What Bill Simmons has said about Home-court advantage in the NBA

1 quote · 1 episode · Jun 11, 2026

Bill Simmons, Sportswriter and founder of The Ringer, host of The Bill Simmons Podcast, has been quoted on Home-court advantage in the NBA once in 1 episode of The Bill Simmons Podcast, most recently on June 11, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.

In their words

Simmons concludes easier travel is the main reason home-court advantage has declined since the 1970s and 80s.
“I think that travel is the number one thing that is just easier than it was in the 70s and 80s”
The Bill Simmons Podcast: A Knicks Miracle (and an All-Time Spurs Collapse), a Mini-Mailbag, and a World Cup Preview | With Joe House, Kirk Goldsberry, Anthony Dabbundo, and Cousin Sal (Jun 11, 2026) · Listen from 45:14

Episodes

A Knicks Miracle (and an All-Time Spurs Collapse), a Mini-Mailbag, and a World Cup Preview | With Joe House, Kirk Goldsberry, Anthony Dabbundo, and Cousin Sal
The Bill Simmons Podcast · Jun 11, 2026 · 2 h 1 min
Bill Simmons, Kirk Goldsberry and Joe House dissect the Knicks' 29-point Game 4 comeback over the Spurs, Simmons answers mailbag questions, and Anthony Dabbundo and Cousin Sal preview World Cup bets.

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