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Justin Verrier

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Editor + Host, @ringer . Eat, eat, eat, eat MCs.

Portland, OR

https://t.co/ZhgH4mGhMs

Joined March 2010

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@JustinVerrier

Justin Verrier

6 months

Back-to-back titles was enough to bring me out of UConn blogging retirement: UConn used to be the swaggering upstart that shocked the world. Now, Dan Hurley may have turned the Huskies into college basketball's next dynasty:

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UConn Once Shocked the World. Now It Looks Like a Dynasty.

The Huskies built their brand as men’s college basketball’s premier giant slayers. By winning a second straight national title, they’ve officially become the giant. What comes next is unlike anything...

www.theringer.com

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4 years

It took Daryl Morey like three hours to plug the Sixers' biggest weakness.

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3 years

Ayton is forcing Giannis to make Kyrie finishes at the rim. Unfortunately, he is a 6-11 center who can make Kyrie finishes at the rim.

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6 years

The Lakers have fallen ass-backward into top picks, haven't developed them all that well, and yet are in the driver's seat to land Anthony Davis. I guess it's better to be born lucky *and* rich.

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5 years

Know what playoff contender Andre Iguodala would be great for? The Grizzlies.

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3 years

This is once-in-a-generation, LeBron/MJ-type stuff from Giannis. Truly amazing.

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1 year

This is the worst jersey in history.

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1 year

just when I thought the heat offseason couldn’t get worse

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6 years

Historic.

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7 years

No longer at ESPN. Thank you to everyone who read and supported me throughout my 9 years there. Means more than you can know.

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4 months

This Luka-Kyrie backcourt has the feel of a peak Alabama backfield, where a guy as big as a defensive end smashes you for six plays and then a guy who runs a 4.1 40 rotates in.

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5 years

The Celtics are a Ponzi scheme.

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Adrian Wojnarowski

5 years

The Suns are sending the Celtics a 2020 first-round pick via the Bucks in Ty Jerome trade, league sources tells @TimBontemps and me.

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5 years

This is some kill-the-Night-King-and-everyone-else-falls stuff from Brad Stevens.

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Justin Verrier

4 years

The secret to "Playoff Rondo" is playing so bad in the regular season that any positive contribution seems like a revelation.

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Justin Verrier

1 year

Never seen a team that's up 3-0 in the conference finals so relentlessly try to pull the "no one believes in us" card. A historic moment in narrative shadowboxing.

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Mike Singer

1 year

KCP: “We’re the underdogs. We don’t get enough credit for what we do.”

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5 years

Zion is better than everyone at crying, too.

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3 months

PJ Washington, Daniel Gafford, Naji Marshall, Quentin Grimes, and now Klay Thompson. The Mavs are on a historic run of acquiring your favorite intriguing player for another team.

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4 months

Lively is going to single-handedly set anti-tanking progress back a decade

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Justin Verrier

5 years

And what do we say to getting off the couch and having a Friday night like a normal person?

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Justin Verrier

6 years

Who's going to tell Ben Simmons that he's the Bosh now?

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Justin Verrier

5 years

A whole lot of people who knew Rob Pelinka had this in the bag the whole time were really quiet about it until two hours ago.

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Justin Verrier

7 years

We back.

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The Ringer

7 years

STAFF NEWS: @JustinVerrier , formerly of ESPN, joins The Ringer as a senior editor covering the NBA. Basketball never sleeps!

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Justin Verrier

1 year

Put Grayson Allen trying to Euro step as the time expires into the Louvre.

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Justin Verrier

6 years

Imagine if Kemba had one good teammate.

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Justin Verrier

7 years

DeMarcus Cousins getting injured on an effort play to win a game is some cruel shit.

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7 years

Melo is the guy that got one compliment on his jacket and wore it for six straight months.

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Justin Verrier

6 years

None of the players the Cavs traded for at the deadline are on the court in crunch time of a critical Game 4 🤔

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Justin Verrier

11 months

So, to recap: Kawhi forced the Clippers to trade for Paul George, which then forced OKC to trade Russ to Houston, but Harden and/or Russ forced Russ to D.C., and then Harden forced his way to BK and Philly and now LA, where he'll play with Russ and PG and Kawhi. Makes sense.

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6 years

LeBron hasn't been this mean to short people since Isaiah Thomas got traded.

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Justin Verrier

6 years

The Pelicans just signed slim-fit versions of Boogie and Rondo.

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Justin Verrier

4 years

Draymond having a +25 with 1 point (on 2 shots) is his version of 62 points.

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Justin Verrier

6 years

What are the odds that D'Angelo Russell has a better career than both Lonzo Ball and Brandon Ingram?

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Justin Verrier

6 years

The Wizards becoming marginally worse is a special kind of purgatory.

