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And I'm feeling good because I've been 0:01:15.800 --> 0:01:18.320 helping you win that cash. So we got a good 0:01:18.319 --> 0:01:20.199 show for you. On a Friday. I'm gonna be giving 0:01:20.200 --> 0:01:22.880 you my starting lineup like I always do, the starting 0:01:22.880 --> 0:01:25.279 pitchers you need to consider tonight to win that cash. 0:01:25.480 --> 0:01:27.160 And also I'll let you know what to do for 0:01:27.200 --> 0:01:30.000 this entire holiday weekend, so you know you got a 0:01:30.040 --> 0:01:31.880 little bit of extra money maybe for that meat, for 0:01:31.880 --> 0:01:35.000 that those chips, for that guawk and whatever you're growing 0:01:35.080 --> 0:01:38.240 up this weekend. Okay. Also, finally, the NBA Finals are 0:01:38.280 --> 0:01:40.920 set and we will have Part three of the trilogy 0:01:41.200 --> 0:01:44.119 with the Golden State Warriors and the Cleveland Cavaliers. Will 0:01:44.120 --> 0:01:45.959 start to hear already with some of the smack talk 0:01:46.000 --> 0:01:49.640 going on what the participants are saying. Also, I've been 0:01:49.680 --> 0:01:52.040 giving you uh bits and pieces of that story from 0:01:52.120 --> 0:01:55.080 Kyle Turley and his kind of part three part series 0:01:55.080 --> 0:01:57.240 on Vice that I think it's very interesting. We have 0:01:57.400 --> 0:02:00.400 part three today. He's talking to some current NFL players 0:02:00.600 --> 0:02:03.040 about what they're dealing with with, you know, pain killers 0:02:03.040 --> 0:02:06.600 and some of those chemicals for the pain uh relief. 0:02:06.800 --> 0:02:09.679 We're also gonna catch up my man Chris Bovona on 0:02:09.800 --> 0:02:11.680 all the good fun of the week and all the 0:02:11.720 --> 0:02:13.919 polls of the week. We gotta pull we gotta pull 0:02:14.000 --> 0:02:15.720 up right now. We have multiple polls up right now 0:02:16.160 --> 0:02:18.560 at f n T s Y Radio and at Spitting 0:02:18.600 --> 0:02:21.560 Speeds with your Boy. Listen as we enter kind of 0:02:21.560 --> 0:02:23.639 the quarter pole, the unofficial quarter pole of the Major 0:02:23.680 --> 0:02:27.040 League Baseball season. Who's the biggest Surprise Hitter? And Fantasy Baseball, 0:02:27.200 --> 0:02:29.880 the surprise Pitcher and Fantasy Baseball and the surprise team. 0:02:29.919 --> 0:02:32.040 I mean, the Twins are in first place, the Rockies 0:02:32.040 --> 0:02:34.359 are in first place. The Astros have the best record 0:02:34.400 --> 0:02:36.600 in baseball. Is that what we're gonna be talking about. 0:02:36.960 --> 0:02:39.000 You can vote and letting us know what the biggest 0:02:39.000 --> 0:02:42.280 surprise is with the biggest surprise hitter, surprise Pitcher, all 0:02:42.320 --> 0:02:44.079 that and more. We're gonna get into it. Well man 0:02:44.160 --> 0:02:46.160 Chris Pobona. We're gonna see if he can answer the 0:02:46.200 --> 0:02:48.119 other polls and some of the other stories we've been doing. 0:02:48.240 --> 0:02:51.080 Who's the best you know dancer Ninja on the Fantasy 0:02:51.080 --> 0:02:53.320 Sports Radio Network, all that and more when we come 0:02:53.320 --> 0:02:56.040 back here Fantasy Freestyle with your Boys feeds the spitting statistician, 0:02:56.200 --> 0:03:10.040 Come on back Fantasy Freestyle on the Fantasy Sports Radio Network. Yeah, 0:03:10.200 --> 0:03:12.560 we get money. You know what it is. It should 0:03:12.600 --> 0:03:15.760 way day Martinez speed to spitting statistician here on a 0:03:15.840 --> 0:03:19.639 Memorial Day weekend episode of the Fantasy Freestyle. I got 0:03:19.639 --> 0:03:21.919 my man Chris Bovono with me on the ones and twos, 0:03:21.960 --> 0:03:25.040 making it so hot that we sweat steam, blowing up 0:03:25.080 --> 0:03:28.680 like Chipotle. About twenty minutes later, getting money for you 0:03:28.880 --> 0:03:31.359 on the Fantasy Freestyle, I got some news and notes 0:03:31.400 --> 0:03:33.760 for your Major League Baseball before we get into what 0:03:33.880 --> 0:03:36.920 you need to when your cash over the holiday weekend. 