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What's good, everybody, Welcome back to the Fantasy Freestyle. 0:03:17.480 --> 0:03:20.359 This is Dave Martinez holding you down on the Fantasy 0:03:20.440 --> 0:03:24.440 Sports Radio Network. Of course, our sports Byline affiliates. Let's 0:03:24.440 --> 0:03:26.440 go out to Tennessee real quick. Big shout out to 0:03:26.960 --> 0:03:30.000 nine A M and Jackson, Tennessee. And don't forget about 0:03:30.040 --> 0:03:32.960 five six the A M W H b Q out 0:03:32.960 --> 0:03:35.600 there in Memphis, Tennessee. Uh, you know, hope. Thanks to 0:03:35.600 --> 0:03:38.240 everybody listening to the Fantasy Freestyle, which boys Speeds the 0:03:38.240 --> 0:03:41.240 spitting statistician and my man Donnie Burns on ones and 0:03:41.240 --> 0:03:43.960 tools keeping it so hot that we sweat steam. Let's 0:03:44.000 --> 0:03:46.760 get into the starting cipher right now. News and notes 0:03:46.800 --> 0:03:49.680 around Major League Baseball. The Giants have placed their closer 0:03:49.720 --> 0:03:52.120 Mark Melanson on the d L with an elbow issue. 0:03:52.520 --> 0:03:56.040 With an elbow issue, they're hoping for the minimum stay there, 0:03:56.160 --> 0:03:58.840 so check out. You may need to get saves elsewhere 0:03:59.000 --> 0:04:01.480 if you had Melanten or remember I told you going 0:04:01.520 --> 0:04:03.640 into the season he was not a closer I wanted, 0:04:03.680 --> 0:04:06.280 not because of the injury risk, but more because he 0:04:06.360 --> 0:04:09.640 was just not a a strikeout kind of guy. Didn't 0:04:09.680 --> 0:04:11.880 have the ratios that I liked in my closer. So 0:04:12.160 --> 0:04:14.080 he didn't wind up on any of mine teams. Hope 0:04:14.120 --> 0:04:17.000 he didn't wind up on any of yours. Kendry Morales 0:04:17.080 --> 0:04:19.840 left game last night versus the Indians with the tight hamstring. 0:04:19.880 --> 0:04:22.240 They're keeping him out day to day. And also in 0:04:22.320 --> 0:04:25.600 the Washington Closer news, you got two uh two guys 0:04:25.760 --> 0:04:28.560 trying to get back healthy. Coda Glover had a rehab 0:04:28.600 --> 0:04:32.480 inning recently and Sean Kelly went for a simulated game, 0:04:32.800 --> 0:04:35.320 so one or both of those goals guys could be 0:04:35.360 --> 0:04:37.520 back sometime soon. Also want to let you know that 0:04:37.560 --> 0:04:40.280 Deck of Fowler is out for today's matchup for the St. 0:04:40.279 --> 0:04:43.360 Louis Cardinals with a shoulder issue. Let's talk about how 0:04:43.360 --> 0:04:46.640 we win that cash. Last night in DFS, I told 0:04:46.640 --> 0:04:49.320 you that I liked some mid level starters in the 0:04:49.400 --> 0:04:53.039 seven thousand range that I thought you could win with. 0:04:53.360 --> 0:04:55.599 I don't know if you listen to me, but once again, 0:04:55.960 --> 0:04:58.440 if you did, you might have been good, especially in 0:04:58.520 --> 0:05:02.160 cash lineups. I told you I like Hector Santiago fading 0:05:02.480 --> 0:05:06.080 the Chicago White Sox at SRED yesterday. He went out 0:05:06.120 --> 0:05:08.720 and went six and two thirds innings, only gave up 0:05:08.720 --> 0:05:12.000 two runs and struck out six guys. He got you 0:05:12.080 --> 0:05:15.960 a quality start and they win in FanDuel scoring as 0:05:16.320 --> 0:05:19.480 they won uh seven to two against the White Sox 0:05:19.520 --> 0:05:21.719 in Chicago, so that probably helped you out. I also 0:05:21.800 --> 0:05:24.880 told you about Matt Andrew's going against the Kansas City Royals. 