WEBVTT - BONUS: Division Breakdowns: Southeast, Southwest, and Northwest 0:00:00.480 --> 0:00:03.120 You're tuned into Heat Check, buttal quick. 0:00:06.280 --> 0:00:09.520 On this episode of the Heat Check, it's a bonus episode. 0:00:09.800 --> 0:00:13.560 I've got a special betting preview for the Southwest, Southeast, 0:00:13.720 --> 0:00:17.000 and Northwest divisions. I am joined by my BEDMGM co 0:00:17.079 --> 0:00:19.960 host Ryan Horbat, and we recorded this on a recent 0:00:20.000 --> 0:00:23.759 episode of BETMGM Tonight. We break down our favorites to 0:00:23.840 --> 0:00:26.680 win each division, as well as the most intriguing teams 0:00:26.680 --> 0:00:28.639 to watch. We had a lot of fun, So do 0:00:28.760 --> 0:00:31.880 me a favorite nick and drop that motherfucking beat. 0:00:39.320 --> 0:00:42.960 Southeast. We got the Hawks, the Heat, the Wizards, the Hornets, Yeah, 0:00:43.000 --> 0:00:44.440 and the Magic. Yeah. 0:00:44.600 --> 0:00:47.760 There's only a couple of answers that you can really say, 0:00:48.320 --> 0:00:50.200 And I guess you could say, all right, which teams 0:00:50.200 --> 0:00:50.960 are exciting? 0:00:51.360 --> 0:00:53.519 Which teams get your heart racing? 0:00:54.040 --> 0:00:56.480 I think the Hawks are the only exciting team in 0:00:56.520 --> 0:00:58.840 this division right now outside of the mat like the Magic. 0:00:58.840 --> 0:00:59.960 Actually, I've watched every game. 0:01:00.040 --> 0:01:03.400 The Hornets will be exciting. Well, when's LaMelo coming back, 0:01:04.080 --> 0:01:07.039 hopefully before a Lonzo which is probably nebruwhere I. 0:01:06.920 --> 0:01:13.720 Think his timeline is out at least man it doesn't 0:01:13.760 --> 0:01:18.080 make say it doesn't say in terms of like timeline, 0:01:18.440 --> 0:01:20.240 This is what I would say about the ankle for 0:01:20.400 --> 0:01:25.600 time for LaMelo. I injured my high ankle. I had 0:01:25.640 --> 0:01:28.000 a high ankle sprain and it took me. Yeah, it 0:01:28.040 --> 0:01:30.839 took me. I was in pet for like four months. 0:01:30.840 --> 0:01:33.000 They said it would be eight weeks. It would me 0:01:33.080 --> 0:01:35.200 to be able to run again, but to be able 0:01:35.240 --> 0:01:39.280 to cut, plant, spin out the things that LaMelo got 0:01:39.280 --> 0:01:41.000 to get back into the game shape. It could be 0:01:41.000 --> 0:01:44.160 two to three months, like three months maybe more so, 0:01:44.480 --> 0:01:47.000 depends on how severe his ankle is and when they 0:01:47.000 --> 0:01:48.960 get him back, they need to get back Gordon Hayward 0:01:49.000 --> 0:01:51.480 as well. Right now, it's just man, just Terry Rosier, 0:01:51.600 --> 0:01:54.520 and they actually might trade Terry Rosier. So this is 0:01:54.520 --> 0:01:55.960 not a team that you want to be betting on. 0:01:56.000 --> 0:01:59.960 And it was a disastrous offseason obviously off the court stuff. 0:02:00.320 --> 0:02:02.800 Yeah, no, Miles Bridges obviously indefinitely. Yeah. 0:02:02.840 --> 0:02:04.840 Probably domestic, Yeah, I would hope. 0:02:04.720 --> 0:02:05.520 Maybe, maybe not. 0:02:05.640 --> 0:02:08.560 He played no contest just the other day. He's not 0:02:08.600 --> 0:02:11.000 going to face any jail time. He's going to serve 0:02:11.080 --> 0:02:14.280 a parole. He may be back in the uniform for 0:02:14.400 --> 0:02:16.680 someone at some point. But I would not bet on 0:02:16.720 --> 0:02:19.640 the Hornets. I think Hornets unders for a while are 0:02:19.680 --> 0:02:20.240 going to be the. 0:02:20.200 --> 0:02:23.280 Move which is crazy because z just all I know, 0:02:23.400 --> 0:02:24.280 I said that the other. 0:02:24.240 --> 0:02:27.160 Night, crazy like they score eighty five points. 