Memphis Blues for Ja and the Grizzlies. Plus, Kuminga Demands Trade. | Real Ones

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🗓️ 16 January 2026

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Logan Murdock and Raja Bell are back with another Friday edition of Real Ones, starting off by discussing Warriors forward Jonathan Kuminga demanding a trade. How does Steph Curry feel about the Warriors being in such disarray in the latter portion of his career? Then, Ja Morant was seen arguing with teammate Vince Williams Jr. at a shootaround prior to their game in Berlin, Germany. How quickly do the Grizzlies have to move on from Morant so this issue no longer will fester in the franchise? Plus, Real One of the Week! (0:00:00) Intro (1:30) Kuminga trade request (16:56) Ja Morant issues (33:20) Players being celebrated by franchises (45:39) Real One of the Week! Hit the mailbag! realonesmailbag@gmail.com Hosts: Raja Bell and Logan MurdockProducers: Victoria Valencia and Clifford Augustin The Ringer is committed to responsible gaming. Please check out ⁠rg-help.com⁠ to find out more, or listen to the end of the episode for additional details. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	What's good, Logan Murdoch here for another edition of Real Ones with myself and Roger Bell.
0:11.0	We get into the drama in Golden State.
0:13.6	Jonathan Kaminga trade request is a top story.
0:16.9	Yes, it is.
0:18.0	We'll get into the details of why the soap opera going on with Golden State.
0:22.1	And then we get into the soap opera going on in Memphis by way of Germany with
0:28.4	John Morant, who is caught on video, trying to shoot the fair one with his teammate, and
0:34.5	the ramifications of that from a league standpoint and a Memphis Grizzly standpoint.
0:41.2	Then we get into a conversation of how we should treat our players when they leave the organization
0:48.9	and what that means for the organization at large and the goals at hand.
0:54.2	Then we get to our ruin of the week.
0:55.7	Really, really fun episode.
0:57.1	Me, Roger Bell, Real Ones.
0:58.9	Next.
0:59.4	Cliff, play the theme music.
1:05.4	Was Bobbin.
1:06.3	Real ones.
1:06.7	Logan Murdoch here, Roger Bell, there.
1:09.5	Oh, man.
1:11.3	We're in the season right now where it's like pre-trade season.
1:15.2	I know we had the Trey Young thing that just went on, but we have two players that are in the midst of trade rumors at the highest proportion right now.
1:24.3	And that is Jonathan Camiga and John Morant.
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