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NBA First-Quarter Awards: MVP, Most Confusing Team, and More

2024-25 NBA First-Quarter Awards

NBA First-Quarter Awards: MVP, Most Confusing Team, and More

2024-25 NBA First-Quarter Awards

With 20-ish games in the books, it’s time to examine some awards races—both real and imaginary.

By Michael Pina • 15 min read

NBA

NBA First-Quarter Awards: MVP, Most Confusing Team, and More

2024-25 NBA First-Quarter Awards

NBA First-Quarter Awards: MVP, Most Confusing Team, and More

2024-25 NBA First-Quarter Awards

With 20-ish games in the books, it’s time to examine some awards races—both real and imaginary.

By Michael Pina • 15 min read

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Michael Pina on the Rockets’ takeoff

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The Mismatch Awards! Plus: Is the NBA Cup Difficult to Follow?

The Mismatch Awards!

The Mismatch • Dec. 3 • 1 hr 18 min

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The Mismatch Awards! Plus: Is the NBA Cup Difficult to Follow?

The Mismatch Awards!

The Mismatch • Dec. 3 • 1 hr 18 min

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Western Conference Confidence Scale

The Ringer NBA Show • Dec. 3 • 1 hr 12 min

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Western Conference Confidence Scale

The Ringer NBA Show • Dec. 3 • 1 hr 12 min

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Harden Settling In, Coach Rankings, and Top Five Centers

Harden, Coach Rankings, and Top Centers

Off Guard with Austin Rivers • Dec. 2 • 1 hr 3 min

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Harden Settling In, Coach Rankings, and Top Five Centers

Harden, Coach Rankings, and Top Centers

Off Guard with Austin Rivers • Dec. 2 • 1 hr 3 min

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NBA Panic Meter. Plus, Do the Nets Not Understand the Assignment?

NBA Panic Meter and Dissecting the Nets

Real Ones • Nov. 26 • 1 hr 16 min

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NBA Panic Meter. Plus, Do the Nets Not Understand the Assignment?

NBA Panic Meter and Dissecting the Nets

Real Ones • Nov. 26 • 1 hr 16 min

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Things We Can’t Believe This Season. Plus: Star Players Return From Injury, Ivey’s Rise, and Life Outside Basketball.

Things We Can’t Believe, Star Players Return From Injury, and Ivey’s Rise

Star Players Are Back and Ivey’s Rise

The Mismatch • Nov. 26 • 1 hr 15 min

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Things We Can’t Believe This Season. Plus: Star Players Return From Injury, Ivey’s Rise, and Life Outside Basketball.

Things We Can’t Believe, Star Players Return From Injury, and Ivey’s Rise

Star Players Are Back and Ivey’s Rise

The Mismatch • Nov. 26 • 1 hr 15 min

Sports

NBA Potluck! Plus, Are We Possibly Witnessing the Greatest Player Ever?

Are We Possibly Witnessing the Greatest Player Ever?

Are We Witnessing the Greatest Player Ever?

Group Chat • Nov. 25 • 1 hr 29 min

Sports

NBA Potluck! Plus, Are We Possibly Witnessing the Greatest Player Ever?

Are We Possibly Witnessing the Greatest Player Ever?

Are We Witnessing the Greatest Player Ever?

Group Chat • Nov. 25 • 1 hr 29 min

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Welcome to The Ringer’s Top 100 Players in the NBA for the 2024-25 season—a year-round, around-the-clock ranking of the players making the biggest impact on the league right now. Check back regularly for revised rankings, fresh analysis, new features, and more.

By Bill Simmons, Danny Chau, Zach Kram, Rob Mahoney, Michael Pina and 1 more

NBA Stories You Don’t Want to Miss

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The Warriors Are Going Deeper Than Any Team in NBA History

The Warriors Are Going Deep

By Howard Beck • 10 min read

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It’s Not Just Ant. Almost All the NBA’s Young Stars Are Bombing Away From 3.

