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Learn more at vertexinck.com. Hello and welcome to the Tampering podcast, part of the Athletic NBA show network.

I'm Sam Amick, NBA National Writer at The Athletic.

We got week number two in a row with

the usual suspects. Anthony Slater out west, Fred Katz, out east gentleman. What is going on

on this fine Monday morning? Covered a basketball game this weekend. It felt weird. I know. I know.

I watched. I haven't done one live yet. I've seen basketball players. I was in Fort Collins, Colorado for Sixers training camp. We'll get into that in a little bit, but it is that time of year. Here's the breakdown on this week's show. We got another good one. I'm in a little bit of a musical state of mind, gentlemen, because I went to a concert over the weekend, a little hard rock with my young fella.

So I will frame this pod as such.

We're going to do a couple of the hits, so to speak, because we got to do updates on James

Harden, Sixers, and then we're going to get to Slater's Warriors with Chris Paul's debut,

reactions, reflections, things of that nature.

But Mr. Katz, in true, form is always good highlighting the stuff that we are missing out on

that we're not talking about.

The hits are good for what they are, but the indie rock stuff, so to speak, has got to be

on the album as well, Fred.

You like that?

I'm trying, buddy.

That was that.

Oh, man.

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