WEBVTT - Diluted Samples, NFL Draft, NBA Playoffs, and More! 0:00:01.240 --> 0:00:06.120 You're listening to the Fantasy Sports Radio Network. You are 0:00:06.160 --> 0:00:14.960 now about to witness the strength of fantasy knowledge Fantasy 0:00:15.000 --> 0:00:18.119 Sports Radio Network. You are now tuned into the Speeds 0:00:18.120 --> 0:00:22.200 and spitting Statistician on Fantasy Freestyle up next on that 0:00:22.320 --> 0:00:26.759 safer or the microphone. You know that I'm one of 0:00:26.800 --> 0:00:33.120 the best yet, Martinez, you know what it is? This 0:00:33.200 --> 0:00:35.240 your boy, Dame Martinez a k A. 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If you want to get at 0:00:59.840 --> 0:01:02.000 me this hour, you can do that at eight four 0:01:02.080 --> 0:01:05.480 four eight four three six eight seven nine, and as always, 0:01:05.640 --> 0:01:07.560 get at us on Twitter. We got some polls up 0:01:07.600 --> 0:01:09.880 there right now at f n T S Y Radio 0:01:09.920 --> 0:01:11.840 and of course you can follow me at spitting speeds. 0:01:11.959 --> 0:01:14.840 We got some talk here because the NFL Draft is 0:01:14.880 --> 0:01:17.800 coming up on Thursday, and now there's two Jabil Peppers 0:01:17.800 --> 0:01:20.880 and Ruben Foster have both said now have failed a 0:01:20.959 --> 0:01:25.600 drug combine combined test with a quote unquote diluted sample. Okay, 0:01:25.720 --> 0:01:28.720 and here's what's very interesting. Joe Thomas, offensive tackle of 0:01:28.800 --> 0:01:31.200 the Cleveland Browns, tweeted today. In the NFL, if you 0:01:31.240 --> 0:01:33.760 have a diluted sample, they let you take the test 0:01:33.880 --> 0:01:37.520 over again. How is it inconsistent with the NFL combine? 0:01:37.680 --> 0:01:39.960 What does this mean? Are these two guys entering the 0:01:40.000 --> 0:01:42.120 program now? So we got a poll question up there. 0:01:42.280 --> 0:01:45.160 Do you agree that a diluted sample should count as 0:01:45.160 --> 0:01:47.039 a failed drug test? Yes? So no, you could get 0:01:47.080 --> 0:01:49.640 on that pole. Also, we're talking about the NBA. Yo, 0:01:49.720 --> 0:01:51.520 we got a big show. I got my boys Jason 0:01:51.520 --> 0:01:54.480 and Ken joining the cipher. We're gonna talk NBA playoffs. 0:01:54.480 --> 0:01:57.200 I gotta poll question up. How much will missing Steve 0:01:57.280 --> 0:02:00.800 Kerr actually impact the Golden State Warrior is title run? 0:02:01.120 --> 0:02:03.000 That's something I want to know. You know, we got 0:02:03.000 --> 0:02:05.280 options like not at all? Did you see last night? 0:02:05.320 --> 0:02:07.480 Within five minutes it was over and I could go 0:02:07.520 --> 0:02:09.720 to bed. Or will it have an impact later on? 0:02:10.280 --> 0:02:12.040 You know, maybe it will when we're talking about the 0:02:12.040 --> 0:02:15.480 Spurs or the Rockets or the Calves, or do you 0:02:15.520 --> 0:02:18.880 think the Warriors will not win it if Steve Kerr 0:02:18.960 --> 0:02:20.560 is not on the bench. We're gonna get into that 0:02:20.600 --> 0:02:22.760 with my boys. Like I said, we're gonna do NFL 0:02:22.840 --> 0:02:24.920 Draft breakdown as well. We talked to you guys about 0:02:24.919 --> 0:02:27.120 the running back position yesterday. We're gonna talk about the 0:02:27.160 --> 0:02:30.640 quarterback position. Watson, Trabinsky, Mahomes, all of that. Come on 0:02:30.760 --> 0:02:32.519 back right after this. We're gonna have a great time. 0:02:32.560 --> 0:02:35.600 It's your boy Speeds, the Spitting Statistician. You're listening live 0:02:35.680 --> 0:02:39.480 to the Fantasy Freestyle here on the award winning Fantasy 0:02:39.480 --> 0:03:00.639 Sports Radio Network. You know what it is, this boy, 0:03:00.720 --> 0:03:03.760 Dame Martinez Speeds, the Spitting Statistician. You're listening live to 0:03:03.800 --> 0:03:06.680 the Fantasy Freestyle here on the Fantasy Sports Radio Network. 