Wemby's Injury Woes. Plus, the Pistons Are Beasts of the East.

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🗓️ 18 November 2025

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Spurs star Victor Wembanyama has been sidelined indefinitely due to a calf strain and will be reevaluated in two to three weeks. What does this mean for Victor, the Spurs, and injury concerns across the league? Deeeeetroit Basketballlll is back! The Pistons have won 10 straight, and that’s been with many key players sidelined. Have they cemented themselves as top dogs in the Eastern Conference? Should the NBA step in to protect players from fan interactions similar to the one Draymond Green had with a fan in New Orleans over the weekend? Plus, the mailbag! (0:00:00) Intro (2:15) FanDuel ad break (2:53) Victor Wembanyama’s calf strain (21:49) The Pistons' 10-game win streak (41:48) Draymond Green’s fan interaction (58:44) Mailbag! Hit the mailbag! realonesmailbag@gmail.com The Ringer is committed to responsible gaming. Please check out rg-help.com to find out more, or listen to the end of the episode for additional details. Hosts: Logan Murdock, Raja Bell, and Howard Beck Producers: Victoria Valencia and Clifford Augustin Additional Production Support: Ben Cruz and Conor Nevins Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	What's popping?
0:01.2	Logan Murdoch here with another edition of Real Ones.
0:03.9	With myself, Howard Beck and Roger Bell.
0:06.9	We get into a lot.
0:07.9	We talk about the Wimby injury and how that affects the San Antonio Spurs.
0:11.7	And also, how it affects the league, right?
0:14.2	Not only from a marquee guy being injured, but also what injuries have done and the pace of the game has done for the
0:23.4	player body and where we are as a league and also the basketball culture with playing games
0:29.3	professionalizing the league not only now but for kids at a young age that may not even get to
0:34.1	this point because of what is happening to their bodies. And then we get into a discussion about player, fan interactions in light of what happened
0:41.2	with Draymond Green in New Orleans.
0:43.3	Then we talk about Willie Green briefly and the Pelicans organization.
0:47.2	Yuck, man.
0:48.0	I don't know what's going to happen with basketball in New Orleans, but the Pelicans
0:51.9	brass clearly isn't invested in a team with the moves that
0:54.7	they're making.
0:55.5	It's pretty hard.
0:56.7	And then we get into a really interesting discussion with the mailbag where we talk about,
1:01.2	again, future of the league, what's going on with Anthony Edwards, is who, which star is primed
1:08.1	to take the next step, not only from an individual standpoint as Anthony Edwards,
1:13.3	but also what a team can build around them with the Timberwolves and if they are going to be
1:18.5	in prime position to do well. And then I think that was about it. Man, it was a really, really fun show.
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