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The Ringer NBA Show

Monica McNutt on Stanford’s NCAA Championship, the Knicks’ Success, the Upcoming WNBA Season, and More. Plus: 'Bridgerton' Season 2 Is Announced. | Real Ones

The Ringer NBA Show

The Ringer

Sports

4.29.4K Ratings

🗓️ 5 April 2021

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

First things first, the Mad Hooper Talia Caldwell tells Logan and Raja why she’s so mad (0:25). After that, The Ringer’s Jomi Adeniran pops by to discuss his disappointment that Regé-Jean Page will not return to Season 2 of 'Bridgerton' (2:07). Then Monica McNutt joins Logan and Raja to talk about getting into journalism as a student athlete (8:22), Stanford’s win over Arizona to take the women’s NCAA championship (21:10), addressing disparities between how men and women basketball players are treated (29:16), how excited Knicks fans should be about this season (41:39), and who her favorite teams are for the upcoming WNBA season (44:49).  Hosts: Logan Murdock and Raja Bell Guests: Monica McNutt, Talia Caldwell, and Jomi Adeniran Associate Producer: Sasha Ashall Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

Head into the Ringiverse to stay up to date with all things superheroes and nerd culture entertainment.

0:05.0

Hosted by a rotating lineup of super fans at the ringer, including Mallory Rubin and Van Leithen,

0:10.0

shows will provide instant reactions to blockbuster releases and insightful backstories on Canon

0:15.0

and mind-bending theories as well as fresh takes on the latest news and rumors.

0:19.0

Check out the Ringiverse on Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.

0:25.0

And we're back with another Listen to Mad Hooper and we have a returning guest,

0:29.0

Talia Caldwell, and I'm just trying to figure out why she's so mad.

0:33.0

Talia, why are you so mad?

0:35.0

I am so mad at NBA nerd and a Litzwooder because I had to watch the Sacramento Kings game

0:42.0

and everyone told me that it was okay for Buddy Heal to go one for nine for three.

0:47.0

Buddy Heal.

0:48.0

They told me that he's percentage wise and better three punch shooters than Dame and Steph and all these people

0:55.0

and they brought up averages and if you know any kind of basic statistics, averages don't matter.

1:00.0

There's something called mode, there's median, there's anti-diviation, there's variance.

1:05.0

And he for his career shoots seven threes a game, Kobe shot four.

1:10.0

So just throwing out, he shoots this much.

1:12.0

This is what he does in his career.

1:14.0

It means nothing to me and it just watching Sacramento in general, the small ball, high scoring,

1:20.0

low basketball IQ, no defense, I just can't.

1:23.0

And it's why they are gonna forever be in basketball purgatory.

1:26.0

So tell them why you bad son.

1:28.0

I love why you bad.

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