Man, Bill piss off about CP3 excuses. Giannis hyperextended his knee more than a week ago & had one of the best blocks of Finals history. Bucks fought back & deserved the win.

CP3’s injury is named Jrue Holliday.

The fact that you all are starting the podcast off talking about Chris Paul being hurt when Giannis is playing after damn near destroying his knee is crazy. Chris Paul had a terrible game. Leave it at that.

Shout to ryens consistency on this take. He has always hated the injury after a loss narrative the media pushes and shout out to him for sticking with it with one of his guys.

Nice to see Ryen upgraded his rehab facility, nice bulbs !

It was Booker's 8th foul that really pissed me off... And add Lavine heat check!

Is Bill Simmons remembering a different game? This was absolutely an all time Finals classic game. The drama was perfect. Booker and Middleton going shot for shot, the foul trouble drama, the blown calls and of course the Giannis block. How on Earth, do you not call this a classic game? This could easily be the best game of the series

Shannon Sharpe said "CP3 said his right wrist is hurt but why does he have tape on his LEFT wrist??"

Booker reminds me more of Brandon Roy

Gotta say "decided not to call it" is a cop out.

I was almost leaving mad at the end, until Ryen mentioned Manu... he had a great series in the 2005 NBA finals against the Pistons, with great numbers for low scoring games

It's fun living in a household of suns fans lol bucks in 6.

Bill Simmons already starting the Excuses podcast ft. inconsistent takes

As a Suns fan, CP3 might be injured but his injury didn't force him to throw the ball away several times. His handle seemed off but some of his passes were just lazy.

I totally understand breaking down the last game. And attempting to draw conclusions from it. But its important to also consider games other than the most recent game. Love the pod

where can we watch the full video?

It feels like 75% of CP3's turnovers happen in the deciding moments of close/important/playoff games. Guy is historically efficient with the ball, but seems to be super prone to either mistakes or injury at the worst possible times. Someone needs to make a compilation of it set to "Bad Luck" by Social D

Bill, you forgot Game 4 of 2009 Finals: Derek Fisher hits a monster pull up 3 to tie the game when Lakers looked dead in the water, then win in OT to crush the Magic's title dreams to go up 3-1.

Bills percentages and top X's are starting to wear me out. Can only listen when russillo is here cuz he actually calls him out on it

Ryens serious facial expression is unwavering lol

A superstar in anything like sports or entertainment is a match of four things. 1. Supreme skillset and talent. 2. Can carry a team or group or performance on a consistent basis. 3. Their presence automatically means you have a chance or about to see something good. Culture changers. 4. They cross genres. People that don't like or care about their profession know who they are. The basically pass the mom test meaning your mom even knows them. Book is not a superstar. He is a great player. He is an all-star. A star player. But not a superstar.

Russillo needs to get a ring light

Can you guys put the whole pod on youtube?

Don't forget zero 3's. 17 for 28, 42 points

7:25 12 + 12 = 34? 🤔

Yeah Andrew Toney " Boston Strangler" is never brought up now, but you're right, he had about a 5 year run where he was frighteningly good in the playoffs.

Bill Simmons says Chris Paul just seems to lost his ball handling ability, and he wonders why. Maybe because jrue holiday started guarding him and there playing one of the best defensive. Give jrue his god dam credit

If this was Harden or some other player, they would be eviscerating them. Give Jrue Holiday his props.

BUCKS in 7

I was told you are a smart basketball duo... i only liked because i want u to reach 420 lol

Bill, how do you not have tim hardaway on that heatcheck guard list? Check out his 3rd quarter vs the Knicks in those end of 90s playoffs.

Do we consider Iverson and Irving as point or shooting guards? Roles in their respective teams were focused on high volume shooting. That and think Iverson is regarded as a 2 guard.

No excuses for cp3. Jrue is just locking him up

This is probably the most frustrating thing about basketball media in general: if a guy plays poorly and the team loses, he's hurt. But when the guy lights somebody up, for multiple games less than a week and a half before, with multiple days off in between; he's perfectly healthy. Paul has to be better if the Suns want to win. Bucks battled back well, and deserve credit for doing so. They've made adjustments defensively from 'guard booker first' to 'wait, their entire offense runs through paul, guard him first'. and it's worked well for them. I don't think the Suns are cooked yet because of the point differential for both teams at home thing; but if Paul keeps playing this poorly they're toast.

Would you put Iverson in that heat check guard category ??

gervin, vince, t Mac, drexler, Jimmy Butler, Jason Terry, Jamal.crawford…joe Johnson…Lou Williams… Alright I'm pushing it with the heat check But maybe beal and Mitchell and harden in the future

This is gonna be some random career-ending off-court injury like Joe sakic with the snow blower 😂

Did they not say in the last series that Chris tore ligaments in his wrist?

