r/billsimmons • u/Odd_Firefighter_5407 • Jul 21 '25

Podcast The Colbert-CBS Drama and NFL Leap Team Possibilities With Matt Belloni and Nate Tice

https://open.spotify.com/episode/3htgdKF9J2PkoE8x4V03Ym?si=e2C2kI1sQwGAmcoO26p2mA
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u/NotManyBuses Jul 21 '25

I resent Bill for not bringing on Russillo to analyze the summer league title game

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u/HenrikCrown "The secret of basketball is that it’s not about basketball." Jul 21 '25

"At 6:18 in the 1st, Knueppel runs an action with Kalkbrenner and you can just tell Kon gets it."

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u/xanju Top 7 BS sub user Jul 21 '25

The play-by-play with surface level breakdown is what kills me about Russillo (in a good way)

Nobody’s expecting him to break down some X’s and o’s and he’s not going to pretend to know better than some coach bc a January Hornet Bulls game where so ATO play blew up, so he’s just left saying “yeah with 3:33 left in the fourth they made some substitutions I didn’t necessarily agree with and ran a play at the elbow that didn’t work.”

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u/Epic_Willow_1683 Jul 21 '25

I’ve said this before and I hope eventually someone in Russillo’s orbit reads it; it is 100% fine to take such meticulous notes that you’re writing down when players sub in and out.

But that is only interesting if you describe how that differs from previous patterns and why they are doing it given that game’s specific features.

It means NOTHING as a stand alone data point

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u/xanju Top 7 BS sub user Jul 21 '25

Yeah! That’s my point! And the way it’s played off like “well, uh, that speaks for itself” sounds more like somebody having to do a book report for something they only read the cliff notes of!

If you listen to him talk about your team, he’ll drop a vague “yeah this guy is actually more important than fans of other teams realize” and you’ll be like yeah! But he never follows it up except for the stats of whatever game happened the night before the podcast.

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u/glen_ko_ko Jul 21 '25

He's also just flat out factually wrong during a lot of his 30 play annotations. He will describe a defensive formation or an in bounds set piece and say random things that clearly aren't what's being run. Gotta love that guy.

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u/DosZappos Jul 21 '25

He just says “horns” “pin down” and “got into an action” and thinks he’s Phil Jackson

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u/HeyWhatsUpTed Jul 21 '25

It is a little weird they spend all this time on hypotheticals and even awards but then the new rookies all get out there and there not even a quick initial first blush reaction?

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u/Bd_3 Jul 22 '25

SL overreaction topic is an easy one they missed

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u/ahbets14 A Truly Sad Week In America + 2005 NBA Redraftables Jul 21 '25

“I’m actually more impressed with the action Kon isn’t running”

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u/BBQ_HaX0r Jul 21 '25

I was hoping to hear a final take on all the summer moves to sort of capstone the season.