Is It Time to Worry About the Magic? Plus, an Eastern Conference Gut Check and OKC’s Chance at 70-Plus Wins. | Group Chat

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🗓️ 5 November 2025

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

Justin, Rob, and J. Kyle Mann discuss the Thunder’s unbeaten franchise-record start of 8-0. Then they move to the East, starting with the sputtering Orlando Magic. They also talk about other struggling contenders and surprise teams like the Bulls and Sixers. Intro (0:00:00) Fan Duel ad break (3:40) Thunder (4:28) Magic (19:05) Hawks (41:04) Sixers-Bulls (52:53) Pistons (1:00:24) Top of the East predictions (1:07:37) Hosts: Justin Verrier, Rob Mahoney, and J. Kyle MannProducers: 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.
0:11.2	I am Justin Verrier and joining me.
0:13.9	Rob Mahoney, Jay Kyle, man.
0:16.2	Kyle, back from fighting some planters.
0:19.0	Great to see that you're alive and well. Hold on.
0:21.5	All right.
0:21.9	Okay.
0:22.5	I prepared.
0:23.7	I was, I felt like the social media post that I saw and the things that I heard that you
0:30.5	said about me on the pod, I just felt like I needed to respond.
0:33.6	So I prepared a written statement here.
0:36.1	Okay.
0:37.1	As follows, Justivir and his co-host, because of his repeated embellishment and distortion of the facts, is hereetofore and here in after known as Bologna Mahoney, have misled the ringer community and slandered me in a way that demands a correct depiction of the events.
0:52.1	On November 2nd, 2025, I was sent on a series of errands for my wife
0:57.0	that required completion and had been delayed as the result of a flat tire. The first of the
1:03.8	deliveries involved a delivery. Aaron involved a delivery of an item to a residence that I was
1:09.6	unfamiliar with. I approached this home in near total darkness and in silence on a cold,
1:15.0	autumnal Kentucky night walking toward a stoop that was enclosed by a three-foot wall,
1:20.4	three-foot high wall, and on one end featured a high ledge with several planters.
1:24.6	Cutting to the chase, as I approached this stoop, it's totally dark.
1:29.7	This all happened within about one and a half seconds.
1:32.2	A cat sprung up out of the darkness, like a jump scare from a movie.
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