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and really the next 10 Saturdays

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and Sundays are actually pretty simple

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to figure out I'll be

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sitting on this fancy new couch. You just

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bought watch and play off basketball for about

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12 straight hours both days and so

1:12

Sadly, I guess that

1:14

means I won't be going to the

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Kendrick Lamar concert Saturday night in New

1:18

York You know who might be going

1:20

to Monze welcome into Monze. You're gonna

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love this. What'd you say Diora? No,

1:25

Diora is in Santa Cruz this

1:27

week, but you know she isn't

1:29

Santa Cruz of the animals in

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the kids I think so I think

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with your mom I think your

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mom and your 11 year old sister

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are going to the Kendrick Lamar

1:40

concert. I'll be watching Lakers Timberwolves So

1:42

yeah, as much as I like Kendrick, I like

1:44

my side of that equation Here's what missed

1:46

the cut for today's show Jalen Hertz

1:48

named one of Time magazine's

1:50

hundred most influential people A

1:53

handful of other sports people made

1:55

it and I'm not gonna

1:57

do too much on this But

1:59

I did find it because so I

2:01

checked last year's list as well

2:03

My homes made it last year

2:05

herds made it this year. So

2:08

maybe it's just super old champion

2:10

quarterback tends to make it but

2:12

now in the last two years

2:14

of Time magazine's hundred most influential

2:16

people list three women's basketball players

2:18

have made it None of them

2:20

are named Caitlyn Clark. That seems

2:22

like a maybe a bit of

2:24

a miss for Influential people not

2:26

it's not like the hundred best

2:28

athletes Asia Wilson made it two

2:30

years ago Nafisa Collier and Brianna

2:32

Stewart made it this year. That

2:34

was because of their Partnership with

2:36

unrivaled. I don't know man. I'm

2:38

no expert on influence I think

2:40

Caitlyn Clark at some point last

2:42

couple years been pretty influential I'm

2:44

not gonna freak out about it.

2:46

Um Travis Hunter Says if you're

2:48

not gonna let me play both

2:50

ways I'll never play football again.

2:52

I don't think he's serious about

2:55

not playing football again I do

2:57

think he's serious about hey Cleveland

2:59

Browns if you're going to draft

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me I want to play on

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both sides of the ball and

3:05

the Yankees sweep the Royals That

3:07

was a bummer really not how

3:09

I wanted to spend my

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nights at Yankee Stadium watching the

3:13

Royals get swept but such as

3:15

life also double missed the cut

3:17

uh listen evidently 124 light years

3:20

away or something crazy uh there's

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probably life on another planet Matt

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Ford fearless leader of this show

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is super into this topic i

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might be super into this topic

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in July or August but today

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Warriors avoiding total disaster. Yes,

4:53

so a playoff Jimmy has arrived or play

4:55

in Jimmy whatever you want to call it

4:57

He cooked him and Steph combined for 75

4:59

points in that game the other day And

5:01

he seems pretty confident in their ability to

5:03

push to the playoffs and possibly make it

5:05

to the finals But saying I think any

5:07

team has a chance to win when I'm

5:09

on the team But I know any team

5:11

that has Steph on the team has a

5:13

chance to win and Golden State is minus

5:15

200 against the Rockets in this series Do

5:17

you think they deserve to be favored there?

5:21

Certainly not big favorites and

5:23

listen, I'll just lead

5:25

with the lead. I think

5:27

the Rockets are gonna

5:29

win I I Do not

5:31

know how anyone could

5:34

have watched Warriors Grizzlies and

5:36

come away more confident

5:38

in the Golden State Warriors

5:40

and be more confident

5:42

and playoff Jimmy and Playoff

5:44

Jimmy's ability to generate Fouls

5:47

and get to the free throw

5:49

line and that is even more value

5:51

Jimmy's a built ability That a

5:54

decade plus into his career. No one

5:56

has figured out guys. He's gonna

5:58

pump fake guys He's not actually gonna

6:00

go up on the first attempt

6:02

He just wants to get you in

6:04

the air and then he just

6:06

wants to jump directly into your chest

6:08

and get to the free throw

6:10

line That is doubly valuable on the

6:12

Warriors Demons a because He

6:15

gets the Warriors in the bonus

6:17

and by getting them in the

6:19

bonus then if you clutch or

6:21

grab Steph off the ball It's

6:23

a free two points when you

6:25

have the greatest free throw shooter

6:27

in NBA history On your team

6:29

if your team gets in the

6:31

bonus that is super valuable. He

6:33

was great Steph. It's so interesting

6:35

with Steph because I Talked about

6:37

this on the TV show. I

6:40

maybe mentioned it here a couple

6:42

things on Steph and then we'll

6:44

get to why I'm not as

6:46

confident in the Warriors. People

6:49

were mad that Buddy Heald

6:51

got the potential game tying shot

6:53

against the Clippers and not

6:55

Steph and Steph's career, he's

6:58

not been good at,

7:00

you know, final seconds to

7:02

tire when the game

7:04

shots. He's like 22 %

7:06

on threes in his career

7:08

playoffs and regular season

7:10

in that spot. He

7:13

is however the best ever

7:15

by a mile at dagger

7:17

threes at up one late

7:19

up too late and Hit

7:21

the three that just absolutely

7:24

lights the arena on fire

7:26

and rips the opponent's heart

7:28

out and he had a

7:30

couple of those in this

7:32

game also I did find

7:34

it interesting and credit to

7:36

him on Tuesday show I

7:38

talked about how he gets

7:41

subbed out offense, defense, late

7:43

in games. And with

7:45

57 seconds left in that

7:47

game, they did sub him out

7:49

for defense. I mean,

7:52

really a part of a

7:54

Reggie Miller masterclass of

7:56

broadcasting. They said Steph

7:58

is resting. He was not

8:00

resting. He was taken

8:03

out for defensive purposes.

8:05

But then, with five

8:07

seconds left in a defensive

8:09

possession, They put him back

8:11

in, he guarded the inbounder,

8:13

and generated a five -second call.

8:16

Wait, did you want Reggie Miller to be

8:18

like, yes, Stephen Curry's not great at

8:20

defense, he's a liability, so he's sitting down

8:22

right now? No, he

8:25

doesn't have to add his

8:27

opinion, but they could have

8:29

just said the actual facts.

8:32

It was not that he was

8:34

resting it was offense defense substitutions.

8:36

I would have it's yes I

8:38

would have expected the the an

8:40

accurate portrayal however like we got

8:43

I mean that was a That

8:45

was a Reggie tour de force

8:47

on that call job turns his

8:49

ankle He's like did he actually

8:51

step on someone's foot? No way

8:53

to tell rub some dirt on

8:55

it. Is he taking Advil? What's

8:58

going? It's just it I mean

9:00

it was so bad that Kevin

9:02

Wilds who is the nicest person

9:04

in the world and never says

9:06

anything bad about anyone, sent

9:08

out the following

9:10

tweet. The suggestions I'm

9:13

hearing for healing Jaws

9:15

ankle, go to his happy

9:17

place, take an Advil and hop

9:19

on the bike, walk it off,

9:21

tie his sneakers very tight. That's

9:23

as close to cutting commentary about

9:25

another broadcaster as you'll ever get

9:27

from old KW on Twitter. But

9:29

that's neither here nor there. Warriors

9:32

got the win. But

9:35

that was ugly, man. You're

9:37

up 20 against a Grizzlies team

9:40

that has beaten in the last

9:42

two and a half months to

9:44

Monsay. The Grizzlies

9:46

have beaten one

9:48

above 500 team, the

9:50

Detroit Pistons. And,

9:53

and Ja gets hurt and has

9:55

to miss time, and it's still

9:57

your trailing in the fourth quarter.

10:01

And there were a lot

10:03

to me of just

10:05

really flashing red lights about

10:07

the Warriors and about

10:09

being concerned about the Warriors

10:11

in this matchup against

10:13

Houston. Here's the first one.

