NBA One Guy (the East!), a Man City Punishment Primer, and Tom Cruise’s Bomb

Oct 6, 2026 · 2h 13m · take 18 of 41

Bill Simmons·50:115.5Open
If Giannis plays 70 games, the Heat probably win in the high 40s.
“is if Giannis plays 70 games, it probably is a team that's going to be in the high 40s because so much is going to run through him.”
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BillWiggins has at least been a winning player.

BillThe Knicks traded Bellamy for? DeBusher, yeah. Right, okay. He bounced around. He had a couple homes.

BillBut the thing that's so tough to figure out Miami,

Billis if Giannis plays 70 games, it probably is a team that's going to be in the high 40s because so much is going to run through him.

BillIf Giannis misses like a month or five weeks, I don't know what they're going to do offensively.

BillWhat happens at that point? Because they have a lot of role players and guys that are specifically built around the force of somebody like him.

BillAnd if you don't have that, how are they going to create shots within the games?

From the episode transcript around 00:50:11. Speaker names are recognized by voice.