0:05:25.080 --> 0:05:27.359 He did not get the win, but he uh or 0:05:27.440 --> 0:05:30.040 the quality start. Unfortunately, he did strike out seven though, 0:05:30.080 --> 0:05:32.560 and only gave up two runs, so he uh you know, 0:05:32.600 --> 0:05:36.200 he didn't blow up your lineups today. I'm telling you 0:05:36.400 --> 0:05:39.279 I am once again at this point where I am 0:05:39.360 --> 0:05:43.400 fading the Kansas City Royals offense, especially if they're in 0:05:43.440 --> 0:05:46.640 a ballpark like the one down in Tampa Bay, especially 0:05:47.440 --> 0:05:50.560 if they're facing Tampa Bay's ace, Chris Archer. So I 0:05:50.600 --> 0:05:53.760 am on Chris Archer tonight at ten thousand, four hundred 0:05:54.080 --> 0:05:57.440 on fan duel, the Kansas City Royals nineties six runs 0:05:57.440 --> 0:06:00.880 scored is the worst in the America Ankan League. And 0:06:00.920 --> 0:06:03.400 on the other side, I'm looking for a team in 0:06:03.440 --> 0:06:06.440 the National League that does not score a ton of runs, 0:06:06.560 --> 0:06:09.159 and that is the San Diego Padres. There. You know, 0:06:09.200 --> 0:06:11.440 They're hundred and twenty two runs is more than only 0:06:11.800 --> 0:06:13.839 really the San Francisco Giants, and I think it's tied 0:06:13.880 --> 0:06:16.680 with the Pittsburgh Pirates in the NL, and they are 0:06:16.720 --> 0:06:22.200 going up against you. That's you Darvish for the Texas Rangers. 0:06:22.240 --> 0:06:25.239 I get that he's at eleven thousand, two hundred, but tonight, 0:06:25.600 --> 0:06:27.960 unlike last night, is one of the nights I think 0:06:27.960 --> 0:06:30.679 you need to pay up for pitching to get, especially 0:06:30.680 --> 0:06:35.960 the strikeout artists like you Darvish. One of the things 0:06:35.960 --> 0:06:39.080 we've been talking about all season long, as we keep 0:06:39.120 --> 0:06:41.000 it moving here on speeds, is starting line up on 0:06:41.000 --> 0:06:44.400 the Fantasy Freestyle is this idea of launch angle and 0:06:44.440 --> 0:06:47.520 how a lot of people are consciously making changes to 0:06:47.600 --> 0:06:50.159 their swing because of the data that is coming out 0:06:50.360 --> 0:06:53.760 around launch angle and around EGXIT velocity. And I want 0:06:53.760 --> 0:06:57.800 to talk specifically about my man, Yonder Alonso, and Yonder 0:06:57.839 --> 0:07:00.440 Alonso is a guy that Benny Riccardi has been giving 0:07:00.480 --> 0:07:03.479 you out on DFS Lineup Lock for the last couple 0:07:03.520 --> 0:07:05.200 of days. I know a lot of people have been 0:07:05.279 --> 0:07:08.080 high on all these guys that take that transition and 0:07:08.120 --> 0:07:13.080 are actually looking to change their approach to hit more 0:07:13.440 --> 0:07:16.720 fly balls. If I have to say it again, You're 0:07:16.720 --> 0:07:18.760 gonna have to hear it again because I'm gonna be 0:07:18.840 --> 0:07:23.960 saying it all season long. Guys are systematically and strategically 0:07:24.360 --> 0:07:28.880 changing their approach to hit more fly balls. Listen to 0:07:28.960 --> 0:07:33.120 Yonder Alonso himself that he said in training camp in 0:07:33.160 --> 0:07:37.320 spring training and I quote, I did some mechanical things, 0:07:37.600 --> 0:07:41.360 but also the intent is important. I'm trying to punish 0:07:41.400 --> 0:07:44.080 it more and get it in the air. And then 0:07:44.080 --> 0:07:46.239 he later are you know, says that this is part 0:07:46.440 --> 0:07:48.640 of really the swing that he's trying to have. Well, 