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Justin, Rob, and J. Kyle Mann open with a thought-provoking question about the NBA playoffs before jumping into the highly anticipated return of the Verriables ahead of all of the playoff excitement. This year, Justin’s playoff Verriables pose questions like: How many teams can r ...  Show more

Logan Murdock and Howard Beck are back with the 2026 playoff edition of Real or Fake! They go through each team that’s made it through to the playoffs and figure out who the real contenders are and which teams have a slight chance to no chance. (0:00) Intro (1:04) Fan Duel ad bre ...  Show more

In this episode, Doug discusses the impact of the Lakers losing Rajon Rondo, and if Alex Caruso can fill the void. This week longtime Knicks and Bulls power forward Charles Oakley joins Doug to discuss breaking into the NBA with the Bulls, the shock of getting traded to the Knick ...  Show more

The Ringer's Bill Simmons is joined by Ryen Russillo to discuss the final two episodes in the ESPN documentary series 'The Last Dance' (2:25) before Ryen and "Optimistic Bill" talk about the NBA potentially inching toward a return, as well as the murky future around the start of ...  Show more

The boys are back as All The Smoke remote episodes keep rolling on. Episode 27 features Mark Jackson joining Matt and Stephen to open up about his time with the Warriors and getting replaced by Steve Kerr. Jackson also discusses his ESPN job, the Knicks and talks about Lebron' ...

The Ringer’s Bill Simmons reads an excerpt from 'The Book of Basketball' on what makes Michael Jordan the GOAT (3:00), before he is joined by Northwestern University's director of sports journalism, J.A. Adande, to discuss covering the Jordan-era Bulls, thoughts about the ESPN do ...  Show more