Speaker 1: You're tuned into Heat Check, buttal quick.
Speaker 2: On this episode of the Heat Check, it's a bonus episode.
Speaker 2: I've got a special betting preview for the Southwest, Southeast,
Speaker 2: and Northwest divisions. I am joined by my BEDMGM co
Speaker 2: host Ryan Horbat, and we recorded this on a recent
Speaker 2: episode of BETMGM Tonight. We break down our favorites to
Speaker 2: win each division, as well as the most intriguing teams
Speaker 2: to watch. We had a lot of fun, So do
Speaker 2: me a favorite nick and drop that motherfucking beat.
Speaker 3: Southeast. We got the Hawks, the Heat, the Wizards, the Hornets, Yeah,
Speaker 3: and the Magic. Yeah.
Speaker 2: There's only a couple of answers that you can really say,
Speaker 2: And I guess you could say, all right, which teams
Speaker 2: are exciting?
Speaker 3: Which teams get your heart racing?
Speaker 2: I think the Hawks are the only exciting team in
Speaker 2: this division right now outside of the mat like the Magic.
Speaker 3: Actually, I've watched every game.
Speaker 1: The Hornets will be exciting. Well, when's LaMelo coming back,
Speaker 1: hopefully before a Lonzo which is probably nebruwhere I.
Speaker 2: Think his timeline is out at least man it doesn't
Speaker 2: make say it doesn't say in terms of like timeline,
Speaker 2: This is what I would say about the ankle for
Speaker 2: time for LaMelo. I injured my high ankle. I had
Speaker 2: a high ankle sprain and it took me. Yeah, it
Speaker 2: took me. I was in pet for like four months.
Speaker 2: They said it would be eight weeks. It would me
Speaker 2: to be able to run again, but to be able
Speaker 2: to cut, plant, spin out the things that LaMelo got
Speaker 2: to get back into the game shape. It could be
Speaker 2: two to three months, like three months maybe more so,
Speaker 2: depends on how severe his ankle is and when they
Speaker 2: get him back, they need to get back Gordon Hayward
Speaker 2: as well. Right now, it's just man, just Terry Rosier,
Speaker 2: and they actually might trade Terry Rosier. So this is
Speaker 2: not a team that you want to be betting on.
Speaker 1: And it was a disastrous offseason obviously off the court stuff.
Speaker 3: Yeah, no, Miles Bridges obviously indefinitely. Yeah.
Speaker 1: Probably domestic, Yeah, I would hope.
Speaker 3: Maybe, maybe not.
Speaker 2: He played no contest just the other day. He's not
Speaker 2: going to face any jail time. He's going to serve
Speaker 2: a parole. He may be back in the uniform for
Speaker 2: someone at some point. But I would not bet on
Speaker 2: the Hornets. I think Hornets unders for a while are
Speaker 2: going to be the.
Speaker 1: Move which is crazy because z just all I know,
Speaker 1: I said that the other.
Speaker 3: Night, crazy like they score eighty five points.
Speaker 1: Now they don't have anybody and they don't play any defense,
Speaker 1: but I mean, they can't score. So I'm with you
Speaker 1: on that. I would not do anything obviously with the Magic.
Speaker 1: You couldn't pay me to touch the Hornets. I hate
Speaker 1: the Wizards same, but you know my thoughts on Trey
Speaker 1: Young and I bought into the Hawks last year because
Speaker 1: it just seemed like it was going to be their
Speaker 1: year after losing in the Eastern Conference seven and three
Speaker 1: right now, and they should have beat the Bocks in
Speaker 1: that series. I mean only I only say that because
Speaker 1: Giannis didn't play the final two games. They got Chris
Speaker 1: Middleton and de Holliday. Though, I just feel like, if
Speaker 1: I'm getting the heat though, plus one twenty five, and
Speaker 1: I know it's kind of been a mess, and I
Speaker 1: know that they've had guys in and out of the lineup,
Speaker 1: I mean, Jimmy Butler included, I just feel like, if
Speaker 1: you're giving me, and I know the price isn't great,
Speaker 1: plus one twenty five with Eric Spoltra and that team
Speaker 1: of veterans you know, they always treat the regular season
Speaker 1: the way that it should be treated. I'd probably take it.
