Team USA's World Cup Woes, KOC’s Franz Crush, and the NBA's New Rest Rules

The Mismatch

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🗓️ 12 September 2023

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Verno and KOC recap the FIBA World Cup and discuss what went wrong for Team USA, before showing some love to Dillon Brooks and Team Canada (01:58). After congratulating Germany for beating Serbia to win the World Cup, the guys debate how good Franz Wagner can be (19:15). KOC shares what he saw from the top prospects in Las Vegas after a series of exhibition games between the G League Ignite against the Perth Wildcats (41:59). Also, the guys dive into the new rule regarding resting star players (47:35). Got a question for Verno and KOC? Send them an email at [email protected]! Or you can send the guys a tweet @ChrisVernonShow and @KevinOConnorNBA! 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. Hosts: Chris Vernon and Kevin O’Connor Producer: Jessie Lopez Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:46.8	Welcome to the mismatch. I'm Chris Vernon and joining me.
0:49.2	She does every Monday night from TheRinger.com. It's Kevin O'Connor,
0:52.7	Kevin O'Connor concert Kevin O'Connor, Kevin O'Connor, Kevin O'Caroline, Kevin O'Conflict,
0:57.3	Kevin O'Blazarian, Kevin O'Connor, Bburdo. How does it feel that Sharon Jackson,
1:04.5	Jr. is responsible for the USA not badly? How dare you? How dare you start off this podcast
1:14.2	like that. As far as I know, he didn't play in the Canada game. So you couldn't blame him
1:25.2	for the fourth place finish. Not even getting bronze, a disgrace. They've already got LeBron
1:33.2	James picking up the back phone to rally the Avengers for Paris Olympic. He really can't
1:40.8	keep himself out of the spotlight. As if Stefan Curry all year long has been saying, yeah,
1:47.8	I'm going to play in the 2024 Olympics. But no, it's LeBron. He's the one picking up the phone.
1:54.8	All right. So the United States fell short in their quest to become world champions in the world
2:05.8	cup. So they fell short and, in fact, even fell short of meddling. A huge moment for Canada,
2:14.8	as they were able to get the bronze medal by beating the United States. And we will get to them
2:20.8	here in a moment. But you kind of chronicled this in an article that was put out by TheRinger.com.
2:27.8	Great, great website, great website. Four thoughts on Team USA's collapse. The 20-23
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