0:03:06.840 --> 0:03:08.760 Let's get into Speeds to starting lineup right now. We're 0:03:08.760 --> 0:03:10.520 gonna switch it up a little bit because we're gonna 0:03:10.560 --> 0:03:12.880 go hard nb A a little bit later on. So 0:03:12.919 --> 0:03:15.520 I gotta give you, like we always do, my starting 0:03:15.560 --> 0:03:17.600 line up to help you win your league and win 0:03:18.000 --> 0:03:21.320 that cash. In Major League Baseball, Ryan Braun left yesterday 0:03:21.320 --> 0:03:23.840 with a bruce foot. He fouled the ball off his foot. 0:03:23.880 --> 0:03:25.880 I gotta tell you the truth. I have been playing 0:03:25.919 --> 0:03:28.480 baseball for about fifteen to twenty years. My guests later 0:03:28.480 --> 0:03:31.280 on cand of test that I have never fouled a 0:03:31.360 --> 0:03:34.840 ball off my foot. I don't know what that experience 0:03:34.960 --> 0:03:37.200 is like, but it happens all the time in Major 0:03:37.320 --> 0:03:39.200 League Baseball. And I gotta tell you something. I played 0:03:39.200 --> 0:03:41.760 pretty high level baseball, but that's what happened to Ryan Braun. 0:03:42.360 --> 0:03:45.040 Jack Peterson, outfielder for the Los Angeles Dodgers. He's going 0:03:45.080 --> 0:03:47.160 on the ten DA d L with a groin issue. 0:03:47.200 --> 0:03:49.240 They called up hot shot rookie keep and Eye and 0:03:49.320 --> 0:03:51.720 Bellinger that is coming up. Zach Brner, the closer for 0:03:51.720 --> 0:03:55.560 the Baltimore Orioles. He's on target for a Friday rehab return, 0:03:55.960 --> 0:03:58.120 coming back from the forum. Roger Davis, though, goes to 0:03:58.160 --> 0:04:01.720 the ten day DL with a hamstring in re Remember though, uh, Donnie, 0:04:01.720 --> 0:04:04.360 I know you remember Donnie b we Um. We had 0:04:04.760 --> 0:04:07.680 licensed certified athletic trainer. Thomas Lowe on on the four 0:04:07.840 --> 0:04:10.880 asked him about that rash of hamstring injuries that happened 0:04:10.880 --> 0:04:13.040 at the beginning of the season, and I thought it 0:04:13.080 --> 0:04:14.680 was because it was still cold out there and most 0:04:14.720 --> 0:04:17.599 of these Northeastern cities in April. But he also said 0:04:17.680 --> 0:04:20.279 people changing team to team when you're working with a 0:04:20.320 --> 0:04:23.479 new trainer, just a new stretching and training regimen could 0:04:23.560 --> 0:04:25.160 be enough that the body of Justin That's why you 0:04:25.200 --> 0:04:28.040 see some of those as well. Will add Roji Davis 0:04:28.080 --> 0:04:31.039 to the list. In the NFL, Adrian Peterson in the 0:04:31.080 --> 0:04:33.479 Saints have agreed to a deal, but mark Ingram there 0:04:33.480 --> 0:04:35.520 now reporting is still the lead back. So if you 0:04:35.560 --> 0:04:39.080 had mark Ingram on your dynasty teams on stuff like that, 0:04:39.160 --> 0:04:41.479 he is still the lead back in New Orleans. And 0:04:42.160 --> 0:04:44.800 we've been talking about this New England Patriots running back situation. 0:04:44.839 --> 0:04:48.479 How now Mike Gillisley is a Patriot after the Bills 0:04:48.480 --> 0:04:51.360 did not you know, sign that offer sheet. Legarrett Blunt 0:04:51.400 --> 0:04:53.760 and the New York Football Giants are said to have 0:04:53.839 --> 0:04:58.159 mutual interest in each other. Lagarrett Blunt eighteen touchdowns, eighteen 0:04:58.200 --> 0:05:01.520 Andre LGB t rights. He still could not get a 0:05:01.560 --> 0:05:04.080 Pro Bowl nod even with that great season last year. 0:05:04.400 --> 0:05:07.480 Martavis Bryant has been reinstated by the NFL after four 0:05:07.560 --> 0:05:10.240 hundred and seven days suspension. That is a solid wide 0:05:10.240 --> 0:05:13.400 receiver two for Pittsburgh. Remember, you know, coming up to 0:05:13.440 --> 0:05:16.360 the draft, this maybe impacted their strategy. Right, Let's keep 0:05:16.360 --> 0:05:19.640 you moving though here on speeds is cipher um. Yesterday 0:05:19.800 --> 0:05:22.599 I gave you a mere Garrett as a DFS pitcher, 0:05:22.640 --> 0:05:26.440 and the rule and the wheels just fell off. I apologize, okay, listen. 