10:15

They didn't play Edie off the

10:17

court, which means Houston's gonna be able

10:20

to play Steven Adams. If

10:22

you can't, Zack Edie, listen, Edie...

10:25

had some really good moments and

10:27

some really bad moments he's got

10:29

to and I don't want to

10:31

sound like your seventh grade junior

10:33

high bat gym teacher but keep

10:35

the ball above your head kid

10:37

get the rebound keep it up

10:39

don't bring it down your seven

10:41

four the Warriors aren't playing anybody

10:44

over six eight keep the ball

10:46

up and then you're not going

10:48

to get stripped and get in

10:50

those problems but he was a

10:52

force obviously on the glass And

10:55

again Demons a against the

10:57

Rockets who are the best offensive

10:59

rebounding team in the league

11:01

That now showed me oh if

11:03

they want to play shingoon

11:05

and Stephen Adams at the same

11:07

time They're gonna be able

11:09

to get away with it. Yeah,

11:11

and just crush Golden State

11:14

on the glass Now you might

11:16

say how are those guys

11:18

gonna defend in space? Here's

11:20

the other sneaky thing about

11:22

the Warriors with These

11:24

line -ups they're now rolling out

11:27

there. They have a lot

11:29

of guys That you do not

11:31

have to guard at the

11:33

three -point line Dreymon's been hitting

11:35

threes. They will let Dreymon shoot

11:37

Jimmy Butler will make one

11:39

clutch three a game and other

11:41

than that just turn them

11:43

down Gary Peyton is not trying

11:45

to shoot threes There's a

11:47

lot of guys in one. Yeah,

11:49

just say it again. It's

11:51

just positive. No pods is pods

11:54

I've lit and so it's weird

11:56

to say about a Warriors

11:58

team that is the greatest shooter

12:00

of all time, but they're

12:03

not an Unbelievable shooting team because

12:05

of the people they have

12:07

out there. That's why they're playing

12:09

the kid that was drafted

12:11

three picks ahead of brawny Quentin

12:14

post the the seven footer

12:16

to go shoot threes and so

12:18

I Just I think if

12:20

you're This

12:22

is how I would

12:24

Handicap the series as

12:27

far as who I

12:29

think is The Warriors

12:31

obviously have the best

12:33

player they've the best

12:35

player by a considerable

12:38

margin But so steps

12:40

the best player Shingoon's

12:42

the second best player

12:44

Jimmy Butler's the third

12:47

best player and then

12:49

Jalen Green Amen Thompson then

12:52

Draymond Grain and then

12:54

five rockets Fred Van

12:56

Vleet even though I

12:58

you know not a

13:01

huge fan of his

13:03

Dylan Brooks the entire

13:05

rocket spent you take

13:08

all those guys over

13:10

Moody or Gary Payton

13:12

or Looney or whomever

13:14

Quentin Post Geese

13:16

Santos guys the Warriors

13:19

are playing Kaminga

13:21

is now just done out of the

13:23

rotation entirely Yeah, I was gonna

13:25

say if the Warriors see themselves go

13:27

down like do you think there's

13:29

a chance Kaminga like pops out in

13:31

this series? I think

13:33

it's a little okay. I think

13:36

that they so I'm gonna read

13:38

you a Quote that I

13:40

read in an article last night

13:42

You don't want to pass

13:44

the ball to Steph as much

13:46

as they want him to

13:48

This oh, I left out money

13:50

healed by the way when

13:52

I was talking shooters obviously healed

13:54

a great shooter, but healed

13:56

was not healed was Considered unplayable

13:58

by the Sixers in their

14:00

playoff lineups last year and the

14:02

Kaminga things weird so from

14:04

the San Jose Mercury news yesterday

14:07

Kaminga skipped pregame introductions and

14:09

arrived late to the bench

14:11

before both Sunday and Tuesday's

14:13

DMP coach decision games. Hmm. After

14:16

Sunday's game, he took to

14:18

the court and put up shots

14:20

instead of using one of

14:22

the Warriors mini practice courts, which

14:24

are mostly hidden from cameras

14:26

and reporters. Um, did

14:30

he fulfill his role as

14:32

modest as it might have been?

14:34

or did he try to

14:36

do his own thing was the

14:38

question that they ended the

14:40

article on and so I say

14:42

all that to say this

14:44

I like the Rockets in this

14:46

series and I certainly think

14:48

the Warriors being bigger favorites against

14:50

the Rockets than the Lakers

14:53

are against the Timberwolves is crazy

14:55

to me like I don't I

14:59

don't look at this as a

15:01

series I'd be shocked if the

15:03

Warriors won, obviously, but

15:05

I do think

15:07

this is going to

15:09

be a hard -fought

15:11

seven games and

15:13

this game sevens in

15:15

Houston and what

15:17

an amazing moment for

15:19

the Rockets fans

15:21

when every year standing

15:24

between them and

15:26

a finals appearance when they

15:28

had a real championship caliber

15:30

team were these Golden State

15:32

Warriors. And now,

15:35

you have in my opinion the

15:37

better team, certainly the more rested

15:39

team, maybe the healthier team, Steph's

15:41

playing amazing despite the fact that

15:43

he has a soft cast on

15:46

his shooting hand, it's remarkable, but

15:48

that concerns me. You

15:50

have multiple guys that are

15:52

excited to mix it

15:54

up with Jimmy and Steph

15:57

and Dillon Brooks and

15:59

amen Thompson and you can

16:01

potentially knock them out

16:03

of the playoffs and Either

16:05

way Whoever wins this

16:07

series is gonna be beat

16:09

to hell getting into

16:11

round two with the Lakers

16:13

waiting for and so That

16:16

that yes, obviously for the

16:18

Lakers they would have rather

16:20

the Grizzlies won The Warriors

16:22

Grizzlies game and then there's

16:24

their route route to the

16:26

conference finals road to the

16:28

conference finals means round two

16:30

you're either playing a super

16:32

young Rockets team or this

16:34

incredibly foolish Grizzlies team, but

16:36

I just don't look at

16:38

the Warriors as The juggernaut

16:41

that they appeared to be

16:43

two weeks ago Since

16:45

then, the Rockets shut them down, they blew

16:47

a game to the Spurs, they lost to

16:49

the Clippers in a game they treated like

16:51

a Game 7, and they damn near blew

16:53

a game to a Grizzly scene that hasn't

16:55

beaten a good team in two and a

16:57

half months. And so, I

17:01

- Now, I will

17:03

say this, and this is a concern.

17:07

If we expect these games to

17:09

be close to Monsay, Who

17:12

do you trust on the Rockets

17:14

to go get a bucket late?

17:17

That I guess the answer is

17:19

Jalen Green. Oh Well, obviously

17:21

same goons that I've taken the ball

17:24

up, but I'd say get sangoon the

17:26

ball in the paint I mean if

17:28

you need a three then a hundred

17:30

percent Jalen Green Van Vleet's also got

17:32

championship experience Who has champions? Oh? Van

17:34

Vleet that is true. No no no

17:36

van Vleet does Um, I've seen

17:39

he's had big shots in in

17:41

some big spots, too So I

17:43

mean, oh, yeah, Van Vleet had

17:45

some huge shots in the NBA

17:47

finals against Steph That's the other

17:49

thing like you just have a

17:51

lot of guys with a lot

17:53

of Belief that they can at

17:55

least hamper or annoy Steph Steph's

17:57

gonna be great. And here's the

17:59

other thing about Jimmy I Mean

18:01

Jimmy scored 38 and was brilliant

18:03

Jimmy was brilliant against the Clippers

18:06

And it maybe seems like I

18:08

was a little too pessimistic

18:10

about Playoff Jimmy existing this year,

18:12

but He's not gonna be

18:14

putting up these 30 plus point

18:17

games with regularity even prime

18:19

playoff Jimmy was not doing that

18:21

he would pop off for

18:23

these big games and then he

18:25

would have somewhat more quiet

18:27

games and so I did not

18:30

think it was a positive

18:32

that they needed 38

18:34

from him 37 from Steph and

18:36

That they still it still came down

18:38

to the final moments. Yeah by

18:40

and I still and I think there

18:42

was a lot of times in

18:44

that game where they took Curry like

18:46

completely out of it and like

18:48

Scottie Pippin That was Scottie Pippin, Jr.

