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Speaker 1: straight Fire, fam, It's the Jason McIntyre Straight Fire for Wednesday,

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Speaker 1: October nineteenth. The NBA season is underway, got underweight last

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Speaker 1: night a couple of can we say decent games? I

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Speaker 1: six or Celtics was marginally close, never felt close. Lakers

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Speaker 1: the eighteen of you who stayed up for it on

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Speaker 1: the East Coast. Um, we'll do a lot of NBA.

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Speaker 1: I will give you my top eight in each conference.

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Speaker 1: I'll give you my title winner a couple of bets

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Speaker 1: for futures. But first before we get to the NBA.

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Speaker 1: And I'll get to the games in a second. I

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Speaker 1: just wanted to talk about this Carson Wentz situation in Washington.

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Speaker 1: It's very weird because I mentioned this on the Herd.

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Speaker 1: One of my buddies was listening and texted, dude, this

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Speaker 1: Carson Wentz now has a broken finger on his throwing

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Speaker 1: don't know how close to you guys have followed Washington,

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Speaker 1: probably not very close because they're terrible. Ron Rivera is

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Speaker 1: in year three there, right. He went to the playoffs

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Speaker 1: remember they had Taylor Heineke. They lose to Tampa. They

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Speaker 1: not good news. And Daniel Snyder is not the guy

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Speaker 1: I don't know what two or three days the best comment.

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Speaker 1: By the way, Rob, congratulations. Um so, anyways, let's pivot

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Speaker 1: So we had that great preview yesterday of the Lakers

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Speaker 1: So this is just a team that just isn't I

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Speaker 1: don't think as good as they were last year. Um uh,

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Speaker 1: let's see. Oh no, I'm sorry, Janice is seven. I

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Speaker 1: was in correct. I said twenty eight, like Surgeon Baca

427
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Speaker 1: thirty three, Joe Ingles thirty five, Brook Lopez thirty four,

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Speaker 1: West Matthews thirty six, Middleton thirty one, Drew Holiday he's

429
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Speaker 1: kind of one thirty two years old. Like, these guys

430
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Speaker 1: have had some serious postseason runs. So I'm not as

431
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Speaker 1: bullish on the Bucks as everyone else. All that being said,

432
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Speaker 1: here are some of the futures bets that I made.

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Speaker 1: Taking a flyer number one Denver Nuggets to win the West.

434
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Speaker 1: I don't believe this will happen. That being said Michael

435
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Speaker 1: Porter Jr. Jamal Murray and Yokich as a trio is

436
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Speaker 1: about as good as it gets in the league. And

437
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Speaker 1: I look at some of the ancillary pieces in Denver.

438
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Speaker 1: And I know they're not like a sexy team and

439
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Speaker 1: they're not gonna be on TV a ton, But KCP

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Speaker 1: is like a solid shooting guard, Like he's exactly what

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Speaker 1: you are, role player who knows his well. I'm gonna

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Speaker 1: defend and I'm gonna hit open threes Like that's k

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Speaker 1: c P Aaron Gordon being your fourth best player? Are

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Speaker 1: you kidding me? Aaron Gordon is like a two on

445
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Speaker 1: most teams, a three. Probably he's your fourth best player.

446
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Speaker 1: I like the kid bones Highland. Um. Obviously, you guys

447
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Speaker 1: know where I am on Jamal Murray. I'm probably one

448
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Speaker 1: of the biggest Jamal Murray fans in uh, you know,

449
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Speaker 1: NBA Twitter. I just really like the roster of everything

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Speaker 1: about the Nuggets. I like, we'll see what happens in

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Speaker 1: the postseason. UM, and again like Michael Porter Jr's back,

452
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Speaker 1: Jamal Murray coming off the injury, Jeff Green's and nice

453
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Speaker 1: pick up on this team, and and the bench will

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Speaker 1: matter because again, if you're telling me, Michael Porter Jr.

455
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Speaker 1: Is gonna miss fifteen games and Yokich is gonna miss five, five,

456
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Speaker 1: ten games, and there Gordon five ten and Murray fifteen.

457
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Speaker 1: You know you're gonna need solid bench guys, so you

458
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Speaker 1: don't go in the tank. The second year stars miss out.

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Speaker 1: So I took the Nuggets to win the West at

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Speaker 1: plus seven forty one, um Hawks to win the Southeast

461
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Speaker 1: plus one fifty one. I know a lot of people

462
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Speaker 1: don't look at divisions in the NBA, and winning a

463
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Speaker 1: division really doesn't mean anything. It's all about conference seating.