0:05:26.600 --> 0:05:28.239 I give you what you need to win your leagues 0:05:28.240 --> 0:05:30.599 and when net cash, sometimes you ride with me, sometimes 0:05:30.600 --> 0:05:34.000 you don't. I'm here and I'm I'm accountable. I'm accountable, okay. 0:05:34.200 --> 0:05:36.720 Unlike Agent Orange and many fashions. Big shout out to 0:05:36.720 --> 0:05:39.880 the American Forces Radio Network. Yo, he didn't do his 0:05:39.920 --> 0:05:41.760 thing three point one innings which he gave up nine 0:05:41.800 --> 0:05:43.680 his e O A one from one point eight four 0:05:43.680 --> 0:05:46.080 all the way to five point oh nine in one start. 0:05:46.160 --> 0:05:49.320 That is what you get early on here in the 0:05:49.320 --> 0:05:52.600 Major League Baseball season. These these averages, these ratios fluctuate 0:05:52.640 --> 0:05:55.680 a lot. Tonight, you got Clayton Kershaw. He's ten thousand, 0:05:55.720 --> 0:05:58.240 seven hundred dollars on fan duel. I am trying to 0:05:58.320 --> 0:06:00.520 beat him. The way I think you do it is 0:06:00.520 --> 0:06:03.760 with Michael Waka, who is seventies hundred for the St. 0:06:03.760 --> 0:06:05.840 Louis Cardinals tonight he's got a two. He's two and 0:06:05.960 --> 0:06:07.920 one with a two point four one ear right going 0:06:08.000 --> 0:06:10.320 up at home against the Toronto Blue Jays. Remember though, 0:06:10.560 --> 0:06:12.840 Josh Donaldson out of that lineup on the d L 0:06:12.880 --> 0:06:15.560 with the CAF injury. Now Troy to Lwitsky also on 0:06:15.680 --> 0:06:18.080 the d L for the Toronto Blue Jays. That lineup 0:06:18.160 --> 0:06:20.440 is not as fearsome as you may think. And I 0:06:20.560 --> 0:06:22.880 like the way Michael Waka has been performing. With all 0:06:22.920 --> 0:06:25.880 these rainouts. You gotta go somewhere where you could, uh, 0:06:26.040 --> 0:06:28.440 you know, maybe get that quality start. Well, we're gonna 0:06:28.480 --> 0:06:30.440 do though here with the NFL Draft, and you know 0:06:30.520 --> 0:06:32.799 we are doing big things here on the Fantasy Sports 0:06:32.880 --> 0:06:37.680 rado for Network on Thursday, live NFL Draft coverage with 0:06:37.800 --> 0:06:41.360 the Fantasy Executive my man, Corey Parson is gonna be 0:06:41.480 --> 0:06:43.680 leading that, telling you all the things you need to know. 0:06:43.720 --> 0:06:47.560 Who is drafting who, who just lost their job? For example, 0:06:47.640 --> 0:06:51.360 someone's gonna draft Leonard four Nett. Someone's whosing their job. 0:06:51.640 --> 0:06:54.240 Might it be you, Frank Gore? Might it be you? 0:06:54.360 --> 0:06:57.800 Chris Ivory. Someone is losing their job. On Thursday night, 0:06:57.800 --> 0:06:59.880 we're gonna be covering all of that. He's gonna come. 0:07:00.000 --> 0:07:03.360 It's a Fantasy Freestyle. Also big Things. My boy Joey 0:07:03.360 --> 0:07:06.760 Pizzapia is coming on the Friday show on the Fantasy Freestyle, 0:07:06.760 --> 0:07:09.200 breaking down Day one, looking ahead to the second and 0:07:09.279 --> 0:07:11.320 third round. And that's where it's really one. That's where 0:07:11.360 --> 0:07:13.960 you're getting your starters. I heard Bill Pollion today say 0:07:13.960 --> 0:07:19.120 sixty five of the NFL are players that were either 0:07:19.200 --> 0:07:23.120 drafted in rounds four or later or were undrafted free agent. 