It's the Lockdown Podcast podcast. I'm joined by Pete's A.S. Pete, this joke kind of writes itself, but that doesn't stop me usually.

Hershams Karania, he says the NBA has sent its 30 teams the game presentation protocols for 20, 20, and 20. the Some of the points are enhanced theatrical lighting, crowd from arena noises and NBA 2K and plus, you know, some pre-recorded chance and the possibility of Team Arena Entertainers.

And that's just a Clippers game from last year.

Got them Balmer firing off the Hot Dog Cannon. Like directly cannon like directly be the halftime show directly

at Lawrence Frank every time Paul George misses a shot he just shoots Lawrence Frank with

his hot dog cannon. Can I...

This ties into something that we've been talking about.

Like, I really just like how the NBA markets their game.

And like the in an arena entertainment, all of the, like, let's entertain people with non basketball stuff like there are so many ways to promote this amazing game through basketball and it's not like I know I can come across as it's like you need to be diligently breaking down the X's and O's at all time, right?

But like there's plenty of like let's have a I don't know man let's have a

let's have a dunk contest at halftime between two like and one street hooper like

those dunk contests are nuts if you ever watch the guys that do that professionally, like there's so many elements to

basketball culture that you can celebrate that you don't have to like whenever we have musical performers and things like that very rarely are they good in terms of a good fit for a basketball

That's our rule

Yeah, so please clap

Yeah that's like they're they're pointing their attention in the wrong direction in in emphasizing those sorts of things in my opinion.

Yeah, I think you could have both, you know, given the fact that, you know, this is going to be a very different year,

you could... You can have and one hooper's dunking on jaw rule There's room for everyone.

standing there with his hands up.

With the mic, right?

Like the mic out to the, and then just like, one of them dudes just jumps over his head.

Yeah. It could be just like Twitter and people can dunk on Doug. one of them dudes just jumps over his head, yeah.

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