0:07:48.720 --> 0:07:51.960 let's see if it works for him. He now is 0:07:52.040 --> 0:07:54.960 hitting three oh nine with eleven homers and seven ribbies 0:07:54.960 --> 0:07:57.000 already on the young season with an ops of one 0:07:57.040 --> 0:08:01.800 point eight six. But more importantly, his fly ball rate 0:08:02.200 --> 0:08:05.880 is absolutely crazy. Fangraphs just did a thing, and his 0:08:06.240 --> 0:08:08.680 fly ball rate from over the last couple of years 0:08:08.880 --> 0:08:11.920 to this year literally looks like you're about to ride 0:08:11.960 --> 0:08:14.920 the beginning of the screen machine out there in six flags. 0:08:14.960 --> 0:08:18.440 It is a steep climb up and this year seventy 0:08:18.600 --> 0:08:23.040 five per cent of Yonder Alonso's batted balls are in 0:08:23.080 --> 0:08:25.760 the air. If you combine his fifty fly ball rate 0:08:26.000 --> 0:08:30.080 with his line drives okay, and according to him trying 0:08:30.080 --> 0:08:33.079 to quote unquote punish the ball, his eggs and velocity 0:08:33.200 --> 0:08:36.520 is up on average from ninety four miles an hour. 0:08:36.960 --> 0:08:40.160 This is what he is literally consciously trying to do. 0:08:40.520 --> 0:08:44.160 And the power has come as a result. Again, one 0:08:44.240 --> 0:08:47.800 point oh eight six ops coming out of first base 0:08:47.840 --> 0:08:51.040 of problem a position that we've always had power, but 0:08:51.080 --> 0:08:53.199 I've said you could have got power late. And you've 0:08:53.200 --> 0:09:01.160 seen guys Ryan Zimmerman, j Bruce, Yonder Alonzo all making 0:09:01.200 --> 0:09:05.079 the same kind of change. You also see other extreme 0:09:05.160 --> 0:09:08.640 cases in the National League, guys like Trevor's story are 0:09:08.640 --> 0:09:11.920 doing this. Guys like Ryan Shrimp for the San Diego 0:09:12.000 --> 0:09:15.559 Padres are doing this. Okay, we give it out sometimes 0:09:15.559 --> 0:09:17.320 as a diamond in the rough, but I'm trying to 0:09:17.400 --> 0:09:20.080 tell you that now in two thousand and seventeen and 0:09:20.120 --> 0:09:24.160 Major League Baseball, this three true outcomes approach is not 0:09:24.280 --> 0:09:27.160 only what pictures are looking for with strikeout, but this 0:09:27.280 --> 0:09:31.480 is okay, this is offense in baseball two thousand and seventeen. 0:09:32.559 --> 0:09:35.440 And here's more to support that, Yonder Alonzo, because he 0:09:35.520 --> 0:09:38.040 is trying to punish the ball, hurt the ball. He 0:09:38.240 --> 0:09:40.840 used to be a guy that was hard to strike out, 0:09:41.000 --> 0:09:44.040 that would take his you know, be discerning at the plate. 0:09:44.920 --> 0:09:47.720 His k rate has also gone up this year. His 0:09:47.880 --> 0:09:52.200 k rate has gone up from fourteen percent too, but 0:09:52.400 --> 0:09:55.600 they don't care. Let me tell you something. Fan Grabs 0:09:55.640 --> 0:09:58.040 did a big stat um, a form of weighted on 0:09:58.160 --> 0:10:01.160 base Okay, and all the guys that are scoring high 0:10:01.160 --> 0:10:03.720 on this are guys that are making this change this year. 0:10:03.920 --> 0:10:08.199 His teammate Chris Davis, Ryan Zimmerman, Aaron Judge, Miguel Soon 0:10:08.240 --> 0:10:11.240 know who we've also talked about making this change. Matt Kemp, 0:10:11.280 --> 0:10:14.880 who's also doing the same thing. Freddie Freeman again in Atlanta. 