I'm Lucadunchich and this is locked down Merrick's pockets. This is going to be huge.

360 in the contract. Never that. I just take the contact. I bring them back. I'm running on the fast break behind the back.

Yeah, this that, this, that's that, that's that, dirt with the back.

Hey,

And the many years in the house device.

What up what up you are locked on the Dallas Mavericks. This is Isaac your co-host of the

lockdown Mavericks podcast. I'm a writer at Mavs.com. I am not joined by my co-host Nick

Angstead from the Free Dawkins YouTube channel. This is a week in which

Nick is still on vacation. He'll be on vacation for a while taking a break

from the pod so it's just me

Manning that lockdown Mavs daily Mavericks podcast for this entire week and then

possibly I guess a few days next week too I think but I have a guest I have a friend the next two days at today and tomorrow

I replace Nick with the great Tim Cato from the athletic.

Not Espination, the athletic.

I met Tim, I guess, man, I don't know, I guess three or four years ago when I first started covering the Mavericks I'd lived in Dallas for about a year I guess maybe two years and just started covering the Maves.

Met Tim at one of my first Maves games and Tim was writing for Maves

Moneyball at the time and for Espy Nation and it's kind of yeah crazy to see where where he's gone

over the past couple of years now and he went from there to being a full-time

rider a league writer for Espy Nation and going from that to the

athletic over this past year has been a big move for him and super pumped for him.

Tim's a great guy and he's one of the few people and why I reached out to him not just because

he's really good at his job and he's a good guy but he's one of the only few people

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