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Speaker 1: This is straight Fire with Jason McIntyre. What is up?

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Speaker 1: Straight Fire? Fam, It's me Jason McIntyre. Street fight. Uh,

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Speaker 1: Tuesday July. It's Uh. It's a weird day, folks. This

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Speaker 1: is a strange day in sports. And I say that

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Speaker 1: because it's possibly the last real gambling opportunity until the NFL. Now,

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Speaker 1: basically prepared for the NFL and college football. That's where

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Speaker 1: guest and he is one of my favorites listen friend

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Speaker 1: for Sheila has been all over college basketball, NBA, recruiting,

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Speaker 1: I don't think I'm gonna waste any of your time.

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Speaker 1: I think we just jump into frand for Silla to

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Speaker 1: break down whether or not Team USA wins gold. Do

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Speaker 1: NBA players out of here? Um, that's possible. We dive

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Speaker 1: which has gained so much steam over the last seven years.

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Speaker 1: It's incredible rise of the tournament. So fran for Chilla

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Speaker 1: further ado, let's get to France for Silla. Jason likes

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Speaker 1: All right, let's welcome into straight fire. A guy you know. Well,

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Speaker 1: November ahead of the NBA Draft, and he totally nailed

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Speaker 1: a guy, two guys actually, Isaiah Stewart. He called it.

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Speaker 1: He basically said, this guy's gonna be a steel Isaiah

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Speaker 1: France for Schilla, the former coach, the analyst um covers

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Speaker 1: does it all, fran I don't know how you're making

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Speaker 1: tvt Land in Wichita, Kansas. Will get into that later

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Speaker 1: and then, um, we've been Wednesday morning Jason for Stanford, Connecticut,

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Speaker 1: UH four nb CEE. Thank you ESPN for loaning me out.

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Speaker 1: I'm doing a two hour draft show for Serious x

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Speaker 1: M after we conclude this. I feel great, and it's

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Speaker 1: the Olympics. And I will always love talking hoop with you.

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Speaker 1: By the way. It wasn't just Isaiah Stewart, his teammate

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Speaker 1: Here's why I thought of Fran even though he's super

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Speaker 1: the employer. Do you think they should just after Paris say,

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Speaker 1: We know it's tough to just mash you guys together

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Speaker 1: Feba cares more about the World championships, Feeble World Championship.

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Speaker 1: I'm not a huge, huge fan of Scottie because of

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00:22:04,280 --> 00:22:07,919
Speaker 1: the shooting. Um. And I also think his foot speed.

425
00:22:08,200 --> 00:22:10,439
Speaker 1: Everybody says, oh, he's a great defender. I don't think so.

426
00:22:10,640 --> 00:22:13,960
Speaker 1: I think his lateral quickness is average. He's not staying

427
00:22:14,000 --> 00:22:17,119
Speaker 1: in front of you know, the fastest guards in the

428
00:22:17,160 --> 00:22:20,840
Speaker 1: league in switch situations. But everybody I talked to about

429
00:22:20,840 --> 00:22:23,560
Speaker 1: scott they point out that he was injured early in

430
00:22:23,600 --> 00:22:27,240
Speaker 1: the year, played on a bad ankle all year. Um.

431
00:22:27,359 --> 00:22:30,040
Speaker 1: They were very ginger with him at Florida State as

432
00:22:30,080 --> 00:22:32,440
Speaker 1: far as you know, making sure he stayed healthy all year.

433
00:22:33,119 --> 00:22:35,800
Speaker 1: So I'm gonna cut him some slack because they also

434
00:22:35,880 --> 00:22:38,920
Speaker 1: tell me he's one of the world's greatest kids. When

435
00:22:38,960 --> 00:22:43,040
Speaker 1: you look at a six nine playmaker who has a

436
00:22:43,040 --> 00:22:45,520
Speaker 1: good feel for the game. The USA Basketball people loved

437
00:22:45,560 --> 00:22:48,720
Speaker 1: him when he played um and the the ankle was

438
00:22:48,800 --> 00:22:50,760
Speaker 1: something that I think can be said about whether we

439
00:22:50,760 --> 00:22:54,439
Speaker 1: did why we didn't see explosive athleticism. I'm still not

440
00:22:54,720 --> 00:22:58,280
Speaker 1: sold totally, but I get why people love him. The

441
00:22:58,400 --> 00:23:01,760
Speaker 1: shooting is gonna bother me if he's out there. Draymond

442
00:23:01,960 --> 00:23:03,960
Speaker 1: was doing the same thing last week when I saw

443
00:23:03,960 --> 00:23:07,520
Speaker 1: the Nigeria game. He was at the rim. He was

444
00:23:07,640 --> 00:23:09,760
Speaker 1: rolling in that short we call it a short roll

445
00:23:09,840 --> 00:23:11,280
Speaker 1: into the paint where they throw it to him and

446
00:23:11,280 --> 00:23:14,280
Speaker 1: he passes out. He's not even looking at the basket.