0:03:37.000 --> 0:03:38.760 Kendall Graveman I mentioned it at the top of the 0:03:38.760 --> 0:03:40.360 show on the News Hour. I don't know if you 0:03:40.400 --> 0:03:43.240 were listening. He got scratched from his start tonight at 0:03:43.320 --> 0:03:46.800 Yankee Stadium against the Yankees. He has a shoulder issue. 0:03:46.960 --> 0:03:49.360 Remember that issue put him on the disabled list earlier 0:03:49.360 --> 0:03:51.880 in the season. There is uh, you know, great chance 0:03:51.920 --> 0:03:54.280 that he might find himself back on the disabled list. 0:03:54.400 --> 0:03:57.520 Remember the A's demoted Darrell Cotton. He might get called 0:03:57.600 --> 0:04:00.240 up to take his place on the Toronto Blue Is. 0:04:00.240 --> 0:04:03.120 They're getting the entire left side of their infield back today, 0:04:03.360 --> 0:04:06.880 Josh Donaldson and Troy to Lwitsky are set to return. 0:04:07.160 --> 0:04:09.160 I will say this though, and big shout out to 0:04:09.200 --> 0:04:12.280 everybody who follows me at Spitting Speeds on on Twitter. 0:04:12.560 --> 0:04:15.920 I just got a question from Red Foreman at Dissonent 0:04:16.000 --> 0:04:18.479 one oh three on Twitter. He's asking me, now that 0:04:18.680 --> 0:04:20.560 Josh Donaldson is coming back, who does he keep on 0:04:20.600 --> 0:04:24.440 his roster, Josh Harrelson or Jonathan Scope now that he's 0:04:24.440 --> 0:04:26.400 got that third base position coming back. And I'm telling 0:04:26.480 --> 0:04:29.600 him I like the increased power walk rate out of Harrison, 0:04:29.680 --> 0:04:32.000 but the honest truth, and I've been saying this all 0:04:32.080 --> 0:04:35.960 year long on Fantasy Freestyle, I'm worried about Josh Donaldson. 0:04:36.160 --> 0:04:38.560 I think this is gonna be a lingering issue and 0:04:38.600 --> 0:04:40.560 I would try to even see if when he is 0:04:40.600 --> 0:04:43.280 playing and active and actually performing, you may want to 0:04:43.279 --> 0:04:44.960 flip him. I don't know if this is even his 0:04:45.040 --> 0:04:49.039 last time on the d L this season. John Gray, 0:04:49.320 --> 0:04:51.960 starting pitcher for the Colorado Rocky, shed his walking boot. 0:04:52.120 --> 0:04:54.840 He's gonna throw a bullpen session this weekend. Bud Black, 0:04:54.839 --> 0:04:57.480 their manager, says that, um, he's probably gonna require about 0:04:57.520 --> 0:05:00.320 three rehab starts, but look for John Gray back in 0:05:00.320 --> 0:05:04.640 the first place. Colorado Rockies starting rotation in about three weeks. 0:05:04.800 --> 0:05:06.680 You know who will not be on the roster for 0:05:06.720 --> 0:05:10.040 the Milwaukee Brewers is Ryan Braun. He's gonna go back 0:05:10.040 --> 0:05:12.159 to the d L. Remember he had that carthage injury, 0:05:12.240 --> 0:05:15.400 came back and aggravated it real quick. He's gonna be 0:05:15.440 --> 0:05:17.880 going back on the disabled list. Remember the key with him. 0:05:18.080 --> 0:05:22.279 I told you this could scare off potential trade partners. 0:05:22.279 --> 0:05:24.520 I think Ryan Brown is one of the big bats 0:05:24.560 --> 0:05:27.320 that could be on the move if the Milwaukee Brewers 0:05:27.640 --> 0:05:30.480 don't stay where they are so far. Albert Poolholes with 0:05:30.560 --> 0:05:32.719 hamstring issue. He's uncertain for the weekend. The thing is 0:05:32.720 --> 0:05:35.360 there at Miami, Okay, so when the NL park, Remember 0:05:35.360 --> 0:05:38.240 they have no d H option. So we'll see if 0:05:38.240 --> 0:05:40.159 he's actually gonna play through that. We've seen him play 0:05:40.160 --> 0:05:42.839 through injuries before. I