The Bill Simmons Podcast

The Knicks (and a Crowded East)

Sep 22, 2026 · 2h 37m · take 25 of 42

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BillAnd I just think it's putting a lot of stock in Kawhi, who's at 35 and who, you know, has pretty checkered 2020s from a playoff standpoint, from a durability standpoint, availability standpoint. But

Lowethis is, oh yeah, you're talking about win the East. Yeah, I'm just like that. This is what I can't

Billget. Just looking at all of them, that one jumped out at me too. Like, they're the fourth best odds?

LoweI'm very high on the Raptors as a regular season team.

LoweI just don't know why anyone would expect Kawhi to be able to get through. You're talking three playoff series after a functional regular season. When again, I will repeat it until the proverbial cows come home. He has not finished a second round playoff series since 2020.

Lowenot completed one. The Clippers competed in several of them. He was either injured for them or got injured in them, got injured in the first round. He won two playoff series in seven years. Three.

BillWell, he

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