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Hello and welcome.

It's our number four, our number four of our radio program.

We do something a little different.

Now, it's technically about the NBA draft,

but it's more about human nature and how human beings are wired.

So the Detroit Pistons are on the clock.

They've got the number one pick in the NBA draft,

which is later this month.

And we have learned now that the Pistons are questioning the people they are drafting or considering

drafting if they make their own bed in the morning.

We absolutely love this, and I'm going to explain why.

These are the kind of stories that make me enjoy the draft.

I normally hate all drafts, but this is one I like.

This is the kind of story that I need more of.

I really need more of it.

I'll explain that and a whole lot more.

It's coming your way right now in hour number four.

Think of it as a bedtime story.

Welcome in the beginning of another hour, the Ben-Mallor show.

We are in the air everywhere as we have the Monchies, coast to coast, border, border, and beyond

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