wouldn't be surprised, but it compromise 0:05:42.880 --> 0:05:45.520 Albert Poolholes is not what you need this early on 0:05:45.920 --> 0:05:47.960 in the season. And also there are reports out of 0:05:47.960 --> 0:05:52.000 Detroit today that if the Tigers remain to continue to 0:05:52.040 --> 0:05:55.560 disappoint this season, and if they stay under five hundred 0:05:56.080 --> 0:05:59.280 for you know, another month towards the end, of June, 0:05:59.640 --> 0:06:02.200 they are gonna start to maybe have a fire sale 0:06:02.480 --> 0:06:06.440 and start to trade some of their veterans. Two teams 0:06:06.480 --> 0:06:09.000 that are contending. That could mean Justin Wilson the closer. 0:06:10.320 --> 0:06:14.360 That could mean Justin Verlander. There Cy Young Award winner, 0:06:14.560 --> 0:06:16.320 that could mean J. D. Martinez. I'm telling you, if 0:06:16.320 --> 0:06:18.680 they if they move Justin Wilson the closer, I'm telling you, 0:06:18.720 --> 0:06:21.280 these Washington Nationals are in the market for a closure. 0:06:21.320 --> 0:06:23.320 They've had three guys try to hold that line up, 0:06:23.320 --> 0:06:27.000 that position down. I've been speculating for David Robertson, but 0:06:27.240 --> 0:06:29.160 if Justin Wilson's on the market, that could also be 0:06:29.200 --> 0:06:32.240 a viable option. Justin Verlander, I think he would look 0:06:32.240 --> 0:06:35.720 great and Dodger blue as they continue to look for 0:06:36.200 --> 0:06:39.440 a solid rotation behind Kershaw. Remember I've been saying that 0:06:39.640 --> 0:06:41.880 they are an essence manipulating the ten D d L 0:06:42.040 --> 0:06:44.440 and the miners with guys like Eurieus to an essence 0:06:44.440 --> 0:06:46.480 have a six or seven man rotation. Having a stud 0:06:46.680 --> 0:06:49.080 to pitch game two of any playoff series like Justin 0:06:49.200 --> 0:06:53.760 Verlander would definitely be helpful. Um, let's keep you moving here, 0:06:54.480 --> 0:06:56.400 unstarting line up here in the fantasy Freestyle. Let me 0:06:56.480 --> 0:07:02.000 boy Dame Martinez last night last you know, uh, I 0:07:02.080 --> 0:07:04.000 told you, I told you how to win that cash. 0:07:04.279 --> 0:07:06.279 I told you that I did not like the top guy, 0:07:06.480 --> 0:07:08.400 and which was Justin Verlander. I told you I did 0:07:08.440 --> 0:07:10.400 not like him because he was at Houston. I thought 0:07:10.440 --> 0:07:11.960 they were ways to beat him. That's what I told 0:07:11.960 --> 0:07:14.560 you last night on Thursday's edition of The Fantasy Freestyle, 0:07:14.560 --> 0:07:17.400 and Justin Verlander gave up six runs in five and 0:07:17.440 --> 0:07:20.760 two thirds innings. So hopefully maybe you listen. Maybe you 0:07:20.800 --> 0:07:22.880 listen to Spezi of spitting statistician. One of the guys 0:07:22.880 --> 0:07:25.760 that I have been high on all season long because 0:07:25.800 --> 0:07:29.520 of his ridiculous strikeout upside is my man, Robbie Ray. 0:07:29.840 --> 0:07:31.760 So I told you that that was a good spot 0:07:31.840 --> 0:07:34.960 last night for Robbie Ray at nine on FanDuel, because 0:07:35.000 --> 0:07:37.200 that Milwaukee line up strikes out a ton. What do 0:07:37.200 --> 0:07:40.400 you go out and do? He pitched seven scoreless innings 0:07:40.400 --> 0:07:43.240 and he struck out nine, got you a quality start, 0:07:43.400 --> 0:07:45.520 got you to win. I'm trying to help you win 0:07:45.880 --> 0:07:48.000 that cash. Robbie Ray is going to continue to be 0:07:48.080 --> 0:07:51.400 my guy all season long. He has sixty four excuse me, 0:07:51.440 --> 0:07:54.320 seventy four strikeouts in sixty innings pitched. He's seventh in 0:07:54.360 --> 0:07:57.560 the majors right now and strikeouts right but four the 0:07:57.560 --> 0:08:00.560 guys ahead of him have dramatically more innings pitched than 0:08:00.600 --> 0:08:02.640 a guy like Robbie Ray. So I continue to like 0:08:03.040 --> 0:08:06.960 him tonight tonight, there's only two guys I like. I 0:08:06.960 --> 0:08:09.160 think tonight you need to I think tonight you need 0:08:09.200 --> 0:08:11.800 to pay up for the number one picture on the board, 0:08:11.800 --> 0:08:13.920 which is Max Scherzer. You need to pay up for him. 0:08:13.960 --> 0:08:16.840 He is the chalk. He's at eleven thousand, eight hundred 0:08:16.920 --> 0:08:20.760 on fan duel. Okay, but against the Padres, against the team, 0:08:20.840 --> 0:08:23.400 and the Padres, who have the second lowest run total 0:08:23.440 --> 0:08:27.120 in the National League, I would pay up for him. Okay. 0:08:27.440 --> 0:08:33.240 He has you know, six straight quality starts, six outings 0:08:33.240 --> 0:08:35.640 of forty five or more fan duel points. She is 0:08:35.640 --> 0:08:38.280 a beast, and the Padre's lineup is no good. I 0:08:38.320 --> 0:08:40.719 like Max Scherzer tonight. If you want to try to 0:08:40.760 --> 0:08:42.600 go a little bit cheaper, the second guy would tell 0:08:42.600 --> 0:08:45.600 you about is Alex Would at eight against the Cubs. 0:08:46.240 --> 0:08:48.719 Alex Would has been sick in May one point eight 0:08:48.800 --> 0:08:50.920 eight e r A on the season, four straight wins 0:08:50.920 --> 0:08:53.000 in May. He's got thirty three strikeouts and only twenty 0:08:53.000 --> 0:08:56.360 three innings and something you don't really look at. The 0:08:56.400 --> 0:08:58.200 Cubs have been at home for three strict series. They 0:08:58.240 --> 0:08:59.960 have not been away from the friendly confines of her 0:09:00.040 --> 0:09:03.720 Leak Field for a while. I like Alex Wood tonight 0:09:03.800 --> 0:09:06.120 as well. But don't get me wrong, sure or is 0:09:06.120 --> 0:09:09.480 the clear truck moving on though? In this holiday weekend 0:09:09.480 --> 0:09:11.400 A couple of guys I like for you, remember, I'm 0:09:11.520 --> 0:09:15.680 liking this National's Padre series all weekend long. I like 0:09:15.760 --> 0:09:20.480 Stroudsburg tomorrow against them same rationale shirts or tonight. And 0:09:20.679 --> 0:09:23.920 I like the Houston Astros against the Baltimore Orioles this weekend. 0:09:24.080 --> 0:09:26.040 You've got Dallas Kaiko coming back from the d L. 0:09:26.080 --> 0:09:27.640 He had that pinch nerve. He's coming back from the 0:09:27.679 --> 0:09:29.839 d L looking to keep it going. He's seven and 0:09:29.920 --> 0:09:31.800 oh with a one eight f E r A. I 0:09:31.880 --> 0:09:34.600 like him against the Orioles, who who are three and 0:09:34.640 --> 0:09:36.680 seven in their last ten games. I like what Kaiko 0:09:36.720 --> 0:09:38.559 can do. And then on Sunday, I like what the 0:09:38.640 --> 0:09:42.440 Colors can do also against that lineup. I also like 0:09:42.520 --> 0:09:46.240 match Shoemaker on Sunday against the Miami Marlins. The Marlins 0:09:46.240 --> 0:09:49.600 are tied for the third lowest offense in the National League. 0:09:49.840 --> 0:09:52.880 And I also I also like Garrett Cole this week 0:09:53.440 --> 0:09:57.079 tomorrow against the Mets. You know, he's been in Atlanta 0:09:57.160 --> 0:09:59.360 and other bad pitchers parks the last couple of starts. 0:09:59.360 --> 0:10:01.280 He's going to City Yield. And remember I gave you 0:10:01.559 --> 0:10:04.400 my insight on him. I actually think Garrick Hold is 0:10:04.400 --> 0:10:07.440 an incredible trade candidate. I outlined for you that I 0:10:07.440 --> 0:10:09.280 thought the Astros were gonna probably make a move for 0:10:09.320 --> 0:10:11.120 an arm and I thought the Yankees were gonna make 0:10:11.160 --> 0:10:13.200 a move forward arm. So maybe Garrick Cole needs to 0:10:13.240 --> 0:10:16.720 get used to the confines here in New York City 0:10:16.720 --> 0:10:18.520 to understand how to pitch in the big bad city. 0:10:18.800 --> 0:10:23.640 We shall see. Like I mentioned, though, it's Memorial Day weekend, 0:10:23.679 --> 0:10:28.479 which people you know, step back, reevaluate their teams, reevaluate 0:10:28.520 --> 0:10:30.680 what's real, what's the fluke of that sort of thing? 