Bill Simmons reading mailbag question: “Why couldn’t East contender trade for Bronny for the sole purpose of guarding LeBron during key moments in a playoff series? No way he is looking to embarrass his son, right?” (2 clips together)
I GUARANTEE you he is
Dude would be on Cloud 9 playing against Bronny lol. He’d probably go on a Pistons Game 5 type of run.
Counterpoint: Seth Curry was uncannily good at guarding Steph. No one knows you better than family.
They’re roughly the same age, LeBron has as much NBA experience as Bronny has standing upright.
More
He has more NBA experience than Bronny has with the Krebs cycle.
LePowerHouse of the NBA
Are you feeling it now, Mr. Krebs
LeBron has 2 more years in the NBA than bronny has years alive.
They’re both similar body builds.
LeBron would railroad Bronny.
Ayo?
Dosunmu?
Edebiri actually
That’s crazy right! Lol
Haha the way this comment is written sounds like he’s saying Bron and Bronny are similar builds. Took me a while to figure out they’re talking about the Curry’s.
Sounds like the Cavs messed up not getting Seth during their rivalry with the Warriors from 2015-2019. Could’ve removed one of the major headaches and let them put more energy on solving the rest of the issues with their super team.
Might as well have also gotten Mychel Thompson.
Bronny can’t guard 90% of the NBA, never mind LeBron.
The math checks out too
Seth curry can’t guard me.
are you like 6’6+ with a tight handle? because you’re getting ripped and blocked on every play if not
Especially the dog!! Airbud 2??
Dude would be on Cloud 9 playing against Bronny lol.
Well this is pretty much inevitable right? Unless he sits.
Bronny isn’t going to be playing
He’s not as bad as some of you think.
“Yesterday I’m your father. Today I’m your daddy.” -LeBron as he drops 100 on Bronny
Yeah I don’t get this at all haha
No one should take this seriously. Obviously bill is joking but LeBron would ABSOLUTELY dunk on Bronny…. And talk smack afterwards
But this will “confirm” a bunch of idiots opinions of LeBron…. Lots of people think LeBron is soft and a nice guy because he’s compared to Jordan and Kobe who are assholes who are hyper competitive…. But there is no chance LeBron would go easy on Bronny
Everyone’s saying this but you guys must have not watched Bronny play on the Lakers the last two years. When role players make mistakes you see it in LeBron’s body language (throws his hands up, shakes his head, etc) and how pissed/frustrated he is but he never “showed up” Bronny in that way and Bronny has made a ton of mistakes over the last 2 years. It really does seem he got a bit of a pass for being Lebron’s son and was allowed to play through his mistakes without anyone chewing him out.
Obviously I’m not saying Lebron would take it easy on Bronny but I actually agree with Ben Simmons in that he wouldn’t try to embarrass Bronny or make him look like a scrub.
Being a teammate as a parent and a competitor are completely different scenarios
Exactly. When I’m coaching my son, I’m pretty understanding and compassionate. When I’m playing him 1 on 1 I’m prime KG and he’s Charlie Villanueva.
Eh. LeBron doesn’t do it every single time a role player makes a mistake. It’s a bit overstated, and I definitely agree he has body language issues.
He usually does it in certain situations such as if it’s happening too much, during crucial moments, or during tight games.
Then Bronny barely plays, and they also don’t always play at the same time, so those factors that have him complaining don’t really much up often to when they share the floor
Yes he did. Someone put a whole highlight reel on YouTube of LeBron reacting to bad Bronny plays.
Because Bronny was playing garbage time? Why the hell would he throw his hands up for like other role players when all Bronny played was garbage time, other role players shared the court with LeBron when the minutes mattered. The one time Bronny did share the court with him during the regular season, LeBron had no problem yelling at him to throw a bounce pass instead of a over the top pass.
Bronny wasn’t ever in a lot of games that mattered in the clutch tbh…. LeBron would get frustrated if a starter or bench player made a crucial mistake but it’s not like LeBron has ever been visually upset at the 10th man on his team making a mistake in a meaningless stretch of the game….
Lebrons more often than not cheering on and coaching deep bench players, not getting pissed at them for messing up
True. One of the games versus the Rockets was the only time I’ve seen Bronny play meaningful minutes. He did perfectly fine that game too.
Ben Simmons
Does he have a podcast? I would not be surprised
that’s also probably because lebron knows he can talk to bronny and personally help him with any mistakes and bronny will probably listen to him
if some other fuck off player is pissing him off that much he probably can’t as easily know they’ll listen
when lebron isn’t happy with players they’re usually not the good quiet hard working ones lol
Being a good person and great teammate having equivalency to “soft” behavior will always bother me. Tim Duncan won what, 5 rings playing that way?
