Who Said What? NBA Media Day Quotes Edition. Plus, Potential Fred VanVleet Replacements.

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🗓️ 26 September 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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The NBA is back in just under a month, which means that teams are holding their media days before heading off to training camp. Howard Beck and Raja Bell discuss the most interesting quotes from media days and the new-look Zion Williamson. The Rockets were hit with the unfortunate news that Fred VanVleet will be out for the season after suffering an ACL tear. How important is FVV to the Rockets, and what potential replacements should the team pursue to fill that void? Hit the mailbag! [email protected] 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: Howard Beck and Raja Bell Producers: Victoria Valencia and Clifford Augustin Additional Production Support: Ben Cruz (5:32): Fred VanVleet injury (16:12): What's next for Russell Westbrook? (26:28): Kawhi/Clippers Situation (28:27): Media Day Cliches (31:32): Zion Williamson’s new look (35:38): Ishbia and the Suns (41:19): Jayson Tatum media day comments (45:26): Jordan Poole’s media day comments (46:34) Mikal Bridges media day comments Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	What up?
0:05.7	It's the Real Ones.
0:06.8	I'm Howard Beck, senior writer at The Ringer.
0:09.6	And with me today, logging in for Miami, guy who gained 15 pounds of muscle this summer and really worked on his three-point shot and says this is definitely his year.
0:20.3	It's Raja Bell. What's up,
0:21.4	Raja? What's up, H. Beck? Good to be back. I mean, you got one of those, right? I definitely
0:26.3	gain 15 pounds. I don't know. Body composition wise, I'd be reluctant to say it's muscle,
0:33.4	but it's good to be back. Preseason for me. So like bear with me, guys.
0:38.6	Look, man, it's preseason media days are happening everywhere,
0:40.7	which means like the fucking cliches are just flying a mile a minute.
0:43.8	Everybody gained 15 pounds of muscle or lost 15 pounds of non muscle.
0:50.5	Everybody's three point shot looks great.
0:52.2	Everybody's awesome.
0:53.8	It's a great time in the NBA um great to see
0:56.6	you again it's been um like i think two months three months i don't know how long it's been it's been a
1:01.8	long time since um since you or i were uh on the riverside video screens together uh Logan murdock
1:08.6	not here today folks but he will be back in a few more weeks,
1:12.3	taking a little family time. He'll be back for the start of the season. And programming note
1:16.6	number two, Raj and I will be weekly on Fridays for the next couple of weeks until we get to
1:23.4	right around like opening week of the season and when Logan was back. So, um, Raja, been a while.
1:30.4	Summer highlights like football camps, basketball camps, recruiting trips.
1:34.7	Uh, I don't know, island getaways.
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