0:10:30.880 --> 0:10:32.320 And so I wanted to ask you we have these 0:10:32.360 --> 0:10:35.040 polls up here on the F and T, s Y Radio, Twitter, 0:10:35.320 --> 0:10:37.400 and at spitting speeds. I wanted to know, who do 0:10:37.400 --> 0:10:40.560 you think is the most surprising hitter in Fantasy Baseball? 0:10:40.720 --> 0:10:44.920 Is it Mark Reynolds, Aaron Judge, Joey Gallo or Michael Conforto. 0:10:45.000 --> 0:10:47.480 I mean, all these guys have been absolutely crazy. I 0:10:47.480 --> 0:10:50.800 mean Conforto even at the beginning of the season, remember, 0:10:50.920 --> 0:10:52.959 was not getting at bats and so in only a 0:10:53.040 --> 0:10:55.640 hundred thirty seven at best, kid has already thirteen homers, 0:10:55.679 --> 0:10:58.640 thirty two ribbies, thirty five runs scored. At the top 0:10:58.640 --> 0:11:01.880 of that Mets lineup. He has been an incredibly present surprise. 0:11:01.920 --> 0:11:04.400 But don't get a twist, since always Mark Reynolds, Mark 0:11:04.440 --> 0:11:08.040 Reynolds with ps. Remember they actually brought an Ian Desmon 0:11:08.080 --> 0:11:10.560 to play first base there, but then he got banged up. 0:11:10.600 --> 0:11:13.880 Where is it Joey Gallo? Joey Gallo? You know we 0:11:14.040 --> 0:11:17.040 all known about his quote unquote light tower power, But 0:11:17.080 --> 0:11:19.199 do we think he was gonna have fourteen home runs 0:11:19.200 --> 0:11:21.000 at this point in the season on a pace to 0:11:21.080 --> 0:11:23.240 maybe get fifty. I don't think he's going to But 0:11:23.240 --> 0:11:25.200 it hasn't even gotten hot yet in Texas. On the 0:11:25.240 --> 0:11:28.640 ball will continue to fly out. Are those the guys 0:11:29.080 --> 0:11:31.960 that are the biggest surprises on the pitching side. I 0:11:32.000 --> 0:11:35.120 have names like Irwin Santana, Mike Lee, Greg Holland, who 0:11:35.120 --> 0:11:38.880 already has like nineteen saves for the surprising first place Rockies. 0:11:40.160 --> 0:11:42.560 Where is the guy like Dylan Bundy, who's always a 0:11:42.880 --> 0:11:46.319 you know, hyped guy in the fantasy community finally making 0:11:46.320 --> 0:11:48.319 it pop. And then when we talk about the most 0:11:48.320 --> 0:11:52.360 surprising team overall, if you told me you thought the 0:11:52.360 --> 0:11:54.439 Minnesota Twins would be in first place at this point 0:11:54.480 --> 0:11:56.680 in the season, come on by the rock and Riley 0:11:56.720 --> 0:11:59.040 Studio thirty four. I'll buy you a shot here. Okay, 0:11:59.200 --> 0:12:01.120 if you thought the College at A Rockies We're gonna 0:12:01.120 --> 0:12:02.599 be in first place, come on, buy I'll buy you 0:12:02.679 --> 0:12:05.079 a shot as well. You know, I mean the Yankees 0:12:05.200 --> 0:12:07.000 and their baby Bombers. I think people thought they were 0:12:07.080 --> 0:12:09.800 on the upswing, but didn't they think that it was gonna, 0:12:10.000 --> 0:12:12.760 you know, like be in first place against the vaunted 0:12:12.800 --> 0:12:14.679 Red Sox who people thought had it over under like 0:12:14.800 --> 0:12:17.800 nine and a half this year. And also Houston Astros 0:12:18.800 --> 0:12:20.600 best record in baseball. I'll tell you who did say 0:12:20.679 --> 0:12:22.800 that is your boy's fees. The spitting status STIs. Remember 0:12:22.800 --> 0:12:24.960 I've been telling you all season long, I was hiding 0:12:24.960 --> 0:12:29.040 the Astros Nationals World Series. But I digress. And when 0:12:29.080 --> 0:12:31.560 we got when we come back here on Fantasy Freestyle 0:12:31.600 --> 0:12:33.679 on the Fantasy Sports Radio Network. We're gonna talk a 0:12:33.720 --> 0:12:35.760 little bit about we canna talk a little bit about 0:12:35.760 --> 0:12:38.520 this NBA Finals matchups that's set. And also, like I said, 0:12:38.559 --> 0:12:42.480 Part three, Kyle Turley talking with current NBA NFL players 0:12:42.920 --> 0:12:45.160 about the impact of all those pain killers that they're taking. 