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Welcome to the Athletic MBA show.

On the Athletic Podcast Network.

From the Golden Gate to the New York Bay.

What I have access to is a bit different than the public.

We're with you.

Welcome to tampering.

We're this beautiful game of basketball that we all love and talk about every single day.

Sam's and Anthony Slater and Fred Katz. To be able to bring people together. Reportedly at the center of an NBA investigation into tampering accusation. And the message to... Decutant in the league. Stop talking about players on other teams. What did I do? The charges filed... Impromissible contact. What's right or wrong? Tampering charges are really difficult to prove. You know me? I'm talking about. Can't he mention Deans anymore? Ask me what I like to play with Cameron to rain. Try all your one with the tampering. They're always ahead of the world. Is that right your side? You know, I'm going to tamper with the guy. I didn't tamper. I'll just tell you what happened.

Here's your host, Sam Amick.

Hello and welcome to the tampering podcast, part of the AthleticNBA Show Network.

I'm Sam Amick, NBA National Writer at the Athletic here with yet another trade deadline season pod. We're to make the rounds talk about the latest buzz and action on that front kind of slow to this point but still plenty

to talk about talk about the goings on around the league we have as always on the west coast

anthony slater on the east coast fred cats and also on the east the East Coast, the one, the only, Milwaukee Bucks extraordinaire slash beatwriter, Eric Name. What's up, sir? I think I'm technically in the middle. I wouldn't call myself an East Coast. Bro, I'm like, I'm a Westcoaster. You're all just over there. That's all the day. Fair. Okay. Fair enough. Are you home right now? Are you in the actual city of Milwaukee? Yeah. No, I'm in Milwaukee right now. A little, little homestand before I come out west and maybe join you guys in L.A. I don't know. Are you coming through for the LeBron, like whole hoopla? Scoring record. Yeah. Listen to the tone. You guys hear the tone and names voice like, ah, the LeBron, hoopla, all that rigamarole. Yeah. Listen to the tone. You guys hear the tone and names voice like,

ah, the LeBron hoopla, all that rigamarole.

I mean, you're in it.

I'm not in it.

Like, I can see it going on.

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