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🗓️ 11 July 2019

⏱️ 59 minutes

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With some distance from the initial shock value of the trade, we take a measured look at the unprecedented haul of picks that the Thunder received from the Clippers in exchange for Paul George (2:00). Then we try to find the ideal partner for Russell Westbrook at this stage of his career and consider which teams can make those partnerships happen (26:00). Finally, Tjarks shares his three biggest observations from NBA summer league in Las Vegas (47:30). Hosts: Justin Verrier and Jonathan Tjarks Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Ranger Podcast Network.
0:03.4	Our watchable spin-off show on Luminary called Rewatchable's 1999 is taking a little summer
0:07.5	break, but we'll be back in the fall with more movies including Eyes Wide Shut, Never
0:11.4	Been Kissed, and More.
0:12.9	In the meantime, we're launching a new show on Luminary about another influential moment
0:16.4	in 1999 called Break Stuff, The Story of Woodstock 99.
0:21.0	The pod will dive deep on the iconic music festival and how its success and failures
0:24.9	left its mark on history.
0:27.0	The series begins on Tuesday, July 9th and will be coming to you every Tuesday for eight
0:30.9	weeks.
0:31.9	So make sure to check out Break Stuff, The Story of Woodstock 99 on Luminary.
0:40.7	Basketball is very good.
0:42.9	The Warriors are still the best team in the league.
0:46.4	Kyrie will be a great locker room guy in Brooklyn.
0:49.6	RJ Barrett's ceiling is a sixth man.
0:53.6	Basketball is very good.
0:55.1	Hello and welcome to the Ranger NBA show.
0:57.6	This is the group chat, Colin Intimate Conversations because this isn't much of a group.
1:02.9	I am Justin Varyer.
1:04.6	Chris Ryan is not with us today.
1:07.3	It's probably kind of like a load management sort of situation with him at this point in
1:10.9	his career.
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