447
00:23:14,359 --> 00:23:17,760
Speaker 1: He was Ben Simmons in some plays. Ben Simmons. I

448
00:23:17,800 --> 00:23:21,360
Speaker 1: think he made term. I know, man, and I don't

449
00:23:21,359 --> 00:23:24,280
Speaker 1: want Scotty to be that way too. But yeah, I'm

450
00:23:24,800 --> 00:23:26,960
Speaker 1: fifty fifty on Scottie. But now I don't think he's

451
00:23:26,960 --> 00:23:28,359
Speaker 1: gonna fail. I just don't know if he's gonna be

452
00:23:28,400 --> 00:23:31,119
Speaker 1: a superstar. All right, Yeah, I I have five scenes

453
00:23:31,160 --> 00:23:33,480
Speaker 1: a little rich for my blood. But Orlando likes that

454
00:23:33,480 --> 00:23:37,360
Speaker 1: that type of right, give give me a surprise, somebody

455
00:23:37,440 --> 00:23:40,520
Speaker 1: who you know, like your great Sedique Bay call, like

456
00:23:40,520 --> 00:23:43,520
Speaker 1: your Isaiah Stewart called. Give me somebody that's not totally

457
00:23:43,560 --> 00:23:47,640
Speaker 1: on the radar. Um. Okay, who you love? Okay, So

458
00:23:48,520 --> 00:23:51,080
Speaker 1: there's one guy in this draft that you could put

459
00:23:51,119 --> 00:23:52,480
Speaker 1: in a game, you can put in a playoff, you

460
00:23:52,480 --> 00:23:54,560
Speaker 1: can put in a game tomorrow night, and he and

461
00:23:54,600 --> 00:23:58,440
Speaker 1: he wouldn't be flux fluff plummixed. And that's Chris Duarte

462
00:23:58,520 --> 00:24:02,320
Speaker 1: from Oregon. Oh I like that. See the kid. Now

463
00:24:02,359 --> 00:24:07,639
Speaker 1: here's here's the negative. He's twenty four. That's not a negative. Hate. Yeah,

464
00:24:08,280 --> 00:24:11,919
Speaker 1: Malcolm Brogden. People forget. People don't realize this about Malcolm Brogden.

465
00:24:12,000 --> 00:24:14,200
Speaker 1: He broke his leg at Virginia. He was a five

466
00:24:14,280 --> 00:24:18,000
Speaker 1: year guy at Virginia, which means he's not. He also

467
00:24:18,080 --> 00:24:20,240
Speaker 1: got his masters, which is he's gonna be governor of

468
00:24:20,280 --> 00:24:23,119
Speaker 1: Georgia someday. By the way, I know that. You know

469
00:24:23,119 --> 00:24:26,560
Speaker 1: he's a policy freak. Um politics and policy not. But

470
00:24:26,880 --> 00:24:33,800
Speaker 1: Chris Duarte is six, he's baby Clay Thompson. He's he's

471
00:24:33,880 --> 00:24:35,760
Speaker 1: he's a two way player. He can shoot it and

472
00:24:35,800 --> 00:24:40,040
Speaker 1: create his own shot. He's a relentless defender, and he

473
00:24:40,200 --> 00:24:42,840
Speaker 1: is Uh, how do I put it? Okay, let's go

474
00:24:42,880 --> 00:24:46,840
Speaker 1: back at Oregon. The last few years they downplayed Uh

475
00:24:47,000 --> 00:24:52,119
Speaker 1: Dylon Brooks. That's right. Uh, mock drafts downplayed Dylan Brooks,

476
00:24:52,119 --> 00:24:54,000
Speaker 1: and then the NBA teams down playing because he went

477
00:24:54,040 --> 00:24:57,040
Speaker 1: in the second round. Um, they downplayed Chris Boucher, who

478
00:24:57,080 --> 00:25:01,840
Speaker 1: I'm not even sure was drafted right and I Peyton Pritchard, UH,

479
00:25:01,840 --> 00:25:07,520
Speaker 1: Peyton Richard and and for some reason, Oregon guys get

480
00:25:07,560 --> 00:25:10,040
Speaker 1: that stigma. And by the way, three of the four

481
00:25:10,119 --> 00:25:12,280
Speaker 1: that we mentioned, they're all Canadian stuff. Chris is a

482
00:25:12,359 --> 00:25:15,640
Speaker 1: Dominican Republic kid who moved to Canada. But I love

483
00:25:15,720 --> 00:25:18,639
Speaker 1: him because he's mature, he's tough, he's strong, he can

484
00:25:18,680 --> 00:25:22,119
Speaker 1: shoot and create, he defends, and I think you can

485
00:25:22,160 --> 00:25:23,920
Speaker 1: put him in a game right now and he'll be fine.

486
00:25:23,960 --> 00:25:25,600
Speaker 1: I think he's gonna I think he's gonna be an

487
00:25:25,600 --> 00:25:28,760
Speaker 1: instant starter in the league. I mean, he's somebody who's

488
00:25:28,760 --> 00:25:31,280
Speaker 1: gonna help a team right now. Like if the Warriors

489
00:25:31,359 --> 00:25:33,880
Speaker 1: keep their pick, if they got him at fourteen, it's

490
00:25:33,880 --> 00:25:36,240
Speaker 1: a home run for them, is it not? I think so.