Speaker 1: Here's the question that I have for you. The Heat
Speaker 1: every year win like fifty three to fifty four games.
Speaker 1: They're a top three seed in the East, and I
Speaker 1: feel like they kind of burn out. Now last year
Speaker 1: they had a shot there.
Speaker 3: But two years ago maybe they're just like screw it.
Speaker 1: Like like kind of like the Bucks did finally a
Speaker 1: couple of years ago, where it's like, we don't need
Speaker 1: to win sixty sixty two games. We'll use more load management.
Speaker 1: You know, we have you Donnas Haslim Donnas Haslam checked
Speaker 1: into a game the other That's crazy. He's one hundred
Speaker 1: and ninety seven years old. He was literally in the
Speaker 1: league when I was at Saint Mary Nativity in the
Speaker 1: eighth grade. I'm not kidding you. This guy is still
Speaker 1: in the league. But I would still I would take
Speaker 1: the Heat plus one twenty five. I like the Hawks.
Speaker 1: I don't know that I trust them.
Speaker 2: I'm not minus money. I would need plus two hundred
Speaker 2: to take the Hawks.
Speaker 1: That's what I mean.
Speaker 2: I can't take a minus one twenty five. I do
Speaker 2: think though they're very exciting. You look at de Jonte Murray.
Speaker 2: De Jonte Murray, we were talking about props at the
Speaker 2: break and I made a whole list today of players
Speaker 2: that are on my do not bet list and players
Speaker 2: to target lists. His rebounds are a target, his assists
Speaker 2: are a target, his points are a target, his steals
Speaker 2: are a He's just his hitting every single prop like
Speaker 2: on every level. Steals, blocks, assists, rebounds, points, He's doing
Speaker 2: everything for this team. Three pointers as well, He's hitting
Speaker 2: like five a game sometimes, so his efficiency is off
Speaker 2: the charts. He's just really added a lot to a
Speaker 2: team where Trey Young, Trey Young's undersize, Trey Young is
Speaker 2: up and down, and de Jontay Murray is very steady.
Speaker 2: And for whatever reason, de Jontay Murray is getting John
Speaker 2: Collins involved. And John Collins now is averaging like fifteen
Speaker 2: points per game or something crazy like that.
Speaker 1: Let me just make shit.
Speaker 3: Yeah, he should be doing that right now.
Speaker 2: So yeah, he's averaging thirteen a game right now, but
Speaker 2: he's shooting threes. He's shooting somewhere between two and seven
Speaker 2: threes a game, John Collins. So yeah, I think that
Speaker 2: de Jontay Murray makes this team a lot more fun
Speaker 2: I've watched a lot more games because of him. Yeah,
Speaker 2: Clint Capella will probably be moved at some point for someone,
Speaker 2: So yeah, I mean it would only be the Heat
Speaker 2: for me at plus one twenty five because this is
Speaker 2: a team that just continues to try hard and I
Speaker 2: don't know how much I trust Nate McMillan. And like
Speaker 2: we've seen the Hawks go into like these fifteen game tailspins,
Speaker 2: fifteen games where they just win like four of fifteen.
Speaker 3: It's gonna happen in January.
Speaker 1: I don't even really want the Heat plus one twenty
Speaker 1: five this year.
Speaker 3: The problem is bad conference.
Speaker 1: The problem is there's yeah, there's no value because the
Speaker 1: Magic sure maybe in a year or two, righteah, maybe two.
Speaker 3: Two, the Hornets not the Horness.
Speaker 1: No, no, probably never, to be honest with you. And
Speaker 1: then the Wizards, like any chance, what is the Wizard's goal?
Speaker 1: Because is it just make the playoffs and get some
Speaker 1: playoff money? Right, like you get the host two games,
Speaker 1: get some playoff revenue in there.
Speaker 2: You just have to try to saytiate because Bradley Beal
Speaker 2: that you're on the right track.
Speaker 3: That's it.
Speaker 2: Like Porzingis has to be healthy all year.
Speaker 1: See, and I just the other night. Okay, so, and
Speaker 1: I know Brad didn't play. Maybe he did play. I
Speaker 1: don't even remember because it was Friday night, right, But
Speaker 1: all the last thing I remember was Porzingis for some
Speaker 1: reason running his mouth.
Speaker 3: No, he didn't. Kevin Durant, he didn't play the last
Speaker 3: two games, that's right.
