The Ryen Russillo Podcast
Kawhi’s Reminder Game and Cade’s Arrival. Plus, NFL Draft Best- and Worst-Case Scenarios With Danny Kelly and Danny Heifetz.
22 Apr 2025
Russillo starts the show with a playoff edition of Tales From the Couch (1:34). Then, he’s joined by Danny Heifetz and Danny Kelly to break down Thursday’s NFL draft (22:20). They share the smartest and dumbest picks teams can make at different positions and reveal the draft opinions they have that nobody else will agree with. Plus, Life Advice with Ceruti (59:31)! Do I fight my coworker over a chair? 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 Guests: Danny Heifetz and Danny Kelly Producers: Steve Ceruti, Kyle Crichton, Mike Wargon, and Jonathan Frias Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Tails from the couch, playoff style. All those hours. Basketball's real. All those fucking hours. Sorry I swore so early. Apologize to the kids in the car and the parents. But let's get into it. Kawhi's huge night. Jokic's bad night. Some thoughts on that. What's happening defensively against Jokic. Also, Cade Cunningham. A rival game. Do I get a little carried away in the open?
Perhaps, but I don't think I do. And then Jaylen Brunson took a lot of shots. Were they all good ones? We're going to talk NFL draft a couple days away. It is real. There's clocks on televisions right now. Danny Heifetz, Danny Kelly, part of our draft coverage. They have a podcast and we'll go through a bunch of exercises talking about the first round and life advice.
We start Tuesday with a little playoff tales from the couch. The Clippers even up the series in Denver. One apiece. Kawhi Leonard. responding the way he always has historically. 39 points, 15 to 19. He started the game 12 of 13. It was just stupid. It was just the stupid Kawhi can get to wherever he wants to get. He's going to pull up. He's going to hit the shots over the top of you.
Incredibly efficient and a great response after the seven turnovers in game one, including the one turnover you just never expect. Like Jamal Murray's going to slap the ball away from you and it's going to be a turnover. So at 103, 102, just classic Kawhi, just how smart he is with everything. Not that
You know, this makes him the most brilliant basketball player of all time, but just really simple things. He's got it at the top. He sees Westbrook sliding over to his left. He figures anything to that side. I'm going to be doubled. He's got Harden in the right corner. He knows the defender can't help off of Harden. So he figures out like, look, let me just get away.
Let me get away from where the traffic will be. And if I can get to my spot, pull up and hit the shot. And he does so, 105-102. At 55 seconds left, though, sealing the... Oh, that was when he hit the shot at 55 seconds. A little later on, Denver just scrambling. Another offensive possession where it looks like a mess. Don't worry, I'll get to Jokic and his night here.
And Jokic throws the ball up in the air. It's his seventh turnover, and guess who steals it? It's Kawhi, who Kawhi, because of Denver, one, it was either Christian Brown and Westbrook just watching and then losing sight of like, hey, you got to still kind of play to get into some space or give...
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