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Welcome to the Athletic MBA show.

On the Athletic Podcast Network.

From the Golden Gate to the New York Bay.

What I have access to is a bit different than the public.

We're with you.

Welcome to tampering.

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

Sam's and Anthony Slater and Fred Katz. To be able to bring people together. We made it in confidentiality. Portedly at the center of an NBA investigation into tampering accusation. And the message to... Decutant in the league. Stop talking about players on other teams. What did I do? The charges filed... Impromissible contact. What's right or wrong? Tampering charges are really difficult to prove. You know me? I talk. It's awkward to even talk about. Can he mention Deans anymore? Ask me what I like to play with Cameron to Graham. Try all your one with the tampering. They're always ahead of the world. Is that right? Your son? I didn't tamper. I'll just tell you what happened.

Here's your host, Sam Amick.

Hello and welcome to the tampering podcast, part of the Athletic NBA Show Network.

I'm Sam Amick, NBA National Writer at the Athletic.

Here, as always, with one of our two usual suspects, Anthony Slater, is out west. But we got another dude on the show, who we always love having on. The great Will Gillery coming out at New Orleans. What's up, my friend? How are you? I'm doing well, man. I appreciate y'all for having me on. I always enjoy podding with two of my favorite guys at the Athletic. and Schcht, I'll throw you in there, too. That makes three of my favorite guys at the athletic. So this is going to be a fun one for me. Appreciate you, man. Super producer Andrew Schlecht is behind the scenes, as always, at piano practice, being a good dad like he tends to be. So today's show, guys, we are deep into the regular season. You know, the games are real, the action is real. Will, we're going to get into this. Your Pelicans, we are all ready to talk about the 3-0 Pelicans who look like world beaters and title contenders. And that might ultimately prove to be the case. But, you know, next thing you know, we're talking injury reports and losses. And so we are going to dissect Will Gilleries, New Orleans Pelicans, not Zion

Williamson's, not Brandon Ingrams. These are Will Gilleries pelicans, but also Slater,

at your behest and also Mr. Schlect, we want to go around the league and basically have, you know,

kind of the question of do we believe what we are seeing as it relates to a number of surprising

storylines, the ones that I'm locked in on to give you a quick sneak preview. The Jazz,

3 and 0, the Sixers, O and 3, the Blazers, three-o, the Celtics, three-and-oh, the Lakers

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