464
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Speaker 1: But I am bullish on the Hawks. I have hyped

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Speaker 1: them up throughout the off season. I absolutely love the

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Speaker 1: Dejon to Murray uh signing. I think right now, you

467
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Speaker 1: look around the East Eastern Conference and you give me

468
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Speaker 1: find me a better backcourt with defense and scoring. Trey Young,

469
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Speaker 1: you know he's gonna be live to lead the league

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Speaker 1: in scoring, I think, and I just look at the

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Speaker 1: rest of the Southeast Conference. I'm sorry, Yeah, Southeast Conference,

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Speaker 1: Miami Heat, I think, take a step back. I don't

473
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Speaker 1: think the Orlando Magic already we know the Wizards aren't

474
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Speaker 1: and the Charlotte Hornets are arguably the worst team in

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Speaker 1: the league. So basically Miami is a heavy favorite. I

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Speaker 1: think you gotta lay one fifty and if I can

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Speaker 1: get the Hawks, who are ascending. And I again not

478
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Speaker 1: to talk too much about the depth chart beyond the

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Speaker 1: two guards they have, but I like this team, man.

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Speaker 1: I really think the Hawks. I think I'm gonna surprise

481
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Speaker 1: you with where I have them. DeAndre Hunter, John Collins,

482
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Speaker 1: still there, a Kong Wu Capella, Bogdanovitch off the bench.

483
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Speaker 1: I don't know. It's a weird like for the Atlanta

484
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Speaker 1: Hawks this year to win the Southeast plus one fifty

485
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Speaker 1: one m v P Jayson Tatum. You know we saw

486
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Speaker 1: him last night. You guys know Tatum. I don't like

487
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Speaker 1: any Boston Sports. I don't like any Boston Sports teams.

488
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Speaker 1: I love Jayson Tatum. I think he's probably one of

489
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Speaker 1: my five favorite players in the league. Plus seven forty

490
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Speaker 1: two to win the m v P. Luca is the favorite.

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Speaker 1: We'll see how the rest of the MAVs do. Luca

492
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Speaker 1: did play a lot this summer. Hopefully it doesn't wear

493
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Speaker 1: him down. You guys know where I am on Luca, obviously,

494
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Speaker 1: but I didn't bet him this year. To win the

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Speaker 1: m v P, Jayson Tatum plus seven forty two. If

496
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Speaker 1: the Celtics are one or two, Tatum will be there

497
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Speaker 1: right there at the finish now, and bead is probably

498
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Speaker 1: a bit of a safer bet at plus six four. Um, Listen,

499
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Speaker 1: I'm not the biggest and beat fan. I've made that known,

500
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Speaker 1: and you guys don't like when I say that. I

501
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Speaker 1: don't love him, bead Um. He's obviously an immensely talented player.

502
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Speaker 1: We know the media loves him. He's been the MVP

503
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Speaker 1: runner up two years in a row, so he's gonna

504
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Speaker 1: get the sentimental vote from the media. Listen, and beats

505
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Speaker 1: awesome talent. Let's just be realistic. He's never been beyond

506
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Speaker 1: the second round of the playoffs. That's just a fact.

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Speaker 1: I mean, Tatum goes to the Eastern Conference Finals or

508
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Speaker 1: the NBA Finals every year. It feels like, Okay, let

509
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Speaker 1: me see what em beat kid? Do it? Don't don't

510
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Speaker 1: act like Tatum's got a way better team either, and

511
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Speaker 1: beat his head Ben Simmons and beat his head Tobias Harris,

512
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Speaker 1: James Harden like. He's had some pretty darn good teams,

513
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Speaker 1: and Um, I think he's probably the safe bet Ebid,

514
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Speaker 1: but I like Tatum. I think he's uh at plus

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Speaker 1: seven forty two has some value. Fox Sports Radio has

516
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Speaker 1: the best sports talk lineup in the nation. Catch all

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Speaker 1: to listen live. Rookie of the Year. I have two guys, obviously.

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Speaker 1: The third and obvious one is Ben Caro, the favorite

521
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Speaker 1: plus one fifty. But man, Keegan Murray. I mean, folks,

522
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Speaker 1: this is the kid out of Iowa. I haven't even

523
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Speaker 1: got into my Sacramento King's rank yet, but I do

524
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Speaker 1: have them top eight in the West. Yes that's a fact.

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Speaker 1: Just wait, just way done. It settled down. I've been

526
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Speaker 1: hyping him on the herd Cowherds not buying it. I'm

527
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Speaker 1: telling you, this King's team is no joke this year.

