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🗓️ 26 November 2025

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Logan Murdock and Raja Bell discuss the latest drama in Laker land, as the team fired part owners Joey and Jesse Buss from their roles in the basketball operations department on Thursday morning. What does this mean with the new ownership group now in place, and what role might Jeanie Buss have played in this move? LeBron James also returned to the lineup on Tuesday. How did he look playing alongside Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves? Plus, is LaMelo Ball’s time ticking in Charlotte? And how realistic would it be for Tyrese Maxey to win a championship? (0:00) Intro (1:27) FanDuel ad break (2:53) The Lakers fire Joey and Jesse Buss from front office positions (16:07) LeBron’s return to the Lakers lineup (28:17) FanDuel ad break (29:10) Amazon Prime ad break (29:50) LaMelo Ball clowns on reports that he’s seeking a trade (45:32) Tyrese Maxey for MVP? (53:59) Real One of the Week Hit the mailbag! [email protected] https://www.theringer.com/2025/11/21/nba/lebron-james-kareem-abdul-jabbar-los-angeles-lakers-career 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 Raja Bell Producers: Victoria Valencia and Clifford Augustin Additional Production Support: Ben Cruz and Conor Nevins Shopping. Streaming. Celebrating. It’s on Prime. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	What's popping?
0:00.7	Real Ones.
0:01.2	Logan Murdoch here.
0:02.5	Roger Bell and a few.
0:03.9	Me and Roger talk a lot about the Lakers. LeBron, his return. What's next for the Lakers? What's going on? Who's really running the show there? A lot about that. We talk about Lamello Ball. Did he make a trade request? Didn't he make a trade request? Should he make a trade request? we get into all of that.
0:21.8	What team would want La Mello Ball?
0:24.1	What team... request? Didn't he make a trade request? Should he make a trade request? We get into all of that.
0:21.8	What team would want lamella ball? What team could he thrive on? That's not the Charlotte Hornets? What's up with his career, man? It's really weird. He's 24 years old. His average 30 points, has been an all-star, but it seems like no one wants him, right? That's the conundrum that we're facing, or at least no team that is
0:37.8	wanting to win a championship wants his services. So how do we navigate this? We talk a lot about
0:43.2	that. You know Cliff is on the line, so we always have to talk about the Sixers. So we get into a
0:48.1	little bit about Maxie as well, and his trajectory and his 54 points against the bucks. Sheesh.
0:55.0	And also how Paul George is giving him flowers about how he's consolidated around Maxie
0:59.7	and how this team is now Tyrese Maxi's team.
1:02.7	Really fun developments.
1:04.1	Also, as a courtesy, please, real onesmailbag at gmail.com.
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1:10.2	Real onesmelbag at gmail.com. We are going to be taking your questions for the Thanksgiving episode on Tuesday. Make them open-ended, okay? Let's talk about your favorite teams. We don't have to get overly analytical. Let's just ask us questions about us. Let's just take it fun, okay?
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