0:07:23.200 --> 0:07:25.760 So that's when the real work is done. But I'm 0:07:25.760 --> 0:07:29.560 gonna spotlight our quarterbacks today. Okay, let me first tell 0:07:29.600 --> 0:07:32.880 you this is not two years ago. This is not 0:07:33.000 --> 0:07:36.840 Jamis Winston and Marcus Mariota. This is not even next year. 0:07:36.880 --> 0:07:38.480 Let me tell you something. As a Jets fan, I 0:07:38.520 --> 0:07:40.720 hope we go to in fourteen so that next year 0:07:40.880 --> 0:07:43.440 I can get Sam Donald at the USC or Josh 0:07:43.560 --> 0:07:46.080 Rosen at u c l A. This draft class is 0:07:46.120 --> 0:07:49.480 not next year's class. It is maybe around the same 0:07:49.640 --> 0:07:52.880 level as last year with Goth and Wentz. Okay, I 0:07:52.920 --> 0:07:55.240 don't know if these guys you're hearing about whether you 0:07:55.320 --> 0:07:58.880 Watson or Trabinsky or Mahomes is really that franchise guy. 0:07:59.840 --> 0:08:01.240 HT tell you who I like. First of all, ok 0:08:01.360 --> 0:08:04.360 you gotta like Deshaun Watson. Okay, that's the poise that 0:08:04.400 --> 0:08:07.000 he has, that leadership quality, which I believe is still 0:08:07.040 --> 0:08:09.120 the number one quality you need to have. This be 0:08:09.200 --> 0:08:11.960 a leader of men in the huddle, right, And Deshaun 0:08:12.040 --> 0:08:15.360 Watson did that against this vaunted Alabama defense that some 0:08:15.400 --> 0:08:18.760 people thought was the best college defense of all time. 0:08:19.880 --> 0:08:23.280 Deshaun Watson in two national championship games scored over eighty 0:08:23.320 --> 0:08:26.640 points and shred them. So you gotta like that. Okay, 0:08:26.680 --> 0:08:28.640 you gotta like that. But remember what I said in 0:08:28.680 --> 0:08:31.680 the huddle. That is my concern with Deshaun Watson the commune. 0:08:31.800 --> 0:08:34.520 With these all these spread offenses, the college game is 0:08:34.559 --> 0:08:38.560 now actually so much different than the pro game. You 0:08:38.600 --> 0:08:41.320 don't know if Deshaun Watson can command the huddle. You 0:08:41.360 --> 0:08:43.840 don't know if he can actually spit out the verbiage 0:08:43.880 --> 0:08:46.160 of a play in the huddle. You don't know if 0:08:46.240 --> 0:08:49.040 offensive lineman can get into a three point stance because 0:08:49.040 --> 0:08:51.520 of these spread offenses. That is my only concern with 0:08:51.559 --> 0:08:53.800 Deshaun Watson, but I like him and I think he 0:08:53.800 --> 0:08:57.040 should be the first quarterback off the board. Let's talk 0:08:57.080 --> 0:08:59.640 though about Mitchell. Don't call me Mitch Trabinsky from you, 0:09:00.120 --> 0:09:03.400 University of North Carolina. I do not like this cat. Okay, 0:09:03.520 --> 0:09:06.439 this cat reminds me of Jared Goff. This cat reminds 0:09:06.440 --> 0:09:09.840 me of Blake Bortles, Bordle Service. Okay, this is a guy. 0:09:09.840 --> 0:09:12.560 This is a guy who only had thirteen college starts 0:09:12.559 --> 0:09:15.640 and only when eight and five. Okay, this is a 0:09:15.679 --> 0:09:18.000 guy who may have a great arm, may have all 0:09:18.000 --> 0:09:22.080 the tools, may have a sixties seven completion percentage while 0:09:22.120 --> 0:09:24.559 even under pressure, which is nice. But he comes off 0:09:24.600 --> 0:09:29.160 as aloof to me. And John Gruden said the same thing. 0:09:29.360 --> 0:09:31.679 Do you guys see like that John Gruden quarterback camp. 0:09:31.840 --> 0:09:34.839 He really breaks everybody down, then he applies it on 0:09:34.920 --> 0:09:37.120 the field. I think this is the same kind of 0:09:37.160 --> 0:09:39.320 story as one of these other guys kind of coming 0:09:39.320 --> 0:09:41.760 out of nowhere. May have the arm, but remember, do 0:09:41.800 --> 0:09:43.960 they have the leadership? Are you going to look into 0:09:44.000 --> 0:09:47.040 the eyes of an eight year veteran offensive tackle and 0:09:47.120 --> 0:09:50.439 command presence in that huddle when you were just barely 0:09:50.520 --> 0:09:53.200 doing it in the spread offense at what's really a 0:09:53.240 --> 0:09:56.480 basketball school in North Carolina. I don't think so. I'm 0:09:56.480 --> 0:10:00.000 telling you I am fading. I am fading, Mitchell, don't 0:10:00.040 --> 0:10:01.560 call me mimrra Binsk. I'll tell you who I do 0:10:01.679 --> 0:10:03.520 like though. I like this Patty Mahomes kid out of 0:10:03.559 --> 0:10:06.560 Texas Tech. Okay, I