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🗓️ 27 February 2026

⏱️ 62 minutes

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The No-Power Rankings are back! Join Justin, Rob, and J. Kyle Mann as they go through the league and rank which teams have the worst situations for the foreseeable future. They debate how much longer the Warriors can attempt to make championship runs with Steph Curry, why no one cares about Zion Williamson, whether the Bulls can finally rebuild after all the moves they made at the deadline, why the Kings are simply hopeless, and more!(0:00:00) Intro (4:33) Los Angeles Clippers (9:31) Golden State Warriors (16:02) New Orleans Pelicans (30:01) Tommy Hilfiger ad break (30:36) Chicago Bulls (40:52) Milwaukee Bucks (49:14) Sacramento Kings Hosts: Justin Verrier, Rob Mahoney, and J. Kyle MannProducers: Victoria Valencia and Jessie LopezProduction Supervision: Ben Cruz and Conor NevinsSocial: Jessie Lopez and Keith Fujimoto Explore more at https://tommy.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to group chat. I am Justin Varyer and joining me, Rob Mahoney, Jay Kyle, man.
0:21.4	What a glorious Thursday it is to talk about some shit teams in the NBA.
0:27.3	I do feel like you step up for these moments, Justin.
0:30.3	Just when we get to peer into the void, really examine our own inner darkness,
0:34.4	but also the darkness in the league.
0:35.7	Like, this is where you shine more than anyone.
0:38.3	That's right.
0:39.2	We're doing the no power rankings.
0:41.9	You've heard about it probably on the street, probably on TikTok.
0:45.9	All the kids are talking about it.
0:48.2	I love Googling the topic that we're doing or putting it into my search bar on Gmail because then I get to see
0:55.0	how long we've been doing this.
0:56.5	At least since 2021, my friends, this is the fifth annual no power rankings, a half
1:02.8	decade of ranking shit.
1:05.5	Well, Kyle, this is your maiden journey with us doing the no power rankings.
1:09.6	How have you felt really descending
1:11.5	into the true madness of the NBA? I kind of feel like, I don't know, I feel like Jabari
1:17.4	Smith when he like talked about how great it felt to get on the floor with LeBron or maybe I'm
1:22.4	like Christian Leitner with the dream team. I kind of just feel like I'm on the floor and I'm
1:26.6	looking around and I'm like, wow,
1:28.0	that's Rob, that's Justin. Look at me. I'm in this great event that I've always dreamed of. So I'm pinching myself. I'm going to try to just keep up and move the ball. That's just how I'm feeling. I'm trying to just not sink. I'm trying to swim. we think about it more as like a successful prestige TV show where it's like the Sopranos all of a sudden get a new big bad. Kyle, that's you. You're just like, you're joining in and you just have a different energy in order to fuck things up. Can I be Feetla Manah? That's what, that was my favorite for a season, right? The guy who stepped on the dude's arm and broke his... Rob just shook his head. He's not too that season. I just spoiled something really great for you, a graphic for you. Good luck. I assure you the name Fech Lamana will not stay in my brain long enough to actually spoil it. I think you're in the clear right now. That's your problem. That's not my problem.
2:19.0	All right. So no power rankings.
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