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We're back in these streets with the athletics.

Hoops adjacent, David Alder, in D.C., Marcus in the Bay.

Our man, Kelly, Eko, are you with the team in Indiana or are you back at the crib?

Oh, no, you're in the crib because you're in the crib.

I'm going to go to Indiana. He's got the massive system behind them. You know what I'm saying? No what? You know what I'm saying? The ecosystem is global, but not, it's not. It ain't in any yet. Man, I ain't. You're going to wait for All-Star to bring the ecosystem. I know, that's crazy.

Right?

Yeah, the ecosystem with Kelly Ecos. That's good branding right there. You're smart. You smart. That is perfect. I'm trying to be, see, I'm not a Hall of Fame with you. I'm trying to be like the end, trying to be like, you don't be better than that. You can do better than that. Marcus, you, Marcus, you ain't, you ain't even coming to India. Oh, hell no.

No. No. I knew it. I knew it. Nobody. Well, at least it's the last year of those, of those cities. I didn't do, was it Cleveland last year? Yes. Yeah. Yeah.

You did Utah?

I didn't do Utah. No, no, it was Utah last year. Cleveland two years ago. The next. Why didn't you do Utah? That's like you're going to walk there. I'm not really, I'm not really, you know, I'm not really into it. But the problem is the 49ers have been really good. So when they lose, it's like, you're not about to go hop to the all-star game.

You know what I'm saying? And I'm not in a Super Bowl. So it's like, yeah, I'm really not going now. I was going. Okay. So when are you going to Vegas? I leave tomorrow morning. I'm going tomorrow morning. Oh, yeah. And did you get your hotel straightened out? That's the most important thing.

Did they put you in a better hotel than the crap one that they had talked about?

No, it's the same hotel.

Yeah.

Dang.

I'm checking it.

I might check a bag to Vegas.

I haven't checked a bag in like 10 years.

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