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Lock down on Ben Galiver for the Thursday edition

Washington Post Ben Goliver.

Joining us as he does on one of our locked in the gestures every week.

How are you, man?

I'm doing great.

Just got done from the Clipper's big press conference with Kauai Leonard and Paul George.

They were unbelievably excited and

elated you know Steve Balmer had his typical celebratory spirit and it feels like

he wasn't the only one I think that was kind of the organization-wide sentiment.

All right, let's get into it.

What was your takeaway?

What did you learn that maybe you didn't know

when you walked in?

Not a ton.

I think that, you know, for the most part it was, like a lot of the reporting suggested.

I mean, Kauai Leonard really liked the Clippers organization, their direction, a lot of their returning players, but I think it was pretty clear that he wanted a

superstar sidekick you know somebody else to play you know to help him kind of shoulder the load

and I think that there's a real mutual respect between him and Paul George because they both are from Southern California

because they're both kind of two-way guys because they both were maybe under-recruited and didn't play at the big powerhouse programs coming out of college and because they both

you know almost had a shared experience there in Indiana where you know

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