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Jun 2024
1h 19m

The Most Interesting Teams, Trade Target...

The Ringer
About this episode

ustin, Rob, and Wos take a look at some story lines to start the offseason; they each bring one team (5:55), one free agent (35:08), and one trade target (57:35) that they are most interested in talking about.


Hosts: Justin Verrier, Rob Mahoney, and Wosny Lambre

Producers: Isaiah Blakely and Tucker Tashjian

Social: Eduardo Ocampo

Additional Production Supervision: Ben Cruz

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