Mike Tirico

A lot of people thought it was going to be something that we never said it was going to be, which is fine because that's the way things happen.

That was us.

That was us.

Yeah, that was us.

I was trying to be passive-aggressive there.

Yeah, I heard you.

We heard it.

We owned it.

Listen, so, of course, Michael, anytime he talks about basketball, is going to make people stop and listen.

Michael's above the day-to-day, hey, Sham said Giannis is going to be on the trade block.

That's not Michael Jordan, right?

Come on.

So Michael was interested in doing this because of his connection and legacy with NBC.

If Michael's going to do anything, it's going to be different and special.

Michael's not going to throw himself into the ring to be one of the seven or eight guys making comedy.

That's not who MJ was, is, or probably will be.

So the chance to go down and get, Michael really wanted to talk about where the game is and where it's going.

And he had some feelings about that he has not expressed publicly.

And as I said, look, of course we do that.

Right.