Almost All the NBA’s Young Stars Are Bombing Away From 3

The NBA’s Young Stars Can’t Stop Shooting 3s

By Zach Kram • 7 min read

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Into the Bowels of Steve Ballmer’s Toiletopia

By Tyler Parker • 6 min read

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The House That Dikembe Mutombo Built

By Rob Mahoney • 4 min read

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Rocket Science: Ime Udoka on What’s Fueling Houston’s Surprising Start

By Michael Pina • 9 min read

NBA

Catching Up With the Bat That Got Slapped by Manu Ginobili on Halloween

Catching Up With the Bat That Got Slapped by Manu Ginobili

Talking to the Bat Manu Ginobili Slapped

By Tyler Parker • 7 min read

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Franz Wagner’s Star Turn Is Giving Off ’93-94 Pippen Vibes

Franz Wagner Is Giving ’93-94 Pippen

By Danny Chau • 10 min read

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NBA Kram Session: The Cavs and the Cav-Nots

By Zach Kram • 15 min read

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The Warriors Are Going Deeper Than Any Team in NBA History

The Warriors Are Going Deep

By Howard Beck • 10 min read

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It’s Not Just Ant. Almost All the NBA’s Young Stars Are Bombing Away From 3.

Almost All the NBA’s Young Stars Are Bombing Away From 3

The NBA’s Young Stars Can’t Stop Shooting 3s

By Zach Kram • 7 min read

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Into the Bowels of Steve Ballmer’s Toiletopia

By Tyler Parker • 6 min read

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The House That Dikembe Mutombo Built

By Rob Mahoney • 4 min read

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Rocket Science: Ime Udoka on What’s Fueling Houston’s Surprising Start

By Michael Pina • 9 min read

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Catching Up With the Bat That Got Slapped by Manu Ginobili on Halloween

Catching Up With the Bat That Got Slapped by Manu Ginobili

Talking to the Bat Manu Ginobili Slapped

By Tyler Parker • 7 min read

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Franz Wagner’s Star Turn Is Giving Off ’93-94 Pippen Vibes

Franz Wagner Is Giving ’93-94 Pippen

By Danny Chau • 10 min read

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NBA Kram Session: The Cavs and the Cav-Nots

By Zach Kram • 15 min read

NBA

The Warriors Are Going Deeper Than Any Team in NBA History

The Warriors Are Going Deep

By Howard Beck • 10 min read

NBA

It’s Not Just Ant. Almost All the NBA’s Young Stars Are Bombing Away From 3.

Almost All the NBA’s Young Stars Are Bombing Away From 3

The NBA’s Young Stars Can’t Stop Shooting 3s

By Zach Kram • 7 min read

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Into the Bowels of Steve Ballmer’s Toiletopia

By Tyler Parker • 6 min read

NBA

The House That Dikembe Mutombo Built

By Rob Mahoney • 4 min read

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Rocket Science: Ime Udoka on What’s Fueling Houston’s Surprising Start

By Michael Pina • 9 min read

NBA

Catching Up With the Bat That Got Slapped by Manu Ginobili on Halloween

Catching Up With the Bat That Got Slapped by Manu Ginobili

Talking to the Bat Manu Ginobili Slapped

By Tyler Parker • 7 min read

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Franz Wagner’s Star Turn Is Giving Off ’93-94 Pippen Vibes

Franz Wagner Is Giving ’93-94 Pippen

By Danny Chau • 10 min read

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NBA Kram Session: The Cavs and the Cav-Nots

By Zach Kram • 15 min read

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NBA Potluck! Plus, Are We Possibly Witnessing the Greatest Player Ever?

Are We Possibly Witnessing the Greatest Player Ever?

Are We Witnessing the Greatest Player Ever?

Group Chat • Nov. 25

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NBA Potluck! Plus, Are We Possibly Witnessing the Greatest Player Ever?

Are We Possibly Witnessing the Greatest Player Ever?

Are We Witnessing the Greatest Player Ever?

Group Chat • Nov. 25

It’s a Big Man’s World

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Nikola Jokic Was Already the Best Basketball Player Alive. Somehow, He’s Even Better Now.

Nikola Jokic Was Already the Best. Somehow, He’s Even Better Now.

Nikola Jokic Has Gotten Even Better

By Zach Kram • 6 min read

Nikola Jokic Was Already the Best Basketball Player Alive. Somehow, He’s Even Better Now.