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Speaker 1: Keegan Murray, it looks like he's gonna start and he

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Speaker 1: is gonna play a lot of minutes. I would not

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Speaker 1: be shocked if they were moving Harrison Barnes to get

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Speaker 1: Kegan Murray more minutes. Kids, just awesome plus five fifty one. Now,

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Speaker 1: obviously it will help him if they move Barnes and

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Speaker 1: he gets more playing time, because it's really about minutes

534
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Speaker 1: and stats. Because most of these rookies are playing on

535
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Speaker 1: bad teams, so there's no chance for them to be

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Speaker 1: in the playoffs. I think the only one in recent

537
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Speaker 1: memory was maybe Malcolm Brogden. I think it was Brogden anyway.

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Speaker 1: Um so, Ban Carroll has a massive hill to climb,

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Speaker 1: But I think Ben matherin plus four oh one, Keegan

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Speaker 1: Murray plus five fifty one. Yeah, you got to have

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Speaker 1: those in the account. Ben Carroll is a safe bad

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Speaker 1: you guys know. I like Ban Carroll sixth Man of

543
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Speaker 1: the Year. This is probably the longest shot that I

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Speaker 1: have of anything, and it would be Kevin Love at

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Speaker 1: plus two thousand and thirty five. There is big money

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Speaker 1: to be made if Kevin Loved delivers. I think the

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Speaker 1: Calves are gonna be very good. The question is how

548
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Speaker 1: good do they have to be for Love to get

549
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Speaker 1: six Man of the Year. If their top four in

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Speaker 1: the East, is that gonna be good enough? Now that

551
00:27:11,320 --> 00:27:14,959
Speaker 1: you know again, these awards are media driven. The media

552
00:27:15,040 --> 00:27:18,640
Speaker 1: loves a comeback story. Veteran Kevin Love the Calves. They

553
00:27:18,720 --> 00:27:22,159
Speaker 1: tried to trade him for like two maybe three years.

554
00:27:22,520 --> 00:27:25,760
Speaker 1: He was there during the rebuilding process. Lubron left, Kyrie left,

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Speaker 1: everybody left. Kevin Loves stayed, stuck it out. He's overcome

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Speaker 1: the odds and look at this now they have um

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Speaker 1: Donovan Mitchell and uh Evan Mobley, who I'll tell you

558
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Speaker 1: a little bit more about in a second, Darius Garland.

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00:27:39,600 --> 00:27:42,040
Speaker 1: I mean Kevin Love coming off the bench providing veteran

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Speaker 1: leadership to a young team. Folks, just keep an eye

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Speaker 1: on Kevin Love. Sixth Man of the Year. I mentioned

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Speaker 1: Evan Mobley Defensive Player of the Year. Plus listen, yes,

563
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Speaker 1: Rudy Gobert makes the most sense. The Timberwolves are gonna

564
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Speaker 1: be very good in the regular season. I just think

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Speaker 1: Kevin Mobley is gonna be a game changer for this

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Speaker 1: Cavs team. He was awesome last year, just an incredible talent.

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Speaker 1: And you know, listen, I he's a He's an l

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Speaker 1: A guy. Um he went to USC. I know some

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Speaker 1: guys who he's very close with. UM who I play

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Speaker 1: some pickup hoops with. And let's just say Mobile is

571
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Speaker 1: not one of those guys who was all over Instagram. Here,

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Speaker 1: my workouts here, and my workouts all summer. I'm playing

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Speaker 1: pickup games with Lebron and James Harton. He's not doing that,

574
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Speaker 1: but he has working his butt off and some of

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Speaker 1: the stuff I've been hearing about Mobile, just keep an

576
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Speaker 1: eye on Evan Mobley defensive Player of the Year plus

577
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Speaker 1: fift the kids work ethic is unbelievable, and the talent.

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Speaker 1: I like Mobile. I think it's a good bet to make. UM.

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Speaker 1: Now let's go to top. We have to now go

580
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Speaker 1: top twelve because of the play in unbelievable twelve of

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Speaker 1: fifteen quote unquote make the playoffs. We'll do the East first.

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Speaker 1: So the three worst teams in the East, no order. UM.

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Speaker 1: I have Pistons, Pacers, Hornets missing out, number one, number

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Speaker 1: one see yes, and number one Sixers. I think the

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Speaker 1: depth is there. We saw in Boston how good this

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Speaker 1: team is last night. I'm bullish on Maxie again, Doc Rivers.

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Speaker 1: Really solid regular season coach, postseason a lot to be desired.

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Speaker 1: I think the Sixers are probably gonna get the number

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Speaker 1: one seed. Uh you know, we're the fifty three Ish

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Speaker 1: wins fifty five somewhere in that neighborhood. P J. Tucker

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Speaker 1: adds a lot. It's a good team, man. I don't

592
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Speaker 1: love them, but we'll talk more about them in a second.

