Hello and welcome to the Hoop Collective Podcast. We talk about the NBA which we are doing on Thursday afternoon

joining us from New York City where it's opening day in

baseball and another exciting season for the New York Mets Tim Bontemps.

It's the one hat I have in my house somewhere in it and it's 48 degrees and raining on what was supposed to be

opening day so March 28th shockingly not baseball season in New York City.

McMahon Texas is only big enough for one of us. I'm in Texas right now, the University of Texas at Austin.

That means you had to get out. Joining us from Oklahoma City, getting out of my way, Ban McMahon.

Howdy, partners, just across the Red River here.

Hey, if we're talking about baseball, those shout out Texas Rangers

defending World Series champions, first time

I've ever been able to say that it's true I

would not have remembered who the champions were you would have had to have reminded me so

and yes and also shout out to the University of Texas here and the Macomb's Business School who's hosting me today and letting me you do my our podcast from here.

All right.

University of Texas will be getting a significant chunk of my money starting next fall.

Congratulations to your daughter who's going to be a Longhorn.

That's right.

It's a Chamber of Commerce Department of Admissions Day here in Austin today.

It's about 78 degrees.

There's not a cloudy sky and campus is very alive.

Just leave it at that.

That's right, Hookum horns. All right, so we had some interesting news that you delivered yesterday, Bon Temps, when you were at the 76ers' Clippers game, which was much sure it was kind of a pillow fight but the Clippers really needed that win and they got it and it was another messy referee situation but beyond that we have some long awaited Joe Allen Bede updates and why don't you tell us what that is and what it all means

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