The Ryen Russillo Podcast
15 NBA West Teams in 15(ish) Minutes! Plus, Adnan Virk Talks Oscars and the State of Canada.
27 Feb 2025
Russillo starts the show by running through the NBA’s 15 Western Conference teams in about 15 minutes (01:19). Then, he’s joined by Adnan Virk to preview the Best Picture favorites, discuss when people started caring less about the Oscars, and talk about what the 4 Nations Face-Off meant to Canada (32:53). Plus, Life Advice with Ceruti and Kyle (74:14) ! How do I handle being blacklisted from my softball team? Check us out on YouTube for exclusive clips, livestreams, and more at https://www.youtube.com/@RyenRussilloPodcast. The Ringer is committed to responsible gaming. Please visit www.rg-help.com to learn more about the resources and helplines available. Host: Ryen Russillo Guest: Adnan Virk Producers: Steve Ceruti, Kyle Crichton, Mike Wargon, and Jonathan Frias YouTube Ryen Russillo Ryen Russillo is on YouTube! Watch new videos from ‘The Ryen Russillo Podcast’ weekly. Subscribe now! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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It started as 30 teams in 30 minutes, but we're going to do 15 teams in about 15 minutes. The West, we run through all of the teams, just some thoughts and numbers, and enjoy.
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15 teams in 15 minutes. We may go over. Oklahoma City will go by seeding. Number 6 on offense this year, number 1 in defense. They're usually 3.5 to 4 points better than the number 2 team, Orlando. Last year, number 3 on offense, number 4 on defense, so the number's holding up. Okay, giddy playoff numbers against Dallas, plus-minus. He started at the beginning of the series, then was benched.
He was a minus seven. The only starter with a negative in game one. Game two, he was a minus 20. Game three, he was a minus one. Game four, he was a plus six in 12 minutes. Game five, a minus three in 12 minutes. Game six, plus two in 11 minutes. By the way, They also gave up 69 points in the second half to Dallas in Game 6 when they were eliminated.
The reason I bring that up is that this team will not have those minutes. Somebody that the other team can completely ignore, and they tried to solve that with some spacing, but the spacing wasn't good enough. Chet, six games back. Last night against Brooklyn, the best he has looked in his return, 22-17, the massive Brooklyn comeback in this one.
The at-the-rim defensive numbers, if you want to look at field goal and then the differential based on expected field goal, Chet arguably, with 250 minutes played as the qualifier here, arguably has the best stats in the entire NBA. So if you take it a step further, they're 47-11 now. Of the 11 losses, the worst loss of the season based on opponent is at San Antonio.
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