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The Ringer NBA Show

The 2026 Take-athon, Part 1 | Real Ones

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4.29.4K Ratings

🗓️ 13 February 2026

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Welcome to the first Real Ones Take-athon! Logan, Howard, and The Ringer’s own Tyler Parker and Jomi Adeniran get together for a two-part episode to take a hard look at the player landscape of the NBA and fire off their wildest takes on the biggest and sometimes most polarizing stars in the league. (00:00) Opening (02:02) Take-athon rules (02:49) Anthony Edwards (07:14) Giannis Antetokounmpo (17:51) Jalen Johnson (19:23) Jaylen Brown (22:55) Luka Doncic (26:36) Karl-Anthony Towns (29:53) Tyrese Maxey (31:51) Pascal Siakam (33:01) Brandon Ingram (33:36) Scottie Barnes (34:48) Jamal Murray (36:47) Norm Powell (38:21) Cade Cunningham (40:26) Kevin Durant The Ringer is committed to responsible gaming. Please visit⁠ ⁠⁠www.rg-help.com⁠ to learn more about the resources and helplines available. Hosts: Logan Murdock and Howard Beck Guests: Tyler Parker and Jomi Adeniran Producers: Logan Murdock, Conor Nevins, Victoria Valencia, John Richter, and Ben Cruz Video Producers: Victoria Valencia, John Richter, Sarah Reddy, and Donald LoBianco Audio Producer: Chris Sutton Graphics and Show Art: John Richter Production Supervision: Ben Cruz and Conor Nevins Additional Production Support: John Richter, T. Cruz, Nick Kosut, and Hannah Leikin Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

What's popping?

0:05.7

Logan Murdoch here live from Spotify Studios here in Los Angeles.

0:10.6

Here for the first ever take-a-thon with myself, Howard

0:15.9

motherfucking Beck and Tyler Parker, where we each have a take about every single All-Star, and we have our buddy,

0:25.2

show me our dinner on, give the best take and make bestow the best champion.

0:32.3

We're about to do that next on Real Ones.

0:34.9

Up next, Victoria, play the theme music.

0:43.3

What's popping?

0:45.1

Hello, everyone.

0:46.6

I'm Logan Murdoch, and I would like to welcome you to the first ever take-a-thon,

0:51.8

presented by Real Ones, where we give the boldest take possible on all of your

0:57.1

favorite all-stars.

0:58.4

I am your host, obviously, and I am joined by my distinguished panel, Howard motherfucking Beck,

1:06.2

and, you know, an honorary real one of the day, Mr. Tyler Parker.

1:11.0

How are you guys doing, man? Doing great. I'm just, you and I are in the same room, which is a rarity in itself. Yeah. We're in the same room with the great Tyler Parker, which is just raising this whole thing to a whole other level. Very excited about this. Tyler's made some turns on the real ones when I was subbing for you. Yes. I like, I like, I, you know, I freelance a little bit. When you're gone, I just like, I just start bringing on random people.

1:28.7

Like, you're Tyler Park. Tyler's made some turns on the real ones when I was subbing for you. Yes. I, like, I freelance a little bit.

1:30.7

When you're gone, I just like, I just start bringing on random people. Like, you Tyler Parker? Cool. Yeah, yeah. We had fun without you, but it's good to have us all here. It's fine. No, it's an honor to join one of my favorite shows. Always happy to talk ball. and yeah, let's get some takes off.

1:42.2

I am a little intimidated by the fact that we are in this hallowed studio space

1:46.5

where the house of art... happy to talk ball and yeah let's get some takes off i am a little intimidated by the fact that we

1:44.2

are in this hallowed studio space where the the house of our tapes so shout out to mal and joe like

1:50.3

this is like i almost put on the uh the knight's helmet out there that would have been cool if you

1:55.9

would have came in with the night's helmet that would have kind of taken the show the takes hit harder

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