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The Champs Get Tough in Spurs-Thunder IV. Plus, Tiering the West. | Group Chat

The Ringer NBA Show

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4.29.4K Ratings

🗓️ 14 January 2026

⏱️ 84 minutes

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Summary

Justin, Rob, and J. Kyle Mann check in on the West after the fourth installment of Spurs-Thunder and rank all of the teams in the Western Conference into tiers. (00:00) Intro (3:50) Spurs-Thunder (24:53:) Tier 1 (26:52) FanDuel ad break (34:46) Tiers 2 and 3(1:01:21) Bottom tiers Check out Rob's piece about the Spurs-Thunder rivalry here! Hosts: Justin Verrier, Rob Mahoney, and J. Kyle Mann Audio Producer: Isaiah Blakely Video Producer: Victoria Valencia Production Supervision: Ben Cruz and Conor Nevins Additional Production Support: John Richter and Chris Wohlers Social: Isaiah Blakely and Keith Fujimoto| The Ringer is committed to responsible gaming. Please visit www.rg-help.com to learn more about the resources and helplines available. theringer.com Wemby vs. the Machine The Spurs and Thunder have all the ingredients to become the next great NBA rivalry Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Mahoney.

0:03.0

Mahoney, J. Kyle, man.

0:20.0

Gentlemen, I don't know if you guys did the same thing, but after our first Mahoney, Jay Kyle, man.

0:25.6

Gentlemen, I don't know if you guys did the same thing, but after our first pod on Netflix, I bought like $100 worth of moisturizer and underarm eye cream.

0:30.2

I just, holy shit, that 4K really gets in there.

0:34.0

Yeah, why would you need that, Justin?

0:35.5

You don't feel great?

0:37.0

You don't feel like you're glowing on a daily basis? I thought I was, but clearly I was not. I've had people

0:43.6

give a lot of recommendations. I've been seeking out recommendations. Unprompted? Yeah.

0:49.4

Not unprompted, but it's something that I complained about previously, and they're like,

0:53.4

hey, maybe you should try this, which is, I guess, a little pointed, but we're in there. We're in a new era. You strike me as a skincare guy. I don't know how you're going to take that, but I mean, is this your first foray? Like, you take care of yourself. Yeah. I think that's a compliment. But so, but skin care, not a part of the ballgame? I didn't have a routine,

1:12.4

you know, and everyone needs a routine, or so I hear. Rob, do you have a routine? In life? No, just like a skincare routine. No, not particularly. I got to say. Not yet. Not yet. All three of us are walking into an endless stream of like, man, you look tired texts or comments from the people

1:28.2

in our lives. So I guess I welcome it because what else are we to do? That's right. Any other

1:34.3

thoughts and prayers from our first foray into big time TV? Four A into 4K. Yeah. Look, this is

1:43.6

where we live now. I think we just need to pretend that this is normal. To pretend that we are here shoulder to shoulder with the giants that are in the kissing booth. You know, like, these are our people. This is where our content lives and breathes. Dare I ask what that is? You don't know what the kissing booth is? Yeah, I don't know that one either. Yeah. All right. Is this a reality dating show sort of thing? No, no. It's more Y.A. core. You know, more to all the boys adjacent. Like, look, it's a whole thing. We'll go down that rabbit hole some other time. Okay. Rob is in touch with the youth. That's what you're saying. I think. That's absolutely not happening. But I'm aware of what's going on in the culture. And unfortunately, that being aware of the culture is like 10 years dated. So that fits for, that fits our personal brand. I'm not in touch with the youth culture, although I would say that my favorite comment that we've ever received was after I randomly watched Twilight, like in the

2:35.4

October pre-Hallowing phase. And someone on our podcast was like, why did Justin log

2:41.5

letterbox, uh, log Twilight on letterbox with no comment? And I was just like, I'm out here doing

2:48.1

the work, guys. Yeah. Do you want to defend yourself? Do you want to explain what happened?

3:27.8

No, it's a terrible movie. And I couldn't even like it on a even like ironic sense. But I don't think I'm going to continue, but I did it. The moment he started like running up the tree with her on her back, I was like, oaky dokey. That's it. That's what did it. While I'm people of, or while I'm assuming I know people really well, I was going to say, Rob, you seem like a Twilight soundtrack kind of guy, right or wrong. Well, I mean, you know I'm a death cab guy, so I'm kind of grandfathered in. Yeah. Like it or not, I guess I am. But I honestly don't think I can name a single track other than that on the Twilight soundtrack. Are I missing any bangers there?

3:33.8

I don't know. I just remember when it came out, I was appalled by who all was on it. I've never actually listened to it.

3:38.7

Well, I will follow the two of you into the dark. You know, this is the kind of relationship that we have.

3:40.1

God, that's right.

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