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Speeds 0:00:36.600 --> 0:00:39.520 a k A to Spitting Statistician and you're listening live 0:00:39.600 --> 0:00:43.000 to the Fantasy Freestyle here on the Fantasy Sports Radio Network. 0:00:43.000 --> 0:00:45.320 And of course big shout out to our sports byline 0:00:45.360 --> 0:00:49.400 affiliates across the country and with the American Forces Radio 0:00:49.479 --> 0:00:53.960 Network around the world, making Fantasy Freestyle truly a global show, 0:00:54.600 --> 0:00:56.680 so that I can help you win your leagues and 0:00:56.720 --> 0:00:59.520 win that cash. I got my boy Donnie Burns with 0:00:59.640 --> 0:01:01.560 me on a ones in twos so hot that we 0:01:01.640 --> 0:01:03.640 sweat steam. We got a great show for you guys. 0:01:03.680 --> 0:01:05.280 Today it's a Monday. We gotta catch you up on 0:01:05.319 --> 0:01:08.119 stuff from the weekend. Everybody from which starters I told 0:01:08.120 --> 0:01:10.280 you to play in dfs over the weekend. I hope 0:01:10.280 --> 0:01:12.960 you listen to me on Sunday, not so much. On Saturday, 0:01:13.040 --> 0:01:15.480 we're gonna talk with my man Donnie Burns about where 0:01:15.560 --> 0:01:18.240 we are in the NBA playoffs, Who's uh, you know, 0:01:18.240 --> 0:01:20.520 who's making steps, who's looking good? Who do we have 0:01:20.600 --> 0:01:23.800 more confidence in moving forward? Also this idea of Steve 0:01:23.880 --> 0:01:26.840 Kerr being out for the Golden State Warriors and what 0:01:26.920 --> 0:01:29.959 that really means for the Warriors in their chase for 0:01:30.000 --> 0:01:33.600 another title, their second in three years. We also we 0:01:33.680 --> 0:01:35.840 got some great polls. Okay, So first of all, you 0:01:35.880 --> 0:01:38.600 can follow us at f n T s Y Radio. 0:01:38.680 --> 0:01:40.319 You can chime in on the polls right there that 0:01:40.319 --> 0:01:42.720 we have up on Twitter and you could always follow 0:01:42.760 --> 0:01:45.440 and hollow at your boy at spitting speed. So here's 0:01:45.440 --> 0:01:47.800 some polls that we got up for today. First of all, 0:01:48.400 --> 0:01:49.920 if you listen to the show, you know that last 0:01:49.920 --> 0:01:51.440 week I asked you who do you got to win 0:01:51.480 --> 0:01:54.160 the NBA title? What's the Warriors or the field? This 0:01:54.200 --> 0:01:56.640 time we got a little remix on that question. Okay, 0:01:56.720 --> 0:01:59.680 is it the Warriors or is it the Cavaliers or 0:02:00.040 --> 0:02:01.960 is at the field. I want to see, to be honest, 0:02:02.000 --> 0:02:03.960 if the voters are consistent, if we get some of 0:02:04.000 --> 0:02:06.000 the same kind of data points that we got just 0:02:06.080 --> 0:02:09.560 last week or for some reason people think differently. Also, 0:02:10.200 --> 0:02:13.240 I'm very excited because this week is the NFL Draft. 0:02:13.440 --> 0:02:15.359 So one of the things we're gonna do every day 0:02:15.360 --> 0:02:17.640 this week is I'm gonna spotlight a different position and 0:02:17.639 --> 0:02:19.080 I'm gonna tell you some of the people that you 0:02:19.120 --> 0:02:20.840 need to look for, some of the people that are 0:02:20.880 --> 0:02:23.400 gonna get their names called early in the draft and 0:02:23.400 --> 0:02:26.480 that really have an impact on, you know, the upcoming 0:02:26.480 --> 0:02:30.280 fantasy football season. We're gonna get that started today with 0:02:30.400 --> 0:02:33.200 the running back position. So I got another pole question 0:02:33.320 --> 0:02:35.919 up there about Florida State running back Dalvin Cook and 0:02:36.080 --> 0:02:38.160 his favorite sandwich. I think you guys gonna find that 0:02:38.200 --> 0:02:40.400 pretty interesting. We'll come on back to my starting line. 0:02:40.440 --> 0:02:42.399 I'm getting a cipher and as always put the fun 0:02:42.400 --> 0:02:45.400 and functional sports Radio. I'm your boy, Dame Martinez. Come 0:02:45.440 --> 0:02:48.200 on back to the Fantasy Freestyle on the award winning 0:02:48.280 --> 0:03:04.000 Fantasy Sports Radio Network. You know what it is. This 0:03:04.040 --> 0:03:06.640 is your boy, Dame Martinez, a k to spitting statistician. 