Zach Lowe Charlottes a hell of a lot of fun man Charlottes a good NBA city a good NBA market with good fans and cool uniformsnot the Creamsicle ones theyre wearing now and then Its just good for the NBA

Bill Simmons Pod Zach Lowe answering a mailbag question about the existence of the Brooklyn Nets I do think that the Knicks winning and the outpouring of emotion from the entirety of New York City is a meaningful material change to what the Brooklyn Nets mean to the NBA

Bill Simmons on the Lamelo Ball trade I'm at A- or A for Charlotte I couldn't believe the trade for Minnesota I fucking hated it

Bill Simmons Can we all agree Cleveland is the worst outcome Lowe I ranked it by basketball fits and entertainment value fits and I had Cleveland last The reason is just the Harden piece What is he LeBron going to be doing when James Harden dribbles 30 times

Shelburne For a lot of the time LeBron thought it was going to end up being Miami That seemed to be a nice fit and story but when youve been to a place before when youve won at a place before if you go back it may not be the same

Charania Philadelphia was not in the picture for LeBron until after the Jaylen Brown trade and within 24 hours LeBron was taking their pitch very seriously It's currently a hierarchy of Cleveland Miami and Philadelphia and then teams on the periphery

Inside The NBA - Charles wants Shaqs balls