I'm on the road so today's pod will be a little bit shorter than normal but we have

something different planned for you.

NBA head coach of the Charlotte Hornets Chains, Braco.

Why are you having him on?

Well, you know what?

Despite the record, that team is really, really competitive.

I didn't think they had any chance to be competitive.

120 games and I didn't know that they win 17 maybe on the entire season.

So we're going to do that in a closing moment there as I am, like I said, on the East Coast

for an undetermined amount of time.

But today's episode of the Ryan Russell Show on the Ringer podcast network is brought to

you by State Farm just like basketball.

The game of life is unpredictable.

Talk to a State Farm agent and get a teammate who can help you navigate the unexpected.

Like a teammate for the Dallas Maverick last night, all that help defense coming over to

help contain Zion Williams and Zion's overall numbers.

Actually not bad, but you watched the game and Dallas.

I would say to this point, probably did the best job on Zion that I've seen.

It was a game that I couldn't wait to watch.

Luca Zion made sure I ran back to my hotel to be able to catch that one and then I went

late, late East Coast guy now staying up late watching games.

But it was a lot of fun.

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