Welcome to Down to Dunk. I'm your host Andrew Schlect. Before we get started, we forgot to do this part of the podcast where I ask you guys to caption this picture of Russell Westbrook and Patrick Beverly. It's the most horrifying picture I've seen in my life maybe where Patrick Beverly and Russell Westbrook, both wearing Lakers jerseys, that for one is just like toxic.

It's terrible.

But they're just gleefully laughing together.

And so I ask you guys to caption this.

I got a lot of really funny submissions.

But this one to me is just perfect. When I read it, I looked at it and said,

this is the correct answer. Like, this is the right answer. It's from at J. Vegas underscore.

Shout out to at J. Vegas underscore. His caption is, hey, P. They said I got to come off the bench.

And it's so perfect because it's like a callback obviously to Carmelo Anthony saying that to Paul

George.

But now Patrick, obviously starts with the P, it's perfect.

And then I feel like Russ and Carmelo are in like the same mindset right now, you know, that, you know, Carmelo was back then, like Russ is now.

Russ probably should be taking on a role like Mello should have been taking on a role.

It's just, it's just perfect.

It's just perfect.

It's the correct answer.

So big time shoutouts to at J Vegas underscore.

Thanks so much for listening to the show.

Luke isn't here, but we got special guest Alex Spears on the show.

So it's a really fun pod.

Hope you guys enjoy it.

Enjoy the weekend.

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