I'm I think I'm rustier than the players.

How do I normally do this podcast?

I have my thing about my...

Okay, I'm this what we're gonna do.

Binky! Thinking Basketball Podcast, my name is Ben. Welcome back to another season. Are we still in the same season?

I don't know what's going on to help me make sense of it.

A long-time friend of the show, Mr. Steve Jones Jr.

Coming to you from a bunker somewhere in the United States Steve how are you?

I'm doing well good to have you. That's funny you said that though in the intro my wife

literally did not know if this was the same season or the next season.

And so I was trying to explain it to her.

It didn't go so great.

But she's got it now.

I personally don't know if it's the same thing. That's actually one of the questions I wanted to ask you about this restart. First of all, how have you been? Have you been safe and sound? There's like 19 things going on in the world between

the last time we spoke and the last time basketball in the NBA was actually playing

games that counted and today here at the end of July.

I am in Texas so I'm being as responsible as I can, mask, limited going out unless I absolutely need something

wash my hands everything I can to just protect others and just respect others so

I'm good my whole family is good so we're good. The whole family's good, so we're good here.

But yeah, it's a wild world, but I'm glad to be here with you today.

Because it didn't seem like we'd be potting anytime soon.

The potting seemed unlikely.

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