like Patty Mahomes. And here's why. 0:10:06.720 --> 0:10:09.760 This is a straight up gun slinger. Okay. Pro Football 0:10:09.800 --> 0:10:12.040 Focus had him rated as like the second best on 0:10:12.200 --> 0:10:15.280 deep throws again though a spread system. This guy makes 0:10:15.400 --> 0:10:17.960 what they call like the hero throws. You're like the 0:10:18.040 --> 0:10:20.560 gun slinger Brett far If you hear that about, you 0:10:20.559 --> 0:10:22.720 know all sorts of guys that just like to sling 0:10:22.720 --> 0:10:25.559 it deep, j cutler, things of that nature. That's who 0:10:25.600 --> 0:10:28.280 this kid is gonna be. It depends on the system 0:10:28.320 --> 0:10:30.280 that he said. I'm hearing that Bill O'Brien and the 0:10:30.320 --> 0:10:34.440 Houston Texans really like this kid at. I'm telling you 0:10:34.559 --> 0:10:38.480 right now, he's not gonna be there at. People are 0:10:38.480 --> 0:10:41.040 gonna go up for this kid. I'm thinking about a 0:10:41.040 --> 0:10:43.400 couple of teams that have starters in place that are 0:10:43.400 --> 0:10:46.319 getting a little long in the tooth, most specifically the 0:10:46.360 --> 0:10:49.560 Arizona Cardinals. It is time to consider who will be 0:10:49.600 --> 0:10:52.840 replacing Carson Palmer. Whah and cultivate that when you still 0:10:52.840 --> 0:10:55.480 have David Johnson at the top of his game over there. 0:10:55.800 --> 0:10:59.520 Outside of that, there's gonna be some other guys. Okay, 0:10:59.600 --> 0:11:02.880 DeShawn Kaiser at a Notre Dame. This guy, this guy 0:11:02.960 --> 0:11:04.920 is real high on himself. He says he has Tom 0:11:04.960 --> 0:11:09.440 Brady's mind in Cam Newton's body, yet he got benched 0:11:09.440 --> 0:11:12.200 at Notre Dame. I don't know about this kid. I 0:11:12.240 --> 0:11:13.800 think he's gonna need to eat a little bit of 0:11:13.880 --> 0:11:16.440 humble pie as well. He's gonna need to go into 0:11:16.440 --> 0:11:19.120 a system where he's gonna be the backup for three years. 0:11:19.440 --> 0:11:22.640 Maybe this is where you know your Steelers make a 0:11:22.720 --> 0:11:25.760 draft pick, your Giants make a draft pick, Your Chargers 0:11:25.800 --> 0:11:28.080 make a draft pick once again. Some of these guys 0:11:28.120 --> 0:11:30.520 remember that two thousand and three or four draft class. 0:11:30.559 --> 0:11:33.480 Eli Mannings, the Ben Roethlisberger's, the Philip Rivers where there 0:11:33.520 --> 0:11:36.880 has been news about their heir apparent in all three cities. 0:11:37.240 --> 0:11:39.120 So they're gonna be looking for that as well as 0:11:39.160 --> 0:11:42.920 Arizona thinking about Carson Palmer's replacement. I'm gonna tell you, though, 0:11:42.920 --> 0:11:44.840 I got a sleeper and it's Chad Kelly out of 0:11:44.880 --> 0:11:48.320 Old Miss. This guy has the pedigree. Yes, you know 0:11:48.400 --> 0:11:51.960 that Kelly name Kelly Strong like Jim Kelly of the 0:11:51.960 --> 0:11:57.199 Buffalo Bills. Yep, same DNA. Chad Kelly went to Ole Miss, 0:11:57.280 --> 0:12:00.440 was a slinger, beat Alabama all field can serns though 0:12:00.520 --> 0:12:03.440 wasn't invited to the Combine. And also check this out. 0:12:03.480 --> 0:12:05.640 At his pro day he got hurt and had risk 0:12:05.679 --> 0:12:08.280 surgery that you know, people don't know about him, but 0:12:08.320 --> 0:12:10.240 I think if he gets in the right situation and 0:12:10.320 --> 0:12:12.480 has a chance to develop, Chad Kelly might be one 0:12:12.520 --> 0:12:14.960 of your you know, Dak Prescott's this year. Don't sleep 0:12:14.960 --> 0:12:17.120 on Nate Peterman at a pit or just Dobbs out 0:12:17.160 --> 0:12:19.320 of Tennessee as well. But check it out. That's enough 0:12:19.320 --> 0:12:21.480 football talk. When we come back, I got my boys. 0:12:21.520 --> 0:12:23.720 They're gonna join the cipher here on the Fantasy Freestyle. 