’Tis the (NBA Trade) Season | The Mismatch (Ep. 356)

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🗓️ 18 December 2018

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Trade season dawns on the NBA as free-agency restrictions get lifted (0:54), the James Harden–led Houston Rockets surge up the standings (21:07), and the Oklahoma City Thunder’s stellar defense keeps them rolling (33:49). Hosts: Chris Vernon and Kevin O’Connor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:38.9	Welcome to the Ringer NBA show. This is the mismatch. I am Chris Varnay joining me. He
0:58.2	does every Tuesday from the wringer.com is Kevin O'Connor, a Kevin Obama, a Kevin O'Conflict,
1:03.2	a Kevin O'Connor, Kevin O'Connor, Kevin. Chris, what up are you doing today? Everything's
1:10.8	good. There has been quite a bit of news over the course of the last week since we have
1:16.5	last spoken. Not the least of which was something that concluded last night, kind of, with
1:24.3	the trade that took place over the weekend. I happened to be right in the middle of this
1:29.8	Friday night at FedEx Forum in Memphis was honestly, I mean, I've been covering the team
1:34.7	since they moved to Memphis. Maybe the craziest night I've had at an arena. The Adrian
1:40.5	Wurzianowski tweet drops with about, I don't know, six minutes left in a game that is going
1:46.4	on and it just says that the Grizzlies are trading two role players, which may or may not
1:52.2	be on the court at that exact time and that there's going to be a three way deal between
1:57.0	Washington, Phoenix and the Grizzlies. And so anyways, first things first, when you first
2:03.7	saw that reported deal, what did you think? Well, I forget which one I saw first was the
2:10.9	Marshawn Brooks or the Dylan Brooks one, but originally with Dylan Brooks, it was why would
2:17.7	Memphis be doing this? And then when it was Marshawn Brooks, it was why would Phoenix be doing this?
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