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Welcome to tampering.

We're this beautiful game of basketball that we all love and talk about every single day. With Sam Sam, Pam.

To be able to bring people together. What it do, baby? Portedly at the center of an NBA investigation. Into tampering accusations. And the message to the executive in the league is not talking about players on other teams. What did I do? The charge is filed. Impermissible contact. What are right or wrong? Tampering charges are really difficult to prove. You know me? I talk. It's awkward to even talk about. Can't he mention deans anymore? Ask me what I like to play with Cameron to grant? Try all your one with the worst. They're always ahead of the rules. Is that right? I'm sorry. Everybody, we know how I have tamper with the guys. I didn't tamper. I'm just telling you what happened. I'm just telling you what happened. I'm just telling you what happened.

Hello and welcome to the tampering podcast.

I'm Sam Amick, NBA National Writer at The Athletic, here as always with two of my favorites.

Anthony Slater, Fred Katz, talking playoff basketball coming to you from the lobby.

I'm going to give a free advertisement on the pod this week.

The lobby of the Marriott Renaissance.

Thank you for all these years of Marriott lodging that I've racked up in this NBA media life.

Gentlemen, I just walked out of, what are we calling it now?

Suns Arena.

It's not talking sick anymore. Phoenix Suns Arena.

This is a good time for them to be looking for a new branding, right? It is. It is. It was not a good

time for the Suns to make some history and to get this team into the finals for the third time

ever in the

organizations, I think 53 years. They dropped game five of the West finals to the Clippers,

116 to 102. We're going to talk about that. We're going to talk about the East Finals, a lot

obviously going on in the association. Big press conference on Tuesday coming up. Do I have my days right? It's Monday. Yeah, that's Tuesday. Tuesday in Portland, Chatsy Billups going to get introduced. And that's something I think we'll probably get into on next week's pod. We got, you know, the Boston hiring him a mede dooka. We got, what else am I missing boys?

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