0:03:06.840 --> 0:03:10.079 You're listening live to the Fantasy Freestyle here on the 0:03:10.120 --> 0:03:12.640 Fantasy Sports Radio Network. But check it out. If you're 0:03:12.680 --> 0:03:15.280 listening live, you can come on down and participate in 0:03:15.280 --> 0:03:16.960 the show. Okay, all you gotta do is hollo at 0:03:16.960 --> 0:03:20.880 your boy four four eight, four, three six eight seven nine. Also, though, 0:03:21.120 --> 0:03:23.720 if you're catching this on the flip side, anywhere you 0:03:23.720 --> 0:03:27.040 get your downloads, okay, whether it be iTunes, I Heart Radio, 0:03:27.120 --> 0:03:30.920 tune in Radio Audio, Boom, Stitcher, Google Play, Okay, so 0:03:31.080 --> 0:03:34.600 many ways to hear the Fantasy Freestyle. What you could 0:03:34.639 --> 0:03:37.600 also do is download the Fantasy Sports Radio Network app. 0:03:37.840 --> 0:03:40.640 This way you get everybody on the network Greg Susman, 0:03:40.720 --> 0:03:44.800 Jake Seey, Benny Riccardi, Tony Sencada, Frankie Stamfull okay, and 0:03:44.800 --> 0:03:47.720 you get them all for free. Okay. Fantasy Sports Radio 0:03:47.800 --> 0:03:52.280 Network the first and only seven radio station dedicated to 0:03:52.320 --> 0:03:55.520 fantasy sports, and you can get it for free. Of course, 0:03:55.560 --> 0:03:58.000 you could also get it on our sports byline affiliates. 0:03:58.000 --> 0:03:59.600 So yo, let me give you a big shout out 0:03:59.600 --> 0:04:02.320 to you. Ta Okay, I know the jazz went down 0:04:02.360 --> 0:04:05.120 a little bit, but uh in odd Gen on fourteen 0:04:05.160 --> 0:04:08.600 thirty am the klo out there in Price, Utah seven 0:04:08.640 --> 0:04:11.800 fifty a m k O A l in Richfield, Utah 0:04:11.880 --> 0:04:14.920 nine eight am k s v C and of course 0:04:14.920 --> 0:04:18.279 in St. George, Utah, fourteen fifty am. Big shout out 0:04:18.440 --> 0:04:20.760 to all the listeners there. Let me give you, uh 0:04:21.000 --> 0:04:22.760 some news and notes in Major League Baseball as we 0:04:22.800 --> 0:04:25.120 get into my starting lineup. First thing I want to say, 0:04:25.160 --> 0:04:28.000 we talked about this on Friday show. Madison bum Gardner 0:04:28.200 --> 0:04:30.440 to the DL. Remember he had a bike accident, has 0:04:30.520 --> 0:04:33.440 some some rib injuries, left shoulder strain that is his 0:04:33.480 --> 0:04:36.279 pitching shoulder. Uh, we're gonna be talking about a little 0:04:36.279 --> 0:04:37.640 bit later on in the show, and we put the 0:04:37.640 --> 0:04:40.560 Fun and Functional Sports Radio about the worst timing of 0:04:40.560 --> 0:04:43.440 a commercial ever in San Francisco. We'll do that a 0:04:43.480 --> 0:04:46.080 little bit later on in the show. Aaron Nola, Philadelphia 0:04:46.120 --> 0:04:48.160 Phillies pitcher is headed to the d L. It looks 0:04:48.200 --> 0:04:49.640 like he's gonna miss one or two starts with a 0:04:49.680 --> 0:04:53.440 back issue. Remember we've been talking about this, especially as 0:04:53.480 --> 0:04:55.560 it relates to pictures. You don't start until every five 0:04:55.640 --> 0:04:58.240 days anyway, with this now new ten day d L 0:04:59.080 --> 0:05:02.040 telling you managers are putting pictures on that DL just 0:05:02.080 --> 0:05:05.440 to like skip a start there, gaming the system, saving 0:05:05.480 --> 0:05:09.120 players from themselves. Watch Aaronola, I bet is gonna come 0:05:09.200 --> 0:05:11.840 right back after that minimum DL set which is now 0:05:11.880 --> 0:05:15.679 only ten days the Los Angeles Angels have acquired David 0:05:15.680 --> 0:05:19.760 Hernandez from the Atlanta Braves. Okay, um, I think this 0:05:19.800 --> 0:05:22.440 move is because they need an experienced arm in the bullpen. 