Clippers Gelling, Stopping Luka, and Giannis’s Dominance. Plus: Trent Dilfer on the Challenges of Coaching at a Smaller School, and Ohtani’s Contract and Yamamoto Rumors With Jeff Passan.

The Ryen Russillo Podcast

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4.8 • 13.9K Ratings

🗓️ 15 December 2023

⏱️ 114 minutes

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Summary

Russillo opens the show by revealing his takeaways from Thursday’s NBA action (1:00). Then, he’s joined by UAB head coach Trent Dilfer to discuss the challenges of recruiting, competing with bigger programs, and how the Patriots move past this season (23:00). Next, Ryen welcomes in Jeff Passan to make sense of Ohtani’s deal, discuss the Dodgers' acquisition of Tyler Glasnow, and share the latest on Yoshinobu Yamamoto (62:00). Finally, Kyle joins the show to answer some listener-submitted Life Advice questions (91:00). The Ringer is committed to responsible gaming. Please check out theringer.com/RG to find out more or listen to the end of the episode for additional details. Host: Ryen Russillo Guests: Trent Dilfer and Jeff Passan Producers: Steve Ceruti, Kyle Crichton, and Mike Wargon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	We've got it all for you today.
0:02.0	And in the and We've got it all for you today and NBA open on some of the games and also my
0:13.8	thoughts on Janus's record-breaking night and all the drama around that. Trent
0:18.2	Daufer, one year in at UAV, what did he learn? How is recruiting going? And we've got a Chargers and Bellach check question for you.
0:25.0	And let's talk Otani Contract with Jeff Passon of ESPN and Life Advice with Kyle.
0:30.0	We're giving you everything today, whoops, football and baseball. So let's start with the
0:38.0	NBA after last night's games and I do want to talk about the Yana stuff against the Pacers.
0:42.5	That was two nights ago,
0:43.3	because I didn't get a chance,
0:44.0	so you didn't have the pot on Thursday.
0:45.2	So we start with the Clippers.
0:46.5	They won six in a row.
0:47.4	They beat Golden State last night,
0:49.0	eight of the last 10.
0:49.9	They're the seven seat in the West today.
0:51.9	No Paul George, hip issue day to day did not matter.
0:55.2	Hardin quai were terrific last night. They played their asses off.
0:59.0	Hardin defensively like I do kind of always chuckle league past night where it's a notoriously bad defensive
1:05.5	player and then he gets a steal and it's like a rule by the home broadcast where they have to say
1:08.8	you know people say this guy can't play defense. Oh yeah usually because he can't.
1:12.0	Hardin last night was great defensively on top of everything else.
1:16.0	And it wasn't just like the one play. He was constantly stripping the basketball away from dudes that were waiting around. He had a sick block on comminga.
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