Tatum’s East-altering Return, the Spurs’ Warp-speed Come-up, and a Trail Blazers Bonanza, With Jared Weiss and Tom Haberstroh | Group Chat

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🗓️ 10 March 2026

⏱️ 108 minutes

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It’s JV Day today with no Rob or J. Kyle Mann. So Justin wanted to start with the two biggest stories in the league: Jayson Tatum’s return, and the Spurs continuing to roll in the West. He’s joined by the The Athletic’s Jared Weiss, who currently covers the Spurs and used to cover the Celtics. They talk about what it was like to be at Tatum's first game, how he changes the Celtics' title chances, and much more. Then, JV is joined by Yahoo Sports and Trail Blazers Analytics insider Tom Haberstroh to talk all things Portland Trail Blazers. They discuss Scoot Henderson’s big game against the Pacers, how far can a healthy Deni Avdija take the Blazers, Donovan Clingan’s development, and much more. (00:00) Intro (4:10) Tommy Hilfiger ad break (5:16) Jayson Tatum's return (15:00) Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown's dynamic (23:28) Victor Wembanyama (37:40) The Jackals (43:22) Stephon Castle, De'Aaron Fox, and Dylan Harper (51:24) Luke Kornet (58:04) and (1:11:34) Donovan Clingan (1:00:08) Scoot Henderson (1:21:38) Shaedon Sharpe (1:30:06) Deni Avdija (1:38:51) Tiago Splitter Host: Justin Verrier Guests: Jared Weiss and Tom Haberstroh Producers: Victoria Valencia and Isaiah Blakely Production Supervision: Ben Cruz and Conor Nevins Additional Production Support: John Richter and Chris Wohlers Explore more at https://tommy.com Tommy Hilfiger USA | Official Online Site & Store Tommy Hilfiger USA offers modern, sophisticated styles for women and men including apparel, handbags, footwear, underwear, fragrance and home furnishings with free shipping available. 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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0:36.6	Hello and welcome to group chat. I am Justin Verrier, and for now at least, that's it. No Rob, no Jay Kyleman on this episode. They'll probably be back on Thursday. But today is J.V. Day. That's right. What is JV. Day? We're not actually sure. In fact, we were kind of thinking about options in order to fill the space because,
0:56.0	as you guys know, I probably don't talk as much as my other co-host, so I really wanted
1:00.0	to take advantage of the opportunity.
1:02.1	I think some of the original conceits were for me to just go full cowherd.
1:08.6	Don't think I could probably fill that amount of time.
1:11.1	Honestly, even this intro, a little bit of a stretch for me, to be honest.
1:15.4	I think there was like also some talk of maybe do like a whole smoke and stack like JV. Justin thing that didn't quite totally understand, but might have been a cool concept, especially for our sinners fans.
1:29.8	I was also thinking about doing just a full-blown conversation with someone who's like a master gardener in order
1:35.0	to just really let it fly there. Unfortunately, I don't really know any of those, and I think the
1:39.7	complications of trying to book someone probably would have taken a little bit longer than
1:43.6	the weekend we were afforded. But on that, no, I actually do have a little bit of a listener
1:48.4	mail on this point. I was probably thinking around the same thing. I have an Instagram DM from
1:54.2	Travis. Hey, Travis. He writes, hey, Justin, big fan of the pod. Like you, I'm a soy boy liberal who's trying to reclaim
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