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hi there i'm bob ryan of the boston gloom and esp. Hi there, I'm Mitch Album of the Detroit Free Press.

Oh, look, it's the Perky Twins.

I'm Michael Lubbog of the New York Daily News at MLB.com.

Welcome to the Thursday edition of the sports reporters.

And what we have discovered over our years together, starting on Sunday mornings on television,

is there really are no slow weeks in sports.

So even though this feels like when there is a lot to talk about.

And guys, I want to start with the NBA today.

I looked it up.

Zion has only played 17 games as a professional basketball player, 24 seven bounds he has been again as we have

discussed like a breath of fresh air and and last night there he was against the the Dallas

maverage and Luca and Chris Staps in an overtime game and and you Bob you don't have to look

very far down the line because of the talents

of these three young men to see a budding rivalry. And I'm just hoping, even though there's

still 10 games under 500, there is a way for the pelicans to get hot because I would love

to have Z in the playoffs, even if it's only for like 10 days.

Let me say, speaking on behalf of neutrals everywhere, I couldn't agree more that suddenly

we're all pelicans. We want them to do it. No offense to the gris or anyone else, but damn

it, we want this kid in the playoffs, especially in the first round against the Lakers.

But regardless, if they were playing the Philadelphia Sphaz, it doesn't matter, we want him.

Yes, I think you're saying something very important here.

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