0:10:14.960 --> 0:10:17.440 These are guys that are looking to quote unquote punished 0:10:17.440 --> 0:10:21.480 the ball, increase their exit velocity, literally hit the bottom 0:10:21.559 --> 0:10:24.720 of the ball for their launch angle. This is a 0:10:24.760 --> 0:10:28.080 sustainable change, okay. And I say it's a sustainable change 0:10:28.080 --> 0:10:31.160 because I'm telling you here's the other thing about Yonder Alonso. 0:10:32.559 --> 0:10:35.559 He's only forty eight percent owned in season long leagues. 0:10:37.200 --> 0:10:39.880 Right now, if you're at the bar at happy hour, 0:10:39.960 --> 0:10:42.920 which boys having to drink or which girls having to 0:10:43.000 --> 0:10:46.480 drink after work? One of the two of you are 0:10:46.520 --> 0:10:49.280 in a league where you can right now go get 0:10:49.400 --> 0:10:53.400 Yonder Alonso and his three O nine average, eleven homers 0:10:53.400 --> 0:10:56.080 and seven ribbies. And I'm here to tell you speeds, 0:10:56.120 --> 0:10:59.439 the fitting statistician is here to tell you that this 0:10:59.480 --> 0:11:02.560 is sustain annable for the rest of the season. He's 0:11:02.559 --> 0:11:05.800 only forty some odd percent owned. Go out and get 0:11:05.880 --> 0:11:08.440 Yonder Alonzo. And when you're looking for other guys that 0:11:08.480 --> 0:11:10.960 I have a fast start, check to see if there's 0:11:10.960 --> 0:11:13.839 a dramatic shift and things like their launch angle, because 0:11:13.880 --> 0:11:17.320 that has become a tell tale sign. Like I said, though, 0:11:18.120 --> 0:11:21.199 I got this pole up about should the MLB should 0:11:21.200 --> 0:11:24.000 Baseball focus on more fun. Also, you know, Bryce Harper 0:11:24.040 --> 0:11:27.160 talking about let's make baseball fun again, and people were 0:11:27.200 --> 0:11:29.600 talking about the pace of play. Remember I did a 0:11:29.640 --> 0:11:32.079 poll recently about you know, how do we get millennials 0:11:32.080 --> 0:11:35.200 in It was that streaming coverage. But one of the 0:11:35.200 --> 0:11:37.880 things is like the idea of the bat flip. You know, 0:11:37.880 --> 0:11:41.320 we talked about like the quote unquote unwritten rules of Baseball. 0:11:42.080 --> 0:11:44.920 I even said how the WBC should kind of be 0:11:45.040 --> 0:11:47.280 for the title of unwritten rules in baseball and if 0:11:47.320 --> 0:11:50.240 like Korea, Japan or the Dominican wanted, then bat flip 0:11:50.280 --> 0:11:52.840 should become all the vogue and part of the quote 0:11:52.920 --> 0:11:56.319 unquote written rules of baseball. That's ultimately not what happened, 0:11:56.440 --> 0:12:00.200 but this is happening all over sports. You know, in 0:12:00.240 --> 0:12:02.839 the NFL we call it the no fund League, getting 0:12:02.880 --> 0:12:06.679 flags for celebrations. We talked about the celebrations and flexing 0:12:06.720 --> 0:12:09.880 and dances and high fives with Lebron James and the 0:12:09.880 --> 0:12:12.960 Cleveland Cavaliers in the NBA. So I ask you, does 0:12:13.000 --> 0:12:15.160 it bother you? We got a poll question up there 0:12:15.280 --> 0:12:17.400 right now and that f N T S Y Radio 0:12:17.480 --> 0:12:19.719 Twitter poll. We have a poll up there. Do these 0:12:19.800 --> 0:12:22.600 kind of team or individual celebrations like bat flips and others. 