18:51

And you have the Houston Rockets

18:53

who are a better defensive team all

18:55

around so I'd be able to

18:57

mitigate that really well, yep You can

18:59

go ahead with your follow -up questions

19:01

for we move on Oh

19:03

gosh, the thing just exited out

19:06

of me. Yeah, so Dremon, Dremon and

19:08

Steven, oh my gosh, this is

19:10

so bad. Dremon and Steven Adams have

19:12

a history of a couple of

19:14

groin shots and body slams. Um, set

19:16

a fake line on Dremon incidents

19:19

this series. Well, listen, I

19:21

think that is a real

19:23

storyline. I think

19:25

that's a real storyline is

19:27

Dremon and Dylan Brooks both

19:29

trying to bait the other

19:31

guy. Here is what I

19:34

would say is the difference

19:36

Dreymond is so much more

19:38

important to the Warriors than

19:40

Dylan Brooks is To the

19:43

Rockets So there will be

19:45

a bunch of You know

19:47

double technicals Stair downs and

19:49

I I am historically not

19:51

at all a fan of

19:54

Dylan Brooks and one of

19:56

the reasons I'm not a

19:58

fan of Dylan Brooks is

20:00

I think he's a Dirty

20:04

dangerous player But that's

20:06

also a huge bummer

20:08

for the Warriors Because

20:10

Dylan Brooks will like

20:12

try to undercut somebody

20:14

Dylan Brooks will do

20:16

things that put other

20:18

guys in jeopardy and

20:20

Dreymon is just going

20:22

to play Incredibly physical

20:24

and tough and might

20:26

occasionally like now I

20:28

guess you know Dreymon

20:30

does have a soft

20:32

spot For hitting

20:34

European centers This is kind

20:36

of his favorite thing or

20:39

you know what I mean?

20:41

Whether it's Steven Adams. He's

20:43

not European Rudy go bear

20:45

Demontus a bonus. So maybe

20:48

should shingoon needs to keep

20:50

his head on a swivel

20:52

But yeah, I mean this

20:54

is gonna be a real

20:56

fight and email doka is

20:59

going to encourage the fight.

21:01

Yeah That's the other piece

21:03

of it. Yeah, and I

21:05

thought before we move on

21:07

to Lakers Wolves I thought

21:10

the officiating in Warriors Grizzlies

21:12

was an utter abomination and

21:14

I thought it was an

21:16

abomination in the worst way

21:19

which is the refs seem

21:21

to be almost intentionally controlling

21:23

the flow of the game

21:25

and by that I mean

21:27

this the first 45 minutes

21:30

of that game were so

21:32

unfairly officiated the Warriors favor

21:34

it was a Jimmy had

21:36

18 free throws it was

21:38

every single close call went

21:41

the Warriors way and Then

21:43

and then despite that the

21:45

Grizzlies were in it and

21:47

then it felt like the

21:49

refs were like okay time

21:52

to switch sides and then

21:54

there were three just phantom

21:56

awful calls against the Warriors That

21:59

made it to where okay,

22:01

this game is gonna come down

22:03

to the final minute Final

22:06

seconds and then there and then

22:08

it felt to be like

22:10

the rest like okay Let's get

22:12

even again five seconds on

22:14

the Grizzlies game over and so

22:16

I thought it was one

22:18

of the most poorly officiated games

22:20

of the year and I

22:22

just hope that the refs do

22:24

a better job when the

22:26

actual playoffs begin because what you

22:29

see too often is one

22:31

team gets a hugely beneficial whistle

22:33

the refs then it feels

22:35

like catch a glint glimpse of

22:37

the scoreboard and see the

22:39

free throw differential and then like

22:41

okay time to get it

22:43

about even Don't want anyone to

22:45

say that, you know, we

22:47

were being unfair here and so

22:50

I I Absolutely hate that

22:52

and I hope in the postseason

22:54

the refs are better. All

22:56

right, let's get to Lakers Timberwolves

22:58

Lakers have the second best

23:00

odds in the West to win

23:02

the title right now at

23:04

minus 195 Anthony Edwards says he

23:06

loves the position real quick.

23:08

Hold on there the second best

23:11

odds to win in the

23:13

west to win the title minus

23:15

195 in round one. In

23:17

round one, sorry. You're fine,

23:19

go ahead. And yeah, so Anthony Edwards says

23:21

he loves where the Timberwolves are at right now

23:23

and saying, I love the fact that everybody

23:25

wants the Lakers to win. That's how it's supposed

23:27

to be. They don't want the Timberwolves to

23:29

win and I get that. What is

23:31

the key to this series? Well,

23:35

the only chance

23:37

the Timberwolves

23:40

have is if

23:42

Julius Randall for the first

23:44

time in his career plays

23:46

well in the playoffs and

23:48

We've never seen that happen.

23:50

So I I'm gonna pull

23:52

it up I'm looking down

23:54

if you're watching on YouTube

23:56

because I'm pulling up on

23:58

my phone Julius Randall's playoff

24:01

career is truly disastrous and

24:03

It's not overstated. It's not

24:05

being unfair. It is what

24:07

it is it is in

24:11

2021 in the first

24:13

round against the Hawks.

24:15

That's the famous Trey

24:17

Young series. You

24:19

see, oh, he was

24:21

18, 11, and four. That's

24:24

actually good. On

24:26

29 % from the

24:28

field. So his

24:30

first playoff series ever,

24:32

he was 29 %

24:34

from the field. Then

24:36

two years later, Against

24:38

Cleveland in round one.

24:40

He was 14 and

24:42

six a game that

24:44

was after an all

24:46

NBA season on 33

24:48

% from the field

24:51

and then and they

24:53

won that series and

24:55

then The next round

24:57

against Miami He was

24:59

18 and 10 which

25:01

is much better on

25:03

41 % from the field

25:05

which is Okay

25:08

in his playoff career

25:10

is 28 % from three

25:13

and then last year obviously

25:15

he was hurt for

25:17

the playoffs and It

25:19

didn't really seem like

25:21

nix fans were all that

25:23

bummed about it and

25:25

so he is yet

25:28

to have a single

25:30

great playoff series and even

25:32

if you go to

25:34

individual playoff games you are

25:37

Hard pressed to find more

25:39

than one good one

25:41

Game one last or two

25:43

years ago against Miami.

25:45

He was really good. He

25:47

was 25 12 and

25:49

8 on 44 % from

25:52

the field, which is about

25:54

as good as you

25:56

can hope for from him

25:58

But in his playoff

26:00

career and he has one

26:02

other game against Miami

26:04

where he was 29 on

26:06

61 % But what's that

26:08

joke everybody likes to

26:10

make? He is shooting

26:12

he's shooting tour dates

26:15

or whatever. Oh, yeah

26:17

That thing 311. Yeah,

26:19

so in his career

26:22

in ascending order He

26:24

is in the playoffs

26:26

from the field 2

26:28

for 15 3 for

26:31

15 three for 14,

26:33

six for 23, four

26:35

for 15, three for

26:38

10, five for 16, seven

26:40

for 20, seven for

26:42

19, eight for 21,

26:44

and then five games, 40 %

26:47

from the field are better,

26:49

eight for 20, eight for

26:51

18, four for nine,

26:53

and then the two good

26:56

games, seven for 13

26:58

and eight for 13. Go

27:00

ahead and swing. So

27:02

that's a 15 game playoff

27:04

sample size. He's been

27:06

good in two of them

27:08

So he's got to

27:11

be What are you laughing

27:13

about that I'm being?