0:05:22.920 --> 0:05:25.599 You know, Camberra dro Jan is gone, Houston Streets gone. 0:05:25.720 --> 0:05:27.920 The Angels are pretty much looking for anything, so they 0:05:27.920 --> 0:05:30.479 went and acquired David Hernandez from the Braves. It looks 0:05:30.480 --> 0:05:32.359 like he will be on their major league roster. I 0:05:32.400 --> 0:05:35.200 told you also on Friday that Shelby Miller, who's gonna 0:05:35.200 --> 0:05:36.960 have an m R I on his forearm. Yeah, well 0:05:37.000 --> 0:05:39.839 that came back and he has headed to the disabled list. Okay, 0:05:39.839 --> 0:05:41.360 this I think is gonna be a little bit longer 0:05:41.400 --> 0:05:44.359 than those ten days that we're talking about. Shelby Miller 0:05:44.480 --> 0:05:46.800 and the team was concerned. So he's going to the 0:05:46.880 --> 0:05:48.880 d L with that forearm issue. As long as you 0:05:48.920 --> 0:05:51.160 don't hear like I said the worst, the three most 0:05:51.200 --> 0:05:57.120 hated words in all of sports, Dr James Andrews. That 0:05:57.160 --> 0:06:00.040 could be next. We'll check that out. Also, you what 0:06:00.160 --> 0:06:02.800 a cesspitis? Remember he was missing time with the hamstring. 0:06:02.800 --> 0:06:05.719 It looks like he will be back for the Mets 0:06:05.760 --> 0:06:08.320 next game. They start a series tomorrow at home against 0:06:08.320 --> 0:06:10.880 the Braves. Rna Sesspitis should be back in the middle 0:06:10.880 --> 0:06:12.960 of the Mets lineup. And also we got a few 0:06:12.960 --> 0:06:15.599 Red Sox knees to look at. A few Red Sox 0:06:15.600 --> 0:06:17.600 are day to day. Dustin Petroy a day to day 0:06:17.600 --> 0:06:21.120 with a knee injury. Pablo Sandoval also day to day. 0:06:21.160 --> 0:06:24.560 Sandoval is going for an m R. I all right, 0:06:25.080 --> 0:06:27.599 let's get into this, okay, because remember I give you 0:06:27.640 --> 0:06:29.960 what you need to win your leagues and win that cash. 0:06:30.279 --> 0:06:32.520 And on Friday Show, I gave you all the pictures 0:06:32.560 --> 0:06:35.159 you needed to target all weekend. And as always on 0:06:35.200 --> 0:06:38.960 the Fantasy Freestyle, we hold speeds accountable, Okay, So it's 0:06:38.960 --> 0:06:40.919 not like I'm just throwing out random stuff. If I 0:06:40.920 --> 0:06:43.320 didn't do well, I let you know about it, okay, 0:06:43.480 --> 0:06:46.240 But Friday I did just fine. On Friday, I told 0:06:46.240 --> 0:06:49.800 you that I was not worried about Cole Hamill's even 0:06:49.800 --> 0:06:51.440 though that there was weather in that game down in 0:06:51.480 --> 0:06:54.040 Texas there with like tornado warnings. And here's the deal. 0:06:54.720 --> 0:06:58.640 When there's rain, it's all good if they delay the 0:06:58.720 --> 0:07:00.680 start and then the that youre gets to go. What 0:07:00.800 --> 0:07:03.320 you don't want is them to be a rain delay 0:07:03.360 --> 0:07:04.760 in the middle because then when the picture has like 0:07:04.800 --> 0:07:07.400 an hour hour twenty minute delay, they're not coming back out. 0:07:07.560 --> 0:07:09.760 Then you get two winnings pitched, and that's no good. 0:07:09.920 --> 0:07:11.680 That's not gonna help you win that cash. Right, But 0:07:11.680 --> 0:07:14.320 I said you could ride out Cole Hammill's on Friday. 0:07:14.480 --> 0:07:17.040 I liked him. What did he do? Eight innings pitched, 0:07:17.200 --> 0:07:19.760 one earned run, four strikeouts. He got you a quality 0:07:19.800 --> 0:07:22.400 start and the wind. So that's your boy speeds, the 0:07:22.440 --> 0:07:26.600 spitting statistician holding you down. On Saturday, though, I gotta 0:07:26.640 --> 0:07:28.880 admit I gave you a few guys and they didn't 0:07:28.880 --> 0:07:30.760 perform well. I told you I kind of like Matt 0:07:30.800 --> 0:07:34.000 Boyd and he only went four in the third innings, 0:07:34.360 --> 0:07:35.640 So that was not going to get you a win. 0:07:35.720 --> 0:07:37.600 That was not gonna get you a quality start. And 0:07:37.680 --> 0:07:39.520 that's