0:12:23.880 --> 0:12:25.800 We've got so much stuff to talk about as it 0:12:25.800 --> 0:12:27.920 relates to the NBA playoffs, as it relates to the 0:12:28.000 --> 0:12:31.680 rest and the schedule, fouling people, the Melo drama in 0:12:31.720 --> 0:12:33.720 New York. So much stuff to cover with my boys. 0:12:33.800 --> 0:12:36.080 We're gonna be doing that right about now. Come on 0:12:36.160 --> 0:12:38.679 back after the break. It should boy, Dame Martinez speeds 0:12:38.720 --> 0:12:42.520 the Spitting Statistician. You're listening live to the Fantasy Freestyle 0:12:42.600 --> 0:12:45.360 on the award winning Fantasy Sports Radio Network, and of 0:12:45.400 --> 0:12:47.080 course all the service men and women out there on 0:12:47.120 --> 0:12:49.880 the American Forces Radio Network, we all come on right back. 0:13:02.400 --> 0:13:04.440 You know what it is. This is your boy, Dane Martinez, 0:13:04.480 --> 0:13:07.000 a k A. To Spitting Statistician. You're listening live to 0:13:07.000 --> 0:13:10.040 the Fantasy Freestyle here on the Fantasy Sports Radio Network. Yo. 0:13:10.520 --> 0:13:13.360 NBA playoffs are going on right now. We got some 0:13:13.400 --> 0:13:15.840 big game fives in the first round. A lot of 0:13:15.840 --> 0:13:18.079 storylines going on that I want to get into with 0:13:18.120 --> 0:13:21.600 my special guests here. N B a correspondence on the 0:13:21.640 --> 0:13:24.559 Fantasy Freestyle. I got more boys canting, Kirby and Jason 0:13:24.640 --> 0:13:27.079 and Day Hey sus on on Mondays when we got 0:13:27.080 --> 0:13:30.600 the Fantasy first look, Joe Galina is the Fantasy Hey Sus, 0:13:30.960 --> 0:13:34.920 I got my boy Hovao Jason Davey sus We're gonna 0:13:34.920 --> 0:13:38.480 get into right now. How you guys feeling joining? That's 0:13:38.480 --> 0:13:40.120 what it is. We joined in the cipher and I 0:13:40.160 --> 0:13:43.240 got my boy Donnie Burns. Donnie Burns brings it First 0:13:43.240 --> 0:13:45.640 of all, did y'all know Donnie Burns is the coach 0:13:45.880 --> 0:13:49.040 of a national a AU team that are going to Nationals? Right, 0:13:49.040 --> 0:13:50.840 Donnie Burns? How are the kids doing that? First of all, 0:13:50.840 --> 0:13:53.120 I gotta ask you, how are the Lions doing? Are we? 0:13:53.160 --> 0:13:54.840 Are we paying for the flight? What's good? Yeah, we're 0:13:54.880 --> 0:13:56.640 gonna head out in about three weeks, so it should 0:13:56.679 --> 0:13:58.840 be good. Okay. And so we took out the state. 0:13:59.080 --> 0:14:01.080 Now we're going. Yeah, we took down the New Jersey 0:14:01.080 --> 0:14:04.200 state title. We're going for the national get it yet? 0:14:04.679 --> 0:14:06.600 You know what it is? Yo? And I'm telling you 0:14:06.640 --> 0:14:08.360 if you and Nationals, y'all can come on the show 0:14:08.400 --> 0:14:10.560 for real. Oh you know, I'm pretty much on this 0:14:10.600 --> 0:14:13.920 thing all the time, considering fair enough, fair enough, fair enough? 0:14:14.040 --> 0:14:15.679 All right. So here's where we want to get into 0:14:15.679 --> 0:14:17.200 the side. For we were on the East coast, right, 0:14:17.200 --> 0:14:18.640 were on the East coast. Let's start in the Eastern 0:14:18.640 --> 0:14:21.320 Conference because also, many people would probably argue that is 0:14:21.360 --> 0:14:25.840 a simpler conversation. Right going into the playoffs, there were 0:14:25.840 --> 0:14:28.200 so many questions about the Cavaliers defense. They gave up 0:14:28.200 --> 0:14:30.800 like a twenty four point lead one day. Could they 0:14:30.880 --> 0:14:33.080 switch it on and off? You know? And all of 0:14:33.160 --> 0:14:35.720 a sudden four games later, it's a wrap. We got 0:14:35.720 --> 0:14:39.160 Paul George talking smack about his teammates, positioning, in my opinion, 0:14:39.240 --> 0:14:41.800 positioning himself a free agency, you know, to make sure 0:14:41.840 --> 0:14:43.560 that he splits and go to Los Angeles. Will talk 0:14:43.600 --> 0:14:46.080 about that a little bit later on. But