Speaker 1: And Kevin Durant was at the free throw line and
Speaker 1: he just stared at him and he started jawing with him,
Speaker 1: and then he murdered everybody on the team like he is.
Speaker 1: Daniel Gafford. Has he played since that night because his
Speaker 1: ankles were broke.
Speaker 3: I don't think he has played. I don't think he has.
Speaker 1: A team is dump and they're not going to be
Speaker 1: able to make any moves. Like what's the best thing
Speaker 1: that they could do.
Speaker 2: Yeah, he had five points last night, five and seven,
Speaker 2: but he's in a bad place.
Speaker 3: The Wizards just really have no goal.
Speaker 1: Yeah's eleven to one. No, thank you.
Speaker 2: That's pretty much all I have in terms of just
Speaker 2: like breaking this team down. But what I will say,
Speaker 2: for people who haven't watched any Magic games, you should, honestly,
Speaker 2: like you really should. Pala ben Caro averaging thirty in
Speaker 2: the last five games. He's averaging almost thirty points per game.
Speaker 2: Just insane stuff.
Speaker 1: He's awesome. So give me one reason to watch the
Speaker 1: Wizards if I'm just the best.
Speaker 3: There isn't one one. There wasn't one.
Speaker 1: Give me a reason to watch the Heat.
Speaker 2: Kyle Kuzman, Oh, no, to watch the Heat bam on
Speaker 2: a bio season.
Speaker 3: Yeah, he's gonna be fun.
Speaker 2: Oh and Max Strews Juice Shrew's three pointers.
Speaker 3: Tyler Hero assists Tyler Hero three pointers.
Speaker 2: For props, really just for props. There you goes, Jimmy
Speaker 2: Butler mid ranges, There you go.
Speaker 1: If I had to make a bet, I'd go with
Speaker 1: the Heat only for the value same plus one plus one.
Speaker 1: Let's talk a little Southwest Division winner. And while I
Speaker 1: pull up those future odds, I tell me, just tell me,
Speaker 1: good good, thank God, throw them out to me.
Speaker 2: So it's Mavericks they're the leader plus one thirty five Nope,
Speaker 2: Memphis Grizzlies plus one fifty nope. Uh, New Orleans Pelicans
Speaker 2: plus two fifty, Spurs plus twenty five thousand, and Rockets
Speaker 2: plus fifty thousand.
Speaker 1: Well, I'm clearly all in on the Rockets this year.
Speaker 3: No, I'm kidding they're the worst team in the league.
Speaker 1: I think, yeah, I'm kidding about that, but I do
Speaker 1: like that price for the Pelicans. Same really like the
Speaker 1: Pelicans because the only issue with the Pelicans and I
Speaker 1: love what they did at the deadline last year. I
Speaker 1: mean acquiring CJ, which obviously, you know, you get another
Speaker 1: guy that could get your buckets in the fourth quarter.
Speaker 1: But also the thing with them is they kind of
Speaker 1: I mean, they're really young, but now they have the experience.
Speaker 1: The only thing that scares me a little bit about
Speaker 1: saying that is I said that about Atlanta the year
Speaker 1: before that, and then they ended up being a complete
Speaker 1: dumpster fire. But we've already seen it here early with
Speaker 1: the Pelicans, like they look like they're the real deal
Speaker 1: when Zion's out there, when he's fully healthy. He's in
Speaker 1: shape right now. He just needs to stay healthy. That's
Speaker 1: the other thing that scares me a little bit. But
Speaker 1: I love brandon Ingram. I've always been a big brandon
Speaker 1: Ingram fan. I thought the Laker should have held on
Speaker 1: to brandon Ingram. And I like that roster. They're deep,
Speaker 1: they got a bunch of young guys, they got guys
Speaker 1: that actually played defense, and I think that they're they're
Speaker 1: One of the reasons I like him is you have
Speaker 1: you have the veteran leadership with a guy like CJ.
Speaker 1: But also you have a bunch of young guys that
Speaker 1: are going to get up for these regular season games.
