The Mismatch
Loves and Loathes: The Blazers’ Hot Start, Performative Celebrities, a Feisty KD, and Paraíso De La Luz
About the episode
Verno and Jacoby return to share their loves and loathes from the past week in the NBA. They go through Victor Wembanyama’s dominant performance against the Mavs, Mitchell Robinson still trying to find his role with the Celtics, Kevin Durant, under-the-radar rookies, and more!
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Hosts: Chris Vernon and David Jacoby
Producers: Jessie Lopez, Stefan Anderson, and Liz Jerry
Social: Keith Fujimoto
Summary
- 0:01
Welcome to The Mismatch!
- 2:39
Verno loves: Victor Wembanyama’s historic performance against the Mavs
- 8:25
Jacoby loves: 76ers being a willing passing team
- 14:17
Verno loathes: Cavaliers starting five
- 18:25
Jacoby loathes: Mitchell Robinson’s poor start to the season with the Celtics
- 23:31
Verno loves: Trail Blazers’ 6-1 start
- 28:13
Jacoby loves: Tyler Kolek calling out Taylor Swift and performative celebrities at Knicks games
- 33:35
Verno loathes: Kon Knueppel immediately getting re-injured in return
- 36:49
Jacoby loathes: Ongoing discussion on how to fix the NBA season
- 43:58
Verno loves: Kevin Durant vs. Varun Shankar
- 51:20
Jacoby loves: NBA prospect Stefan Joksimovic
- 54:04
Verno loathes: Matas Buzelis
- 57:59
Jacoby loathes: End-of-year award and playoff conversations to start the season
- 59:27
Verno loves: Underappreciated rookies
- 1:05:13
Jacoby loves: Paraíso De La Luz
- 1:09:01
Verno loathes: Another unexpected Kristaps Porzingis image
- 1:14:21
Jacoby loathes: New Coachella Valley Lakers play-by-play announcer
