Hello and welcome to the Hoop Collective podcast.

We talk about the NBA, which we're doing on Thursday afternoon, or in morning in some cases, joining us from Naples, Florida.

Before I think he's going to be joining me in L.A. for a long stretch is our front office man, Bobby Marks.

Hello, Brian, and a very happy birthday to you, my friend. Oh, yes. I'm celebrating it with a podcast. What with you other way? I'm celebrating my gift to myself is not having Bontem's McMahon. Joining us from Seattle, the machine, Kevin Peltin. Happy birthday, Brian. I think we'll spare you the scene of happy birthday from Bobby. Thank you very much. Just consider it done. Bobby, before we go on, I was supposed to mention this last time you're on and I just forgot it was my fault. You have got something interesting happening and I want to promote it right now coming up over All Star Week in L.A. Well, you're not the only one who forgets. Every time I do a YouTube video, I'm supposed to mention it in there.

I think I'm 0 for 5.

So at least we're kind of getting it in right before we get going in here.

Yeah, no, that's why you said we're going to probably see each other for a while.

I am in besides the trade deadline next week, I will be in L.A.

The following week during All-Star Week, we were running sports business classroom, the same program that we did in Las Vegas during

the summer, a week of intensive experiences, learning, everything from salary cap to

scouting video analytics, media broadcasting, agent negotiations here. But we have a full

week of curriculum right in downtown L.A. You've done this in Vegas for a couple years.

Have you had any graduates go on to NBA jobs?

I have.

I've actually had some graduates also.

I had a real quick, a lady two years ago who was actually a district attorney in Dallas

who was thinking of making a career change.

And she did.

She wound up becoming an agent and she got, and I helped her with the process,

and now she represents college football players in the portal.

And the funny story is that two weeks ago, she reached out to me because she had three players

who were going through the portal and wanted to see if somehow ESPN could publicize

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