League Pass Rankings Part 1 with Rob Mahoney

The Zach Lowe Show

The Ringer

Basketball, Sports

4.8 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 20 October 2025

⏱️ 73 minutes

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For the first time ever in podcast form, Zach Lowe unveils his annual League Pass Rankings! In Part 1 (1:52), Rob Mahoney joins to go through teams 30-16. Who’s last? Who do they disagree on? And who does Zach imagine Rob trying to talk to people about at a dinner party?? What to make of the 76ers (34:16), and where does the first good team check in (40:37). Come for the courts and jerseys analysis, stay for Zach’s Steve Ballmer impression! All that and much more on Part 1 of the League Pass Rankings. Host: Zach Lowe Guest: Rob Mahoney Producers: Mike Wargon, Jesse Aron, Jonathan Frias Social: Keith Fujimoto The Ringer is committed to responsible gaming. Please visit www.rg-help.com to learn more about the resources and helplines available Learn more and join waitlist at ScoutMotors.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	All right, coming up on the Zach Lowe show, Rob Mahoney joins for the first ever podcast version of my league pass rankings.
0:07.6	Rob did his own league pass rankings.
0:09.6	I did mine using my normal crazy formula.
0:12.6	Five categories, one to ten score in each for each team.
0:16.2	The categories are zeitgeist.
0:18.1	Do normal people know about this team?
0:20.4	Stars slash highlight potential self-explanatory.
0:23.9	Strategy and system style of play. That's the coaching thing. League past minutiae commentators,
0:30.7	courts, jerseys, art, and then Bill's favorite category grandfathered in unintentional comedy,
0:36.8	the Javel McGee category. i don't think rob did the scoring
0:39.3	like that i did then i combined our rankings into one super ranking the official league pass
0:45.8	rankings for 25 26 NBA season which starts in like 29 hours or something by the time you're
0:53.2	hearing this craziness we're already there who came last
0:56.4	who came first who did rob and i disagree on all coming up on the zach loo show league pass
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