Hello and welcome to the game theory podcast. I'm your host Sam Vassini. We are presented by The Athletic today on the show.

My dearest friend from over in New York, it's Fred Katz, the athletics new bee writer for the New York Knicks. How great is that, Fred? You get to

move to your dear sweet home because you are always a New Yorker at heart. How's it going, man?

It's going great. It's very exciting. I had all six minutes to prepare for this. The season's

starting up so soon. It's very exciting stuff. I'm really, you know, I, for this. The season's starting up so soon. Uh, it's, it's very exciting stuff.

And really, you know, like I was in D.C. for three years doing the Wizards and I did the

thunder before that. And, uh, it's just very exciting to be able to, uh, you know, start on a new

thing now. It's just the best, isn't it? Like, I can't imagine living somewhere.

Like, look, I'm sure you were happy in Washington. But, like, also, now you get to live at home.

Like, that's the best. You get to go home where, like, you, you really are, like, a New Yorker.

Like, I don't know if people know that about you, but, you, you do love the city of New York and now you get to live there again.

It's great.

It is great.

It's wonderful.

My family's very excited.

And yes, I do love New York.

I've always loved New York.

I'm from New York.

I grew up in New York. And it is, you know, going to O.K.C. to cover the Thunder was awesome.

And going to Boston to cover the Celtics was very brief, but was awesome while it was

brief.

And going to D.C. to cover the Wizards was great, too.

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