Young Core Rankings, Part 1. Plus, the Knicks are Cup Champs. | Group Chat

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🗓️ 17 December 2025

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Justin, Rob and J. Kyle Mann give their instant reactions to the Knicks winning the NBA Cup. Then over two parts, the guys are ranking the young cores of the NBA 30-1. In Part 1, they’re ranking and discussing teams ranked 30-16. (00:00) Intro (1:28) NBA Cup (22:39) Clippers(27:09) Knicks(30:32) Lakers(41:45) Kings(47:15) Celtics(51:11) Bucks(55:14) Pacers (1:10:17) Warriors(1:15:44) Heat(1:22:45) Blazers(1:32:28) Suns(1:39:06) Nets(1:48:50) Grizzlies(1:54:17) Bulls Hosts: Justin Verrier, Rob Mahoney, and J. Kyle Mann Audio Producer: Isaiah Blakely Video Producer: Victoria Valencia Additional Production Support: John Richter Production Supervision: Ben Cruz Social: Isaiah Blakely and 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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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to group chat. I am Justin Varyer and joining me here in lovely Los Angeles,
0:20.1	Rob Mahoney, Jay Kyle, man.
0:22.4	We are here to talk about some young cores.
0:25.9	We did two parts, two robust episodes.
0:29.9	Yeah.
0:30.2	Totaling probably more than five hours going through number one, or number 30 to number one,
0:36.7	of the best collection of young players
0:39.4	in the entire NBA.
0:40.4	We also did some ranking of the best blue ship prospects.
0:43.3	You'll see part one of that and listen to it after we get through this little spiel
0:48.5	here.
0:48.9	And then part two will go up on Thursday.
0:51.2	But first and foremost, guys, we got to talk about how the olds triumphed in the NBA Cup. Us? No. Well, I guess us to a certain extent because we had some fun together. We triumph. We ate. I know you're very sensitive about heavy meals before you podcast. So I think in that sense, you triumph tonight, J.V. That's proof that you're old. You know, the young man's game is, I'm just going to eat whatever before I go to play.
1:13.0	I mean, the young man's game is, I'm just going to eat whatever before I go to play.
1:16.1	I mean, the flophil was like, you know,
1:18.2	it's fried, but it's still light.
1:19.6	I feel light on my toes.
1:20.7	I'm ready to podcast. It was an airy falafel.
1:22.0	Yeah, I'd say so.
1:22.8	Justin Verrier, powered by chickpeas.
1:24.9	Yeah. That's what they say. Powered by something,
1:27.6	might be chickpeas.
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