The Bill Simmons Podcast

Unanswerable NBA Questions With Zach Lowe, Plus Brian Koppelman and David Levien on Creating ‘Super Pumped’ During a Pandemic

Feb 24, 2022

02:22:17

Episode guests

Zach Lowe

David Levien

Brian Koppelman

Highlights

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Episode notes

Can You Feel When You're Zoomed?

01:45

Kale Is a Great Guy, but He's Not There Knockin.

02:49

How to Write a Show About Technology?

02:45

Introduction

4min

Is Ben Simmonds Going to Be Good for the Nets Sixers?

5min

Wake Me Up When Your Team's Down Two in the Second Round

5min

Is There a Better Player Than Antoine Walker?

4min

Do You Think We're Going to See Wiseman Again?

3min

Can Luca Win the Scoring Title?

6min

Do You Think It's Fair to Combine the Regular Season and Play Offs?

2min

Will Russell Westbrook Be in That Game?

4min

Is the a D Trade Not Working Out as Well as They Hope?

2min

10.

Lakers - I'm Just a Fly on the Wall

5min

11.

The Nets, I'm Not Even Messing Around. Is It an Orange Flag?

2min

12.

What Is the Kaire Summer Market Looking Like?

3min

13.

I'd First Choice, Whatever I Meen

5min

14.

It's Joellanbed Team At's This City

6min

15.

The Spurs Are the Inheritedors of the Spurs Pound the Rock Philosophy

6min

16.

Is He Going to Let You Down?

2min

17.

Is Senly the Biggest Sealing Basement Team?

6min

18.

Therranet's the Most Improved Player

2min

19.

The Zion Thing Is Crater

4min

20.

Are You Going to K G? Night?

2min

21.

Then There's the Sabonus Trade.

2min

22.

'Cairee to Boston'

4min

23.

Paul George to the Clippers.

6min

24.

The Ringer, Season Three, Is Coming Out?

3min

25.

The Lastwa

3min

26.

How Do You Create a Character Matrix During a Pandemic?

2min

27.

Can You Feel When You're Zoomed?

2min

28.

How to Write a Show About Technology?

3min

29.

How to Tell a Disruptive Story

2min

30.

Winning Time - I Love It

4min

31.

Kale Is a Great Guy, but He's Not There Knockin.

3min

32.

Is It Possible That Shan Wold Text and Say Something Like That?

2min

33.

The Heat? The Heat Sequel?

1min

34.

I Don't Know if I Need That in This Show

2min

35.

The Movies of Lick Rockefeller

2min

36.

You Want Something Sad?

2min

37.

Pinball Machines

2min

38.

What's Mike MCD Doing Right Now?

2min

39.

Are You Still in Levin O Now?

2min

40.

I'm a Moron, I'm an Anti-Babbet Story.

2min

41.

Is Ridge Iverson a Top 30 Player?

2min

42.

Then There's a Lot of Good Guys in the Mba, Right?

2min

43.

The Top Five in This Game?

2min

44.

Those Highlights Are Crazy. I Don't Know Why I Left Him Off

2min

45.

The Packass Super Pumped Podcast

2min

The Ringer’s Bill Simmons is joined by ESPN's Zach Lowe to run through the biggest questions remaining for the rest of the NBA season, including how the Ben Simmons–James Harden trade will play out, the Warriors' dependence on Draymond Green’s health, Denver’s playoff potential, a Lakers-Clippers play-in possibility, and Brooklyn’s ceiling (2:28). Then they rank the most shocking trades from the past decade (74:42). Later, Bill is joined by showrunners Brian Koppelman and David Levien to talk about their newest show, ‘Super Pumped’ (87:12).

Host: Bill Simmons

Guests: Zach Lowe, Brian Koppelman, and David Levien

Producer: Craig Horlbeck

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The Bill Simmons Podcast

Unanswerable NBA Questions With Zach Lowe, Plus Brian Koppelman and David Levien on Creating ‘Super Pumped’ During a Pandemic

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Can You Feel When You're Zoomed?

Kale Is a Great Guy, but He's Not There Knockin.

How to Write a Show About Technology?

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