Yeah lol did LeBron go easy on Toronto after he sonned them 2 times and had them tied at the end of game 3 down 0-2? No lol.
Bronny is a 3 and D specialist and will lock up virtually anyone in the league with his elite defense.
3 and D specialist, minus the 3…and the D
To be able to play at the level he is playing at the age he is doing it proves LeBron is as, if not more competitive than either of those two. You don’t play at an elite level but nba at 41 years old without being all time levels of competitiveness.
Dont confuse not being a giant asshole to his teammates in public with not being competitive.
Man this just makes me wonder how dominant LeBron would have been if he was a demented sociopath like Jordan or Kobe on top of being a physical freak of nature with a ridiculously high BBIQ and elephant-like memory.
I think the only reason be went to Philly is because he saw the Knicks with their team play and confidence. He wants to be close to the amazing parts of basketball. It’s kind of how his career has gone. He is ants to play around people he thinks are great.
“You used to live in my balls!”
LeBron would call Bronny LeBitch
Yeah, there’s no way Lebron isn’t gonna try extra hard against his son. Fathers and sons around the world know
“I’ll foul the shit out of him! I’d give him all six fouls. I’d foul the shit out of Bronny, man.”
– LeBron James Sr., 2017
It’s his chance to dunk on his kid with impunity. And get paid to do it!
Front office executives being paid millions are unironically debating this.
He’s getting desperate. He knows the 76ers are about to dominate the East
I could see Bronny hacking the hell out of his dad for being so corny, supportive and such a present father all of his life
Then laughing at him when he misses a free throw. The one thing he’s clearly better at lol
Reminds me of Austin Rivers T’ing up Doc.
Anyone taking this seriously doesn’t listen to the BS mailbag.
The amount of Bill Simmons content I see on this sub where people don’t realize he is legitimately joking and being sarcastic is neverending.
Bill is awesome lol but half the time people think he is trying to have a serious basketball discussion when he’s just doing the podcast equivalent of shitposting
He’s been doing mailbags for longer than this sub has existed
He’s your favorite sports writer’s favorite sports writer.
But his fingers don’t work anymore
Blame espn for getting rid of grantland
He just has free flowing conversations that occasionally touch on mature subjects.
Viewer discretion advised.
Mailbags started in the 90s. Reddit didn’t even exist
or most of this sub’s lives
read Bill on Page 2 in college lmao
Isn’t a joke like this funnier when people take you seriously?
I love saying ridiculous things out loud in public hoping someone tells someone later “you won’t believe what I overheard this person say…”
Well yeah but that’s just called being baited lol. It is funny when people take the bait.
His humor was always suited better for print. I used to read page 2 back in the day and it was clear it was all tongue in cheek.
He doesn’t have the sarcastic tone required to make it obvious he’s joking. Understandable how some younguns have no clue it’s a joke
He doesn’t have the sarcastic tone required to make it obvious he’s joking
This is a strength, not a weakness
He’s able to say the most bonkers shit with a straight face and fool people into thinking he’s serious.
Not everything has to be spelled out for people. It adds to the allure.
It is very funny when he’s with Zach and Zach just looks in stunned silence at some of his statements
Zach may still think Bill was at Taylor Swift’s wedding 😂
The issue with sarcasm on reddit is there is a large portion of users who just do not get sarcasm unless it is explicitly stated to be sarcasm. Imo that ruins sarcasm. Not everyone is supposed to get it. That’s like the whole point of sarcasm.
Exactly lol. People really wanna dumb everything down to the point where people talk like robots And I’m not trying to imply people are geniuses for understanding Bill Simmons but hell, if that’s the bar for social awareness then we are fucked lol
They will unironically tell you that there is no way to understand sarcasm through text. I either assume they are on the spectrum or they failed high school English.
Pretty sure there’s a direct correlation between understanding sarcasm and your place on the spectrum lmao. So yeah just assume the former every time.
His humor is just dry as shit. There are some jokes where other podcasters would guffaw at that Bill would just go “Right.” with only the tiniest smirk.
It’s actually a highlight when a guest is able to get him to crack into a full laugh.
“Nothing looks dumber than parodying self parody.”
