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

Sam Sam, Anthony Slater, and Fred Katz. To be able to bring people together. You made it the confidentiality. Affordedly at the center of an NBA investigation into tampering accusation. And the message to the executive in the league is not talking about players on other teams. What did I do? The charges filed impermissible contact.

What's right or wrong?

Tampering charges are really difficult to prove. You know me, I talk. It's kind of awkward to even talk about. Can he mention deans anymore? Ask me what I like to play with Cameron to Graham? Try all your one with the ring. They're always ahead of the rules. Is that right your side? Hey, baby, man. Here's your host, Sam, Amber with the guy.

I didn't tamper.

I just tell you what happened.

Here's your host, Sam, Amy. Is that wrong this side? I'm in the only I'm 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 Athletic

NBA Show Network.

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

Here, as always with Anthony Slater, out west. Also, as always, with Anthony Slater.

Out West. Also, out west, we got Yovon, Buha, Lakers, Beat Rider. Everybody out west today. This is a West Coast podcast. But we're going to go a little bit east. We're going to go east in a minute here, Slater. We'll get to that. On today's show, Yovine, it has been way too long since you came on. So it's so good to see your face here over Zoom.

You know, we talked about your team in the summer, all the different kind of, you know,

Russell Westbrook situations and where they're going. And then once they started diving on the

court and not playing well, I felt like I actually stopped paying attention to the Lakers.

But for a short time, but now they win eight out of ten. We're going to get into that. What does it all mean? You've had some really good stuff recently on some of the trade possibilities. But Slater, you wanted to start in one particular part of the association this week. I want to talk Hawks. I mean, that's the story of the league at this current moment because, you know,

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