Cam Thomas Looks Like an NBA Scoring Threat and More Summer League Observations. Plus: Mirin Fader on Her New Giannis Antetokounmpo Biography.

The Mismatch

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4.7 • 5.6K Ratings

🗓️ 13 August 2021

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Kevin O’Connor has landed in Las Vegas for summer league, so he and Chris dive into all of their observations, starting with how last year’s rookie class is faring and whether we underrated them because of the challenges created by COVID-19 (1:00). Then they talk about Cam Thomas’s incredible scoring bonanza and his fit on the Nets (13:20), the contributions of a few undrafted players, like Isaiah Miller and Omer Yurtseven (21:18), Kevin finally seeing Alperen Sengun play in person (28:45), and which players people in Las Vegas are buzzing about (33:00). Finally, The Ringer’s Mirin Fader joins to talk about her new book, 'Giannis: The Improbable Rise of an NBA MVP' (37:05). Hosts: Chris Vernon and Kevin O’Connor Guest: Mirin Fader Associate Producer: Sasha Ashall Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Jean and Roger is the story of the two most powerful influential movie critics of their time,
0:04.9	Jean Siskel and Roger Ebert. You can find Jean and Roger on the big picture feed on Spotify
0:10.3	or wherever you get your podcasts. Here's a quick trailer.
0:16.0	It seemed like a crazy idea for a TV show. Take two rivals and let them duke it out about movies.
0:22.4	But Jean Siskel and Roger Ebert quickly became the most popular film critics in the country.
0:26.6	Millions of viewers tuned in to see whether they vote thumbs up or thumbs down.
0:30.4	This is the story of two unlikely superstars who changed the way we argue. From Spotify and the
0:35.1	Manger podcast network, I'm Brian Rafftry and this is Jean and Roger. Listen on Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.
0:58.4	Welcome to the mismatch. I'm Chris Vernon. And join me. He does every Friday from the wringer.com.
1:02.4	Kevin O'Connor, a K Kevin O'Bomber, Kevin O'Connor, Kevin O'Vegas, Kevin O'Climber, Kevin O'Candy,
1:07.6	Lane Kevin O'Phaesarian, Kevin O'Connor. Have you run into your buddy,
1:14.4	Damblaesarian while you are out there where he probably while you're out in Las Vegas,
1:19.4	I could foresee a circumstance where you're walking through Caesar's Palace or the like.
1:25.2	And Damblaesarian stops and he feels like he's looking in a mirror for a moment.
1:29.6	That has not happened. And I would imagine maybe beard wise, it's potential looking in a mirror,
1:36.4	body wise, definitely not looking in the mirror. What is Vegas been like? You got there a
1:44.0	couple of days ago and this was going to be a different summer league than we have ever had before.
1:49.4	There was no summer league last year, but this year, you know, there was the fear even going in.
1:57.3	Are we going to be able to make this happen? They postponed the first game. Really no problem since
2:02.4	knock on wood. You see the stands. It appears like there's a lot of fans at these.
2:08.5	Everybody's got masks on. Obviously, there's a mask mandate in Las Vegas. Just what's your feel
2:13.9	and what is it like? It feels like summer league. Still just plus masks. That's true in the casinos.
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