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Justin Verrier

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5100 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

Will's big.

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

Koulibaly's big.

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

But he already has shown the type of offensive inclination that Koulibaly has just never shown.

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

And he's obviously going into a big year this summer with that draft class already being extension eligible.

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

I'm like, what is Koulibaly at this point?

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

He's practically just like a defensive guy.

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

And if you keep him in the rotation, that has some advantages, especially on a trade team that's going to be looking to fill out the wings there.

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

But like...

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

I think he already has passed him in the pecking order, if only because, like, there's just so much more to explore.

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

Also say this about the Trae Young and AD trades looking back on it.

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

Like I still like those deals more as rehab way stations in order to flip them later on.

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

Like maybe once some of these other younger guys pop, you can kind of like almost level them up and push those guys out for future assets.

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

That would be probably what I would hope.

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

for those transactions.

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, they're at the point where like they really can't jam any more young guys into this team.

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

Like they have gone this season, I would say, from a team teaming with just like draft picks.

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

We'll see what's that.

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

We'll just throw everybody out there and see what sticks to like.

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

Now they've almost like settled a lot of the spots with guys who maybe aren't fully formed

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

But like have really like solidified themselves as the guys who will eventually be there.