Speaker 1: Kind of like nobody saw that coming from Memphis last
Speaker 1: year where they were the second best team in the
Speaker 1: West only next to Phoenix. They covered every single they
Speaker 1: played hard every single night. You just don't know that
Speaker 1: you're going to get that with these veteran type teams,
Speaker 1: especially in the West right now. Like the Clippers, well
Speaker 1: they're using the load management. They just want to get
Speaker 1: into the playoffs, where with the Pelicans, this is new
Speaker 1: and exciting. You got guys trying to increase their numbers
Speaker 1: and pat their stats a little bit every night, and
Speaker 1: they're just a good team. I like the Pelicans a lot,
Speaker 1: but I also do like the MAVs because they have
Speaker 1: Luca and every single night he could give you forty.
Speaker 1: I think the value bet would have to be the Pelicans, right,
Speaker 1: the value.
Speaker 3: Bet for sure.
Speaker 2: Here's the issue that I have with the Pelicans is
Speaker 2: that last year they were one in thirteen. They started out,
Speaker 2: they started out really, really poorly, and it felt like
Speaker 2: Willie Green was already sort of with his back against
Speaker 2: the wall.
Speaker 3: Zion wasn't around.
Speaker 2: You had a bunch of undrafted guys or second round
Speaker 2: guys coming in congealing together.
Speaker 3: Brandon Ingram was the alpha on this team.
Speaker 2: And then you make the trade for CJ, and CJ
Speaker 2: sort of unlocks brandon Ingram, and all the while they
Speaker 2: were able to figure some things out without Zion. And
Speaker 2: now that Zion comes back and you've got you know,
Speaker 2: herb Jones is clicking, and brandon Ingram's clicking, even to
Speaker 2: a degree, Jose.
Speaker 3: Alvarado has found himself a role.
Speaker 2: Now you insert Zion back into the lineup, and now
Speaker 2: a team that was a stifling defense, a team that
Speaker 2: took Phoenix to the brink in the playoffs based on
Speaker 2: that perimeter defense, playing really athletic, good team stuff, covering
Speaker 2: for one another. Now all of a sudden, they're just
Speaker 2: picking on Zion because he's not a very good defender
Speaker 2: at all, and he's barbecued chicken and he knows that,
Speaker 2: and he has inconsistency and issues with I think complacency
Speaker 2: as well. So I think what's happened is you have
Speaker 2: a team that was super desperate last year to a
Speaker 2: team that's been feeling themselves a little bit early. I
Speaker 2: think they getting smacked in the mouth last night against
Speaker 2: the Indiana Pacers shows them that they need to come
Speaker 2: out and compete just like they did last year, every
Speaker 2: single night and not think that there's a team that
Speaker 2: they can just walk through and beat, especially when you've
Speaker 2: got Zion who's gonna get absolutely picked on in the
Speaker 2: pick and roll specifically, So I like that pick. I
Speaker 2: am a little nervous about them, though. I'm nervous about
Speaker 2: all those teams. I'm nervous about the MAVs in terms
Speaker 2: of who's going to be the other primary scorer, and
Speaker 2: you know, teams just allowing Luca to have forty and
Speaker 2: them losing. I'm worried about the Grizzlies without Jaron Jackson.
Speaker 2: The Grizzlies would probably be my picky because I think
Speaker 2: when Jaron Jackson does come back, they're going to take
Speaker 2: another step and they're winning games even without one of
Speaker 2: their key pieces. All the other teams they're not missing anyone.
Speaker 2: You know, Mavericks have their entire team, Pelicans have their
Speaker 2: entire team. Now you could say they're getting Zion back
Speaker 2: into the and integrated into the lineup. I know this
Speaker 2: mount might sound crazy, but I think defensively, the Pelicans
Speaker 2: are better without Zion, really I do. Yeah, I think
Speaker 2: that there's a better defensive team without Zion on it.
Speaker 1: Better defensive team, yeah yeah.
Speaker 3: Defensive team. Not a complete team, but just a defensive team.
Speaker 1: Yeah. No, I think that's fair. I completely agree with that.
Speaker 1: Which team do you think is built to actually to
Speaker 1: make a run in the playoffs? All three of them?
Speaker 3: Yeah, I do.
Speaker 2: I think all three have have a legit chance. You
Speaker 2: look at the Grizzlies, they could have beaten the Warriors.
Speaker 3: We didn't see Jaw healthy. He got hurt.
Speaker 2: You know, you had a couple of fifty fifty balls
Speaker 2: go down. So that is another one. I think the
Speaker 2: Pelicans could have very easily. There were some key moments.