the issue with some of these young guys that 0:07:39.560 --> 0:07:41.800 have innings limits or they have a cap. You know, 0:07:41.840 --> 0:07:44.640 these guys are getting babied so much right now, So 0:07:44.680 --> 0:07:47.520 I acknowledge that with these young studs that are coming up, 0:07:47.800 --> 0:07:49.800 you may not want to have them. Remember the same 0:07:49.800 --> 0:07:52.320 goals for Jordan Montgomery out there with the Yankees. I 0:07:52.360 --> 0:07:55.160 don't think they're gonna go long enough to qualify for 0:07:55.200 --> 0:07:57.360 the wind or the quality start. I should have told 0:07:57.400 --> 0:07:59.760 you that on Friday. I told you I like to 0:08:00.080 --> 0:08:02.440 my guys that were going on Saturday. They did do 0:08:02.480 --> 0:08:05.320 that well. Charlie Morton only when five gave up five 0:08:05.360 --> 0:08:09.800 earned runs, struck out six, Robbie Ray five and a 0:08:09.920 --> 0:08:12.440 third innings. He did get the win and struck out six, 0:08:12.440 --> 0:08:15.280 continuing that more strikeouts than innings. Pitch. You gotta like 0:08:15.320 --> 0:08:17.960 that k ratio. But hopefully instead of listening to me, 0:08:18.520 --> 0:08:20.880 you just enjoyed a nice little Saturday. You know, home depot. 0:08:20.920 --> 0:08:22.680 You don't know what you have enough time for. But 0:08:22.800 --> 0:08:25.679 on Sunday, that's when you should have listened to Speeds. 0:08:25.880 --> 0:08:27.640 I liked studs up at the top. I like you 0:08:27.720 --> 0:08:30.240 Darvish bouncing back after his worst out ring of the 0:08:30.280 --> 0:08:33.560 season with eight innings pitched, striking out a gotta quality 0:08:33.600 --> 0:08:37.480 start and the win. And also Marcus Stroman. I like Stroman. 0:08:37.720 --> 0:08:42.520 He threw his second straight complete game yesterday, going nine innings, 0:08:42.520 --> 0:08:45.360 only giving up run, striking out five, quality start and 0:08:45.480 --> 0:08:47.960 the wind. So let's turn the page and look at today. 0:08:48.280 --> 0:08:49.920 There were two starters that I like it. If if 0:08:49.960 --> 0:08:52.040 you listen to Tony Sankata. If you listen to Benny 0:08:52.120 --> 0:08:56.240 Riccardi last hour on the DFS lineup lock, there's one 0:08:56.280 --> 0:08:58.440 place where I agree with them and one where I don't. 0:08:59.240 --> 0:09:02.520 I'm riding with for Cisco Liriano tonight against the Angels. 0:09:02.800 --> 0:09:04.800 I think that that first start that he had where 0:09:04.800 --> 0:09:06.400 he wound up on an e r A of hundred 0:09:06.520 --> 0:09:08.640 thirty five, I think you're still getting a discount in 0:09:08.679 --> 0:09:11.559 price because of those numbers being inflated. I like him 0:09:11.559 --> 0:09:14.200 against the Angels. I like him because Jesse Chavez is 0:09:14.200 --> 0:09:17.240 who's pitching against Chavez has a five plus e r A. 0:09:17.840 --> 0:09:20.600 In that lineup, there's really nothing except Mike Trout to navigate. 0:09:20.840 --> 0:09:23.960 Give me Francisco Loriano. I like the k upside. Remember 0:09:24.000 --> 0:09:27.000 Russell Martin is his catcher there. He's one of my guys. 0:09:27.200 --> 0:09:30.480 I like Loriano tonight at any four hundred. If you 0:09:30.520 --> 0:09:32.600 want to go down a little bit, though, I like 0:09:32.679 --> 0:09:35.960 a mere Garrett at seventies seven hundred. This guy has 0:09:35.960 --> 0:09:38.440 been a beast, and each start he's gotten better and 0:09:38.480 --> 0:09:40.480 better as the season has gone on. His first start 0:09:40.679 --> 0:09:43.960 six innings, pitch, four strikeouts, second start six and two 0:09:44.000 --> 0:09:47.520 thirds innings pitch five strikeouts last time out when seven 0:09:47.600 --> 0:09:49.880 and struck out twelve. I like that he's against Matt 0:09:49.880 --> 0:09:52.280 Garza tonight, who was making his first start of the year. 0:09:52.600 --> 0:09:55.240 And despite the fact that they're in Milwaukee and that 0:09:55.360 --> 0:09:57.760 is a hitter's ballpark, it's no different from him leaving 0:09:57.760 --> 0:10:00.319 Cincinnati to go to Milwaukee. That's not a big change. 