WEBVTT - NBA Playoffs, Lavar Ball, Celtics, Melo, and Knicks! 0:00:01.360 --> 0:00:06.160 You're listening to the Fantasy Sports Radio Network. You are 0:00:06.200 --> 0:00:15.000 now about to witness the strength of fantasy knowledge Fantasy 0:00:15.040 --> 0:00:18.160 Sports Radio Network. You are now tunes into the Speeds 0:00:18.160 --> 0:00:22.239 and spitting Statistician on Fantasy Freestyle. Up next on that 0:00:22.360 --> 0:00:26.799 safer on the microphone. You know that I'm one of 0:00:26.840 --> 0:00:33.519 the best yet, Mortinez, you know what it is is 0:00:33.560 --> 0:00:36.040 your boy day Martinez, a k A speeds a ka 0:00:36.159 --> 0:00:39.239 to spitting Statistician and you are listening live to the 0:00:39.240 --> 0:00:42.840 Fantasy Freestyle here on the Fantasy Sports Radio Network. 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I know, uh, these guys 0:01:16.000 --> 0:01:17.960 were both picking the Wizards in that last series, me 0:01:18.000 --> 0:01:21.080 and Donnie Burns. Also we're both picking the Celtics. So 0:01:21.080 --> 0:01:23.120 we'll talk about that. We'll talk about the Western Conference 0:01:23.160 --> 0:01:26.600 Eastern Conference. All that was Zaza Pa Julius played dirty. 0:01:26.840 --> 0:01:29.040 You know, I'm intrigued by the poll results we got 0:01:29.120 --> 0:01:33.200 yesterday when six of you did, in fact say that 0:01:33.200 --> 0:01:35.480 that play was dirty. Both these guys played college balls. 0:01:35.480 --> 0:01:37.880 So we're gonna talk about was that, like Popovich said, 0:01:37.880 --> 0:01:41.119 an unnatural clothes out or not? All sorts of other things. 0:01:41.160 --> 0:01:44.520 And also, yo, I have been hot as fire, so 0:01:44.560 --> 0:01:47.400 hot that we sweat team giving you my starting lineup 0:01:47.400 --> 0:01:49.760 in fantasy baseball for like the last couple of weeks, 0:01:49.760 --> 0:01:52.440 I've been helping you win that cash. I'm gonna give 0:01:52.480 --> 0:01:55.040 you my lineup again today. But remember, if you want 0:01:55.040 --> 0:01:56.760 to get at me, you can this hour at eight 0:01:56.800 --> 0:01:59.440 four four eight four three six eight seven nine, which 0:01:59.520 --> 0:02:02.400 could also do get at us on Twitter, Okay, at 0:02:02.520 --> 0:02:05.520 f and T S Y Radio. You could always ask 0:02:05.600 --> 0:02:08.400 me questions or follow me at Spitting Speeds on Twitter. 0:02:08.440 --> 0:02:09.960 And the question we have up today, I think it's 0:02:10.080 --> 0:02:13.800 very interesting. Listen, we have been talking about the Warriors 0:02:13.960 --> 0:02:16.800 and the Cavaliers for what seems like six months now. 0:02:17.120 --> 0:02:19.560 Is this a fatal company? We all think so. But 0:02:19.600 --> 0:02:22.400 here's the thing. Both the Calves and the Warriors at 0:02:22.440 --> 0:02:25.720 this point are still undefeated in the NBA playoffs. So 0:02:25.760 --> 0:02:28.280 my poll question is, will one or both of them 0:02:28.600 --> 0:02:32.440 sweep their way to the NBA Finals. My options right 0:02:32.440 --> 0:02:35.239 now just the Warriors sweeping the Spurs, just the Calves 0:02:35.240 --> 0:02:37.840 sweeping the Seeds. Will both of them sweep? Or will 0:02:37.880 --> 0:02:41.360 neither one of them steamroll their way to the NBA Finals. 0:02:41.360 --> 0:02:43.480 We got that poll question and a whole lot of 0:02:43.480 --> 0:02:46.000 other good stuff. I got the love doctor, my basketball 0:02:46.000 --> 0:02:48.680 correspondent Donnie Burns. I got my boys joining me in 0:02:48.720 --> 0:02:51.480 the cipher. Come on back, We're gonna do Fantasy Baseball 0:02:51.600 --> 0:02:54.520 and NBA playoffs on this episode of the Fantasy Freestyle 0:02:54.560 --> 0:03:19.240 here on the award winning Fantasy Sports Radio Network. Yeah 0:03:19.280 --> 0:03:22.040 you know what it is, FISA spitting statistician Donny Burns 0:03:22.120 --> 0:03:24.880 with