October 10, 2025 • 7 mins
"Can the Mavericks really be the most unpredictable team in the NBA this season?"That’s the question that kicks off a high-energy, laugh-packed segment of The Ben and Skin Show, where hosts Ben Rogers, Jeff “Skin” Wade, Kevin “KT” Turner, and Krystina Ray dive into the freshly released NBA GM Survey and unpack everything from playoff predictions to rookie sensations.This episode is a rollercoaster of basketball insight and off-the-wall hilarity. From Cooper Flagg dominating Rookie of the Year and “Best Player in Five Years” votes, to the Mavericks being labeled the second most unpredictable team in the league, the crew breaks it all down with their signature mix of sports savvy and comedic chaos.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Ben and Skin Show ninety some one point one The Eagle.
I'm gonna do it. I'm gonna give away these nine
inch Nails tickets right now. Do it. You have to
have the iHeart app. There's a talkback feature. The first
person to leave their name, their phone number, their email
address and can tell us which very popular female led
band is gonna headline the Sphere in May. Christina just
(00:23):
told you. If you were listening, you know, the first
person that can tell us you're gonna win nine Inch
Nails ticket show. Nine Inch Nails needs to go play
the Sphere. Oh my god with their visuals. Dong's out
for Harambe, you know what I mean. So anyways, first
person that can tell us name, phone number, email address
and who's headlining the Sphere in May Christina just told
(00:44):
you you'll win the tickets. All right, there's a huge
debate in the world of food. We're gonna settle it
coming up here at four thirty. But right now it's
time for this.
Speaker 2 (00:54):
Now go around the sports k tds all the sports.
Every year NBA GM Survey Love. This comes out about
a week for the season starts. Yep, and uh, a
lot of a few MAVs things, we should should it there?
Speaker 1 (01:13):
Where? Do you think have you seen this? By the way,
I've uh, yeah, yes I have, but I didn't. I
saw an overview of it, so I didn't go in
and look at everything. What do you think they have
the MAVs finishing in the Western Conference? Okay, I'll just
say that I did see this, and I'll say that
I don't have a problem with it, and I'll tell
you why after you tell the peoples, Christina, do you
want to guess where the gms of the NBA think
(01:34):
the Mavericks will finish in the West. May keep in
mind one through eight, No one through six makes the playoffs,
and then seven through ten makes the play in tournament,
which means that you know, you play one game and
if you win, so they'll eventually have eight seeds after
the little playing. Okay, so let's go eight. Then that's correct.
(01:55):
Whoa really why she's a basketball expert on the benness,
I've always said it with it's going to be a
little That's the number one reason. We'll say. There was
a couple votes per second and a couple of votes
for fourth. Okay, now here's what I think. I think
that it's it's a lot like the last few years.
I think if Kyrie Irving was healthy, I think the
(02:16):
Mavericks are a top four team, and I mean healthy
for the whole year. I agree. I think what's gonna
happen is they will hang in and you know, when
you say eight, I think the difference in four to
eight will maybe be two games, probably one, Like that's
how congested it's going to be in the West. And
I think the difference in one through three I don't think.
(02:37):
I don't think Oklahoma City is gonna run away with
it like they did last year. Yeah, okay, but I
still think they're the best team in the West. Sure.
And I think man get ready for the reemergence of
the Denver Nuggets. And I actually think the biggest Like
I understand why someone would say the Mavericks could be
second and someone's like they're going to miss the playoffs
because of the Carrie thing. I think the other team
(02:58):
that's really difficult spin down and they could be the
second team or they could be the eighth team is
the Houston Rockets. I'm adding Kevin Durant. Let's just say
which next one, which player acquisition makes the biggest impact,
Kevin Durant, number one, number two, Desmond Bane going to
Orlando but also receiving votes. Cooper flag, Cooper flag, It's great.
(03:19):
Let me also say this about Desmond Bane. I know
that no one listening right now cares about the Eastern Conference,
but I do because that team is coached by very
good friend of the show, Jamal Moseley, the most loved
man in sports. If you know him, you love him.
I saw him at Dirk's of It and I said,
get ready to be a top four seed. Dude. You
you guys getting Desmond bine and getting Bancaro healthy, they
(03:43):
if they will be a top four seed great in
the East watch it. Mark my words with Boston and
Indiana tumbling, man, I think Orlando is going to be dope.
Our East Coast team. That's our East Coast team. We're
repping the magic this year. Okay, Florida, I'm in all right?
Who will win Rookie of the Year flag in a
runaway seven percent of the votes?
Speaker 2 (04:03):
Ninety seven per I mean, are there any There's no
one even close to him right that could be a contender.
Speaker 1 (04:10):
I think the one thing that I would say is
I'm very interested. What happens with Dylan Harper? And nope,
he was not second? Was it the Baylor kid? What's
his name? V? Edgecumbe? Yeah, and so another reason why
someone might think that he's gonna play. So Philly is
(04:31):
another team that's impossible to predict. If Philly ended up
being three in the East, I wouldn't be surprised. If
they were bad like last year, I wouldn't be surprised.
