Free Agency Bonanza, Day 1! Cam Johnson Traded to Denver, the Lakers Are Adrift, and More. | Group Chat

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🗓️ 1 July 2025

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Justin, Rob and Wos are here with their immediate thoughts on Day 1 of free agency. They start with the Cam Johnson-for-Michael Porter Jr. trade and Denver’s outlook moving forward. Then, they talk about the Rockets getting deeper (20:48), what the Lakers' plan is (31:10), the Hawks' interesting offseason (48:40), and much more. Hosts: Justin Verrier, Rob Mahoney, and Wosny Lambre Producers: Isaiah Blakely and Ben Cruz Social: Keith Fujimoto and Jomi Adeniran This episode is presented by State Farm®️. Dishing the assists you need off the court. State Farm®️ with the Assist. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:42.5	Hello, and Hello and welcome to group chat.
0:50.8	I am Justin Verrier and joining me on day one of this free agency Bonanza, Rob Mahoney, Big Was.
0:57.3	I have drank like what, four cups of coffee, just making hot dogs on a stove like a fucking degenerate.
1:02.4	We're out here, man, just grinding those Dennis Schrooter transaction tweets.
1:02.9	We love it.
1:09.7	I'm honestly, you know, aside from the player movement, oh, this guy's on a new team.
1:10.9	These guys have gotten better. I am into the graphics game. Oh, this guy's on a new team. These guys have gotten better.
1:14.1	I am into the graphics game.
1:24.4	It's pretty interesting because D&VR, my guy, Adam Marez over in Denver and the crew over there, they just straight lifted Shams's graphic and just put it on their Instagram, right?
1:31.5	And it just says breaking with a guy's picture on it.
1:34.6	I'm like, okay, Bruce Brown, but then I just got to read their actual caption on the IG post.
1:41.6	It's like, it's interesting how people are handling the social medification of every single,
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