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So how do I address you guys in ODA at his was just was yeah, yep, I can do that.

That's how he's known throughout America just was.

Yeah, that's good like like Madonna, exactly, I don't know, I don't know, as names and

no qualifiers, I like it, okay, yeah, like just like Madonna, I touch you with a very first time.

It is another hoops adjacent episode of the Athletic MBA Show, David Aldrich here in DC.

My man was Lambray and LA was what's up buddy? What's going on? I'm good. I'm good. I'm I'm

chilling, man. I'm just happy to be back. You killed it with the jet last week.

That was great. That was great. He was so good. Well, as you know, it's funny, like I've known Kenny

for like 20 years, right? 25 years. And I always forget because Kenny is very Kenny has a persona.

Like he he has that persona of being Kenny Smith and but you forget and it's my and it's my it's

my mistake. It's not his. How much of a student of the game he is? Like he really knows basketball.

Like it's not a joke to him. Like it's serious to him. Somebody and I was I was going to say this

during the show. I just forgot. Like somebody should make him a coach. Like he really would be a good

coach, I think, because he really does know the game. He understands the game and all those sorts

of things and he can relate to just about everybody, you know? Right. And you know, you know how that's

going to go. The problem is they're going to be like, well, he doesn't have the experience.

Right. Like making as much money as he is. Nobody wants to be nobody's assistant. Right. Right.

Right. Right. Exactly. Exactly. He tried to send somebody's bench. Like he's earned the right to

like everybody else says learn to write to be the be the lead guy. So it'll be interesting.

I'd be very curious to see what what and I know he also was thinking about being a GM at some point

too. So, you know, he may want to do the GM thing and you could do that too. I mean, he just

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