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Welcome to tampering.

We're this beautiful game of basketball that we all love and talk about every single day. Sam, Pam.

To be able to bring people together.

Portedly at the center of an NBA investigation.

Into tampering accusations.

And the message to...

Decutative in the league.

It's not talking about players on other teams.

What did I do?

The charges filed...

Impermissible contact.

Right or wrong?

Tampering charges are really difficult to prove. You know me. I talk. It's not awkward to even talk about. Can't he mention deans anymore? Ask me what I like to play with Cameron to grant. Try all your one with the tampering. They're always ahead of the rules. Is that right? Your Honor, we don't have to have tamper with the guys. I didn't tamper. I'm just telling you what happened. I'm just telling you what happened. I'm just telling you what happened.

Hello and welcome to the tampering podcast, the late evening episode debut. I don't think we've ever gone this late. We're going playoff style. I am Sam A. McNational writer at The Athletic. Here as always with Anthony Slater,

Fred Katz. We just got done watching Sun's Nuggets and the Nets take out some team that previously was called the Bucks. I don't know who that squad was that they beat. Gentlemen, what's going on, boys? That was the Bucks from the bubble. You didn't recognize them? My goodness, I should know I got a front row seat in the bubble.

That was against Miami and all of a sudden, no... from the bubble. You didn't recognize them? My goodness. I should know. I got a front row seat in the

bubble. That was against Miami. And all of a sudden, no James Hardin, no problem for the Nets. I mean, let's start there, guys. We're doing the fun part about going late night is that for obvious reasons, we want to make sure we can react to the latest news. First of all, it's just fantastic to see both your faces because I've obviously been out for a minute.

Took a kind of a poorly timed little getaway to Hawaii that I thought was going to be pre-playoffs, but Adam Silver changed the NBA schedule. And so now I'm back in the game. So good to be with you guys. Thank you very much for filling in last week on tampering. But what do we think of the night's events?

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