Which Superstar Has Played in Their Last Finals? Plus, MPJ’s Erraticness, Labubus, and a Joker Brother Sighting.

The Mismatch

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🗓️ 19 August 2025

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Verno and Jacoby briefly go through some of the meaningless news around the league before Verno reads a message from a listener about a special sighting on one of the islands of Hawaii. Next, the guys come up with 10 different scenarios for the upcoming season and debate which would be the more likely outcome. (00:00) Welcome to The Mismatch!(01:04) Meaningless news(07:28) Strahinja Jokic sighting in Hawaii(14:57) Which is more likely: LeBron has played in his last NBA Finals, that Steph has, or that KD has?(20:12) Which is more likely: Wemby or Jalen Brunson is top five in MVP voting?(26:39) Which is more likely: Zion plays 65-plus games, or MPJ leads the league in scoring?(30:32) Which is more likely: Grizzlies or Mavs hit the over on 40.5 wins?(35:00) Which is more likely: Celtics, Bucks, or Pacers make the playoffs?(40:45) Which is more likely: Joel Embiid misses the season, or the Labubus that Verno bought Jacoby’s kids are fake?(51:40) Which is more likely: Malik Beasley or Michael Malone is on an NBA bench by the All-Star break?(57:19) Which is more likely: Deandre Ayton enters the All-Star conversation, or LeBron gets traded?(59:52) Which is more likely: Jacoby scores 25-plus in a men’s league game, or an NBA player scores 80 in a game?(01:01:44) Which is more likely: Taylor and Travis get married by the end of the NFL season, or Klay and Megan get married by the end of the NBA season? Leave us a message on our Mismatch Voicemail line! (323) 389-5091 Hosts: Chris Vernon and David JacobyProducers: Jessie LopezSocial: Keith Fujimoto Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:58.7	Sign up for your $1 a month trial at Shopify.com slash setup. Welcome to The Mismatch. I'm Chris Vernon.
1:14.1	And joining me to see us every week from the ringer.com is Dave Jacoby.
1:17.1	Jocobby.
1:18.6	Do you know what I love about this job?
1:20.9	What?
1:21.2	August.
1:23.0	August.
1:25.2	This is when you really have to flex your creative muscles.
1:29.7	This is where you really have to make the lemonade from the lemons.
1:36.2	We got the schedule last week, so that was kind of a layup.
1:40.4	That was, I mean...
1:40.9	You really tried. We did our best. I'm proud of us.
1:44.2	Can they release something else? Can they release something else?
1:48.5	She's kind of got some downtime until we get to training camps, which is only a month
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