491
00:25:36,359 --> 00:25:38,119
Speaker 1: I mean, you know, the Warriors are dealing with the

492
00:25:38,200 --> 00:25:41,760
Speaker 1: Rooot's cube here because with seven fourteen and guys they

493
00:25:41,800 --> 00:25:45,560
Speaker 1: want to trade, there's like eighty thousand options here. We're

494
00:25:45,600 --> 00:25:48,240
Speaker 1: turning that Rubig's croup Cube over a hundred of times.

495
00:25:48,640 --> 00:25:50,320
Speaker 1: But if you said to me, with the fourward teams,

496
00:25:50,320 --> 00:25:52,639
Speaker 1: pick they you know they Let's say they trade seven

497
00:25:53,400 --> 00:25:57,760
Speaker 1: and Andrew Wiggins for Pascal Siakam and then they get

498
00:25:57,840 --> 00:26:01,439
Speaker 1: to our day at fourteen. I'm happy with that. If gosh,

499
00:26:01,480 --> 00:26:04,080
Speaker 1: that's a slam dunk. Um yeah, siam On, it sounds

500
00:26:04,080 --> 00:26:05,600
Speaker 1: like he's done his way out of Toronto. Didn't go

501
00:26:05,640 --> 00:26:08,440
Speaker 1: well with Nurse any other draft nuggets you want to drop.

502
00:26:08,520 --> 00:26:10,080
Speaker 1: I'm just gonna say a name. You don't have to

503
00:26:10,119 --> 00:26:12,399
Speaker 1: go too long. Go ahead, throw me names because I because,

504
00:26:12,840 --> 00:26:16,240
Speaker 1: by the way, I'm not as I am locked in. Um.

505
00:26:16,400 --> 00:26:18,520
Speaker 1: I say that humbly. Compared more and more than most.

506
00:26:18,560 --> 00:26:20,600
Speaker 1: But I've been walked in on Olympics stuff the last

507
00:26:20,600 --> 00:26:23,919
Speaker 1: few weeks. So but you go far away, key key

508
00:26:24,040 --> 00:26:27,240
Speaker 1: On Johnson, Tennessee shatters the record for vertical jump and

509
00:26:27,280 --> 00:26:29,400
Speaker 1: all that stuff, and everybody now says, oh, he's top ten,

510
00:26:29,520 --> 00:26:33,200
Speaker 1: he's I watched this guy multiple times as your friend.

511
00:26:33,240 --> 00:26:36,040
Speaker 1: I don't see. I don't know what am I missing?

512
00:26:36,080 --> 00:26:37,960
Speaker 1: All right? So here here's where you're missing. Did not

513
00:26:38,000 --> 00:26:39,800
Speaker 1: play a senior year in high school. I played one

514
00:26:39,840 --> 00:26:42,679
Speaker 1: year with Rick Barnes, my former boss, who is uh

515
00:26:42,960 --> 00:26:46,560
Speaker 1: who is a really good guy. I don't offensively the kid. Um,

516
00:26:46,600 --> 00:26:48,320
Speaker 1: you know, it's not the great system for him because

517
00:26:48,320 --> 00:26:50,160
Speaker 1: there was a lot of guys that wanted to score

518
00:26:50,200 --> 00:26:53,520
Speaker 1: this year Jade Bringer, and not that they were selfish.

519
00:26:53,520 --> 00:26:56,520
Speaker 1: And just what this kid is he was a unique

520
00:26:56,520 --> 00:26:59,720
Speaker 1: athlete before the forty eight inch vertical. I mean a

521
00:26:59,800 --> 00:27:02,639
Speaker 1: man haasing kid um A wants to see scored a

522
00:27:02,680 --> 00:27:05,560
Speaker 1: lot at the rim. When Rick Barnes recruited him two

523
00:27:05,600 --> 00:27:08,760
Speaker 1: years ago, he was so humble because his mom was

524
00:27:08,800 --> 00:27:11,760
Speaker 1: a great SEC player. When Rick Barnes asked him what

525
00:27:11,800 --> 00:27:14,200
Speaker 1: position you played, Keyan Johnson said, I'm a power forward

526
00:27:14,880 --> 00:27:18,160
Speaker 1: and Rick said, no, you're a wing. Okay, so the kid.

527
00:27:18,440 --> 00:27:20,720
Speaker 1: So what I'm saying is there's a humbleness about the kid.

528
00:27:21,320 --> 00:27:25,920
Speaker 1: Great work, ethic, intense competitor, great athlete, maybe as good

529
00:27:25,960 --> 00:27:29,679
Speaker 1: a defender as anybody in this draft, including Davion Mitchell,

530
00:27:29,720 --> 00:27:32,800
Speaker 1: who I love. Yeah, but he's a shade below that

531
00:27:32,920 --> 00:27:35,840
Speaker 1: at worst. So right off the bat, he's gonna now

532
00:27:35,880 --> 00:27:38,840
Speaker 1: he's got to work on his outside shooting and uh

533
00:27:38,880 --> 00:27:40,840
Speaker 1: but but going to the rim off the dribble is

534
00:27:40,880 --> 00:27:43,359
Speaker 1: good I think he's gonna be pretty good. I I

535
00:27:43,480 --> 00:27:46,199
Speaker 1: don't have a problem taking a tenant. I know you

536
00:27:46,240 --> 00:27:49,160
Speaker 1: love international ball. Uh. I don't know if you heard.

