Playoff Verriables: Finals Picks, Leap Candidates, and More | Group Chat

About this episode

The hosts discuss NBA playoff predictions, Verriables, and potential leap candidates.

Justin, Rob, and J. Kyle Mann open with a thought-provoking question about the NBA playoffs before jumping into the highly anticipated return of the Verriables ahead of all of the playoff excitement. This year, Justin’s playoff Verriables pose questions like: How many teams can realistically win the East? If not the Thunder in the West, then who? Who’s going to be the leap guy? Lastly, the guys predict every matchup on the board and make early Finals picks. (0:00) Intro (2:53) FanDuel ad break (3:30) Should the NBA move to a shorter series? (6:35) Verriables intro (10:10) How many teams can realistically win the East? (19:34) If not the Thunder in the West, then who? (34:46) Who’s going to be the leap guy? (44:35) FanDuel ad break (45:56) Amazon Prime ad break (46:27) Which player or team exec has the most riding on this postseason? (59:14) Playoff matchup predictions (1:26:52) Early Finals picks Hosts: Justin Verrier, Rob Mahoney, and J. Kyle Mann Producers: Victoria Valencia and Isaiah Blakely Production Supervision: Ben Cruz and Conor Nevins Additional Production Support: John Richter and Chris Wohlers Social: Keith Fujimoto and Isaiah Blakely Verriables Music by: John Robison…

People in this episode

Hosts: Justin Verrier, Rob Mahoney, J. Kyle Mann

Topics covered

• NBA playoffs
• Verriables
• matchup predictions
• Finals picks
• leap candidates

Keywords

• NBA playoffs
• Verriables
• Finals predictions
• matchups
• leap candidates

Sponsors

FanDuel, Amazon Prime

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Organizations: The Ringer

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