Watch: Bill Simmons picks Thunder to win title on TNT

HBO’s Bill Simmons made a guest appearance on TNT’s playoff pregame show and picked the Thunder to win the title.

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HBO’s Bill Simmons made a guest appearance on TNT’s playoff pregame show and picked the Thunder to win the title.

Simmons, formerly of ESPN and Grantland fame, popped up with Ernie Johnson, Kenny Smith, Shaquille O’Neal and Charles Barkley in Oakland to talk hoops, offering some quick opinions before Thursday night’s Game 5 between the Warriors and Thunder.

“It just seems like [OKC] came together...when it happens, you feel it,” he said. 

Watch the video below.

.@BillSimmons tells the crew why he likes the OKC Thunder to win the championship. https://t.co/ZoSQkCH0zf

— NBA on TNT (@NBAonTNT) May 27, 2016

The Warriors trail 3–1 in the series and will be eliminated with a loss on Thursday.