The Ringer Thread: Complain about everything, yet still consume content

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  1. harvey birdman

    harvey birdman Ha ha! Last laugh.
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    Though that was partially based on the position restrictions.
     
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  2. MG2

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    Guard is deeper than forward so I'm not sure how true that is.
     
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  3. Taco Sa1ad

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    My sources are telling me:

    Horford is going to Dallas
    Russell is going to Minnesota
    Kyrie and KD are going to Brooklyn
     
  4. harvey birdman

    harvey birdman Ha ha! Last laugh.
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    Think it depends on whether Davis is PF or C in a given year. Center may actually be the toughest since there's only 3 spots.
     
  5. Handcuffed

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    oh man i loved the house joke on the free agency pod last night about biden
     
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  6. BudKilmer

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    I do find it funny that unless Bill employs a dozen people capable of talking nba, but unless he can get Rusillo he just gets a drunk joe house on
     
  7. ZeroPointZero

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    KOC had the audacity to push back on Bill’s inane “I like players who win!” stuff on the All NBA pod and was relegated back to the Ringer G league team
     
  8. Handcuffed

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    hot take: a post free agency podcast is more fun with house than any of that actual smart nba people. i just want takes and house taking shots at the knicks and other dumb people and him getting simmons fired up for simmons to take shots at people. i don't want the smart people to analyze every signing. these are incomplete teams six hours after FA opened.
     
  9. Lyrtch

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    I want the Lowe pods a week from now

    I want the House pods last night while I drink and play videogames.

    Its all valuable.
     
  10. War Grundle

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    Drunk House saying “Platinum Pussy Title” for Butler was hilarious.
     
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  11. Fecta23

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    House is a perfect third wheel. He should be on with someone who knows more than he does, but he can still chime in with jokes and drunk takes.
     
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  12. Gallant Knight

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    would rather listen to house or jack o than anyone actually employed by the ringer. most of them are insufferable.

    have probably listened to every jack o podcast for like the last decade
     
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  13. Lyrtch

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    v on brand
     
  14. LuPoor

    LuPoor Cuddle with the homies watching Stand By Me
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    I wish House would disagree with Bill just once ever. He's a fun guest but literally every NBA topic includes House saying "you're a thousand percent right Bill Simmons"
     
  15. RSK

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    Jesus Simmons is soo salty about KD and Kyrie in brooklyn.
     
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  16. bro

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    No country for old men :angrycorn:
     
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  17. Taco Sa1ad

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    What about it? Thought that Pod was solid. Love that movie too.
     
  18. ZeroPointZero

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    next time send Broussard's call straight to voicemail
     
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  19. ZeroPointZero

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    time to buy stock in "The Celtics are a move away", we are hearing that in every single pod for the next 6 months
     
  20. Xander Crews

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    Him trying to talk himself into Kemba is hilarious.
     
  21. MG2

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    I'm currently trying to talk myself into Russell Westbrook at his contract being a not terrible idea because my team might trade for him. Talking myself into Kemba doesn't seem nearly as hard.
     
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  22. FTK

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    I just had a couple beers with Robert mays at the bar. Couldn’t have been a nicer guy.
     
  23. Lyrtch

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    his thing about going to watch sports in public is insane

    with that job i'd have to be Lowe-style and record it
     
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  24. FTK

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    I asked him about that, he said he doesn't drink at the bar during football seasons on Sundays but he only has "4 tvs" at home, so he needs to go to the bar to watch games lol
     
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  25. Lyrtch

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    suuurrrreeeee
     
  26. bro

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  27. War Grundle

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    What a great job they have.
     
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  28. Handcuffed

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    i missed cousin sal on the pod. an all-timer parent corner.
     
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  29. Lorne Malvo

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    Made me very excited that football is a month and a half away. Ready for that show again.
     
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  30. Detlef Schrempf

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    Cousin Sal is the guest Joe House wishes he was.
     
  31. MODEVIL

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    Three legged dog and wet dreams. Lmao
     
  32. BudKilmer

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    I mean the over under on Bills son doing a rehab stint for coke is 18.5 years old right?
     
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  33. War Grundle

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    I get wanting to be the cool dad but that kid is going to be Stifler in four years.
     
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  34. BudKilmer

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    :roll: great comp.
     
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  35. ZeroPointZero

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    its a good thing he doesn't read his replies because he gets dunked on every other tweet
     
  36. LuPoor

    LuPoor Cuddle with the homies watching Stand By Me
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    I've noticed he gets old man yells at cloud a lot
     
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  37. ZeroPointZero

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    only when it's something where the Celtics or anything Boston related doesn't benefit. Otherwise he's fully committed to the "How do you do fellow kids?" woke millennial whisperer act.
     
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  38. Hogger

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    Does anyone really buy the “i don’t ever read replies” stuff?
     
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  39. Josey Wales

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    He sounds like such a fucking loser every time he yells the ringer at the beginning
     
  40. bro

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    Inglorious bastards rewatchables :ahh:
     
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  41. ZeroPointZero

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    so is he just never gonna release the Vegas pod where Daryl Morey acted like a 12 year old?
     
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  42. BudKilmer

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    It’s very, very good and I’m glad Bill wasn’t on it
     
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  43. War Grundle

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    This is the first Mallory Rubin Rewatcheable I’ve enjoyed. I think not having Bill on there kept her toned down.
     
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  44. Fran Tarkenton

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    you mean his deep dive with Lowe on youth sports injury concerns predictably centered around his daughter's soccer career didn't satisfy you?
     
  45. Drew63

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    So absurd when he brings this up.

    Laughed quite hard when Lowe was discussing how he would approach Ben Simmons asking for a trade
     
  46. Detlef Schrempf

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    Lowe is my favorite sports writer/podcaster. His insight is great, and he is thoughtful and well reasoned on his takes, but he can be funny occasionally too.

    Bill is a talented interviewer when focused, but Boston sports, his son who he allows to be a disaster, and somehow his daughters youth soccer exploits ruin him for me too often. This is coming from someone who actually enjoys his daughter on the pod when he brings her on with something topical like when she was on with Bo Burnham for his movie 8th Grade.
     
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  47. Josey Wales

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    Bill is a caricature of “sports parent” in many ways, but at least he has the sense not to put kids through a bunch of AAU crap and consider long term effects with wear and tear.

    I will say that old schticks like always drawing parallels back to the NBA are getting tiresome now too. I almost like him best when he interviews non-sports people.
     
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  48. Drew63

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    I listen to Lowe's podcast for actual analysis and insight. Simmons pod is just for entertainment
     
  49. Fran Tarkenton

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    "Why did Dwyane Wade have injury issues??"

    idk how neither of them ever read about Wade's meniscus at Marquette
     
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  50. Josey Wales

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    Uh yeah dude...why did wade have injuries...at Marquette? Ever?

    About a month ago russillo and Simmons after befuddled by the concept of load management.