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NBA Tip-Off is a week away! With that, Howard and Raja break out the “Realness Scale” to rank some of the most notable preseason storylines and quotes to see how REAL they are, 1 being “fraudulent” and 5 being the “realest of the real” (08:30). After, producer Kerm hops on to answer some of your mailbag questions (51:00) and they end off with their Real One of the Week (1:06:00)!

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Hosts: Howard Beck and Raja Bell
Producers: Jonathan Kermah and Eduardo Ocampo
Additional Production Supervision: Ben Cruz
 

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Howard Beck got his basketball education covering the Shaq-and-Kobe Lakers for the L.A. Daily News starting in 1997, and has been writing and reporting about the NBA ever since. He’s also covered the league for The New York Times, Bleacher Report, and Sports Illustrated. He’s a co-host of ‘The Real Ones.’

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