0:02:27.200 --> 0:02:30.000 Now they don't have anybody and they don't play any defense, 0:02:30.080 --> 0:02:32.760 but I mean, they can't score. So I'm with you 0:02:32.840 --> 0:02:34.880 on that. I would not do anything obviously with the Magic. 0:02:35.560 --> 0:02:37.800 You couldn't pay me to touch the Hornets. I hate 0:02:37.800 --> 0:02:41.120 the Wizards same, but you know my thoughts on Trey 0:02:41.160 --> 0:02:43.600 Young and I bought into the Hawks last year because 0:02:43.639 --> 0:02:45.079 it just seemed like it was going to be their 0:02:45.160 --> 0:02:47.440 year after losing in the Eastern Conference seven and three 0:02:47.560 --> 0:02:49.080 right now, and they should have beat the Bocks in 0:02:49.080 --> 0:02:50.760 that series. I mean only I only say that because 0:02:50.760 --> 0:02:52.799 Giannis didn't play the final two games. They got Chris 0:02:52.840 --> 0:02:55.280 Middleton and de Holliday. Though, I just feel like, if 0:02:55.320 --> 0:02:57.320 I'm getting the heat though, plus one twenty five, and 0:02:57.360 --> 0:02:58.480 I know it's kind of been a mess, and I 0:02:58.520 --> 0:03:00.400 know that they've had guys in and out of the lineup, 0:03:00.400 --> 0:03:03.040 I mean, Jimmy Butler included, I just feel like, if 0:03:03.040 --> 0:03:04.679 you're giving me, and I know the price isn't great, 0:03:04.680 --> 0:03:07.320 plus one twenty five with Eric Spoltra and that team 0:03:07.360 --> 0:03:09.680 of veterans you know, they always treat the regular season 0:03:10.040 --> 0:03:12.360 the way that it should be treated. I'd probably take it. 0:03:12.639 --> 0:03:14.400 Here's the question that I have for you. The Heat 0:03:14.480 --> 0:03:16.920 every year win like fifty three to fifty four games. 0:03:16.960 --> 0:03:18.440 They're a top three seed in the East, and I 0:03:18.440 --> 0:03:20.680 feel like they kind of burn out. Now last year 0:03:20.680 --> 0:03:21.840 they had a shot there. 0:03:21.840 --> 0:03:24.520 But two years ago maybe they're just like screw it. 0:03:24.600 --> 0:03:26.480 Like like kind of like the Bucks did finally a 0:03:26.480 --> 0:03:28.000 couple of years ago, where it's like, we don't need 0:03:28.040 --> 0:03:31.040 to win sixty sixty two games. We'll use more load management. 0:03:31.360 --> 0:03:33.720 You know, we have you Donnas Haslim Donnas Haslam checked 0:03:33.720 --> 0:03:35.400 into a game the other That's crazy. He's one hundred 0:03:35.400 --> 0:03:37.280 and ninety seven years old. He was literally in the 0:03:37.360 --> 0:03:39.480 league when I was at Saint Mary Nativity in the 0:03:39.520 --> 0:03:42.280 eighth grade. I'm not kidding you. This guy is still 0:03:42.320 --> 0:03:44.200 in the league. But I would still I would take 0:03:44.240 --> 0:03:46.520 the Heat plus one twenty five. I like the Hawks. 0:03:46.680 --> 0:03:48.480 I don't know that I trust them. 0:03:48.280 --> 0:03:51.400 I'm not minus money. I would need plus two hundred 0:03:51.400 --> 0:03:52.040 to take the Hawks. 0:03:52.080 --> 0:03:52.680 That's what I mean. 0:03:53.120 --> 0:03:55.520 I can't take a minus one twenty five. I do 0:03:55.600 --> 0:03:59.280 think though they're very exciting. You look at de Jonte Murray. 0:03:59.400 --> 0:04:01.640 De Jonte Murray, we were talking about props at the 0:04:01.640 --> 0:04:05.480 break and I made a whole list today of players 0:04:05.520 --> 0:04:08.040 that are on my do not bet list and players 0:04:08.080 --> 0:04:12.440 to target lists. His rebounds are a target, his assists 0:04:12.440 --> 0:04:14.560 are a target, his points are a target, his steals 0:04:14.560 --> 0:04:17.000 are a He's just his hitting every single prop like 0:04:17.160 --> 0:04:21.680 on every level. Steals, blocks, assists, rebounds, points, He's doing 0:04:21.720 --> 0:04:25.000 everything for this team. Three pointers as well, He's hitting 0:04:25.080 --> 0:04:28.960 like five a game sometimes, so his efficiency is off 0:04:29.000 --> 0:04:31.479 the charts. He's just really added a lot to a 0:04:31.560 --> 0:04:34.880 team where Trey Young, Trey Young's undersize, Trey Young is 0:04:35.000 --> 0:04:37.679 up and down, and de Jontay Murray is very steady. 