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hello welcome to the hoop collective podcast we talk about the, which we're doing on various times of the day in the various time zones that we're in.

Joining us from Las Vegas, where he is covering the NBA Cup, where we have the final coming up on Tuesday.

Nix versus Spurs is Timbontems.

I mean, there's only two, I think there's only two time zones on the pod,

given our co-host is not too far away from me in Vegas.

I will also say, Brian, at lunch this afternoon,

I got the very great pleasure of sitting with a couple of Folksey guys,

our guy Van McMahon and Michael Corleone Wright,

and watching McMahon and A, watching Corleone and McMahon go back and forth

talking about 1990s high school football players in Texas,

where they're just rattling off

two dozen players who went to various colleges that they played with and against and knew from

various places.

I'm sure as a New Yorker, you took that very well.

I thought it was great.

And then on top of that, they start arguing about what the wing tea is.

So McMahon starts getting salt shakers and ketchup packets and his end diagramming wing tea plays from their high school days and then they're going back and forth about that it was a delightful uh was a delightful brunch with my house

well our favorite Texan with all due respect to mr. Wright, is also joining us from Las Vegas.

He's got a better hotel next door.

As you can see, he's higher status at the company.

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