What Kirk Goldsberry has said about 2026 NBA playoffs
3 quotes · 2 episodes · May 13, 2026 – Jun 3, 2026
Kirk Goldsberry, Basketball analytics writer and visual analyst, contributor to The Ringer, has been quoted on 2026 NBA playoffs 3 times in 2 episodes of Pardon My Take and The Bill Simmons Podcast, most recently on June 3, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
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Goldsberry predicts the San Antonio Spurs will win the NBA Finals in seven games.
“I am picking the San Antonio Spurs in seven games”
Pardon My Take: NBA Finals With Kirk Goldsberry, FSU Head Coach Luke Loucks, Myles Garrett To The Rams + Memes Vs Zac (Jun 3, 2026) · Listen from 1:48:53
Goldsberry considers Wembanyama and Gilgeous-Alexander the two best players in the world.
“Wemby and Shea, to me, they're the two best players in the world right now”
The Bill Simmons Podcast: Wemby Gets Revenge, Morey’s Out, and a Trade-Fueled Mega-Mailbag With Kirk Goldsberry and David Jacoby (May 13, 2026) · Listen from 23:34
Goldsberry contends officials allow far more contact on interior players like Wembanyama than on attacking guards.
“Like, you cannot lay a finger on an attacking guard in this league”
The Bill Simmons Podcast: Wemby Gets Revenge, Morey’s Out, and a Trade-Fueled Mega-Mailbag With Kirk Goldsberry and David Jacoby (May 13, 2026) · Listen from 26:33
Predictions
- Didn’t happen
Goldsberry predicts the San Antonio Spurs will win the NBA Finals in seven games.
“I am picking the San Antonio Spurs in seven games”
Pardon My Take: NBA Finals With Kirk Goldsberry, FSU Head Coach Luke Loucks, Myles Garrett To The Rams + Memes Vs Zac (Jun 3, 2026) · Listen from 1:48:53 · 2026 NBA playoffs
Goldsberry picked the San Antonio Spurs to win the 2026 NBA Finals in seven games. Instead, the New York Knicks beat the Spurs 4-1, clinching with a 94-90 Game 5 win in San Antonio on June 13, 2026, and Jalen Brunson was named Finals MVP.
Sources: Knicks clinch first NBA title in 53 years, as Brunson shines against Spurs · Recap: Knicks win the 2026 NBA championship, defeating Spurs in five games · NBA Playoffs 2026: Knicks clinch first NBA title since 1973 with another comeback victory over Spurs · Jalen Brunson wins Bill Russell trophy as 2026 NBA Finals MVP
Checked Oct 6, 2026
Episodes
NBA Finals With Kirk Goldsberry, FSU Head Coach Luke Loucks, Myles Garrett To The Rams + Memes Vs ZacPardon My Take · Jun 3, 2026 · 2 h 56 min
The Pardon My Take crew covers the Zach–Memes feud, the Myles Garrett and A.J. Brown trades, and NBA Finals picks, with guests Kirk Goldsberry and FSU coach Luke Loucks.
Wemby Gets Revenge, Morey’s Out, and a Trade-Fueled Mega-Mailbag With Kirk Goldsberry and David JacobyThe Bill Simmons Podcast · May 13, 2026 · 2 h 4 min
Bill Simmons and Kirk Goldsberry break down the Spurs' Game 5 win and Daryl Morey's firing, then join David Jacoby for an NBA mailbag and trade predictions.
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