All right, welcome back to another episode of The Vertical Podcast. Glad you could join me today,

and we have two great guests lined up for you. We begin with Sarah Kustach, the longtime

Net's sideline reporter who is transitioning to a new gig as the color analyst. And we talked to

Sarah about how she got this job for preparation, how she respond to some negative backlash on social media.

We cover all that more with Sarah right off the top.

Next up is Nick Collison, Mr. Thunder, the guy that began his career as a Seattle

Sonic and is still going strong as a member of the Thunder.

I talked to Nick about the final season in Seattle, what he saw in a young Kevin Durant

and a young Russell Westbrook. Nick has some great

insights. We get into all that more with him a little bit later in the pod. Quick housekeeping note,

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a comment, leave a rating. It's simple. It's easy. It's it. All right, let's go.

Join me on the podcast this week, Sarah Kustok, beginning her sixth year with the Brooklyn Nets.

The last five as sideline reporter.

This season should be the primary color analyst on the Nets games, joining our good

pal, Ion Eagle for these broadcasts for a fun season of Nets

basketball, right, Sarah?

It will be fun. I'm excited to see him, but thanks for having me on.

Thanks for being here.

This is an honor. Do you know how often I listen to the podcast and the great people you

have on? And so I thought you, when you texted me to come friends. It was a mistake. The only downside, and let's get this out of the way first, the only downside to you moving

to the color rails position means that Michael Grady comes and he's got to take over the

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