Jayson Tatum’s Season Debut, SGA’s Coat, and Loves and Loathes

The Mismatch

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4.7 • 5.6K Ratings

🗓️ 6 March 2026

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Verno and Jacoby discuss a couple of anticipated debuts as Jayson Tatum gets ready to suit up for the Celtics and Trae Young finally steps on the floor for the Wizards. They also get into SGA's fashion choice for a warm day in NYC.(00:00) Welcome to The Mismatch!(2:34) Thursday’s games: Spurs are great with 71 points in the first half(7:45) Loves and loathes(7:54) Verno loves: Tatum returns and makes his 2025-26 debut(15:14) Jacoby loves: Trae Young debuts with the Wizards(18:33) Verno loathes: Jokic’s dirty play(22:32) Jacoby loathes: Doc Rivers's retirement(24:19) Verno loves: NBC's throwback and storyteller era(31:23) Jacoby loves: The dangerous teams of the Eastern Conference(34:17) Verno loathes: Marcus Smart’s ugly shots at Memphis(38:29) Jacoby loathes: SGA covered in fur from the nose to the toes(41:31) Verno loves: Two-way success stories(47:21) Jacoby loves: The Hawks’ win streak heating up(50:33) Verno loathes: Scoot's struggles in the Grizzlies-Blazers game(56:19) Jacoby loathes: Sad-watching the Celtics lose with Bill SimmonsThe Ringer is committed to responsible gaming. Please visit www.rg-help.com to learn more about the resources and helplines available.Leave us a message on our Mismatch Voicemail line! (323) 389-5091Hosts: Chris Vernon and David JacobyProducers: Brian H. Waters and Jeff ShearinSocial: Keith Fujimoto Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	My name is Sherlock Holmes.
0:02.0	It's an unusual name.
0:03.0	Introducing Young Sherlock, a new Guy Ritchie series.
0:07.0	What game are we playing today?
0:09.0	Discover the origins.
0:10.0	It's cleaving. Those days are surely behind me.
0:12.0	Of crime's most iconic mind.
0:14.0	There has been a break-in.
0:17.0	Astoned. You should be a detective.
0:19.0	Starring Hero finds Tiffin, Donald Finn and Colin Firth.
0:22.5	If you start wearing a hat like that, I will no longer be friends with you.
0:25.9	Young Sherlock, new original series. Watch now only on Prime Video. Welcome to the Misfatch, I'm Chris Vernon and joining to see us every week from The Ringer.com.
0:51.5	Dave Jocoby.
0:52.2	Jacoby!
0:53.2	Right on here in the West Coast, still in Los Angeles. Like, the games being on at 4 o'clock is such a game changer. It is such a game changer. Like, I stay up until one in the morning watching these games. I just don't understand how people do it, right? Like, do they not have to sit in carpools?
1:11.8	Do they do their kids not have after school activities?
1:14.7	I feel like I would miss everything.
1:17.7	I need the games being later because I have to do something after the kids get out of school.
1:23.8	So, like, I wouldn't be able to watch games if they were on at four o'clock in my life.
1:28.1	Counterpoint. Like, the games are so mobile now that you can just have it on your phone.
1:35.0	You can be in a carpool driving and just have it on your phone. Oh, come on. That is so reckless.
1:40.5	It's unbelievable. I'm not even going to, I'm not even going to acknowledge that. Driving around watching the pistons and the spurs on my phone. I have a theory about Bill Simmons
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