Bill Simmons makes an impassioned plea that Jayson Tatum be given the car keys over LeBron for the Olympics basketball team LeBron was the point forward on an 8 seed that won one playoff game Tatum was basically the point forward on a team that went 81 and 20 and easily won the playoffs

Bill Simmons reading mailbag question Why couldn't East contender trade for Bronny for the sole purpose of guarding LeBron during key moments in a playoff series No way he is looking to embarrass his son right 2 clips together

Bill Simmons I think one of the reasons they made the trade is they felt like he Paul George might be a better fit at this point in Jayson Tatum's career I think they were feeling like it was a better basketball fit and I think they wanted some of their other younger wings to play more

Jayson Tatum lost his basketball powers in China

Bill Simmons on the Lakers It couldn't be Luka's team if LeBron was there A lot of white guys They fit right in in Slovenia

Bill Simmons I dont know if this is the best situation for him Jaylen Brown in Philly but Ill guess well find out But he went from Its time for me to have my own team to him being the 4th most important person on this team Hes basically going to have to be their Derrick White

Simmons Who's playing defense on this Heat teamLowe Giannis Bam Davion Mitchell Andrew WigginsSimmons Who's guarding Jayson TatumLowe Andrew WigginsSimmons Andrew Wiggins did guard Jayson Tatum really well 4 years ago Welcome to the Play-In