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Speaker 1: All right, and welcome into the Betting Pros Podcast. It's

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Speaker 1: All Star weekend in the NBA, as the sports biggest

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Speaker 1: stars head to the Bay Area. We'll get you set

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Speaker 1: from a betting perspective and break down the full weekend

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Speaker 1: of festivities. I'm your host, Seth Wilcock, and today I'm

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Speaker 1: joined by a guy who lives and breathes the association.

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Speaker 1: He's a writer for The New York Post and The

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Speaker 1: Action Network, among other places, plus a content creator for

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Speaker 1: us here at Betting Pros. It's Drew Norton. Drew, thanks

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Speaker 1: so much for joining us today. Man, how are you

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Speaker 1: following maybe the wildest trade deadline in league history?

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Speaker 2: When I got the notification on my phone, I just

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Speaker 2: thought Sham's got hacked. To be honest with you, I

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Speaker 2: was like, there's no way. It was like forty five

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Speaker 2: this is really happening. Oh my god. Uh yeah. I mean,

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Speaker 2: I don't want to go too overboard with it, but

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Speaker 2: to be honest, I don't know if I've ever seen

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Speaker 1: Oh yeah, and you know you have the Luca trade

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Speaker 1: that the hits last Saturday night and then you know,

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Speaker 1: a couple of days later, it just feels like all

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Speaker 1: the teams are emptying out their pockets. Stars are changing

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Speaker 1: teams left and right, a lot to keep up with

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Speaker 1: from a gambling point of view. And then you know,

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Speaker 1: we have the Lakers. They're involved in a trade and

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Speaker 1: excited to kind of put that aside for a little

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Speaker 1: Heading into the All Star weekend, today's program does look

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Speaker 1: like this. We'll be breaking down the Rising Stars Challenge,

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Speaker 1: the Skills Competition, the three Point Contest, and the Dunk Contest,

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Speaker 1: and of course the All Star Game and the All

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Speaker 1: Star MVP. O't explain the formats and the teams for

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Speaker 1: each of these events. Drew will give us his best bets.

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Speaker 1: And before we jump in, I just want to shout

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Speaker 1: out everyone tuning in on the Bank Pros YouTube channel

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Speaker 1: and the podcast feed. Thank you so much for all

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Speaker 1: the support. And while you're here, please do us a

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Speaker 1: are new and Drew, let's go ahead, let's jump in.

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Speaker 1: To where the party gets to on Friday night, with

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Speaker 1: the Rising Stars Challenge tipping off at nine pm Eastern time.

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Speaker 1: Of course, SELEB game will be before that. This is

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Speaker 1: a four team, three game tournament. The winner will earn

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Speaker 1: a spot in the actual All Star Game itself for

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Speaker 1: the first time. They'll play the semi final games twenty

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Speaker 1: five points. The championship game is going to forty points.

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Speaker 1: The highlights and the DraftKings odds for each team include

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Speaker 1: Mitch Richmond's team plus one thirty five. You got Portland

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Speaker 1: Scoot Henderson. You also got Tumani Kamara and Washington's Bub Carrington.

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Speaker 1: Tim Hardaway's team maybe the most high profile team of

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Speaker 1: this lot. Here you got The Magic's Anthony Black Tristan

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Speaker 1: Sar and Zachary resa Che Chris Mallins team plus three

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Speaker 1: of course, Grizzly Zach Edy Jeremy Lyn's team's gonna be

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Speaker 1: made up of mostly g leaguers. Currently priced at plus

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Speaker 1: think there shakes out here on Friday Night for Shrew?

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Speaker 2: Honestly, I get the appeal of going with Team Mitch here.

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Speaker 2: I mean I really get it. You know, you got

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Speaker 2: we've seen him post triple doubles this year, like he's

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Speaker 1: I mean, talk about a guy who's probably motivated on

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Speaker 2: So yeah, I look at a guy like Leonard, for example,

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Speaker 1: Yeah, so your probably best bet is going Chris Mullins

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Speaker 1: Jay Lyn's team. I love that Jeremy Lynz coaching that

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Speaker 1: So Drew, he's going with Chris Mallins team and also

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Speaker 1: to your podcast. The State Farm All Star Saturday Night

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Speaker 1: gets underway at eight pm Eastern Time with the Key

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Speaker 1: Skill Challenge. No official rules have been announced yet, but

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Speaker 1: sixty five, Chris Paul and Wemby Team Calves, you got

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Speaker 1: Who do you like here? Because to me, on paper,

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Speaker 1: it seems like CP three and Wimby are the deserving

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Speaker 2: So I do really like Team Spurs and Team Cavs

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Speaker 1: Yeah, it's kind of crazy to see Draymond Green and

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Speaker 1: No love for Time Hero. He's got the song about him.

