A Radical NBA Idea, Wemby’s Musical Comp, Despising Duke, and Baseball’s ABS Revolution With Chuck Klosterman

Mar 31, 2026

Talk Time

Bill Simmons

59.2 min (51.4%)

Chuck Klosterman

56.0 min (48.6%)

Top Entities

1NBA

57

2NFL

12

3MLB

10

4Gambling

9

5NBA Playoffs

8

6Victor Wembanyama

7

7Washington Wizards

6

8NBA Draft

6

9Boston Celtics

5

10Oklahoma City Thunder

4

11Bill Simmons

4

12Wilt Chamberlain

3

13The Rewatchables

3

14Super Bowl

3

15Stephen Curry

3

16Seattle Seahawks

3

17San Antonio Spurs

3

18New England Patriots

3

19Miami Heat

3

20Las Vegas Raiders

3

21Houston Rockets

3

22Cooper Flagg

3

23Bam Adebayo

3

24All-Star

3

25Tim Duncan

2

26The Ringer

2

27Tennessee Titans

2

28San Francisco 49ers

2

29Phoenix Suns

2

30Nikola Jokic

2

31New York Knicks

2

32Michael Beasley

2

33Magic Johnson

2

34Luka Dončić

2

35Los Angeles Lakers

2

36Los Angeles Clippers

2

37Kawhi Leonard

2

38Fab Flournoy

2

39Detroit Pistons

2

40Dallas Mavericks

2

41College Basketball

2

42Charles Barkley

2

43Jayson Tatum

2

44Zoe Simmons

1

45Vince Carter

1

46Van Lathan

1

47UConn Huskies

1

48Tonka Hemingway

1

49The Sports Gal

1

50Shawshank Redemption (film)

1

51Scottie Pippen

1

52Scotiabank Arena

1

53Ricky Rubio

1

54Peyton Manning

1

55Patrick Mahomes

1

56Oakland Athletics

1

57Norman Powell

1

58NHL

1

59NFL Draft

1

60New York Yankees

1

61New York Giants

1

62Minnesota Timberwolves

1

63Memphis Grizzlies

1

64Mark Cuban

1

65March Madness

1

66Mallory Rubin

1

67Los Angeles Rams

1

68Los Angeles Chargers

1

69LeBron James

1

70Kyrie Irving

1

71Kevin Garnett

1

72Karl-Anthony Towns

1

73Kareem Hunt

1

74Kansas City Chiefs

1

75Jaxson Dart

1

76Jared Verse

1

77James Harden

1

78Jaden Ivey

1

79Hunter Renfrow

1

80Hall of Fame

1

81Garrett Temple

1

82Ernest Jones

1

83Elton Brand

1

84Dwyane Wade

1

85Drake Maye

1

86Donovan Mitchell

1

87Devin Booker

1

88Dalton Schultz

1

89Dale Osbourne

1

90Chris Paul

1

91Chicago Bulls

1

92Boston Red Sox

1

93Blake Griffin

1

94Bill's Dad

1

95Bill Murray

1

96Atlanta Hawks

1

97Amanda Dobbins

1

98Allen Iverson

1

League Distribution

NBA

103 (66.5%)

NFL

31 (20%)

MLB

13 (8.4%)

NCAAB

7 (4.5%)

NHL

1 (0.6%)

Top Players

1Victor Wembanyama

7

2Bill Simmons

4

3Wilt Chamberlain

3

4Stephen Curry

3

5Cooper Flagg

3

6Bam Adebayo

3

7Tim Duncan

2

8Nikola Jokic

2

9Michael Beasley

2

10Magic Johnson

2

11Luka Dončić

2

12Kawhi Leonard

2

13Fab Flournoy

2

14Charles Barkley

2

15Jayson Tatum

2

16Zoe Simmons

1

17Vince Carter

1

18Van Lathan

1

19Tonka Hemingway

1

20The Sports Gal

1

21Scottie Pippen

1

22Ricky Rubio

1

23Peyton Manning

1

24Patrick Mahomes

1

25Norman Powell

1

26Mark Cuban

1

27Mallory Rubin

1

28LeBron James

1

29Kyrie Irving

1

30Kevin Garnett

1

31Karl-Anthony Towns

1

32Kareem Hunt

1

33Jaxson Dart

1

34Jared Verse

1

35James Harden

1

36Jaden Ivey

1

37Hunter Renfrow

1

38Garrett Temple

1

39Ernest Jones

1

40Elton Brand

1

41Dwyane Wade

1

42Drake Maye

1

43Donovan Mitchell

1

44Devin Booker

1

45Dalton Schultz

1

46Dale Osbourne

1

47Chris Paul

1

48Blake Griffin

1

49Bill's Dad

1

50Bill Murray

1

51Amanda Dobbins

1

52Allen Iverson

1

Who Talked About What

Bill Simmons

1NBA

35

2NFL

8

3Gambling

7

4Victor Wembanyama

6

5NBA Playoffs

5

6MLB

5

7Boston Celtics

4

8Washington Wizards

3

9The Rewatchables

3

10Stephen Curry

3

11San Antonio Spurs

3

12Bill Simmons

3

13The Ringer

2

14Super Bowl

2

15Seattle Seahawks

2

Chuck Klosterman

1NBA

22

2MLB

5

3NFL

4

4NBA Draft

4

5Washington Wizards

3

6NBA Playoffs

3

7Wilt Chamberlain

2

8Tennessee Titans

2

9Oklahoma City Thunder

2

10Miami Heat

2

11Luka Dončić

2

12Las Vegas Raiders

2

13Gambling

2

14Dallas Mavericks

2

15All-Star

2

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