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Speaker 1: So number one I have in the number one seed Sixers,

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Speaker 1: Number two Boston Celtics. I think they're back. I don't

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Speaker 1: think they lose that much. With the coaching change, the

596
00:29:38,440 --> 00:29:41,720
Speaker 1: team is stacked again. Robert Williams would be joining them

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Speaker 1: in what four to six weeks Chiefs. That's that's a

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Speaker 1: nice edition. Milwaukee Bucks third, Calves fourth, So my top

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Speaker 1: four sixers Celtics, Bucks, Calves number five. Oh yeah, the

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Speaker 1: Atlanta Hawks fifth in the East. Yes, ahead of number

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Speaker 1: six Brooklyn Nets. Just too much uncertainty with the Nets,

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Speaker 1: I mean Kyrie Irving. Kyrie Irving might play the first

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Speaker 1: twenty games and then decide I need I need two

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Speaker 1: weeks off and go a wall. I just don't know.

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Speaker 1: I don't know what Joe Harris, don't know what Seth Curry.

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Speaker 1: Those two guys, by the way, starting in starting the

607
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Speaker 1: season injured. T J. Warren's injured. So now you're looking

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Speaker 1: at can Kevin Durant and Ben Simmons carry this team?

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Speaker 1: We'll probably but to what top four in the East.

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Speaker 1: I just don't know what I'm getting out of Kyrie,

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Speaker 1: so I can't bet on them heavily. I would go

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Speaker 1: Brooklyn Nets six Miami Heat seven. Now this is not

613
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Speaker 1: a big slip because the seven seeds probably gonna be

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Speaker 1: a forty five win team. You know this is it's

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Speaker 1: not a slight to the heat. I just I don't

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Speaker 1: believe they were as good as they were last year.

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Speaker 1: Remember they got the number one seed. They did push

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Speaker 1: Boston to Game seven, and they made it close there

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Speaker 1: at the end. Um, you know, at the Tyler Hero contract,

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Speaker 1: we'll see. I thought, without question, last year Vincent and

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Speaker 1: Streuss played way above their pay grade. I don't know

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Speaker 1: what Kyle Lowry has left. It looks like Caleb Martin

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Speaker 1: might be in the starting lineup now again he was

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Speaker 1: I think last year was like the eighth guy in

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Speaker 1: the rotation, and now he's a starter. Jimmy Butler, Bamata bio,

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Speaker 1: there's just not a lot of wiggle room. Um, Victor

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Speaker 1: Oladipo will see what he can offer. But I just

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Speaker 1: I like bam a lot. You guys know my man

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Speaker 1: crush on Jimmy Butler. I think they follow a little bit.

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Speaker 1: I had them seventh in the East and eighth. I

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Speaker 1: have the Toronto Raptors, followed by just missing the playoffs.

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Speaker 1: In the play in Bols Knicks Magic Wizards. He has

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Speaker 1: the Magic at eleven. I like this Magic team. I

634
00:31:30,520 --> 00:31:32,920
Speaker 1: think they're gonna be kind of fun. So there's my

635
00:31:32,960 --> 00:31:35,440
Speaker 1: Eastern Conference and coming out of the East representing the

636
00:31:35,480 --> 00:31:40,480
Speaker 1: East in the finals. Dun Dun, dun dune. The Sixers

637
00:31:40,520 --> 00:31:45,680
Speaker 1: finally breakthrough the year of Philadelphia folks. Philly's making a

638
00:31:45,720 --> 00:31:48,880
Speaker 1: postseason run. I think the Sixers finally get to the

639
00:31:48,920 --> 00:31:52,200
Speaker 1: conference finals. I think they beat the Celtics. Give me

640
00:31:52,240 --> 00:31:55,120
Speaker 1: the Sixers in the NBA Finals. Not gonna be popular,

641
00:31:55,240 --> 00:31:57,760
Speaker 1: trust me, I know, and it's gonna be. It's kind

642
00:31:57,760 --> 00:32:00,400
Speaker 1: of hard to root for Joel Embiid. But that's the

643
00:32:00,440 --> 00:32:05,719
Speaker 1: East in the West again. Remember the Utah Jazz two

644
00:32:05,760 --> 00:32:08,000
Speaker 1: years ago with the number one seed in the West. Okay,

645
00:32:08,440 --> 00:32:12,280
Speaker 1: right now, I have the Denver Nuggets snagging the number

646
00:32:12,320 --> 00:32:15,480
Speaker 1: one seed, health pending, they're gonna want a lot of games.

647
00:32:15,480 --> 00:32:17,520
Speaker 1: I don't know if they're gonna win sixty, but we've

648
00:32:17,720 --> 00:32:19,760
Speaker 1: we've seen the Phoenix Suns kind of come out of nowhere.