0:12:22.800 --> 0:12:26.440 Antonio Brown with the three pumps, does it bother you? Yes, 0:12:26.480 --> 0:12:29.360 it shows up the other team know it's okay to celebrate, 0:12:29.640 --> 0:12:32.240 or it's okay, but don't go overboard. We're gonna check 0:12:32.240 --> 0:12:34.400 in on those polls when we come back, and we 0:12:34.480 --> 0:12:36.240 got a lot more going on in the cipher. We 0:12:36.280 --> 0:12:39.439 got NBA Playoffs Game five Boston, Washington to check in on, 0:12:39.679 --> 0:12:42.600 and a whole lot more. You are listening to Dane 0:12:42.640 --> 0:12:46.760 Martinez Speeds the Spitting Statistician here on the award winning 0:12:46.920 --> 0:12:51.160 Fantasy Sports Radio Network. Okay, follow us on Twitter, Holler 0:12:51.160 --> 0:12:52.960 at me if you want, because we can talk about 0:12:52.960 --> 0:12:55.880 this launch angle. We're gonna come on back, talk more baseball, 0:12:55.880 --> 0:12:59.319 a little Matt Harvey. I have reasons why he's acting 0:12:59.320 --> 0:13:01.400 like a middle school well girl. We'll come on back 0:13:01.440 --> 0:13:03.520 to that. We'll get into the starting site for all 0:13:03.520 --> 0:13:05.640 that and more here on the Fantasy Freestyle on the 0:13:05.679 --> 0:13:24.800 award winning Fantasy Sports Radio Network. Hey, Hey, Hey, it's 0:13:24.840 --> 0:13:27.760 your boy, Dane Martinez Speeds and spitting Statistician. If you're 0:13:27.800 --> 0:13:30.760 listening live to the Fantasy Freestyle here on the Fantasy 0:13:30.760 --> 0:13:33.600 Sports Radio Network. Let's get into the cipher. I'll give 0:13:33.600 --> 0:13:35.880 you my news and notes on the NFL every day 0:13:35.960 --> 0:13:38.920 because football is always king, especially here on the Fantasy 0:13:38.960 --> 0:13:41.520 Sports Radio Network where we help you win your leagues 0:13:41.600 --> 0:13:45.280 and win that cash rams gm less Sneed says the 0:13:45.320 --> 0:13:49.000 goal for Tavon Austin is to be ready for training 0:13:49.040 --> 0:13:52.240 camp that after he had risk surgery in India off season. 0:13:52.320 --> 0:13:55.080 Interestingly enough, they say he wants uh. Less Needs says 0:13:55.160 --> 0:13:57.640 they want Tavon Austin to be quote unquote more like 0:13:57.880 --> 0:14:01.480 Deshan Jackson. Things don't happened that way, Okay, just because 0:14:01.480 --> 0:14:05.319 they're short, fast wide receivers, you can't just reasonably approximate 0:14:05.559 --> 0:14:08.240 what a pro Bowl wide receiver can do. Less Need, 0:14:08.240 --> 0:14:11.360 of course, probably wants that because he also spent a 0:14:11.360 --> 0:14:13.560 lot of money signing Robert Woods in the offseason. They 0:14:13.559 --> 0:14:18.840 now have around eight five ninety million dollars invested into 0:14:19.000 --> 0:14:21.560 what I would describe as number two or three wideouts 0:14:21.600 --> 0:14:25.520 in Tavon Austin and Robert Woods. That's really the way 0:14:25.560 --> 0:14:28.760 to support young, growing quarterback Jared Goff, and that's really 0:14:28.800 --> 0:14:32.520 the way to keep um, you know, Todd Gurley with 0:14:32.600 --> 0:14:36.720 only uh you know, seventy eight hundred thirty four men 0:14:36.760 --> 0:14:39.160 in the box against him. So we'll see about that. 0:14:39.320 --> 0:14:43.800 Colts wide receiver coach Sanjay Laal says Dante Moncrief quote 0:14:43.840 --> 0:14:45.600 unquote has all the tools to be one of the 0:14:45.600 --> 0:14:48.840 best wide receivers in the league and actually questioned the 0:14:48.880 --> 0:14:52.080 coaching that he received in the past. Now Dante Moncrief 0:14:52.160 --> 0:14:55.160 is coming up on a contract year, watch out the 0:14:55.160 --> 0:14:59.960 the um excuses are running dry for the Indian Apple 0:15:00.040 --> 0:15:03.480 List Colts. Okay, they you know, change GMS. They're starting 0:15:03.480 --> 0:15:06.000 to build up that defense and