Hello and welcome to the game theory podcast.

I'm your host Sam Vassini.

We're presented by The Athletic today on the show.

Matthew Penny is in the building.

It is the day before the 2021 NBA draft.

We are what, like 24 hours away, right, Matt?

Under. We're officially under at the time of this recording.

Oh, boy, I am, I'm ready for this process to be done. I'm not going to lie to you guys.

I'm tired. It's been two years, like, nonstop of draft content, nonstop of draft everything. And it's, you know, it's a long time, right, Matt?

You've done the work. We've done the work. We've talked about it ad nauseum. I just, I tweeted

about my wife and I had a conversation downstairs and she couldn't believe that the day is

finally here. We've talked about it so much at length about prospects we like. We don't like guys

have fallen, have risen, and tomorrow it actually happens. And it comes to fruition of the hot

takes we've generated here for the last calendar year. How much osmosis, like in terms of draft

prospects, has occurred with your wife.

Like, how much does she know about the NBA draft now?

Because, like, Laura, like, knows who Cade Cunningham is now.

Yeah, Cade's up there.

She knows the All-Star team.

She'll say sometimes, like, who's the Oaringan guy that's old?

I'm like, I get it, Chris Duarte, okay?

We're close.

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