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Speaker 1: AT and T Dunk Contest. We're expecting a similar format

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Speaker 1: League Merchant Matt mcclunk. He's the heavy favorite minus two

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Speaker 1: thirty The Spurs Tofon Castle plus six point fifty, as

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Speaker 1: He'll be plus seven hundred in this event. Drew will

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Speaker 2: I think we're either looking at Hi McClung three pete

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Speaker 3: Right?

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Speaker 2: How many more different things can he do? That is

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Speaker 2: Yeah, they're gonna see the absolute just ridiculousness that is

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Speaker 1: to Sunday Nights Showcase. It is the NBA All Star Game,

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Speaker 1: The Rising Star Team is currently listed at eight to

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Speaker 1: one odds as well. On paper, Drew, this looks like

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Speaker 1: another two horse race. However, you never know what you're

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Speaker 1: gonna get in the All Star Game, especially this year,

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Speaker 1: what the matchups are gonna be. So what team are

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Speaker 1: you currently getting invested with?

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Speaker 2: I think it's hilarious how Team Shack just has all

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Speaker 2: the old heads. He's just like, yeah, I'm gonna get

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Speaker 2: all the guys. Who are you know, thirty five? I

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Speaker 2: may have played a few seasons with him. Honestly, I

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Speaker 2: just I don't even know how to analyze this, just

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Speaker 2: because we're looking at new format. You don't really know

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Speaker 2: first of forty kind of thing. Those shot clocks like

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Speaker 2: it's unprecedented, right, So it's all speculation. You can't really

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Speaker 2: say like, oh, well, the team that Lebron's been on

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Speaker 2: is won five in the past seven years. It's like, well,

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Speaker 2: it's I can't really do that here, I can tell

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Speaker 2: you I don't think I'm going with Team Shack. Oh yeah,

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Speaker 2: I don't know.

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Speaker 1: I just well, agis that's a little ages from my

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Speaker 1: friend Drew.

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Speaker 2: I feel a little ages. I don't know, but uh yeah,

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Speaker 2: I don't know. I don't know how hard I see

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Speaker 2: them playing. Really, I might take like a half unit

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Speaker 2: flyer on Team Kenny. Actually, to be honest. The other

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Speaker 2: thing is Team Team Chuck, like Jokic doesn't want to

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Speaker 2: be out there.

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Speaker 1: Well, I was gonna I was gonna ask that because

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Speaker 1: his MVP odds are so long. So he's someone who

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Speaker 1: you would think, just Jokic and his nature would want

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Speaker 1: to kind of, you know, bow up for these events

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Speaker 1: and show up because he's a hard nosed player. But

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Speaker 1: it feels like he just when there's no record on

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Speaker 1: the line, he doesn't care.

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Speaker 2: He doesn't care if you think his defense bad during

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Speaker 2: the regular season, You're not even gonna close your eyes,

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Speaker 2: you know, like just turn your head. You're not gonna

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Speaker 2: want to see this. So that's what I think. He's

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Speaker 2: gonna be such a liability on the differensive end. So yeah,

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Speaker 2: I just don't think he wants to be out there. Yeah.

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Speaker 2: So I don't know. I might might take a flyer

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Speaker 2: on like Team Kenny so just has for fun.

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Speaker 1: Really Yeah, I mean it makes sense when you think

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Speaker 1: of it from the angle that, hey, these are the

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Speaker 1: younger guys, these are the more hungry guys like Kid

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Speaker 1: Cunningham definitely not a big star nationally yet. Jared Jackson Junior,

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Speaker 1: a guy who has developed really well over the years,

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Speaker 1: but still a little bit under the radar. Same with

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Speaker 1: Jalen Williams, who has great stars that he's playing with

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Speaker 1: night in, night out, so kind of takes a little

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Speaker 1: bit of a robin seat there. So I kind of

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Speaker 1: like that analysis, honestly. Any hope for the Rising Star

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Speaker 1: team because they're another one who they're gonna go boss

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Speaker 1: the wall and you can get them at eight to

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Speaker 1: one currently, So any love for them at all? Or

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Speaker 1: do you just think they're gonna be outclassed here in talent?

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Speaker 2: Yeah? I mean it's so hard to say because like

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Speaker 2: last year, you know, the East put up what did

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Speaker 2: they put up? Like two eleven? Right and something like

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Speaker 2: That's like what are you gonna get as far as defense?

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Speaker 2: And you know how much of that is gonna translate

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Speaker 2: to this? Is it gonna be more competitive? I would

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Speaker 2: imagine it's gonna be a little at least a little

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Speaker 2: more competitive. And if it's at least a little more

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Speaker 2: competitive then it has been in previous seasons, then I

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Speaker 2: do think like Rising Stars will probably be a little outclassed.