27:15

Oh, no, no, no after

27:17

after you said that

27:19

I just I whispered go

27:21

ahead and swing that

27:23

rock big dog So for

27:25

real though so that

27:28

is he's got to be

27:30

good for them to

27:32

have a chance and by

27:34

the way gonna be

27:36

tough Cuz he's gonna be

27:38

guard on the other

27:40

end. He's gonna be guarding

27:42

LeBron James a lot.

27:45

Yeah, so He is the

27:47

absolute key now Other

27:49

than him I am really

27:51

interested in How much

27:53

can Austin Reeves How much

27:55

energy Can Austin Reeves

27:57

make Anthony Edwards expend on

27:59

the defensive end? Because

28:02

I know there have been some

28:04

thoughts that Ant is going to try

28:06

to guard LeBron or Luca. That's

28:09

a terrible idea. Ant's

28:11

a very good defender, but he is simply

28:13

too small for either one of those guys. Jaden

28:16

McDaniels will spend a lot of

28:18

time on LeBron and Luca. Julius

28:21

Randall will spend some time on

28:23

LeBron and Luca. Nasred might

28:25

try. Dante's

28:27

not going to be able to do it. But

28:29

point is, Anthony

28:31

Edwards is going to end

28:33

up matched up on Austin Reeves

28:35

a fair amount. Now,

28:38

I don't think the Lakers have

28:41

anybody who can slow down Anthony Edwards.

28:43

Now, oddly, they did well against

28:45

him in the regular season, but I

28:47

would just go ahead and pencil

28:49

in. Uh Anthony

28:51

Edwards for 30 again He's

28:53

gonna average 30 in this

28:55

series. Just so be it

28:58

um Can Austin Make him

29:00

have to defend enough and

29:02

run around enough that he

29:04

is a little tired on

29:06

the offensive end at the

29:09

end of these games Because

29:11

you do remember that I

29:13

listen I get it You

29:15

had to trade Luca Doncic

29:17

because he's an out -of -shape

29:19

alcoholic. I understand Nico, but

29:22

it was Anthony Edwards who

29:24

might as well be chiseled

29:26

out of granite who said

29:28

he Was exhausted in the

29:30

conference finals last year not

29:33

Luca and so now it's

29:35

a lot of time off

29:37

and it's round one and

29:39

there's a lot of days

29:41

between the games but how

29:44

much energy can you make

29:46

ant expend on the defensive

29:48

end and then the only

29:50

other real the only way

29:52

for in my opinion for

29:55

the Timberwolves to have a

29:57

real chance is if Lucas

29:59

3 is not falling because

30:01

if Lucas 3 is falling

30:03

then what you are going

30:06

to see is LeBron really

30:08

picking and choosing his

30:10

spots in the first three

30:12

quarters of these games

30:14

and then taking over in

30:16

the fourth. Something he

30:18

has not had the luxury

30:20

of doing much at

30:22

all in his whole career,

30:24

but certainly in his

30:26

Lakers career. But

30:28

you saw it in that Lakers

30:30

Mavs game. where LeBron, you know, hand

30:33

off the joystick for the first

30:35

three quarters, then best player on the

30:37

court in the fourth quarter. You've

30:39

seen it a few times this year.

30:41

And so Julius Randall's got to be

30:43

good for them to have a

30:46

chance. Nas Reid's going

30:48

to be super important. And

30:50

I haven't even mentioned Rudy

30:52

Gobert because here's the thing.

30:55

I think Rudy's in a really rough spot here.

30:58

It's not just that Luca

31:00

has tortured him on multiple

31:02

continents. It's not just

31:04

that Luca hit the

31:06

biggest shot of his

31:08

career over him, but

31:10

it's also that the

31:12

Lakers want to play

31:14

small. His

31:17

offensive limitations will allow

31:19

them to play small because

31:21

they're not going to

31:23

be able to just, you

31:25

know, dump the ball

31:28

down to go bare and

31:30

be like, hey, You

31:32

have Dorian Finney Smith or

31:34

Rudy Hachimura on you

31:36

give us that sweet baby

31:38

hook you've got that's

31:41

not gonna be a thing

31:43

and Defensively we have

31:45

seen if you play five

31:47

out It Rudy really

31:49

really struggles if you and

31:52

so I I I

31:54

would guess That aunt is

31:56

awesome And it doesn't

31:58

matter all that much in this

32:00

series and I said it to you

32:02

guys on Tuesday I'll say it

32:04

again the Lakers minus a game

32:07

and a half at plus 120. I

32:09

think is Probably my favorite bet

32:12

of this round of the playoffs.

32:14

All right. What else you have

32:16

on this series? Do you think

32:18

this could be the start of

32:20

a Luca ant rivalry? so

32:23

I'd love that

32:25

and I do

32:28

think that they

32:30

have personalities that

32:32

would mesh for

32:34

a rivalry. I

32:37

do think that both of

32:39

these teams, you know,

32:41

they shouldn't meet in the

32:43

playoffs consistently moving forward. I

32:45

don't look at

32:47

Ant yet as the

32:50

caliber of player

32:52

of Luca and I

32:54

don't think That

32:59

There is much of an

33:02

argument what demaze you don't see

33:04

them as the same caliber

33:06

of player I get like Lucas

33:08

like slightly better Yeah, I

33:10

look at Luke is a guy

33:12

I expect to win Multiple

33:14

MVPs That's that's there's only two

33:16

other guys in the league

33:18

in that caliber and they both

33:20

already have multiple as far

33:22

as prime guys I mean, you

33:24

know in Yannis and Yoke

33:26

itch I look at

33:29

aunt as a guy who

33:31

might win one You know

33:33

what I mean? So like

33:35

I if you set Luca

33:37

career MVP's number at one

33:39

a half I would immediately

33:42

Say over and if you

33:44

set ants number of career

33:46

MVP's at a half I

33:48

would say I need like

33:50

I got to really think

33:52

about this so that you

33:55

know, that's the And

33:57

I think it's I think

33:59

it's an almost impossibility that Luca

34:01

never wins a league MVP

34:03

And I think it's a coin

34:05

flip event though. So again,

34:07

it were in the margins here

34:09

But yeah, I do look

34:12

like and I think a good

34:14

evidence of that is if

34:16

the Lakers had traded Anthony Edwards

34:18

Max Christie and a first -round

34:20

pick I'm sorry if the

34:22

Lakers had traded Anthony Davis Max

34:24

Christie and a first round

34:26

pick for Anthony Edwards. We

34:29

wouldn't two months later still be

34:31

like, that's the dumbest shit I've

34:33

ever seen in my life. Is it because they

34:35

want to move the team? Like,

34:37

you would have legitimately, you know,

34:39

debates on each side, like, okay,

34:41

who got better? Like, does it

34:43

make sense? And I understand for

34:45

the way the Timberwolves are constructed,

34:47

it wouldn't even make sense. But

34:49

yeah, that's how I... He so

34:51

and I I really like him,

34:53

but I think he needs to

34:55

level up a tiny bit now.

