Justin Verrier

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13,354 appearances 38 recordings 2 series first heard Dec 2024 last heard 17 Sep

Justin Verrier’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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The Ringer NBA Show · What We Think We Know About the 2026-27 NBA Season | Group Chat · 28 Aug 2026 podcast

And it just reminded me last season. voice-verified

I thought if they just got to the playoffs that Luca and LeBron together could probably solve some things at such a high level that anything could probably happen. voice-verified

They ultimately ended up getting to the second round with LeBron doing just that by himself, kind of cutting up a much more talented Houston Rockets team. voice-verified

Fortunately, they faced the Thunder in the next round, but like Thunder didn't have J Dub. voice-verified

If they had Luca in there, who knows what would have happened at that point. voice-verified

This team's a little bit more different. voice-verified

It's a little bit simpler, a little bit more easy put together specifically around Luca. voice-verified

And I gotta say, like, I think we forget how much just like weirdness it must have been with LeBron being there while still pivoting over to the Luca generation. voice-verified

Like, what do you think about Austin Reeves? voice-verified

Like Austin Reeves starts hanging out with Luca more. voice-verified

Don't you think like LeBron was gonna feel a certain way about that? voice-verified

And so, like the cleanness of the fit of what's going on at the Lakers, I'm starting to have more hope than I thought after what. voice-verified

the team they put together considering that it seemed like kind of the same sort of team ceiling-wise as they were the year previously. voice-verified

Yeah, I don't know if I I haven't really ranked the the West or the league overall. voice-verified

I don't know if I would change where I put the Lakers, but it just feels like there's more of a breath of fresh air and you're starting to appreciate things a little bit more. voice-verified

I just like it just must have sucked to to for both LeBron and Luca, both guys who want things their specific way, to almost not have friction, but like they're definitely like stepping on toes that they're not voice-verified

used to doing and I have to imagine that just like compounded and I think just having that release will make it easier because like they made it very clear from the jump that they were pivoting to a Lucascentric worldview. voice-verified

LeBron was pretty outspoken in his own sort of like behind closed doors sort of way about like that sucked. voice-verified

He wanted to be appreciated. voice-verified

It seemed like that was the one thing in addition to oil and hanging out with clutch players he wanted for his voice-verified

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