Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, children of all ages, welcome to Casual Friday.

I'm Sean for W and it's good to be with you again as we inch closer and closer and closer

to basketball games that actually counts.

But until we get to that point, we have to fill the time and we have to fill these airwaves

with content for you all.

And we have an exciting show for you today.

But first, before we get into what we're going to discuss, let me introduce the crew, starting

to my left on the screen, which is your right. That is the man who I've now called

Optimus Mensa. Mensa, how are you doing? And how are the vibes? The vibes are back. Well,

not quite back, but the vibes are loading, is what I'll say. I'm doing great. I'm happy to be here

for this, for this episode of

Casual Friday and just ready to, you know, get my scathing hot takes out as usual. So without

further ado, man, that's all you got for me until we get into the, the topic du jour, I should say.

Absolutely, absolutely. And joining me as he always does on Casual Friday, well, with Mentso is the man, the myth, the data, the data man, XJ.

XJ, how are the vibes?

The vibes are incredible right now.

We're almost here, guys, the season is almost here.

No more dumb offseason trade ideas and narratives and

terrible ranking lists. No more Jericho Sims at the four. Well, I mean, that's not true.

We might get Jericho's in that before. But at least we won't be speculating about it.

We'll be just talking about it and reacting to it actually happening.

I can't wait to get into real games that count.

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