that offensive line. Andrew 0:15:06.040 --> 0:15:09.800 Luck will be healthy. They are loaded with weapons. I think, 0:15:09.920 --> 0:15:12.240 uh as some of these other teams in their division, 0:15:12.280 --> 0:15:15.520 most notably, in my opinion, the Tennessee Titans start to grow. 0:15:15.960 --> 0:15:18.200 You really need to try and chime in when you 0:15:18.360 --> 0:15:22.560 can before the Texans have a rock star quarterback, before 0:15:22.560 --> 0:15:25.720 the Titans and the Jaguars take the next step. Andrew Luck, 0:15:25.800 --> 0:15:30.440 Dante Moncrief, your time is right now. I believe Alberto 0:15:30.560 --> 0:15:33.320 River your own is now. The new head of officiating 0:15:33.400 --> 0:15:36.760 in the NFL. He replaces Dean Blandino. Remember Blandino left 0:15:36.800 --> 0:15:40.360 where uh for what would be a TV job. I 0:15:40.400 --> 0:15:43.920 believe last month, and Alberto Rivion is now also. Don't 0:15:43.960 --> 0:15:46.520 forget he's gonna have the role of that centralized instant 0:15:46.520 --> 0:15:49.800 replay that's happening now replays. Remember they're not going under 0:15:49.840 --> 0:15:51.800 the hood back in the New York City office. So 0:15:51.880 --> 0:15:55.680 I think that's interesting. Vikings have signed wide receiver Michael 0:15:55.720 --> 0:15:58.520 Floyd to a one year, one point five million dollar deal. 0:15:58.560 --> 0:16:00.840 It can grow to a bit with incentives, but you 0:16:00.840 --> 0:16:04.120 gotta think about it. What really is there on that roster? 0:16:04.240 --> 0:16:06.320 You know, you got like Stefan digs out wide out, 0:16:06.360 --> 0:16:09.560 so maybe Floyd can see some opportunities there. In an 0:16:09.640 --> 0:16:13.320 interesting move, the Pats extended the May nine tender to 0:16:13.400 --> 0:16:17.720 Legarrett blunt Um at one point well one million dollar tender. 0:16:17.760 --> 0:16:21.280 I think that is very interesting, especially because the Pats have, 0:16:21.840 --> 0:16:24.640 you know, invested in guys like Rex Burkehead and gillies 0:16:24.680 --> 0:16:27.240 Ley already this offseason. This may be just be a 0:16:27.280 --> 0:16:30.000 move to block rivals like I told you about, like 0:16:30.000 --> 0:16:33.760 the Baltimore Ravens from potentially signing him, because now when 0:16:33.760 --> 0:16:36.400 you put that tender on, it does in fact impact 0:16:36.480 --> 0:16:39.360 the compensatory picks, Otherwise it would not. I was talking 0:16:39.360 --> 0:16:41.440 about what it would happen this week. So the Pats 0:16:41.520 --> 0:16:46.200 kind of you know, playing business and chess, trying to maybe, uh, 0:16:46.640 --> 0:16:50.560 you know, prevent someone like the Ravens from signing Legarrett Blunt. 0:16:50.760 --> 0:16:52.880 As we're moving on here in the cipher, I want 0:16:52.880 --> 0:16:56.040 to bring my boy Donny Burns into the discussion. Not 0:16:56.200 --> 0:16:58.280 only is he the love doctor, but he is my 0:16:58.400 --> 0:17:02.240 basketball corresponded here on the fantasy freestyle. We've been checking 0:17:02.280 --> 0:17:06.600 on all playoffs long, and uh, last night, you know, 0:17:06.800 --> 0:17:08.800 was what I thought was gonna be a swing game 0:17:08.840 --> 0:17:11.640 in this Rocket Spurs series. And it went the way 0:17:11.800 --> 0:17:14.720 of Donnie Burns, not the way of speeds and spitting statistician. 0:17:15.000 --> 0:17:19.119 The Spurs win one ten to one oh seven in overtime. 