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Pablo Torre Finds Out
Pablo Torre
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🗓️ 27 January 2026
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
A dunking tech bro in Memphis. A drone massacre in Ukraine. How did America's backyard beams end up in Putin's network of underground buyers? And how on Earth do Ja Morant, Justin Timberlake, Kevin Hart and "The Grindfather" get us to an illegal trade war? Hunterbrook Media's Sam Koppelman breaks down how his reporters investigated from a bird's-eye view, to a high-end Moscow dealer, to undercover calls back home — and asks what the hell Adam Silver's gonna do about another billionaire scandal hiding in plain sight.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Pablo Torre finds out. |
| 0:02.1 | I am Pablo Torre, and today we're going to find out what this sound is. |
| 0:06.3 | On this one, we actually got one of the craziest smoking guns I've ever seen. |
| 0:10.2 | Right after this ad. |
| 0:17.2 | Look, this is going to be an episode about weapons, about the NBA, about money, and the internet. |
| 0:22.1 | And so I do feel obliged, Sam Cappellman. |
| 0:24.2 | Thank you for being here, as always. |
| 0:25.6 | Honourish. |
| 0:26.2 | We should start with John Moran. |
| 0:28.0 | Start with the young star of the Memphis Grizzlies, who personally might be very interested in what we're going to talk about here today ahead of next week's trade deadline. |
| 0:35.6 | Because whether or not the grizzlies find a stable |
| 0:38.8 | alternative for his services, I do want to catch people up on what he in fact has been going |
| 0:44.8 | through. Yeah, it's been an interesting couple of years for John Morant. He was recently put on |
| 0:49.9 | the trading block for the first time. Because for the first time since drafting him, number two overall in 2019. |
| 0:56.4 | Sources tell me the Grizzies are open and listening to offers on John Morant. |
| 1:00.8 | And this comes after multiple NBA suspensions. |
| 1:05.0 | Breaking news on Memphis star John Morant who will be suspended for gun-related incidents. |
| 1:11.3 | Mr. Brzeley starred, John Morant, has been suspended for a second time after once again |
| 1:16.4 | appearing to flash a gun on social media while he's riding in a friend's car. |
| 1:20.7 | Yes. |
| 1:21.6 | Which also led to him being fined for his signature celebration. |
| 1:24.8 | He's fined $75,000 bottle league for mimicking a shooting gun with his finger. |
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