What's of injuries? Which rookie will be the best player
in five years? Cooper Flagg? I bet it's one hundred percent,
ninety three percent? Who else got votes? V? J Edgecombe
and Dylan Harper? Okay, it's exciting for us, Oh my god,
(04:52):
it's so exciting. Who was the best interior defender in
the NBA? Victor wembin Yama? And I would also say
he might be the best perimeter defender in the NBA
because he's so effing long and moved so well, that's
what someone wants in their sex life, someone that long.
Speaker 2 (05:12):
Well, yeah, Rudy Goobar ten percent. But also receiving votes
are good friend Anthony Davis.
Speaker 1 (05:19):
Oh good, Anthony Davis is a defensive monster. So this
was the thing Everyone's like, why does he want to
play power forward? Understand and play center. It's like when
Anthony Davis has a shot blocker behind him, it's like
Dion Sanders taking away half the floor. So here's the thing.
(05:41):
Last year, Oklahoma City was a borderline historic defensive team.
They were that good. I'm not being mav raw raw man.
I think the Mavericks can be better defensively than the
Oklahoma City I really do. Exciting but again, yeah, sure
they gotta stay healthy. Which team's levels success is toughest
(06:01):
to predict? The Dallas Mavericks. Number two. Okay, everyone in Philadelphia,
like you said, which player is the best pure shooter?
Oh my god, Steph yeah number two. Klay Thompson. All right,
we still have Clay. Okay. I think the biggest thing
kids got to figure out is if he wants to
start Clay or not?
Speaker 2 (06:21):
Yeah, I probably, I mean Clay wants him to wants
to start. I would imagine, oh yeah, that's the problem.
But but okay, think about the problem now.
Speaker 1 (06:28):
If you because you got to have a playmaker, Clays
not a playmaker. If you started d Low and you
started PJ. Washington Junior with Cooper Flag as your two
and your three, and you had Derek Lively and Anthony
Davis behind them, nobody would score on you. And then
on top of that, if you bring Daniel Gafford and
Clay Thompson together off the bench with whatever playmaker you want,
(06:52):
they're gonna run ass. They are gonna run ass, like, dude,
that is a really good backup group. And do you
know who else is gonna be on the floor with them?
Naji Marshall, Oh my god, Like, let's talk about that
second unit for a minute. That's running ass. That's running ass, dude.
And then Kyrie comes back there, and then Dillo is
(07:13):
on the second unit with Clay and jun Effort and
Naji Marshall, you know what you're doing. You're running ass.
Christina the Dallas Mavericks. Yep, that's a good exclamation point
to that segment. All right, it's the Bene Skin Show.
It is ninety seven point one. The Eagle coming up next.
We settle a food debate that has been raging, and
we do it right here on the
Ben and Skin Show ninety some one point one The Eagle.
I'm gonna do it. I'm gonna give away these nine
inch Nails tickets right now. Do it. You have to
have the iHeart app. There's a talkback feature. The first
person to leave their name, their phone number, their email
address and can tell us which very popular female led
band is gonna headline the Sphere in May. Christina just
(00:23):
told you. If you were listening, you know, the first
person that can tell us you're gonna win nine Inch
Nails ticket show. Nine Inch Nails needs to go play
the Sphere. Oh my god with their visuals. Dong's out
for Harambe, you know what I mean. So anyways, first
person that can tell us name, phone number, email address
and who's headlining the Sphere in May Christina just told
(00:44):
you you'll win the tickets. All right, there's a huge
debate in the world of food. We're gonna settle it
coming up here at four thirty. But right now it's
time for this.
Speaker 2 (00:54):
Now go around the sports k tds all the sports.
Every year NBA GM Survey Love. This comes out about
a week for the season starts. Yep, and uh, a
lot of a few MAVs things, we should should it there?
Speaker 1 (01:13):
Where? Do you think have you seen this? By the way,
I've uh, yeah, yes I have, but I didn't. I
saw an overview of it, so I didn't go in
and look at everything. What do you think they have
the MAVs finishing in the Western Conference? Okay, I'll just
say that I did see this, and I'll say that
I don't have a problem with it, and I'll tell
you why after you tell the peoples, Christina, do you
want to guess where the gms of the NBA think
(01:34):
the Mavericks will finish in the West. May keep in
mind one through eight, No one through six makes the playoffs,
and then seven through ten makes the play in tournament,
which means that you know, you play one game and
if you win, so they'll eventually have eight seeds after
the little playing. Okay, so let's go eight. Then that's correct.
(01:55):
Whoa really why she's a basketball expert on the benness,
I've always said it with it's going to be a
little That's the number one reason. We'll say. There was
a couple votes per second and a couple of votes
for fourth. Okay, now here's what I think. I think
that it's it's a lot like the last few years.