that firm biz coming right back in as we 0:03:24.919 --> 0:03:27.679 flip it to another key here on the Fantasy Freestyle 0:03:27.919 --> 0:03:31.239 on the Fantasy Sports Radio Network, Your boys speeds, the 0:03:31.240 --> 0:03:33.519 spitting statistician doing what he needs to do to help 0:03:33.520 --> 0:03:37.119 you win your leagues and win that cash. I got 0:03:37.120 --> 0:03:39.080 my boys, Jason and Kenn. They're gonna be joining the 0:03:39.120 --> 0:03:40.960 site for a little bit later on as we get 0:03:40.960 --> 0:03:43.600 into the NBA playoffs. But yo, I don't know if 0:03:43.640 --> 0:03:45.240 you know this or not, but if you've been listening 0:03:45.240 --> 0:03:48.600 to the Fantasy Freestyle, I have been hooking you up. 0:03:48.640 --> 0:03:51.000 So let's go on a few news and notes here 0:03:51.000 --> 0:03:54.360 around major League Baseball real quick. Steve c Check was 0:03:54.400 --> 0:03:57.720 activated by the Seattle Mariners. He's gone that long road back. 0:03:57.720 --> 0:04:00.080 He had hip surgery in the off season. Why do 0:04:00.160 --> 0:04:02.000 I bring this up? I bring this up because last 0:04:02.080 --> 0:04:05.160 night the Seattle Mariner is closer Edwin date Diaz, who 0:04:05.200 --> 0:04:07.960 we all saw in the World Baseball Classic do big things. 0:04:08.200 --> 0:04:11.040 He got lit up walk not one, not two, not three, 0:04:11.080 --> 0:04:14.560 but four guys in the ninth inning against the A's 0:04:15.120 --> 0:04:21.840 last night. So keep an eye on that situation in Seattle. Okay, 0:04:21.880 --> 0:04:23.520 that's one that I need you guys to keep an 0:04:23.520 --> 0:04:25.880 eye on if you're looking for saves. The other thing. 0:04:26.440 --> 0:04:29.800 The other thing is uh Dan Australian his start last 0:04:29.880 --> 0:04:32.279 night got hit by a line drive in the forearm. 0:04:32.520 --> 0:04:34.760 It's considered minor, but that's someone to keep an eye on. 0:04:34.800 --> 0:04:38.799 Remember Australia was one of the most expensive pictures in FanDuel. 0:04:38.880 --> 0:04:41.440 Last night, going off Atred, I said that I could 0:04:41.480 --> 0:04:43.240 beat him. We're gonna show you how I did that 0:04:43.320 --> 0:04:46.120 in a hot second. Carlos Carrasco was also pulled in 0:04:46.200 --> 0:04:50.039 his start Verse to Raise with pectoral tightness. Okay, that's 0:04:50.080 --> 0:04:52.960 better than having an elbow issue or having a shoulder 0:04:53.000 --> 0:04:55.080 issue as a picture, but it's still something to keep 0:04:55.120 --> 0:04:57.120 an eye on. They say it's not serious. He may 0:04:57.160 --> 0:04:59.520 wind up being on that ten day deal. Remember a 0:04:59.520 --> 0:05:01.680 lot of team are negotiating the ten day d L 0:05:01.920 --> 0:05:04.440 instead of the fifteen d day d L, and pictures 0:05:04.440 --> 0:05:07.159 are only missing one start and it's all good. That 0:05:07.240 --> 0:05:10.279 could be in the situation in Cleveland. Back in Seattle, though, 0:05:10.360 --> 0:05:13.040 James Paxton, he's coming back from a form injury. He's 0:05:13.080 --> 0:05:15.760 back on the mound and his rehab. Listen, he was 0:05:15.920 --> 0:05:18.120 so sick in the first month of the season, So 0:05:18.200 --> 0:05:19.720 that might be a guy you want to stash. I 0:05:19.800 --> 0:05:23.400 checked and he is owned, and that's all good. But 0:05:23.480 --> 0:05:25.680 that means if you right now, all at happy hour 0:05:25.960 --> 0:05:28.080 at the bar at a work function with you and 0:05:28.160 --> 0:05:30.040 ninety of friends. One of you guys are in a 0:05:30.160 --> 0:05:32.360 league right now where you can go and get James 0:05:32.440 --> 0:05:35.200 Paxton and stash him for free your boys speeds. The 0:05:35.200 --> 0:05:38.240 spitting statistician is recommending you do that same thing with 0:05:38.279 --> 0:05:42.040 Stephen Matts. He's gonna be begin his rehab assignment on Thursday. 