The Bill Simmons Podcast

Charles Barkley on Scapegoating Russell Westbrook, Superstars vs. Bus Riders, Getting Traded, and a Crazy First NBA Week

Oct 25, 2022

01:33:41

Episode guests

Charles Barkley

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LeBron's Team Will Win the Championship

02:31

The Media Has Changed the Narrative

01:42

How to Build a Three Team Through Analytics

02:15

Introduction

4min

What a Wrong Game

2min

Don't Repeat Obvious Mistakes From History

4min

You're Not Going Anywhere, Bill!

2min

I'm Not Going to Drop Dead on Television

2min

The One Guy Who Might Pull It Off

5min

You're Not Fucking Playing Until You Get Your Ass in Shape

2min

Is That the Same Owner That Traded Moses Malone and Traded Brad Doherty?

2min

Are You Giving Durant Too Much Credit?

3min

10.

Fandil - The Best Sports Book in America

2min

11.

Miller Light - The Official Beer of My House

5min

12.

I'm the Baddest in My Life Out Here Right Now

2min

13.

LeBron's Body Is Like a Sponge to LeBroN. Yeah.

2min

14.

What's Going on With Westbrook?

2min

15.

Is Russ Day Going to Los Angeles?

2min

16.

Can the Lakers Tank? Yeah, I Thought They Were Going to Suck

2min

17.

Does Fox Have It or Not?

3min

18.

You Suck, but You Know What We're Going to Do?

2min

19.

How to Build a Three Team Through Analytics

2min

20.

Zipper Cruder - The Smartest Way to Hire

2min

21.

Is Bead in Shape?

2min

22.

You're the Best Big Man in the Game, Nobody

5min

23.

What Do You Think Durant Wants?

2min

24.

Jalen Brown, Kevin Durant, and the Celtics?

2min

25.

I'm With Michael Jordan in His Prime

3min

26.

The Media Has Changed the Narrative

2min

27.

How to Win a Finals MVP When Andrew Wiggins Isn't the Best Player Ever

3min

28.

LeBron's Team Will Win the Championship

3min

29.

Simply Safe Home Security - The Best Home Security of 2022

5min

30.

I Hate to Read Two, Three, Two

2min

31.

I Don't Give You Extra Balls for Losing, That's the Dudest Shit Ever

2min

32.

I Was a Free Agent in My Prime, but My First Agent Stolen All My Money

3min

33.

Can You Be a Free Agent?

2min

34.

Celtics - Is He in a Really Enormous, Unique Situation?

2min

35.

I Don't Know Who's Going to Be Coaching the West, Doc Rivers or Nash.

2min

36.

The Pelicans Are Interesting Bill.

2min

37.

Is Every Time You Fall, You Can't Be Hurt?

2min

38.

You Like a More Than I Do?

3min

The Ringer's Bill Simmons quickly talks about the Patriots' dysfunctional loss to the Bears and New England's self-made QB controversy (1:54), before he is joined by Charles Barkley to discuss the expectations of Kevin Durant’s leadership role on the Nets, the Lakers’ big-picture issues, the Jazz and Trail Blazers’ hot starts, the 1-3 Sixers, early NBA Finals contenders, stories from Charles’s 16-year NBA career, ideal NBA rule changes, and more (7:19).

Host: Bill Simmons

Guest: Charles Barkley

Producer: Kyle Crichton

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The Bill Simmons Podcast

Charles Barkley on Scapegoating Russell Westbrook, Superstars vs. Bus Riders, Getting Traded, and a Crazy First NBA Week

Episode guests

LeBron's Team Will Win the Championship

The Media Has Changed the Narrative

How to Build a Three Team Through Analytics

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