8 MIN | BILL SIMMONS

The Patriots probably will not experience meaningful on-field fallout from the organization’s offseason soap opera.

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1 HR 3 MIN | BILL SIMMONS

Steph Curry will finish his career with Golden State.

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1 HR 4 MIN | BILL SIMMONS

The current Warriors will be barely a playoff team.

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1 HR 6 MIN | BILL SIMMONS

Golden State will make a significant trade between December and February, provided the team remains around or above .500.

✓ Joe House agrees that another trade should become available through Jimmy Butler’s expiring contract.

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1 HR 18 MIN | BILL SIMMONS

Drake Maye will again rank among the NFL’s top four quarterbacks in terms of how significantly his absence moves the betting line.

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1 HR 25 MIN | BILL SIMMONS

Aaron Donald’s comeback will be highly successful, with Donald returning at roughly “95 percent awesome.”

✓ Joe House strongly agrees.

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1 HR 28 MIN | BILL SIMMONS

Mat Ishbia will not be forced to sell the Phoenix Suns; if he needs cash, he will sell a minority stake instead.

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1 HR 40 MIN | JOE HOUSE

The Pacers will exceed their 43.5-win total, and the Tyrese Haliburton–Ivica Zubac combination will be an early-season revelation.

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1 HR 41 MIN | BILL SIMMONS

Charlotte will be “pretty good” and perform better than its 39.5-win total suggests.

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1 HR 49 MIN | JOE HOUSE

LeBron’s arrival will produce the best version of Joel Embiid yet in terms of effort, attitude and commitment.

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1 HR 50 MIN | BILL SIMMONS

Philadelphia will probably win in the low 50s, even if Embiid plays only approximately 40 games and LeBron plays around 55.

✓ Joe House agrees that Maxey, Edgecombe and Jaylen Brown can carry the remaining load.

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1 HR 51 MIN | BILL SIMMONS

Jadarian Price has a legitimate chance to win NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year.

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1 HR 52 MIN | BILL SIMMONS

Denzel Boston has a legitimate chance to win NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year.

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2 HR | JOE HOUSE

Washington will have a difficult season but will win eight games, while its rebuilt defense surprises people and potentially becomes the franchise’s most interesting defense in a decade.

⚠️ Disagreement: Bill Simmons does not think the defense will be good and says he would “definitely be surprised.”

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2 HR 4 MIN | BILL SIMMONS

The WNBA will have a different commissioner by next season.

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2 HR 13 MIN | AMANDA DOBBINS

The LeBron–Embiid–Jaylen Brown Sixers experiment will not work.

⚠️ Disagreement: Dobbins forcefully rejects the optimism expressed earlier by Bill Simmons and Joe House.

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2 HR 14 MIN | AMANDA DOBBINS

The Phillies will reach October and then suffer another postseason offensive collapse.

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2 HR 16–19 MIN | BILL SIMMONS

The Sixers will be the NBA’s most entertaining storyline and will produce tantalizing stretches, but star absences will repeatedly interrupt their season before the every-other-day playoff schedule causes them to fall apart in the second or third round.

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