Atlanta Hawks GM Wes Wilcox and Tim Bontemps of the Washington Post

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🗓️ 19 July 2016

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Atlanta Hawks GM Wes Wilcox and Tim Bontemps of the Washington Post join The Vertical this week. Wilcox joined Mannix to discuss the Hawks offseason moves. Wes dives into the decision to sign Dwight Howard and what it was like when he found out Al Horfor Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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0:00.0	Thanks for tuning in to another episode of The Vertical Podcast with Chris Mannix, and I think you're really going to like the show today.
0:09.4	We're at the Las Vegas Summer League this week, where we catch up with West Wilcox, the general manager of the Atlanta Hawks,
0:15.2	who takes us behind the controversial decision to sign Dwight Howard, Tim Bond tempts with Washington Post stops by,
0:22.6	and we discussed what we saw from number one pick Ben Simmons and other Summer League surprises.
0:25.6	That's next on the Vertical Podcast with Chris Manix.
0:30.7	Yahoo Sports presents the vertical podcast with Chris Manix, powered by digital media.
0:38.7	Find your voice.
0:40.4	And now, your host, Chris Mannix.
0:45.2	Welcome back, another episode of the Vertical Podcast with Chris Mannix.
0:49.0	We are here on the concourse of the Thomas and Max Center, NBA Summer League.
0:53.5	And I'm joined by a guy,
0:55.0	maybe one of the few guys in the NBA, who has more Marriott points than I do.
1:00.1	Wes Wilcox, the general manager and former advanced scout.
1:04.2	General Manager Atlanta Hawks, former Advanced Scout for many different teams here.
1:08.0	Do you have, how many Marriottes at one point did you have? You know, I don't know.
1:12.5	I definitely, there was a point where I wanted to get over a million. And I think I did, but then I
1:17.0	realized that might actually be a negative and not a positive. But the one thing I will say about
1:23.4	Marriott is I like to say, you know, I'm going to be the one percent of the one
1:28.9	percent in one thing and one thing only and I don't know this to be true of
1:32.3	course but I hit lifetime platinum at Marriott at 33 years old and so
1:39.3	that basically means ten consecutive years of platinum status and so so I venture to guess that, you know,
1:47.8	that's my 1% of the 1%. So you're like George Clooney up in the air of, of Matt. Did you have like
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