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Oct 2024
1h 3m

Top-Line Takeaways From the Real NBA Ope...

The Ringer
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Justin, Rob, and Wos were joined by J. Kyle Mann live on the Ringer NBA YouTube channel after the Bucks' comfortable win over the Sixers. The guys discuss any takeaways from the game and some of the other games that night, and they each try to sell Kyle Mann on a take related to the opening night games.


Host: Justin Verrier, Rob Mahoney, Wosny Lambre

Guest: J. Kyle Mann

Producers: Isaiah Blakely and John Richter

Additional Production Supervision: Ben Cruz

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