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Raja Bell

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
1210 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

The Ringer NBA Show
Memphis Blues for Ja and the Grizzlies. Plus, Kuminga Demands Trade. | Real Ones

You want those guys around as much as possible.

The Ringer NBA Show
Memphis Blues for Ja and the Grizzlies. Plus, Kuminga Demands Trade. | Real Ones

It is, it is great for, for culture.

The Ringer NBA Show
Memphis Blues for Ja and the Grizzlies. Plus, Kuminga Demands Trade. | Real Ones

It's great for optics.

The Ringer NBA Show
Memphis Blues for Ja and the Grizzlies. Plus, Kuminga Demands Trade. | Real Ones

It's, it's within the building team wise.

The Ringer NBA Show
Memphis Blues for Ja and the Grizzlies. Plus, Kuminga Demands Trade. | Real Ones

It's,

The Ringer NBA Show
Memphis Blues for Ja and the Grizzlies. Plus, Kuminga Demands Trade. | Real Ones

as important, I would say, maybe slightly less for fans.

The Ringer NBA Show
Memphis Blues for Ja and the Grizzlies. Plus, Kuminga Demands Trade. | Real Ones

Like they are the people that a lot of those fans grew up on, the reason why they're fans of your team, the reason why they're ticket holders and season ticket holders now, seeing them, having access to them, having them around your building is really, really important.

The Ringer NBA Show
Memphis Blues for Ja and the Grizzlies. Plus, Kuminga Demands Trade. | Real Ones

And so, you know, Kyle Lowry, I know both of them, not well, but like I've spent time around both of them.

The Ringer NBA Show
Memphis Blues for Ja and the Grizzlies. Plus, Kuminga Demands Trade. | Real Ones

Like Kyle was at Villanova when I was with the Sixers.

The Ringer NBA Show
Memphis Blues for Ja and the Grizzlies. Plus, Kuminga Demands Trade. | Real Ones

Um, and, and I've watched his career.

The Ringer NBA Show
Memphis Blues for Ja and the Grizzlies. Plus, Kuminga Demands Trade. | Real Ones

I see him sometimes down in Miami when he's working out.

The Ringer NBA Show
Memphis Blues for Ja and the Grizzlies. Plus, Kuminga Demands Trade. | Real Ones

He, he, I mean, he got like every ounce out of what you could get for a dude of his stature, um, athletic ability.

The Ringer NBA Show
Memphis Blues for Ja and the Grizzlies. Plus, Kuminga Demands Trade. | Real Ones

And this isn't a slight, like, because he was a good athlete and stuff, but I mean, he squeezed every ounce out of that.

The Ringer NBA Show
Memphis Blues for Ja and the Grizzlies. Plus, Kuminga Demands Trade. | Real Ones

He was an amazing, uh, an amazing point guard for those teams.

The Ringer NBA Show
Memphis Blues for Ja and the Grizzlies. Plus, Kuminga Demands Trade. | Real Ones

Kevin Love.

The Ringer NBA Show
Memphis Blues for Ja and the Grizzlies. Plus, Kuminga Demands Trade. | Real Ones

made the ultimate sacrifice to play with LeBron and Kyrie in Cleveland.

The Ringer NBA Show
Memphis Blues for Ja and the Grizzlies. Plus, Kuminga Demands Trade. | Real Ones

I mean, you can go back and look up what was going on with him when LeBron was talking about fit out, don't fit in.

The Ringer NBA Show
Memphis Blues for Ja and the Grizzlies. Plus, Kuminga Demands Trade. | Real Ones

I mean, Kevin Love was lost for a while trying to figure out how he could make that work because he was making such a huge sacrifice in terms of who he was as a player.

The Ringer NBA Show
Memphis Blues for Ja and the Grizzlies. Plus, Kuminga Demands Trade. | Real Ones

And he did that, and he won championships because of it, and they won championships because of it.

The Ringer NBA Show
Memphis Blues for Ja and the Grizzlies. Plus, Kuminga Demands Trade. | Real Ones

And so...