All right, coming up after this on the Zach Lowe show, Rob Mahoney is back in the house.

First time in a couple months we've had Rob on. He's the best. We're going to talk about teams that need to get over the hump or want to get over the hump in the NBA. And every team has kind of a different hump. But we're going to hit the team sort of trying to break through to the top, top, top echelon, starring the calves. The Wolves will hit Lakers, Warriors, Clippers, Knicks, conference finals last year, and they made a coaching change. The Bucks, they're still around with Yannis. We're going to hit all those teams and more. We'll talk a little bit about Kauai and Pablo Torre's latest revelations on that front today, and the spat he's in with a more Cuban, a friendly spat, but a spat nonetheless. And then it's Metz corner time. Baby Mets are playing the San Diego Padres right now as I'm reading this. It's six to one. Can we take two out of three from the Padres? Is this team actually going to sneak into the playoffs? Sean Fennacy is back. I'll talk about my experience at the alumni game at City Field over the weekend. Look ahead to the rest of the season with the Mets. Talk a lot of baseball. Why not? I love baseball. That's all coming up after this on The Zach Lowe Show.

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difference learn more at hubspot.com welcome to the Zach Lowe show rob mahoney is back i haven't talked to

you officially on this podcast

since before I went on vacation. How you doing? I'm doing great, Zach. I have embarked on a new

business venture. Can I interest you in some carbon credits? Uh, sure. I mean, I have a lot of trees

in my backyard. Could you always use more trees? Shade is good. Do you come plant them yourself?

I will. I'm willing to do the manual labor. We'll discuss the pricing offline. But I just think

there's a good opportunity here for you. I have a no manual labor policy. I'm too old. I'm too

stubborn. I find it very frustrating. It's a point of contention in, in, uh, in my marriage. My wife finds

satisfaction out of like putting furniture together and doing stuff. And I'm just like I did not,

I found no satisfaction out of any of this. I'd like my three hours back, please. What is the line for

you? What is the most labor you are willing to do? It's a great.

It's a great question.

Vacuuming?

Is vacuuming?

Sure.

That's about it.

I do find satisfaction of vacuuming because I pretend that I'm over, if it's carpet,

I pretend that I'm doing a baseball field and with all the lines and the patterns. Okay, Rob, the conceit, which is really your idea more than mine because I didn't know what to do. Let's pick some teams, you call them, over the hump teams, teams that have been close or getting closer or approaching franchise turning points and tell us how this team can take the next step. We're going to go rapid fire through a bunch of teams.

We're going to talk about Kauai because one of the teams is Clippers.

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