The MVP Winner With Joe House and the History of the ‘Fast & Furious’ With Neil Moritz (Ep. 199)

The MVP Winner With Joe House and the History of the ‘Fast & Furious’ With Neil Moritz (Ep. 199)

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HBO and The Ringer’s Bill Simmons brings on Joe House to definitively determine who deserves the NBA’s highest honor (5:00), redraft the supporting casts of the Rockets and Thunder (8:00), and decide the “winner” of each NBA season since 2000 (13:00). Then, film producer Neil Moritz joins (28:15) to discuss the origin story of Vin Diesel’s “Dom Toretto” (32:00), his bias against CGI shots (42:00), Paul Walker’s untimely death (48:00), the Rock’s intro to the franchise (54:00), the new trilogy of ‘Fast’ films (59:30), the biggest flaw in each ‘Fast’ film (1:06:00), producing ‘Cruel Intentions’ (1:17:00), working with Tupac on ‘Juice’ (1:20:00), and the best signs for box-office success (1:28:00).