Speaker 2: I think they could have ended up beating the Phoenix
Speaker 2: Suns in the first round. That would have been an
Speaker 2: awesome matchup with the Mavericks. And then obviously the Mavericks
Speaker 2: go to the Western Conference Finals. So and another fun
Speaker 2: team that I'm not going to bet on, but a
Speaker 2: team that you should definitely watch until the trade deadline
Speaker 2: is the Spurs, Like the Spurs are a very fun team.
Speaker 1: Do you think they're going to be active at the deadline.
Speaker 1: Do you think they're gonna be I.
Speaker 3: Think they're gonna be sellers.
Speaker 1: Yeah.
Speaker 2: I think I've heard yaka pertl to the Boston Celtics,
Speaker 2: which you would love.
Speaker 1: God, that'd be a huge pickup. Because the other thing
Speaker 1: I was going to bring up was you think about
Speaker 1: the trade deadline, you think about some of the guys
Speaker 1: that might get moved, and then you think about the
Speaker 1: act of obviously you know the owners and the general
Speaker 1: managers that are going to be looking to sell or buy,
Speaker 1: I should say at the deadline and this conference, the
Speaker 1: Grizzlies are kind of set for the next couple of years,
Speaker 1: right because they have such a young core that I
Speaker 1: don't think they're gonna move any of those guys unless
Speaker 1: it was the right deal to be made. And then
Speaker 1: you look at obviously Dallas and you have Mark Cuban
Speaker 1: who's always super aggressive. But do you think there's gonna
Speaker 1: be a big name that's available at the deadline, Like
Speaker 1: what's gonna end up happening with the Nets? We don't know.
Speaker 1: With Kyrie and KD. But I don't think either of
Speaker 1: those guys Kyrie. I was gonna say, he's not worth
Speaker 1: a headache. I don't think anybody's gonna want Kyrie, even
Speaker 1: Mark Cuban and he's him and Luca together, is not
Speaker 1: I was.
Speaker 2: Talking to Andrew about this and he said was he's
Speaker 2: Andrew are our brand manager. We were talking to him
Speaker 2: friend of ours, and he basically said he would take
Speaker 2: Kyrie for the Minnesotamberwolves, which I wouldn't hate.
Speaker 3: Kyrie is a good enough.
Speaker 2: Point guard to say, all right, Kyrie, D'Angelo, Russell Aunt Edwards,
Speaker 2: I don't Chicago.
Speaker 3: I mean, I don't know why you would.
Speaker 2: Let's be honest, there is a real possibility and isaological
Speaker 2: reasoning behind the Nets deciding that they are going to
Speaker 2: tank this year to get Scoot Henderson or someone because
Speaker 2: this is the last year that they and the Houston
Speaker 2: Rockets have a pit a pick swap, and Houston will
Speaker 2: either get their own pick or they will get the
Speaker 2: Nets pick, whichever one is better for them more advantagious.
Speaker 2: So the Nets could very easily get the second or
Speaker 2: third overall pick and they will have their own pick.
Speaker 2: So tanking this year works for them, get rid of
Speaker 2: Kevin Durant, get rid of Kyrie Irving, use your own pick,
Speaker 2: find or trade that pick for a star.
Speaker 3: Figure it out.
Speaker 1: There's you trade Kevin Durant to Dallas to play with Luke.
Speaker 2: That actually would be amazing. Christian would Yeah, that honestly
Speaker 2: is an amazing trade. I think that's like really interesting
Speaker 2: for this division. But this is the last year that
Speaker 2: the Nets will have their own pick for a very
Speaker 2: very long time. They'll have to have either the Sixers
Speaker 2: pick or no pick at all. So I really do
Speaker 2: like the Grizzlies though at plus one fifty, it feels
Speaker 2: like when they get Jaron Jackson back and they have
Speaker 2: enough pieces to make another move if they need to.
Speaker 2: Pelicans five and five, Spurs five and six, Maverick six
Speaker 2: and three, Grizzly seven and four. So they're all sort
Speaker 2: of hovering between five and nine, kind of like right
Speaker 2: around five hundred.
