The Jonathan Kuminga Stalemate Ends, and Awards Picks With Kirk Goldsberry. Plus, a Mets Corner Postmortem With Sean Fennessey.

The Zach Lowe Show

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Basketball, Sports

4.8 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 1 October 2025

⏱️ 101 minutes

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Zach and Kirk Goldsberry begin by discussing the Jonathan Kuminga contract signing (2:11): What does it mean for the Warriors' outlook, and what does it mean for a possible trade? Next, some news and notes from various media days around the league (27:01), including honest comments from Giannis and starting lineups in L.A. Then, it’s time to pick some awards (40:11), starting with, of course, MVP. Who will win? But also, who’s an under-the-radar candidate who could crack the top four? The two also run through their thoughts on possibilities for Coach of the Year (52:09). Last but not least, Sean Fennessey joins to wallow in Mets misery (1:06:24) with a postmortem on their favorite baseball team after they failed to make the playoffs. Host: Zach Lowe Guests: Kirk Goldsberry and Sean Fennessey Producers: Jesse Aron and Jonathan Frias Social: Keith Fujimoto The Ringer is committed to responsible gaming. Please visit www.rg-help.com to learn more about the resources and helplines available. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Coming up on a loaded Zach Lowe show, we got Kurt Goldsbury to come on. We're going to talk MVP predictions, coach of the year predictions. We're going to go through all the news. Jonathan Cominga is back with the Warriors. What do we think of the deal? What are the trade situations that make sense for him? Because I do think he's going to get traded. How good are the Warriors? Do they have one more real run left in them? We'll see. where do they stack up in the Western Conference.
0:24.1	We've got the Quentin Grimes. traded. How good are the Warriors? Do they have one more real run left in them? We'll see.
0:22.5	Where do they stack up in the Western Conference? We've got the Quentin Grimes News. We got
0:25.4	the Aaron Fox with a hamstring injury. What to make of Janus's comments at Media Day about
0:30.9	looking around a little bit in the summer? Kevin Durant extension. We're talking about everything today with Kurt Goldsbury,
0:39.7	including we make our, as I said, MVP coach of the year picks. That gets us into a lot of
0:43.7	different teams. We also pick like under the radar MVP candidates. And then Sean Fennessee,
0:49.7	I needed a couple of days. We needed it a couple days to deal with the Mets collapse, the finality, the season
0:57.5	being over, the Reds, the Reds playing the Dodgers in the playoffs and the Mets limping
1:04.4	into the offseason and offseason of potential change.
1:06.6	We're going to talk about all that on Mets Corner, sad Mets Corner.
1:09.9	All that is coming up on the Zach Lowe Show. You're going to talk about all that on Mets Corner, sad Mets Corner. All that is coming up on the Zach Lowe Show.
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