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Speaker 1: It's time to place your bets. Let's talk to the pros.

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Speaker 1: Welcome in everybody to betting pros and is v Joey Pa,

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Speaker 1: Joe Pisapia with me today? Is the wonderful, the one,

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Speaker 1: the only, Mike Randall, and it's all about the NBA.

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Speaker 2: That's right.

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Speaker 1: The All Star Break is officially over. And thank goodness too,

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Speaker 1: that dunk contest finally ended. If I had to watch

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Speaker 1: one more dunk missed, I don't know what I would

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Speaker 1: do with myself. But it's time to look ahead to

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Speaker 1: the future. That's right, a little NBA futures. We're gonna

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Speaker 1: look at the Western and Eastern Conference potential winners, maybe

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Speaker 1: a little stab at some finals futures.

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Speaker 2: Also, I'll look.

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Speaker 1: At some awards, Who's most improved, who's the MVP. There's

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Speaker 1: nobody better to talk about that within our own betting

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Speaker 1: pros analyst Mike Randall, who could follow on the Twitter

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Speaker 1: machine at Randall rant. Mike, it's good to talk to you,

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Speaker 1: my friend. It's good to see you. And look at

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Speaker 1: us doing a little NBA today.

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Speaker 2: Joe, weren't we just at Flex drafts? Now we're doing NBA.

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Speaker 2: Time just goes on it's the greatest force in the world.

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Speaker 2: Time goes on. We're here with the NBA, and thank

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Speaker 2: goodness we had games on Thursday. But we got to

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Speaker 2: get over that dunk contest. I mean, I grew up

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Speaker 2: with Dominique Wilkins and Michael Jordan and then we went

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Speaker 2: to Spud Webb and Kobe What was that.

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Speaker 1: About, geez my Kingdom for Kenny sky Walker. Yes, I mean,

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Speaker 1: that's that's where we're at right now. It was it

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Speaker 1: was the build up to the constantly missing dunks where

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Speaker 1: I just kind of say, no, matter what they did

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Speaker 1: at the end of it, Mike, it was gonna be

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Speaker 1: anti climactic. And you know what, good on Dwayne Wade

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Speaker 1: and I was a Kenny Smith who basically called it

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Speaker 1: what it was. So I'm very proud of those guys

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Speaker 1: who kept it real.

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Speaker 2: For sure.

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Speaker 1: The three point competition was good. All Star Game is

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Speaker 1: always All Star Game. It's you know, all shooting, no defense.

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Speaker 1: That's what we expect of the All Star Game. That's fine,

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Speaker 1: But you know, the NBA season right now, obviously, you

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Speaker 1: know we're starting to get to that stretch run. You know,

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Speaker 1: this is the time of year two where you've seen

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Speaker 2: Can you stay healthy?

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Speaker 1: Can you get these guys on the court that you want?

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Speaker 1: And I want to start here at the Eastern Conference.

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Speaker 1: Let's start here with some of your best bets. And obviously,

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Speaker 1: as we're going through some of these, I want our

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Speaker 1: mind everybody. We have all the consensus lines over at

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Speaker 1: bettingpros dot com. So if you go to betting pros

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Speaker 1: things we're going to talk about and all the places

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Speaker 1: where you can find the best odds, whether it be

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Speaker 1: best consensus props, the variations to between our projections and

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Speaker 2: So you have no excuse to fail.

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Speaker 1: At the end of the day, you've got to go

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Speaker 1: check out the prop bet cheat sheet at Bettingpros dot

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Speaker 1: com for NBA. But going back to the Eastern right now,

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Speaker 1: how do you see this board right now, Mike, kind

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Speaker 1: of unfolding itself, and where do you want to put

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Speaker 2: I love the Eastern Conference, Joe, because there are so

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Speaker 2: many teams that are bunched together that could win this

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Speaker 2: There is really not one dominant team. Bucks has been great.

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Speaker 2: I love the Bucks near and dear to my heart.

