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The NBA’s Murky Future With Ryen Russillo and Best Streaming TV/Movies With Wesley Morris

Bill talks with Wesley about some new TV shows and movies, including ‘The Queen’s Gambit,’ ‘The Undoing,’ and more

By Bill Simmons and Ryen Russillo
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The Ringer’s Bill Simmons is joined by Ryen Russillo to discuss the looming start date for the 2020-21 NBA season, the possibility of rewriting the CBA, the upcoming NBA draft, and more (3:00). Then Bill talks with Wesley Morris of The New York Times about some new TV shows and movies, including Netflix’s The Queen’s Gambit; HBO’s The Undoing, On the Rocks, starring Rashida Jones and Bill Murray, Aaron Sorkin’s The Trial of the Chicago 7; and Hulu’s horror-comedy Bad Hair (1:10:00).

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