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Welcome to the Athletic MBA show.

On the Athletic Podcast Network. NBA show. Monday through on the athletic podcast network. From the Golden Gate to the New York Bay. What I have access to is a bit different than the public. Tamper with you. Welcome to tampering. We're just a beautiful game of basketball that we all love and talk about every single day. With Sam Sam C. Sam, Anthony Slater, and Fred Katz. To be able to bring people together. What it's true back. Affordedly at the center of an NBA investigation into tampering accusations. And the message to executive in the league is not talking about players on other teams. What did I do? The charges filed impermissible contact.

What's right or wrong?

Tampering charges are really difficult to prove. You know me, I talk. It's not awkward to even talk about. Can't he mention deans anymore? Ask me what I like to play with Cameron to Graham? Try all your one with the tampering. They're always ahead of the rules. Is that what I decide? Yeah, baby. I didn't temper with the guy.

I didn't tamper.

I'll just tell you what happened.

Here's your host, Sam. Is that wrong your side? I'm not tamper with the guy. I didn't tamper.

I just tell you what happened.

Here's your host, Sam Amick.

Hello and welcome to the tampering podcast, part of the AthleticN. I'm Sam Amick, National NBA Writer at the Athletic here with Anthony Slater,

Warriors Beat Rider, Extraordinary, and then some frequently also a scribe who covers

the Sacramento Kings, a team that we did not think we'd be talking about here in, what is it

now, mid-April, we are going to get into all of the playoff action on this week's

tampering naturally.

But Slater and I both were at Warriors Kings game two last night.

We're trying to be a little more fresh with the pod in terms of how quickly we drop it.

So this particular conversation, I believe Super Producer Andrew Selects Ed is coming out quick after we talk. So we're going to start on Warriors Kings and make our way out from there.

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