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Excited to talk about the NBA.

Will it be a blockbuster off season like last year with Kevin Durant?

I doubt it.

There'll be some player movement to talk about it.

Joe Varden kind enough to join us covers the NBA for the athletic.

Joe thanks for coming on a big two questions or two players I want to spend the

most time with Damian Lillard and James Harden.

Let's start with Dame Lillard,

wanting to go to Miami.

Does Portland even care about that?

Are they going to acknowledge that?

Are they going to try to help him on the way out move to his

favorite destination? Well first of all it's great to be back thanks for having me

happy for us to everybody out there. When it comes to your question about the Blazers, it's not that they care or don't.

This is about the other trade partner and entering into this massive deal, whatever it's going to be, and

trading away however many assets, you need to trade away to get a player like Damian

Lillard when he doesn't want to be there.

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