0:17:19.359 --> 0:17:21.160 All we gotta do is look at the critical stat 0:17:21.200 --> 0:17:24.000 that we have been telling you guys about all series long. 0:17:24.320 --> 0:17:28.880 Houston went sixteen of forty nine from three point range 0:17:28.880 --> 0:17:32.520 of sixty eight. That is thirty three percent. We have 0:17:32.640 --> 0:17:35.439 been saying all series long, Donnie Burns, that is just 0:17:35.600 --> 0:17:38.200 not enough to get it done. The other big number 0:17:38.240 --> 0:17:40.720 that I'll leave you with, that I think tells the story. 0:17:40.760 --> 0:17:44.879 Albeit in an overtime game, Mr Aldridge showed up with 0:17:44.960 --> 0:17:48.120 eighteen points and fourteen boards. We also got production out 0:17:48.119 --> 0:17:50.440 of Patty Mills who had twenty Danny Green as well. 0:17:50.480 --> 0:17:53.040 They combined to go nine for twenty from three point land. 0:17:53.280 --> 0:17:57.479 Things started clicking on the Spurs side. However, Kawhi Leonard 0:17:57.480 --> 0:18:00.000 may have gotten banged up a little bit. But Donnie, 0:18:00.000 --> 0:18:02.680 if the Rockets don't don't hit that number, like we said, 0:18:02.680 --> 0:18:04.280 it's gonna be hard for them. Huh, it's gonna be 0:18:04.320 --> 0:18:07.159 real hard for them. And unfortunately for the Spurs. Kawhi 0:18:07.280 --> 0:18:10.159 Leonard update is it's a sprained ankle, but he is 0:18:10.240 --> 0:18:13.560 expected to play next game. However, it was good that 0:18:13.640 --> 0:18:15.679 LaMarcus Old had showed up because, like I said, if 0:18:15.680 --> 0:18:18.240 they were able to move on, he's gonna be big 0:18:18.240 --> 0:18:20.639 time against the Warriors and he needs to show up. 0:18:20.680 --> 0:18:22.640 We just need to see how Kauai plays this next game. 0:18:23.960 --> 0:18:29.560 Do you rest Kauai? I can't just because of how 0:18:29.640 --> 0:18:32.480 the series has gone. You can't like take it for 0:18:32.520 --> 0:18:34.440 granted that you would win a game seven back home. 0:18:34.600 --> 0:18:36.800 It's playoffs. It's not the regular season. If it was 0:18:36.840 --> 0:18:39.120 the regular season, obviously i'd say, you know, rest him, 0:18:39.160 --> 0:18:41.560 but you need to. You need to run him out there, 0:18:41.800 --> 0:18:44.119 I guess so, And as even James Harden said throughout 0:18:44.160 --> 0:18:46.240 the season, remember Hooper's got a hoop, you know, he 0:18:46.320 --> 0:18:48.040 was playing out there with a bad risk. I believe 0:18:48.080 --> 0:18:50.640 it was for a long part, a large part of 0:18:50.680 --> 0:18:54.479 the season. Tonight in Boston, though, here's the thing, Donnie, 0:18:55.560 --> 0:18:57.680 I'm gonna go with the same exact thesis that I 0:18:57.760 --> 0:19:01.320 had last night. I believe at Game five is the 0:19:01.359 --> 0:19:04.800 swing game, and just like I thought in the Western Conference, 0:19:05.080 --> 0:19:08.520 tonight in the Eastern Conference, I'm gonna go with the 0:19:08.600 --> 0:19:12.280 road team being the Washington Wizards. Let me tell you something, 0:19:12.720 --> 0:19:15.760 the Celtics have been no great shakes in Boston all 0:19:15.800 --> 0:19:19.919 playoffs long. If you remember, the Wizards were up, you know, 0:19:20.000 --> 0:19:22.920 in the first half by over by double digits both 0:19:23.000 --> 0:19:25.440 Game one and Game two against the Celtics. And don't 0:19:25.480 --> 0:19:28.320 forget that in the first round the Chicago Bulls were 0:19:28.359 --> 0:19:32.240 not afraid of going to Boston either, winning some games there. 