Hey guys, before we get into the show today, let me remind you that you need to check out that Bill Simmons podcast yesterday's episode featured ideas on revamping the NBA playoffs and Houston rocket

General Manager Darryl Morey also Jordan LeBron week is going on the ringer dot com including Zach Crams

Statistical comparison of the two players now time for the show

Welcome to the ringer NBA show. I'm Chris Vernon. Join me. He does every Tuesday from the ringer dot com is Kevin O'Connor

AKA Kevin O'Bomber AKA Kevin O'Connor AKA Kevin O'Connor AKA Kevin O'Connor

Kevin O'Connor

Oh, whatever. What's going on Kevin All-Star weekend Kevin which of course was in Los Angeles your new home

Your favorite thing about All-Star weekend is you were there covering it throughout the weekend

Just seeing people from around the league, you know, they have this media hospitality thing with food and a lot of people taking advantage

of the open barn. It's just nice seeing media members from across the country around the world for that matter

Coming to one city to watch basketball. I mean, that's a really cool thing. All right. Give me two people. You are most excited to meet media wise. Oh

Media wise. I was gonna say. Oh, it's hoping to meet Michael Jordan

Media wise. Who were you excited to meet that you had not met before? Um, I don't know

No name comes to mind to be honest with you really?

There's nobody that you are like you've always been a fan of or whatever else

Usually the ones that I'm like star struck by because I now that I've worked in sport for a long time

It's usually either rock stars or actors and obviously like the guys that were big when I was a kid

Like there was one time I was at a game and I turned around in the hallway and right behind me was Larry bird and that was shocking

Okay, right because I just wasn't prepared for I was not prepared for it was a Pacer's game the Pacers were in town

But I didn't know that he traveled with the team regularly or I never even considered he'd be there, right?

I think I have my answer now Chris. Okay, my answer came to mind

What's really most exciting is meeting new people like people that you didn't know that you'd meet like I met

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