Nikola Jokic Was Already the Best. Somehow, He’s Even Better Now.

Nikola Jokic Has Gotten Even Better

By Zach Kram • 6 min read

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Anthony Davis’s Unicorn Era May Be Over, but the Lakers’ AD Era Is Finally Here

The Lakers Have Finally Entered Their Anthony Davis Era

The Lakers’ AD Era Is Finally Here

By Rob Mahoney • 7 min read

Anthony Davis’s Unicorn Era May Be Over, but the Lakers’ AD Era Is Finally Here

The Lakers Have Finally Entered Their Anthony Davis Era

The Lakers’ AD Era Is Finally Here

By Rob Mahoney • 7 min read

NBA

Victor Wembanyama Is Letting It Rip

By Isaac Levy-Rubinett • 5 min read

Victor Wembanyama Is Letting It Rip

By Isaac Levy-Rubinett • 5 min read

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The Truth Will Set Joel Embiid Free

By Howard Beck • 7 min read

The Truth Will Set Joel Embiid Free

By Howard Beck • 7 min read

The Bill Simmons Podcast NBA Episodes

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Part 2: The 76ers Fell Apart, Embiid’s Next Five Years, and Week 12 NFL Picks With Chris Ryan and Joe House

Part 2: 76ers Fall Apart, Embiid’s Next Five Years, and Week 12 NFL Picks

Part 2: 76ers, Embiid, and Week 12 NFL Picks

• Nov. 22 • 1 hr 24 min

NBA

Part 2: The 76ers Fell Apart, Embiid’s Next Five Years, and Week 12 NFL Picks With Chris Ryan and Joe House

Part 2: 76ers Fall Apart, Embiid’s Next Five Years, and Week 12 NFL Picks

Part 2: 76ers, Embiid, and Week 12 NFL Picks

• Nov. 22 • 1 hr 24 min

NBA

Part 1: Bill’s NBA Six-Pack. Plus Peter Schrager on the Jets’ Downfall, Buffalo’s Leap, and DRAKE MAYE.

• Nov. 21 • 1 hr 25 min

NBA

Part 1: Bill’s NBA Six-Pack. Plus Peter Schrager on the Jets’ Downfall, Buffalo’s Leap, and DRAKE MAYE.

• Nov. 21 • 1 hr 25 min

NBA

Part 1: An NBA Popularity Check and Tyson’s Big Comeback With Wosny Lambre and Van Lathan

• Nov. 14 • 1 hr 26 min

NBA

Part 1: An NBA Popularity Check and Tyson’s Big Comeback With Wosny Lambre and Van Lathan

• Nov. 14 • 1 hr 26 min

NBA

Curry Vs. Klay, the Embiid Situation, Atlanta’s New Look, and Cleveland’s Ascent With Dave Jacoby and Kirk Goldsberry

Curry Vs. Klay, the Embiid Situation, and Atlanta’s New Look

Curry Vs. Klay and the Embiid Situation

• Nov. 13 • 1 hr 27 min

NBA

Curry Vs. Klay, the Embiid Situation, Atlanta’s New Look, and Cleveland’s Ascent With Dave Jacoby and Kirk Goldsberry

Curry Vs. Klay, the Embiid Situation, and Atlanta’s New Look

Curry Vs. Klay and the Embiid Situation

• Nov. 13 • 1 hr 27 min

NBA

A Two-Week NBA Power Poll, Plus Drake Maye, Best Candy, and Half-Baked Ideas With Kevin Wildes

A Two-Week NBA Power Poll and Kevin Wildes

A Two-Week NBA Power Poll

• Nov. 5 • 1 hr 58 min

NBA

A Two-Week NBA Power Poll, Plus Drake Maye, Best Candy, and Half-Baked Ideas With Kevin Wildes

A Two-Week NBA Power Poll and Kevin Wildes

A Two-Week NBA Power Poll

• Nov. 5 • 1 hr 58 min

NBA

The Curious Case of Bryan Colangelo and the Secret Twitter Account

From the archives, our investigation into a collection of Twitter accounts that criticized Joel Embiid, disclosed sensitive information, and ultimately led to the resignation of the Sixers’ general manager

By Ben Detrick • 20 min read