Who Really Runs the West? Plus, Steph and Under Armour Part Ways.

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🗓️ 15 November 2025

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Logan Murdock and Raja Bell are back with another edition of Real Ones, taking a deep dive into the Western Conference hierarchy. Is it possible that the reigning champions, Oklahoma City Thunder, are even better than they were last season? Should they try to break the regular season win record? Are Nikola Jokic and the Denver Nuggets on their heels? Plus, Steph Curry and Under Armour have decided to end their partnership. What does this mean for Steph’s brand moving forward? (0:00:00) Intro (1:08) FanDuel ad break (3:38) Are the Thunder primed to repeat as champions? (16:33) FanDuel ad break (19:30) Have the Nuggets closed the gap on the Thunder? (28:26) Can the Spurs grab the Western Conference crown this season? (36:59) What are the Rockets’ chances of winning the conference without a true point guard? (46:41) Will the Lakers be a realistic threat in the West once LeBron returns? (52:04) Brad Beal out for the season and the Clippers are free-falling. (55:37) Steph and Under Armour have split. (1:04:06) Real One of the Week! 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 and Raja BellProducers: Victoria Valencia and Clifford AugustinAdditional 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? Real ones. Logan Murdoch here, aka Lolo, aka Logiebu, not that too.
0:05.3	We had a great show today. Me and Rajabelle talked about Western Conference teams within the hierarchy of the Western Conference.
0:12.9	So we talked about OKC. We talked about Denver, Houston, the Clippers. And then we talked about Stefan curry and what's going on with his shoe deal
0:23.0	and breaking apart from under armor a lot of moving parts there i got some thoughts on that towards
0:27.4	the back end raja drops some absolute jims it's funny because every time he gets nervous about
0:33.6	a podcast which he was today he does the onyx haircut, and he just goes to work.
0:38.4	He's like, I don't know what I'm going to talk about. Then he just drops gyms. That's what happened today. A couple other housekeeping notes. We didn't get to the mailbag this week, so we're going to do it next week. So make sure you tap in with Real Onesmailbag at gmail.com. Real onesmailbag at gmail.com. Real Ones mailbag at gmail.com.
0:54.1	We'll be answering your questions
0:55.3	on Tuesday with myself, Roger Bell, and Howard Beck. Yeah, I think that's it. Real great slate
1:03.8	this weekend. Makes you guys check it out. We can't wait to talk through it to you guys on Tuesday.
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