How Far Can the Spurs Go This Season? Plus, the Mighty Trail Blazers, Ja Morant’s Future, and More | Group Chat

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🗓️ 3 November 2025

⏱️ 82 minutes

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Justin and Rob are here to give their thoughts on the San Antonio Spurs' encouraging start to the season. Then, on the opposite end of the spectrum, they discuss the Pelicans' abysmal start to the season. Then J. Kyle Mann joins the show, and they talk about Ja Morant's on-court and postgame behavior that led to his one-game suspension. They talk about what his future and the Grizzlies' future look like. Then they wrap up with Justin’s favorite topic, the Portland Trail Blazers! Intro (0:00:00) FanDuel ad break (1:13) Spurs (2:44) Pelicans (18:57) FanDuel ad break (28:09) Ja Morant (29:44) Trail Blazers (1:05:12) Hosts: Justin Verrier, Rob Mahoney, and J. Kyle Mann Producers: Ben Cruz, Isaiah Blakely, and Victoria Valencia 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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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to group chat.
0:11.3	I am Justin Ferrier and joining me, Rob Mahoney.
0:15.4	Rob, thanks for joining us on this nighttime recording.
0:18.1	I know you were up late shooting your gun off in celebration of
0:21.3	the Dodgers win last night. More of a flare guy personally. I really want to make a statement.
0:26.6	I just want to bring the people together and a simple gunshot's not going to get it done.
0:30.5	Do you feel the energy just coursing through Los Angeles right now? For my Dodgers?
0:35.8	Yeah, that's right, buddy. Of course I do.
0:38.2	Look, you simply cannot go to any place in the city with not like us playing right now,
0:42.8	which is more or less L.A. as usual, but especially L.A. right now.
0:46.8	Yeah, I have found that the Dodgers are the one thing that everyone kind of rallies around
0:51.2	because unlike in basketball, for instance, where there are some people
0:54.3	that are trying to go off script and be a Clippers fan, like nobody ever wants to be an Angels
1:00.2	fan. So that's like really the team of LA. And so your team now. It is my team. I'm happy to adopt
1:06.0	them. I'm happy to announce that ever since I moved it down, they do nothing but win. Congratulations
1:10.2	to them and congratulations to me by extension.
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