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in this hour dedicated to Pro Bouncy Ball.

A story that I thought was satire when I first heard about it.

The Rockets owner says we're retiring James Hardin's number 13.

Simple question, is this a good call or a bad call?

We'll start the hour off with a Mallor

monologue. It's coming your way right now. Here it is. Hour number one. You might want to

think about that a little bit more, just a wee bit more. Just a wee bit more. Welcome in the beginning of the Ben Mather Show.

We are in the air everywhere as we philosophize coast to coast, border to border,

and beyond the vast and powerful microphones of FSR emanating live from deep inside the magic radio box.

So it's very straightforward here.

It's kind of obvious what the story that caught my attention was.

It comes out of the NBA, big old bad NBA.

Now, we'll get to the games of the night on Tuesday,

but we begin with sucking up to a turncoat.

That's right.

Our lead this hour coming from Pro Bouncy Ball.

The showcase game in the NBA this week is on Wednesday night in Houston.

Brooklyn is in the house for a midweek slobber knocker.

Now, you say slobner knocker, the Rockets are not only an NBA team, they're terrible.

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