Rob Gronkowski and Pedro Martinez, Plus Takeaways From the NBA GM Survey

The Ryen Russillo Podcast

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🗓️ 11 October 2023

⏱️ 102 minutes

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Ryen goes full captain 617 today with Beantown legends Rob Gronkowski and Pedro Martinez. But first, he reviews the 2023-24 NBA GM survey, which was just released, and revisits past ones to see how they've held up (01:00). Then, Gronk talks about his time with the Patriots, how he dealt with all the injuries throughout his career, and whether he or Travis Kelce is the best tight end ever (19:44). Pedro Martinez speaks on his legacy in Boston and what it meant to finally break the 86-year curse (38:18). Ryen, Ceruti, and Kyle give Life Advice to a guy whom someone tried to pay with marijuana (1:09:26). The Ringer is committed to responsible gaming. Please check out theringer.com/RG to find out more or listen to the end of the episode for additional details. Host: Ryen Russillo Guests: Rob Gronkowski and Pedro Martinez Producers: Cliff Augustin, Steve Ceruti, and Kyle Crichton Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	We are loaded on today's show, Captain 617, back at it.
0:14.9	We've got Gronk, Talking NFL, is he better than Kelsey and the greatest pitcher of all
0:19.5	time.
0:20.5	Pedro Martinez, we go through all of his Red Sox career stuff, little expose as well.
0:26.3	So on Wednesdays, Humpty Hoops, we're going to do hoops every Wednesday through the football
0:32.4	season, no matter what.
0:33.4	You don't have to force a topic in there, but we got the GM survey from NBA.com.
0:38.0	I love this annual exercise every year, including going back and looking at historically who
0:43.4	the GMs have said they would want to build their franchise around.
0:47.5	That life advice and our fan dual pick for Thursday night.
0:56.3	A lot of stuff on the pod today, but it is Christmas, at least for those of us that love
1:06.2	the annual NBA GM survey on NBA.com.
1:09.7	So thanks to them and John Schulman for putting this together.
1:13.3	Basically, if you don't know this is the 22nd time they've done it, they've talked to all
1:16.8	30 GMs.
1:17.8	The rules are you can't vote for your team or personnel.
1:20.8	So there's a couple basic ones that I want to talk about, but there's also the starting
1:24.4	year franchise with this player thing that I love to look at.
1:27.4	It's my favorite answer.
1:28.7	And then I like to look back at where it's at historically.
1:30.9	And then we're going to bring sorority on because I know he's thrilled that like I think
1:33.8	for the breakout players or guys in the Orlando Magic, I'm exaggerating there a bit there.
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