649
00:32:20,080 --> 00:32:23,120
Speaker 1: Two years ago. We saw the Utah Jazz ascend to

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00:32:23,120 --> 00:32:27,120
Speaker 1: the number one. Like the West is wacky, Okay, Denver

651
00:32:27,200 --> 00:32:29,360
Speaker 1: Nuggets are kind of loaded. So I have Nuggets is

652
00:32:29,360 --> 00:32:31,840
Speaker 1: the number one seed, number two Golden State Warriors. I

653
00:32:31,840 --> 00:32:34,000
Speaker 1: think we're gonna talk about them all season. Long. I'm

654
00:32:34,000 --> 00:32:36,000
Speaker 1: not gonna get into them here. I love the Warriors.

655
00:32:36,080 --> 00:32:39,280
Speaker 1: I just think we're looking at rest for Curry Clay,

656
00:32:39,720 --> 00:32:43,239
Speaker 1: rest for Draymond Um. Maybe they take the foot off

657
00:32:43,280 --> 00:32:45,440
Speaker 1: the gas a little. Wiggins now has a championship. Is

658
00:32:45,440 --> 00:32:47,960
Speaker 1: he gonna be as locked in Jordan Pool got paid?

659
00:32:48,120 --> 00:32:50,760
Speaker 1: You know there will be some droughts, but I think

660
00:32:50,760 --> 00:32:54,880
Speaker 1: that's offset by Wiseman and cominga And I'm really fascinated

661
00:32:54,880 --> 00:32:57,160
Speaker 1: to see if Wiseman makes a leap. He's barely played

662
00:32:57,160 --> 00:33:01,800
Speaker 1: in two seasons. Warriors to number three. Remember regular season

663
00:33:02,720 --> 00:33:07,240
Speaker 1: Minnesota Timberwolves. Yes, the Minnesota Timberwolves third in the West.

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Speaker 1: That it's insane to say out loud, But last year

665
00:33:10,680 --> 00:33:13,120
Speaker 1: I think the Grizzlies were second or third. Still don't

666
00:33:13,160 --> 00:33:16,200
Speaker 1: love D'Angelo Russell. I like Anthony Edwards a lot. I

667
00:33:16,240 --> 00:33:18,480
Speaker 1: think Jaden McDaniels is a guy who makes a leap.

668
00:33:18,680 --> 00:33:21,040
Speaker 1: I don't know most improved, but he is very, very good.

669
00:33:21,320 --> 00:33:23,640
Speaker 1: And they had Karl Anthony Towns and Rudy Gobert. I

670
00:33:23,680 --> 00:33:25,960
Speaker 1: said it at the time of the trade, I love

671
00:33:26,000 --> 00:33:28,400
Speaker 1: this trade. This is a Timberwolves team that's been in

672
00:33:28,440 --> 00:33:32,280
Speaker 1: the wilderness, just aimless for about fifteen years since a

673
00:33:32,320 --> 00:33:35,680
Speaker 1: good Kevin Garnett run. And if you can add Rudy Gobert,

674
00:33:35,720 --> 00:33:39,200
Speaker 1: you've now got a great defensive stopper. Cat becomes difficult

675
00:33:39,200 --> 00:33:42,560
Speaker 1: to defend. Uh coming off the bench. I've always had

676
00:33:42,560 --> 00:33:45,320
Speaker 1: a soft spot for Austin Rivers. I like his game,

677
00:33:45,440 --> 00:33:48,400
Speaker 1: slow motion. Kyle Anderson comes over from the Grizz. This

678
00:33:48,480 --> 00:33:51,160
Speaker 1: is just a folks, This is just a really good

679
00:33:51,240 --> 00:33:53,440
Speaker 1: sound Timberwolves team. Now, I'm not saying they're going to the

680
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Speaker 1: the finals. I just had number three seed in the West,

681
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Speaker 1: four paper clips. I will be at Clippers Lakers Thursday,

682
00:33:59,560 --> 00:34:01,960
Speaker 1: very sto for that. We'll talk a lot about the Clippers,

683
00:34:01,960 --> 00:34:05,000
Speaker 1: so I'm not gonna go deep on them here. Lakers five, yes,

684
00:34:05,200 --> 00:34:06,480
Speaker 1: I know some people have them in the seven eight

685
00:34:06,600 --> 00:34:09,000
Speaker 1: nine range. I'm sure some people are asking, wait a minute, Jay,

686
00:34:09,000 --> 00:34:10,960
Speaker 1: where's the team that had the number one seed in

687
00:34:11,000 --> 00:34:13,440
Speaker 1: the West last year? Just be patient. So we go

688
00:34:13,520 --> 00:34:17,960
Speaker 1: Nuggets one, Warriors to Timberwolves three, Clippers four, Lakers five.