0:12:45.160 --> 0:12:47.440 All right, so come on back. It's gonna be Fantasy 0:12:47.480 --> 0:12:49.840 Freestyle on a Memorial Day weekend with my boy Chris 0:12:49.920 --> 0:12:51.760 Bivona on the ones and twos. We'll checking on those 0:12:51.800 --> 0:12:53.880 polls as well. All that and more here on the 0:12:53.920 --> 0:12:58.320 Fantasy Freestyle on the award winning Fantasy Sports Radio Network. 0:12:58.400 --> 0:13:00.760 Chris Bavona playing at Biggie on the way out. Come 0:13:00.840 --> 0:13:14.719 on back, hum, Welcome back to the Fantasy Freestaff. You 0:13:14.760 --> 0:13:17.559 sh your boy day Martinez speeds and spitting statistician here 0:13:17.600 --> 0:13:19.840 in the Fantasy Sports Radio Network. I got my man 0:13:19.920 --> 0:13:22.199 Chris Bovona with me on the ones and jews, so 0:13:22.440 --> 0:13:25.240 hot that we sweat steam. Let's get into the cipher 0:13:25.280 --> 0:13:27.400 here before Memorial Day weekend. I want to give you 0:13:27.520 --> 0:13:30.360 some news and notes from around the NFL. Admittedly it 0:13:30.520 --> 0:13:34.199 is a you know, quiet time in the NFL news 0:13:34.360 --> 0:13:36.480 O t H is getting started. Remember, I've been saying 0:13:36.520 --> 0:13:38.280 that we're gonna have a series of what I call 0:13:38.360 --> 0:13:41.880 greatest of his life stories. Everybody, you know, he looks great, 0:13:42.160 --> 0:13:45.360 he's lost weight, he's gonna be a great guy this year. 0:13:45.440 --> 0:13:46.960 But I mean, you gotta take this with a grain 0:13:47.000 --> 0:13:51.319 of salt. But those kinds of stories continue to flow in. 0:13:51.720 --> 0:13:55.480 Uh linebacker for the Cincinnati Bengals, Vontes Perfect quote unquote 0:13:55.520 --> 0:13:58.360 looks great, he's lost weight. We're gonna see if he 0:13:58.440 --> 0:14:00.640 can actually uh you know, on the field and not 0:14:00.720 --> 0:14:05.280 get suspended all season long. C J. Mosley, linebacker for 0:14:05.320 --> 0:14:08.080 the Baltimore Ravens. He had shoulder surgery, but they're saying 0:14:08.080 --> 0:14:11.240 he's gonna be fine for camp. Remember, they already exercised 0:14:11.320 --> 0:14:13.200 his fifth year options, so if there was any actual 0:14:13.280 --> 0:14:16.600 concern about him, they would, uh, you know, maybe think 0:14:16.640 --> 0:14:19.840 differently about that. Also, ESPN making news. You know, they 0:14:19.880 --> 0:14:23.200 already hired Rex Ryan out of football to be kind 0:14:23.240 --> 0:14:24.960 of a you know what in essence would be a 0:14:25.040 --> 0:14:27.680 loudmouth commentator for him. Well, they have hired another one. 0:14:27.720 --> 0:14:30.800 They have just hired former San Francisco head coach, former 0:14:30.800 --> 0:14:34.400 Philadelphia Eagles head coach, former Oregon conducts coach Chip Kelly 0:14:34.480 --> 0:14:38.080 will be on the ESPN team for the football season. Also, 0:14:38.080 --> 0:14:40.960 a couple of UH reports out of Saints O t 0:14:41.160 --> 0:14:45.320 A s. Michael Thomas actually added ten pounds because they 0:14:45.360 --> 0:14:47.040 want him to try and break more tackles. But he 0:14:47.080 --> 0:14:49.560 did break the fourth most tackles out of wide receivers 0:14:49.680 --> 0:14:51.560 last year and put up good enough numbers to be 0:14:51.640 --> 0:14:54.680 wide receiver number nine in fantasy. Many people expecting a 0:14:54.760 --> 0:14:57.320 breakout season for him after they went ahead and traded 