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Hello and welcome the Hooke Collective podcast.

We talk about the NBA, which we're doing on Tuesday afternoon, NBA opening day afternoon.

Joining me from Naples, Florida, I am now aware that this is his 31st NBA season.

It doesn't look like a day over 28, Bobby Martin.

Hello, gentlemen. How are we doing? Another year, another storylines that will come out of this year.

We don't know what storylines those will be. Joining us from New York City, where he'll be going to

the Cavs and Knicks on Wednesday night for that big opener is our man Vinnie Goodwell. What's up,

Vince? That's nice. Season 15, I think. I think 15. If you're counting my years as a features

writer for magazines, 18. Well, you got to count everything. Yeah. I'm counting my internship year.

You got me. We will be joined by 18. Oh, you got to count everything. Yeah. 18. My internship year.

You got me.

We will be joined by Jared Allen from the Cleveland Caves a little bit later in the

podcast.

I am coming to you from Los Angeles or I am for opening week.

And I kind of stumbled into national news getting to Los Angeles,

and I feel like I should just tell the story real quick,

because I was quoted in the New York Times today about it with Mr. Winhurst.

It's never a good thing when you're quoted mist as mister.

That's what I learned.

So yesterday, I boarded my standard flight from Omaha to L.A.

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