Tracy Mcgrady for shot making 2 guards

Regardless of whether or not cp3 is healthy, the bucks have the best player in this finals and the team that has the best player very rarely loses the series

Why can’t you put the whole podcast on. You lied to us bill about the ringer not changing under Spotify. I miss the full podcasts. Thanks for selling your company and changing.

this game came down to the suns big three with 58 and the bucks big 2 with 66

Making excuses for CP3

Is it “hastoric” or “historic”? I can’t tell anymore

I usually agree with Ryen, but questioning whether “the moment was to big” for Chris Paul is very laughable. It’s not hard to connect the dots, if he’s wobbling the ball and he was seen grabbing his wrist then obviously the injury is affecting his ball handling.

Granting CP3 an injury seems fishy to me. Maybe he just stunk?

The 2 guard heat check list - Drexler? Or does he get disqualified for how badly he was outpleyed by Jordan?

Did I miss a memo? This is the second time today a popular sports analyst shit on Mark Jackson.

CP FRANCHISE CP MIDGET MAMBA CP BEST SHOT EVER WAS A PRAYER OVER TIMMY CP PRAY FOR RAIN

Ryen, plus minus isn’t a useful tool to measure a players’ importance on the court. Cam Johnson is good and should be actually playing more.

Even tho booker didn’t technically foul out, him having to sit cuz of the fouls screwed them still

I'm pretty sure that 12 less turnovers and 12 offensive rebounds is 24. Not 37 or 34.

Tired of the Chris Paul is hurt narrative 😑 he will play well game 5 and will all of a sudden not be hurt

Bill seemed off this podcast.... said he didn’t think AD was a superstar like what? Ryen called him out multiple times during the whole pod.

Many was a different beast in the finals

I guess they must consider Iverson a point guard

How come when cp0 plays bad he is automatically hurt. How about he is not clutch and not the player every1 thinks he is. No way he is top 5 in the league right now. Not even top 10 pg All time. Give other players the respect they deserve

Giannis and Chris Paul both looked hurt. Just lacked aggression and looked strange.

Let's assume Chris Paul is hurt...So what? Kawhi didn't play a game vs Phoenix. Neither did Jamal Murray, AD missed half of the series and LeBron looked like he was hurt too... At the very least, Phoenix can beat a healthy Milwaukee right? Or is that asking too much ? Lol

You guys are talking like it didn't come down to the last few possessions

Jrue too much for CP2 or Starbury.

Name of the video: Bucks even the series. Manages to talk 15 min about the game only mentioning 3 bucks players, completely skipping a 40 pts performance.

I understand Chris might not be healthy and played terrible but that last turnover was just bad I think he was in his own head at that point and he fumbled on a game tying possession

Rusillos lighting is always lamentable

How about give holiday his flowers. Cause he been in cp3 shorts making him work

I think home court is why the suns will pull it out

17 turnovers to 5 17 offensive rebounds to 5 End of discussion.

Chris Paul legit just had Covid. Can we give the guy a little bit of a break??

I mean yannis literally hyper extended his knee 2 weeks

Suns in 4

giannis is not injured by chris pauls 4th injury in the playoffs that magically appear after a bad game. lol

...Booker's pass was bad though. Should have been an easy 2 points if Booker just placed the ball better. Look at when it leaves Booker's hand - the early timing is good because Giannis wasn't in position, but he just flipped it lazily and it went way too high, giving Giannis time to meet the ball back at the rim. Ayton never really even had 2 hands on the ball, just his fingers, and he barely even got control of it. Still an incredible play, but if the Bucks win the series, and we talk about that block in the future, people will always note that Booker messed up the pass, just like he messed up on that intentional foul that wasn't called.

Middleton drops forty and gets almost nothing, no props. Come on man. Where's the love?

Is bill..Ben Simmons dad?

Y’all come up with excuse after excuse for star players I just don’t get it then take so long to give bucks credit smh

Always excuses, the dude can’t take the pressure never could.

First

CP3 is Stephon Marbury not Nash or Trae.

Ryan cant do Math 🤦🏼‍♂️

CP3 IS HURT EXCUSE LMAO OMG THIS MAN GETS SOOOO MANY PASSES IN THE MEDIA OMG

Chris Paul sucked and couldn’t get it going on offense I wonder what’s wrong with him… There’s this thing called defense🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽

Is it me or is Bill becoming a shell of himself… the biased is crazy

horrible officiating for both sides

Chris been hurt since the Clippers series. He said it in the postgame interview that he almost had to sit out the series because of his wrist. He's been playing like dogsh*t but the dude is hurt and that's leading to his turnovers and shot selection.

Seriously starting out with a cp3 excuse. This is ridiculous. Can you guys give the bucks any respect dear lord. Cp3 was fine in game 1 when he torched bucks. But now his injury is a huge deterrent since he’s played bad. Like cmon guys these are terrible takes.

No excuse league

CP3 apologists

Devin Bricker = FAKE Kobe!!!

So there is no real injurie but again.... excuses..... ahahaha He choked...like he choked every year.. Stop with excuses.. Oh yeah...NON-American will win the title...Suck it.