0:10:00.600 --> 0:10:02.720 And I do like that the Milwaukee Breweri is strike 0:10:02.760 --> 0:10:06.080 out a ton So uh put me down for Mere 0:10:06.120 --> 0:10:11.440 Garrett and ten strikeouts, I believe. But you know, I'm 0:10:11.440 --> 0:10:13.640 just Speeds who says you gotta listen to me, right. 0:10:13.800 --> 0:10:15.440 One thing I've been telling you about as we continue 0:10:15.440 --> 0:10:18.800 on the starting lineup. I've been talking all season long 0:10:19.040 --> 0:10:22.200 about how this leadoff hitter revolution is taking place, and 0:10:22.240 --> 0:10:24.439 I got a couple of stats to back that up. Okay, 0:10:24.520 --> 0:10:25.760 first of all, I thought it was funny. I dug 0:10:25.800 --> 0:10:28.960 up an old quote from an issue of Sporting Life 0:10:28.960 --> 0:10:33.320 in eighteen hundred and they said, back in the eighteen hundreds, 0:10:33.360 --> 0:10:36.440 quote unquote, it is customary to have a small, active 0:10:36.440 --> 0:10:39.440 fellow who can hit, run, and steal bases and also 0:10:39.520 --> 0:10:42.720 worry a picture into a preliminary based on balls as 0:10:42.800 --> 0:10:46.920 a leadoff hitter. That is not really the case anymore. Okay, 0:10:47.080 --> 0:10:49.240 I'm telling you there are a ton of managers right 0:10:49.240 --> 0:10:52.240 now who are going a different route. Look Brian Doscher 0:10:52.320 --> 0:10:56.200 as a leadoff hitter, Carlos Santana, Kyle Schwarberg, Jose A 0:10:56.320 --> 0:10:59.360 Batista as a leadoff hitter. And there's a lot of 0:10:59.360 --> 0:11:02.800 people doing this right now, including say, the Astros with 0:11:02.840 --> 0:11:06.599 George Springer. Okay, manager A. J. Hinches even said, and 0:11:06.720 --> 0:11:09.080 I quote some of the stereotypes that come with is 0:11:09.080 --> 0:11:11.400 this leadoff hit or a small, scrappy on base machine. 0:11:11.679 --> 0:11:16.280 Looks different. I'm sending up six ft three, two pound 0:11:16.280 --> 0:11:18.960 George Springer. It might look different, but what we're after 0:11:19.040 --> 0:11:21.160 is scoring the most runs. And putting your most dangerous 0:11:21.240 --> 0:11:23.080 hitters at the top of the lineup to get the 0:11:23.080 --> 0:11:26.080 most at bats is an effective way of doing that. 0:11:26.160 --> 0:11:29.800 Let me tell you also, the leadoff hitters last year 0:11:30.840 --> 0:11:33.120 had ten of the home runs in all of Major 0:11:33.160 --> 0:11:36.360 League baseball, nine of the Ribby's in all of Major 0:11:36.440 --> 0:11:39.960 League baseball. Highest ever home run total, highest ever ribby total, 0:11:40.160 --> 0:11:44.120 highest ever slugging percentage, highest ever isolated power totals ever 0:11:44.200 --> 0:11:47.280 in the history of baseball. Second highest on base place 0:11:47.320 --> 0:11:50.560 slugging totals in the history of baseball. Fourth highest total 0:11:50.600 --> 0:11:52.680 basis in the history of baseball. You know what, though, 0:11:53.200 --> 0:11:56.520 was last year the highest total in stolen basis the 0:11:56.559 --> 0:11:59.559 fifty eight highest total in runs. This is really an 0:11:59.559 --> 0:12:01.960 evolution that is happening. And I gotta tell you the truth. 0:12:01.960 --> 0:12:03.680 Here's what it comes down to. You can't steal a 0:12:03.679 --> 0:12:06.200 base if you can't get on base. That's really what 0:12:06.280 --> 0:12:08.040 it comes down to to me. Look at a guy 0:12:08.080 --> 0:12:11.959 like Billy Hamilton's may have fifty seven, fifty five sixties steals, 0:12:12.040 --> 0:12:14.400 but if he's only getting on base of the time, 0:12:14.640 --> 0:12:18.040 that is not helping you out. People. This evolution is 0:12:18.080 --> 0:12:20.680 going to continue. Even a guy like Buck Shultz. Show Walter, 0:12:21.120 --> 0:12:23.480 who's kind of as traditional and by