{"id":529042,"date":"2026-01-11T08:39:18","date_gmt":"2026-01-11T08:39:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/529042\/"},"modified":"2026-01-11T08:39:18","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T08:39:18","slug":"why-bill-simmons-oddly-declined-to-watch-steph-curry-play-nbc-sports-bay-area-california","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/529042\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Bill Simmons oddly declined to watch Steph Curry play \u2013 NBC Sports Bay Area &#038; California"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bill Simmons isn\u2019t a fan of the 2025-26 Warriors.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, the sports media personality shared that he recently declined the opportunity to watch <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/c\/curryst01.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Steph Curry,<\/a> one of his favorite NBA players, in person because of how frustrating it is for him to watch Golden State.<\/p>\n<p>Here is what Simmons said about passing on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsportsbayarea.com\/nba\/golden-state-warriors\/draymond-green-boom-curry\/1906101\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the Curry Show<\/a> on his \u201cBill Simmons Podcast.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have Clippers season tickets I share with the one and only Mike Tollin,\u201d Simmons prefaced. \u201cUsually, we go to the Warriors games together because Steph Curry and [Nikola] Joki\u0107 are my two \u2018I&#8217;m going if they\u2019re there.\u2019 [Victor Wembanyama] has now entered that group. Joki\u0107, Curry, Wemby; I&#8217;m there if they&#8217;re in town. [Tollin] asked \u2026 \u2018I can&#8217;t go Monday. You want the tickets?\u2019 I said, \u2018No. Let&#8217;s sell him.\u2019 And we sold them. I rain-checked it [and] made up an excuse.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2018I&#8217;m under the weather, Steph. I can&#8217;t make it today.\u2019 I just didn&#8217;t want to watch him on a s&#8211;t Warriors team with f&#8211;king Draymond [Green] getting kicked out of every other game, or Steve Kerr getting mad at the refs, or these f&#8211;king guys that come in, and [Jimmy] Butler taking 10 shots. I couldn&#8217;t do it. It was going to make me mad. I wanted to enjoy my Monday night. Didn&#8217;t go. Steph Curry, who&#8217;s, by the way, having an incredible year &#8212; couldn&#8217;t do it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Simmons clearly didn\u2019t hold back &#8212; regardless of his affinity for Curry.<\/p>\n<p>And ironically, Simmons was right to miss the Warriors\u2019 date with the Clippers on Monday at Intuit Dome. Golden State was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsportsbayarea.com\/nba\/golden-state-warriors\/steph-curry-clippers-loss\/1904981\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">defeated by Los Angeles<\/a> in a frustrating fashion, 103-102.<\/p>\n<p>But despite Simmons\u2019 harsh words, the Warriors have been on one of their better stretches of the 2025-26 NBA season. Golden State has won eight of its last 11 games, including a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsportsbayarea.com\/nba\/golden-state-warriors\/steph-curry-win-analysis-sacramento-kings\/1905944\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">34-point blowout win<\/a> over the Sacramento Kings on Friday night at Chase Center.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe Simmons should give watching Curry and the 2025-26 Warriors live another shot.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dubs-talk-a-golden-state-warriors-podcast.simplecast.com\/episodes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Download and follow the Dubs Talk Podcast<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bill Simmons isn\u2019t a fan of the 2025-26 Warriors. 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