The Dark-Horse MVP Race, Mathurin’s Moment, and More Takeaways About Actual Basketball | Group Chat
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🗓️ 24 February 2026
⏱️ 79 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to group chat. I am Justin Varyer joining me, Rob Mahoney, Jay Kyle, man. |
| 0:22.5 | Sorry I missed last week's riveting episode. I'll be honest. I looked at the title when you guys |
| 0:28.9 | published. I was like, are these dudes tanking? Have they joined the tank race as well? Like, |
| 0:34.8 | what's going on here? Look, what's wrong with reviewing a little recent history? |
| 0:40.0 | Do you have some editorial guidance for us? |
| 0:42.4 | An interesting timing, you know, right after the deadline, middle of the season. |
| 0:47.8 | But, you know, we make do. |
| 0:50.2 | Look, the content never stops. |
| 0:52.1 | We had to go to work that day. |
| 0:54.0 | Some of us, you know, we're trying to put it in honest days. |
| 0:57.1 | That was the natural pivot, Rob, is to turn the knife right back on Justin for that. |
| 1:02.0 | And it was a quick pivot in our defense also. |
| 1:04.4 | And we did our best. |
| 1:06.0 | And we're retrospective, introspective people, unlike you, Justin, who just plows forward with no remorse and no character development. |
| 1:13.6 | How'd you guys feel? Was it just like 33.3% less hilarious than usual? |
| 1:20.3 | Oh, we were lost in the woods. To be very clear about what was happening. I just felt like our compass was pointing in every possible direction. We were just walking in circles, Blair Witch style out in the wilderness. |
| 1:30.6 | And it's a miracle we got through it alive. |
| 1:33.2 | When I have no one to bully, I do tend to be aimless for a little bit. |
| 1:37.9 | I've noticed that about myself. |
| 1:39.6 | So, yeah, I'm glad to have you back for that reason. |
| 1:42.3 | I can't wait to be a punching bag yet again. |
| 1:45.1 | Just fill my normal position here. |
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