-Norm MacDonald
He never truly lost his fastball but the freaks on here never appreciate it
have you seen what the average NBA redditors look like?
sometimes people will post selfies on team subs and it will make you rethink being on this site
My team sub isn’t very active lol. I do want to get completely off this app though
Saw an highly upvoted comment in the sub saying Bill was nothing more than a box score watcher.
its almost more entertaining to read people freak out on here over what he says more than the podcast itself
It’s funny to bc Reddit loves to dunk on Bronny so the answers here are just Reddit wanting to dunk on Bronny
Anybody taking this seriously didn’t listen to the clip. It’s obvious he’s joking
You don’t even need to listen to the clip. The title alone makes it obvious enough that’s it’s a joke.
this is a funny hypothetical that people are gonna take serious for no reason
In terms of dumb hypothicals, I preferred later in his pod: “If the Hornets offered up all 20 second round picks, what would be the best player they could get?”
So? Dont keep us hanging
Naz Reid’s name came up for a second before they realized he was on the Hornets
Herb Jones
20 Nikola Jokićs
Or 1 Nikola Jović
4 Jae Crowders
They could get Caruso, 100%
I would think Quentin Grimes
People can’t have fun.
this sub is allergic to fun unless it’s an 8 year old copy pasta
Thank you for defending my honor as someone whose comeduc offseason OC from 10 years ago got plagiarized.
What if I think it’s fun to take this hypothetical way too seriously?
As someone who likes him much less than I used to, even I agree lol.
If this works, then the 4 teammates forming a circle around Steph for a whole game has to happen before he retires.
It’s the ultimate counter to box and 1. It’s the circle around 1.
LeBron would dunk on Bronny and still say “I fucked your mom”.
“right clicked on your mom’s pussy last night”
You may be diamond on siege but I’m your daddy
Circlejerk sub is down the hall
Just link to r/billsimmons
Needs to be a touch more racist and miserable
He’d also say, “Who’s your daddy?” or something
Dumb nba question but elite bill Simmons pod question
Id argue an elite NBA question. If the hornets somehow luck into the playoffs. Surely this would be worth a punt lol
Maybe that’s what he was getting at later in the pod when he asked who the best player the hornets could get by trading all 20 of their second round picks lol
Bill is literally too cool for the nerds in this sub lol
He definitely reads it. I wonder how often he posts anonymously. Finding his burner might be better than Durant’s
He’s already admitted he has a Reddit account he posts on and if we can ever find it then yea it will be a fucking glorious day there’s prolly a metric fuck ton of shit he’s said anonymously over the years on here
I hope there’s a Ken Bone type reveal if that account is ever found.
Lebron:
“Fuck dem kids”
“And his mom too.”
LeBron going for 10 rings if he gets guarded by Bronny each playoff run
And now people are seeing Pelinka’s vision.
Lmao. What a hilarious premise.
LeBron also knows better than most that to take it easy on his son would be humiliating for Bronny.
There are numerous home videos of him absolutely not taking it easy on Bronny in the driveway.
Still a hilarious and entertaining take.
When Bill wants to get aggregated, he knows how. ;)
When Bronny blocks Lebron at the rim: “I’m the Lebron now, old man. You are now the Bronny.”
This subreddit will explode.
This was gold though.
He is crushing his son or anyone he can in his way lol. Yo pick and roll my boy every time
Now this is BS content
that’s a stupid take because we already saw LeBron embarass his sons from Toronto playing against them.
If yall don’t think Lebron wouldn’t treat Bronny like Stef in 2015, y’all don’t know Lebron
Curry snatched 3 rings against LeBron on his 1
Yea and all Steph needed to do it was have the Cavs miss their second and third best players and then have kd come help
Huh?
LeBron lost 3 rings to Curry and only grabbed 1.
You just added words that don’t change that fact.
Let’s not pretend it was just curry. Surely he’d be the one with all the fmvps right?
LeBron lost in 3 of those finals
Curry lost in 1 of those
Yup. The golden state currys won them. Sure buddy. I suppose you’d know best given 22
The LeBron team lost 3 of those 4.
3 times he left without a ring
Yea man I get it. Can you say something new
this schtick you’re doing is strange
Nope, just educating all the LeBron queens of facts they can’t accept
Every day you can find at least 5 accounts on here that truly don’t want to believe he lost 3 times to 1. It’s a fun thing to swat around like a cat toy.
Except I never said he didn’t. I just said he didn’t lose to just Steph like you claim. Figures someone as dense as you would be enthralled with a cat toy
Kobe would’ve ran over his daughters just like he did Pau in the Olympics.
Naw…I would assume LeBron would take it to Bronny, just like if theybwere at home. You really think he took it easy on him? Lebrón would use it as a oppurtunity for an extra lesson.
If I was Bron, I would try to put my son on as many posters as I could this year lol.
Bronny about to pull the Puss in Boots defense on his dad.
We’ll find out when this happens on Christmas and see if it’s worth pulling the trigger at the deadline lol
He will put that child into the fucking hardwood and they’ll laugh about it after.
