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Resetting the Eastern Conference and Rethinking the 65-Game Award Rule | Real Ones

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4.29.4K Ratings

🗓️ 2 January 2026

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

Howard Beck and Raja Bell are back with another edition of Real Ones to examine whether the league should do away with the 65-game minimum rule. But first: Anthony Edwards left the Minnesota bench, then the court, during a timeout late in the Timberwolves' 126-102 loss at the Atlanta Hawks on Wednesday. Is there trouble brewing in Minnesota? Howard and Raja also discuss the hierarchy in the Eastern Conference and which teams haven’t lived up to their preseason hype. (0:00:00) Intro (2:56) Anthony Edwards leaves the bench (12:01) Examining 65-game rule (21:43) Resetting the eastern conference (27:14) Are the Celtics being slept on? (39:40) Cavaliers disappointment (44:56) Philly’s chances in the East (51:15) Knicks and Pistons headed for the conference finals? (59:44) Real One of the Week Hit the mailbag! realonesmailbag@gmail.com Hosts: 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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0:00.0

What up? It's the Real Ones.

0:12.0

Howard Beck, Senior Rider at the Ringer.com.

0:16.0

Logan is off today.

0:17.0

But with me from Miami, he just got signed to a two-way deal to be the starting center for the Denver Nuggets.

0:23.0

It's Roger Bell.

0:25.0

Happy New Year, Roger.

0:26.1

Does it come with the instructions?

0:27.8

Happy New Year.

0:28.4

Does it come with instructions?

0:29.4

Because like the setup here today, anything I do at this age, Howard has to come with instructions.

0:34.1

If there are no instructions included, like I just, just count me out.

0:38.0

Fair. Our new setup for the pod is testing us all, but we all, we look great. We look amazing.

0:43.8

You look amazing. And the nuggets could use you in place of Nicola Yokic and Jonas Valenzhenius

0:50.3

because they're just down so many centers. The instruction manual says, stand somewhere near the basket and throw awesome passes. Can you do that?

0:58.0

Throw great passes. I can stand near the basket. I promise you that. Passing was never,

1:02.3

was never a gift of mine. I should look up your career assist average. Yeah. I'm going to get like

1:06.8

2.6 maybe. Better yet. Look up my assist to to turnover ratio and you will see yeah uh aside from

1:15.3

learning how to operate all of our fancy schmancy new equipment you have any uh new year's resolutions

1:20.3

uh yeah i'd like to be present more i think howard probably a lot of people say that um

1:28.0

it just feels like i'm obviously a little sentimental like Dia's leaving for

1:31.7

for school and we're doing the whole thing.

1:33.7

But like it went so fast that if I could try to find a way,

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