Neal Freiman

Very intense emotions like you're getting kicked out of your house.

Like sometimes it's, you know, unexpected pregnancies like people tune into and are attracted to drama regardless of what the people or the fruit on screen actually look like.

It feels like the NBA is in a precarious position right now because you have the tanking problem.

You've had these gambling issues that have affected the league this year.

You've had the Clippers kind of doing this weird cap circumvention.

All these controversies are hitting the league at the same time while it seems like other sports are ascending.

We talked about how baseball is kind of back in the public's good graces at this point.

But the tanking issue is just something that Adam Silver has thrown everything at, and it hasn't been able to solve it yet.

I mean, there was supposed to be a lottery reform where it didn't reward the worst finishers as much as years prior.

That hasn't really changed things.

They added a play-in game to give more playoff spots to people so they had something to play for.

That hasn't changed it that much.

The issue is that if Victor Wimbanyama is out there –

You should do everything in your power to get him on your roster because that completely alters the trajectory of your franchise.

Which means losing.

Yeah, so you have to lose as much as possible to get the best chances.

It's just like one player can absolutely alter your fate so much that it's going to be difficult to ever stamp this fully in.

I can't tell if I'm into this either, because I'm seeing all the same characters that I grew up with, but I don't know their faces anymore.

I'm like, am I over this?

Have I outgrown it?