Breaking Down the NBA’s Latest Gambling Scandals With David Purdum. Plus, Blake Griffin and Trajan Langdon on Opening Week.

The Zach Lowe Show

The Ringer

Basketball, Sports

4.8 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 23 October 2025

⏱️ 109 minutes

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A loaded Zach Lowe Show begins with a huge announcement about how to see Zach LIVE and IN PERSON (0:00). Then it’s on to the latest breaking news from the gambling world (2:19) as David Purdum joins the show to tell us everything we need to know. Next, Blake Griffin hops on (27:55) to discuss what he and Zach have been seeing in the first few games: from the loaded West to the unbelievable Wemby! Finally, Trajan Langdon joins (1:13:45) to talk about his young Pistons team, his baseball career, and his enthusiasm for Halloween. Host: Zach Lowe Guests: David Purdum, Blake Griffin, and Trajan Langdon Producers: Mike Wargon, Jesse Aron, and Jonathan Frias Social: Keith Fujimoto The Ringer is committed to responsible gaming. Please visit www.rg-help.com to learn more about the resources and helplines available Learn more and join waitlist at ScoutMotors.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Skybet Super Sub is up.
0:03.0	Just because their game is up doesn't mean yours is.
0:07.0	So whether they're coming off because of a tight hammy or your star striker is having a shocker and keeps hitting Rozette,
0:14.0	with Skybet Super Sub, your bet stays in play, even if your player doesn't.
0:20.0	Skybet for the fans.
0:24.6	Selected leads are markets only.
0:26.1	Eligibility restrictions and TNCs apply 18 plus gambleaware.org.
0:29.9	All right, we got a packed episode of DeZack Lowe Show coming up.
0:33.4	But first, we have an exciting announcement.
0:36.1	The first ever live edition on stage of the Zach Lowe's show or any podcast that I've ever hosted before is happening in Minneapolis.
0:44.9	Timberwolves fans, we are coming to you.
0:47.4	We are coming to the theater First Avenue on November 12th.
0:50.8	That's only a few weeks away.
0:52.5	We're going to have special guests from the Timberwolves, from the world of media.
0:56.6	Who knows who else might appear on stage with me?
0:58.5	Because I can't carry the show by myself.
1:00.1	It's November 12th at 1st Avenue.
1:02.4	Tickets go on sale tomorrow, Friday, October 24th at 10 a.m. Central Time.
1:08.1	You can go to the ringer.com slash events. That's the ringer.com slash events for all the details. You could probably get tickets directly from First Avenue. But again, November 12th, live show, First Avenue, Minneapolis. There's no Vikings games. There's no Twins games. The wolves are off. They're coming back for a homestand. I'm going to stick around for at least a game or two of that homestand. November 12th. Live edition on stage.
1:33.8	Zach Lowe's show. Will I fall off the stage? Will I barf out of nervousness? Who's coming? Can we convince Anthony Edwards to come? Who knows? But go buy tickets starting tomorrow, October 24th, 10 am
1:45.3	central time. The ringer.com slash events for all the details. Now we'll get to the actual
1:51.2	episode because we got a lot to cover. We got gambling. We got basketball. We got Wembe. Oh my
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