537
00:27:49,160 --> 00:27:52,080
Speaker 1: I'm part owner of a basketball team in the NBLD

538
00:27:52,240 --> 00:27:55,119
Speaker 1: New Zealand Breakers, So I know this guy well because

539
00:27:55,119 --> 00:28:00,000
Speaker 1: he's dominated the league. Um despite modest stats, Josh Giddy, Um,

540
00:28:00,320 --> 00:28:02,800
Speaker 1: really nice player, man, he is. I feel like he's

541
00:28:02,800 --> 00:28:06,200
Speaker 1: the perfect Spurs player. You know. I think he's gonna

542
00:28:06,200 --> 00:28:09,199
Speaker 1: be the perfect I think he's perfect and from this reguard,

543
00:28:09,280 --> 00:28:13,040
Speaker 1: if you know him, he makes everybody better. Yeah, he's

544
00:28:13,040 --> 00:28:15,520
Speaker 1: got some toughness when you know it just it's it's

545
00:28:15,560 --> 00:28:17,760
Speaker 1: not the assist, it's not being a sixth eight point guard.

546
00:28:17,760 --> 00:28:21,520
Speaker 1: It's just he's a good rebounder, good nose for the ball. Um.

547
00:28:21,560 --> 00:28:24,440
Speaker 1: His shooting's gotta get a little bit better. Um. But

548
00:28:24,960 --> 00:28:27,480
Speaker 1: you know that league is full of men. It's a tough,

549
00:28:27,480 --> 00:28:31,200
Speaker 1: physical league. He's also a late bloomer. We knew about

550
00:28:31,280 --> 00:28:34,159
Speaker 1: Ben Simmons aften to do what he did in the

551
00:28:34,240 --> 00:28:37,640
Speaker 1: NBL this year against men every night for like thirty

552
00:28:37,680 --> 00:28:40,360
Speaker 1: or forty games, tremendous. I think I don't know if

553
00:28:40,360 --> 00:28:42,800
Speaker 1: he's gonna be an All Star. I think he'll be

554
00:28:42,840 --> 00:28:45,400
Speaker 1: at in time, not right away, but in time, will

555
00:28:45,400 --> 00:28:48,320
Speaker 1: be a solid starter in the league. Makes everybody better

556
00:28:48,400 --> 00:28:51,760
Speaker 1: around two more Miles McBride West Virginia seems to be

557
00:28:52,080 --> 00:28:53,920
Speaker 1: you know. I text a bunch of people about the draft,

558
00:28:53,960 --> 00:28:57,840
Speaker 1: and a lot of people really really like McBride. Um,

559
00:28:58,080 --> 00:28:59,680
Speaker 1: I don't. It seems like he might be a top

560
00:28:59,720 --> 00:29:02,240
Speaker 1: twenty pick now, you know. I talked to a team

561
00:29:02,320 --> 00:29:07,320
Speaker 1: last night about him forever. Um, you know again, because

562
00:29:07,360 --> 00:29:09,720
Speaker 1: I watched him so much, and I spent eight years

563
00:29:09,720 --> 00:29:12,040
Speaker 1: in Ohio. I know Cincinnati more high school like the

564
00:29:12,080 --> 00:29:14,880
Speaker 1: back of my hand. The coaches are there from twenty

565
00:29:14,920 --> 00:29:18,479
Speaker 1: five years ago, and you can't let's go let's go

566
00:29:18,560 --> 00:29:22,080
Speaker 1: off the court intangibles. There's not one single negative you

567
00:29:22,120 --> 00:29:24,240
Speaker 1: can find on the kid. He's a he's tough, he

568
00:29:24,280 --> 00:29:28,360
Speaker 1: puts a high school quarterback. Dad played at Xavier. I

569
00:29:28,400 --> 00:29:30,680
Speaker 1: think he's gonna be a good NBA player, not a

570
00:29:30,680 --> 00:29:32,720
Speaker 1: great one. I think he's gonna be a great off

571
00:29:32,720 --> 00:29:36,200
Speaker 1: the bench scorer. Um, I'm not sure he'll be a

572
00:29:36,520 --> 00:29:38,920
Speaker 1: He can be a starter on a bad team, but

573
00:29:39,000 --> 00:29:41,200
Speaker 1: I think ultimately he's gonna be in the league twelve

574
00:29:41,320 --> 00:29:44,560
Speaker 1: years and help teams win playoff games more off the

575
00:29:44,600 --> 00:29:47,120
Speaker 1: bench than on. He's not a pure point guard. He

576
00:29:47,160 --> 00:29:50,080
Speaker 1: doesn't have the size of the two guard at six too.

577
00:29:50,600 --> 00:29:54,080
Speaker 1: He's a big shot maker, his range is improved. He's

578
00:29:54,120 --> 00:29:56,960
Speaker 1: a good not great defender. But the intangibles all add

579
00:29:57,080 --> 00:29:59,560
Speaker 1: up and you just don't see him Falan. It feels

580
00:29:59,600 --> 00:30:02,680
Speaker 1: like smaller version of Pat Connaughton. Maybe the Notre Dame guy.

