Kawhi’s "Carbon Footprint," Hardest Players to Root For, Offseason Enjoyments, and NFL Takeaways

The Mismatch

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🗓️ 9 September 2025

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Verno and Jacoby return with 10 questions about the NBA Hall of Fame, Kawhi Leonard, biggest disappointments, the NFL, and more! (00:00) Welcome to The Mismatch!(01:30) Question 1: Thoughts on the Kawhi Leonard, Steve Ballmer, Aspiration mess(16:00) Question 2: Are you watching EuroBasket?(19:15) Question 3: First thing you think of when mentioning Carmelo Anthony and Dwight Howard(33:15) Question 4: Which projected contending NBA team do you think will be a disappointment?(40:15) Question 5: Three players that would be hardest to root for if they played for your team(44:08) Question 6: What is the new Nike school in Memphis?(52:03) Question 7: Favorite movie or show you’ve enjoyed during the offseason(01:00:38) Question 8: What is something small that bothers you about the NBA?(01:03:47) Question 9: Do you care about the new All-Star format?(01:09:05) Question 10: Biggest takeaway from Week 1 in the NFL Leave us a message on our Mismatch voicemail line! (323) 389-5091 Hosts: Chris Vernon and David JacobyProducer: Jessie LopezSocial: Keith Fujimoto Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:43.3	And join him as he does every week from the ringer.com is Dave Jacoby.
0:47.2	Jacoby.
0:48.7	Verno, summer's over.
0:50.3	The kids are at school.
0:52.5	NFL started.
0:54.0	I could smell. I could smell.
0:55.2	I could smell training camp about to start in the NBA.
0:57.9	Summer's open.
0:58.8	My kids have been in school for a month.
1:01.6	I don't understand how that works.
1:03.8	Different parts of the country, I suppose.
1:06.2	Look, I need basketball to start.
1:08.9	Me and our beloved Joe House are in a skins league.
1:14.1	Basically, you could pick the team's wins or losses, right?
1:17.8	So, like, our first pick in the draft was Ravens wins.
1:23.4	You saw how that went.
1:25.2	Mm-hmm.
1:25.9	We also have, with the last pick in our draft, Bears wins.
1:31.4	And so I'm so ready for basketball to start back after it's two nights in a row, Sunday night and Monday night, where both of our teams collapsed in the second halfs of the games.
1:45.2	And so I need basketball to come back around.
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