
― symsymsym, Friday, 2 June 2023 03:54 (one year ago) link
https://variety.com/2023/digital/news/prince-harry-meghan-markle-grifters-bill-simmons-1235647643/amp/
how did you guys not tell me about this!
― k3vin k., Saturday, 1 July 2023 22:19 (one year ago) link
tbf, ofc prince harry & his duchess are on the make. they have an expensive lifestyle and harry has no visible skills or talents to sell to support that. meghan could probably get back into acting, but she didn't sign up to support her wastrel husband.
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Saturday, 1 July 2023 22:24 (one year ago) link
bill simmons is absolutely right and it's funny as hell
― mookieproof, Saturday, 1 July 2023 22:29 (one year ago) link
lol get em
― lag∞n, Saturday, 1 July 2023 22:32 (one year ago) link
i did crack up at this when i heard it but never occurred to me it would make the news, which is my blind spot i suppose
― call all destroyer, Saturday, 1 July 2023 22:43 (one year ago) link
its really on bill/spotify for not just having them do a show complaining about the royals
― lag∞n, Saturday, 1 July 2023 22:51 (one year ago) link
“you live in fucking montecito” lol
― call all destroyer, Saturday, 1 July 2023 22:57 (one year ago) link
lol, i didn't realize bill had personally dealt with them, jeez
― circles, Sunday, 2 July 2023 14:24 (one year ago) link
i’m completely baffled as to why he thinks this is a unique opinion……. not sure if it’s in this clip but he says on the podcast that he and rusillo and “5 others” believe that scoot is going to be a star
Scoot Henderson is gonna be a star — this is happening. Don’t say Russillo and I didn’t try to warn you. pic.twitter.com/5zbfFw15dn— Bill Simmons (@BillSimmons) July 10, 2023
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 11 July 2023 05:41 (one year ago) link
very brave of bill to say this
― Clay, Tuesday, 11 July 2023 06:33 (one year ago) link
scoot fell one spot in the draft no one believed in him
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 11 July 2023 11:42 (one year ago) link
"fuckin carries himself like an alpha" lol cant believe you guys listen to this shit
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 11 July 2023 12:03 (one year ago) link
shd also be mentioned the "scoot can get by anyone" is far from a settled fact and wasnt even true in the game bill is freaking out over, he took a bunch of short pullups
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 11 July 2023 12:06 (one year ago) link
he had one halfcourt layup and even that was boarderline transition, could see him being one of those good all around guys who never quite puts it together efficiencywise, a lot depends as it does in the nba on "how good can he shoot"
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 11 July 2023 12:12 (one year ago) link
i didn’t get to see the scoot game but the way he’s describing him is something you’d typically hear about a player who is closer to being maxed out physically than one with limitless potential
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 11 July 2023 13:40 (one year ago) link
yeah def a guy whos more physically mature than his peers, and is also just a beast
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 11 July 2023 13:56 (one year ago) link
Scoot seems like a fun and charismatic dude. He may have more "star power" than, say, Lillard, who is great at hooping but pretty boring off the court.
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Tuesday, 11 July 2023 18:34 (one year ago) link
that bill dialog on scoot was hilarious, dude is yelling at no one.
― nobody respects the chair (Spottie), Tuesday, 11 July 2023 18:36 (one year ago) link
inventing a guy to be smarter at basketball than
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 11 July 2023 18:49 (one year ago) link
look no one is saying this! I’m the only guy! but based on 11 minutes of summer league mark my words the guy who was the consensus one pick if 7’4 kd didn’t exist — he’s gonna be a huge star and nobody knows it
― Clay, Tuesday, 11 July 2023 18:54 (one year ago) link