689
00:34:17,960 --> 00:34:20,880
Speaker 1: I've got the Dallas Maverick six. Now. The one problem

690
00:34:20,920 --> 00:34:24,120
Speaker 1: with the MAVs is if Luca goes down and asked

691
00:34:24,160 --> 00:34:26,600
Speaker 1: to miss twenty games, They're probably missing the playoffs because

692
00:34:26,640 --> 00:34:28,879
Speaker 1: he is the focal point of everything now that Brunson's gone.

693
00:34:29,280 --> 00:34:31,560
Speaker 1: I have the MAVs at six. Like them a lot.

694
00:34:32,160 --> 00:34:34,360
Speaker 1: I think they could they could be, they could be

695
00:34:34,440 --> 00:34:36,440
Speaker 1: a surprise finalist, that's how good they are. And I,

696
00:34:36,520 --> 00:34:38,280
Speaker 1: you know, I think Kylie of Luca. I have the

697
00:34:38,320 --> 00:34:41,680
Speaker 1: Sons at seven. I don't want to say I sold

698
00:34:41,719 --> 00:34:43,680
Speaker 1: all my son's stock, but let's just say I didn't

699
00:34:43,680 --> 00:34:46,279
Speaker 1: have a ton of it. When you toss in the

700
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Speaker 1: end of last season, the shocking home loss by a

701
00:34:48,880 --> 00:34:51,480
Speaker 1: billion to the MAVs, you look at the eight in

702
00:34:51,640 --> 00:34:54,840
Speaker 1: situation with the coach. You look at Chris Paul getting

703
00:34:54,880 --> 00:34:57,879
Speaker 1: older and he looked washed. I don't know how many

704
00:34:57,920 --> 00:35:01,160
Speaker 1: games he's good for this year. And then you look

705
00:35:01,200 --> 00:35:04,640
Speaker 1: at the change in ownership. There's just so much going

706
00:35:04,719 --> 00:35:08,360
Speaker 1: on there. I'm a little concerned. Cameron Johnson now steps

707
00:35:08,360 --> 00:35:10,640
Speaker 1: into the starting lineup. You know, it's a big leap

708
00:35:10,719 --> 00:35:12,719
Speaker 1: to go from Hey, you could be the sixth man

709
00:35:12,800 --> 00:35:15,040
Speaker 1: coming off the bench and all you gotta do is

710
00:35:15,120 --> 00:35:17,200
Speaker 1: jack up some shots and provide some punch. Now you're

711
00:35:17,200 --> 00:35:19,799
Speaker 1: a starter. Is Cam Johnson giving you thirty minutes a night?

712
00:35:21,160 --> 00:35:23,920
Speaker 1: I just don't know. Dario Sarah's the benches all of

713
00:35:23,960 --> 00:35:26,520
Speaker 1: a sudden, like paper thin. Cameron Payne, I like, but

714
00:35:27,080 --> 00:35:34,680
Speaker 1: sham it, Tory Craig, Dario Sarrich, really, Jake Crowder wants out, Ah, folks,

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00:35:34,760 --> 00:35:37,839
Speaker 1: this is a declining Sun's team. I if you bet

716
00:35:37,920 --> 00:35:39,320
Speaker 1: the over on the Suns, I feel bad for you.

717
00:35:39,440 --> 00:35:42,799
Speaker 1: They will definitely not be touching that A number eight

718
00:35:42,880 --> 00:35:46,920
Speaker 1: in the West, the Sacramento Kings, Yes, sir, I am

719
00:35:47,760 --> 00:35:51,719
Speaker 1: uh were going around with Sacramento Kings paraphernalia. I do

720
00:35:51,920 --> 00:35:54,600
Speaker 1: believe this is the year now now listen. In the NFL,

721
00:35:54,680 --> 00:35:57,680
Speaker 1: the Jets have the longest streak of no postseason appearances,

722
00:35:57,800 --> 00:35:59,960
Speaker 1: all of a sudden. Therefore in two and looking spice.

723
00:36:00,680 --> 00:36:03,000
Speaker 1: In the NBA, it's the Sacramento Kings haven't been in

724
00:36:03,040 --> 00:36:06,279
Speaker 1: the playoffs. I think since like Vietnam, it's been that long.