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Speaker 2: But everyone else now has kind of caught up. And

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Speaker 2: me at this point is Miami. They're around plus five

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Speaker 2: perfect balance. They are six overall in defensive rating this year,

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Speaker 1: And the bench is such a huge component too at

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Speaker 1: And I'm with you about the nets to one hundred

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Speaker 1: Let's talk go with a long shot in the East.

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Speaker 1: So if that's your favorite bet, who is the team

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Speaker 2: Shout out to Cleveland. And what's interesting here is no

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Speaker 1: Calves is an interesting long shot, and look, you're not

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Speaker 1: your long shot. We already said the Nets are a

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Speaker 2: Are they a trap? Yeah? I don't like the Nets

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Speaker 2: going to that game seven last year. They're playing the Bucks. Yes,

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Speaker 2: the matchup of Harden with MBID is going to win

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Speaker 2: just don't think in this situation with two alpha dogs,

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Speaker 2: I understand people like it. They like the big names

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Speaker 1: right now the consensus betting pros line has the Warriors

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Speaker 1: You've got them a little variance there the Suns at

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Speaker 1: So how do you see the Western Conference board shaking out?

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Speaker 2: Mike? What I actually love with the Western Conference. I

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Speaker 2: don't love what happened, but I like the betting advantage

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Speaker 2: is I'm going to see these Suns drop now that

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Speaker 2: Chris Paul is going to be out six to eight weeks,

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Speaker 2: which is Joe pretty much the rest of the regular

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Speaker 2: I think they're going to drop. I think they're going

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Speaker 2: a five game lead over the Warriors right now, who

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Speaker 2: are gonna get hot. But when Chris Paul comes back,

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Speaker 2: valuable rest. It is the thumb on his shooting hand.

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Speaker 2: But I think you're going to see the Suns develop

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Speaker 1: All Right, would you hedge it all and take you know,

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Speaker 2: You've seen the dunks. You saw better dunks from ja

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Speaker 2: if you believe in Cleveland as much as I do,

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Speaker 2: Evan Mobley is going to be tough because he's there.

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Speaker 2: He's take some votes away from Garland. But Garland could

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Speaker 2: absolutely have a massive end of the year leading Cleveland

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Speaker 2: to oh, I don't know, second seed maybe in the East,

436
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Speaker 2: and could pick up some awards as well. Miles Bridge

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Speaker 2: as I like, and he's had some massive, massive games,

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Speaker 2: including against the Knicks recently, but I put him a

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Speaker 2: step below even though he's the second favorite at plus

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Speaker 2: one thousand. So de Jontay Murray Desmond Bine absolutely guys that.

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Speaker 2: I like Darius Garland, some people like Anthony Simon's did

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Speaker 2: a nice job with Portland. I just don't know if

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Speaker 2: he can have the end of season that he needs

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Speaker 2: to have for a team like Portland, which is really struggling.

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Speaker 1: Memphis will travel to Minnesota on the twenty fourth. I

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Speaker 1: was just looking ahead at the prop at Chie sheet

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Speaker 1: to just see what that Bane prop might be.

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Speaker 2: Right, It's like, oh, is it out already? Let me

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Speaker 2: check that out. It's not yet.

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Speaker 1: My friends tell me it should be out very shortly,

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Speaker 1: though my imagine would sometime maybe tomorrow. But that's one

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Speaker 1: to already start getting ahead. Listen to Mike Randall and

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Speaker 1: go use the tools, make yourself some cash. So there's

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Speaker 1: your Rookie of the Year conversation two we can have.

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Speaker 1: We can throw that in there. But before we get

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Speaker 1: to the rookie stuff, actually, is there any other award

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Speaker 1: do you have a strong feeling about.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, if you look at Defensive Player of the Year,

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Speaker 2: it's wide open. I know Rudy Gobert wins it all

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Speaker 2: the time. I just have a feeling he missed about

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Speaker 2: nine games recently. I don't know if he's going to

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Speaker 2: get it again. Giannis at plus three hundred. I mean

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Speaker 2: he's been dominating doing so many different things, the blocks,

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Speaker 2: the steals, and then as Milwaukee gets into games that

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Speaker 2: are blowouts, you really see him his full game on display.

