Steve Ceruti
Appearances
The Bill Simmons Podcast
OKC’s Revenge, NBA Cup Nitpicks, and NFL Season Fun Grades with David Jacoby, Kirk Goldsberry, Kyle Brandt, and Craig Horlbeck
I definitely was, and it was like... I saw Gladiator 2 on Friday, and I had really low expectations for it, and I really enjoyed it. I liked the movie. I don't know if it needed to be made. It was kind of the same as the first one, just with a new thing. I had really low expectations. I didn't know what to expect.
The Bill Simmons Podcast
OKC’s Revenge, NBA Cup Nitpicks, and NFL Season Fun Grades with David Jacoby, Kirk Goldsberry, Kyle Brandt, and Craig Horlbeck
I didn't know if we'd hit 90 points, because I'm just... I don't know where the scoring comes from. And then, yeah, that first quarter happens, and I'm like, I'm in. This team's going to win the game. And, like... You get the halftime, they kind of, you know, I think they're down one at halftime, but anything's on the table.
The Bill Simmons Podcast
OKC’s Revenge, NBA Cup Nitpicks, and NFL Season Fun Grades with David Jacoby, Kirk Goldsberry, Kyle Brandt, and Craig Horlbeck
It just sucked because that Suggs injury in the third quarter, they were, I think, down one at the time. He goes out for a couple minutes, and I think he comes back in, they're down eight, and they have to climb back the rest of the game to get there. But without that, at the end of the day, guys, when they're fully healthy, I think they're capable of beating anybody.
The Bill Simmons Podcast
OKC’s Revenge, NBA Cup Nitpicks, and NFL Season Fun Grades with David Jacoby, Kirk Goldsberry, Kyle Brandt, and Craig Horlbeck
They're capable of beating anybody. I'm not saying they'd be favored against any of these teams, but they are capable of beating anybody.
The Bill Simmons Podcast
OKC’s Revenge, NBA Cup Nitpicks, and NFL Season Fun Grades with David Jacoby, Kirk Goldsberry, Kyle Brandt, and Craig Horlbeck
Anthony Black is next if Suggs goes down. Yeah, I was nervous. You got to get some K-tape or whatever. Get his obliques taped up so he can't get... There's some oblique epidemic breaking out in Orlando. But yeah, when his thumb got hurt, I was like, you got to be kidding me. Because that's the thing about the NBA Cup. It's like, cool, this is fun and all.
The Bill Simmons Podcast
OKC’s Revenge, NBA Cup Nitpicks, and NFL Season Fun Grades with David Jacoby, Kirk Goldsberry, Kyle Brandt, and Craig Horlbeck
But if we're really going to lose Suggs for an extended period of time, pass on the NBA Cup.
The Bill Simmons Podcast
OKC’s Revenge, NBA Cup Nitpicks, and NFL Season Fun Grades with David Jacoby, Kirk Goldsberry, Kyle Brandt, and Craig Horlbeck
So it was kind of an uncharacteristic game from him. He's, he was weirdly bad defensively tonight. He, that he got lost like a couple of times, but he actually scored way more than you think he was had assist rebounds. And a lot of that was just like, you know, cause they just need an extra ball handler. I would say too, like, I'm not nervous.
The Bill Simmons Podcast
OKC’s Revenge, NBA Cup Nitpicks, and NFL Season Fun Grades with David Jacoby, Kirk Goldsberry, Kyle Brandt, and Craig Horlbeck
Like the panic meter is not going off, but like $22 million a year, like KCP seven points, kind of, kind of, kind of hoping for more than that. And in a situation where, you know, you kind of need a veteran to step up. And honestly, like all these young guys, like even just like a Tristan Silva, like he's,
The Bill Simmons Podcast
OKC’s Revenge, NBA Cup Nitpicks, and NFL Season Fun Grades with David Jacoby, Kirk Goldsberry, Kyle Brandt, and Craig Horlbeck
He started tonight, started a lot of games since Franz and Paolo have been out, and he's been fine. And I really like the two big lineup. Wendell playing the four, it can't really work when they're fully healthy. But in this version of the team without Isaac, he's actually really good at getting those spots, like kind of top of the key, throwing those lob passes, like being a facilitator.
The Bill Simmons Podcast
OKC’s Revenge, NBA Cup Nitpicks, and NFL Season Fun Grades with David Jacoby, Kirk Goldsberry, Kyle Brandt, and Craig Horlbeck
I think he had the best plus minus on the Magic tonight. He was awesome.
The Bill Simmons Podcast
OKC’s Revenge, NBA Cup Nitpicks, and NFL Season Fun Grades with David Jacoby, Kirk Goldsberry, Kyle Brandt, and Craig Horlbeck
But Paolo Suggs and Franz are all fine.
The Bill Simmons Podcast
OKC’s Revenge, NBA Cup Nitpicks, and NFL Season Fun Grades with David Jacoby, Kirk Goldsberry, Kyle Brandt, and Craig Horlbeck
No idea. I thought it was a leg injury. Part of your hip?
The Bill Simmons Podcast
OKC’s Revenge, NBA Cup Nitpicks, and NFL Season Fun Grades with David Jacoby, Kirk Goldsberry, Kyle Brandt, and Craig Horlbeck
I thought it was like an inner quad thing. I don't know.
