Welcome to the first roge pod on the road live event here at Emerson College.

And it is a real honor to be joined by Sam Presti, the Emerson class of 2000, and the executive vice president and general manager of the Oklahoma City Thunder.

Thank you.

Yeah, first, and I know Sam feels this way. We've talked about it all day. The welcome we've got at

Emerson today has been remarkable and the work people have put in for months from our, from

here at Emerson and our group with ESPN to help put this in place has really been neat. This is unlike anything either of us

have done before and just, you know, what was really amazing, I was taking the train up this

morning from Jersey and got an email from the school and I said, wow, they're not even on campus yet,

and they're already welcoming me, but I look closer.

It was my daughter, Annie's second semester tuition bill.

So I think I have to pay it before I leave tonight.

We probably can't bring our stuff back.

So, listen, this is going to be a fun night.

A lot to talk about with Sam, Oklahoma City Thunder, the NBA.

Maybe talk a little bit about the summer, the wild summer of 2019 in the NBA, and maybe take a little walk down memory lane here at Emerson College.

So let's start here, Sam.

Free agency starts in July.

You get on the road.

You're going to sign some role players to complement your star core of Paul George, Russell Westbrook,

and you get a call from Aaron Mintz, who is Paul George's agent,

and he tells you that Paul George would like a trade to play with Kauai Leonard, preferably

with the clippers.

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