Speaker 1: Let's talk Northwest Division winners in the NBA, and let's
Speaker 1: talk about the futures market and what you would do
Speaker 1: in that particular market. So looking at it right now,
Speaker 1: you have the Nuggets pretty juicy, have your favorite and
Speaker 1: fifty Timberwolves, who were my preseason pick plus three hundred
Speaker 1: really quick. So you know, Brendon said the go Bear
Speaker 1: move made him scratch his head, and while I kind
Speaker 1: of agree, I also kind of understand what Minnesota was doing.
Speaker 2: Now.
Speaker 1: I worried about the spacing because we saw in Utah.
Speaker 1: You know, with go Bear on the floor, he's a
Speaker 1: rim protector. He's obviously solid defensively, but you know what
Speaker 1: he is offensively, right, he's gonna be under the basket
Speaker 1: in spacing is always gonna be kind of shummy. But
Speaker 1: I liked it because Karl Anthony Towns couldn't stay out
Speaker 1: of foul trouble in those big playoff games. Yeap, like
Speaker 1: every game he had four fouls, three fouls in the
Speaker 1: first half of the Yeah, where the hell's Karl Anthony Towns.
Speaker 1: He had five fouls in the first half of an
Speaker 1: NBA game. They were the game he fouled out in
Speaker 1: the third quarter, Yes, in a playoff game. So I
Speaker 1: kind of liked go Bear because then you could put
Speaker 1: Cap back as a stretch for because he was playing
Speaker 1: the five at times last year. So I didn't hate it.
Speaker 3: But the team have him rom like Anthony Davis.
Speaker 1: Yeah, but it's not a fit like, but do you
Speaker 1: think it's we're not even halfway through a season, probably
Speaker 1: too early to consider blowing up.
Speaker 2: I think that Carl Anthony Towns is soft, But yeah,
Speaker 2: I think he is, I think, no matter what.
Speaker 3: And I like him as a person.
Speaker 2: Yeah, and he's been through a lot as a human being,
Speaker 2: but as a player he's a b I b H.
Speaker 3: Yeah.
Speaker 2: We're in the money betting business and betting on Carl
Speaker 2: Anthony Towns to show up and be a man on
Speaker 2: the court without Patrick Beverly up his ass at any moment.
Speaker 2: Is now not a profitable endeavor. Aunt Edwards is hating him.
Speaker 2: The Timberwolves are a bad bet. I think that probably
Speaker 2: something is gonna have to change. I don't think that
Speaker 2: Carl Anthony Towns can be trusted to be himself. He's
Speaker 2: offensively looked horrible. Just the spacing's off. I think you
Speaker 2: might say to yourself, well, the Jazz are sitting atop
Speaker 2: the West. I think they do trade some guys away,
Speaker 2: I don't think. Yeah, I think they trade Kanye. I
Speaker 2: think they trade Jordan Clarkson. I think that they trade
Speaker 2: some pieces that you know, maybe one out.
Speaker 3: Of there, but don't But what if they don't, what
Speaker 3: I would do is two things.
Speaker 2: I would take the Blazers at plus five fifty and
Speaker 2: I would take the Jazz at plus eight hundred. That's
Speaker 2: what I would do. That's what I think is a
Speaker 2: good bet. I think those are very very good bets.
Speaker 2: I think the Blazers might be for.
Speaker 1: Real any chance that they make a move. And I
Speaker 1: know it's Portland, but just because they're trying to keep Dame.
Speaker 3: I think that they're happy with what they have. You
Speaker 3: know this, do they need the team full of scrappers?
Speaker 2: Man? Is a team full of scrappers. You know, Josh
Speaker 2: Hart playing the three. I hated the move, but even
Speaker 2: at six six six seven, he's just tough. He's gritty,
Speaker 2: he can hit tiny shots. He hit a game winner
Speaker 2: last night against the Miami Heat with no time left
Speaker 2: on the clock, which I thought was huge, just like
Speaker 2: buzzer beater style.
Speaker 3: You've gotten to, sir little who's doing things.
Speaker 2: Jeremy Grant's been awesome, like just really defensively, a really
Speaker 2: great four for us.
Speaker 3: And there's just a ton of depth.
Speaker 2: This is a very deep, very athletic team and they
Speaker 2: don't need Dame in order to win games.
Speaker 3: And that's huge and they still need to get trend
Speaker 3: and wat for back there.
Speaker 2: But yeah, I actually would play Portland plus five fifty.
