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Hello, Hello and welcome to group chat.

I am Justin Verrier and joining me, Rob Mahoney,

and the new majority owner of the Boston Celtics, big Waz.

Was, congratulations on your new expensive purchase.

Thank you, man.

I can't wait to rip it for parts and sell off the most valuable pieces like every other private equity does to any decent American business.

So I'm looking forward to it.

What are we, if not capitalists on this podcast, Justin?

You know, we just have the mind to tinker, to perfect, to optimize.

That's what group chat's all about.

Optimize.

I want to, fortunately for this private equity group, the Celtics don't own the land in which

they play on.

And so they can't sell that, which is what they tend to do to most assets that they purchase, you know, like,

loaded up with debt, strip the good stuff for themselves, and then send the employees home crying to their families because they no longer have a way to support themselves.

But shout to the new Boston Celtics owners, man.

Private equity.

What role do Rob and I have in this organization?

Assuming that you're going to be the CEO, the guy at the board meetings, like, what do

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