We're back! We're back! This is the distraction. I'm drooling. That's rough. Good morning,

rough. Good morning, Drew. How are you this morning? Good and extra special good morning,

Taur. I'm working to guess Patrick Redford straight out of wherever he is right now in

California. Hi, Patrick. Hello. Good morning. Thank you for having me. Thanks, Drew. Thanks

for joining us. It's even earlier in the morning where you are. How is your morning going?

I am thriving right now. Drew gave me time to make coffee before I jumped on this podcast

with you guys, and that's, I'm doing great. Yeah, we love a caffeinated Patrick Redford.

That's what it's all about. Our old friend Rohan Nakharni was supposed to join us for the

podcast, but I believe he is still asleep in Los Angeles. And so Rohan is fired, the fucking

deadbeat. Patrick has briefly joined in as the six man off the bench to join us in a little

in the spirit of defector belated NBA season preview. Hey, just get in the anger. So

easy. So let's do that right now. That's Patrick to have Drew singing be like the third thing

you heard today. That's what I, that's what I expected when I came here. It's, it's, it's

very reassuring. Like hearing, you know, the voice of my father or something. I feel

so this voice. Oh, no. Oh, no. I'm not imitating Eddie Vetter. But yeah, it's nice. I am not,

I am not old enough to be your dad. Definitely. 46. You're not, you're not 19, right? So, no,

haven't been in several years. Wow. Okay. All right. That reassures me. Hey, let's talk about

the NBA. The seasons are really kicked off. But again, that is no hindrance to us pretending

as if it hasn't. All right. So now that it started after all the fuss, Ben Simmons of the

net, just finally returns to the court. I don't feel like there's a lot of fanfare around

this, not compared to all the time he was gone. And we got so much take juice out of it

that it was really like like the take to like action ratio. Perhaps was like the most

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