Speaker 1: I think I'm going to I like the price, and
Speaker 1: it's not like the Nuggets are going to run away
Speaker 1: with North.
Speaker 3: No.
Speaker 1: Now, no, like minus one fifty seems a little insane.
Speaker 3: That seems crazy to me. That seems crazy.
Speaker 1: I gotta be honest, I'm playing I'd play Portland. I'm sorry,
Speaker 1: not Portland. I would play Portland plus five fifty, especially
Speaker 1: over the day. Well, I don't hate the Timberwolves plus three.
Speaker 3: I wouldn't do it.
Speaker 1: I still think that they don't salvage this.
Speaker 3: This is like the Lakers.
Speaker 1: This is the Lakers, way too much talent, but they
Speaker 1: have young talent. Like that, the Lakers are dead because
Speaker 1: it's a bunch of old dudes.
Speaker 3: Do you like who do you like on this team?
Speaker 3: Besides Edwards d Russ Russell? You like Digelo Russell?
Speaker 1: I don't know. I like the bone Arrow.
Speaker 3: Oh my god, he's maybe one of the worst players
Speaker 3: on this team. Yeah, they don't have a point guard.
Speaker 3: They need a point guard. They don't have one.
Speaker 2: Oh no, this team is I think this team is
Speaker 2: absolutely cooked.
Speaker 1: I wish so. No, I'm not gonna bet the Thunder
Speaker 1: this year, but I just.
Speaker 3: Can't wait to like when they decide twenty five, yeah.
Speaker 1: Because they just have so much talent. But the thing is, like,
Speaker 1: is Shay gonna be on this team when it's time
Speaker 1: to start? So that's what he said, committed, But I
Speaker 1: feel like when when it's finally time, he's gonna be
Speaker 1: like twenty second year, that's next year.
Speaker 3: Next year they'll get Victor Wambanyama or shot.
Speaker 1: I don't shad enough though.
Speaker 3: They're four and six right now.
Speaker 1: I don't know. Yeah, but is that bad enough?
Speaker 3: I don't know.
Speaker 2: We're I mean, you know what they do trade deadline,
Speaker 2: they shut everyone down, and they lose the next twenty games.
Speaker 1: I'm actually surprised they haven't shut everybody down yet.
Speaker 2: Four and six right now, the Thunder are. The Timberwolves
Speaker 2: are five and six. The Blazers getting no respect. There's
Speaker 2: seven and three plus five fifty. Nuggets are also seven
Speaker 2: and three, so to be what minus one fifty?
Speaker 1: I just can't do it. Yeah, I mean, ten games
Speaker 1: into an eighty two game season's still seventy two games
Speaker 1: to go. Injuries happen obvious. I mean, especially with Denver.
Speaker 1: I mean the last couple of years, it's been Nicole
Speaker 1: jokicch and nobody else. Yeah, Jamal Murray just coming back.
Speaker 1: I do love Bones though.
Speaker 3: He's fun, he's got a cool name. But that's what
Speaker 3: I would do. That's the best. Those are the bets
Speaker 3: that you need, honestly, those are That's the bet.
Speaker 2: That's the best bet on the board right now is
Speaker 2: the Blazers plus by fifty. I mean, hell, maybe Danny
Speaker 2: Ainge says, yeah, like, we'll let this team go as
Speaker 2: far as they take us.
Speaker 3: We're the number one seed in the West, so be it.
Speaker 1: That's the thing. It's not like they're gonna be like
Speaker 1: buyers at the deadline or anything. If anything, they're gonna
Speaker 1: sell off parts. They're not going to add a piece.
Speaker 1: So you would have to like this roster like as
Speaker 1: is as is, and I don't enough. I mean, a
Speaker 1: nice story, right, and the guy's playing hard. I'm not
Speaker 1: saying they can't make a run to the playoffs as
Speaker 1: an eight seed or a playing team, but eventually the
Speaker 1: Warriors are gonna start taking the regular season seriously, Yeah,
Speaker 1: you know, eventually. I don't know if I don't know,
Speaker 1: like if Minnesota is going to figure it out, Memphis
Speaker 1: is just fine. They've just lost a couple of games
Speaker 1: that you expect them to lose. I don't know. I
Speaker 1: like the Eastern Conference more this year.
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