Mac Jones is ripped. Matt Patricia is calling plays.

The Celtics are title favorites. And the ringer has a new Boston show.

Umbriam Barrett hosts off the pike. The show covering all things Boston sports.

Olive shows multiple times a week covering your favorite teams and with your favorite

ringer and local guests. Plus maybe Bill will stop by to rant about the socks.

Follow off the pike with me Brian Barrett now on Spotify.

Hello and welcome to Group Chat. I am Justin Barrier joining me as always.

Rob Mahoney, one week of NBA basketball is in the books. Rob, how's it feeling?

I've got thoughts. I've got notes. I'm being studious over here. I'm trying to get back into it.

Slowly but surely we are getting back into regular season form.

I gotta say I think this is the most exciting time of the year for the NBA.

Like everyone has their specific holidays that they like.

I think this first opening weekend where I just sit in my apartment, do nothing but watch low level like Spurs versus Utah type of games is really where I thrive.

Those are some of the best teams in the league right now.

That's true. So you watch it with the low level.

It's true. It's true. We're going to go over all of that stuff today because we have a little addition of Group Chat show and tell.

We're going to call this the first week orientation. So what we did is we asked all of our participants to come with two or three things that really stuck out over this first week of the 2022-23 season.

Why don't you start because you're going to lead off with the best team currently in the NBA.

Yeah, I want to start with Dame Lillard and the Portland Trail Lasers. But mainly Dame because you know the rumors of his demise were greatly exaggerated.

Honestly, he was dealing with some nagging injuries.

Not just last year but the year before as well.

And he finally took the time last year to just take off and heal.

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