34:57

He's not as old as Luca,

35:00

you know what? I mean, he

35:02

hasn't been in the league quite

35:04

as long and so There is

35:06

that go ahead. Do you know

35:08

what were you done with the

35:10

with the first follow -up? I

35:12

was I Was gonna ask if

35:14

you see a JJ erratic stock

35:16

rising or how much you see

35:18

it rising this offseason Well, it

35:20

depends on the playoff run. I

35:22

mean if they get bounced in

35:24

round one it won't be like

35:26

darvin ham made conference finals his

35:28

first year but i i think

35:31

it's already pretty obvious that jj

35:33

reddick has done an excellent job

35:35

his first year as lakers head

35:37

coach now we'll see how he

35:39

handles the playoffs i know there's

35:41

some in some circles there is

35:43

a belief that the lakers have

35:45

been kind of using a playoff

35:47

style defense in the regular season and

35:50

to deal with their lack of size. And

35:53

that that might have been a mistake

35:55

by JJ because now they're not gonna

35:58

have an extra gear and more people

36:00

have seen it so they can prepare

36:02

for it. I'm less concerned with that

36:04

than others. But yeah, I think JJ

36:06

has done an excellent job. I think

36:08

that there was a legitimate argument to

36:10

include him on coach of the year

36:12

ballots this year. And so credit to

36:14

JJ who people know I historically not

36:17

the biggest fan of as far as

36:19

a media presence, but he did a really

36:21

good job. Um, all right, let's go

36:23

to the play in and stuff. And so

36:25

the Mavs in the heat, they lived

36:27

to fight another day. Uh, they faced the

36:29

Grizzlies in the Hawks tomorrow. The

36:32

magic also already advanced and they faced

36:34

my Celtics in round one. Uh, do you

36:36

think the Celtics have anything to worry

36:38

about there? Absolutely not.

36:40

All right. Yeah. And listen, the

36:42

magic are a very good

36:44

defensive team. They cannot score. And

36:47

now the Magic are the

36:49

best team in the league at

36:51

denying three pointers and the

36:53

Celtics live at the three, but

36:55

I This is how I

36:57

feel about your Celtics this round.

37:00

Then I have a question

37:02

for you If this series goes

37:04

six games, it is a

37:06

failure by Boston. Yeah Like I'm

37:08

a sweeping teams is hard

37:10

So like if Orlando gets one,

37:13

so be it. But if

37:15

you guys are playing a game

37:17

six against the magic, then

37:19

I would start to be like,

37:21

oh, maybe the championship

37:23

hangover is real. Like

37:25

there's no reason whatsoever to put

37:27

yourself in a position against

37:30

this magic team where this thing

37:32

is not over in four

37:34

or five. And... I,

37:36

now, I know Jalen's been saying all

37:38

the right things and the team's

37:40

saying all the right things. Would

37:43

you be against

37:45

the Boston Celtics

37:48

saying, Jalen,

37:50

take two full weeks, man. We

37:53

don't need you this round. We're gonna

37:55

let you rest and get as healthy,

37:57

that knee as healthy as possible for

37:59

a round two battle against likely the

38:01

Knicks. Mean we could probably

38:03

arrest somebody in round two if we wanted to

38:05

but yeah, I'm perfectly fine with that. I

38:08

Don't think you could arrest people

38:10

against the Knicks. I think the

38:12

Knicks are fully healthy. You'll need

38:14

your full compliment But I mean

38:16

it's certainly not rest your second

38:18

best player. I was gonna say

38:20

maybe not a Jalen Brown, but

38:23

somebody And so I don't think

38:25

they will but that to me

38:27

is The most interesting

38:29

part of Celtic's magic is

38:31

not who's going to win

38:33

the most interesting part of

38:35

Celtic's magic is How does

38:37

Jalen Browns Brown's knee look

38:39

and The most interesting part

38:41

of thunder Grizzlies or Thunder

38:43

Mavs is should honestly should

38:45

be nothing The Mavs will

38:48

not be able to score

38:50

with the Thunder and the

38:52

Grizzlies will not be able

38:54

to defend the Thunder I

38:56

would be shocked if either

38:58

one of those goes six

39:00

and I do not care

39:02

who the Cavs play in

39:04

round one. I'm just telling

39:06

you right now. Like they're

39:08

either playing the Hawks or

39:10

the Heat and they will

39:12

crush either one of them.

39:15

All right, before you get to play off

39:17

predictions, one more follow -up. Yeah, do you

39:19

think that it is... Oh, yeah, is

39:21

it more likely that tomorrow would be the

39:23

last time that we see Trey and

39:25

Atlanta or John Memphis? Probably

39:29

Trey and Atlanta, but

39:31

here is what I find

39:33

interesting We have And

39:35

just odd coincidence, but they

39:37

all play the same

39:39

position They were all taken

39:41

within four years of

39:43

each other in the draft.

39:45

They were all top

39:47

five picks this triumvirate of

39:49

silly Southeastern

39:51

point guards, John

39:53

Memphis, Lamello

39:55

and Charlotte, and

39:57

Trey in Atlanta. And

40:00

Trey's been in the league the

40:02

longest this year, seven for Trey.

40:04

What'd you say? I was about to say, Trey

40:07

not as much as the other guys, but

40:09

I see what you're going there. I mean, I

40:11

don't know. Trey was playing Keepaway from a

40:13

ref in a playoff game and got thrown out

40:15

because that. I know. That

40:17

was crazy. It was

40:19

like, honest to God.

40:22

Tray did to the

40:24

ref what Damanze used

40:26

to do to Diora

40:29

after his games I

40:31

never seen like it

40:33

like oh you want

40:35

the ball nope it's

40:38

mine like it's really

40:40

just a remarkable thing

40:42

that he did and

40:45

so I I think

40:47

that a three -way Three

40:49

-team trade of jaw to

40:52

Charlotte. Just get him

40:54

in a more peaceful city

40:56

less to do Let

40:58

you know the jaw to

41:00

Charlotte him in Brandon

41:02

Miller. That's interesting Lamello to

41:04

Atlanta because that's an

41:07

unserious franchise anyway. Lamello would

41:09

love it there and

41:11

Might as well, you know,

41:13

I mean give them

41:15

some highlights and Trey to

41:19

Memphis where they have theoretically

41:21

a good enough defensive personnel

41:24

they can cover for some

41:26

of his offensive woes He

41:28

can play true point guard.

41:30

I think that's interesting It

41:32

obviously wouldn't happen, but I

41:34

think all three of those

41:37

guys For their careers could

41:39

use a change of scenery

41:41

and you could kind of

41:43

sell the fans on

41:45

all three of those trades

41:47

potentially. Yeah. Did

41:49

you feel a little, like, I felt a

41:51

little, I don't want to say I felt bad. I did

41:53

feel bad. I felt a little bad

41:55

for Jon Marant watching the Golden State game. He

41:58

seemed like a shell himself. Like,

42:00

take the celebrations away from him. He hits

42:02

a three, he goes back all solemn. It's just

42:04

like, it's funny seeing that.

42:06

Yeah, God forbid, just be serious on

42:08

the basketball court for a minute

42:10

and the biggest game of the season.

42:12

I mean listen this poor guy

42:14

who wasn't able to pan to mine

42:16

explosions, you know I didn't I

42:18

just listen I want the best for

42:20

job. I like him. I like

42:22

his dad I love the city of

42:24

Memphis and I understand people are

42:26

probably mad at me because I've been

42:28

one of the biggest public scolds

42:30

the last few weeks towards him, but

42:32

it's just at some point you

42:34

got to grow up. Alright, let's quick

42:36

hit or do these other playoff

42:38

series, but go ahead. So the only

42:40

series that Vegas really has close

42:42

is Denver and the Clippers, which is

42:44

basically a coin toss or a

42:46

pick and whatever you want to call

42:48

it. What do you make of

42:50

these series and how they're being priced?

42:53

Alright, so then Nick's are minus

42:55

400 against Detroit, Detroit's plus 310.

