Bill Simmons and Tim Legler discuss how many wins the Thunder would have this season if you replaced SGA with Brandin Podziemski Simmons says they would win 53 games Legler says mid-high 50s

Bill Simmons I've kind of talked myself into the Paul George trade August 23rd took over 50 days it happened this week Paul George Hugo Ron Harper Baylor Scheiermanwe can replace Jaylen with bulk

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 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

Bill Simmons It's just never worked in New Orleans and I am not sure they should have an NBA team I feel way differently about Portlandeven Memphis which you mentioned earlier

Philadelphia 76ers President of Basketball Operations Mike Gansey Jaylens a huge piece to them so they Celtics were asking for a lot and I think we did give up a lot in this deal Paul George is still a really good player We gave up some valuable picks

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