0:05:42.040 --> 0:05:44.600 He is only sixties seven percent owned, so you don't 0:05:44.640 --> 0:05:46.800 need to even be at a one work function in 0:05:46.880 --> 0:05:48.600 this one. You and two of your boys at the bar. 0:05:48.960 --> 0:05:51.359 One of you guys are in illegal You can just 0:05:51.360 --> 0:05:54.240 get Stephen Matts right now. Alright, moving on, this is 0:05:54.240 --> 0:05:56.440 what I told you yesterday. I said, don't go up 0:05:56.440 --> 0:06:00.840 for Australia at hundred as the most expensive I on FanDuel. 0:06:00.960 --> 0:06:03.560 I told you two guys that I liked. One was 0:06:03.680 --> 0:06:06.279 all the way down and only sixty six hundred, and 0:06:06.320 --> 0:06:09.000 it was Luis Perdomo. You guys were laughing at anything 0:06:09.040 --> 0:06:11.279 and all. I'm gonna take the Padres guy, Luise Paradomo. 0:06:11.520 --> 0:06:13.480 What do he do? He got you a quality start 0:06:13.640 --> 0:06:16.920 and he struck out nine guys last night. That's nice 0:06:16.920 --> 0:06:19.320 for your little fantasy numbers in cash games. I helped 0:06:19.320 --> 0:06:22.080 you win your cash that way. I also said that 0:06:22.160 --> 0:06:24.480 Jesse Chavez was a guy that I would like at 0:06:24.520 --> 0:06:27.000 seventy two hundred on FanDuel, and I said that for 0:06:27.040 --> 0:06:29.680 two reasons. One, he was playing the Chicago White Sox, 0:06:29.880 --> 0:06:33.000 so I was fading the second worst offense in the 0:06:33.040 --> 0:06:36.200 major leagues on this one. And the opposing picture for 0:06:36.279 --> 0:06:38.960 Chicago was Mike Pelfrey. And I told you you could 0:06:38.960 --> 0:06:43.080 always make money betting against Mike Pelfrey. Chaves won seven innings, 0:06:43.240 --> 0:06:46.120 only three earned runs, getting striking out five got you 0:06:46.160 --> 0:06:49.880 a quality start and the win. The other thing I 0:06:49.920 --> 0:06:53.520 told you, I made a bold prediction yesterday, and I 0:06:53.560 --> 0:06:55.479 said that it was as it relates to this ten 0:06:55.560 --> 0:06:59.360 day d L, the Los Angeles Dodgers are doing something 0:06:59.400 --> 0:07:02.000 that I think anyone needs to know about. They are 0:07:02.360 --> 0:07:05.840 manipulating the ten day d L, and in essence, they 0:07:05.839 --> 0:07:08.680 have gone to a six or seven man rotation. They're 0:07:08.720 --> 0:07:11.800 given everybody all the rest they need, with the exception 0:07:11.840 --> 0:07:15.000 of Clayton Kerkshaw, who's obviously rock solid as the ace. 0:07:15.240 --> 0:07:18.320 They are rotating guys in people going on the d 0:07:18.600 --> 0:07:21.520 L off the d L so that everyone stays fresh. 0:07:21.560 --> 0:07:25.200 And today rich Hill comes off the d L to 0:07:25.320 --> 0:07:27.400 make his first start in about a month after a 0:07:27.440 --> 0:07:30.080 blister issue. I think he's gonna do pretty well. But 0:07:30.160 --> 0:07:33.960 watch what the Dodgers do between McCarthy, Hill, Kershaw, hinjin Ryu, 0:07:34.200 --> 0:07:37.600 Julio Urias, Alex Cobb, and I even believe Kenta Mata, 0:07:37.640 --> 0:07:40.119 who's gonna come off the d L on Sunday. Watch 0:07:40.160 --> 0:07:44.920 the Dodgers, like I said, start seven different starting pitchers 0:07:45.360 --> 0:07:48.680 this week. So let's talk about who I like today. Listen, 0:07:49.400 --> 0:07:51.880 I'm a believer in Dallas Kaikl. I'm a believer in 0:07:51.920 --> 0:07:54.840 Dallas Kaikel. Even at ten thousand, nine hundred on fan duel. 0:07:54.880 --> 0:07:57.640 He's playing against the Miami Marlins. That's the tie for 0:07:57.680 --> 0:08:00.000 the fourth lowest amount of runs in the National League. 0:08:00.240 --> 0:08:02.880 Kaiko has been sick with one point six nine e 0:08:03.000 --> 0:08:05.000 r a a zero point eight seven whip. He's had 0:08:05.080 --> 0:08:08.560 quality starts in seven of his eight outings. I pay 0:08:08.680 --> 0:08:11.800 up ten nine for Dallas Kaiko today, and I find 0:08:11.840 --> 0:08:13.880 a lot of other ways we can get some cheap beats. 