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The Ryen Russillo Show

The Spurs’ New Ceiling, Plus the Top of the 2026 NBA Draft Class With Sam Vecenie

The Ryen Russillo Show

Barstool Sports

Sports, Football

4.83K Ratings

🗓️ 27 February 2026

⏱️ 106 minutes

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Summary

Ryen opens the show by reexamining the San Antonio Spurs’ ceiling for the 2025–26 season and Deandre Ayton’s fit with the Lakers. Then The Athletic’s Sam Vecenie joins to discuss the top of the 2026 NBA draft class and college basketball’s talent glut. Finally, Ryen and Kyle close the show with Life Advice, including why standing to pee is important and Boston parking space–saving etiquette. NBA OPEN (1:43) Spurs 2025-26 Ceiling (12:55) DeAndre Ayton as a Laker SAM VECENIE (18:53) The Darryn Peterson Mystery (30:16) Cam Boozer (39:57) A.J. Dybantsa (46:49) Caleb Wilson (51:55) Keaton Wagler (57:50) Kingston Flemings (1:02:58) What to make of Saint John’s (1:07:41) College Basketball is back! LIFE ADVICE (1:18:32) _ _ _ _ _ Download the Gametime app and use code RUSSILLO for $20 off your first purchase. _ _ _ _ _ Learn more at https://microsoft.com/m365copilot _ _ _ _ _

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0:00.0

Hey, Rosillo listeners, you can find every episode on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.

0:04.9

Prime members can listen ad-free on Amazon Music.

0:20.2

The Ryan Rosillo show is presented by Draft Kings.

0:22.9

On today's show, we go deep with the top part of the draft.

0:26.8

We're not going to do the entire lottery or anything like that, but San Bacini,

0:29.2

he had some great thoughts on Darren Peterson, and then we're going to talk about some of the other players,

0:35.2

you know, go six deep or so, and then some love for college basketball, except for our St. John's Yukon result that we had. I've got some thoughts on the Spurs and what is actually possible. Can you sit here and say they can't win the NBA title? Because that doesn't seem fair, although history tells us, it would be fair. And we've got life advice with just me and Kyle, including shoveling out a parking spot in Boston. What are the rules? No one knows. Draft King Sportsbook puts you right in the middle of basketball's biggest star-driven moments, the moments when the ball finds a superstar and the game turns in a heartbeat. Stars heat up, stars take over. With draft kings, you're ready to move when they do. bet player props, bet live from the opening tip to the final possession, every bucket, every dime, every takeover matters. And Draft King's sportsbook keeps you connected as the action unfolds. And when a game turns fast, Draft Kings has your back with early exit. If your player gets injured any time in the first half, your bet stays alive and once it settles, you still get paid in cash. That's built in protection for star-driven bets backed by Draft Kings. New customers bet just $5. And if your bet wins, you get $200 in bonus bets instantly. Download the Draft King Sportsbook app. Use the code Ryan, so you're ready for the moment. That's code Ryan, R-Y-E-N, turn five bucks into $200 in bonus bets. If your bet wins, in partnership with Draft Kings, the crown is yours. Gambling problem, call 1-800 gambler. New York call 8778-8-8-Hope-N-Y or text Hope and Y. Connecticut call 888-78-9-77-7-7. Or visit ccpg.org. On On behalf of Boot Hill Casino in Kansas, wager tax pass-through may apply in Illinois, 21 and over in most states. Void in Ontario. Restrictions apply. Bet must win to receive bonus bets which expire in seven days. Minimum odds required. Four additional terms and responsible gaming resources, see dkng.com slash audio. I wanted to spend some time on the Spurs here on the podcast. We did some stuff on good 10 minutes after that terrific win against Detroit, which, again, if you were only listening to the podcast or watching on Netflix, it's just one of the best regular season games, considering just how much it seemed to matter to both of those teams. You know, newer teams on the scene, Detroit to one seat, San Antonio fighting for the one seat, and anything is possible now with this team. And that's kind of just how I feel and how I want to frame the way I want to talk about the Spurs. They're down a bunch, double figures going into the fourth quarter last night against a Toronto team that I really like the way they play. I like their defense. I like their options. I love when they get out in transition. But the Spurs just decided to kick their ass in the fourth quarter, 3217, and take the game over. I mean, they had moments where, you know, whether it was Wemby on Scotty Barnes and blocking them from the three point line. And then Scotty Barnes got Dylan Harper on him.

3:08.3

So you're thinking, okay, Scottie Barnes against a rookie.

3:24.7

Like, it doesn't matter what you have. And Dylan, like, hung with him on a couple possessions. And actually, I think, stripped him on one drive. And, you know, Ingram has a tendency. I think at times if you get a little physical with him, we saw in the Lou Dort matchup in that OKC game against Toronto.

3:24.4

So, you know, this isn't really as much about Toronto. It's what's possible in the way

3:28.7

you talk about the Spurs, whether it's us guys doing it in the media or you as fans, because

3:33.8

new is always something that I have a hard time with in sports. When something is brand new,

3:40.3

and then you start saying like

3:41.4

do you actually think this team can win an NBA championship so they've won 10 straight they're

3:46.2

two behind okayC okayc starts 24 and 1 they've gone 21 and 14 since their battle last night in

3:53.1

Detroit was remarkable and again another statement of how deep this team is and the culture of OKC and the way they take on these games. And, you know, I had a tweet very early in the season where I was like, I actually think OKC is a playing team. If SGA and Jay will won were not there for the entire year. And then after they started losing a bunch of games, guys being out, it's like, oh, I mean, it's like, well, look at the records of those teams. You know, 21 and 14 isn't exactly anything to be excited about, but they, the missed games keep piling up here for the thunder. SGA was out last night, J. Will 1's out last night, Caruso's out, Chet's out, A.J. Mitchell's out.

4:32.3

You know, McCain's playing 30 minutes.

4:34.2

Buddy Beheim got in for a minute.

4:36.1

Yes, that's right.

4:37.7

Buddy Beheim is on the thunder.

4:41.6

So the number one seed is entirely in play here for San Antonio.

4:48.2

And I was looking at some of the stuff historically because, you know, I just want to go back and like think about in just some recent years where it felt like a one seed was new, was too new for us. And I think

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