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Hello and welcome to this summer edition of the ringer NBA show.

I am Justin Barrier, and joining me, a man of literally many hats, it is Jay Kyle Man.

What is up buddy?

I'm a necessity, right? I mean, I always say I've just got this big panel on top of my head that I just want to keep protected from the sun, JV.

That's the thing. But yeah, I'm wearing one of my minorly hats today.

You immediately pounced on it and made some joke about, I forget what you said.

You're in the South, right?

It's got sort of a, Deila Smertas kind of vibe thing going.

Megan, I always joke that maybe people accused me of liking the movie Coco.

The Pixar film, which I would, I would not shy away from that at all. But anyway, yeah, a lot of hats.

Trying to kick back and relax a little bit, you know, rest up for the onslaught that's coming.

It's our first real break in a while, really, right? I mean, with the past few seasons, the way they've unfolded.

I know. I kind of don't know what to do with myself. Like, there's so much free time. It's kind of like, you know, when a defensive lineman in football has to be a linebacker all of a sudden.

And then I found like, oh, yeah, to learn how to play in space. I'm like learning how to take a step back and like enjoy free time.

I managed, I took three weeks off. So I'm pretty new back into the swing of things. So I'm still catching up a little bit.

But I played basketball for the first time in maybe three years. And let me tell you my ligaments.

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