725
00:36:06,880 --> 00:36:09,880
Speaker 1: They've got you know, I like Dara Fox, They've got

726
00:36:10,000 --> 00:36:12,279
Speaker 1: off night. Davean Mitchell, one of the best nicknames in

727
00:36:12,360 --> 00:36:15,840
Speaker 1: the league, added Malik Monk from the Lakers, and I

728
00:36:15,960 --> 00:36:18,800
Speaker 1: think he's gonna back up Red Velvet. Another great nickname,

729
00:36:18,880 --> 00:36:21,160
Speaker 1: Kevin Herder, who came over from the Hawks. So you're

730
00:36:21,200 --> 00:36:23,879
Speaker 1: telling me Malik Monk is instant offense off the bench

731
00:36:24,480 --> 00:36:26,760
Speaker 1: along with another guy, Terrence Davis, remember him in Toronto.

732
00:36:26,800 --> 00:36:28,760
Speaker 1: This is the guy who comes in plays defense, scores.

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00:36:29,239 --> 00:36:32,040
Speaker 1: Harrison Barnes Keegan Murray, both on the starting lineup. Will

734
00:36:32,239 --> 00:36:35,839
Speaker 1: see if they end up moving Barnes to make room

735
00:36:35,920 --> 00:36:39,919
Speaker 1: for whoever it may be. Shabonus up top. I listen.

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00:36:40,000 --> 00:36:41,520
Speaker 1: I know it's a lot of new pieces and it's

737
00:36:41,600 --> 00:36:45,279
Speaker 1: probably premature, but give me a guy like Delavadova on

738
00:36:45,400 --> 00:36:47,319
Speaker 1: their bench that that's gonna be a locker room leader.

739
00:36:47,360 --> 00:36:50,600
Speaker 1: Delavadov has been a more finals Delavdova and Barnes. I

740
00:36:50,680 --> 00:36:52,840
Speaker 1: like your veterans on this team. Okay, Trey Lyles, you

741
00:36:52,880 --> 00:36:56,200
Speaker 1: haven't done anything. Alex lenn uh Rashaun Holmes is nice.

742
00:36:56,640 --> 00:36:59,960
Speaker 1: There's pieces here. I'm looking at a big year. Probably

743
00:37:00,000 --> 00:37:02,839
Speaker 1: a little irrational exuberance on my part on the Kings,

744
00:37:02,880 --> 00:37:06,040
Speaker 1: but I have them eight in the West ninth. I

745
00:37:06,080 --> 00:37:08,440
Speaker 1: have the Grizzlies. I do listen. It's not that I

746
00:37:08,560 --> 00:37:11,480
Speaker 1: don't like Memphis. They're they're really good. John Miranda is

747
00:37:11,480 --> 00:37:14,520
Speaker 1: an excellent player, but not having Jaren Jackson for a

748
00:37:14,640 --> 00:37:17,680
Speaker 1: while is going to hurt. Um. I like Desmond Baine,

749
00:37:17,719 --> 00:37:20,520
Speaker 1: but he goes from being a plucky underdog to Markdman.

750
00:37:21,320 --> 00:37:25,040
Speaker 1: Dylan Brooks we know can be hit and miss folks.

751
00:37:25,600 --> 00:37:28,400
Speaker 1: Zayer Williams is a solid player. He's he's like twenty

752
00:37:28,480 --> 00:37:30,040
Speaker 1: years old and ways about as much as I do,

753
00:37:30,160 --> 00:37:33,360
Speaker 1: and he's like six eight. I don't know what Santi

754
00:37:33,520 --> 00:37:36,759
Speaker 1: Aldama is. He's Pennsylvan right now. Is the power forward

755
00:37:36,760 --> 00:37:39,760
Speaker 1: of the Memphis Grizzlies. I have no clue who that is. Honestly,

756
00:37:39,760 --> 00:37:42,440
Speaker 1: I don't know why Brandon Clark isn't starting. Um Steven Adams,

757
00:37:42,520 --> 00:37:45,720
Speaker 1: we know how limited he can be. With Jaren Jackson

758
00:37:45,760 --> 00:37:48,120
Speaker 1: out for a while, I just wonder where the points

759
00:37:48,239 --> 00:37:50,840
Speaker 1: come from on a nightly basis, Like job, we know

760
00:37:50,960 --> 00:37:54,239
Speaker 1: can do a lot of crazy things. Um, I don't.

761
00:37:54,280 --> 00:37:55,879
Speaker 1: I don't see it this year for the Grizzlies. Guy.

762
00:37:55,920 --> 00:37:57,560
Speaker 1: So I have them ninth. I have the Pelicans tenth.

