Former NBA player, Kendrick Perkins, has reminded Bill Simmons about a bet he made about the Toronto Raptors during the 2025-26 NBA season. The feud started when Perkins posted a video calling Simmons a "fool" in June 2025, following criticism he received for predicting the Raptors would be a top-six seed in the Eastern Conference. Simmons, a former ESPN personality who founded The Ringer website and podcast network, also hosts "The Bill Simmons Podcast" and wrote "The Book of Basketball". It is unclear whether either Perkins or Simmons agreed to the bet.