0:08:14.160 --> 0:08:17.280 The wind is blowing out at Wrigley at twenty miles 0:08:17.360 --> 0:08:19.920 an hour, okay, and you could get you can get 0:08:19.960 --> 0:08:22.480 Ian happed for only undred you can get Candelario for 0:08:22.560 --> 0:08:25.040 only hundred. These guys are hitting four and five in 0:08:25.080 --> 0:08:29.320 the Cub's lineup tonight. I also love Stephen vote against 0:08:29.320 --> 0:08:32.400 the righty Dijon tonight at only twenty hundred. You can 0:08:32.440 --> 0:08:34.840 get ya c l Puige is a righty VERSU lefty 0:08:34.880 --> 0:08:37.520 matchup for only twenty eight hundred. That's what I'm doing. 0:08:37.880 --> 0:08:40.200 I'm getting those match up hitters and I'm going all 0:08:40.240 --> 0:08:43.280 the way up for Dallas Kaiko. That's the way I 0:08:43.360 --> 0:08:45.480 let it happen. I help you win your leagues and 0:08:45.520 --> 0:08:48.240 win that cash. If you don't do that just by 0:08:48.320 --> 0:08:51.040 listening to the Fantasy Sports Radio Network, the other way 0:08:51.080 --> 0:08:54.080 you could do it is by checking out that Rohado 0:08:54.160 --> 0:08:57.560 Experts dot Com exclusive Edge in season Fantasy Baseball package. 0:08:57.720 --> 0:08:59.719 It's your ultimate bench coach for the two thousand and 0:08:59.760 --> 0:09:02.079 seven team season. Stay ahead of the pack with our 0:09:02.120 --> 0:09:05.679 in depth statistical breakdowns, trend analysis, and player insights. You 0:09:05.800 --> 0:09:07.760 become a waiver wizard and learn how to scan the 0:09:07.840 --> 0:09:10.120 numbers like a Rhodo scientist. We help you set the 0:09:10.200 --> 0:09:12.840 ideal lineups every week, and this season you get a 0:09:12.880 --> 0:09:16.280 built in fantasy training staff with our new injury Advisor 0:09:16.559 --> 0:09:20.080 powered by Inside Injuries dot Com. Get Throw the Experts 0:09:20.120 --> 0:09:23.360 dot com exclusive Edge in Season Fantasy Baseball package now 0:09:23.600 --> 0:09:25.720 and start soaring to the top of the standings. Enter 0:09:25.760 --> 0:09:29.080 promo code free Radio at checkout and you we'll get 0:09:29.120 --> 0:09:32.400 a special discount. Like I told you, though, I'm very, 0:09:32.520 --> 0:09:36.120 very excited today because I got my boys in the building. 0:09:36.160 --> 0:09:38.000 First guy, I want to holler at real quick, is 0:09:38.040 --> 0:09:41.559 my man Jason Day. Hey Seuss you talk about on 0:09:41.720 --> 0:09:44.079 Fantasy First look, we got Joe Galina, they call him 0:09:44.080 --> 0:09:46.360 the they call him the Fantasy Hey SEUs. I got 0:09:46.400 --> 0:09:48.680 my man Jason Dea, hey SEUs here, and we gotta 0:09:48.720 --> 0:09:52.200 talk a little bit about the Baby Bombers YO number 0:09:52.240 --> 0:09:56.200 one offense in the American League, best against rightis and lefties. 0:09:56.440 --> 0:09:58.480 And the thing is, I would have been okay this 0:09:58.559 --> 0:10:00.600 season if these guys just kind of took a little 0:10:00.600 --> 0:10:03.320 bit of a step. But Aaron Judge is literally one 0:10:03.360 --> 0:10:06.760 of the top five players in fantasy baseball. And you 0:10:06.840 --> 0:10:10.400 gotta like the way the team is now actually building young, 0:10:10.640 --> 0:10:13.280 not going to these free agents. You know, we let 0:10:13.360 --> 0:10:16.720 those contracts get off the books, and now with guys 0:10:16.760 --> 0:10:21.040 like Sanchez and Bird and Severino, you know we are 0:10:21.160 --> 0:10:24.240 building kind of the right way. As a longtime Yankee fan, 0:10:24.559 --> 0:10:27.360 Does that make you feel more encouraged or optimistic than 0:10:27.679 --> 0:10:32.360 other approaches the team could have? It? Does the ones 0:10:32.400 --> 0:10:35.200 you named actually not the ones who are