And now the low post.

Welcome to the low post podcast on a summer Friday morning in late July where the NBA should be reaching its doldrums, but social media just remains a firestorm of cryptic Instagram posts of superstars falling for fake tweets and then amping up detention with other

NBA players. It's a great time in the NBA and it's a great time to talk to Sports Illustrated's

Chris Herring, author of the bestselling blood in the garden. How are you, sir? Good, Zach. It's been a

minute. How are you? I'm good. I'm good. The homework assignment for both of us was, okay, stuff died down a little bit.

Let's pick five intriguing fits for next season or intriguing maybe they could or could not happen fits and all the implications of those now that all the activity has happened, more most of the

activity has happened, um, and go from there. And I wanted to start with James Hardin, because

James Hardin remains in the news. Chris, every time I do this podcast, I have to get out of my

comfortable chair because it squeaks when I move it around

and bring in a wooden chair that is uncomfortable because it does not move and it's wooden

and it's hard but it doesn't make sound.

And so I am uncomfortable.

I have gotten uncomfortable.

Are you uncomfortable?

Because the Philadelphia 76 is with Daryl

Mory dating back to the Rockets times. And now James Harden hopping on Instagram and saying he's ready

to get uncomfortable. I just now they've ruined the word for me. I don't even, I never like the

word uncomfortable to begin with. But now they've ruined the word. Everyone's ready to get

uncomfortable. And so we have to talk've ruined the word. Everyone's ready to get uncomfortable.

And so we have to talk about James Hardin.

And a question that really hasn't been talked about much is the only team that has, I think,

engaged on any real level with the Philadelphia 76ers since James Hardin, for some reason opted in to $35 million of reasons,

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