The Luka Buzz, NFL Draft Scoops, and a Huge Celtics Sale With Todd McShay and Chris Mannix

The Bill Simmons Podcast

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🗓️ 20 March 2025

⏱️ 99 minutes

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The Ringer’s Bill Simmons talks about seeing Luka Doncic in person and the unique buzz he is able to bring to a Lakers arena (0:00). Next, Bill talks with Todd McShay about his NFL Mock Draft 2.0, piecing together the puzzle of the top four picks, Abdul Carter vs. Travis Hunter, a really good RB class, top 10 predictions, and more (11:48). Finally, Bill is joined by SI’s Chris Mannix to discuss the Boston Celtics being sold for a record $6.1 billion, Wyc Grousbeck curiously remaining as CEO and governor of the Celtics for three years, speculation on future roster spending, a new Celtics arena, a quick boxing update, and more (53:22). Host: Bill Simmons Guests: Todd McShay and Chris Mannix Producers: Kyle Crichton and Chia Hao Tat The all-new, fully electric Audi Q6 e-tron is a new way to experience driving. Learn more at audiusa.com. 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	Welcome to the Bill Simmons podcast presented by a Fandall's sportsbook. So I went to the Lakers game
0:05.9	last night. It was my first Luca Donchich in-person experience. I got to see some of the number
0:11.9	77 jerseys. Did I look around and wonder, are there more 77s than 23s in the audience?
0:18.1	I might have looked at a couple sections and wondered about it. But something cool really happened during the game.
0:24.0	Luca came out.
0:24.9	He always tests these first quarters.
0:27.7	And this is something he always did in Dallas, too.
0:30.3	You kind of want to watch the first quarter of a Luca game because you never know what
0:33.6	the ceiling is going to be.
0:34.8	Like at some point, he's going to score 75 points in a game. It's going to be. Like at some point he's going to score 75 points in a game.
0:38.3	It's going to happen. And he usually tests that first quarter to see how much he's feeling it.
0:43.9	So he does it in this Lakers game. They're playing Denver. There's no Yokage. There's no Murray.
0:48.3	Because God forbid, you go to an NBA game and see all the stars on both teams. There's no LeBron either. Luca comes out. He scores 20 of the first
0:54.6	33 points. And you could feel a buzz building in the arena that is the sound you only get to hear
1:01.7	when this is happening with Curry, when Curry's hitting threes. You go back in time, like when Kobe was
1:09.0	feeling at some nights, when Michael Jordan was feeling
1:11.3	at some nights. It's the rarest sound you get at a basketball game where everybody's like,
1:15.0	holy shit, you start looking at the scoreboard. So with like four and a half minutes left,
1:20.4	the Lakers had 33 points and he had 20. And now everybody's like out of their minds. They just can't,
1:29.6	oh my, is he going to, could he score 100?
1:30.9	Could he get third in the first quarter?
1:34.4	Of course, from that point on, he goes down.
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