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I actually, I think that might be a good place to start the news coming out today about

Patrick Beverly not speaking to an incredibly qualified ESPN producer because she wasn't subscribed to his podcast, which is pretty

outrageous on many levels and the producer in question for

ESPN did say that she, it's Melinda Adams, she did say that at 10 11 a.m. on Friday, May 3rd

Patrick Beverly just called me and apologized. I appreciate it and accept it. The

Bucks reached out to apologize. I've been in news for over 40 years and kindness and

grace always win. They may always win, but I'm still wondering how in 2024 that was able to happen.

I mean, I think you and I both know it's very easy for something like that to happen because those

dynamics are like you're in that setting and if a player wants to say something

like that I mean they very much can you know PR we know isn't always hovering right over and even when they are

there's still windows for players to

exude kind of any type of energy that they want. I think the question about how was this able to happen really comes down to like how did Pat think that was acceptable to say?

Like, sorry, bro, not all of us

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