42:57

I think that's too high of

42:59

a price. I do expect

43:01

this series to go six games. I

43:04

and I'm really excited to watch

43:06

Kade Cunningham in the playoffs like that

43:08

I my biggest thing is watch

43:10

Kade Cunningham in the playoffs and watch

43:12

the Knicks in the playoffs This

43:15

you know fully healthy Knicks team see

43:17

how they look, but I would

43:19

be very surprised if Detroit won I

43:21

just think plus three tens too

43:23

big of a price Pacers bucks The

43:26

Pacers are clearly the better

43:28

team. I honestly think they're the

43:30

better coach team Both teams

43:32

have championship coaches and Carlisle and

43:34

Doc by the Pacers better

43:36

coach team Yanis since Dame went

43:39

out has been playing point

43:41

center. He's averaging nine assists a

43:43

game and has just been

43:45

awesome Yanis also has not won

43:47

a playoff game or series

43:49

in three years Milwaukee even though

43:51

they're the underdog They've got

43:53

to win. You can't go out

43:55

in the first round three

43:57

straight years during Yanis's prime. A

44:00

Boston Orlando, just stay

44:02

healthy everybody. We've talked a

44:04

lot about Lakers, Minnesota and

44:06

Golden State Houston and

44:08

Denver Clippers. Man,

44:10

oh man, I cannot wait to watch

44:12

every single game of that series. Jamal

44:16

Murray back. The

44:18

Clippers. With

44:21

you know have their championship

44:23

starting five and it's been

44:25

so weird To hear people

44:27

that just want to vote

44:29

and Joker's unbelievable and was

44:31

unbelievable this year But people

44:33

that just want the MVP

44:36

every single year no matter

44:38

what to go to Nikolajokic

44:40

Recreate this Nuggets team like

44:42

it's this some just shit

44:44

team that is when it's

44:46

the it's their championship Starting

44:48

five basically Four of their

44:51

five key players are champions

44:53

like now. I don't love

44:55

their bench at all Russ

44:57

has been bad. I don't

44:59

think it is a Overall

45:01

nearly as complete of a

45:04

team as Joker deserves But

45:06

this idea that it's just

45:08

this horseshit roster that had

45:10

to be dragged to 50

45:12

wins now if he were

45:14

to make the finals with

45:16

this roster that is unreal

45:19

but and shout out to

45:21

Zach Lowe for You know

45:23

making it clear, but

45:25

this idea that oh no

45:28

one on Denver other than

45:30

Joker would get minutes for

45:32

Oklahoma City And that's why

45:34

Joker's the MVP over Shea.

45:36

There are four guys

45:38

on the nuggets who would

45:40

play big minutes for the

45:42

Thunder Joker obviously Jamal

45:44

Murray Aaron Gordon and Michael

45:47

Porter Jr. Now the rest

45:49

of their players wouldn't crack

45:51

the Thunder's rotation, which is

45:53

why the Thunder are so

45:55

deep and so good,

45:57

but let's not overstate that.

46:00

The key to Denver Clippers,

46:02

other than the obvious, will

46:04

quite stay healthy, is going

46:06

to be, do we get

46:08

playoff Jamal Murray? That's a

46:11

positive. And do we

46:13

get playoff James Harden? That's

46:15

a negative. And also, You

46:17

know, what can Chris

46:19

Dunn do defensively on the

46:21

perimeter against the nuggets

46:23

and does interim head coach

46:25

Adelman Dave Adelman, you

46:27

know you're old man when

46:29

you start doing the

46:31

thing that I used to

46:33

laugh at broadcasters for

46:35

doing which is they call

46:37

the famous son the

46:39

dad's name. So, Rick Adelman

46:41

was a famous NBA

46:43

coach forever. Whenever I see

46:45

Dave Adelman, I think

46:47

of Rick, but set that

46:49

aside. Um, will

46:51

Dave Adelman have the

46:54

courage to, uh, sit

46:57

Russell Westbrook in crunch time? Because

47:00

that's what you're gonna have to do. And

47:03

so, that is... That's

47:05

crazy, man. That's what we're

47:07

gonna be talking about. I

47:09

just gotta sit him in

47:11

crunch time. It's not like

47:14

a... a lot of defensive

47:16

liability. It's just if the

47:18

game is close and if

47:20

it's on the way Trust

47:22

him. I mean Russ Guy

47:25

I listen fairs fair. I

47:27

did this to Julius Randall.

47:29

I Should do it to

47:31

Russ Russ playoff series the

47:33

last few years. I mean,

47:35

it's truly unfathomable So last

47:38

year against Dallas 19

47:40

minutes per game gave

47:42

you a nice robust

47:44

six four and one

47:46

on 23 % shooting

47:48

Okay. Oh, no, that's

47:50

not fair. I'm sorry

47:52

23 % from three. He

47:55

was 26 % from

47:57

the field The previous

47:59

year in round one

48:01

Scored a lot and

48:03

had I think one

48:05

really good game still

48:07

41 % from the field

48:10

The previous time he was

48:12

in the playoffs when he

48:14

was the best player on

48:16

the Wizards in that series

48:19

33 % from the field Russell

48:21

Westbrook Since Kevin Durant left

48:23

the Thunder so think about

48:25

how long that is since

48:27

Kevin Durant left the Thunder

48:29

is shooting in the postseason

48:31

38 % from the field

48:34

29 % from three I mean

48:36

that's a that is Kevin

48:38

Durant left the Thunder a

48:40

year before Luca was drafted

48:42

So like it's a long

48:44

time and so you just

48:47

can't play him and so

48:49

I wonder if Adelman will

48:51

be able to do it

48:53

and by the way Maybe

48:55

you will because supposedly one

48:57

of the issues for Michael

48:59

Malone was he wanted to

49:02

keep playing And

49:04

he wanted to play me, you

49:06

know in crunch time over the

49:08

young guys Alright firing actually did

49:10

make sense as time went by

49:12

and facts came out Honestly, it

49:14

was crazy at the time. It

49:16

seems like it. Yeah, and it

49:18

seems like the players were fine

49:20

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49:22

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a recap of what we

52:15

did in the AFC. We went

52:17

under on the Patriots over

52:19

on the Jets, under on the

52:21

Steelers, a tentative over on

52:23

the Ravens, over on the Jags,

52:25

under on the Titans, over

52:27

on the Chiefs, and over on

52:29

the Raiders. Alright

52:31

Damanze. You go ahead and give

52:33

me each team, and we'll do

52:36

the NFC as quickly as we

52:38

can here. Go ahead. Yes, sir.

52:40

So you've got the Eagles, they're

52:42

over a hundred and eleven and

52:44

a half. So if I had

52:46

to bit make a pick here, I

52:49

would go slight under, but you

52:51

don't have to make a pick.

52:54

Like, this is tougher schedule, you

52:56

know, did guys the, you

52:59

know, did the... Bowl relax

53:01

them a bit. I but they

53:03

did you know, they won

53:05

14 games last year, but I

53:07

would I would that's a

53:09

stay away from me and This

53:11

next one is a more

53:14

interesting one. Go ahead. You got

53:16

we got the commanders. They're

53:18

over under is nine and a

53:20

half So I'm going to

53:22

go under nine and a half

53:24

for the commanders purely because

53:26

I Think the whole world's gonna

53:28

be on the over Think

53:31

that Schedules

53:33

tougher. I think

53:35

that You're not gonna sneak up

53:37

on anybody. I had the

53:39

schedule in front of me I'm

53:42

gonna pull it up again.

53:44

We talked to this actually on

53:46

the TV show yesterday so

53:48

they don't have a single game

53:50

outside of the division With

53:52

a team that we that everyone

53:54

expects to be awful So

53:56

and again, we're not always right

53:58

about that, but they don't

54:01

have any what I would call

54:03

layup games So they're home

54:05

schedule outside of the division Seattle

54:07

Chicago Denver the Raiders the

54:09

Lions That's not brutal, but no

54:11

layups now. Maybe you think

54:13

the Raiders are gonna be awful.

