Hey there, Nick's fans.

How you doing?

It's your boy, Jonathan Macri, with you for another episode of the next film school podcast.

If it sounds like I'm trying to hype myself up, that's because I haven't gotten any sleep in several days.

I don't know why.

It's just one of those things that happens during the course of an NBA season.

But man, if today's guest doesn't get me, get the energy pumpkin getting the blood flowing.

I don't know who could. His name is Matthew, except it's not. He writes for the athletic.

He writes about all sorts of things about the NBA, including the Knicks, but not exclusively

about the Knicks, except sometimes exclusively about the Knicks, because he just has the

best job in the world.

Fred Katz, hello, how are you?

Had the best job in the world until that those 30 seconds that just preceded me talking.

That wonderful winding circuitous intro.

Kind calling it circuitous.

Securit implies that you get to a destination.

I don't know where the destination is.

You know what I did?

So occasionally we're really,

this is not going to be an episode anywhere near the rails.

Usually when I get started with my monologue,

I have an idea of where I'm going, like 90 plus percent of

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