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Hello and welcome to the Hoot Collective podcast.

We talk about the NBA.

Joining us from New York City, where he was at the Trailblazers Knicks game today.

One big by the Knicks is Tim Bottaps.

Hello, everybody.

And joining us from Dallas, Texas, where there was a little shindig last night for the release of the Wonderboy, Luca Donchich and The Curse of Greatness.

And a life-size book now on the wall.

The IT department called, you know, they were getting ready for the party. Lots of people

coming over, some of North Texas's finest, most influential people.

And the IT department called our man here, Ban McMahon, out to help her with something.

And I'll be darned if me and Bottoms were standing in his foyer, surprising him coming in for his book party. How would it go,

Bann McMahon, your big book party last night? Howdy, partners? I must be real honest with you. I am not

operating at full capability. If there was an individual group collective, I certainly would have been

listed with flu-like symptoms this morning. Had a hell of a time last night, quite a pleasant surprise to see the celebrity, Brian

Wendy Winters, standing right there in my house, little old me and drag bomb tempts

along with him.

What we've discovered here is, like your wife, Wendy, the IT department's a heck

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