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Welcome to tampering.

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Sam Sam, Anthony Slater, and Fred Katz. To be able to bring people together. You made it the confidentiality. Affordedly at the center of an NBA investigation into tampering accusation. And the message to the executive in the league is not talking about players on other teams. What did I do? The charges filed impermissible contact.

What's right or wrong?

Tampering charges are really difficult to prove. You know me, I talk. It's kind of 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 ring. They're always ahead of the rules. Is that right your side? Hey, baby. Here's your host, Sam, Amber with the guy.

I didn't tamper.

Just tell you what happened.

Here's your host, Sam, Amy. Is that wrong your side? I'm in on the have tamper with the guy. I didn't tell you what happened.

Here's your host, Sam Amick.

Hello and welcome to the tampering podcast.

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I'm Sam Amick, NBA National Rider at the Athletic here deep in the regular season with our guys. Fred Katz out east, Anthony Slater, out west. We're going to get into it like always, gentlemen, looking good. What's going on, fellas? Nata. It says this is the, and maybe people are listening to this afterwards, and they're listening to it on Election Day where there'll be no NBA games. But how about the way the NBA laid out this Monday schedule? It's all 30 teams playing 15 games, nobody tipping at the same time. It's just every 15 minutes, there will be a tip-off from 7 Eastern to what, like 10.30 p.m. Eastern. It's a little stressful, Fred. I'm not going to lie. We joke about, you know, how you love being organized. Sometimes I'm

not organized enough, but I have a little OCD as well. You know, trying to keep track of every

game in 15 minute staggered increments. You know, I feel like Steve Kerr trying to finish or figure

out his rotations here, buddy. Should should, wow, Steve Kerr catching a stray. Should Jared Greenberg get a shout out, right? He's doing like the Red Zone style crunch time. What are they calling it? Yeah. Crunch time. I was, I was going to say it is, it is perfect for a Red Zone situation. We'll get on the NBA app tonight. I mean, I'm not trying to give free pub. I was going to say, Jacinda Ortiz from the NBA's PR office is loving this podcast right now, Slater.

The one thing I will say is I would like for that to succeed because I would like that to be

like a nightly option when, you know, you're flipping around the games. I'd rather the,

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