0:04:37.760 --> 0:04:40.479 And for whatever reason, de Jontay Murray is getting John 0:04:40.520 --> 0:04:44.839 Collins involved. And John Collins now is averaging like fifteen 0:04:44.920 --> 0:04:47.039 points per game or something crazy like that. 0:04:47.200 --> 0:04:48.200 Let me just make shit. 0:04:48.560 --> 0:04:50.279 Yeah, he should be doing that right now. 0:04:50.480 --> 0:04:53.200 So yeah, he's averaging thirteen a game right now, but 0:04:53.240 --> 0:04:57.320 he's shooting threes. He's shooting somewhere between two and seven 0:04:57.440 --> 0:05:01.040 threes a game, John Collins. So yeah, I think that 0:05:01.480 --> 0:05:03.719 de Jontay Murray makes this team a lot more fun 0:05:03.880 --> 0:05:06.320 I've watched a lot more games because of him. Yeah, 0:05:06.560 --> 0:05:10.240 Clint Capella will probably be moved at some point for someone, 0:05:10.800 --> 0:05:12.800 So yeah, I mean it would only be the Heat 0:05:12.839 --> 0:05:15.360 for me at plus one twenty five because this is 0:05:15.400 --> 0:05:18.080 a team that just continues to try hard and I 0:05:18.080 --> 0:05:21.000 don't know how much I trust Nate McMillan. And like 0:05:21.240 --> 0:05:24.360 we've seen the Hawks go into like these fifteen game tailspins, 0:05:24.520 --> 0:05:26.920 fifteen games where they just win like four of fifteen. 0:05:27.040 --> 0:05:28.360 It's gonna happen in January. 0:05:28.480 --> 0:05:30.200 I don't even really want the Heat plus one twenty 0:05:30.240 --> 0:05:31.080 five this year. 0:05:31.320 --> 0:05:32.400 The problem is bad conference. 0:05:32.400 --> 0:05:35.120 The problem is there's yeah, there's no value because the 0:05:35.160 --> 0:05:38.000 Magic sure maybe in a year or two, righteah, maybe two. 0:05:38.000 --> 0:05:40.680 Two, the Hornets not the Horness. 0:05:40.160 --> 0:05:42.599 No, no, probably never, to be honest with you. And 0:05:42.640 --> 0:05:45.960 then the Wizards, like any chance, what is the Wizard's goal? 0:05:46.560 --> 0:05:48.919 Because is it just make the playoffs and get some 0:05:48.960 --> 0:05:51.479 playoff money? Right, like you get the host two games, 0:05:51.839 --> 0:05:53.320 get some playoff revenue in there. 0:05:53.440 --> 0:05:56.760 You just have to try to saytiate because Bradley Beal 0:05:56.839 --> 0:05:58.039 that you're on the right track. 0:05:58.480 --> 0:05:58.920 That's it. 0:05:59.000 --> 0:06:01.640 Like Porzingis has to be healthy all year. 0:06:01.920 --> 0:06:04.280 See, and I just the other night. Okay, so, and 0:06:04.320 --> 0:06:06.080 I know Brad didn't play. Maybe he did play. I 0:06:06.120 --> 0:06:07.760 don't even remember because it was Friday night, right, But 0:06:08.279 --> 0:06:10.880 all the last thing I remember was Porzingis for some 0:06:10.960 --> 0:06:12.120 reason running his mouth. 0:06:12.400 --> 0:06:14.320 No, he didn't. Kevin Durant, he didn't play the last 0:06:14.320 --> 0:06:15.080 two games, that's right. 0:06:15.200 --> 0:06:17.200 And Kevin Durant was at the free throw line and 0:06:17.200 --> 0:06:19.280 he just stared at him and he started jawing with him, 0:06:19.320 --> 0:06:21.960 and then he murdered everybody on the team like he is. 0:06:22.040 --> 0:06:24.640 Daniel Gafford. Has he played since that night because his 0:06:24.640 --> 0:06:25.400 ankles were broke. 0:06:25.520 --> 0:06:27.800 I don't think he has played. I don't think he has. 0:06:27.839 --> 0:06:30.279 A team is dump and they're not going to be 0:06:30.279 --> 0:06:32.880 able to make any moves. Like what's the best thing 0:06:32.880 --> 0:06:33.480 that they could do. 0:06:34.000 --> 0:06:36.880 Yeah, he had five points last night, five and seven, 0:06:37.320 --> 0:06:38.720 but he's in a bad place. 