the book as possible, 0:12:23.480 --> 0:12:25.680 has said, the more you look at it, the more 0:12:25.679 --> 0:12:28.120 you realize that the conventional way of looking on leadoff 0:12:28.160 --> 0:12:31.079 hitters may not be the White way. We're gonna keep 0:12:31.080 --> 0:12:33.360 talking about this all season long, but when we come back, 0:12:33.480 --> 0:12:35.680 we're gonna get into the cipher. We're gonna talk NBA 0:12:35.720 --> 0:12:38.480 playoff from my boy Donnie Burns, We're gonna talk NFL draft, 0:12:38.480 --> 0:12:40.280 and a whole lot more so come on right back. 0:12:40.400 --> 0:12:43.080 It should boy Dame Martinez Speeds and spitting Statistician, and 0:12:43.080 --> 0:12:46.280 you're listening live to the Fantasy Freestyle here on the 0:12:46.360 --> 0:13:04.840 award winning Fantasy Sports Radio Network. You know what it is. 0:13:04.840 --> 0:13:07.880 It should boyd Dan Martinez a k a. To Spitting Statistician, 0:13:07.920 --> 0:13:11.040 and you're listening live to the Fantasy Freestyle here on 0:13:11.080 --> 0:13:13.560 the Fantasy Sports Radio Network. Just want to give you 0:13:13.559 --> 0:13:17.400 a quick update. The Chicago Clubs are all over Chad 0:13:17.440 --> 0:13:19.880 Cool and the Pittsburgh Pirates. I have have already scored four 0:13:20.000 --> 0:13:23.040 runs in the top of the first the defending world 0:13:23.080 --> 0:13:26.360 champions doing big things in that divisional matchup in the 0:13:26.520 --> 0:13:29.520 n L Central. We're about to get into the cipher. Though. 0:13:29.559 --> 0:13:31.360 You know how we do here in the Fantasy Freestyle. 0:13:31.559 --> 0:13:34.280 It should boy Dan martinezpis the spitting Statistician. If you 0:13:34.320 --> 0:13:36.559 want to hollow this hour, you can at eight four four, 0:13:36.640 --> 0:13:39.240 eight four, three six eight seven nine. Of course, we 0:13:39.360 --> 0:13:42.040 got those poll questions up at F and T s 0:13:42.200 --> 0:13:44.760 Y Radio at Spitting Speeds if you want to be 0:13:44.800 --> 0:13:47.839 a part of the conversation. Low. Like I said, though, 0:13:47.960 --> 0:13:52.640 draft is this week on Thursday, starting from Philadelphia, so 0:13:52.640 --> 0:13:55.600 we're gonna be talking about, you know, the draft process 0:13:55.640 --> 0:13:58.160 a bunch this week, so you know some news and 0:13:58.240 --> 0:14:01.760 notes from around the NFL. June. These Peppers, excuse me 0:14:02.040 --> 0:14:06.360 not Julius Jabril Peppers failed his combined drug test. Okay, 0:14:06.559 --> 0:14:09.440 similar to Reuben Foster, the linebacker out of Alabama, but 0:14:09.520 --> 0:14:11.960 Jabrill Peppers, I think the bigger question with him is 0:14:11.960 --> 0:14:14.720 really what position is he going to play? I do 0:14:14.800 --> 0:14:17.199 think that this failed drug test may push him out 0:14:17.480 --> 0:14:20.000 of the first round. Ian Rappaport for NFL Network is 0:14:20.000 --> 0:14:25.800 reporting that Adrian Peterson and the New Orleans Saints are 0:14:25.920 --> 0:14:29.680 very close to making a deal for his services. I'm 0:14:29.720 --> 0:14:32.520 hearing the number about three million being thrown around. I 0:14:32.560 --> 0:14:34.920 gotta tell you, though, I've got to be real humbling 0:14:34.960 --> 0:14:36.680 for Adrian Peterson. I know he went on a big 0:14:36.720 --> 0:14:39.680 tour and I was telling you guys before that, I 0:14:39.720 --> 0:14:42.400 wonder what money he's looking for, right and if he 0:14:42.480 --> 0:14:45.720 has to settle three million, remember Rex Birkehead is getting 0:14:45.760 --> 0:14:48.640 more than that from the New England Patriots. Offensive tackle 0:14:48.760 --> 0:14:51.840 Jake Long has retired after a nine year career. The 0:14:51.880 --> 0:14:54.800 former number one overall pick of the Miami Dolphins, he 0:14:54.840 --> 0:14:57.400 was a Pro bowler. His first four seasons and then 0:14:57.440 --> 0:15:00.840 injuries really got in the way all So remember I 0:15:00.880 --> 0:15:02.840 was telling you guys a three million dollar deal for 0:15:02.920 --> 0:15:06.520 Rex Burkhead. They also shined Mike Gilliesley to an offer 0:15:06.560 --> 0:15:09.120 sheet the Buffalo Bills needed to match. They did not 0:15:09.280 --> 0:15:13.120 match the offer sheet. So Mike Gillisley is now a Patriot. 