0:19:32.440 --> 0:19:35.000 This has not been a strong home court advantage in 0:19:35.000 --> 0:19:38.439 my opinion for the Boston Celtics, unless Isaiah Thomas decides 0:19:38.480 --> 0:19:40.960 to go off again, I think Washington is going to 0:19:41.040 --> 0:19:43.359 try to put the clamps down and double Isaiah for 0:19:43.480 --> 0:19:46.480 someone else to beat them. I'm going to go out, 0:19:46.520 --> 0:19:48.480 I guess on a limit. I'm taking the road team, 0:19:48.680 --> 0:19:52.280 the Washington Wizards in Boston tonight. What say you, Donnie Burns? Yes, 0:19:52.320 --> 0:19:55.200 so I still have the season this However, we talked 0:19:55.200 --> 0:19:57.479 about this the other day. I feel like Scott Brooks 0:19:57.480 --> 0:20:00.840 has figured out with this kind of sw wing offense 0:20:00.920 --> 0:20:04.120 to the weak side with Isaiah Thomas. If Otto Porter 0:20:04.200 --> 0:20:06.679 shows up with that quiet eighteen points again, you know 0:20:06.720 --> 0:20:09.320 they're gonna be hard to to to beat. But I'm 0:20:09.320 --> 0:20:11.480 gonna stay with the season. Had to see the season 0:20:11.480 --> 0:20:13.639 at the beginning of this bet, I know your boys 0:20:13.680 --> 0:20:15.440 had the Wizards. Yeah, I was with you. I was 0:20:15.520 --> 0:20:17.920 with you with the season. They're gonna come on Tuesday, 0:20:18.280 --> 0:20:20.240 right when the conference finals are getting to go in, 0:20:20.600 --> 0:20:22.359 so we can go over that, you and me, we're 0:20:22.359 --> 0:20:25.600 on Boston overall. Uh, they were on they were on 0:20:25.640 --> 0:20:28.080 the Wizards. So this will be a big, a big 0:20:28.119 --> 0:20:30.320 matchup to decide who has bragging rights when we're talking 0:20:30.359 --> 0:20:32.880 on Tuesday on Fantasy Freestyle. Yeah. And the one thing 0:20:32.920 --> 0:20:35.080 that you know people are talking about is even though 0:20:35.119 --> 0:20:38.120 the Wizards are a four seed, they would match up 0:20:38.160 --> 0:20:40.760 a lot better against the Calves in the next round. 0:20:41.119 --> 0:20:43.720 I just feel like the Wizards. A lot of people 0:20:43.800 --> 0:20:46.800 think the Wizards are missing another you know, uh, front 0:20:46.800 --> 0:20:49.280 court player, but I really think they need that one 0:20:49.320 --> 0:20:52.199 bench player to really make that next move. You know, 0:20:52.240 --> 0:20:54.879 they have, they have Wall and Beal, and they just 0:20:54.960 --> 0:20:59.159 need that one more that bench player. Now, I'm not 0:20:59.200 --> 0:21:00.960 big on them. I don't think they could push them 0:21:00.960 --> 0:21:03.560 to the next level, but they do match up better 0:21:03.560 --> 0:21:05.600 with you never know. I hear there's a team in 0:21:05.760 --> 0:21:09.159 l A that might be getting broken up. Uh. You know, 0:21:09.240 --> 0:21:11.480 that would be very interesting if one of those guys 0:21:11.520 --> 0:21:13.920 on the front court wants to make the cross country trip, 0:21:14.000 --> 0:21:16.800 we shall see um check it out here on the 0:21:17.040 --> 0:21:19.400 UH on the Fantasy Freestyle. One of the things you 0:21:19.400 --> 0:21:21.440 you know, Donnie Burns, You know, I've been talking about 0:21:21.480 --> 0:21:24.880 this all, you know, since its inception. Here this idea 0:21:25.040 --> 0:21:27.879 of pain management in the NFL. Remember we had licensed 0:21:27.920 --> 0:21:30.680 athletic trainer Thomas low come on talking about the torre doll. 0:21:30.880 --> 0:21:32.879 I have been talking about this for a while. Well. 0:21:33.560 --> 0:21:37.080