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Hello and welcome to the Ring or NBA show. It's the answer. My name is Chris Ryan. I'm your host

and today I'm joined by the newest addition to the Ring or Staff. Waslam Regg, he came by,

we just talked about a bunch of NBA stuff. I don't usually have a central question

that I'm asking that we're trying to answer, but I just wanted to catch up with Quas about all

things NBA. If there was a central question to this episode, it's what are we looking forward to

in the playoffs? Maybe how can the playoffs and how can this postseason redeem what's been a little

bit of, you know, not depressing, but maybe not always the most inspiring NBA season.

An NBA season that seemed to have to happen for financial reasons and had to happen in a certain

way for financial reasons, but maybe the flip side of that, the bright side of that, the silver

lining of that is that like guys have been saving it up for the postseason and this postseason,

the way it's shaking out with the play in tournament with the play in tournament,

having this kind of tractor beam effect on the Lakers, the possibility that we could see,

Zion and Steph in a play in tournament, like a elimination game, the possibility that like we

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