Hello, welcome to the Hoop Collective podcast.

We talk about the NBA, which we're doing on Tuesday afternoon,

joining us from Xfinity Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,

where the 76ers are playing the San Antonio Spurs on Tuesday night.

Game hasn't happened yet. You guys are all smarter than us. Watching and listening is Timbottems. Hello, everybody. The end of the rodeo road trip for the Spurs. I think the last time they played in San Antonio was on February 7th. And then they have a back-to-back. They had two games in Austin in the middle to break things up a little bit, more than what it used to be, but it's still been a very long time since it's been in San Antonio Provin. Yeah, it's technically a home home games in Austin, but they're not home games. Anyway, joining us from down the hall here in Los Angeles. See, he's in my suite. This is usually the sweet I'm in. I came in to do the podcast, uh, Bontemson. My room had

been taken over by Bands McMahon. Howdy, partners. Sorry, couldn't quite pull rank on me.

The early bird gets the worm. And so here I am. It's a comfortable seat, too.

Earl Powell Rafa's got you looking great in the shot there, McMahon. Yeah, I know.

He looks better than I do.

He's also, so he's got makeup.

He's got studio makeup on. I've got no makeup on. So just, you know, for the record. You just don't have the hat. That's right. I know. So anyway, right as I got here,

Bontumps, let me tell you what went down.

So I walked in,

and the NBA today was going on.

And so I was looking Right as I got here, Bontumps, let me tell you what went down. So I walked in and the NBA today was going on.

And so I was looking for one of the producers to help me with something.

And I walked into the studio and Malika is doing this interview with this high school senior who is committing, making his commitment known.

And McMahon, right as I walk in, he breaks down in tears. I didn't break down in tears, to be clear, the kid did. It didn't sound like you met the band broke down in tears. Well, McMahon might have been in tears. I wasn't looking at him. The young man broke down in tears. Bruce Bransky third, who will be playing for BYU. He's going to cast those Ryan Smith checks, you know, emotional, obviously a huge day for the kid. And he started kind of tearing up talking about his little brother. Then he started, you know, talking about his mama and that, you know, the tears started flowing. And Malika had an Oprah moment. Oh, the little soft shoulder touch. Malika, she stood up and came over. came over. I was what, like, I walked in, like, trying to sneak in, you know, frankly, I saw it was on TV. I thought maybe it was on tape. I didn't know it was actually live, live. Yeah. That was quite a moment for Malika. Wait till I see her later on. Listen, I told Malika, phenomenal job. She does have a lot of experience consulting a crying man because Mac 10 cries every time Syracuse loses, and that is all the time.

Oh, boy.

He has no more tears.

He has no more tears.

All right.

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