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Coming up on today's podcast, the state of the association, life advice and Bruce Bellman,

what's going on with Coach O? The next step for LSU, we run around the five major conferences.

It's now time for my annual state of the association, and I want to start by addressing the coastal elites,

Los Angeles, Brooklyn, Phoenix, and Milwaukee. I've heard of a lot of old jokes about the

Lakers, but I love old people. Ask them about fruit or what transportation used to be like.

Here's an exercise. If you're driving around with an old person and you go past a hill,

you could say, hey, Gramps, you think that hills change shapes? Content for days. But you have to

respect the Lakers for both their domestic contributions like Russell Westbrook and LeBron James

and the foreign affairs of Carmelo Anthony. Milwaukee has invested in defense. They were the 11th

best offense out of 16 teams in the playoffs, but clearly the best defense, and it's the only weapon

we've ever imported from Greece. Phoenix, you know, I love Phoenix, but we have a saying in real

estate, if you can't afford the HOA, don't buy the house. Kevin Durant is the best player in the world,

but he needs to be better at picking allies. Going from Steph to Kyrie is like telling England,

you've decided a role with North Korea. Kyrie is a voice for the voiceless on a very politicized

topic regarding vaccines. I don't know what that means. I'm not sure he does either, but I give

Kyrie credit for this. We have asked you to socially distance by six feet. Kyrie Irving has

distance himself from reality. Philadelphia, they are proof that not working and getting assistance

through draft picks is not always a solution, but I am worried about the American worker,

specifically working conditions. France is leading the charge proposing a four-day work week.

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