581
00:30:03,040 --> 00:30:07,240
Speaker 1: That's a great call. That is a great call. Love

582
00:30:07,320 --> 00:30:09,520
Speaker 1: that call. I haven't thought about that. If I steal it,

583
00:30:09,520 --> 00:30:12,520
Speaker 1: I'm gonna give you the permission. Permission granted, all right? Uh,

584
00:30:12,760 --> 00:30:15,240
Speaker 1: final guy, And this is you know, this is kind

585
00:30:15,240 --> 00:30:17,560
Speaker 1: of a tough one because I just don't know what

586
00:30:17,600 --> 00:30:21,880
Speaker 1: to make of him late riser. Uh, small guy. But there,

587
00:30:21,960 --> 00:30:24,560
Speaker 1: if you squint, you can see Alan iverson Bones Highland

588
00:30:24,600 --> 00:30:27,960
Speaker 1: out a vcuer Oh serif ku. I was gonna say

589
00:30:27,960 --> 00:30:32,200
Speaker 1: Bones Highland, but let's do Bones Island. Okay, Bones Island okay. No.

590
00:30:32,400 --> 00:30:36,800
Speaker 1: I see Bones Island as being a combine wonder um okay,

591
00:30:36,960 --> 00:30:39,040
Speaker 1: And and Bones had a good year. Bones is gonna

592
00:30:39,040 --> 00:30:42,040
Speaker 1: play in the league. But I see Bones in his

593
00:30:42,200 --> 00:30:45,920
Speaker 1: best best case scenario. And this is not even fair

594
00:30:46,000 --> 00:30:48,440
Speaker 1: to bones because he's not as good as Lou Williams

595
00:30:48,480 --> 00:30:52,320
Speaker 1: or Jamal Bone. But I see him in the style

596
00:30:52,400 --> 00:30:55,840
Speaker 1: of a Jamal Crawford. He's not. He's he can do

597
00:30:55,920 --> 00:30:59,080
Speaker 1: a few things really well, including get his own shot,

598
00:30:59,600 --> 00:31:02,320
Speaker 1: which is a skill. Um. But I see him as

599
00:31:02,320 --> 00:31:06,480
Speaker 1: an off the bench, second unit scorer, you know, good athlete,

600
00:31:06,520 --> 00:31:10,040
Speaker 1: not a great athlete. Good athlete. His best strength is

601
00:31:10,040 --> 00:31:12,600
Speaker 1: getting to the rim and making plays at six three,

602
00:31:13,160 --> 00:31:17,520
Speaker 1: finishing over bigs um. And again that I don't have

603
00:31:17,560 --> 00:31:20,200
Speaker 1: a quality quarrel with him going into the late first round.

604
00:31:20,200 --> 00:31:22,520
Speaker 1: That's fine, but I see him. If you can give

605
00:31:22,600 --> 00:31:27,920
Speaker 1: me uh of Jamal Crawford's ability, I'll take it every

606
00:31:28,000 --> 00:31:31,680
Speaker 1: night because Jamal Jamali's It's crazy to say this. In

607
00:31:31,760 --> 00:31:34,840
Speaker 1: some ways he should get some haul of fameboats for

608
00:31:34,960 --> 00:31:37,480
Speaker 1: the long career. He had a like one of the

609
00:31:37,480 --> 00:31:40,200
Speaker 1: best six men ever. Longevity matters, all right, I want

610
00:31:40,240 --> 00:31:43,360
Speaker 1: to talk about the Tournament t BT friend you're calling games.

611
00:31:43,760 --> 00:31:45,920
Speaker 1: Let me when it first came out. I think it

612
00:31:45,960 --> 00:31:48,320
Speaker 1: was what like six, seven, eight, nine years ago. I

613
00:31:48,360 --> 00:31:50,600
Speaker 1: was in Pennsylvania and I was so excited because I

614
00:31:50,600 --> 00:31:52,520
Speaker 1: was playing pick up basketball. I was in multiple leagues

615
00:31:52,840 --> 00:31:55,000
Speaker 1: and I was like, oh my gosh, maybe we should

616
00:31:55,040 --> 00:31:56,760
Speaker 1: have a j MU team and I could. I could

617
00:31:56,760 --> 00:31:59,040
Speaker 1: maybe be like that tenth guy off the bench, and

618
00:31:59,280 --> 00:32:01,240
Speaker 1: that would be so fun to compete at a high

619
00:32:01,320 --> 00:32:07,200
Speaker 1: level against these awesome players. Fast forward to like, you

620
00:32:07,280 --> 00:32:09,120
Speaker 1: got a bunch of former NBA guys in here. This

621
00:32:09,160 --> 00:32:12,720
Speaker 1: is like an amazing talent. Uh pool that they've got

622
00:32:12,760 --> 00:32:14,760
Speaker 1: in this tournament is loaded. I mean, friends, this is

623
00:32:14,800 --> 00:32:17,720
Speaker 1: great summer basketball. It's it's sixty four teams this year

624
00:32:17,760 --> 00:32:19,720
Speaker 1: we're back to sixty four. Last year it was twenty

625
00:32:19,760 --> 00:32:21,440
Speaker 1: four because of the pandemic. And I've been a part

626
00:32:21,480 --> 00:32:24,600
Speaker 1: of this for seven years and unfortunately for me, I'm

627
00:32:24,600 --> 00:32:27,320
Speaker 1: going to the Olympics Wednesday in Seth Greenberg will we'll

628
00:32:27,360 --> 00:32:29,840
Speaker 1: do a great job on the final eight. And you know,

629
00:32:30,760 --> 00:32:33,160
Speaker 1: so it's amazing because number one, it's winner take all.

