Hello, welcome to the Hoop Collective Podcast. We talk about the NBA, which we are doing here on Sunday evening.

Joining me from New York City is we are doing here on Sunday evening.

Joining me from New York City is Tim Bon Temps.

Welcome to the Hoop Collective on E-S-P-N-2, Mr. Bon-Tamps.

Hello Brian.

Appreciate you on me, man. Your first time on the new collective ESPN2 yes special version

special version with a special guest who I'm very excited to is not Bam McMahon right I'm sorry I't know who that is. Our hardest still with our podcast

listeners who are taking this in as normal. Joining us from here in Los Angeles where I am where the weather is

absolutely horrific and by the time this pod runs on you know

Audio and TV it's still gonna be horrific according to the forecast

Olm Young Masook I'll have to do my best band, McMahon.

Howdy folks, because I'm sure he's still being yelled at by Lucadonch

or Jason Kidd.

Or somebody else.

There's always somebody mad at McMahon.

Okay, so I really would like to not lead this show off talking about the Lakers, but I am fascinated by the passive aggressive theater that we've got going on here with

LeBron and the Lakers and not only is he in full LeBron trade deadline special.

I mean, this is becoming as standard

for the first week of February as Puxatani Phil, where LeBron is, you know, being passive

aggressive against his team trying to force a trade. I can't help it. I can't help

but be drawn in by it with the emojies and the passive aggressive interviews and out of out of the whole

LeBron bag of tricks leaving the court at Madison Square Garden on Saturday night wearing the

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