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NBA Festivus! Plus, Is De’Aaron Fox Planning an Exit from Sac-Town? | Group Chat
Tue, 24 Dec 2024
Justin, Rob, and Wos start this holiday-themed episode by discussing the news around De’Aaron Fox and whether he could leave Sacramento and where he could go. Then, they bring their grievances to the table for NBA Festivus. They discuss the All-Star Game format, the second apron, and much more.The Ringer is committed to responsible gaming. Please visit www.rg-help.com to learn more about the resources and helplines available. Hosts: Justin Verrier, Rob Mahoney, and Wosny Lambre Producer: Isaiah Blakely Additional Production Supervision: Ben Cruz Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
What grievances do the hosts have about the NBA?
Yeah, I actually like that idea. I'm sure there's some unintended consequences we're not quite reckoning with yet, but I agree that it's kind of redundant to have both in a certain extent.
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and if I can offshoot here into one of my grievances, I just think the current state of the league makes us care about contracts too much. And we have sort of like an adult collective GM brain. And I say that not just for the people who are terminally online and in the trenches arguing about the NBA on the internet every day. I'm talking everybody.
There's a certain class of player for whom it is impossible to have a conversation about how they play without starting to talk about their contract. You cannot say the name Brad Beal Without getting into a giant referendum on how the Suns were built. And some of that is like some of that is us in the media. Some of that is just like how we got here.
I think some of it is the sort of overall trajectory of turning us all into human trade machines because of the way that the NBA has operated, not necessarily right now, but over the last decade. We are at a place now where trade like the trade possibilities are so limited by the aprons. It's insane.
Can we just like if that's going to be the case, if we are going to have an apron to NBA, can we get out of talking about every player by their $45 million price tag? Like, I just don't care how much CJ McCollum makes at the end of the day. I know we have to be realistic. I know there's a dovetailing conversation with expectations and reality. But ultimately, I would like to talk about basketball.
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