0:14:57.360 --> 0:15:00.400 Brandon Cooks to the New England Patriots. Also Adrian Peterson, 0:15:00.480 --> 0:15:02.880 they say he's working on his past catching skills. Remember 0:15:03.040 --> 0:15:06.400 he's only had one season where he had over thirty 0:15:06.480 --> 0:15:09.320 receptions in the last eight or nine years, and in 0:15:09.400 --> 0:15:12.040 that New Orleans Saints offense. This is a skill he's 0:15:12.080 --> 0:15:15.520 going to need to pick up. As we keep moving 0:15:15.560 --> 0:15:18.160 here on the cipher on the fantasy freestyle listen, the 0:15:18.320 --> 0:15:21.240 NBA Finals are finally set. It will be the trilogy. 0:15:21.400 --> 0:15:24.400 It will be the rubber match Golden State Warriors and 0:15:24.840 --> 0:15:29.000 the Cleveland Cavaliers. After Cavaliers dump trucked the Celtics one 0:15:29.160 --> 0:15:31.320 thirty five to one oh two in Game five to 0:15:31.360 --> 0:15:33.800 close out the Eastern Conference Final. But I think it's 0:15:33.840 --> 0:15:39.840 pretty interesting though, is there is real animosity between these teams, okay, 0:15:39.960 --> 0:15:42.520 and it's coming from all angles. What I want to 0:15:42.600 --> 0:15:46.240 say first, Draymond Green, who you know is never is 0:15:46.280 --> 0:15:48.960 never one to keep his mouth shut, and it's all good. 0:15:49.240 --> 0:15:51.880 He hasn't been talking about this matchup for a long time. 0:15:52.160 --> 0:15:54.640 Listen to what Draymond Green says about how he wants 0:15:55.600 --> 0:15:58.560 the Cleveland Cavaliers in the finals. Check this out. Draymond 0:15:58.600 --> 0:16:00.880 Green talking a little bit earlier this week, let me 0:16:00.920 --> 0:16:06.680 hear Bivona. Bovona tells me it's not ready yet. So 0:16:06.920 --> 0:16:08.960 as we get to that, we'll talk about all the 0:16:09.040 --> 0:16:11.320 other ways that these guys are kind of trading barbs 0:16:11.360 --> 0:16:14.680 and warning shots and warning shots between each other. Like 0:16:15.000 --> 0:16:18.000 for example, Tyrone Lou, head coach of the Calves, said 0:16:18.080 --> 0:16:21.040 that after Isaiah Thomas went down that these Celtics were 0:16:21.040 --> 0:16:24.920 actually harder to defend than Golden State because they had 0:16:25.000 --> 0:16:27.440 better ball movement and stuff like that. And then Mike Brown, 0:16:27.600 --> 0:16:31.280 was handling the duties for the Warriors, said okay, well 0:16:31.320 --> 0:16:34.080 that's his opinion, and he said it's cute, my man. 0:16:34.160 --> 0:16:36.280 Chris Bavona, though we have that sound from Draymond green 0:16:36.320 --> 0:16:39.040 Let's see what he's saying right now about this. I 0:16:39.160 --> 0:16:42.960 want to destroy Cleve no ifens and bus about it. 0:16:43.400 --> 0:16:46.320 But I also know that there are steps to get 0:16:46.360 --> 0:16:48.920 to that point, and if and when we get to 0:16:49.040 --> 0:16:53.480 that point, I want to annihilate them. So I mean, 0:16:53.680 --> 0:16:55.960 that's really he said. He wants to destroy them. He 0:16:56.080 --> 0:16:59.240 wants to annihilate them. That's tough talk coming from a man, 0:16:59.600 --> 0:17:01.720 Draymond on Greening. Like I said, the Hedge coaches going 0:17:01.760 --> 0:17:04.280 back and forth with a little barbs. Don't forget last 0:17:04.359 --> 0:17:07.879 year the Cleveland Cavaliers had that Halloween party where they 0:17:07.960 --> 0:17:11.280 had like the corpse of Steph Curry. You know that 0:17:11.359 --> 0:17:13.040 you have to step over to get into the party, 0:17:13.080 --> 0:17:15.680 the tombstone for the Golden State Warriors because as you know, 0:17:15.840 --> 0:17:19.879 they lost that three one lead in last year's NBA Finals. 