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Alex Rikleen

Alex Rikleen

Sep 28, 2026

6:40
And so you recognize something there.
6:42
Yeah.
6:42
So, um, You know, on the one hand, 235 appearances in exactly a year, actually.
6:52
It was a coincidence that it worked out that way, but I publicly announced my campaign on May 27th, and I publicly announced my withdrawal and endorsement of Marky on May 27th of the following year.
7:05
So it ended up being exactly a year.
7:09
And it was 235 events, but also...
7:15
I would have, there were periods where I would have been willing and interested in doing more.

31 MINS LATER

38:03
So I'd like you to tell me a bit about multi-member districts and why you think that actually might be an effective reform because that really kind of turned me on to what you were
22:23
Yes
22:23
...
22:23
he did get there, even as we were looking at his stat profile and saying, "Where does he go? How does he get there?" It just, it, it's what happens.
22:33
When a player is that good, their stats, their stats end up being that good too.
22:41
Um, and so when I look at AJ D'Bonsa and I say, you know, this is someone who he, you know, he wasn't quite wire-to-wire number one pick, but he was the consensus number one pick in a draft class that people talked about as one of the best draft class, classes in years.
23:04
Um, people talked about him as someone who could have potentially gone ahead of Cooper Flagg had they been in the same class.
23:13
Um, when you listen t- to scouts talk about him and his long-term potential, everything I hear, it sounds like they're describing the kind of player who turns into one of those All-NBA, m- multiple time All-NBA players down the line.

8 MINS LATER

31:39
[laughs] I imagine so.

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