# Ep. 1142: MSU basketball with or without Jeremy Fears; and Omari Sankofa on the Pistons' future

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Podcast: [Couch and The Rube](https://stenobird.com/podcast/couch-and-the-rube-780757)
Published: 2026-05-20T18:18:30+00:00
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Duration seconds: 3783

## Resource

Off the top, we dug into the Jeremy Fears Jr. NBA decision, the discourse around it and what MSU might look like without him. Then a conversation with Detroit Free Press Pistons' writer Omari Sankofa on the Pistons' future and the decisions ahead with Jalen Duren and Ausar Thompson (21:30). Plus, a discussion on the state of sports media(50:00).

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