54:15

I don't their road schedule

54:17

No easy ones either Packers chiefs

54:19

chargers Vikings Falcons Dolphins, so

54:22

you add to that Dax should

54:24

be healthy You know is

54:26

you would think he's gonna be

54:28

healthy. I think the Giants

54:30

are gonna be slightly better. I

54:32

think everyone's gonna be on

54:34

the commanders I think that you

54:36

now have a little more

54:38

tape on Jaden and last year

54:41

they were so great and

54:43

The clutch close games all goes

54:45

slight under the Cowboys are

54:47

at seven and a half. I

54:49

that's a stay -away to me

54:51

That number is exactly right

54:53

and now the interesting one to

54:55

Monza Yeah, we've got the

54:57

Giants. They're over under five and

55:00

a half Over under five

55:02

and a half with plus money

55:04

on the over plus 115

55:06

I Like the Giants over I

55:08

Inked the Giants The head

55:10

coach and GM know if we're

55:12

not good this year we're

55:14

fired So I expect them on

55:16

draft day to be aggressive

55:19

Like you could see them potentially

55:21

trading future picks to move

55:23

up because they're like, well, if

55:25

we're not good, those aren't

55:27

gonna be our picks. You know,

55:29

that's somebody else's problem. They're

55:32

gonna be able to draft

55:34

Abdul Carter at number three.

55:36

They're gonna go from Tommy

55:38

DeVito at quarterback and Daniel

55:40

Jones at quarterback to Russell

55:42

Wilson, who will be fine.

55:44

Won't be good, will be

55:46

fine. Can the Giants win

55:48

seven games? I think

55:50

they can. I like the Giants over.

55:53

Let's go to the NFC North. First

55:55

off, we got the Lions. They're over under

55:57

10 and a half. So

55:59

this will be a tentative

56:01

over for me for the

56:03

Detroit Lions. I've battled with

56:05

this one a bit. I

56:08

don't think they're going to

56:10

be a 15 -win juggernaut

56:12

again, but you get Aiden

56:14

Hutchinson back. I don't

56:16

love Losing both coordinators

56:19

and by the way, this

56:21

might be a flip -flop.

56:23

I don't remember like I

56:25

am You know I actually

56:27

I'm rescinding what I said

56:29

there This is a stay -away

56:31

Yeah, I was some shocker

56:33

go ahead given what you

56:35

said about the commanders like

56:37

more confident and then winning

56:39

less than Going under nine

56:41

a half then the Lions

56:43

ten why did the Lions

56:45

listen the Lions concern for

56:47

me is the coordinator losses.

56:50

Like that to me is, you know, losing

56:52

both Aaron Glenn and Ben Johnson. And

56:55

how much does being so

56:57

close to the Super Bowl the

56:59

last two years hurt them? But

57:02

I still think they're the best

57:04

team in that division. And

57:06

do I think that that division is

57:08

not going to have any team win

57:10

11 games? Probably not. But I -

57:13

I had said this was a tentative

57:15

over when I talked about it on

57:17

TV. I was squeamish about it. I

57:19

That's a stay away from me. All

57:21

right, let's go to the other ones.

57:23

We got the Packers. They're over unders

57:25

nine and a half That to me

57:28

is the exact right line. So I'll

57:30

stay away from that one as well.

57:32

I think the Packers I Again, if

57:34

I had to pick I would pick

57:36

an under but you don't have to

57:38

pick you don't have to bet these

57:40

I am this is a big year

57:42

for Jordan Love Yeah, and Where it's

57:45

not that people are out on Jordan

57:47

love but not quite as in on

57:49

him as they were this time last

57:51

year when they were a trendy Super

57:53

Bowl pick I also think the division's

57:55

brutal so that to me that number

57:57

is exactly right and You know, I'll

58:00

stay away from it next one. I

58:02

feel like I know where you're going

58:04

here. Oh, we got the Bears over

58:06

under eight and a half Yeah, you

58:08

do know where I'm going. I am

58:10

going over I think A much

58:12

better offensive line a much

58:14

better Caleb Williams a much better

58:17

head coach and Another opportunity

58:19

to draft an impact player in

58:21

the top 10 all those

58:23

reasons I'm not gonna say bears

58:25

to the Super Bowl like

58:27

I did last year. That was

58:29

a mistake, but I Think

58:31

they should be in the mix

58:33

for a wild card spot

58:35

all year. I also still crazily

58:37

think that if they don't

58:39

allow that Hail Mary against Washington,

58:41

maybe that whole season goes

58:43

differently, but it was probably good

58:45

for them to clean house

58:47

the way they did, but I

58:50

will take the Bears over

58:52

and now the most intriguing one

58:54

in the division to Monze. We've

58:56

got the Vikings. They're over

58:58

under seven, eight and a half

59:01

with heavy juice on the

59:03

over at minus 145. So

59:06

I'm going to stay

59:09

away from this one. The

59:13

question is really How much

59:15

do I trust Kevin O

59:17

'Connell do I think that

59:19

Kevin O 'Connell with any healthy

59:21

quarterback can just get you

59:23

to double -digit wins they

59:26

won 13 games with Kirk

59:28

Cousins they won 14 games

59:30

with Sam Darnold and The

59:32

reason it's a stay -away is

59:34

for me is because They

59:37

seem at least a little

59:39

unsure About the health

59:41

of JJ McCarthy's knee

59:43

and that concerns me by

59:45

itself, but I I

59:47

love the infrastructure. I really

59:49

like the roster and

59:51

so I will stay away

59:53

for now. I somebody

59:55

like Whoever finishes last in

59:58

that division is gonna be

1:00:00

devastated Like every team in

1:00:02

that division feels like they

1:00:04

should be a playoff team

1:00:06

the Vikings are projected to

1:00:08

finish last they 114

1:00:10

games last year So my only pick

1:00:13

in that division is the bears over.

1:00:15

I'm gonna save us time here on

1:00:17

the NFC South My lean is I'm

1:00:19

staying away from this entire gross division

1:00:21

the box numbers nine and a half

1:00:23

the Falcons number seven and a half

1:00:25

the Saints number six and a half

1:00:28

and the Panthers number six and a

1:00:30

half and I'm just I'm staying away

1:00:32

from that entire division because there are

1:00:34

three Picks in the NFC West I

1:00:36

like so let's go through them First

1:00:38

we got the Niners. They're over under

1:00:40

set at 10 and a half and

1:00:42

you're going I like the under. Yeah,

1:00:45

I think that Them being

1:00:47

the favorites to win that

1:00:49

division and having the highest

1:00:51

win total in that division

1:00:53

is Disrespectful to the Rams.

1:00:56

I also think a team that

1:00:58

lost Hifanga and Greenlaw and Debo

1:01:00

and you know was clearing out

1:01:02

this money to pay Brock and

1:01:04

We don't know How healthy christian

1:01:06

mccaffrey is going to be we

1:01:08

don't know when brandon aiute is

1:01:10

going to be back from his

1:01:12

acl We you know, we don't

1:01:14

know when finally trint williams the

1:01:16

age is going to show up

1:01:18

I just I I love shanahan

1:01:20

I think this is the least

1:01:22

talented roster he's had in years

1:01:25

there and We have we they

1:01:27

were a six -win team last year.

1:01:29

So I don't or seven -win

1:01:31

team I don't I think six

1:01:33

wins. Yeah six and eleven last

1:01:35

year I don't know where the

1:01:37

five extra wins are coming from.

1:01:39

I know they were, you know,

1:01:41

destroyed by injury last year. They

1:01:43

probably won't be quite as disastrous

1:01:45

injury luck this year, but no

1:01:47

Debo, no Greenlaw who I understand.

1:01:49

They didn't like he and who

1:01:51

Fanga missed a lot of time

1:01:53

last year with injury. Other losses

1:01:55

on the defensive line. I do

1:01:57

like them adding Robert Sala, but

1:01:59

that to me is an under. Yeah.

1:02:03

Um, you've got the Rams. Uh, they're

1:02:05

over under Senate nine a half. And

1:02:07

this to me is the clear and

1:02:09

easy over. I think they're the

1:02:11

best team in the division. Kind

1:02:13

of a last ride with Stafford. They

1:02:15

were able to keep their left

1:02:17

tackle. I think Devontae Adams will be

1:02:20

better than Cooper Cup for them.

