The Pacers, Jazz, and Wizards Make Trades for Their Future. Plus, Ja and Giannis Stay Put.

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🗓️ 6 February 2026

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Verno and Jacoby recap a few trades made before the deadline and discuss how the Jazz, Pacers, and Wizards made trades that set up their future. They also discuss how Ja Morant and Giannis Antetokounmpo will remain with their respective teams and what their offseasons could look like. They also dive into how this trade deadline impacted the future of the NBA. (00:00) Welcome to The Mismatch! (03:33) Pacers get Ivica Zubac, a perfect fit for Tyrese Haliburton (11:04)The Wizards gave up nothing for Anthony Davis (17:18) Grizzlies in full rebuild by sending Jaren Jackson Jr. to Utah Jazz (39:19)Jacoby feels the Warriors are fumbling Steph Curry’s twilight years (40:58)The East is a four-team race, and it’s close, plus Philly (49:48)Knicks acquire Jose Alvarado from the Pelicans (1:00:35)The only team that could alter the playoffs is Cleveland (1:07:00)Jacoby and Verno’s Super Bowl pick, prop bets, and the under The Ringer is committed to responsible gaming. Please visithttp://www.rg-help.com to learn more about the resources and helplines available. Leave us a message on our Mismatch voicemail line! (323) 389-5091 Hosts: Chris Vernon and David Jacoby Producers: Jessie Lopez, Brian H. Waters, and Jeff Shearin Social: Keith Fujimoto Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the mismatch, I'm Chris Vernon, and joining me see us every week from
0:20.7	the ringer.com.
0:21.4	It's Dave Jacoby. Jacoby.
0:23.4	So it's Thursday night. The trade deadline has technically passed, but I'm really glad we're doing this now.
0:29.6	Because we don't have to go through the details of the minutia of all of the trades.
0:34.9	And also a 2032 second rounder, which is conditional if it's in 35 to 47,
0:42.8	like we can take the big picture takeaways because the news is broken. The first wave of analysis
0:49.1	has come out. And you come to the mismatch to get that second wave of analysis.
0:55.2	So as you are going to be listening to this,
0:57.6	we are obviously not going to be talking about the Thursday night games,
1:00.5	which are being played because the big story of the day is how the league changed.
1:05.5	And I think the first big takeaway from the trade deadline was that this was not a trade deadline that
1:15.7	drastically changed the season which we are playing now, but rather a look towards what
1:23.2	is 2027 going to look like after this trade deadline? It's oftentimes during the deadline.
1:32.1	Sometimes everything happens, sometimes nothing happens. But more often than not, you're like,
1:36.3	I can't wait to see what Team X looks like. Or Team X is really shoring up themselves for a run at the Larry O'Brien title this season.
1:47.0	And we didn't really get that. A lot of title contending teams got better, but marginally
1:53.3	better. You know, eighth, ninth guy in the rotation kind of better. But there are a lot of teams.
1:57.8	We're like, wait, wait, wait, are the Wizards trying to win basketball games? Right. Like, like, there's a lot of teams. We're like, wait, wait, wait. Like, are the Wizards trying to win basketball games?
2:02.0	Right.
2:02.6	Like, like, there's a lot of it because of Yonis not going, which was the big
2:06.6	dominones we discussed, it sort of moved all the moves with an eye towards 2027, not
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