The Haters Ball! Plus, Trae, Giannis, and Garland Return.

The Mismatch

The Ringer

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4.7 • 5.6K Ratings

🗓️ 3 March 2026

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Verno and Jacoby return to discuss the things about the NBA season that have aggravated them, including Lu Dort, Wemby, and the gaudy schedule. They also talk about Trae Young, Giannis Antetokounmpo, and Darius Garland all returning from their injuries.Welcome to The Mismatch!(1:05) The dog days of the NBA: Post All-Star slog(6:30) Verno: The conflicted feelings of winning(12:10) Jacoby: Jalen Brunson is enough to win a championship(17:00) Verno: The extinction of the small guard(24:45) Jacoby: Wouldn’t hold the door open for Wemby(30:55) Verno: Dirty Dort’s cheap-shot collection(36:10) Jacoby: Expects so much more from Cam Johnson(40:35) Verno: Trading Jared McCain to the Thunder(44:50) Jacoby: Diluted NBA; there are too many games!(47:04) Verno: Sparks fly between JJ and Luka on the sideline(58:21) Jacoby: California dreamin’The Ringer is committed to responsible gaming. Please visit www.rg-help.com to learn more about the resources and helplines available.Leave us a message on our Mismatch Voicemail line! (323) 389-5091Hosts: Chris Vernon and David JacobyProducers: Stefan Anderson and Jeff ShearinSocial: Keith Fujimoto Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the mismatch.
0:18.5	And join me see us every week from The Ringer.com.
0:21.3	It's Dave Jacoby. Jacoby.
0:23.7	Verno, first of all, I just want to take people behind the curtain a little bit.
0:28.8	I'm so happy that you accepted my requests for our theme today.
0:36.3	Because you're a good person you're a smiley happy nice
0:40.5	great dad hardworking talent that is generally positive and i said to burn out today be a text
0:48.6	message i was like do what i want to do i want to bitch and moan about the things i don't like about
0:52.7	the NBA because i'm a dark negative person.
0:55.8	Well, and here's a deal.
0:57.9	Like between our text over the weekend, we'll be complaining about various things.
1:02.8	And so for this week, given that we're kind of in the dog days right now, because we've got this little weird span where the season feels long.
1:12.6	We're now waiting for the playoff runs.
1:15.5	We're waiting for the standings.
1:17.2	And, you know, when we get to the last like 15, 10 games, all those games are going to feel
1:22.2	bigger because the standings are going to really matter.
1:24.6	And then seating's going to be decided.
1:27.1	But for right now, we're kind of in that weird span where it's post all-star break, but we're not to the good stuff yet. And so does lead to some negativity. Things just end up getting on your nerves. And so I acquiesced. I said, you know what? Fine. Let's just bitch about things. because there is a sort of a little bit of like a meaninglessness to some of these games where like tonight's games. It's like, oh, okay, Denver Jazz. Well, we know what's going to happen there. Oh, the Rockets Wizard. You know what's going to happen there. It's just like, like tonight's, there's four games. I'm recording this at night. I'm in Los Angeles. Yeah, Celtics bucks. We know what's going to happen there angeles yeah celtics bucks we know what's going to happen there rockets wizards we know what's going to
2:04.3	happen there clippers warriors i'm interested in i'll watch that well it should be the return of
2:08.9	darius garland and we do need to mention that yannis returned tonight for the bucks though they
2:15.6	are still losing by double digits to the Celtics as we record this.
2:19.1	And got Garland coming back and then this surprise announcement,
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