Justin Verrier

"3-and-D" is everywhere, especially in the lead-up to the trade deadline. Here's how we got here, and why the next wave of wings could break out of the defined role: theringer.com/2025/01/28/nba…

Portland used its Dame sabbatical to build the kind of defense and depth it always need around Lillard. Not sure what it means for the youth movement, or what age-36 Dame will look like, but it was one of the best personnel fits on the board.

Getting a Cling Yang thigh tat tomorrow.

I think Deandre Ayton has a JaVale McGree track in him. Just a giant athlete belied by his unseriousness. Having to play through minimums might streamline his game the way CP did for him in 2021.

Yang!!

Every first-round pick tonight from 13 on has already been traded, except one (Boston, no. 28). If you factor in Brooklyn, Phoenix, and Chicago reacquiring full control of their own firsts, two-thirds of the first round has been exchanged. Welcome to the swaps era!

So the Nets picked up the 22nd overall pick for absorbing Mann's totally normal contract (3 yrs, $47M)? Renting cap space is worse than the housing market.

From yesterday, opened up the Tank Diaries one last time to write about the champs. This one’s for Poku. theringer.com/2025/06/23/nba…

Some thoughts on the Jrue: Part II trade in our rolling offseason tracker: nbarankings.theringer.com/the-offer-shee…

Can't wait to teach Jrue how to grow tomatoes.

*Enormous* thanks to @isaiahblakely3 and @cruzkontrol for making this whole thing possible—and at increasingly preposterous hours in the playoffs, especially. Group Chat wouldn't be Group Chat without them.

All new, Game 7 edition of Group Chat with @RobMahoney and @BigWos, where the Thunder are your 2025 NBA champions. Haliburton's gut-wrenching injury, OKC's dynasty potential - plus, the KD trade and much more. Thanks for listening this season 🫶 open.spotify.com/episode/65iulP…

No one is allowed to engage with a trade seven hours before tipoff. If you’re a real fan, you’ll sit in a dark room, away from your loved ones, and let the sounds of sneaker squeaks wash over you. Only then can you properly enjoy Sport.

Join us postgame!

Can OKC even up the series? @JustinVerrier, @RobMahoney, and @tylrparkr will be LIVE on the Ringer NBA YouTube channel right after Game 4 of the #NBAFinals tonight. Tune in here: youtube.com/live/pC31wtYxf… Presented by @StateFarm. #StateFarmPartner

new mock draft and updated big board nbadraft.theringer.com/mock-draft

Listen to the latest @ringernba Groucpchat where at the top of the show I suggest exactly what Joe House did. Back up the brinks truck for coach Spo, blow him out of the water with money. Also come for NBA @JustinVerrier -ables! open.spotify.com/episode/7KKNmv…