SGA vs. Wemby, Back-to-Back MVPs, Knicks–Cavs & the Flawed Pistons w/ Brendan Haywood, Plus Hornets Coach Charles Lee
5/18/20261 hr 49 min
Ryen opens with the Cavs’ Game 7 win, the Pistons’ flaws, and how confident he is in the Knicks reaching the Finals before talking about SGA’s back-to-back MVP awards and ranking the top 16 players in the Thunder–Spurs series, including SGA vs. Wemby for the top spot. Then, NBA champion Brendan Haywood stops by to break down both conference finals matchups, plus how to defend Wemby, share Kobe and LeBron stories, and explain why the 2011 Mavs were so motivated to beat the Heat. Finally, Kyle and Ceruti join for some listener-submitted Life Advice, including arguing with the elderly and pursuing an ex’s friend. NBA OPEN (1:47) Cavs beat Pistons in 7 & ECF pick (10:00) SGA wins MVP again (11:14) Ranking players in Thunder–Spurs BRENDAN HAYWOOD (21:36) Cavs bigs vs. Pistons bigs (27:30) Knicks–Cavs (32:50) Wemby or SGA right now? (34:55) Defending Wemby (41:31) LeBron and Kobe stories (51:21) Heat mocking Dirk’s illness in 2011 Finals NBA ALLIANCE (55:30) CHARLES LEE (1:02:00) How the Hornets took a huge leap (1:06:56) Drafting Kon Knueppel (1:12:20) Coaching LaMelo (1:18:23) Favorite player he’s coached (1:21:50) Learning from Orlando play-in blowout LIFE ADVICE (1:24:36) _ _ _ _ _ Learn more at https://m365copilot.com/work _ _ _ _ _ Get 20% off your first purchase at https://FastGrowingTrees.com/RYEN when using the code RYEN at checkout _ _ _ _ _
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First 90 secondsRyen Russillo· Host0:00
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Ryen Russillo· Host0:33
[upbeat music] The Ryan Russillo Show is presented by DraftKings. Today, a lot of hoops. I'm gonna pick the Western Conference Finals, the Eastern Conference Finals, and I'm gonna do it with Brendan Haywood, who's gonna tell us some awesome stories from his 2011 championship run with the Dallas Mavericks against LeBron. And we have a fun exercise, uh, picking all of the players from OKC and San Antonio's roster, and how would you pick the top 16 if you combine the two? Not future value players right now for this series. I can't wait for this series. I also have some tidying up on Cleveland's advancing through Detroit, and how disappointing game seven was for the Pistons. We've got that. And how about Charles Lee, the head coach of the Charlotte Hornets? Uh, thoughts on them taking a step forward, and some roster questions I have. We've got an alliance, and we've got life advice. The NBA