630
00:32:33,280 --> 00:32:37,120
Speaker 1: There's no there's no like consolation prizes. So as we

631
00:32:37,240 --> 00:32:40,160
Speaker 1: build up to the finals, and last year, Marquette's alumni

632
00:32:40,320 --> 00:32:45,120
Speaker 1: wanted uh um fittingly on a Travis Deaner who was

633
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Speaker 1: just a role club on a Travis Deaner three, even

634
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Speaker 1: though he's thirty seven, and is it just finished a

635
00:32:50,880 --> 00:32:54,320
Speaker 1: great career overseas five years in the NBA as well,

636
00:32:55,200 --> 00:32:57,720
Speaker 1: But the level of play is so good. Of the

637
00:32:57,760 --> 00:33:03,000
Speaker 1: guys in this league are still playing overseas chief everywhere, Estoni.

638
00:33:03,680 --> 00:33:06,200
Speaker 1: Some guys are playing a Tyrus McGee who was a

639
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Speaker 1: six Man of the Year in a Big twelve. He's

640
00:33:08,280 --> 00:33:09,880
Speaker 1: going to the a c B this year. He's a

641
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Speaker 1: really good player. Um, there's so many good players playing

642
00:33:13,680 --> 00:33:17,360
Speaker 1: it around the world. Last year, in only a team field,

643
00:33:17,400 --> 00:33:20,120
Speaker 1: we had fifty former NBA players. I'm going to read

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Speaker 1: off the list of one of the top ten teams

645
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Speaker 1: every line drive. Okay, um, so let's go um. Archie

646
00:33:27,080 --> 00:33:32,880
Speaker 1: Goodwin first round pick, Devin Robinson Washington Wizards for three years.

647
00:33:33,440 --> 00:33:36,200
Speaker 1: Jeremy Evans seven years. This is one team I think

648
00:33:36,240 --> 00:33:39,040
Speaker 1: he wanted dunk contest. Wanted dunk contest seven years in

649
00:33:39,080 --> 00:33:45,320
Speaker 1: the league. Marcus Teague first round pick. Okay Um Traveling

650
00:33:45,480 --> 00:33:47,800
Speaker 1: Queen second round pick last year, who was in the

651
00:33:47,800 --> 00:33:50,680
Speaker 1: G League, who was gonna play in the NBA. He's

652
00:33:50,680 --> 00:33:52,440
Speaker 1: a kid out of New Mexico State, remember that name,

653
00:33:52,480 --> 00:33:56,160
Speaker 1: travel and Queen. Nick Cameo, who's one of the all time.

654
00:33:57,360 --> 00:34:00,680
Speaker 1: Nick Mayo played at Eastern Kentucky Okay, this kid scored

655
00:34:00,720 --> 00:34:05,040
Speaker 1: twenty four college points. Um, he's one of he's a

656
00:34:05,080 --> 00:34:08,360
Speaker 1: hundred forty five all time and then a history and scoring.

657
00:34:09,239 --> 00:34:11,960
Speaker 1: He's six nine, he's only twenty four years old. He

658
00:34:12,120 --> 00:34:14,880
Speaker 1: just signed a big deal in Japan for like nearly

659
00:34:14,920 --> 00:34:19,239
Speaker 1: seven figures. Sheath, it's an NBA player. So but Fred,

660
00:34:19,320 --> 00:34:20,840
Speaker 1: what's the connection? How are these guys all on the

661
00:34:20,880 --> 00:34:23,719
Speaker 1: same team? They're just it's a great quick connection. Um.

662
00:34:24,200 --> 00:34:28,240
Speaker 1: Thirty of the sixty four teams roughly are alumni teams.

663
00:34:28,239 --> 00:34:30,480
Speaker 1: But a lot of these other teams, like like the

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Speaker 1: l A Cheaters got beat last night, made up of

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Speaker 1: guys from the Drew League. Oh goodness, pass beware you

666
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Speaker 1: know uh you know his team and and the team

667
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Speaker 1: Shawn Marshall's challenge a LS coach by Darren Collinson. By

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00:34:44,320 --> 00:34:48,200
Speaker 1: the way, you know they're they're they're key guys. Mark Uh,

669
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Speaker 1: what's his name? Mark, Marvella Marvelle Uh? Oh, Harris Uh

670
00:34:53,800 --> 00:34:56,440
Speaker 1: played the Fresno State, you know, playing over making a

671
00:34:56,440 --> 00:35:00,360
Speaker 1: lot of money like NBA players every close to NBA

672
00:35:00,480 --> 00:35:03,920
Speaker 1: like just just blow. So so what happens is a

673
00:35:03,960 --> 00:35:05,919
Speaker 1: lot of these guys have grown up with each other

674
00:35:06,239 --> 00:35:09,560
Speaker 1: or played together or played against each other, or their

675
00:35:09,719 --> 00:35:14,319
Speaker 1: agent is the same agent, and so there's a lot

676
00:35:14,400 --> 00:35:16,879
Speaker 1: of connections, a lot of things go full circle. Here's

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Speaker 1: what I'll tell you, because I don't want to bore

678
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Speaker 1: you with this. For summer basketball, when we get to

679
00:35:22,200 --> 00:35:24,560
Speaker 1: the elite an we don't call it the Elite eight,

680
00:35:24,560 --> 00:35:26,240
Speaker 1: but you know, you get to the last eight teams

681
00:35:26,880 --> 00:35:29,920
Speaker 1: when we do the final, and it's too really good.