are all 0:14:46.120 --> 0:14:48.920 the fears gone? That's I guess my big question for 0:14:48.960 --> 0:14:51.240 you guys. Or do you think like it's you know, 0:14:51.280 --> 0:14:53.920 express past Lebron to the finals seventh strade year or 0:14:53.960 --> 0:14:56.720 do you see anyone in the East that can derail that? 0:14:56.840 --> 0:14:59.640 Like it's the Eastern Conference a moot point. And I 0:14:59.720 --> 0:15:02.440 think to say this, I feel the Calves go where 0:15:02.480 --> 0:15:05.200 Lebron goes, right, I feel in this uh this series, 0:15:05.520 --> 0:15:07.560 I mean, they still were a little shaky on defense, 0:15:07.600 --> 0:15:09.000 but I feel at the end of the day, Lebron 0:15:09.040 --> 0:15:12.080 wills himself and wills his team to the next level. Okay, 0:15:12.080 --> 0:15:13.960 do you think do you think I mean, he's probably not, 0:15:14.520 --> 0:15:19.080 you know, nervous about anybody, right, but yo, Donnie Burns 0:15:19.080 --> 0:15:21.560 and me, we were talking about how the Washington Wizards 0:15:21.840 --> 0:15:24.640 and that backcourt of Beal and Wall, we would have 0:15:24.760 --> 0:15:26.760 liked to have seen that. We've been talking about like 0:15:26.880 --> 0:15:30.000 who could pop up and challenge Cleveland. You know, Toronto 0:15:30.080 --> 0:15:32.720 we were very on the fence about and and Donnie, 0:15:32.720 --> 0:15:35.400 why why were you so into the Wizards as a 0:15:35.400 --> 0:15:37.680 potential threat in the East. Yeah. So here's the thing 0:15:37.720 --> 0:15:40.560 with my Raptors. We talked about this. I believe yesterday. 0:15:40.800 --> 0:15:43.240 The Raptors are not scoring at the pace they normally do. 0:15:43.400 --> 0:15:45.840 Like they've had wins where they only had seventy seven points, 0:15:46.080 --> 0:15:48.840 shooting three for twenty three and like the first half. 0:15:48.880 --> 0:15:51.560 That's not normal Raptor play. I know they got Kyle 0:15:51.600 --> 0:15:53.840 Lowry back a little bit before the post. I'm just 0:15:54.280 --> 0:15:56.520 they're not complete to me at this point. The only 0:15:56.640 --> 0:15:58.720 team I think that could challenge them is the Washington 0:15:58.760 --> 0:16:02.320 We've been talking Washington, But where's where's Gore Tot right now? 0:16:02.400 --> 0:16:04.640 If Gore Tott continues to do that, John wall is 0:16:04.640 --> 0:16:06.440 gonna have to up his game even more. And he's 0:16:06.560 --> 0:16:11.680 even I know, he's averaging like he's ridiculous. But that's 0:16:11.720 --> 0:16:13.920 the only road. I mean, who's Cleveland gonna play next? 0:16:14.120 --> 0:16:17.320 The winner of Toronto and Milwaukee. I think that's easy, 0:16:17.480 --> 0:16:20.160 easy cake. Alright, alright, Jason, let me get you in here. 0:16:20.240 --> 0:16:24.000 Right quick. Uh, I'm talking Eastern Conference. We're throwing out Washington, 0:16:24.040 --> 0:16:25.960 throwing out maybe Toronto. You know, I love the Greek 0:16:26.000 --> 0:16:27.560 freaking all. But is it is it a fade the 0:16:27.640 --> 0:16:30.640 complete in the East? Nobody, it's a fabricaid story. I 0:16:30.640 --> 0:16:36.760 mean fake news. Okay, any threatened East fake news, it's 0:16:36.800 --> 0:16:40.040 fake news. You know they're talking defense. Um, you know 0:16:40.080 --> 0:16:42.280 before the regular season ended, right, you had a couple 0:16:42.280 --> 0:16:44.600 of injuries. But you know what they're saying. They were 0:16:44.600 --> 0:16:49.120 talking about defensive defensive efficiency. Yeah, yeah, talk to me. 0:16:49.160 --> 0:16:51.240 It's a simple stat Talk to me about it. Uh, 0:16:51.320 --> 0:16:56.200 the number of points a team allows possession? Right, It 0:16:56.200 --> 0:17:00.800 doesn't keep in mind uh style of play pponents. So 0:17:00.840 --> 0:17:04.560 we're trying to get to apples versus apples. I don't 0:17:04.600 --> 0:17:07.679 feel that it's Uh, it's a story where you have 0:17:07.720 --> 0:17:09.399 seven other teams. So you take a look at these 0:17:09.400 --> 0:17:13.600 seven teams and you think, maybe it's not it's not 0:17:13.640 --> 0:17:16.920 a real thing. Okay, but let me Okay, So I 0:17:16.920 --> 0:17:19.280 I think we're all coming to consensus here. We think 0:17:19.280 --> 0:17:21.320 the East is gonna go down and once again Lebron 0:17:21.400 --> 0:17:22.960 James will find his way to the finals. I do 0:17:23.040 --> 0:17:24.879 got to say something though, I want to give a 0:17:24.920 --> 0:17:27.399 shout out to the Milwaukee Bucks on a number of levels. 