Pistons-Hornets Brawl, the NBA’s Loser Mentality, and Daryl Morey's Comments on Jared McCain | Real Ones

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🗓️ 10 February 2026

⏱️ 68 minutes

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The Real Ones crew starts the pod by sharing their reactions to and analysis of the on-court fight between Jalen Duren and Moussa Diabaté and its ramifications. They then pivot to the NBA’s current tanking epidemic and how it’s affecting the league's product, the players, and the fans. Finally, they address Daryl Morey's controversial comments on Jared McCain before diving into the listener mailbag. (0:00:00) Intro (2:16) Pistons-Hornets brawl (20:23) The NBA’s perpetual loser mentality (48:28) Daryl Morey’s comments on Jared McCain (55:00) Mailbag! Hosts: Logan Murdock, Raja Bell, and Howard Beck Producers: Victoria Valencia and Chris Sutton Production Supervision: Ben Cruz and Conor Nevins Additional Production Support: John Richter and Chris Wohlers The Ringer is committed to responsible gaming. Please visit⁠ www.rg-help.com⁠ to learn more about the resources and helplines available. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:29.7	what's popping ruins logan. Logan Murdoch here.
0:38.1	Howard Beck and Roger Bell in a bit.
0:41.1	A great show for you guys today.
0:43.1	We got into the World Star moment that happened in Charlotte between the Pistons and the Hornets.
0:48.4	We get into tanking and how that is kind of tanking the league at this point.
0:54.3	And what are the remedies to solve just the blatant losing and the losing mentality that we find
1:01.3	ourselves having as a league and in the NBA?
1:04.6	And then we get to your mailbag questions, which are really fun.
1:07.4	Before we get to the episode, though, I want to make a quick announcement that me and Howard Beck
1:12.5	are going to be judging the NBA G League dunk competition on Saturday. You can catch that on the NBA
1:21.3	app. And we're going to have a blast with it. There are going to be other judges that are going to
1:27.0	be announced soon, but me and Howard are going to be doing it. And I'm very, very excited about that. Also, another bit of housekeeping. We're going to have two more episodes dropping this week for ruins, a two-parter that we're going to roll out on Thursday and Friday, and then we're
1:44.7	going to have one next week. So be on the lookout for that. Got a lot of content going for you
1:49.2	guys as we get into All-Star Weekends. So excited to see you guys very, very soon. All right,
1:56.7	tap in. Chris, play the theme music.
2:06.0	Okay. tap in uh-ah-ah-cris play the theme music what's popping real ones Logan Murdoch here Roger Bell there
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