0:06:39.160 --> 0:06:40.720 The Wizards just really have no goal. 0:06:40.800 --> 0:06:42.680 Yeah's eleven to one. No, thank you. 0:06:43.080 --> 0:06:45.400 That's pretty much all I have in terms of just 0:06:45.480 --> 0:06:47.240 like breaking this team down. But what I will say, 0:06:47.440 --> 0:06:51.080 for people who haven't watched any Magic games, you should, honestly, 0:06:51.240 --> 0:06:56.240 like you really should. Pala ben Caro averaging thirty in 0:06:56.279 --> 0:07:00.440 the last five games. He's averaging almost thirty points per game. 0:07:00.720 --> 0:07:01.680 Just insane stuff. 0:07:01.800 --> 0:07:04.400 He's awesome. So give me one reason to watch the 0:07:04.440 --> 0:07:05.560 Wizards if I'm just the best. 0:07:05.600 --> 0:07:07.039 There isn't one one. There wasn't one. 0:07:07.160 --> 0:07:08.600 Give me a reason to watch the Heat. 0:07:08.760 --> 0:07:11.840 Kyle Kuzman, Oh, no, to watch the Heat bam on 0:07:11.920 --> 0:07:12.720 a bio season. 0:07:12.840 --> 0:07:13.920 Yeah, he's gonna be fun. 0:07:14.160 --> 0:07:18.680 Oh and Max Strews Juice Shrew's three pointers. 0:07:18.800 --> 0:07:21.480 Tyler Hero assists Tyler Hero three pointers. 0:07:21.120 --> 0:07:23.480 For props, really just for props. There you goes, Jimmy 0:07:23.480 --> 0:07:24.880 Butler mid ranges, There you go. 0:07:24.960 --> 0:07:26.200 If I had to make a bet, I'd go with 0:07:26.240 --> 0:07:28.360 the Heat only for the value same plus one plus one. 0:07:28.960 --> 0:07:32.320 Let's talk a little Southwest Division winner. And while I 0:07:32.320 --> 0:07:35.080 pull up those future odds, I tell me, just tell me, 0:07:35.200 --> 0:07:36.760 good good, thank God, throw them out to me. 0:07:36.920 --> 0:07:40.320 So it's Mavericks they're the leader plus one thirty five Nope, 0:07:40.920 --> 0:07:45.400 Memphis Grizzlies plus one fifty nope. Uh, New Orleans Pelicans 0:07:45.440 --> 0:07:51.960 plus two fifty, Spurs plus twenty five thousand, and Rockets 0:07:52.120 --> 0:07:53.440 plus fifty thousand. 0:07:53.920 --> 0:07:56.040 Well, I'm clearly all in on the Rockets this year. 0:07:56.120 --> 0:07:57.880 No, I'm kidding they're the worst team in the league. 0:07:57.880 --> 0:07:59.720 I think, yeah, I'm kidding about that, but I do 0:07:59.880 --> 0:08:02.880 like that price for the Pelicans. Same really like the 0:08:02.880 --> 0:08:05.480 Pelicans because the only issue with the Pelicans and I 0:08:05.520 --> 0:08:07.240 love what they did at the deadline last year. I 0:08:07.240 --> 0:08:10.640 mean acquiring CJ, which obviously, you know, you get another 0:08:10.640 --> 0:08:12.440 guy that could get your buckets in the fourth quarter. 0:08:12.920 --> 0:08:15.480 But also the thing with them is they kind of 0:08:15.600 --> 0:08:18.200 I mean, they're really young, but now they have the experience. 0:08:18.280 --> 0:08:19.840 The only thing that scares me a little bit about 0:08:19.840 --> 0:08:21.400 saying that is I said that about Atlanta the year 0:08:21.440 --> 0:08:22.960 before that, and then they ended up being a complete 0:08:23.040 --> 0:08:25.360 dumpster fire. But we've already seen it here early with 0:08:25.400 --> 0:08:27.480 the Pelicans, like they look like they're the real deal 0:08:27.640 --> 0:08:30.080 when Zion's out there, when he's fully healthy. He's in 0:08:30.120 --> 0:08:32.600 shape right now. He just needs to stay healthy. That's 0:08:32.640 --> 0:08:34.320 the other thing that scares me a little bit. But 0:08:34.400 --> 0:08:36.360 I love brandon Ingram. I've always been a big brandon 0:08:36.480 --> 0:08:38.040 Ingram fan. I thought the Laker should have held on 0:08:38.080 --> 0:08:41.560 to brandon Ingram. And I like that roster. They're deep, 0:08:41.679 --> 0:08:43.400 they got a bunch of young guys, they got guys 0:08:43.440 --> 0:08:46.000 that actually played defense, and I think that they're they're 0:08:46.040 --> 0:08:47.520 One of the reasons I like him is you have 0:08:47.679 --> 0:08:49.679 you have the veteran leadership with a guy like CJ. 0:08:49.800 --> 0:08:51.360 But also you have a bunch of young guys that 0:08:51.400 --> 0:08:53.280 are going to get up for these regular season games. 