The Bill Simmons Podcast

Is Curry a Pantheon Guy? Plus: Knicks + Lakers Predictions With Dave Jacoby and Alan Yang

May 21, 2021

David Jacoby, an ESPN personality known for his insights on basketball, joins screenwriter Alan Yang, a lifelong Lakers fan. They debate Stephen Curry's standing among basketball greats and dissect the Knicks' playoff prospects against the Hawks, highlighting their underdog status. Alan shares thrilling tales about the Lakers' win over the Warriors and reflects on the emotional rollercoaster of attending live games. With humor, they also touch on the challenges of parenthood and the evolving landscape of basketball and baseball.

01:50:26

Episode guests

Alan Yang

David Jacoby

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Episode notes

Intro

6min

Curry's Legacy: A Basketball Great

16min

Evaluating Basketball Greatness: The Pantheon of Players

3min

New York Basketball Showdown

9min

The Thrill and Costs of Live Basketball Experiences

2min

Knicks' Playoff Pulse and Player Dynamics

8min

The Consistency of Greatness in Basketball and Podcasting Evolution

1min

Basketball Anecdotes and Evolving Narratives

16min

The Impact of Bogdanovich and the Challenges of Parenthood

2min

10.

Reflections on Memory and Connections Amidst Chaos

3min

11.

Lakers Game Analysis and Playoff Prospects

17min

12.

The Evolution of Baseball and the Star Power of Shohei Ohtani

5min

13.

Baseball, Identity, and Cinematic Reflections

22min

The Ringer’s Bill Simmons makes the case for Stephen Curry to crack the Basketball Pantheon (3:00), before talking to ESPN’s David Jacoby about the 4-seed New York Knicks! They discuss the upcoming Knicks-Hawks series, Clippers-Mavericks, Nuggets–Trail Blazers, Heat-Bucks, 10 years of working with Jalen Rose, and more (23:30). Finally, Bill talks with screenwriter, producer, and lifelong Lakers fan Alan Yang about the Lakers’ win over the Warriors in the play-in tournament, LeBron’s eye injury, the upcoming Lakers-Suns series, getting sucked back into MLB, ‘Master of None’ Season 3, post-pandemic films, and more (1:04:00).

Host: Bill Simmons

Guest: David Jacoby, Alan Yang

Producer: Kyle Crichton

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