682
00:35:30,200 --> 00:35:31,680
Speaker 1: By the way, I said this to you off the air,

683
00:35:32,600 --> 00:35:36,400
Speaker 1: at least six of these teams can win a G

684
00:35:36,560 --> 00:35:40,960
Speaker 1: League title. Okay, that's how good the level is. And

685
00:35:41,040 --> 00:35:44,399
Speaker 1: by the way, because they all played professionally overseas, they

686
00:35:44,400 --> 00:35:47,960
Speaker 1: all know how to play pro basketball team basketball, and

687
00:35:48,000 --> 00:35:50,640
Speaker 1: they know how to play, they would they would probably

688
00:35:50,640 --> 00:35:53,480
Speaker 1: smoke some G League teams, which are all guys wanting

689
00:35:53,520 --> 00:35:55,480
Speaker 1: to get to the league. Let me show you my handle,

690
00:35:55,520 --> 00:35:58,439
Speaker 1: and totally like you're playing against twenty eight year olds

691
00:35:58,440 --> 00:36:01,200
Speaker 1: who will play in high levels around the world. All right,

692
00:36:01,320 --> 00:36:05,279
Speaker 1: last thing, when you watched that, I think it's August three,

693
00:36:05,320 --> 00:36:09,400
Speaker 1: when you put on the final, every single possession of

694
00:36:09,440 --> 00:36:12,360
Speaker 1: the final game for two teams playing for a million

695
00:36:12,360 --> 00:36:16,440
Speaker 1: dollars winner, take all, every single possession is life and death.

696
00:36:17,280 --> 00:36:19,200
Speaker 1: And the coolest thing about it is we have the

697
00:36:19,239 --> 00:36:24,480
Speaker 1: top officials doing a top college final, four officials and

698
00:36:24,640 --> 00:36:28,560
Speaker 1: there's no fights. It's high level intensity. But because these

699
00:36:28,560 --> 00:36:31,280
Speaker 1: guys are pros, man, they played their hearts out. Yeah,

700
00:36:31,400 --> 00:36:33,879
Speaker 1: and you know they're all respectful of each other. It's

701
00:36:33,960 --> 00:36:37,160
Speaker 1: it's it's amazing. Best's take all. That's that's good. Listen.

702
00:36:37,200 --> 00:36:39,279
Speaker 1: It's a great tournament. Obviously, we love you calling it.

703
00:36:39,680 --> 00:36:42,799
Speaker 1: Enjoyed the Olympics, NBA, right, listen, this is a big

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00:36:42,920 --> 00:36:45,680
Speaker 1: couple of weeks here of of hoop right, Uh in

705
00:36:45,719 --> 00:36:50,000
Speaker 1: the US. Internationally it's a big one. Well how about this?

706
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Speaker 1: Who thought we'd have an NBA final in late July? Yeah,

707
00:36:53,440 --> 00:36:55,480
Speaker 1: that's another thing I forgot about the NBA. We didn't

708
00:36:55,480 --> 00:36:59,080
Speaker 1: even touch on that because this suns forget it anyways,

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00:36:59,080 --> 00:37:01,279
Speaker 1: all right, fran Frachella, Hey man, you're super busy. Thanks

710
00:37:01,320 --> 00:37:03,359
Speaker 1: for taking the time, and uh, you know, we love

711
00:37:03,360 --> 00:37:05,799
Speaker 1: to have you back whenever. Jason's always a pleasure. I

712
00:37:05,800 --> 00:37:09,920
Speaker 1: love talking about with you. The only thing better than

713
00:37:09,960 --> 00:37:14,200
Speaker 1: sitting on your couch watching the game. He's making money

714
00:37:14,200 --> 00:37:18,759
Speaker 1: while you do it. Here's your best bet, just tremendous

715
00:37:18,760 --> 00:37:21,520
Speaker 1: stuff from my guy friend for Sheila. I really respect

716
00:37:21,560 --> 00:37:23,440
Speaker 1: his basketball opinion. There's a lot of people who love

717
00:37:23,480 --> 00:37:26,279
Speaker 1: the draft and are passionate about it. I consider myself

718
00:37:26,320 --> 00:37:28,279
Speaker 1: one of them. Fran is definitely one of them. So

719
00:37:28,320 --> 00:37:30,279
Speaker 1: when he speaks, I listen. I love his stuff. All right,

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Speaker 1: let's quickly get to my best bet for Game six

721
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Speaker 1: of the NBA Finals. You guys, I'm sure you've been

