NBA One Guy (the West!), an Eagles Mess, MLB and WNBA Playoffs, a Mini-Mailbag and Ringer 107 Picks

Bill Simmons opens this marathon episode with three NBA-related events that pulled him into the season emotionally: a two-minute Darren Peterson preseason montage where Peterson looked 28 again, a Darius Acuff highlight reel using DeMontes Sabonis picks to generate good shots, and a Philadelphia controversy about Joel Embiid being late for practice that forced Mike Breen to recant something he said. "I'm all in," Simmons declares. "I can't wait for the Philadelphia roller coaster."

The Western Conference's Most Fascinating Players

Simmons and Rob Mahoney run through "one guy" from each Western Conference team—players they're most curious about for different reasons. Kyrie Irving leads off for Dallas: he turns 35 in March, has missed 305 games since 2020, but remains a near-50/40/90 shooter. Mahoney calls forecasting Kyrie "basically impossible" but thinks it will serve both the Mavericks and Kyrie to move on. The list of trade destinations includes Houston, Toronto, Denver, and Golden State. Mahoney raises Detroit as a dark horse: "If you could swing that trade where you're giving Dallas pieces for its future without compromising Detroit's present too much, I would be looking into it."