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 with the one, the only co-host,

Warriors Kings, NBA, extraordinary, Anthony Slater. What's up, brother? I'm good. I mean, you're sitting there doing media days. You're getting ready for game one. I just, like, mowed my lawn. I'm making calls. Could you won't mind? You're like 35 minutes from my house. Could you get over there, Slater? I I probably would. I mean, but like there's a price

tag. This isn't just charity. Man, where's friendship? Where is friendship in this? Fair enough.

You know, for the right price. I'll have a discount. But you know, I'm kind of like, I'm already

starting to look at this draft, free agency, you know, it's business time in the league and I've disconnected, especially with no games lately. It's felt like true, true, true. All right, let's, let's dive in, brother. So I'm in Boston. By the way, it looks like we got a guest. We do. I'm going to bring them in. Look at that. Oh, wow. Look at this guy. Shouldn shouldn't shouldn't there be like five other company

names on that backdrop behind it's it's the backdrop you get to have up when you're home and that's

nice nice to cover a finals from your house i remember those days chris mannics i remember those days

this is the legendary Chris Mannix.

And I had to cheat and look at your Twitter account, Chris.

So Sports Illustrated for the folks who are not seeing video, that's Chris's backdrop, very fancy backdrop coming at you.

But of course, NBCS, Boston, you know, the boxing, DASian boxing, volume sports, it goes on.

That's the downside.

The other downside of being at home is like I'm sitting here talking to you guys and in like

an hour I'm going into NBCS Boston to do like three hours of shows.

When are you meeting me on Elstreet?

That's the more important.

I'm trying. We will make El Street happen because I need you to if you're going to be in Boston for a few days,

you've got to go to the L Street Tavern. It is love it, the place to be. Goodwill hunting.

So all the way through. Well, and this guy is not quite as boston famous as mad dame and a ben affleck

but but chris you uh this is your backyard brother and you and i've been doing this thing for a

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