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Justin Verrier

8 years

Pelicans have made trade inquiries on DeMarcus Cousins and Paul George, per league sources. Talks have progressed further on Cousins.

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Justin Verrier

5 years

Budenholzer is turning into Stannis with his devotion to this minutes distribution.

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Justin Verrier

4 years

We deserve to see Gasol and LeBron passing to each other.

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Marc Stein

4 years

Marc Gasol has emerged as a free-agent target for the Lakers to fill the void created by Dwight Howard's departure to Philadelphia, league sources say

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Justin Verrier

4 years

If you don't clap your hands and yell "Let's go!" after making your only memorable bucket of the game, are you even a role player?

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Justin Verrier

5 years

Jokic is moving like he did leg day for the first time in his life

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Justin Verrier

6 years

*water cup vibrates*

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Shams Charania

6 years

Sources: The Lakers are trading guard Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk and a draft pick to Detroit for guard Reggie Bullock. Deal is expected to be completed Wednesday.

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5 years

The Pelicans have all of the Lakers' best young players, all of their future picks, and now more cap room.

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Albert Nahmad

5 years

If the Pelicans choose to fold their Anthony Davis trade with the Lakers and their trade of Solomon Hill with the Hawks into one, they can create a $27.1M trade exception, which they could bypass in favor of $30M+ cap room.

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Justin Verrier

8 years

If LeBron starts @-ing airlines, someone get him a press credential.

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LeBron James

8 years

@nba GameTime App 2016-2017 can we please fix the box score portion. It's to challenging scrolling through it and remembering previous stats

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3 years

Kyrie created all of the Nets' problems, and now he's using them as motivation to go on an absolute heater. A historic Nobody Believes In Us moment.

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Justin Verrier

11 months

Austin Reaves just drilled a go-ahead deep 3 and pointed at Paul Mescal. This is the whitest thing that has ever happened on an NBA court.

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Justin Verrier

8 years

The Pelicans are now expected to waive Terrence Jones, according to sources, so that he can pursue other options.

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Justin Verrier

3 years

In an incredibly cruel twist, this starting to look like the worst postseason gut punch of Chris Paul’s career.

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Justin Verrier

8 years

Anthony Davis called Russell Westbrook, with whom he shares an agent, one of his closest friends in the league.

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Justin Verrier

4 years

At least Giannis will still be fresh after this backbreaking loss.

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Justin Verrier

4 years

It's not a new NBA season until you spend multiple hours trying to log into League Pass.

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Justin Verrier

4 years

Is Finals MVP much of a conversation at this point? LeBron is obviously great, but AD is becoming the best player in the league in front of our eyes.

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Justin Verrier

6 years

If you redrafted the 2017 class today, would De'Aaron Fox go top 3?

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Justin Verrier

5 years

Hot guard summer

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Justin Verrier

1 year

The Nuggets deserve an extra win for snuffing out that fully-engaged, die-on-his-shield LeBron performance.

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Justin Verrier

4 years

Marcus Smart is PJ Tucker with worse marketing.

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Justin Verrier

7 years

John Wall is turning into a Russell Westbrook cover band.

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Justin Verrier

4 years

If the internet is still recovering from the block of the year, does a 2-seed choking away a 3-1 lead make a sound?

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Justin Verrier

3 years

That’s the one you don’t review?

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Justin Verrier

4 years

Feels good to be back.

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Justin Verrier

11 months

If you're watching the Spurs this season, stay for the whole game: Wemby in 4Q and OT: 33 points (13-18), 5 blocks Wemby in quarters 1-3: 32 points (10-32), 4 blocks

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Justin Verrier

6 years

The integrity of the game has been saved by Anthony Davis half-assing it alongside Kenrich Williams.

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Justin Verrier

8 years

Pretty decent weekend for New Orleans.

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Justin Verrier

4 years

These blown calls are distracting the Bucks from becoming the 2010 Cavs.

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Justin Verrier

2 years

Half of the league will not be participating in the draft for the foreseeable.

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Justin Verrier

4 years

Jayson Tatum's baby gets more press than Marcus Smart.

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Justin Verrier

4 years

The golden age of sports journalism.

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Justin Verrier

6 years

The Nets’ Coogi sweater jerseys may be the best in the league.

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Justin Verrier

5 years

Retire Looney's plus-minus numbers when he leaves this summer.

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Justin Verrier

8 years

Paul Millsap when asked if he thought about his own future with the Hawks in light of the reported Korver deal:

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Justin Verrier

7 years

Here's a photo of Markelle Fultz, from yesterday, literally raising his right arm to shoot the basketball.

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Justin Verrier

6 years

Jrue Holiday playing this well on the day the Process came to fruition is kind of incredible.

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Justin Verrier

6 years

De'Aaron Fox has swatted Derrick Rose twice this half and I think he's my new favorite player.