0:15:13.400 --> 0:15:16.400 I wonder what that means for my man LGBT rights, 0:15:16.440 --> 0:15:20.200 Legarrett Blunt, because now the musical chairs game needs to continue. 0:15:20.400 --> 0:15:22.680 We don't know where he was going to be. Like 0:15:22.720 --> 0:15:24.360 I said, though a lot of smoke screens the week 0:15:24.360 --> 0:15:26.480 of the draft. What's gonna happen with Malcolm Butler and 0:15:26.480 --> 0:15:28.440 the Saints. I'm now hearing that the Saints want to 0:15:28.520 --> 0:15:30.960 keep all of their draft pick. I'm hearing everybody from 0:15:31.040 --> 0:15:33.560 number one in Cleveland all the way down to number 0:15:33.640 --> 0:15:37.040 six with the Jets. Everybody apparently is drafting UNC quarterback 0:15:37.080 --> 0:15:40.320 Mitchell Travinsky. We'll see. I'm also hearing news that, you know, 0:15:40.320 --> 0:15:42.880 they're talking about this Jimmy Garoppolo trade. They're now saying 0:15:42.880 --> 0:15:45.800 the Patriots that this is not going to happen. We 0:15:46.160 --> 0:15:48.520 shall see as we keep it moving though in the cipher, 0:15:48.560 --> 0:15:50.680 I want to bring him up. Boy, Donnie Burns, I 0:15:50.760 --> 0:15:53.760 told you, Donnie, you're what You're the love doctor. You're 0:15:53.800 --> 0:15:58.680 also my NBA corresponding here on the fantasy freestuff big 0:15:58.720 --> 0:16:01.680 weekend we had in the playoffs, I thinks, listen, we 0:16:01.720 --> 0:16:05.000 had Russell Westbrook going off getting more triple doubles. But 0:16:05.000 --> 0:16:06.640 then I don't know if you saw the reporter kind 0:16:06.680 --> 0:16:09.560 of asking him, like why the bench struggles when Russell's 0:16:09.560 --> 0:16:11.360 not in and he was just basically part of that. 0:16:11.480 --> 0:16:13.280 He wanted no part of it, and he kind of 0:16:13.320 --> 0:16:16.320 shielded I think Steven Adams for answering. It was just like, yo, 0:16:16.400 --> 0:16:18.480 I got this. It reminded me, to be honest, of 0:16:18.520 --> 0:16:20.440 only a couple of years ago when Durant and Westbrook 0:16:20.480 --> 0:16:23.720 were together and the idea of like whatever, Mark Cuban 0:16:23.760 --> 0:16:25.520 said that he wasn't an elite all star kind of 0:16:25.560 --> 0:16:28.480 talent and and and Durant was like, I got this 0:16:28.760 --> 0:16:31.080 to kind of help his boy Westbrook. And it really 0:16:31.080 --> 0:16:34.000 reminded me of Westbrook doing the same thing in that 0:16:34.040 --> 0:16:36.960 press conference. I also, listen, we were talking where the 0:16:36.960 --> 0:16:40.320 Cavaliers broken? Are we worried about them? All this stuff? Well, 0:16:40.320 --> 0:16:42.320 they're the only team so far that is already in 0:16:42.360 --> 0:16:45.160 the second round with a four nothing sweep of the 0:16:45.200 --> 0:16:49.480 Indiana Pacers. You know, also listen, a lot of people 0:16:49.560 --> 0:16:51.760 left the Celtics for dead, you know, if you remember 0:16:51.800 --> 0:16:53.920 a couple of weeks ago, people on this pole tweeted 0:16:53.920 --> 0:16:57.360 that the Celtics were the team they were most worried about. Well, 0:16:57.400 --> 0:17:00.120 two things have happened. One, they've gotten their bearings back 0:17:00.160 --> 0:17:02.520 a little bit to Ray gien Ron though is now 0:17:02.600 --> 0:17:06.080 out with a hand injury for the Bulls, and the 0:17:06.080 --> 0:17:08.120 Celtics have come all the way back. So I would 0:17:08.119 --> 0:17:10.160 love to get your thoughts on that. Donnie Barnes. Also 0:17:10.200 --> 0:17:14.160 then Steve Carr back issue missing games, like how how 0:17:14.200 --> 0:17:16.000 bad does your back have to be for you to 