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🗓️ 27 January 2026

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Logan Murdock, Raja Bell, and Howard Beck react to the postponement of the Warriors-Timberwolves matchup following the death of Alex Pretti at the hands of federal agents in Minnesota on Saturday. (0:00:00) Intro (0:53) NBA World Reacts to Tragedy in Minnesota (37:20) Mailbag Hosts: Logan Murdock, Raja Bell, and Howard BeckProducers: Victoria Valencia and Clifford AugustinProduction Supervision: Ben Cruz and Conor Nevins Additional Production Support: John Richter and Chris Wohlers The Ringer is committed to responsible gaming. Please check out ⁠rg-help.com⁠ to find out more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello, everyone.
0:06.3	Logan Murdoch from Real Ones here.
0:08.1	As you all know, this is a basketball podcast that tends to stick to basketball.
0:12.8	With the current political landscape, we'd be remiss if we did not acknowledge what's transpiring in our country right now.
0:17.9	Over the weekend, federal agents killed Alex Prady in Minneapolis.
0:21.9	Two weeks after federal agents shot and killed Renee Good in Minneapolis.
0:26.3	In this episode, myself Howard Beck and Roger Bell explore how the NBA is responding to these
0:30.8	killings.
0:31.6	It's a very, very scary time in this country.
0:33.7	And after the break, we'll try to make sense of how the basketball world is dealing with it.
0:37.1	And then we'll get to your mailback questions.
0:38.8	All that up next are real ones.
0:46.8	Bobbing.
0:47.6	Robbins.
0:49.1	Logan Burdock here.
0:50.7	Roger Bell there.
0:51.5	Howard Beck and the Cut.
0:54.0	It's going to be a little somber first segment here with everything that's going on in
0:58.1	Minneapolis in the wake of the killing of Alex Pready at the hands of federal agents.
1:06.4	Two weeks after federal agents killed Renee Good, sparked mass demonstrations in Minneapolis
1:15.4	over the weekend after Saturday's killing.
1:20.4	And a lot of those demonstrations ventured their way into Target Center for the back-to-back, for the first game of the back-to-back,
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