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Justin Verrier

6 years

The hero that middle-aged men with yards need.

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Toronto Raptors

6 years

That new New.

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Justin Verrier

2 years

Embiid's got a 50-piece against the Celtics while Jokic is working toward double-digit TOs in a loss to the worst team in the NBA. Might be the sliding-door moment in the closest MVP race in memory.

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Justin Verrier

3 years

Y'all voted Zach LaVine an All-Star over Trae Young.

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Justin Verrier

8 years

Asked how competitive he is, Cousins says "About 17 technicals worth."

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Justin Verrier

7 years

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Justin Verrier

5 years

I stepped out of my house for 20 mins and the AD trade happen. But here's some Winners and Losers, including my thoughts on this opportunity for AD:

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Winners and Losers of the Anthony Davis–Lakers Blockbuster Trade

Hope you enjoyed your offseason. Los Angeles just kick-started the NBA arms race by sending a huge haul of youngsters and picks to New Orleans for the All-NBA big man.

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Justin Verrier

3 years

UConn players being disappointed to go to Charlotte - a tradition like none other.

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Justin Verrier

6 years

LeBron is making me feel sports again.

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Justin Verrier

4 years

How did Miami find Duncan Robinson when every team is searching for a player just like him? Finding a needle in a needle stack.

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Justin Verrier

4 years

This Pistons lineup is the result of a failed Sporcle from someone who hasn’t watched the NBA in three years.

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Justin Verrier

6 years

Losing out on Rondo is all of the Pelicans's bad signings coming back to haunt them. They only had the MLE available because they're on the hook for $18M combined to Solomon Hill and Alexis Ajinca. Every contract matters.

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Justin Verrier

8 years

Meanwhile, Anthony Davis is Snapchatting two small lizards fighting on a stoop. IT'S ALL HAPPENING.

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Justin Verrier

4 years

Rudy Gay is closing at center. The Spurs have grown their hair out, moved to Hawaii, and started smoking tons of weed.

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Justin Verrier

4 years

Think we can table the questions about why Michael Porter Jr. doesn't play more for a while.

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Justin Verrier

4 years

D-Wade back? Oh.

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Justin Verrier

6 years

The criticism I heard, constantly, of Dell Demps when I was in NO was that he preached accountability but never practiced it himself. This was a pretty damning example of a problem that plagued his entire tenure.

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Bobby Marks

6 years

My critique of what transpired in NOP is that HC Alvin Gentry was left to clean up the AD trade drama before and after games. Thought that the front office should have addressed the situation with the media/fans and been more transparent. Instead, this snowballed for a week.

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Justin Verrier

5 years

Ja’s rookie season is what I thought Zion’s rookie season would be.

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SportsCenter

5 years

JA MORANT ALMOST SUBMITTED A LATE ENTRY FOR DUNK OF THE DECADE 😳

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Justin Verrier

5 years

I was promised dunks.

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Justin Verrier

6 years

The Kings have drafted three other centers over the past three years, but good to know their frontcourt of the future has never played a game for them.

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Marc J. Spears

6 years

The Kings took very strong looks at Luka Doncic and Michael Porter before zeroing in on Marvin Bagley for second pick barring a late change, sources said. Bagley and a healthy Harry Giles, who has secretly looked great, can give the Kings a strong 1-2 big man punch for years.

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Justin Verrier

6 years

The Lakers are often smaller than most teams and worse at shooting. That's a tough combo to pull off.

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Justin Verrier

5 years

Lakers wearing shirts with 8 on the front and 24 on the back, with fonts from the respective eras; “Bryant” is on both sides.

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Justin Verrier

4 years

All due respect to math, but the Bucks seem easy to figure out.

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Justin Verrier

6 years

We’re sure Boogie didn’t go to Coachella?

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Justin Verrier

6 years

(He's missed every shot since I sent that.)

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Justin Verrier

4 years

Can we start dragging the Pistons then? Because I have no idea what the hell they just did.

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Mike Singer

4 years

Asked #Nuggets source about Blake Griffin sign-and-trade: "That's definitely not happening."

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Justin Verrier

8 years

I'm here for DeMarcus Cousins hanging with the New Orleans equivalent to Saul Goodman.

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Justin Verrier

3 years

His best performance yet.

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Wosny Lambre

3 years

Bron trying to sell the flagrant lmaoooooooo

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Justin Verrier

3 years

How do the Kings keep trading for redundancies? It's like a pyramid scheme, except no one ever wins.

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Justin Verrier

8 years

Pelicans wearing black "BDJ" patches on the left breast of their summer league warmups in honor of Bryce Dejean-Jones.

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Justin Verrier

1 year

Jimmy Butler, first team All-Cojones.

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Justin Verrier

6 years

*Drags today's Group Chat file to the trash can*

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