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Search every story matters. Hello and welcome to group chat live we are here on the real opening night is what I call it

today after opening night in the NBA season because that's when all of the bad teams start to play I'm here with the And we have a man amongst men, J Kyle Mann, who we found just roaming the streets, we decided to pull him in.

Happy to be bad in person for once, you know, for a change. Being bad over Zoom just doesn't quite convey. So I figured I'd track.

So we just watch the Milwaukee Bucks and the Philadelphia

76ers go toe to toe because what is a real opening night rob if not seeing Ricky

counsel get to play in the

instead of actually good Philadelphia 76ers.

Saw them play too late I would say.

Why wasn't the game earlier?

Look this is not a real Philadelphia 76er's team to say the least.

I don't think anyone expected that they were going to give this version of the bucks a real run for their money.

You know, we got what we asked for.

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