Hello and welcome to the Hoop Collective Podcast.

We talk about the NBA, which we're doing on Thursday evening, joining us from New York City,

where he spent the day at the MBA's Board of Governors, aka the owner's meetings, Timbontemps.

Hello, everybody.

Joining us from Los Angeles, California, where he spent the day in the TV studio,

because that's the kind of guy he is.

Promoting his new book, The Wonder Boy, is the author, Tim slash Band McMahon.

Howdy, partners, Wendy, I am proud to say that you and I are friends.

Best friends.

No, no, no.

Good friends. Friends on the day.

Friends. Friends. Friends. And I will always claim you as my friend on the record for everybody here.

Something that by the way, just for the record, you have never, ever done with LeBron James.

Not one single time.

Have I ever heard you say that you were friends, much less best friends with LeBron James?

I did.

You know, I don't know if LeBron knows this podcaster named J.J. Reddick.

I think he's coaching the Los Angeles League because I bet you the Bronn sees him all the time.

Actually, now that I think about it. Well, there's this time you went on JJ Reddick's podcast last year.

And I was tuning in. I was like, wow, this is really interesting. And I heard you on that podcast say, I don't think LeBron James likes me. And you weren't complaining. You were just

simply stating fact because sometimes when you cover people and you don't just kiss their butt

regardless of circumstances, and you cover them honestly, fair, and accurately, but it might not

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