763
00:37:57,960 --> 00:38:01,120
Speaker 1: I know Pelicans loaded. Everybody loves got a little lucky

764
00:38:01,200 --> 00:38:07,080
Speaker 1: last year. Let's remember. Let's just remember if um, Paul

765
00:38:07,160 --> 00:38:09,840
Speaker 1: George doesn't, I think it's Paul George got COVID and

766
00:38:09,880 --> 00:38:14,760
Speaker 1: had to miss the playoff. Playoff game, Like the Pelicans

767
00:38:14,840 --> 00:38:17,279
Speaker 1: don't win that game, and then they don't have all

768
00:38:17,320 --> 00:38:20,520
Speaker 1: this hype, and then they don't push the Sons. So yeah,

769
00:38:20,560 --> 00:38:22,439
Speaker 1: do they have a good roster with McCollum and Ingram.

770
00:38:22,480 --> 00:38:26,000
Speaker 1: Hell yeah, Jose Grand theft Alvarado one of the best

771
00:38:26,280 --> 00:38:28,080
Speaker 1: games in the league. Like, there's a lot of talent

772
00:38:28,160 --> 00:38:30,919
Speaker 1: on this team. I just don't know if it's high

773
00:38:31,040 --> 00:38:33,200
Speaker 1: end enough. We'll see about Zion's health. I'm rooting for

774
00:38:33,280 --> 00:38:36,120
Speaker 1: him obviously. Uh, they got good like Trey Murphy's nice,

775
00:38:36,200 --> 00:38:40,080
Speaker 1: Larry Nance Jr. Is good, Um, DeVante Graham's solid coming

776
00:38:40,120 --> 00:38:43,040
Speaker 1: off the bench. There's talent here, no denying it. I

777
00:38:43,160 --> 00:38:45,800
Speaker 1: just think the West is loaded. And I have the

778
00:38:45,840 --> 00:38:49,840
Speaker 1: Pelicans tenth. Now they're probably finished like above five and

779
00:38:49,880 --> 00:38:52,040
Speaker 1: finished tenth in the West. That's how stacked the West is.

780
00:38:52,360 --> 00:38:54,800
Speaker 1: I have the Blazers eleven and I have the Rockets

781
00:38:54,840 --> 00:38:58,160
Speaker 1: at twelve. I have the Jazz, Thunder and Spurs missing

782
00:38:58,239 --> 00:39:02,840
Speaker 1: the playoffs. So there's my predictions for the two twenty

783
00:39:02,960 --> 00:39:07,799
Speaker 1: three NBA season. In the finals, I have Golden State

784
00:39:08,080 --> 00:39:11,960
Speaker 1: over the Sixers in six. I have the Warriors going

785
00:39:12,040 --> 00:39:14,560
Speaker 1: back to back. Steph Curry picks up a fifth ring. Now,

786
00:39:14,600 --> 00:39:18,040
Speaker 1: I know this is very popular. Everybody has the Warriors

787
00:39:18,080 --> 00:39:20,080
Speaker 1: because they won and they have like some of the

788
00:39:20,160 --> 00:39:23,200
Speaker 1: best young talent among the you know, the top teams.

789
00:39:25,200 --> 00:39:27,040
Speaker 1: I just it's tough for me to make a case

790
00:39:27,719 --> 00:39:30,080
Speaker 1: for the Clippers going to the finals. One. I don't

791
00:39:30,160 --> 00:39:32,319
Speaker 1: know how many games Kauai and Paul George are gonna play,

792
00:39:32,640 --> 00:39:34,880
Speaker 1: you know, I just that's a tough one. The Clippers

793
00:39:34,880 --> 00:39:38,800
Speaker 1: are probably have to have the most high end talent

794
00:39:38,920 --> 00:39:41,799
Speaker 1: in the in the West. Um, you know, Lakers could

795
00:39:41,880 --> 00:39:43,480
Speaker 1: argue that, but we'll see how much lebron play. So

796
00:39:43,520 --> 00:39:47,280
Speaker 1: I got Warriors over the Sixers in the NBA Finals.

797
00:39:48,040 --> 00:39:50,800
Speaker 1: That's it for the preview. I'll be glued to NBA

798
00:39:50,880 --> 00:39:53,279
Speaker 1: Opening week. You gotta watch a lot obviously. Tomorrow we

799
00:39:53,320 --> 00:39:58,080
Speaker 1: will preview NFL UM Thursday night football. We got a good,

800
00:39:58,600 --> 00:40:00,840
Speaker 1: kind of a good game Arizona, New war Lens and

801
00:40:01,560 --> 00:40:05,600
Speaker 1: Friday we will have picks for what is kind of

802
00:40:05,760 --> 00:40:08,160
Speaker 1: a kind of solid NFL weekend. I mean, aren't they

803
00:40:08,160 --> 00:40:10,600
Speaker 1: all pretty darn good? Right? You got Jets Broncos leading

804
00:40:10,640 --> 00:40:12,160
Speaker 1: the way now I'm kidding, all right, talk to you

805
00:40:12,200 --> 00:40:12,520
Speaker 1: tomorrow