Hey, it's Bill Simmons. We're not just reacting to the NBA playoffs on my podcast.

We're also doing on the Ringer NBA show and the Miss Match podcast.

They are coming after some of these NBA playoff games.

Check it out Monday, Wednesday and Friday nights on the Ringer podcast network.

Hello and welcome to Group Chat. Back in the mornings, I am Justin Barrier joining me Rob

Mahoney and back from his week-long spaticle. Big Wads. Wads, welcome back.

Happy to be here. Fellas, I missed you guys and this is a joyous occasion.

The NBA finals. It's what we go through the judgeery of those damn 82 games for.

And it's finally here. So I'm really happy about that.

Wads, do you ever worry about uing theory when you're away from the podcast for a week or two?

Well, considering that the podcast was already a success and existed before I ever worked

for the company. No, I don't. We're playing for titles now. That's the difference.

I got you. Do you worry about Kyle Man maneuvering politically behind the scenes for your spot?

I think is the follow up.

I mean, so he's like a Jason Kiddelfinger. I know I don't I don't think about Kyle Man.

And that way that's my brother and shoot man. But all that would mean is less work for me.

It's just a good culture that Isaiah Blakely has built here, you know, you know, backstabbing.

We're all just building toward the common goal here.

Culture setter hashtag culture. There we go.

All right. And as Wads mentioned, we have reached the 2022 NBA finals.

We have trudged through months and weeks of regular season basketball.

We've talked about the nets and the lakers pretty much for every podcast.

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