 Shoms I know you have been by your phone. You're constantly by your phone. That's nothing new But today is more intense because of what went down with all these deals in the NBA more in particular with James Harden and Ben Simmons So how did this deal come about and why are we seeing these two teams in the positions that we're seeing them in now? The writing was on the wall in Brooklyn as far as James Harden is concerned His future just was not gonna be in Brooklyn whether it was gonna be at the deadline now or in July James Harden was out of the door and everyone around the Nets organization has begun to learn of that fact in the last couple weeks And once something like that is known Kevin Durant Kyrie Irving in that Nets organization They they want committed players. That's important to them when you're trying to go for a championship Everyone has to be pulling in the same direction and once they sense James Harden was not that's when they decided to go This route and pursue a trade and the only trade that made sense was trying to get back and all-star caliber player And the only major all-star caliber player and James Harden didn't have the leverage as far as being able to dictate his future He knew Philadelphia was his match And they targeted Ben Simmons in this trade and Ben Simmons and Kevin Durant have had a level of dialogue this week I'm told and so that is their next partnership and yes They've been haggling over different players picks and all that from the weekend Monday to now for this deal to get Done but James Harden, you know, they were dealing with a guy that was at the end of the day He was moving on. Okay, and and even in the last day. He wasn't in Brooklyn. He wasn't with the team on the road I'm told he was in a totally other city. So the fact remains is that The brooklyn that's needed to get new players in there get some depth in there They do that with Seth Curry under drum and draft picks and Ben Simmons still 25 So able to guard one through five in this league Yeah, you reported this news also and speaking of James Harden with the Sixers that he's opting in To his player option for his contract for next season at 47.3 million How necessary was that move for Daryl Maury and that Sixers front office? Well, it's getting it's getting not only like Pat said the assurance of next year But you have the option of possibly extending I believe yes await a period of time our guy pack and probably do a better job explaining that but He he's going to have a lot of options as far as his his future moving forward to Philadelphia. That was behind it He wants to be a Sixer. This is a sign of that commitment