The Bill Simmons Podcast

NBA Playoff Character Awards With Chris Ryan and Tyler Parker. Plus Jackie MacMullan on Celts-Bucks, and Pearl Jam’s Jeff Ament

May 6, 2022

02:09:36

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Salt Lake

01:44

The One Skill That You Either Have or Don't Have

01:52

Is Your Music Inspired by the TV Show?

01:50

Introduction

3min

The Ringer Dot Com, the Wrong, the Weird.

2min

Lebran's Step Back

2min

I've Been Scouting the Sky Since He Was 12

2min

During the Game, I, I, I Love, Ye, We in Minnesota Now.

2min

Is the Miked Up Stuff Gone South?

3min

Luca's Team Is Just Like a Locomotive, I Like the Gamesmanship

1min

The Herb Jones Playoff Preview

2min

Doc, You've Got Three Left, This Number Three

3min

10.

The Diandre Thing Is Just, Like, a Bad Fit

2min

11.

The Sixers, Yagers, Surger. Yagers? Yager? You Think?

4min

12.

The Sixters - I'm Going Full Seven Seconds or Sun Two Thousand 23?

2min

13.

Will the Simmons Hardened Trade Be the Least Consequential Buster Ever?

2min

14.

The Dog Tweats in the First Person

2min

15.

Anthony Edwards - The Most Likeable Athlete

2min

16.

I Just Want to Protect Him at All Costs, Omith, Yo, All Right?

2min

17.

Yegy Ye. He's a Rogue Licke, He Might Show Up.

2min

18.

'Nail Tech', a Ti Song, 'Scott Foster's 'Nobody Debord Yet'

2min

19.

Moose

2min

20.

Getting the Mort Out - That's the Scott Foster Energy

2min

21.

Is the Nba Going to Keep Them On?

2min

22.

The Galaxy S 22 Series - The New Standard and Smart Phones

2min

23.

The Best Player in the League?

2min

24.

The One Skill That You Either Have or Don't Have

2min

25.

The Labrons Aren't Going to Keep.

3min

26.

Yanis Is the Best Yo, Even When He's Not Good, He Still Has This Mass of Impact on a Game

2min

27.

The Year, You Can't Give Enough Credit to Jason Tatem for What He's Done.

2min

28.

The Bucks Made Them Come Back

2min

29.

Jalan Brown Ini - Is He a Man Possessed?

3min

30.

Is Grant Williams Trying to Stop Yonus?

2min

31.

I Think the Ah, That Trade Is Going to Be Discussed if the Celtics Lose This Series

2min

32.

What Have You Heard From a 500 Team?

1min

33.

Is He Going to Call Them Out?

2min

34.

Will Hardy Is a Starim, but I Don't Know if That's True.

2min

35.

Those Are the Two Things I Can Take Away From This Season

2min

36.

YO, Look, We Want to Keep You, but Here's What We Need to Do

2min

37.

Yers, I'm Going to Bail on You

2min

38.

Golden State vs Boston Celtics

2min

39.

The Patriots Are Still King Notesant if Thes

3min

40.

Did Dillenbrooks Have a Dirty Play?

2min

41.

I Think It Should Be a Flagrant One, Two and Three

3min

42.

Millerlight - The Best Beer in the World

1min

43.

The Wold Walked Me Through the Last Two Years

2min

44.

The High Light From San Diego Last Night

2min

45.

How Does the Personal Dynamics Work?

2min

46.

I'm a Fan of the Celtics, but I'd Have Thought That With the Gas This Year.

2min

47.

Utah Jaz vs Milwaukee

2min

48.

Salt Lake

2min

49.

The Lakers, I'm Not Sure if They're Going to Trade Westbrook or Not.

2min

50.

The Lakers, I'm a Westbrook Apologist

2min

51.

Is He Gonna Win a Title?

2min

52.

I'm a Big Fan of O'brion, but He's a Little Bit More Durable.

2min

53.

Bill Someman's Poccast Review

3min

54.

Music Boxers

2min

55.

The Best Part of the Home Movie

2min

56.

What Do You Remember About Allan's Story?

2min

57.

What Are the Questions They Ask You?

1min

58.

I'd Love to Make a Record a Year

2min

59.

What's Your Favorite Song to Perform?

2min

60.

Then I Got a Pitch for Under the Banner of Heaven Iws

3min

61.

Is Your Music Inspired by the TV Show?

2min

62.

The Gold Standard - I Love It

3min

63.

I've Always Loved Markus Smart, Always

2min

64.

Los Vegas and Seattle Are Getting Expansion Teams

2min

65.

The Clippers Are Coming Back. You're Toring Again.

2min

The Ringer's Bill Simmons is joined by Chris Ryan and Tyler Parker to discuss Tyler's five favorite characters in the NBA playoffs (2:21). Then Bill talks with Jackie MacMullan about the Celtics-Bucks Round 2 series currently tied at 1-1, the difficulty of officiating Giannis Antetokounmpo; Celtics head coach Ime Udoka helping his team find their identity, why it is so difficult to predict the series outcome, and more (41:29). Finally Bill is joined by Jeff Ament of Pearl Jam to talk about going on tour for the first time since the pandemic, navigating working as a solo artist while still remaining an integral part of Pearl Jam, why the Utah Jazz haven't been successful with their roster, Seattle's grunge scene in the '90s, rumors of the SuperSonics returning to Seattle, and more (1:18:43).

Host: Bill Simmons

Guests: Chris Ryan, Tyler Parker, Jackie MacMullan, and Jeff Ament

Producers: Kyle Crichton and Steve Ceruti

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The Bill Simmons Podcast

NBA Playoff Character Awards With Chris Ryan and Tyler Parker. Plus Jackie MacMullan on Celts-Bucks, and Pearl Jam’s Jeff Ament

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