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Justin Verrier

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6744 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

The Ringer NBA Show
Say One Nice Thing … About the East’s Tanktastic Bottom Five. Plus, UConn Shocks the World (Again)! | Group Chat

some of the worst basketball I've ever seen.

The Ringer NBA Show
Say One Nice Thing … About the East’s Tanktastic Bottom Five. Plus, UConn Shocks the World (Again)! | Group Chat

And we have suffered through like the Bobcats days, like just absolutely being played right now.

The Ringer NBA Show
Say One Nice Thing … About the East’s Tanktastic Bottom Five. Plus, UConn Shocks the World (Again)! | Group Chat

Unbelievable.

The Ringer NBA Show
Say One Nice Thing … About the East’s Tanktastic Bottom Five. Plus, UConn Shocks the World (Again)! | Group Chat

But the Pacers won because they shot the lights out against the heat.

The Ringer NBA Show
Say One Nice Thing … About the East’s Tanktastic Bottom Five. Plus, UConn Shocks the World (Again)! | Group Chat

And so like, congrats.

The Ringer NBA Show
Say One Nice Thing … About the East’s Tanktastic Bottom Five. Plus, UConn Shocks the World (Again)! | Group Chat

Or I imagine if you're a Pacers fan, you're not celebrating this, right?

The Ringer NBA Show
Say One Nice Thing … About the East’s Tanktastic Bottom Five. Plus, UConn Shocks the World (Again)! | Group Chat

Yeah, if only to give them credit for actually going out and winning a game for once, for the first time in like two months.

The Ringer NBA Show
Say One Nice Thing … About the East’s Tanktastic Bottom Five. Plus, UConn Shocks the World (Again)! | Group Chat

Jalen Slauson, by the way, totally played quarterback against Permian in like Friday Night Lights, right?

The Ringer NBA Show
Say One Nice Thing … About the East’s Tanktastic Bottom Five. Plus, UConn Shocks the World (Again)! | Group Chat

For sure.

The Ringer NBA Show
Say One Nice Thing … About the East’s Tanktastic Bottom Five. Plus, UConn Shocks the World (Again)! | Group Chat

He definitely was like a low level prospect that ended up at like Texas Tech.

The Ringer NBA Show
Say One Nice Thing … About the East’s Tanktastic Bottom Five. Plus, UConn Shocks the World (Again)! | Group Chat

That's right.

The Ringer NBA Show
Say One Nice Thing … About the East’s Tanktastic Bottom Five. Plus, UConn Shocks the World (Again)! | Group Chat

But no, to Kyle's point, though, all of the main players have to play because the NBA is clearly putting the screws to a lot of these teams.

The Ringer NBA Show
Say One Nice Thing … About the East’s Tanktastic Bottom Five. Plus, UConn Shocks the World (Again)! | Group Chat

And so a lot of the rosters, most of the time, look like the team that you're used to seeing.

The Ringer NBA Show
Say One Nice Thing … About the East’s Tanktastic Bottom Five. Plus, UConn Shocks the World (Again)! | Group Chat

A mediocre team, but the team that we're used to, nonetheless.

The Ringer NBA Show
Say One Nice Thing … About the East’s Tanktastic Bottom Five. Plus, UConn Shocks the World (Again)! | Group Chat

Yeah.

The Ringer NBA Show
Say One Nice Thing … About the East’s Tanktastic Bottom Five. Plus, UConn Shocks the World (Again)! | Group Chat

definitely took a turn in this Heat game.

The Ringer NBA Show
Say One Nice Thing … About the East’s Tanktastic Bottom Five. Plus, UConn Shocks the World (Again)! | Group Chat

But overall, you could definitely tell, like, the teams are getting very creative about how they're sucking because they have to under the guise that, like, all the good guys are playing.

The Ringer NBA Show
Say One Nice Thing … About the East’s Tanktastic Bottom Five. Plus, UConn Shocks the World (Again)! | Group Chat

It's fine.

The Ringer NBA Show
Say One Nice Thing … About the East’s Tanktastic Bottom Five. Plus, UConn Shocks the World (Again)! | Group Chat

It's fine.

The Ringer NBA Show
Say One Nice Thing … About the East’s Tanktastic Bottom Five. Plus, UConn Shocks the World (Again)! | Group Chat

It is not fine.