And now the Loose House.

Welcome to the Loose Podcast live on a sunny afternoon in beautiful Memphis, Tennessee,

where I have just arrived for a week of ESPN Grismania.

There are only 10 to 12 games depending on the team left in the NBA season.

Somehow that happened, which means it's almost awards time.

AKA agents yelling at you time, AKA turn off your phone time, and the most interesting

set of awards every year are the three all NBA teams.

And maybe the most prestigious other than most valuable player.

And to help us go through the debates, the dilemmas, the preliminary broad strokes discussion

of this not to make final picks, not to put anything in pen.

For the first time in a long time, one of my favorite guests, one of the people's favorite

guests, ESPN's Kevin Ardivitz, how are you?

I'm well, how are you?

Always well.

I'm not as well as you or as good as you or whatever the phrasing is because I'm just

not.

But all NBA times here, can you believe it?

The season's almost over.

We got playoff races, galore.

The Lakers are in 10th.

The Warriors might drop to 4th or 5th.

The East is in flux.

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