0:08:53.360 --> 0:08:55.480 Kind of like nobody saw that coming from Memphis last 0:08:55.559 --> 0:08:57.360 year where they were the second best team in the 0:08:57.360 --> 0:09:00.320 West only next to Phoenix. They covered every single they 0:09:00.320 --> 0:09:02.400 played hard every single night. You just don't know that 0:09:02.400 --> 0:09:04.319 you're going to get that with these veteran type teams, 0:09:04.400 --> 0:09:06.480 especially in the West right now. Like the Clippers, well 0:09:06.640 --> 0:09:08.480 they're using the load management. They just want to get 0:09:08.480 --> 0:09:10.559 into the playoffs, where with the Pelicans, this is new 0:09:10.600 --> 0:09:13.000 and exciting. You got guys trying to increase their numbers 0:09:13.040 --> 0:09:14.800 and pat their stats a little bit every night, and 0:09:14.880 --> 0:09:17.240 they're just a good team. I like the Pelicans a lot, 0:09:17.400 --> 0:09:19.680 but I also do like the MAVs because they have 0:09:19.800 --> 0:09:22.040 Luca and every single night he could give you forty. 0:09:22.720 --> 0:09:25.079 I think the value bet would have to be the Pelicans, right, 0:09:25.280 --> 0:09:25.960 the value. 0:09:25.800 --> 0:09:26.480 Bet for sure. 0:09:26.840 --> 0:09:29.760 Here's the issue that I have with the Pelicans is 0:09:29.840 --> 0:09:34.280 that last year they were one in thirteen. They started out, 0:09:34.320 --> 0:09:38.320 they started out really, really poorly, and it felt like 0:09:38.360 --> 0:09:40.920 Willie Green was already sort of with his back against 0:09:40.920 --> 0:09:41.319 the wall. 0:09:41.840 --> 0:09:43.200 Zion wasn't around. 0:09:43.640 --> 0:09:46.560 You had a bunch of undrafted guys or second round 0:09:46.559 --> 0:09:48.679 guys coming in congealing together. 0:09:49.080 --> 0:09:51.520 Brandon Ingram was the alpha on this team. 0:09:51.600 --> 0:09:54.160 And then you make the trade for CJ, and CJ 0:09:54.400 --> 0:09:57.640 sort of unlocks brandon Ingram, and all the while they 0:09:57.640 --> 0:10:00.520 were able to figure some things out without Zion. And 0:10:00.559 --> 0:10:03.680 now that Zion comes back and you've got you know, 0:10:03.720 --> 0:10:07.120 herb Jones is clicking, and brandon Ingram's clicking, even to 0:10:07.160 --> 0:10:08.280 a degree, Jose. 0:10:08.080 --> 0:10:09.920 Alvarado has found himself a role. 0:10:10.200 --> 0:10:14.240 Now you insert Zion back into the lineup, and now 0:10:14.320 --> 0:10:17.160 a team that was a stifling defense, a team that 0:10:17.400 --> 0:10:20.360 took Phoenix to the brink in the playoffs based on 0:10:20.440 --> 0:10:25.160 that perimeter defense, playing really athletic, good team stuff, covering 0:10:25.200 --> 0:10:27.800 for one another. Now all of a sudden, they're just 0:10:27.920 --> 0:10:31.320 picking on Zion because he's not a very good defender 0:10:31.360 --> 0:10:36.839 at all, and he's barbecued chicken and he knows that, 0:10:37.040 --> 0:10:41.160 and he has inconsistency and issues with I think complacency 0:10:41.200 --> 0:10:43.360 as well. So I think what's happened is you have 0:10:43.400 --> 0:10:45.600 a team that was super desperate last year to a 0:10:45.640 --> 0:10:48.520 team that's been feeling themselves a little bit early. I 0:10:48.520 --> 