Lakers Trade Russell Westbrook for D’Angelo Russell. Plus, LeBron Is the New Points King! | Group Chat

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🗓️ 8 February 2023

⏱️ 93 minutes

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Justin, Rob, and Wos give their instant reactions to the three-team trade between the Lakers, Timberwolves, and Jazz (01:25). They discuss whether the addition of D’Angelo Russell, Malik Beasley, and Jarred Vanderbilt makes the Lakers significantly better and discuss the trades from the perspectives of Utah and Minnesota. After, they discuss LeBron James passing Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as the all-time scoring leader in regular season history (23:29). They discuss James’s performance, his impact, and how he’s exceeded expectations since his days as a high school phenom. Then, they talk about the trade markets for Kevin Durant (57:25) and Chris Paul (75:29) and predict who will be dealt by Thursday’s deadline (80:13). Hosts: Justin Verrier, Rob Mahoney, and Wosny Lambre Producer: Eduardo Ocampo *The Ringer NBA squad is coming to Salt Lake City for NBA All-Star Weekend! Get your tickets here!* Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	What's up everybody, it's Austin Rivers from the Minnesota Temple Wolves.
0:03.3	It's a new year and I have a new podcast here at The Ringer, off guard, hosted by me and my guy,
0:08.1	Pasha Higigi.
0:09.1	Austin and I go way back and talk so much through already that we figured
0:12.6	those time to fire up the mics and let you in on all of these conversations.
0:16.4	Every week, Pasha and I will head on to biggest stories happening in the league and get
0:19.9	Austin's perspective of someone currently hooping in the NBA.
0:22.9	Tap into off guard, every Friday on the Ringer NBA Show Feed on Spotify or wherever you
0:27.8	get your podcast.
0:57.8	Every morning we get to feed that fire and set ourselves up for the day with a warming
1:02.6	and satisfying bowl of Quaker Oats.
1:06.7	Because when we feed it right, when it's fully ablaze, we can take on anything the day
1:11.2	might bring.
1:15.0	Feed more than just your body.
1:17.5	Feed the fire inside.
1:20.3	Quaker Oats.
1:36.2	Hello and welcome to Group Chat.
1:38.5	Again, I am Justin Barrier and joining me again is Rob Mahoney in Big Waz.
1:45.3	We were out here on a Wednesday night make and dinner.
1:47.9	We were out here on the Waz with spatch cocking but we have been called back into duty for an
1:52.1	emergency trade.
1:53.6	Rob hit the siren.
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