really doing 0:10:35.240 --> 0:10:38.000 the most damage this year, you know, but but our 0:10:38.000 --> 0:10:44.240 main judge obviously Jeter number two two point oh um, yeah, 0:10:44.240 --> 0:10:45.559 I think that this is the way you have to 0:10:45.640 --> 0:10:48.600 build a team. Um. And then you know, you gotta 0:10:48.640 --> 0:10:51.000 hope for the best. We remember last year we we 0:10:51.120 --> 0:10:54.560 almost we almost got there. Um, we made a made 0:10:54.559 --> 0:10:57.040 a push. If we do that again this year, we 0:10:57.120 --> 0:11:00.760 need a better number two starters go there. Okay, So 0:11:00.800 --> 0:11:03.839 that's okay. So I like the way you were building here. 0:11:03.880 --> 0:11:05.920 But let me ask you this, because these guys are 0:11:05.960 --> 0:11:08.520 so young and are still developing. Right, let's say the 0:11:08.600 --> 0:11:12.600 Yanks are, you know, contenders in the middle of the 0:11:12.679 --> 0:11:16.240 end of July. Do you mortgage some of this some 0:11:16.360 --> 0:11:19.439 of these assets, right, some of these great young position 0:11:19.520 --> 0:11:21.319 players that we've gotten from trades, you know, when we 0:11:21.400 --> 0:11:24.040 traded Chapman and Miller, guys that are on the come up. 0:11:24.120 --> 0:11:27.360 The gliber Torres is the you know, the mataios. Would 0:11:27.360 --> 0:11:29.800 you do that and flip them if you could get 0:11:30.080 --> 0:11:32.839 you know, a legit number two picture this year. I'm 0:11:32.840 --> 0:11:35.000 talking about a guy maybe like a Garrett Cole who's 0:11:35.040 --> 0:11:37.480 also in his mid twenties and the Pittsburgh Pirates, or 0:11:37.480 --> 0:11:40.400 a guy like Johnny Quado on the San Francisco Giants. 0:11:40.400 --> 0:11:42.000 A guy that's not like a rental but a guy 0:11:42.040 --> 0:11:45.080 that you can you know, kind of envelope and incorporate 0:11:45.120 --> 0:11:48.680 into this building process. Or do you hold your chips 0:11:48.720 --> 0:11:50.720 and say no, I don't want to fire my gun 0:11:50.800 --> 0:11:54.320 too early in this process of building. Uh, I mean 0:11:54.360 --> 0:11:55.880 if we can do what we did with Chapman, get 0:11:55.920 --> 0:12:00.360 him back from next year. Yes, I mean that's right. Um. 0:12:00.520 --> 0:12:02.000 Now you think you want you don't want to rental. 0:12:02.160 --> 0:12:04.120 I think you want for good. But I would give 0:12:04.200 --> 0:12:07.480 up a few of the young folks if if I 0:12:07.520 --> 0:12:09.800 got a top notch guy. Yeah, okay, and then listen 0:12:09.840 --> 0:12:12.600 you mentioned Judge as Jeter two point oh. I would 0:12:12.600 --> 0:12:14.880 be remiss if I didn't talk to, uh, you know, 0:12:15.000 --> 0:12:16.600 a guy that I've been a Yankees fan with the 0:12:16.640 --> 0:12:19.840 twenty plus years. Um didn't warm your heart seeing get 0:12:19.880 --> 0:12:23.120 back in the stadium on Sunday? It did? Um? And 0:12:23.280 --> 0:12:27.640 Uh to see him go to the dug at like that, right, 0:12:27.679 --> 0:12:30.400 these with these new Yankees sort of passing the torch. 0:12:30.520 --> 0:12:33.680 That's that's pretty special because that's our whole childhood. Yeah, 0:12:33.679 --> 0:12:36.520 I mean listen were they're not gonna be retiring any 0:12:36.520 --> 0:12:40.080 other numbers anytime soon. So we'll see you mentioned, you know, 0:12:40.160 --> 0:12:42.600 kind of passing the torch. We'll still see on Aaron Judge. 0:12:42.840 --> 0:12:44.800 The other thing you said was that Chapman trade. Right, 0:12:44.880 --> 0:12:47.160 we got him back. That brings me. When we come back, 0:12:47.160 --> 0:12:50.120 we're gonna be talking a little NBA draft lottery. Can 0:12:50.160 --> 0:12:53.400 you imagine if the New Orleans Penal Pelicans don't have 0:12:53.480 --> 0:12:56.560 to give the Sacramento Kings a draft pick? That is possible. 