The Bill Simmons Podcast
OKC’s Revenge, NBA Cup Nitpicks, and NFL Season Fun Grades with David Jacoby, Kirk Goldsberry, Kyle Brandt, and Craig Horlbeck
Slept on it. Yeah.
The Bill Simmons Podcast
OKC’s Revenge, NBA Cup Nitpicks, and NFL Season Fun Grades with David Jacoby, Kirk Goldsberry, Kyle Brandt, and Craig Horlbeck
I don't understand it. I guess Fran said he didn't even, he doesn't even know what he did it. He doesn't know at any point in the game.
The Bill Simmons Podcast
OKC’s Revenge, NBA Cup Nitpicks, and NFL Season Fun Grades with David Jacoby, Kirk Goldsberry, Kyle Brandt, and Craig Horlbeck
So maybe he doesn't even know where his oblique is either. He's like, what's hurt?
The Bill Simmons Podcast
OKC’s Revenge, NBA Cup Nitpicks, and NFL Season Fun Grades with David Jacoby, Kirk Goldsberry, Kyle Brandt, and Craig Horlbeck
Cleveland. And I guess I'm, I guess I'm buying the Milwaukee, the Milwaukee. Oh, please.
The Bill Simmons Podcast
OKC’s Revenge, NBA Cup Nitpicks, and NFL Season Fun Grades with David Jacoby, Kirk Goldsberry, Kyle Brandt, and Craig Horlbeck
You just kicked our ass the other night and scared the crap out of me because if we had lost that game by 37, we would have been out of the NBA Cup and that would have been one of the most embarrassing losses of my life. It was very much on the table in the third quarter. And against Tibbs, that's the one guy you don't want to be against. But I don't know.
The Bill Simmons Podcast
OKC’s Revenge, NBA Cup Nitpicks, and NFL Season Fun Grades with David Jacoby, Kirk Goldsberry, Kyle Brandt, and Craig Horlbeck
I'm still... I mean, the Cap Brunson thing is incredible offensively right now, but they're not the same team defensively. And I just... I'm a little... I'm a little worried about the playoff thing with the playoff cat defensively. How's that going to look? What's the Mitchell Robinson minutes? Like, I don't know. I'm just like, I'm with Bill to the bridges thing. Listen, we're picking hairs.
The Bill Simmons Podcast
OKC’s Revenge, NBA Cup Nitpicks, and NFL Season Fun Grades with David Jacoby, Kirk Goldsberry, Kyle Brandt, and Craig Horlbeck
They're, they're a good, they're a good team, obviously, but I, I don't know. There's something about this next team. I'm not ready to fully go all in on.
The Bill Simmons Podcast
OKC’s Revenge, NBA Cup Nitpicks, and NFL Season Fun Grades with David Jacoby, Kirk Goldsberry, Kyle Brandt, and Craig Horlbeck
It just sucks. The Franz injury sucks because it takes away the potential all-star, the potential most improved. All that stuff is kind of not there anymore.
The Bill Simmons Podcast
OKC’s Revenge, NBA Cup Nitpicks, and NFL Season Fun Grades with David Jacoby, Kirk Goldsberry, Kyle Brandt, and Craig Horlbeck
I guess.
The Bill Simmons Podcast
OKC’s Revenge, NBA Cup Nitpicks, and NFL Season Fun Grades with David Jacoby, Kirk Goldsberry, Kyle Brandt, and Craig Horlbeck
Speaking of contracts, I need to say this. To the people who this summer were criticizing the Jalen Suggs deal, what was it, five years, $150 million for a guy that scores 12 points a game.
The Bill Simmons Podcast
OKC’s Revenge, NBA Cup Nitpicks, and NFL Season Fun Grades with David Jacoby, Kirk Goldsberry, Kyle Brandt, and Craig Horlbeck
A lot of people. Yes. Yes. A lot of a lot of a lot of our friends border. Maybe some Raptors fans were still a little upset about how that how that draft. By the way, the 2021 draft is my favorite draft in recent history. It's incredible. I go down the list of just every like week. I feel like you change the order of what guys you want. Yeah. Obviously, Fran Suggs. What do we got?
The Bill Simmons Podcast
OKC’s Revenge, NBA Cup Nitpicks, and NFL Season Fun Grades with David Jacoby, Kirk Goldsberry, Kyle Brandt, and Craig Horlbeck
Cade Mobley, Shankoon, Jalen Green, Barnes, Jalen Johnson was in that draft. Yeah.
The Bill Simmons Podcast
OKC’s Revenge, NBA Cup Nitpicks, and NFL Season Fun Grades with David Jacoby, Kirk Goldsberry, Kyle Brandt, and Craig Horlbeck
Pay sucks. The man's worth the money. He's one of the best winners in the league. He does things that other guys... He is the ultimate winning player in whatever you need him to do. And you saw it tonight. He doesn't need to be a 30-point-a-game scorer, but he was tonight.
The Bill Simmons Podcast
OKC’s Revenge, NBA Cup Nitpicks, and NFL Season Fun Grades with David Jacoby, Kirk Goldsberry, Kyle Brandt, and Craig Horlbeck
Thanks, guys. Appreciate you, Saruti.
The Bill Simmons Podcast
OKC’s Revenge, NBA Cup Nitpicks, and NFL Season Fun Grades with David Jacoby, Kirk Goldsberry, Kyle Brandt, and Craig Horlbeck
Yeah, hopefully we see you in April, May.