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4.2 • 9.4K Ratings

🗓️ 26 March 2026

⏱️ 92 minutes

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Rob and J. Kyle Mann answer your listener questions about the Most Improved Player award, postseason narratives, how teams are defending Jokic, and much more! (00:00) Intro (3:18) FanDuel title pie (12:16) Most Improved Player (21:12) 3-point shooting (27:15) Mount Rushmore of aughts indie rock (33:00) Fan Duel ad break (33:46) Tommy Hilfiger ad break (34:19) All-time Kentucky alumni lineup (39:33) The Pelicans' future (46:23) Playoff matchups (48:17) Watching every game (55:23) Best playoff narratives (1:01:58) The music artist who compares to Steph (1:06:19) Life lessons from basketball (1:18:23) Defensive strategy against Jokic (1:23:29) Teams that could win their first NBA title Send your questions to ⁠ringergroupchat@gmail.com⁠! Hosts: Rob Mahoney and J. Kyle Mann Producers: Isaiah Blakely, Victoria Valencia, and Carlos Chiriboga Production Supervision: Ben Cruz Social: Carlos Chiriboga and Keith Fujimoto Explore more at https://tommy.com The Ringer is committed to responsible gaming. Please visit⁠ ⁠⁠www.rg-help.com⁠ to learn more about the resources and helplines available. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:07.0	I've always wanted to be mom.
0:09.0	And we're bringing you on our journey through everything.
0:12.0	I have no idea what we're doing.
0:13.0	Thank you. I have more of an idea.
0:15.0	I think of it like a Tamagotchi.
0:17.0	At the end of all of this...
0:20.0	We're going to have a little baby.
0:21.6	Raising Chelsea, a Hulu original series streaming April 2nd exclusively on Disney Plus.
0:26.6	18 plus subscription required T's and T supply. Hello and welcome to group chat. I am Rob Mahoney. With me as always, Jay Kyle, man. Kyle, how are we doing today?
0:51.8	Doing pretty good. Got up, the weather's turning nice here, Rob.
0:55.7	I got up and had a nice black coffee and a breakfast burrito, which I know that you're enthused
0:59.8	about.
1:00.2	You're an officiado of the breakfast burrito.
1:04.6	Not as many good ones out here as there are in L.A., though, I have to say.
1:08.1	I imagine it's a bit of a problem.
1:09.4	You know, as from a humanity standpoint,
1:12.4	we really went off when we invented the breakfast burrito.
1:14.9	It's one of our finest creations.
1:16.7	I don't know that we've done anything better since,
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