0:12:56.600 --> 0:12:58.880 After what happens tonight, we'll be back. We're gonna talk 0:12:59.000 --> 0:13:01.640 NBA playoffs to get my boy Donnie Burns, the love 0:13:01.679 --> 0:13:03.880 doctor in the conversation as well. It's gonna be the 0:13:03.920 --> 0:13:07.440 fantasy freestyle here on the Fantasy Sports Radio Network, Dane 0:13:07.480 --> 0:13:11.040 Martinez Speeds the spitting statistician. Come on back, NBA playoffs. 0:13:11.160 --> 0:13:26.160 Oh right, right right, it's nasty speeds in your area. 0:13:27.080 --> 0:13:29.920 I'm about to cause mass hysteria. You know what it is. 0:13:29.960 --> 0:13:33.120 Fantasy freestyle here in the Fantasy Sports Radio Network. Of course, 0:13:33.120 --> 0:13:35.520 big shout out to all our sports byline affiliates around 0:13:35.559 --> 0:13:38.640 the country and the American Forces Radio Network will get 0:13:38.679 --> 0:13:40.880 a little taste to home helping you win your leagues 0:13:40.920 --> 0:13:43.360 and win that cash. With all the news going on 0:13:43.480 --> 0:13:45.680 right now the American Forces Radio Network, I know you 0:13:45.720 --> 0:13:47.160 may need a little bit of a taste to home. 0:13:47.240 --> 0:13:49.680 What's focusing on the sports right now? We're gonna talk 0:13:49.800 --> 0:13:53.480 NBA playoffs. Donnie Burns, that's my boy, helping me blow 0:13:53.559 --> 0:13:57.240 up like a Samsung seven UM. Last night, Donnie, the 0:13:57.240 --> 0:14:01.480 Boston Celtics win one fifteen to one oh five. I 0:14:01.520 --> 0:14:04.840 was wrong, Listen, we hold ourselves accountable. Balston was a 0:14:04.880 --> 0:14:07.199 five point favorite, and I told everybody I thought it 0:14:07.200 --> 0:14:08.800 was gonna be a nip and top game. I was 0:14:08.840 --> 0:14:13.120 taking the Wizards plus five. But ultimately, Donnie, you and 0:14:13.160 --> 0:14:16.240 me did think the Celtics would win this series. It 0:14:16.400 --> 0:14:20.320 was despite Bradley Beale going for thirty eight points. Isaiah 0:14:20.320 --> 0:14:24.600 Thomas did his thing twenty nine points twelve assists, and uh, 0:14:24.880 --> 0:14:27.680 I always ask who else will help the last night. 0:14:27.720 --> 0:14:31.200 Apparently it was Kelly Olynok with twenty six points in 0:14:31.280 --> 0:14:34.200 twenty eight minutes, Donnie Burns. He went ten of fourteen 0:14:34.240 --> 0:14:36.880 from the field, even hitting two threes. Is that where 0:14:36.880 --> 0:14:39.600 you thought it was gonna happen? In Game seven? Donnie? Here, 0:14:39.600 --> 0:14:42.320 you know, you can't really account for what Kelly Olynnic did. However, 0:14:42.360 --> 0:14:44.960 I will say that I did have the see strictly 0:14:45.000 --> 0:14:48.000 on their supporting cast is way better than the Wizards. 0:14:48.160 --> 0:14:50.400 You know, I feel like John wall is the second 0:14:50.800 --> 0:14:53.600 best player in the Eastern Conference behind Lebron James. But 0:14:53.920 --> 0:14:57.080 the season supporting cast is so much better. And if 0:14:57.120 --> 0:14:59.440 you kind of had me pick the over on that 0:14:59.480 --> 0:15:02.600 plus five five, I probably would have, because, I mean, 0:15:02.640 --> 0:15:05.120 the Kelly Olynnick played crazy. I've never seen I don't 0:15:05.120 --> 0:15:07.800 even see him play like Osaga that way, and not 0:15:07.960 --> 0:15:10.600 even like he was like he really didn't miss anything. 0:15:10.640 --> 0:15:12.600 I think he went to four he went ten of 0:15:12.680 --> 0:15:16.880 fourteens from the field. Absolutely, and tonight, you know, game 0:15:17.000 --> 0:15:20.520 two of the Western Conference Finals. Check this out, Donnie, 0:15:20.560 --> 0:15:24.480 here's my question. You have to bet fourteen hundred and 0:15:24.520 --> 0:15:26.880 fifty dollars on the Warriors tonight to make a hundred 0:15:26.960 --> 0:15:30.240 dollars back there minus fourteen fifty Vegas is basically giving 0:15:30.280 --> 0:15:33.960 them no shot without Kawhi Leonard in Game two at Oracle. 