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Jan 2025
58m 30s

The Cavs’ Historic Start and Breaking Do...

The Ringer
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Logan and Raja start by talking about the Cavs’ historic start to this season and whether they should aim for the best regular-season record ever (9:40). Then they talk about another crazy Anthony Edwards dunk, and Raja talks about defending dunkers (23:02). After that Logan talks about his piece for The Ringer about LiAngelo Ball’s hit song, which leads to a discussion about hip-hop and music in general in the NBA (34:12). They wrap up with their Real Ones of the week (47:27).


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Hosts: Logan Murdock and Raja Bell

Producer: Isaiah Blakely

Additional Production Supervision: Ben Cruz

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