Part 1: An NBA Midseason Power Poll, Plus OSU vs. Notre Dame with Joel Anderson and Van Lathan

The Bill Simmons Podcast

The Ringer

Sports

4.5 • 29.4K Ratings

🗓️ 16 January 2025

⏱️ 120 minutes

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In Part 1 of a two-part podcast, The Ringer's Bill Simmons shares his (almost) midseason NBA Power Poll, in which he ranks all 30 NBA teams (2:31). Then, Bill is joined by Joel Anderson to discuss his past narrative projects, the evolution of sports documentaries, Jimmy Butler watch, the exciting Houston Rockets, and wishing to get Zion Williamson to a different team (1:03:03). Van Lathan then joins Bill and Joel to discuss the College Football National Championship, what Notre Dame's relationship with America is in 2025, and Joel's five favorite things for the 2024-25 college football season (1:27:04). Host: Bill Simmons Guests: Joel Anderson and Van Lathan Producer: Kyle Crichton and Chia Hao Tat The Ringer is committed to responsible gaming. Please visit www.rg-help.com to learn more about the resources and helplines available. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Coming up, I have an NBA midseason power pole plus college football.
0:05.0	A lot of it next.
0:06.8	We're also brought to by the Ringer Podcast Network.
0:09.1	I don't have a new rewatchables for you this week.
0:11.0	We did record a long, giant mill bag that we're going to run on Monday's episode,
0:15.5	and then we'll be back to a normal schedule after that.
0:18.1	So thanks for your patience.
0:19.7	On that one, you can also check out the
0:20.8	Ringer Movies YouTube channel for a lot of the old rewatchables we've done as well as the Spotify
0:24.1	archives. We're also brought to by Fandual Sportsbook where we're still doing 30 on 30. It's a
0:32.6	profit boost token. We do it on Fridays. Any 30 plus point score or 30 on 30 special bet gets boosted
0:40.8	with a little profit boost. Like for instance, Shea Gilgis Alexander is playing Dallas on Friday,
0:48.8	the team that knocked him out of the playoffs. They don't have Luca. If you think he's going to
0:53.4	get a little revenge game, just put a little
0:55.4	30 plus on it, get the profit boost token, and all is great. So look for 30 on 30 on the Fandul
1:04.1	sportsbook app. Coming up on this podcast, it's basically midseason NBA, so I wanted to get down a giant power pole and
1:13.1	count that everybody from 30 to 1. So we did that. And it took longer than I thought. Sorry,
1:17.6	I had a lot to say. Followed by Joel Anderson, recent addition to the ringer, who we're
1:24.4	in talk sports culture and a lot of college football. Then Van Lathen comes in to talk about the championship game
1:29.3	and Joel's five favorite things in college football.
1:34.3	So that is part one of this podcast because I'm going to do a part two later
1:39.7	with NFL a million dollar picks.
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