Paul George Is Gone, What Happens to Russ? | The Ringer NBA Show

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🗓️ 7 July 2019

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Now that Kawhi and Paul George have joined forces, what is the market for Russell Westbrook (0:57)? Then we discuss Kawhi Leonard’s savvy moves as a behind-the-scenes general manager, and the Clippers’ potential next season (18:10). Plus, a check in on the Lakers’ new roster (34:20). Hosts: Chris Ryan, Kevin O'Connor, Jonathan Tjarks Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Ringer Podcast Network.
0:02.8	A rewatchable spin-off show on Luminary called Rewatchable's 1999 is taking a little summer break,
0:07.6	but we'll be back in the fall with more movies including Eyes Wide Shut, Never Been Kist, and more.
0:12.3	In the meantime, we're launching a new show on Luminary about another influential moment in 1999 called
0:17.7	Break Stuff, The Story of Woodstock 99.
0:20.5	The pod will dive deep on the iconic music festival and how its success and failures
0:24.6	left its mark on history. The series begins on Tuesday, July 9th and will be coming to
0:29.4	every Tuesday for eight weeks. So make sure to check out Break Stuff, The Story of Woodstock 99 on Luminary.
0:35.4	Hello and welcome to the Ringer NBA show. It is the day after pod. This is Chris Ryan. I'm joined by Kevin O'Connor. What up? Jonathan Sharp.
1:05.0	What's up guys? Producer Craig is here. We are in my hotel room in Las Vegas. It's not as weird as it sounds.
1:10.8	It's weirder. It's weirder. We are talking about the day after the mega-coil Leonard Paul George
1:17.4	acquisition by the Los Angeles Clippers and the Ripple effects are already starting to be felt.
1:22.5	Kevin and I recorded last night at 11.30 pm when the deal first went down. We were reeling then.
1:27.5	I'm still reeling now and build it a pod today with Chris Mannix, John and Kevin both wrote on the
1:34.4	Ringer. Kevin wrote about how coil Leonard pretty much just changed our definition of what is possible in the NBA
1:40.9	and talks a little bit about the fits of what coil and Paul George might look like together. What's going
1:46.2	with this means for the Lakers, what it means for the Raptors, what it means for the Thunder and John wrote about
1:50.2	player power and coil Leonard basically using LeBron's playbook against him more or less. So those are both
1:56.4	really fascinating pieces you can check out on the ringer.com now. I wanted to talk to these guys because as we
2:01.6	were as I was getting into Vegas today, a kind of a the Russell Lesbuk stuff started to trickle out. So
2:07.5	not only have there been reports, there was reports last night that Sam Prestee when faced with the
2:13.1	prospect of losing Paul George because coil Leonard had been heavily recruiting George over the
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