They Saved the NBA All-Star Game? Plus, the NBA’s Tumultuous Week, With Zach Lowe

Feb 16, 2026

Talk Time

Bill Simmons

60.3 min (62.2%)

Zach Lowe

36.7 min (37.8%)

Top Entities

1NBA

41

2All-Star

27

3Oklahoma City Thunder

8

4NBA Playoffs

8

5NBA Draft

8

6Kawhi Leonard

8

7Boston Celtics

8

8Utah Jazz

7

9Nikola Jokic

7

10NFL

6

11LeBron James

6

12James Harden

6

13Victor Wembanyama

5

14New York Knicks

5

15Most Valuable Player

5

16Milwaukee Bucks

5

17Los Angeles Clippers

5

18Jaylen Brown

5

19Gambling

5

20Bill Simmons

5

21Steve Ballmer

4

22Minnesota Timberwolves

4

23Karl-Anthony Towns

4

24Golden State Warriors

4

25Detroit Pistons

4

26Anthony Edwards

4

27Jayson Tatum

4

28Zach Lowe

3

29Toronto Raptors

3

30The Sports Gal

3

31Stephen Curry

3

32Shai Gilgeous-Alexander

3

33Mark Cuban

3

34Joe Lacob

3

35Giannis Antetokounmpo

3

36Charlotte Hornets

3

37The Rewatchables

2

38San Diego Padres

2

39San Antonio Spurs

2

40Sacramento Kings

2

41Robin Lopez

2

42Philadelphia 76ers

2

43Patrick Dumont

2

44Michael Jordan

2

45Miami Heat

2

46Los Angeles Lakers

2

47Karl Malone

2

48Jose Alvarado

2

49Joel Embiid

2

50Jerry Seinfeld

2

51Houston Rockets

2

52Damian Lillard

2

53Cooper Flagg

2

54Chicago Bulls

2

55Blake Griffin

2

56All-NBA First Team

2

57Zoe Simmons

1

58Xavier Tillman

1

59Washington Wizards

1

60Usman Garuba

1

61UFC

1

62Trey Murphy III

1

63Super Bowl

1

64Simone Fontecchio

1

65Seattle Seahawks

1

66Ron Harper Jr.

1

67Reggie Miller

1

68Reddy Steward

1

69Portland Trail Blazers

1

70Payton Pritchard

1

71Nikola Vučević

1

72NHL

1

73New York Mets

1

74New Orleans Pelicans

1

75NBA Finals

1

76Magic Johnson

1

77Luka Garza

1

78Luka Dončić

1

79Los Angeles Rams

1

80Lawrence Frank

1

81Larry Bird

1

82Kyrie Irving

1

83Kyler Murray

1

84Klay Thompson

1

85Kevin Garnett

1

86Kevin Durant

1

87Joe Mazzulla

1

88Jaxson Hayes

1

89Jarren Duran

1

90James Dolan

1

91Jalen Hurts

1

92Jalen Brunson

1

93Ja Morant

1

94Isaiah Stewart

1

95Indiana Pacers

1

96Dylan Harper

1

97Drake Maye

1

98Donovan Mitchell

1

99Derrick Rose

1

100Denver Nuggets

1

101De'Aaron Fox

1

102Dallas Mavericks

1

103Cam Thomas

1

104Brock Purdy

1

105Brandon Ingram

1

106Bill's Dad

1

107Atlanta Hawks

1

108Al Horford

1

109Aaron Judge

1

League Distribution

NBA

152 (87.9%)

NFL

12 (6.9%)

MLB

4 (2.3%)

NCAAB

3 (1.7%)

UFC

1 (0.6%)

NHL

1 (0.6%)

Top Players

1Kawhi Leonard

8

2Nikola Jokic

7

3LeBron James

6

4James Harden

6

5Victor Wembanyama

5

6Jaylen Brown

5

7Bill Simmons

5

8Steve Ballmer

4

9Karl-Anthony Towns

4

10Anthony Edwards

4

11Jayson Tatum

4

12Zach Lowe

3

13The Sports Gal

3

14Stephen Curry

3

15Shai Gilgeous-Alexander

3

16Mark Cuban

3

17Joe Lacob

3

18Giannis Antetokounmpo

3

19Robin Lopez

2

20Patrick Dumont

2

21Michael Jordan

2

22Karl Malone

2

23Jose Alvarado

2

24Joel Embiid

2

25Jerry Seinfeld

2

26Damian Lillard

2

27Cooper Flagg

2

28Blake Griffin

2

29Zoe Simmons

1

30Xavier Tillman

1

31Usman Garuba

1

32Trey Murphy III

1

33Simone Fontecchio

1

34Ron Harper Jr.

1

35Reggie Miller

1

36Reddy Steward

1

37Payton Pritchard

1

38Nikola Vučević

1

39Magic Johnson

1

40Luka Garza

1

41Luka Dončić

1

42Lawrence Frank

1

43Larry Bird

1

44Kyrie Irving

1

45Kyler Murray

1

46Klay Thompson

1

47Kevin Garnett

1

48Kevin Durant

1

49Joe Mazzulla

1

50Jaxson Hayes

1

51Jarren Duran

1

52James Dolan

1

53Jalen Hurts

1

54Jalen Brunson

1

55Ja Morant

1

56Isaiah Stewart

1

57Dylan Harper

1

58Drake Maye

1

59Donovan Mitchell

1

60Derrick Rose

1

61De'Aaron Fox

1

62Cam Thomas

1

63Brock Purdy

1

64Brandon Ingram

1

65Bill's Dad

1

66Al Horford

1

67Aaron Judge

1

Who Talked About What

Zach Lowe

1NBA

24

2All-Star

14

3Oklahoma City Thunder

4

4NBA Draft

4

5Utah Jazz

3

6Nikola Jokic

3

7Victor Wembanyama

2

8Steve Ballmer

2

9Robin Lopez

2

10New York Knicks

2

11NBA Playoffs

2

12Minnesota Timberwolves

2

13LeBron James

2

14Kawhi Leonard

2

15James Harden

2

Bill Simmons

1NBA

17

2All-Star

13

3NFL

6

4NBA Playoffs

6

5Kawhi Leonard

6

6Boston Celtics

6

7Milwaukee Bucks

5

8Utah Jazz

4

9Oklahoma City Thunder

4

10Nikola Jokic

4

11NBA Draft

4

12Most Valuable Player

4

13Los Angeles Clippers

4

14LeBron James

4

15Jaylen Brown

4

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