0:17:19.920 --> 0:17:22.000 So I think this has all the makings to be 0:17:22.200 --> 0:17:25.040 a great series. The question is, because it has been 0:17:25.119 --> 0:17:28.000 so hyped up for the last year, is there any 0:17:28.119 --> 0:17:31.360 way that this can make up for what many people 0:17:31.400 --> 0:17:33.840 say it was a bad regular season, what many people 0:17:33.880 --> 0:17:37.080 say have been a bad playoff season. Is this going 0:17:37.200 --> 0:17:39.960 to be worth the weight? Is this going to be, 0:17:40.520 --> 0:17:44.320 you know, the great matchup that everybody is expecting. I 0:17:44.480 --> 0:17:46.800 certainly hope it is, but that's only if you actually 0:17:46.840 --> 0:17:50.280 think Lebron James can continue to do super human things. 0:17:50.640 --> 0:17:53.040 Later on in the show, and we catch Chris Bovona 0:17:53.160 --> 0:17:54.959 up on all our polls I had to pull up 0:17:55.720 --> 0:17:58.560 earlier in the week, which said this finals, whose legacy 0:17:58.560 --> 0:18:01.760 would it solidify more Lebron's as the greatest of all 0:18:01.800 --> 0:18:05.080 time player or the Warriors as the greatest of all 0:18:05.160 --> 0:18:08.119 time team. We're gonna see if Chris can correctly guess that. 0:18:08.520 --> 0:18:10.080 A little bit later on and when we get to 0:18:10.280 --> 0:18:13.520 this legacy question of Lebron James, you know, we are 0:18:13.560 --> 0:18:16.639 now kind of like engaging in this conversation of is 0:18:16.800 --> 0:18:20.240 Lebron better than Michael Jordan's Chris Bavoda, do we have 0:18:20.400 --> 0:18:24.040 that sound ready for you know Mike, you know, actually 0:18:24.240 --> 0:18:28.320 entertaining this conversation and and is he the greatest ever? 0:18:28.640 --> 0:18:30.840 Listen to what Lebron had to say about how you 0:18:30.880 --> 0:18:32.520 know he hears that it's out there, but he is 0:18:32.560 --> 0:18:35.680 just you know, still he wanted to be like Mike, 0:18:35.800 --> 0:18:37.399 like all of us, when we saw that Gatorade and 0:18:37.440 --> 0:18:40.119 those Nike commercials, same thing, but he's actually addressing this. 0:18:40.240 --> 0:18:43.520 Check this out. I did pretty much everything that m 0:18:43.640 --> 0:18:45.640 J do and I was kid. I shot bataways before 0:18:45.680 --> 0:18:49.000 I should have. I'll wore legs, leave on my leg 0:18:49.080 --> 0:18:50.840 and folded it down so you saw the rare part. 0:18:52.080 --> 0:18:54.760 I wore black and rare shoes with white sox. I 0:18:54.840 --> 0:18:57.560 wore short shorts because so you can see my undershorts underneath. 0:18:59.359 --> 0:19:03.040 I didn't go on like Mike, but I'm getting there. 0:19:05.480 --> 0:19:07.720 So it's a light, lighthearted. At the end, they're talking 0:19:07.720 --> 0:19:09.640 about that. You know, he tried to copy everything about 0:19:09.640 --> 0:19:13.800 Michael Jordan, including his balding hair. But um, you know, 0:19:13.920 --> 0:19:16.800 I mean we are entering this, this territory, this rare air, 0:19:16.880 --> 0:19:19.200 and I believe if he does, in fact, two years 0:19:19.240 --> 0:19:21.560 in a row beat the seventy three wind Golden State 0:19:21.640 --> 0:19:24.640 Warriors and then that same team that improves and gets 0:19:24.760 --> 0:19:27.720 Kevin Durant, I think you really got to consider that 0:19:27.760 --> 0:19:29.920 because I don't know that Jordan's ever beat a team 0:19:31.480 --> 0:19:33.240 that was that great. You know, maybe some of the 0:19:33.240 --> 0:19:36.040 Stockton Malone Jazz teams. I'm not sure, but would this 0:19:36.200 --> 0:19:38.800 be you know, kind of an accomplishment that in fact 0:19:38.840 --> 0:19:41.200 does put him on the Mountain Rushmore. So we're gonna 0:19:41.200 --> 0:19:44.160 be definitely getting into that next week. Wom Man Donnie Burns, 0:19:44.200 --> 0:19:46.760 the Love Doctor in Basketball corprespondent as the NBA Finals 0:19:46.840 --> 0:19:52.399 kick off next Thursday, June one. But as we keep 0:19:52.520 --> 0:19:54.240