0:15:34.320 --> 0:15:37.160 Anybody here, I want to take that bet. I'm good, 0:15:37.280 --> 0:15:39.520 You're good, We're good. We like we like Golden State. 0:15:39.560 --> 0:15:43.560 Tonight gonna romp. It is a shame. It is a shame. 0:15:43.600 --> 0:15:45.880 And also listen, Actually, here's where I want to start 0:15:45.920 --> 0:15:48.480 with you guys. Donnie Burns, you coach basketball at the 0:15:48.480 --> 0:15:51.120 a AU level. Big shout out to your team, the Lions, 0:15:51.480 --> 0:15:53.960 Ken and Jason you both played at least after the 0:15:54.040 --> 0:15:56.840 college level. My question to the layman, you know, because 0:15:56.880 --> 0:15:59.400 you know us Puerto Ricans, we don't play basketball as much. 0:15:59.480 --> 0:16:01.880 Everyone's talking about how this is a in you know, 0:16:02.000 --> 0:16:05.480 an unnatural close out that Shahza coming out, you know, stuck, 0:16:05.640 --> 0:16:07.760 stuck the foot out there. You gotta let people land. 0:16:08.080 --> 0:16:11.360 Interestingly enough, I find it interesting that Popovich is talking 0:16:11.400 --> 0:16:14.160 about this while one of his banners was basically hung 0:16:14.400 --> 0:16:17.640 because of Bruce Bowen Defense, who did the same exact move. 0:16:17.720 --> 0:16:20.000 Jalen Jalen Rose is talking about how he does this 0:16:20.040 --> 0:16:23.120 move on to Kobe not letting them land. I want 0:16:23.120 --> 0:16:25.360 to get the uh. I want to get it from you, guys. 0:16:25.400 --> 0:16:28.440 Six of the fans that voted yesterday on the show 0:16:28.480 --> 0:16:31.120 said that yes, the play was in fact dirty. First 0:16:31.120 --> 0:16:33.400 of all, Jason, I know you know you're you know, 0:16:33.520 --> 0:16:35.600 you're a quasi big man. When you're coming out to 0:16:35.680 --> 0:16:38.120 close someone on a three. Is that is that how 0:16:38.160 --> 0:16:40.880 it's done? Yeah, if you know. No, So if you're go, 0:16:40.960 --> 0:16:44.480 if you're going, if you're going to close out, um, 0:16:44.680 --> 0:16:47.320 you're you're trying to not foul the guy. If you 0:16:47.760 --> 0:16:52.680 do not have uh, the appropriate coordination, most guys actually 0:16:52.680 --> 0:16:55.680 go past the guy. So it's just to to alter 0:16:55.800 --> 0:17:01.440 the shot umgoing underneath. For the most part, I would 0:17:01.520 --> 0:17:08.840 say is unnatural, that it's an unnatural close out. I do, 0:17:09.000 --> 0:17:11.760 I do, Okay, Ken is an unnatural clothes out for this. 0:17:11.840 --> 0:17:14.440 So I learned all the years I've played ball, high school, 0:17:14.440 --> 0:17:17.199 college level. When you close out, you're closing out to 0:17:17.280 --> 0:17:20.000 contest a shot, but you're also to counter. So if 0:17:20.000 --> 0:17:21.840 the guy comes in he's built those a headfake, you've 0:17:21.840 --> 0:17:23.959 got to be able to step back because if you're 0:17:23.960 --> 0:17:25.480 closing out that hard like he did, I give you 0:17:25.480 --> 0:17:26.959 a little head of fake and I go around exactly 0:17:27.040 --> 0:17:29.960 your ghost exactly. So that was that was clearly it 0:17:30.040 --> 0:17:33.040 was a dangerous play by a dirty player. Okay. So 0:17:33.080 --> 0:17:34.720 that's the other thing we had as an option. I 0:17:35.000 --> 0:17:37.919 asked yesterday was the was the play dirty right? And 0:17:37.920 --> 0:17:39.960 I had yes, no, And then my third option was 0:17:40.080 --> 0:17:43.560 dangerous not dirty right. So I know it's a dangerous play, 0:17:43.600 --> 0:17:45.720 but how do we know intent? Donnie Burns get in here, 0:17:45.840 --> 0:17:47.399 these guys saying what you also think, how do we 0:17:47.440 --> 0:17:49.680 coach that? Here's my thing as a high school player 0:17:49.680 --> 0:17:52.320 and a coach, Now, this is my big giveaway. Not 0:17:52.400 --> 0:17:55.160 only has Zaza done things like this in the past, 0:17:55.200 --> 0:17:57.600 but here's the big giveaway in my eyes as a player. 