Under-the-Radar Trade Candidates With Wosny Lambre. Plus, Alperen Sengun and Jalen Duren on Their Teams' Successes.

The Zach Lowe Show

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Basketball, Sports

4.8 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 18 December 2025

⏱️ 117 minutes

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Zach is joined by Big Wos to discuss the bone he has to pick with ‘Jeopardy’ before running through their list of under-the-radar trade candidates. Then, Alperen Sengun comes on to break down his play and share his goals. Finally, Zach welcomes in Jalen Duren to learn more about his love of ‘Friends’ and what expectations we should have for the Pistons. (0:00) Welcome to the Zach Lowe Show! (1:47) Wosny Lambre joins the show (6:26) Cavs' disappointing season continues (14:26) Should the Knicks be allowed to enjoy their Cup win? (29:41) Could the Bucks be buyers? (38:12) What is LaMelo Ball’s trade value? (43:04) Time for the Clippers to sell? (45:20) Hawks can fill out their team without Giannis (49:22) Could be tough for Minnesota to make a trade (55:25) Wild-card trade candidates (1:07:58) Zach is joined by Alperen Sengun (1:09:20) On losing in the playoffs last season (1:17:51) On upping his game defensively (1:27:12) How close are you to being All-NBA? (1:31:06) Jalen Duren joins the show (1:32:43) How much do you want to be an All-Star? (1:38:27) On his fandom of the show ‘Friends’ (1:49:46) What do you remember from the Pistons 28-game losing streak? (1:53:19) Can the Pistons contend for a title? Host: Zach Lowe Guests: Wosny Lambre, Alperen Sengun, and Jalen Duren Producers: Mike Wargon, Jonathan Frias, and Billy Gil Social: Keith Fujimoto The Ringer is committed to responsible gaming. Please visit www.rg-help.com to learn more about the resources and helplines available Shopping. Streaming. Celebrating. It’s on Prime. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:39.1	It feels like we're kind of coming off the All-Star break now that the Cup is over.
0:42.4	There's been this nice little break.
0:43.8	We got Trey Young coming back tonight.
0:45.6	It feels like we're entering a new phase of the season almost.
0:48.8	Big Waz, my old colleague, my fellow Mets fan, it's been a sad time for us on that front.
0:54.5	We're here to talk about the cup, the cavalier slumping yet again another horrible loss
0:59.6	last night to the Bulls.
1:00.7	What does that mean for the future?
1:02.5	And under the radar trade possibilities, all the talk has been about Janus and the point
1:09.1	guards that no one seems to want and the king's big names who all make $50 million. What are some smaller trades that we could see? What are some off-the-beaten path trades that we could see? What should the clippers do? Are the bucks actually trying to buy? Are the Hawks going to make a little upgrade? The pistons, the rockets. We get into all that, some names to watch. And then we're joined by two centers with All-Star Hopes this year.
1:29.0	It's great to talk to them.
1:30.3	Alper and Shengoon from the Houston Rockets and Jail and Duren from the Detroit Pistons,
1:34.9	having a breakout year for the 21 and 5 fistons.
1:37.7	We talk about their journeys, their teams, some funny stories.
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