Hello and welcome to collective podcast, we talk about the NBA, which we are doing in the

evening here in Manila, Philippines on Thursday, joining me on Thursday afternoon in Milano.

It's tall, the Tim Bontebs.

I'm sitting here for 12 hours, so wait and start.

So I'm glad we're glad we're ready to go now.

That's right.

He sent a text at 11 a.m., Philippine time, which 12 hours ago, and it's like, okay, why

aren't you guys signed on joining us from Dallas, Texas, where it's 10 a.m., it's Thursday

morning.

It's Ban McMahon.

Howdy, partners.

No, whether comment on Tim, so I'll let you, I'll let you international superstars carry

the day here.

I'm just a common man sitting in good ol' USA.

All right, that's where you, that's where you belong, quite frankly, all right.

So we're going to talk about the NBA James Harden, a story from our colleague, Ramona

Shelburn, the first sort of glimpse into James Harden situation.

This is basically a summation piece that Ramona did, but it had some remarkable details

that are in it.

I'll never forget the piece that you did on James Harden, McMahon.

It was that maybe three or four years ago, because right as he was forcing his way out

of Houston.

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