0:10:51.160 think they getting smacked in the mouth last night against 0:10:51.160 --> 0:10:53.680 the Indiana Pacers shows them that they need to come 0:10:53.679 --> 0:10:56.720 out and compete just like they did last year, every 0:10:56.760 --> 0:11:00.280 single night and not think that there's a team that 0:11:00.559 --> 0:11:03.480 they can just walk through and beat, especially when you've 0:11:03.480 --> 0:11:06.839 got Zion who's gonna get absolutely picked on in the 0:11:06.880 --> 0:11:10.120 pick and roll specifically, So I like that pick. I 0:11:10.160 --> 0:11:12.720 am a little nervous about them, though. I'm nervous about 0:11:12.760 --> 0:11:15.320 all those teams. I'm nervous about the MAVs in terms 0:11:15.320 --> 0:11:18.360 of who's going to be the other primary scorer, and 0:11:18.520 --> 0:11:20.720 you know, teams just allowing Luca to have forty and 0:11:20.760 --> 0:11:24.480 them losing. I'm worried about the Grizzlies without Jaron Jackson. 0:11:24.679 --> 0:11:27.760 The Grizzlies would probably be my picky because I think 0:11:27.800 --> 0:11:30.240 when Jaron Jackson does come back, they're going to take 0:11:30.280 --> 0:11:33.199 another step and they're winning games even without one of 0:11:33.240 --> 0:11:36.439 their key pieces. All the other teams they're not missing anyone. 0:11:36.559 --> 0:11:39.719 You know, Mavericks have their entire team, Pelicans have their 0:11:39.840 --> 0:11:42.680 entire team. Now you could say they're getting Zion back 0:11:43.120 --> 0:11:45.719 into the and integrated into the lineup. I know this 0:11:45.800 --> 0:11:48.320 mount might sound crazy, but I think defensively, the Pelicans 0:11:48.320 --> 0:11:51.160 are better without Zion, really I do. Yeah, I think 0:11:51.200 --> 0:11:53.560 that there's a better defensive team without Zion on it. 0:11:53.679 --> 0:11:55.679 Better defensive team, yeah yeah. 0:11:55.280 --> 0:11:58.440 Defensive team. Not a complete team, but just a defensive team. 0:11:58.559 --> 0:12:01.880 Yeah. No, I think that's fair. I completely agree with that. 0:12:01.920 --> 0:12:04.160 Which team do you think is built to actually to 0:12:04.240 --> 0:12:06.160 make a run in the playoffs? All three of them? 0:12:06.360 --> 0:12:06.839 Yeah, I do. 0:12:07.000 --> 0:12:09.400 I think all three have have a legit chance. You 0:12:09.400 --> 0:12:13.120 look at the Grizzlies, they could have beaten the Warriors. 0:12:12.360 --> 0:12:15.160 We didn't see Jaw healthy. He got hurt. 0:12:15.440 --> 0:12:17.400 You know, you had a couple of fifty fifty balls 0:12:17.440 --> 0:12:20.840 go down. So that is another one. I think the 0:12:20.840 --> 0:12:23.720 Pelicans could have very easily. There were some key moments. 0:12:23.760 --> 0:12:26.000 I think they could have ended up beating the Phoenix 0:12:26.040 --> 0:12:27.520 Suns in the first round. That would have been an 0:12:27.520 --> 0:12:29.760 awesome matchup with the Mavericks. And then obviously the Mavericks 0:12:29.800 --> 0:12:32.160 go to the Western Conference Finals. So and another fun 0:12:32.200 --> 0:12:33.840 team that I'm not going to bet on, but a 0:12:33.880 --> 0:12:36.440 team that you should definitely watch until the trade deadline 0:12:36.480 --> 0:12:38.720 is the Spurs, Like the Spurs are a very fun team. 0:12:38.720 --> 0:12:40.320 Do you think they're going to be active at the deadline. 0:12:40.320 --> 0:12:41.160 Do you think they're gonna be I. 0:12:41.160 --> 0:12:42.040 Think they're gonna be sellers. 