0:17:58.320 --> 0:18:01.480 This happened on the sideline, and you need to give 0:18:01.560 --> 0:18:03.720 him room to land. You know that sideline is there, 0:18:03.720 --> 0:18:06.840 and not only did did he not go up for 0:18:06.880 --> 0:18:09.800 the shot fully, he came down first, and that's right 0:18:09.800 --> 0:18:11.840 on the sidelines. You need to give him room there, 0:18:12.240 --> 0:18:14.760 and you know where from where he's taking that shot. 0:18:14.840 --> 0:18:17.680 You know where the out of bounds is. So there's 0:18:17.720 --> 0:18:20.080 only one thing you can do, and that is undercut 0:18:20.160 --> 0:18:22.199 him at that point. And that's kind of why I 0:18:22.240 --> 0:18:24.800 feel like it was. It was a dirty play. It's 0:18:24.800 --> 0:18:27.359 the same way as like when you undercut somebody playing ball, 0:18:27.560 --> 0:18:29.280 Like someone goes up and you tend you bridge them 0:18:29.280 --> 0:18:31.840 in the fall. That's the same kind of play. Honestly, 0:18:31.840 --> 0:18:33.960 when I've had to happen me coming up and soone 0:18:34.040 --> 0:18:35.640 bridge me and I didn't get hurt. The next thing 0:18:35.640 --> 0:18:38.360 I was doing, I was swinging fighting. If we were outdoors, 0:18:38.440 --> 0:18:41.639 we were fighting, swinging at you. That's the code, alright. Alright, 0:18:41.640 --> 0:18:43.679 So it sounds like we have here from you know, 0:18:43.920 --> 0:18:47.199 more experienced ballers than I, that this was kind of 0:18:47.240 --> 0:18:50.760 an unnatural clothes out. Let's keep it moving though Golden State. 0:18:50.960 --> 0:18:53.040 You know, regardless of off Kauhi Leonard's there, if they're 0:18:53.040 --> 0:18:55.560 on all cylinders, they're going to be very tough to beat. 0:18:55.720 --> 0:18:57.440 And one thing that I think is very interesting, I 0:18:57.480 --> 0:19:00.040 want to hear what you think about this, Jason. I 0:19:00.119 --> 0:19:03.680 like when the Warriors offense runs with Steph Curry as 0:19:03.720 --> 0:19:07.480 the engine. Okay. I like when he's out there being aggressive, 0:19:07.560 --> 0:19:09.960 going to the whole getting forty. And I got two 0:19:09.960 --> 0:19:12.560 reasons why. One, I just love the ball movement. It 0:19:12.600 --> 0:19:15.639 seems more fluid, right, But also, whether it's the Spurs 0:19:15.640 --> 0:19:19.199 with Karai Leonard or next round potentially with Cleveland and Lebron, 0:19:19.520 --> 0:19:22.600 there is going to be a a number one defender 0:19:22.600 --> 0:19:26.840 on Kevin Durant, not so much on Steph Curry. I 0:19:26.840 --> 0:19:28.520 think I think the Warriors need to get back in 0:19:28.560 --> 0:19:31.399 the habit of having Steph carry be the engine that 0:19:31.520 --> 0:19:33.400 runs this offense. What do you think about that? Yeah? 0:19:33.440 --> 0:19:36.520 I do. I think it's more fluid. I also think that, um, 0:19:36.600 --> 0:19:40.800 you know, Durant spent nine years of basically ISO ball 0:19:40.960 --> 0:19:43.760 or type of ball, right, that's just not how gold 0:19:43.840 --> 0:19:48.520 State plays. And I think it's not just Curry, um, 0:19:48.560 --> 0:19:51.520 you know, getting his his points, but also he is 0:19:51.520 --> 0:19:56.399 an engine to help Green Thomas, uh, Durant and the 0:19:56.520 --> 0:19:59.520 and and the other folks that are, um you know, 0:20:00.160 --> 0:20:03.360 gonna be the keys to winning get there, get their 0:20:03.400 --> 0:20:08.640 points that you're not getting that if you're going through Durant, right, Uh, Ken, 0:20:08.680 --> 0:20:11.160 what's up with Clay Thompson? What's up with Clay Thompson? 0:20:11.200 --> 0:20:14.800 Like he's the guy, to be honest, listen, Golden State, 0:20:14.800 --> 0:20:16.400 where he's got a lot of guys that you might 0:20:16.440 --> 0:20:19.160