Eastern Conference Power Rankings and Big Issues Out West With Fred Katz

The Zach Lowe Show

The Ringer

Basketball, Sports

4.8 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 10 November 2025

⏱️ 101 minutes

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Fred Katz of The Athletic joins the show to power-rank the entire Eastern Conference (1:50). Who’s last? Where did the surprising Bulls come in? How about the disappointing Magic (26:26)? Then, as the list goes on, an unexpected team cracks into the top five (48:35) and a consensus on no. 1 emerges (1:05:49). Lastly, some rapid-fire things out in the West, including issues for the Clippers (1:22:29) and incredible play from the Spurs (1:32:15). Come for the basketball breakdowns, stay for the story of Zach's date from Friendster! Host: Zach Lowe Guest: Fred Katz Producers: Mike Wargon, Jesse Aron, Jonathan Frias, Billy Gil Social: Keith Fujimoto The Ringer is committed to responsible gaming. Please visit www.rg-help.com to learn more about the resources and helplines available. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:28.6	all right coming up it's monday big weekend of NBA action in the rearview NBA cup
0:35.8	the Emirates cup day two or day three, I can't
0:39.7	even remember.
0:41.2	Got a big week coming up.
0:42.3	Fred Katz from the athletic, we're going to go over everything.
0:45.3	We power ranked the entire Eastern Conference from 15 to 1.
0:49.6	How similar were our list a little different here and there?
0:52.5	Middle is very muddled.
0:53.5	Who's much higher than you expect?
0:54.8	Who's fallen to depths you couldn't possibly have imagined?
0:58.2	Orlando looking at you, Orlando Magic.
1:00.9	Who's number one?
1:01.8	Do we both have the same team at number one?
1:04.3	Is it the Detroit Pistons who are actually number one in the NBA standings in the East?
1:09.2	We'll see.
1:09.9	And then rapid fire five topics, stressful topics de jure in the Western conference,
1:15.8	some negative ones and one really positive one that should be stressing out everybody in
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