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Welcome to tampering.

We're this beautiful game of basketball that we all love and talk about every single day. With Sam Pan.

To be able to bring people together. Portedly at the center of an NBA investigation into tampering accusations. And the message to... Executative in the league. Stop talking about players on other teams. What did I do? The charge is filed. Impermissible contact. Right or wrong? Tampering charges are really difficult to prove.

You know me?

I talk.

It's awkward to even talk about. Can't he mention deans anymore? I ask me, what I like to play with Cameron are? You're trying to one with the camera. They're always ahead of the world. Is that right? Your Honor. Everybody, we know, I have tamper with the guy. I didn't tamper. I'm just telling you what happened.

I'm just telling you what happened.

I'm just telling you what happened.

Hello and welcome. I didn't tell me. I'm just telling you what happened. I'm just telling you what happened. I'm just telling you what happened.

Hello and welcome to the tampering podcast. I'm Sam Amick, NBA National Writer here as always. Today on the pod, we are diving into all things Lakers, all things warriors, all things playing tournament. We got some chaos going on in the Western Conference.

We got two guys here who are the experts on both fronts. Bill Orum, rep in L.A., my friend, you got sunglasses on today, William. What is the story here? You know, listen, it's a podcast, not a video cast that people didn't need to know that I'm wearing sunglasses. But because I'm on a Zoom with you, I was playing it for laughs. But now we have to

like, we have to let everybody else in on, on, on the, on the on the on the things that I happen

to think are funny, which everyone else will just think what a loser. So thank you, Sam.

Appreciate. Appreciate us starting it off on that. That was, that was the worst delivery of like,

I said it, put it on the T for you. It was good off-camera humor.

You had a great line before we jumped on about how the Lakers. Would you like me to say it again? Would you like me to say it again? No, I'm just going to steal your material. If you're going to shrink like a violet one, I put you on stage, man, that's not your style. You put me on blast. All right, fair enough. You do look like a guy out of, you know,

kind of leaving Las Vegas or something, a little Nick Cage vibe, looked like you had a rough night, got the hat, got the scruffy beard. I'm always happy to see you, Bill. We also have

Anthony Slater, Warriors extraordinaire. And once upon a time, kind of like, you know,

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