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Speaker 1: Okay, well, hey that makes total sense. Let's round out

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Speaker 1: the program by looking at who will take home the

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Speaker 1: All Star Game MVP. Damian Lillard won it last year,

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Speaker 1: but we haven't had back to back winners of this

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Speaker 1: award in eight straight years. Looking at the odds, and

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Speaker 1: these are only at FANDEL Currently, the favorites are Steph

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Speaker 1: Curry seven to one, Wemby seven to one, Sga Plus

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Speaker 1: seven to fifty, Lebron nine to one, Anthony Edwards ten

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Speaker 1: to one, Damian Lillard to go for the repeat eleven

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Speaker 1: to one, Jalen Brunson fifteen to one. But also some

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Speaker 1: value down the board. We talked about Joker twenty nine

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Speaker 1: to one. You know, Drew's not liking that number. I

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Speaker 1: don't think still. Kdi nineteen to one, Jason Tatum nineteen

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Speaker 1: to one. What are your thoughts here? Because this realistically,

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Speaker 1: if you hit this bet, could be your biggest payout

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Speaker 1: of the weekend.

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Speaker 2: Drew, it absolutely could be. But it's also going to

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Speaker 2: be by far the hardest one to hit because it's

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Speaker 2: not as simple as one team versus the other team anymore.

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Speaker 2: Now you're looking at you know, little mini tournament style,

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Speaker 2: So two games have to be won, and then the

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Speaker 2: person obviously who gets selected for MVP has to be

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Speaker 2: the best in those two games. A few things to consider,

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Speaker 2: kind of interesting stuff so, like you mentioned, there hasn't

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Speaker 2: been back to back All Star Game MVPs since Russ

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Speaker 2: in twenty fifteen and twenty sixteen. There's only been one

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Speaker 2: other example of a player who won back to back

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Speaker 2: All Star Game MVPs in the history of this event,

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Speaker 2: so dating back to like I think the early to

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Speaker 2: mid fifties, so a long time, yeah, long time, And

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Speaker 2: that was Bob Pettitt. And here's the catch with that.

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Speaker 2: Even Bob Pettitt won it solo fifty eight, but he

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Speaker 2: won he was a co winner in fifty nine, so

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Speaker 2: he didn't even win it outright necessarily. So if history

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Speaker 2: tells us anything, I don't think Damian Lillard's gonna win again,

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Speaker 2: you know. And then a few other sort of extraneous thoughts.

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Speaker 2: Kat's finger has been bothering him recently. It appears he's

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Speaker 2: always looking down at it, kind of messing with it.

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Speaker 2: His shooting hasn't been quite as efficient, particularly from three recently,

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Speaker 2: so I'm not gonna go with Kat. Interestingly enough, as well,

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Speaker 2: first time winners have also won the All Star Game

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Speaker 2: MVPs the last five times, and nobody with home court

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Speaker 2: advantage has won since Anthony Davis in twenty seventeen. So

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Speaker 2: I don't know if Curry necessarily should be like an

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Speaker 2: obvious betting favorite necessarily, especially with as much offensive firepower

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Speaker 2: as Team Shack does have in the event that they

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Speaker 2: actually do try hard. I just think there's a lot

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Speaker 2: a lot of different talent there. And then obviously, as

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Speaker 2: I mentioned, Jokic couldn't care less to be out there. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: don't bet on him, don't do it. I know how

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Speaker 2: tempting it is. You see a giant number next to

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Speaker 2: his name and you're like, no, you know, but no,

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Speaker 2: don't do it. I like Anthony Edwards and SGA and

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Speaker 2: obviously not afraid to let the threes fly. Guys shooting

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Speaker 2: like ten eleven twelve threes a game. So I can

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Speaker 2: see him just chucking a ton in an event that

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Speaker 2: typically in recent history has been lots of threes and

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Speaker 2: lots of dunks. I think that benefits somebody like Aunt.

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Speaker 2: As far as SGA is concerned, I think that he

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Speaker 2: wants to solidify his MVP case, and I also think

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Speaker 2: that he probably wants to put the free throw merchant

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Speaker 2: convos to rest. I think he's probably tired of hearing that,

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Speaker 2: so in an event that's not gonna draw free throws.

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Speaker 2: It's gonna, you know, be shot making. I think SGA

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Speaker 2: will want to step up and show out, so ant

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Speaker 2: An SGA. That's that's who I like in this.

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Speaker 1: Okay, Anthony Edwards ten to one and then also a

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Speaker 1: ticket on SGA plus seven fifty Drew. Awesome hearing all

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Speaker 1: your thoughts today man on what is really going to

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Speaker 1: be an exciting weekend for all NBA and basketball fans

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Speaker 1: in general. That's going to do it for us today

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Speaker 1: on the Betting Pros Podcast. Enjoy the NBA All Star weekend.

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