Hello and

welcome the Hoop Collective Podcast. We talk about the NBA which we're doing at 2 a.m.

Central European time on Thursday morning joining us from Budapest

Hungary is Tim Bontips. Hello everybody. Joining us from Los Angeles

California where it's still light, apparently, it's Band McMahon.

Howdy, partners, I tell you what, that was a hoity-toity worldwide windy sleep update if I've ever heard one.

Well, listen, 20 minutes ago, I was at the Louve, and we were filming this, this...

We just got more already Tony Big Man.

We're filming this, you know, you know, clip, you know, this segment for Sports Center on, you know, on the,

the U.S. women beat Nigeria tonight and also the men's game.

And, you know, our producers like, let's go to the Louvre, is like let's go to the Louve right let's go to the

Lou but one in the morning it'll be cool you know because you know you don't do that every day on our way of the

Lou well first off we went to the team hotel did an an interview with Brianna Stewart. Thank you for your time.

Then on the way to the Louvre, our driver witnesses an accident where this cab driver plowed into a guy on a bicycle.

And thankfully I don't think he was seriously injured,

but it was the bicyclist's fault.

And you know, here's the thing right now in Paris there's cops on every

corner 24-7 so there was police right on top of it but they didn't see the

exact accident so that happened then you get to the Louvreve. The pyramid at the Louve is closed in the middle of the night. They got guard dogs.

Okay? I guess that's going to stop you from getting the Mona Lisa as guard dogs. I didn't see that in the movie but they got him. Well he's

too sweet I'm trying to film this thing and these two Swedish guys break

across the across the fence to try to go get a shot up next to the pyramid. I don't know why they did that because you can get a

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