Coop or Kon for Rookie of the Year? | Real Ones

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🗓️ 7 April 2026

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Logan Murdock, Raja Bell, and Howard Beck are back with another edition of Real Ones and take a deep dive into the Rookie of the Year debate. Kon Knueppel has had an outstanding season, but will Cooper Flagg’s late surge ultimately win him the award? NBA championship-winning head coach Michael Malone has taken the University of North Carolina’s head coaching job. How will he have to navigate the NIL waters to make UNC competitive again? Is there any hope for the Chicago Bulls after firing their front office? Plus, the mailbag! (0:00) Logan open (1:23) Fan Duel ad break (2:14) Rookie of the Year debate (27:34) Fan Duel ad break (28:21) Michael Malone headed to UNC (40:23) Is there any hope for the Chicago Bulls? (42:24) Mailbag! Hosts: Logan Murdock, Raja Bell, and Howard Beck Producers: Victoria Valencia and Clifford Augustin Additional Production Support: Ben Cruz and Conor Nevins The Ringer is committed to responsible gaming. Please check out⁠ rg-help.com⁠ to find out more, or listen to the end of the episode for additional details.Hit the mailbag! realonesmailbag@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	What's popping?
0:06.4	Logan Murdoch here.
0:08.0	Roger Bell and Howard Beck.
0:10.0	In a second, we talk about the rookie of the year race.
0:13.9	And what are the implications for Cooper Flag and Concanipal's teams going forward?
0:19.9	What's going to happen with those two teams?
0:21.6	Who's going to win the award?
0:22.8	What's going to go into the voting process?
0:24.7	Thank God we have our own resident voter and Howard Beck.
0:28.4	And then we obviously get Roger's perspective on that on who should win the award,
0:32.3	the nuance beyond the award and who deserves it from a player perspective.
0:38.7	Is Conquinipal going to get points deducted because he's the third option on a
0:43.5	playoff team?
0:45.2	Or is Cooper Flag going to get rewarded for being a number one option on a terrible team?
0:50.2	A lot of questions to be to be answered in the coming weeks.
0:58.0	Can we talk a little bit about Mike Malone going in North Carolina and the ramifications of that. What does that mean for our college program?
1:00.0	And what does that mean for the professionalization of college basketball?
1:04.0	That was a really interesting discussion.
1:06.0	We talked also about a little bit about the Bulls.
1:09.0	Not too much.
1:10.0	We just get Howard's perspective on the Bulls and taking away their front office and what does that mean for the Bulls going forward? And then we get two mailbag and get all to your questions there. Really, really fun episode. All right. I think that's it for now. The Ringer NBA show is brought to you by FanDuel. The NBA postseason is here and FanDuel knows the only thing better than watching your favorite team win is winning along with them. FanDul is the best place to bet the teams, players, and plays during their playoff run. Build the same game parlay or try live betting and jump in after tip-off. Don't forget, with FanDuel, you get paid instantly when you win. Download the Fandual Sportsbook app now and play your game.
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