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Speaker 2: He's not just scoring. So if you think there's Giannis

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Speaker 2: fatigue for the MVP of the Year, how about Giannis again?

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Speaker 2: For Defensive Player of the Year. Draymond has some issue

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Speaker 2: with Gobert. They compared him. He was doing the play

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Speaker 2: by play with the All Star Game and he said,

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Speaker 2: I don't want to be compared to Gobert. We're totally

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Speaker 2: different guys. So Draymond has the motivation to sort of

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Speaker 2: take this award away from Gobert, but I just don't

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Speaker 2: know if he's going to be back healthy enough in

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Speaker 2: order to get it. So my dark horse for Defensive

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Speaker 2: Player of the Year is McCall bridges at plus fourteen hundred. Joe,

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Speaker 2: He's been great on every wing. He's been scoring more

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Speaker 2: this year too, which is bringing more attention to him

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Speaker 2: as a legitimate defensive Player of the Year. Has been

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Speaker 2: locking down for the Suns, and now with Chris Paul out,

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Speaker 2: he may get a little bit more publicity for being

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Speaker 2: that player, the well rounded player that he is, because

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Speaker 2: he doesn't always because it's usually Booker and Paul may

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Speaker 2: be an opportunity here, so a dark horse for me.

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Speaker 2: McCall bridges love him here. Defensive Player of the Year

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Speaker 2: plus fourteen hundred. If you don't want to go with

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Speaker 2: the favorites, and if you have to pick a favorite,

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Speaker 2: I go with Giannis at plus three hundred over go

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Speaker 2: Bart plus one twenty five. Now, betting pros consents, is

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Speaker 2: not a lot of money there to be.

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Speaker 1: Made, all right, last one here, let's go to Rookie

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Speaker 1: of the Year. We mentioned the Cleveland Cavaliers in What

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Speaker 1: You Like Them. Evan Mobley's been a big part of

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Speaker 1: that and he is minus eight thirty five right now,

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Speaker 1: so not a whole lot of movement there. It seems

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Speaker 1: like this award might have gotten away. Is there any

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Speaker 1: way anybody else could be considered for this besides Mobile

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Speaker 1: at this point?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it's not gonna be Kate Cunningham because Detroit is

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Speaker 2: not really winning a ton of games, and he's been

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Speaker 2: in and out of the lineup with injuries. So he's

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Speaker 2: at plus twelve hundred. He's the third on betting pros.

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Speaker 2: I don't like him. You know, Josh Getty has been

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Speaker 2: outstanding here with an injury. Is Shae gilds Ers Alexander

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Speaker 2: he's been putting up. I think he put up three

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Speaker 2: consecutive triple doubles before the All Star break. So if

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Speaker 2: something were to happen to Mobiley and Guiney continues to

508
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Speaker 2: do this triple double machine is what he is, you

509
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Speaker 2: could definitely go there. Long shot for me is Scottie

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Speaker 2: Barnes at plus twelve hundred. They want Scotty Barnes to

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Speaker 2: take over the point guard role Toronto. And what I

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Speaker 2: like about the Raptors here with Nick Nurse is he

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Speaker 2: plays his starters a ton of minutes. He is one

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Speaker 2: of the few coaches in the NBA that will stay

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Speaker 2: with those starters. So Barnes is going to get opportunities

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Speaker 2: to make plays. Van Vlietz had a great first half,

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Speaker 2: but he was banged up a little bit. So in

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Speaker 2: terms of a pathway, if something were to happen to Mobili,

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Speaker 2: if Barnes is really given the keys to the offense,

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Speaker 2: you know he's going to see more minutes than anyone

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Speaker 2: on this list, and he absolutely would have a chance

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Speaker 2: to perform, but it's a long shot because Mobiley is

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Speaker 2: just so special. I don't know how he fell the

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Speaker 2: number three for Cleveland, but God bless him. They got

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Speaker 2: themselves a great player, a guy who can pass, a

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Speaker 2: big man who can defend, who's only going to get

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Speaker 2: better at age twenty one.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, it feels like Mobley's the guy, so but who knows.

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