Not only that, but then LeBron has to wonder if his own wife is rooting against him.
I’m waiting for someone to post the clip of the fantasy basketball team name “Chris Kaman my pants.”
“Thanos wouldn’t sacrifice Gamora for an infinity stone. No way, right?”
LoL.
The whole reason why his son is in the league is just to use him for his own narratives.
🤣🤣
sort of unrelated but I’ve never seen Joe House before, absolutely not what I was picturing
LeBron would revert back to the early days and pass in those situations for the team.
Bronny gonna get dunked all over, the nuts he came from all in his face
Interesting idea.. but i have this feeling Bronny would get obliterated
Whoever asked that question is not a father. Go ask your dad about if he would want to do this. His answer would be, “I’ll do it right now” then he’ll stand up and show you his dad strength, and if you don’t know what dad strength is ask him, but don’t because then he might use his dad strength on you.
I think the mentality that both will have is what they had in LA. They were teammates not father and son so in the business of basketball they would be opponents on 2 contending teams in the east nothing more. If he happens to embarrass Bronny so be it he’s just another player atp
He once said before he knew he’d last this long that he was gonna use all 6 fouls on his son and immediately retire.
This dude has never even met a dad.
Lmaooo
A PG guarding a Forward? This fool lost his logic.
why limit this to east contenders, it’d be good for a west finalist too
I don’t think anyone can say what will happen cause who the hell ever thought this would be possible.
It’s more embarrassing for Bronny if his dad go easy on him.
‘What would destroying Bronny do for Lebron’s Legacy? - ESPN
LeBron will destroy him and not care
I guess Lebron not going to Cleveland wasn’t enough to teach people that he isn’t a emotionally driven guy? Already ignoring all the other times where he was cold and calculating with his moves.
knowing that Bronny has the heart issues, i doubt he would go full killer mode, now if bronny was a beast and actually really good i’m sure bron would give it his all but idk
“I’m gonna take your mom to pound town after this game, son”
brother has been in the league for most of our lifetime and we still act like we dont know lebron, he would absolutely drop 50 on bronny
Fully expecting a James-James Jr chasedown block on christmas
10 years ago people coming up with Hack-a-Bron ideas. 10 years later, still doing it…god damn
when did he start doing mailbag?
Last November
This is a stupid question on so many different levels.
Why would an East contender waste a roster slot keeping in mind a hypothetical matchup against 42 year old Lebron, probably the 4th best player on his team, in the playoffs?
Why is Bill Simmons still a thing? Dude’s athletic career peaked in middle school
I hope bill gets his alcohol problem under control
You kidding? I’d get DELONTE WEST … instead.
Bron would want to embarrass Bronny.
LeBron would dunk on him as he reminds him he fucks his mom.
Fast forward to next season, LeBron is on the bench laughing with his teammates at Bronny
I love offseason NBA
Lebron forced his son onto an NBA team. He’s been embarrassing Bronny for 2 years now.
“But Bronny is improving.”
Yes from 2/0/0 to 2/0/1. What a beast.
The dude played up 20 or down 20 minutes at the end of games. And got actual burn if injuries depleted the depth. Oh forgot one of his best games last season when he got real minutes was against golden state lol.
And still couldn’t manage to score more than 2 points a game.
If he gunned every shot in the 8.9 mpg he averaged maybe he could’ve.
He had more than 2 in that warriors game.
And somehow it only pulled his average up to 2 points a game.
I’m just saying if you think he’s been embarrassing him but he managed to outscore 3 players on your team that got rotation minutes that game you are worried about the wrong thing. Since points is your thing.
Oh it’s not just points, it’s defense, assists, rebounds, shooting percentage. He has none. He’s an undersized guard who can’t shoot.
Usually an undersized guard who can’t shoot has some other extraordinary skill if they made it to the NBA. They’re excellent at defense, they dish out assists. All Bronny has is a last name.
Oh now it’s that lol
You believe this kid who did nothing in high school and nothing in college got drafted to the LA Lakers for another reason besides his last name? You think he got an extension for a reason other than his last name?
Even Patrick Beverly averaged a million points agame in high school and he was a defensive specialist.
The lakers could’ve not extended him. I don’t know if you know this, but LeBron is not on the roster anymore.
And it was just funny you zeroed in on his ppg then switched when I said what I said. The timing was just funny that’s all. If that was your original point I’d get it but it wasn’t.
another waste of time performance by a way past his time “podcaster”
Did u not see those vids of them hooping at home?
LeBron would disown his son on the floor.
Dumbass question.
Not the usual disown like he’d physically separate his legacy