It's fake trade season! The Ringer's Bill Simmons is joined by Kevin O'Connor of Yahoo Sports to discuss NBA teams to watch around the trade deadline, including the Mavericks, 76ers, Pelicans, Lakers, and Heat (1:20). Then, they fire off a bunch of fake NBA trades as the deadline approaches (30:22). Host: Bill Simmons Guest: Kevin O'Connor Producer: Kyle Crichton 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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Making up for it today with a special basketball podcast. Our old friend Kevin O'Connor is coming in. We're going to talk about a bunch of teams that are in trouble. We're going to talk about fake trades. What's realistic? What's not? Where are people like Jimmy Butler going? Could there be a surprise? The trade deadline is February 6th. We're breaking all of it down.
First, our friends from Pearl Jam. All right, we're taping this. It is 4 o'clock Pacific time. There's reasons for that, which I'll get to. Very excited to have Kevin O'Connor here. You might remember him from many, many, many years at The Ringer. He is now at Yahoo. We have not done a podcast during this basketball season. What better time, KOC, than fake trade season for us to reunite?
Best time of the year, Bill. And I have to say, you know, I called you on the phone when I left for Yahoo, but I have to thank you for everything, you know, over those eight years of the ringer publicly. I have to, I have to. Yeah, we're always good.
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