0:17:27.680 --> 0:17:30.399 On a number of levels, and one is this has 0:17:30.440 --> 0:17:33.679 been a complete emergence of the Greek freak Gianni's attendant 0:17:33.720 --> 0:17:35.960 Coompo and Donnie, I know you love the Greek freak 0:17:36.040 --> 0:17:40.440 as well. But two questions. One, what would this team 0:17:40.480 --> 0:17:43.520 be like with a healthy Jabari Parker? You know, I mean, 0:17:43.600 --> 0:17:45.280 we don't even forget about what was the number one, 0:17:45.359 --> 0:17:47.119 number two pick? Right? And then I don't know if 0:17:47.119 --> 0:17:49.600 you guys saw, but I'm giving props to the Milwaukee Bucks. 0:17:49.600 --> 0:17:52.080 You see how hard they are trolling the Toronto Raptors 0:17:52.119 --> 0:17:55.200 in this series, playing the Barney Feet music. When they're 0:17:55.240 --> 0:17:59.520 introducing players, their their mascot. Their mascot was talking about, um, 0:18:00.400 --> 0:18:04.359 why don't don't the Toronto Raptors have a website? And 0:18:04.400 --> 0:18:07.560 it was because they couldn't string three ws together like www. 0:18:07.800 --> 0:18:10.040 They were saying. It was all sorts of things. So like, 0:18:10.520 --> 0:18:13.159 talk to me about in the longer term, like this 0:18:13.240 --> 0:18:17.280 Lebron domination is not gonna last forever, right, So how 0:18:17.280 --> 0:18:20.359 how do how could the East in the cycle of 0:18:20.400 --> 0:18:22.680 life here in the Eastern Conference, could the Greek Freak 0:18:22.840 --> 0:18:25.800 and Jabari Parker, Greg Monroe off the bench as a 0:18:25.880 --> 0:18:27.840 MAX player. Do you see them as the up and 0:18:27.840 --> 0:18:29.960 coming team and East maybe? Oh, no question about it. 0:18:30.000 --> 0:18:32.320 I mean, I'll say this, I feel, especially going back 0:18:32.320 --> 0:18:34.880 to the trolling of the team, it's very much sounds 0:18:34.960 --> 0:18:39.320 very much like Jason Kidd. Yeah, that's true, Jason Kidd. 0:18:39.400 --> 0:18:40.880 This is the man. This is a man who while 0:18:40.920 --> 0:18:43.680 coaching will knock a cup of coffee onto the floor 0:18:43.960 --> 0:18:46.240 just to get an extra kind of time out. You're Donnie. 0:18:46.280 --> 0:18:47.680 Do you do that at the a AU level? Of 0:18:47.720 --> 0:18:52.840 course not. I'm a professional day. Okay, in some circles 0:18:52.920 --> 0:18:56.720 j kids considered professional. But but I'll say, I mean 0:18:57.040 --> 0:18:59.680 the Greek freak is really is this coming out? Part 0:18:59.680 --> 0:19:02.960 of this? Adding adding Jabari would have been I can't 0:19:03.000 --> 0:19:05.960 imagine what this series would be like. Um yeah, but 0:19:06.040 --> 0:19:07.520 I think that's the team in the few of the 0:19:07.520 --> 0:19:10.640 future in the East. Man, it's definitely definitely a problem. 0:19:10.680 --> 0:19:12.959 I don't know if when Roe was gonna be a 0:19:13.000 --> 0:19:16.280 long long term piece for that team. Yeah, but I 0:19:16.280 --> 0:19:19.000 mean I got I don't, I don't know signed the 0:19:19.040 --> 0:19:21.399 Max deal. But even these guys like Broaden had had 0:19:21.400 --> 0:19:23.440 a good first year stuff like that. You know, Jason, 0:19:23.440 --> 0:19:26.080 when you want to get in here on the box, No, 0:19:28.640 --> 0:19:31.440 you know, I just an antidote. I traveled to Milwaukee, 0:19:32.160 --> 0:19:35.399