Sam Vecenie explains his decision to leave The Athletic and partner with Barstool He cites burnout from writing and desire to focus on and improve the podcast because it's IP that he owns

Pablo Torre and Stavros Halkias discuss the sports bubble with Stavros arguing that private equity is ruining sports franchises If they destroy the Lakers guys with Kobe back tattoos are going to start fucking like the proletariat revolution

Jonathan Kuminga on what was the factor in his decision this off-seasonHe mentions that he talked with his family and that he left everything to God prayed over it and let God lead him to the best decision He was looking for the best winning culture out of all the options he had

Adam Silver answers Pablo Torre's question regarding the growing concern that wealthy individuals and entities are using the approval of the NBA to purchase credibility in the eyes of the public meaning fans and whether he plans on changing anything about the due diligence process

Jeff Teague talks about having BEEF with Lawrence Frank

Puck Hamby If big mainstream media outlets arent touching your Pablo Torre scoop to me thats not defending Steve Ballmer the NBA or the Clippers Thats like Is there anything here and are you just presenting this story for your audiencefor clout and clicks and building your audience

Pablo was asked for a statement after ESPN published its article but they left it out of their reporting I just wonder WHY it happened like this It sure seems to me that they got fed a story by the people who were lying to everyone this entire time and I got implicated as a result of it