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Welcome back to yet another episode and today is a fun one.

You've seen the episode title, you know what it is.

Nate Duncan is here and we are going to discuss in some form or another we have no plan

it's my favorite type of podcast the best players in the NBA today.

Nate how you doing? I'm doing great man, although I think we both just needed to recharge

from doing podcasts together for a while after doing it for like every day on the most depressing

subject of digital for a while.

But I'm ready to talk about trivialities here.

You're ready to speak with me again after having to hang out with me three or four days a week every morning on the worst topic ever?

I don't know honestly I felt like you were avoiding me a little bit more but that's okay.

I well you that's not you that's basketball but I know I just needed a huge I don't think it's a secret I needed a recharge that that stretch from the beginning of the season to the pause to the bubble to the next season compressed like I don't even know how you did it you you continue to truck on but I was like Andy

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