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I have a story up now about the player's reaction and just the organization's reaction

to the Marchon-Ladermore trade. And as Bobby Wagner said, it certainly lets them know that this organization thinks it can win now.

So that's on ESPN.com.

Also, before I get to my conversation with ESPN, Sal Palantoneo, just a reminder for you

club members, the private, the gold members get the private Zoom session.

You're going to be doing that Thursday, 730 Eastern Time.

Join me there.

We'd like to have more you guys join on there, just because I think the more we have on

there, the better conversations we have.

So do me a favor, join in, stop in.

If it's only for a few minutes, still do it anyway.

So even it doesn't have to be for the full time, 10 minutes, that's all you got. Jump on there. So for the gold members, that's there. For you,

for the club members, I did have a, put a private Zoom, excuse me, a private podcast or a gold,

excuse me, let me start out of there. Did a members only podcast talking about some of the impact on the Latimore trade

and one aspect of the trade that I thought was important

and why they could absorb somebody into their culture at this point.

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