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🗓️ 30 December 2025

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Logan Murdock and Howard Beck are back on another edition of Real Ones with some NBA resolutions as we head into the new year. But first, Nikola Jokic went down on Monday night with what is believed to be a hyperextension to the knee. He will be reevaluated in four weeks. How will this affect the MVP race and the Nuggets’ standings if he misses the 65-game requirement? (0:00:00) Intro (4:47) FanDuel ad break (0:21) Jokic’s injury (14:53) FanDuel ad break (16:14) Resolutions (59:31) Mailbag Hit the mailbag! realonesmailbag@gmail.com Hosts: Logan Murdock and Howard BeckProducers: Victoria Valencia and Clifford AugustinAdditional Production Support: Ben Cruz and Conor Nevins 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 popping?
0:12.0	Real ones.
0:12.5	Logan Murdoch here, Howard, mother effing back there.
0:15.5	We are talking Yolkich and we are getting to New Year's resolutions and then we're getting to mailbag.
0:20.6	First things first.
0:22.9	Some news that, man, I was really sad last night when I saw this.
0:27.1	When I saw the clip of Yokch's going down, he injured and he injured his left knee.
0:34.7	It's officially a hyper extension after he injured it with three seconds left before
0:40.1	intermission in Miami last night. Negus coach David Adelman said after the game, immediately
0:47.3	he knew something was wrong. Then he goes, hey, this is part of the NBA. Anybody who gets
0:52.2	hurt in this game, it's kind of gut-wrenching, especially somebody as special as he is. We'll find out more tomorrow. We'll move on as a team, obviously right now. I'm more concerned about him as a person and the disappointment of going through something like that. Yolkins was alone under the basket and appeared to step forward to help Denver, Spencer Jones, to defend the drive. as time was set to expire in the second quarter while backtracking, Yolk had stepped on,
1:14.3	Jones stepped. for Spencer Jones to defend the drive. As time was set to expire in the second quarter while backtracking,
1:13.2	Jones stepped on Yolkis's left foot, and it seemed that the center's knee buckled a little
1:19.5	bit.
1:20.5	It looked, what were your reaction when you first saw the injury, Howard, and what do the
1:25.8	Nuggets do from here?
1:26.8	Like they are 22 and 10, they have dealt with a rash of injuries, but Yokic is a top
1:35.0	three player in the league.
1:35.9	He is the glue that brings this whole organization together.
1:38.7	And also he is the monument of stability for this team through all of their injuries.
1:44.8	He's out a month, but that month could feel longer than it actually is.
1:51.0	Where do the Nuggets do from here?
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