A Christmas Embarrassment, the Thriving Nets, and Mailbag Questions

The Mismatch

The Ringer

Sports

4.7 • 5.6K Ratings

🗓️ 27 December 2022

⏱️ 81 minutes

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Summary

Verno and KOC discuss why the growing rivalry between the Grizzlies and Warriors is good for the NBA (03:42). They also discuss the Celtics' blowout win against the Bucks before moving on to the 76ers, who are riding an eight-game winning streak (16:37). After the Bulls get blown out by the Rockets, the guys debate if it’s time for the Bulls to start tanking to give themselves the best chance to keep their first-round pick for the upcoming draft (27:44). In looking at last night's games, the guys discuss the red-hot Nets and Rudy Gobert’s benching (44:23). The guys go into their mailbag to answer listener questions to end the last episode of 2022 (59:30). Hosts: Chris Vernon and Kevin O’Connor Producer: Jessie Lopez Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey everyone, it's Kevin O'Connor.
0:02.0	AKA Kevin O'Bomber, AKA Kevin O'Connor, Kevin O'Connor!
0:07.0	Wait a minute, you're not Chris Verna.
0:09.0	No Kevin, sadly I'm not as terubic or as raspy as Verna, but it is I, J. Kyle Man and folks.
0:16.0	Basketball has been and continues to be so very good.
0:21.0	That's exactly why Kyle and I are hosting a brand new basketball show on a brand new podcast feed,
0:27.0	The Ringers NBA Draft Show.
0:29.0	We're gonna have you covered every week as we go in depth and deep dive in hopes of answering an ever important question in the NBA.
0:37.0	Who's got next?
0:38.0	Whether it's an international phenom like Victor Windbanyama, or the G-League Scoot Henderson,
0:44.0	or stars from Over Time Elite like Aimein Thompson, as well as a full-blown swarm of talented prospects from the promising 2023 NBA Draft Class.
0:53.0	For sure, Kyle. And we're also gonna get into players from the college ranks because this is a loaded class for us to discuss prospects rising and falling.
1:02.0	And we're gonna revisit and redraft recent draft classes and get into how the league's evolution could help inform what's valuable in a prospect of the future.
1:10.0	This is a podcast for a fan of every team whether you're losing and have high draft lottery odds or you're looking for sleepers later in the draft.
1:18.0	We're gonna be covering everything in the months that comes so please make sure you follow and subscribe to The Ringer NBA Draft Show.
1:25.0	And hit us with those five star ratings.
1:27.0	Welcome to The Miss Match. I'm Chris Farnin, joining me is he does every Tuesday from The Ringer.com. He's Kevin O'Connor, aka Kevin O'Bomer, Kevin O'Connor, Kevin O'Climor, Kevin O'Killian, Kevin O'Conflik, Kevin O'Candy, Lien, Kevin O'Camera, Kevin O'Canemos, Kevin O'Camero.
1:54.0	Lien O'Connor, how are you doing today, man?
1:58.0	I'm doing great. We got a ton of stuff to get to. There were all kinds of games that were going on last night.
2:04.0	Hey, we're good. What's going for Christmas, Chris?
2:09.0	What's going for Christmas?
2:11.0	There were games on Christmas.
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