NBA Vibe Check! | Real Ones

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🗓️ 28 February 2026

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Logan Murdock and Howard Beck are back with another edition of Real Ones to do a vibe check for a couple of contending teams as the season gears up for the final stretch. Will the Lakers pass the vibe check coming off of two crucial losses late in games? What are the vibes in Denver and OKC, as both teams have dealt with significant injuries? Do the Cavaliers have the highest vibes following the James Harden acquisition? Plus, Real One of the Week!(0:00:00) Intro (1:33) Vibe Check: Lakers (18:53) Vibe Check: Nuggets (28:02) FanDuel ad break (29:13) Vibe Check: OKC (39:40) Vibe Check: Celtics (50:02) Vibe Check: Cavs (53:59) Vibe Check: Pistons (58:44): Real One of the Week Hit the mailbag! realonesmailbag@gmail.comHosts: Logan Murdock, Raja Bell, 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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0:31.6	Spavin, Ruins. Logan Murdoch here, Howard Beck in a second.
0:39.3	We do a vibe check for the six teams that we just find really interesting at this moment in time.
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0:58.1	We talk about the Lakers. We basically live up to all your stereotypes that we talk about the Lakers. We're talking about for like 18 minutes. I haven't talked about
1:03.1	them in a while. So we had to live up to the stereotypes. Then we talk about the nuggets, the Oklahoma
1:06.9	City Thunder, the calves, talk about the Pistons, who is a favorite of the real ones. Then we get into a couple other things, center around DeAndre Aiden. A lot of Laker talk in this discussion. So have fun with that. I also have the real one of the week. Real onesmail back at gmail.com. Room wasmail.g.g.com. Rulelesmail at gmell.com. Yeah, man. Talk to you guys soon.
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