I won't welcome to the hook elective podcast.

We talk about the NBA, which we are doing on Friday morning.

We couldn't do this yesterday, guys. We had to wait until today, which is taxing all of us,

including our producers, because we all covered games last night, but we're getting up

and turning it around so that it's passable. If you want the truth, joining us from okay,

BondTems, you were in Toronto last night, but you're not in Toronto now. Where the hell are you now?

I'm in Syracuse, New York. I let them back in. Let me back in the country, but I'm back.

Because you drove out of Toronto last night to flee Canada and you stopped in Syracuse to visit.

Stopped in Syracuse to visit the stopping grounds of Mac10 and Nick Ferdell,

along others. And our producer, Jackson and Jell-O.

I was not saying his name on purpose because in the chat, he dropped in a go orange.

I'm not a fan of Syracuse, so I was just trying to. I was going to give him a shout and then he tried

to get one. So, joining us from Salt Lake City, where is a early morning for you,

Ben McMahon, covering the jazz and Mavericks closeout game. What's up, man?

Howdy Partners. That's a tired McMahon. BondTems, I spent most of my career in the

Eastern Conference, covering the Eastern Conference. I've covered a few Western Conference series,

but I got a props to McMahon. This covering these West series, especially like Games 4, 5, 6,

we're going back across, you know, you're making four hour flights and going across two time zones,

like three times in a week. A lot of ground. A lot of ground to cover.

Rough, man. Well, plus, plus I was all set up to get like quality game-day nap. And you boys,

especially when you're covering these Western series, you know the value of a game-day nap.

And then I get a call or a text from an editor asking for a serious news story on

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