0:17:16.119 --> 0:17:18.520 not be able to coach? And what impact might this 0:17:18.680 --> 0:17:20.919 have on the Golden State Warriors in their quest? And 0:17:20.920 --> 0:17:24.040 then obviously we got a huge game five Toronto and 0:17:24.080 --> 0:17:27.879 Milwaukee tonight in Toronto. Up in the sixth when we 0:17:27.880 --> 0:17:30.240 put the fun and Functional Sports radio done, we're gonna 0:17:30.280 --> 0:17:32.520 be talking a little bit about what Milwaukee did to 0:17:32.600 --> 0:17:35.080 kind of troll the Raptors all weekend long when they 0:17:35.080 --> 0:17:37.560 were in Milwaukee. Some interesting things going at it but 0:17:37.840 --> 0:17:39.640 I don't know, what do you want to talk about? 0:17:39.680 --> 0:17:43.440 Donnie Westbrook, the Calves, Boston coming back to Steve Carr thing, 0:17:43.680 --> 0:17:45.280 how do you feel? How do you get about these? 0:17:46.040 --> 0:17:47.840 I think the thing with the Celtics is, because we 0:17:47.920 --> 0:17:50.120 mentioned this a bunch on the show, here's my thing 0:17:50.119 --> 0:17:52.960 with the Celtics. I actually did have them left for dead. 0:17:53.359 --> 0:17:55.920 But the thing that they could do very well is defend. 0:17:55.960 --> 0:17:59.320 They have four guys that can defend pretty much almost 0:17:59.359 --> 0:18:02.359 any position, the exception of Isaiah Thomas. They have Avery 0:18:02.400 --> 0:18:04.639 Bradley who could pretty much shard one through three, and 0:18:04.680 --> 0:18:07.080 I think if they can hit the three pointer, that's 0:18:07.080 --> 0:18:10.080 why they've they've been doing so well. Obviously Rondo being out, 0:18:10.119 --> 0:18:14.119 but the Celtics have always been known for decent defense 0:18:14.160 --> 0:18:15.680 and they've been playing really well and now they're hitting 0:18:15.680 --> 0:18:18.240 their shots. So there's one on that. One game I 0:18:18.359 --> 0:18:21.520 do really want to talk about is the Grizzlies and 0:18:21.560 --> 0:18:23.960 the Spurs. They're they're on their way back to San 0:18:24.000 --> 0:18:29.480 Antonio after a Grizzlies over time when sponsor beater Marc Gasol, 0:18:30.320 --> 0:18:32.680 him and Connelly been playing real well. Yeah, remember we 0:18:32.720 --> 0:18:34.760 talked about Conley, right, how he's a good guy, giving 0:18:34.760 --> 0:18:37.000 away all those tickets, giving away all those tickets, never 0:18:37.000 --> 0:18:39.200 got a tech in his career. He really There was 0:18:39.240 --> 0:18:42.160 a stretch in one of those games where I think 0:18:42.160 --> 0:18:44.720 it was Game three though, where Kauai, Leonard and Conley 0:18:44.800 --> 0:18:47.680 we're just going really back to back, you know, just 0:18:47.800 --> 0:18:49.600 at each other as though. It was almost like an 0:18:49.600 --> 0:18:52.120 All Star game. You know. It was Connley down one 0:18:52.160 --> 0:18:56.200 end and then Kauai doing ridiculous like fade away jumpers 0:18:56.280 --> 0:18:57.880 really in the fourth quarter of that game. I believe 0:18:57.880 --> 0:18:59.840 it was on Saturday. Yeah, and I don't know about you. 0:19:00.040 --> 0:19:01.840 I just got a kind of quick question for you. 0:19:02.240 --> 0:19:04.800 With the exception of that when the Spurs had in 0:19:04.840 --> 0:19:06.840 game one, who do you have coming out of this 0:19:06.960 --> 0:19:10.680 series because a lot of these games have been fairly close. Yeah, no, 0:19:10.800 --> 0:19:13.320 I hear you. I do think eventually that that the 0:19:13.720 --> 0:19:15.159 that the cream of rides to the top and that 0:19:15.240 --> 0:19:19.359 the Spurs will in fact move on. The only we 0:19:19.440 --> 0:19:21.479 talked about this going into the playoffs. I told you 0:19:21.560 --> 0:19:24.280 I was looking at the three six series is that 0:19:24.400 --> 0:19:26.879 I thought there could be some upsets, right if Russell 0:19:26.920 --> 0:19:29.440 put them on his back. I thought that was the potential. 0:19:29.440 --> 0:19:31.639