Hello and welcome to the Game Theory podcast, I'm here of Samfessini,

presented by CLNS Media.

Today on the show, we're going to do kind of a, this is going to be the first part

of a two-part podcast.

The first episode is going to be about the NBA teams and whether or not we believe in them.

It's basically a time for takes, a time for three weeks of basketball and deciding whether

or not we think teams are actually for real or not.

And we're just going to kind of roll with it.

And then the second part, which will be a second podcast, that probably comes out on

Friday morning, we will do a college prospects breakdown in terms of, are these guys

for real?

I also need to talk to Cole about Lamello Ball, I think, as well,

because Lamello finally, I think, made good on what Cole is so excited about. So, Cole,

how are you doing, man? It's good to chat with you. You were in Portland last night.

I was. I made the day trip down from Seattle to Portland for the P.K. Invitational. Last night,

of course, we had Memphis, Oregon,

and then Oregon State, Oklahoma, which Trey Young was still there. That would have been a much more

compelling second game, but a fun trip. It's never fun to drive like six and a half hours

and one day or whatnot, but I thought it was worth it. Yeah, anytime you can see those guys, I think

it's worth it. I was planning on coming up for that, and then kind of the funky shit with James Wiseman's

eligibility stuff threw me off.

So we ended up deciding not to make that trek up, just because I wasn't sure if it'd be

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