The Bill Simmons Podcast
A Crazy Good NBA Rookie Class With J. Kyle Mann, Plus Tua’s Cleveland Adventure, and NFL Week 7 Picks With Joe House
17 Oct 2025
The Ringer’s Bill Simmons is joined by J. Kyle Mann to react to the NBA rookie class in the preseason (2:55). Then, Joe House joins to make their Ringer 107 picks for the week (39:22). Host: Bill Simmons Guests: J. Kyle Mann and Joe House Producers: Chia Hao Tat and Eduardo Ocampo Get Gameday Deals all season long only on Uber Eats. Order Now. The Ringer is committed to responsible gaming. Please visit www.rg-help.com to learn more about the resources and helplines available. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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The Bill Simmons Podcast is brought to you by FanDuel Sportsbook. We are also brought to you by The Ringer Podcast Network. New rewatchables coming on Monday. Last one for Redford Month. It is a quiz show, an awesome movie nominated for an Oscar. Brian Koppelman has been requesting it for at least five years. So he's finally getting his wish, doing it with Koppelman. That will be on Monday.
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right after it ends you can listen or watch to me and rob mahoney and joanne robinson break down everything we thought about not only the final episode but the season itself um i'm in boston massachusetts right now it's cold i feel like a wuss because i grew up here on the east coast i spent my first 32 years here now when i come back and it's cold and windy um I'm just freezing the whole time.
I've incorporated this into some of my sports gambling, particularly with one game we're going to talk about later with Joe House. When you go from the warm weather to the cold, this is why I moved to Southern California. When I come back, I just feel like a wuss every time. Anyway, great to be back. First, J. Kyle Mann.
He's coming on to talk about rookies because we talked about a little in the Over Under podcast earlier. But not enough. I feel like we needed a whole segment talking about how great this rookie class is. So that's first. Then Joe House comes on. We're doing our over-unders post-mortem. And then after that, Ringer 107. That includes our single favorite game of the 2025 slate so far.
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