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🗓️ 4 November 2025

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

The Memphis Grizzlies and Ja Morant seem to be at a crossroads. The disgruntled star was suspended for a game recently following comments he made about the coaching staff and hasn't quite looked like the All-Star he’s been in the past. Logan Murdock and Howard Beck discuss the ongoing clash between Morant and the Grizzlies and what this might lead to. Plus, they touch on other teams who have been disappointing to start the season.Morant's recent comments about not enjoying basketball. Intro (0:00:00) Fan Duel ad break (1:14) Ja Morant's Future in Memphis. (2:16) The disastrous start to the New Orleans Pelicans' season (39:22) The up and down start to the Knicks’ season (40:15) Are the Hawks in trouble without Trae? (43:31) Were the expectations for the Mavericks set too high? (48:09) Mailbag (54:18) Hit the mailbag! [email protected] 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. Hosts: Logan Murdock and Howard BeckProducers: Victoria Valencia and Clifford AugustinAdditional Production Support: Ben Cruz and Conor Nevins Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	What's good? We're always. You know who it is. Logan Murdoch, aka Logie Boo, not the two.
0:05.6	We have a great show for you guys today.
0:08.8	Me and Howard and Cliff. We talk about the scenario that's going on in Memphis with John Morant, which just has so many layers to it.
0:17.5	I would love to get into it right now, but we got to go do a show.
0:21.3	So we had a fun time talking about that.
0:23.1	That went into a Zion discussion.
0:25.0	That went into all the underachieving teams,
0:30.8	maybe the Mavericks.
0:31.8	Are they really underachieving?
0:32.9	I'm not sure,
0:33.7	because we kind of just knew who they were going to be.
0:36.7	Maybe underachieving for the front office is a better thing to say.
0:41.0	The Atlanta Hawks, what are they?
0:42.8	Are they going to be okay?
0:44.9	The Pelicans.
0:47.4	We should just stop talking about the Pelicans.
0:49.3	I think that they need to just get deregulated and go to the G League for right now,
0:54.0	just to get their
0:54.6	get back as an organization figure their stuff out um what else did we talk about we had a
0:59.8	really fun show uh cliff was great we put Howard on the spot a couple of times with our young
1:06.3	millennial ginsie jargon um it was a really really fun fun show. So tap in, ah, all the bleep.
1:13.7	You're listening to The Ringer MBA show presented by Fandul.
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