Mailbag: Old Cores, Harden vs. Wade, Basketball Books, and More | Group Chat from The Ringer NBA Show

Mailbag: Old Cores, Harden vs. Wade, Basketball Books, and More | Group Chat

1 hour 45 minutes Posted Dec 29, 2025 at 4:57 pm.

) Intro

) FanDuel ad break

) Figuring out a listener’s favorite player

) Spurs playoff outlook

) Fouling late in games

) Old cores

) Player development

) Houston Rockets

) Difficult players/teams to talk about

) Hugo González

) Harden vs. Wade

) Favorite announcers

) Roster-building exercise

) Favorite basketball books

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Justin, Rob, and J. Kyle Mann are here to wrap up 2025 with an end-of-year mailbag. They answer your listener questions about how to change late-game fouling, old cores in the NBA, James Harden vs. Dwyane Wade, and much more!

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