1:02:22

They've drafted that defensive line full of

1:02:24

young guys last year. You expect

1:02:26

them all to be better. I

1:02:28

wonder if they consider, you

1:02:30

know, spending a premium draft

1:02:32

pick on a running back.

1:02:35

Not nothing. It's Kieran Williams, but

1:02:37

I I think there's a good

1:02:39

running back class. Maybe they go

1:02:41

tight end. I don't know but

1:02:44

I think the Rams are legitimate

1:02:46

Super Bowl contender this year. I

1:02:48

like is so that I don't

1:02:50

mind paying the juice on the

1:02:52

over 9 and a half minus

1:02:54

130 especially when you consider the

1:02:56

fact that they They they dealt

1:02:59

like the ramp like the Niners

1:03:01

did with brutal injuries last year

1:03:03

and they still were the only

1:03:05

team to give the Eagles a

1:03:07

game in the playoffs, found their

1:03:09

way into the playoffs, won the

1:03:12

division, all that. All right, next. Uh,

1:03:14

we got the Seahawks, they're over under

1:03:16

eight and a half. This is the only

1:03:18

one I'm staying away from. I think

1:03:21

they got worse at quarterback, but

1:03:23

not, but, and obviously they

1:03:25

lost, you know, some receivers, but

1:03:27

I like their coach. I

1:03:29

also think the schedule is not

1:03:31

brutal. And so that's a

1:03:33

stay away from me. And this

1:03:36

was maybe the most shocking over under

1:03:38

on the board to me. We

1:03:40

got the Cardinals. They're over under set

1:03:42

of eight and a half. Yeah,

1:03:45

that's a steaming under. I

1:03:47

don't know why we would think the

1:03:49

Cardinals are going to win more games

1:03:51

than they lose. Don't

1:03:53

know why anyone would think Kyler

1:03:55

is gonna be able to be good

1:03:57

for 17 games I don't know

1:03:59

what defensive personnel they have that you

1:04:01

love other than Buddha Baker. I

1:04:04

The I know they have some young

1:04:06

players. They've invested money in but

1:04:08

I just I expect the Cardinals to

1:04:10

be bad I would like I

1:04:12

would have guessed their preseason over under

1:04:14

would have been six and a

1:04:16

half like it was last year What

1:04:18

did they do to earn? I

1:04:20

was in a they did

1:04:23

win eight games last year, but

1:04:25

to earn a better benefit

1:04:27

of the doubt I don't I

1:04:29

don't get that one. So

1:04:31

in the NFC, we are going

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giants over commanders under bears

1:04:36

over Niners under Rams over and

1:04:38

Cardinals under All right, remote

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remember to every reminder to everybody

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like rate subscribe review hit

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the bell do all that stuff

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It actually really helps. I'm

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gonna check Did we

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officially, during today's show,

1:04:53

hit 200 ,000? I'm being told we did

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not. What a failure by us. Jeez, Louise,

1:04:57

I need to be better. Bad job

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by me. We got a few minutes left

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in today's show to hit it. I

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think we're like 200 away, but so we'll

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hit it at some point today. Um,

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all right, DeMonte, let's do some of

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these listener questions if we could. Breezy

1:05:13

says, do you think this is a

1:05:15

good chance for Yanis to have a

1:05:17

2018 LeBron type postseason? Well

1:05:19

would be I mean that's what

1:05:22

he would have to do. I just

1:05:24

don't 2018 LeBron might be the

1:05:26

single best version of LeBron There's an

1:05:28

argument for it and Yanis is

1:05:30

not quite that caliber a player and

1:05:32

The East is harder than it

1:05:35

was in 2018 so so it would

1:05:37

be a chance for it, but

1:05:39

I don't think he can do it

1:05:41

next Rule of haves asks would

1:05:43

would you do one of those jubilee

1:05:45

shows versus 20 sports fans like

1:05:48

skip did? If so, what would you

1:05:50

like the premise to be? I'd

1:05:53

never rule anything out. And

1:05:57

I think it might be fun

1:05:59

to debate a bunch of strangers. But

1:06:03

so I wouldn't rule it out. So maybe

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I would do that at some point. That

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could be fun. I haven't watched the skip

1:06:10

thing. But a little bit of

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it. Yeah. And so I

1:06:14

so maybe at some point, I'm not

1:06:16

sure. Next. Rodney

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asks Nick Nick if the Lakers beat

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the T Wolves could you see Minnesota

1:06:22

go after coach Mike Malone? Well,

1:06:25

I don't think they would fire

1:06:27

Chris Finch I do know obviously

1:06:29

the Tim Rolves were you know

1:06:31

are built by the guy who

1:06:33

built the nuggets and You know

1:06:35

so that they have a relationship,

1:06:37

but I don't know they'd fire

1:06:39

Chris Finch I think he's done

1:06:41

a good job, but yes if

1:06:43

they did fire Chris Finch I

1:06:45

assume that's who they would go

1:06:47

for right next uh quad ass

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if jimmy butler wins is it

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is it bad for basketball guys

1:06:53

like tatum yokich ant harden lebron

1:06:55

and so on should just rest

1:06:57

and relax during the regular season

1:06:59

and then turn it on well

1:07:01

i i understand what you're saying

1:07:03

there but a jimmy's an older

1:07:05

player he didn't always do this

1:07:07

he has the last few years

1:07:09

and b it's If

1:07:11

you're saying if he wins the entire

1:07:13

thing I get what you mean

1:07:15

like if he wins the whole thing

1:07:17

and is awesome the whole way

1:07:20

You like that we would want guys

1:07:22

it would make the regular season

1:07:24

feel less important I get that but

1:07:26

I think bad for basketball is

1:07:28

too strong. All right next Go to

1:07:30

hard to find a hard to

1:07:32

find as a double question Nick to

1:07:34

the math still retire Lucas number

1:07:36

and Deman say when are you streaming

1:07:38

again? Oh, okay.

1:07:40

Well, you want to answer your question?

1:07:43

Um, all streams there. Yeah, there's some there's some

1:07:45

new games that I feel might be nice

1:07:48

to have other people watch me do, but I

1:07:50

just always started doing the streaming thing and

1:07:52

I feel like I get a little bit weird

1:07:54

about like I'm being inside of my apartment

1:07:56

and yeah, I don't know. Like I feel I

1:07:58

feel little strange about it once I start

1:08:00

the video, but uh, but yeah, I'll definitely take

1:08:02

a crack at it soon on you guys

1:08:04

will be alerted. And then he

1:08:07

has said will the Mavs still

1:08:09

retire Luca's number That's an interesting

1:08:11

one. I mean if so won't

1:08:13

be for a very very long

1:08:15

time like it'd be after his

1:08:17

career the answers probably not Like

1:08:19

may may be I you got

1:08:21

to see all the whole yeah,

1:08:23

you trade a guy away and

1:08:25

then and the retirees No, it's

1:08:27

yeah Now some people think the

1:08:29

heat should retire Jimmy's number at

1:08:32

some point. So I don't know

1:08:34

like Not if you're annoying

1:08:36

on your way out. I'm slick.

1:08:38

I'm sorry. I agree And Noel said

1:08:40

what about the AFC win totals?

1:08:42

That was our April episode

1:08:44

so you can go back on the

1:08:46

YouTube page or in a podcast feed

1:08:48

and you'll be able to Find my

1:08:50

full thoughts on all of those. All

1:08:53

right. Great job. Demons a great job

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blue duck volume draft Kings everybody appreciate

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you guys Enjoy the playoff basketball this

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weekend possibility for a

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Sunday morning, Easter morning.

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Ooh, Sunday's Easter. Easter

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Sunday, uh, emergency episode,

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potentially if the family will allow it.

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And if we can do it for

1:09:11

after Lakers, Timberwolves, and round or day

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one of the NBA playoffs. See you

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