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On this What the Helly Thursday, May 7, 2026, this sports program begins now.

Sports are happening.

Holy hell.

That was fantastic.

I think that's an indicator of how today is going to go.

We have a guest host alongside of us here in the Thunderdome on this glorious What the Halley Thursday. And it couldn't be a better time for this man to be joining us because obviously we're in the middle of some hot cooking in the NBA playoffs. The Knicks continue to do what the Knicks are going to do. I guess that's an unstoppable force over there in New York. And then the Spurs answer and Wemby says, hold on. Everybody's talking about Ant-Man. Perk said, if we lose game two, we're going to get swept. They come back and beat the hell out of the timber wagons and the NBA playoffs is only heating up. And just one year ago, the man that we were riding alongside of in the NBA playoffs, all the way to the finals,

game seven in which he was going to score 50 to 60 points.

Become an NBA champion and stamp his name in the history of, holy hell, what the

hell is that guy on?

Some real clutch shit ladies and gentlemen

Indiana Pacer legend Iowa State Cyclone Tyrese Hallberg

hey Tyreeze appreciate I'm the only one to clap they didn't choose not that's not true

that's okay they like chanted they were loud that's toxic table at Boston

Connor and one half of the hammer died Cowboys toxic tone what do Town. What do you got going on there, pal? Well, I don't have any mass, but I don't know if he's contagious or not. So that's unbelievable. That is unbelievable. All right, let's address it. Let's address it immediately. Okay, we have seen a mass world before, and I'm not liking what I'm hearing. Okay. And I

haunt a, and I'm not certainly a haunted in on that one. But you, your current recovery from

the Achilles tear in game seven of the NBA finals last year, obviously gets hit with quite a speed bump, if you will, called shingles. Can we open up a little bit about more about that? Are you still currently in the middle of that? How is your rehab? Did the shingles slow down the rehab? Like, how do you kind of piece it all together now in your story of recovery? Yeah, I was starting to play five on five and then got shingles that kind of stopped

things, you know, for like three weeks. And so that kind of halted things for a little bit. But I'm getting back there now. I just started playing five on five again as the summer's going on. And we got like a little team mini camp here in a couple weeks and I'll be full goal for that. So it sucks for a little bit, but I'm good now. How do you feel playing five on five? Do you feel like yourself?

Is there like mental hurdles you have to get over?

Because like when I had a knee surgery or something, It sucks for a little bit, but I'm good now. How do you feel playing five on five? Do you feel like yourself?

Is there like mental hurdles you have to get over it?

Because like when I had a knee surgery or something, especially in my kicking knee, which is vastly different than your life because you got to run. I just got to kick every once in a while. Mentally, I didn't want to blow my shit back out for like the first like month. And there was a little bit of pain coming back

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