I think if Kyrie Irving was healthy, I think the
(02:16):
Mavericks are a top four team, and I mean healthy
for the whole year. I agree. I think what's gonna
happen is they will hang in and you know, when
you say eight, I think the difference in four to
eight will maybe be two games, probably one, Like that's
how congested it's going to be in the West. And
I think the difference in one through three I don't think.
(02:37):
I don't think Oklahoma City is gonna run away with
it like they did last year. Yeah, okay, but I
still think they're the best team in the West. Sure.
And I think man get ready for the reemergence of
the Denver Nuggets. And I actually think the biggest Like
I understand why someone would say the Mavericks could be
second and someone's like they're going to miss the playoffs
because of the Carrie thing. I think the other team
(02:58):
that's really difficult spin down and they could be the
second team or they could be the eighth team is
the Houston Rockets. I'm adding Kevin Durant. Let's just say
which next one, which player acquisition makes the biggest impact,
Kevin Durant, number one, number two, Desmond Bane going to
Orlando but also receiving votes. Cooper flag, Cooper flag, It's great.
(03:19):
Let me also say this about Desmond Bane. I know
that no one listening right now cares about the Eastern Conference,
but I do because that team is coached by very
good friend of the show, Jamal Moseley, the most loved
man in sports. If you know him, you love him.
I saw him at Dirk's of It and I said,
get ready to be a top four seed. Dude. You
you guys getting Desmond bine and getting Bancaro healthy, they
(03:43):
if they will be a top four seed great in
the East watch it. Mark my words with Boston and
Indiana tumbling, man, I think Orlando is going to be dope.
Our East Coast team. That's our East Coast team. We're
repping the magic this year. Okay, Florida, I'm in all right?
Who will win Rookie of the Year flag in a
runaway seven percent of the votes?
Speaker 2 (04:03):
Ninety seven per I mean, are there any There's no
one even close to him right that could be a contender.
Speaker 1 (04:10):
I think the one thing that I would say is
I'm very interested. What happens with Dylan Harper? And nope,
he was not second? Was it the Baylor kid? What's
his name? V? Edgecumbe? Yeah, and so another reason why
someone might think that he's gonna play. So Philly is
(04:31):
another team that's impossible to predict. If Philly ended up
being three in the East, I wouldn't be surprised. If
they were bad like last year, I wouldn't be surprised.
What's of injuries? Which rookie will be the best player
in five years? Cooper Flagg? I bet it's one hundred percent,
ninety three percent? Who else got votes? V? J Edgecombe
and Dylan Harper? Okay, it's exciting for us, Oh my god,
(04:52):
it's so exciting. Who was the best interior defender in
the NBA? Victor wembin Yama? And I would also say
he might be the best perimeter defender in the NBA
because he's so effing long and moved so well, that's
what someone wants in their sex life, someone that long.
Speaker 2 (05:12):
Well, yeah, Rudy Goobar ten percent. But also receiving votes
are good friend Anthony Davis.
Speaker 1 (05:19):
Oh good, Anthony Davis is a defensive monster. So this
was the thing Everyone's like, why does he want to
play power forward? Understand and play center. It's like when
Anthony Davis has a shot blocker behind him, it's like
Dion Sanders taking away half the floor. So here's the thing.
(05:41):
Last year, Oklahoma City was a borderline historic defensive team.
They were that good. I'm not being mav raw raw man.
I think the Mavericks can be better defensively than the
Oklahoma City I really do. Exciting but again, yeah, sure
they gotta stay healthy. Which team's levels success is toughest
(06:01):
to predict? The Dallas Mavericks. Number two. Okay, everyone in Philadelphia,
like you said, which player is the best pure shooter?
Oh my god, Steph yeah number two. Klay Thompson. All right,
we still have Clay. Okay. I think the biggest thing
kids got to figure out is if he wants to
start Clay or not?
Speaker 2 (06:21):
Yeah, I probably, I mean Clay wants him to wants
to start. I would imagine, oh yeah, that's the problem.
But but okay, think about the problem now.
Speaker 1 (06:28):
If you because you got to have a playmaker, Clays
not a playmaker. If you started d Low and you
started PJ. Washington Junior with Cooper Flag as your two
and your three, and you had Derek Lively and Anthony
Davis behind them, nobody would score on you. And then
on top of that, if you bring Daniel Gafford and
Clay Thompson together off the bench with whatever playmaker you want,
(06:52):
they're gonna run ass. They are gonna run ass, like, dude,
that is a really good backup group. And do you
know who else is gonna be on the floor with them?
Naji Marshall, Oh my god, Like, let's talk about that
second unit for a minute. That's running ass. That's running ass, dude.
And then Kyrie comes back there, and then Dillo is
(07:13):
on the second unit with Clay and jun Effort and
Naji Marshall, you know what you're doing. You're running ass.
Christina the Dallas Mavericks. Yep, that's a good exclamation point
to that segment. All right, it's the Bene Skin Show.
It is ninety seven point one. The Eagle coming up next.
We settle a food debate that has been raging, and
we do it right here on the
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