Is Jokic Having the Greatest Season Ever? Plus: Best Outcome for the NBA Cup, Who Could Be This Year’s Breakout, and Trade Rumors.

The Mismatch

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4.8 • 5.5K Ratings

🗓️ 10 December 2024

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

Verno and Jacoby briefly go through Monday night's Knicks win over the Raptors, Nikola Jokic’s absolute monster season so far, and the recent news about a new possible league in Europe (01:06). Next, the guys have five questions about the NBA this season, including the best possible outcome for the NBA Cup, and their first thought when thinking about Chris Paul, who just passed Jason Kidd for the NBA's all-time assist record (20:12). They then discuss the latest trade rumors involving Brandon Ingram, Jimmy Butler, and more (01:01:48). The Ringer is committed to responsible gaming. Please visit www.rg-help.com to learn more about the resources and helplines available. Hosts: Chris Vernon and David Jacoby Producer: Jessie Lopez Social: Keith Fujimoto Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Okay, this is a true story.
0:03.4	I have a friend who once faked his own death
0:06.9	so he could have more time to watch his favorite TV show.
0:11.5	In my new podcast, Truthless,
0:13.6	I'm talking to people about the lies they tell,
0:16.6	from forging new identities to taking their love of Game of Thrones a little too far.
0:23.0	From Spotify and the Ringer podcast network, I'm Brian Phillips.
0:27.4	Listen to Truthless on Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.
0:50.5	Thank you. Welcome to the mismatch, I'm Chris Vernon, and join the he does every week from the ringer.com is Dave Jacoby. Jacoby.
0:55.3	It's NBA Cup season, Berno. NBA Cup season is here. Oh, you're ready.
1:00.8	City's on fire. Everyone's taking tomorrow off of work. It's crazy. Well, let's get to last night
1:07.2	first. We'll get to the most recent things first, which is you threatening to do harm
1:14.5	to yourself if your beloved Knicks lost to the Toronto Raptors. Such a swing of emotions
1:21.9	where on one hand you have R.J. Barrett, who you once had love for having a 30-point game and
1:29.2	make it some plays. You have a guy named Jacoby having his breakout for the Toronto Raptors,
1:35.9	and yet you were in absolute misery even after a Knicks win in the only game that was
1:42.6	going on in the NBA last night?
1:45.0	Good teams beat bad teams, right?
1:47.9	That's something that we always say about the NBA.
1:50.8	But really good teams don't trail for the entire damn game and then pull it out at the end
1:57.6	against a bad team.
1:59.1	It was a very frustrating experience.
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