0:12:42.360 --> 0:12:42.560 Yeah. 0:12:42.679 --> 0:12:45.920 I think I've heard yaka pertl to the Boston Celtics, 0:12:45.920 --> 0:12:46.520 which you would love. 0:12:46.600 --> 0:12:48.960 God, that'd be a huge pickup. Because the other thing 0:12:49.000 --> 0:12:50.800 I was going to bring up was you think about 0:12:50.800 --> 0:12:52.560 the trade deadline, you think about some of the guys 0:12:52.559 --> 0:12:54.280 that might get moved, and then you think about the 0:12:54.320 --> 0:12:56.319 act of obviously you know the owners and the general 0:12:56.360 --> 0:12:58.480 managers that are going to be looking to sell or buy, 0:12:58.520 --> 0:13:01.320 I should say at the deadline and this conference, the 0:13:01.360 --> 0:13:04.120 Grizzlies are kind of set for the next couple of years, 0:13:04.160 --> 0:13:05.920 right because they have such a young core that I 0:13:05.960 --> 0:13:07.800 don't think they're gonna move any of those guys unless 0:13:07.800 --> 0:13:10.040 it was the right deal to be made. And then 0:13:10.080 --> 0:13:13.800 you look at obviously Dallas and you have Mark Cuban 0:13:13.840 --> 0:13:16.240 who's always super aggressive. But do you think there's gonna 0:13:16.240 --> 0:13:18.280 be a big name that's available at the deadline, Like 0:13:18.360 --> 0:13:20.160 what's gonna end up happening with the Nets? We don't know. 0:13:20.200 --> 0:13:22.160 With Kyrie and KD. But I don't think either of 0:13:22.160 --> 0:13:26.760 those guys Kyrie. I was gonna say, he's not worth 0:13:26.760 --> 0:13:28.840 a headache. I don't think anybody's gonna want Kyrie, even 0:13:28.880 --> 0:13:31.640 Mark Cuban and he's him and Luca together, is not 0:13:32.000 --> 0:13:32.319 I was. 0:13:32.280 --> 0:13:35.559 Talking to Andrew about this and he said was he's 0:13:35.640 --> 0:13:38.840 Andrew are our brand manager. We were talking to him 0:13:39.040 --> 0:13:41.360 friend of ours, and he basically said he would take 0:13:41.400 --> 0:13:43.400 Kyrie for the Minnesotamberwolves, which I wouldn't hate. 0:13:43.480 --> 0:13:44.760 Kyrie is a good enough. 0:13:44.640 --> 0:13:48.280 Point guard to say, all right, Kyrie, D'Angelo, Russell Aunt Edwards, 0:13:48.600 --> 0:13:49.720 I don't Chicago. 0:13:50.040 --> 0:13:51.439 I mean, I don't know why you would. 0:13:51.720 --> 0:13:57.520 Let's be honest, there is a real possibility and isaological 0:13:57.679 --> 0:14:00.800 reasoning behind the Nets deciding that they are going to 0:14:00.840 --> 0:14:04.640 tank this year to get Scoot Henderson or someone because 0:14:04.640 --> 0:14:07.160 this is the last year that they and the Houston 0:14:07.280 --> 0:14:10.280 Rockets have a pit a pick swap, and Houston will 0:14:10.320 --> 0:14:12.480 either get their own pick or they will get the 0:14:12.520 --> 0:14:15.640 Nets pick, whichever one is better for them more advantagious. 0:14:15.880 --> 0:14:18.240 So the Nets could very easily get the second or 0:14:18.280 --> 0:14:20.320 third overall pick and they will have their own pick. 0:14:20.400 --> 0:14:22.920 So tanking this year works for them, get rid of 0:14:23.000 --> 0:14:26.520 Kevin Durant, get rid of Kyrie Irving, use your own pick, 0:14:26.760 --> 0:14:29.160 find or trade that pick for a star. 0:14:29.560 --> 0:14:30.200 Figure it out. 0:14:30.320 --> 0:14:33.160 There's you trade Kevin Durant to Dallas to play with Luke. 0:14:33.280 --> 0:14:36.400 That actually would be amazing. Christian would Yeah, that honestly 0:14:36.480 --> 0:14:39.360 is an amazing trade. I think that's like really interesting 0:14:39.400 --> 0:14:41.720 for this division. But this is the last year that 0:14:41.760 --> 0:14:43.520 the Nets will have their own pick for a very 0:14:43.600 --> 0:14:45.640 very long time. They'll have to have either the Sixers 0:14:45.680 --> 0:14:48.400 pick or no pick at all. So I really do 0:14:48.600 --> 0:14:51.200 like the Grizzlies though at plus one fifty, it feels 0:14:51.200 --> 0:14:53.120 like when they get Jaron Jackson back and they have 0:14:53.280 --> 0:14:55.280 enough pieces to make another move if they need to. 0:14:55.520 --> 0:14:59.560 Pelicans five and five, Spurs five and six, Maverick six 0:14:59.600 --> 0:15:02.160 and three, Grizzly seven and four. So they're all sort 0:15:02.200 --> 0:15:06.000 of hovering between five and nine, kind of like right 0:15:06.040 --> 0:15:07.280 around five hundred. 