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Hello and welcome.

It's our number three, hour number three of the Ben Mather Show.

It's a basketball hour.

Big story over the last couple days about about the Clippers organization, and they are

being blamed for giving star treatment to Kauai Leonard and Paul George.

But in reality, those guys are ultimately to blame for the Houdini Act, and we will explain

why the story was bubkis.

It was nothing.

And it was after the fact reporting.

That and more coming up.

We have lame jokes of the week here in hour number three.

Don't forget the fifth hour podcast with Rob Parker.

That's available for download today.

Benny versus the penny as well.

A lot of content.

That'll be tonight at 6 o'clock Eastern.

Follow me on social media to find out where you can watch that.

But here is a compelling look at the clipper ship.

You got to clip it shut is what you got to do.

That's your mouth.

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