How Far Can the Spurs Go This Season? Plus, the Mighty Trail Blazers, Ja Morant’s Future, and More.
Justin and Rob are here to give their thoughts on the San Antonio Spurs’ encouraging start to the season. Then, on the opposite end of the spectrum, they discuss the Pelicans’ abysmal start to the season. Then J. Kyle Mann joins the show, and they talk about Ja Morant’s on-court and postgame behavior that led to his one-game suspension. They talk about what his future and the Grizzlies’ future look like. Then they wrap up with Justin’s favorite topic, the Portland Trail Blazers!
0:00:00 Intro
1:13 FanDuel ad break
2:44 Spurs
18:57 Pelicans
28:09 FanDuel ad break
29:44 Ja Morant
1:05:12 Trail Blazers
Hosts: Justin Verrier, Rob Mahoney, and J. Kyle Mann
Producers: Ben Cruz, Isaiah Blakely, and Victoria Valencia
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21 Comments
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Ja will leave and Memphis will not be in any better of a position, you get what you ask for
I'm waiting if the Kings would ask for a Morant-Lavine trade straight up. The need a starting PG and the Memphis needs legit scorer they have guards that can play the PG.
Spurs just have to get past the Suns. Can't play the Nets every night!
The Ja Morant commentary is so fckn stupid. LeDiddy James is literally faking an injury, attending World Series games along with pouting instead of playing and you clowns don't have the spine to say a single word about that yet Ja CORRECTLY blasts the coaching for their game plan in the loss to the Lakers and you think he is going to get traded!?! I never thought I'd say this but I guess Wos was actually the brains behind this podcast because you 3 are truly braindead at this point talking about Ja.
Booker is still a better player than Wemby. Don't act like he's some sort of average player.
Deaaron Fox is cheeks.
Ja deserves to play 36 minutes not 30 mins..
The pelicans should just use ChatGPT at this point to run their team. It would be a cool experiment and 100% would result in a more competitive team
One of the worst teams in the league.
Thanks for confirming yall nothing but scoreboard watchers and hot take suckers lol
Yo Ja, get ready to learn some Utahnese
Really disappointing and reactive analysis of the Spurs. Best start in franchise history and you all are saying a game against the Suns walks a lot of that back? Okay. I’d focus on how they respond from here.
Amazing how bad the 2019 NBA draft turned out to be.
Fox, Sochan and Kornet would change the outcome of this game. However I’m glad the Spurs lost so they can keep the intensity up.
JA in Atlanta would be tough
he needs work on his shooting. Maybe get Reggie or Ray Allen to work with him, it’s really flat, his elbows are out, and it comes off the palm(no rotation or arc)——but he’s acting like a real baby right now so everything is coming off flat—-even his personality
Really think this may be what gets Ja out of Memphis, which sucks, because I loved coming to see them play.
Little boy Ja will never grow up.
Crazy the Thunder have more wins than any other team in the past 16 seasons
Where is Wos? If he's gone so am I.
Kings are totally gonna trade for Morant