0:15:07.560 --> 0:15:10.960 Let's talk Northwest Division winners in the NBA, and let's 0:15:10.960 --> 0:15:13.600 talk about the futures market and what you would do 0:15:13.760 --> 0:15:15.960 in that particular market. So looking at it right now, 0:15:15.960 --> 0:15:19.440 you have the Nuggets pretty juicy, have your favorite and 0:15:19.520 --> 0:15:22.960 fifty Timberwolves, who were my preseason pick plus three hundred 0:15:23.120 --> 0:15:25.080 really quick. So you know, Brendon said the go Bear 0:15:25.240 --> 0:15:27.680 move made him scratch his head, and while I kind 0:15:27.680 --> 0:15:30.680 of agree, I also kind of understand what Minnesota was doing. 0:15:30.680 --> 0:15:30.800 Now. 0:15:30.800 --> 0:15:33.320 I worried about the spacing because we saw in Utah. 0:15:33.520 --> 0:15:35.120 You know, with go Bear on the floor, he's a 0:15:35.200 --> 0:15:38.240 rim protector. He's obviously solid defensively, but you know what 0:15:38.280 --> 0:15:40.480 he is offensively, right, he's gonna be under the basket 0:15:40.480 --> 0:15:42.240 in spacing is always gonna be kind of shummy. But 0:15:42.320 --> 0:15:44.760 I liked it because Karl Anthony Towns couldn't stay out 0:15:44.760 --> 0:15:47.240 of foul trouble in those big playoff games. Yeap, like 0:15:47.360 --> 0:15:49.320 every game he had four fouls, three fouls in the 0:15:49.320 --> 0:15:52.040 first half of the Yeah, where the hell's Karl Anthony Towns. 0:15:52.080 --> 0:15:53.640 He had five fouls in the first half of an 0:15:53.720 --> 0:15:55.280 NBA game. They were the game he fouled out in 0:15:55.320 --> 0:15:57.240 the third quarter, Yes, in a playoff game. So I 0:15:57.320 --> 0:15:59.720 kind of liked go Bear because then you could put 0:15:59.720 --> 0:16:01.520 Cap back as a stretch for because he was playing 0:16:01.520 --> 0:16:03.480 the five at times last year. So I didn't hate it. 0:16:03.800 --> 0:16:06.120 But the team have him rom like Anthony Davis. 0:16:06.200 --> 0:16:08.240 Yeah, but it's not a fit like, but do you 0:16:08.280 --> 0:16:10.960 think it's we're not even halfway through a season, probably 0:16:10.960 --> 0:16:13.040 too early to consider blowing up. 0:16:13.520 --> 0:16:19.720 I think that Carl Anthony Towns is soft, But yeah, 0:16:19.840 --> 0:16:21.880 I think he is, I think, no matter what. 0:16:22.200 --> 0:16:23.360 And I like him as a person. 0:16:23.560 --> 0:16:25.760 Yeah, and he's been through a lot as a human being, 0:16:26.000 --> 0:16:28.240 but as a player he's a b I b H. 0:16:28.320 --> 0:16:28.480 Yeah. 0:16:28.960 --> 0:16:32.320 We're in the money betting business and betting on Carl 0:16:32.360 --> 0:16:35.400 Anthony Towns to show up and be a man on 0:16:35.440 --> 0:16:39.880 the court without Patrick Beverly up his ass at any moment. 0:16:40.440 --> 0:16:45.240 Is now not a profitable endeavor. Aunt Edwards is hating him. 0:16:45.520 --> 0:16:48.640 The Timberwolves are a bad bet. I think that probably 0:16:48.720 --> 0:16:51.920 something is gonna have to change. I don't think that 0:16:52.080 --> 0:16:56.160 Carl Anthony Towns can be trusted to be himself. He's 0:16:56.200 --> 0:17:00.520 offensively looked horrible. Just the spacing's off. I think you 0:17:00.600 --> 0:17:02.680 might say to yourself, well, the Jazz are sitting atop 0:17:02.720 --> 0:17:04.840 the West. I think they do trade some guys away, 0:17:05.040 --> 0:17:07.399 I don't think. Yeah, I think they trade Kanye. I 0:17:07.400 --> 0:17:10.399 think they trade Jordan Clarkson. I think that they trade 0:17:10.400 --> 0:17:12.439