722
00:37:35,200 --> 00:37:39,000
Speaker 1: following my picks on Fox Sports. Remember super hot fire

723
00:37:39,040 --> 00:37:42,239
Speaker 1: in the bubble last year. Very lucrative. I think I

724
00:37:42,280 --> 00:37:44,440
Speaker 1: had fifty eight point seven percent. It was a great run,

725
00:37:44,800 --> 00:37:47,719
Speaker 1: and I was struggling to tread water for much of

726
00:37:47,719 --> 00:37:50,279
Speaker 1: these playoffs. I got hot in the conference finals and

727
00:37:50,400 --> 00:37:53,680
Speaker 1: early NBA Finals. Games four and five have just kicked

728
00:37:53,680 --> 00:37:56,920
Speaker 1: my butt. Um, just a brutal back to back stretch.

729
00:37:57,480 --> 00:37:59,799
Speaker 1: I mean, listen, Game four is what really messed with

730
00:37:59,840 --> 00:38:02,360
Speaker 1: my had The Sun's had it. They had the game

731
00:38:02,920 --> 00:38:04,719
Speaker 1: and they blew it at the end. And then of

732
00:38:04,719 --> 00:38:08,800
Speaker 1: course Game five just I mean, unbelievable offense, unbelievable shooting,

733
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Speaker 1: and um, I'll give you some my leans here again

734
00:38:13,000 --> 00:38:16,239
Speaker 1: subject to change, you know. Um. Leading up to tip off,

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Speaker 1: my official bets will be on the Fox Sports UM

736
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Speaker 1: social handles for the association later today. But I've got

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00:38:25,120 --> 00:38:27,560
Speaker 1: to go with the Bucks. I know their favored by five. UM.

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Speaker 1: I just don't know how you bounce back from the

739
00:38:30,040 --> 00:38:33,160
Speaker 1: gut punch that has been the last two games of

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Speaker 1: your phoenix. I know they're gonna give it there all,

741
00:38:34,840 --> 00:38:37,440
Speaker 1: but they're going into a hornet's nest. I mean, the

742
00:38:37,520 --> 00:38:41,160
Speaker 1: scene today in Milwaukee, like hours before the game is

743
00:38:41,160 --> 00:38:43,560
Speaker 1: gonna be chaos. What do they call that, the deer

744
00:38:43,640 --> 00:38:46,200
Speaker 1: Light District or whatever, it's gonna be popping. I have

745
00:38:46,280 --> 00:38:48,840
Speaker 1: to take the Bucks, favored by five. Um. If you

746
00:38:48,840 --> 00:38:50,600
Speaker 1: guys do follow me on the Graham you saw my

747
00:38:50,680 --> 00:38:57,400
Speaker 1: stories way way way way way back in May. After

748
00:38:57,440 --> 00:39:00,239
Speaker 1: the play in games, I gamble all the time with

749
00:39:00,280 --> 00:39:02,160
Speaker 1: these two two buddies who I used to write with

750
00:39:02,160 --> 00:39:03,520
Speaker 1: at the Big League. You know, we have a text

751
00:39:03,560 --> 00:39:05,759
Speaker 1: chain for the NBA playoffs every night. What are you

752
00:39:05,760 --> 00:39:09,680
Speaker 1: looking at? And they said, man, why not the Block Bucks?

753
00:39:14,360 --> 00:39:17,800
Speaker 1: And they said, man, why not the Bucks winning the title?

754
00:39:18,239 --> 00:39:21,479
Speaker 1: And they were plus n Remember it was all about

755
00:39:21,480 --> 00:39:25,800
Speaker 1: the nets and sixers before the playoffs. Okay, Harden was healthy,

756
00:39:25,880 --> 00:39:29,040
Speaker 1: Kyrie was healthy. Bucks were an afterthought, So I took

757
00:39:29,040 --> 00:39:31,399
Speaker 1: a small bite. I wish it was a bigger bite.

758
00:39:31,480 --> 00:39:33,400
Speaker 1: Oh my gosh, it would have been really nice to

759
00:39:33,440 --> 00:39:36,920
Speaker 1: hit plus. So the Bucks win, your boy winds? Should

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00:39:36,920 --> 00:39:38,440
Speaker 1: I heads with the Suns? It's not that big of

761
00:39:38,520 --> 00:39:40,680
Speaker 1: enough a bet to matter. If we're talking it was

762
00:39:40,719 --> 00:39:44,400
Speaker 1: a five figure bet. Certainly, yes, I would hedge, but um,

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00:39:44,440 --> 00:39:46,680
Speaker 1: I think the Bucks win. I would not be surprised

764
00:39:46,719 --> 00:39:50,040
Speaker 1: by a low scoring game total at two UM and

765
00:39:50,040 --> 00:39:52,200
Speaker 1: then two props. Listen, this is gonna find in the

766
00:39:52,239 --> 00:39:57,040
Speaker 1: face of conventional wisdom. Earlier in the series, Janice had

767
00:39:57,080 --> 00:40:01,120
Speaker 1: back to back forty point games, right, so everybody says, oh,

768
00:40:01,400 --> 00:40:03,520
Speaker 1: your honest, geez, why you gotta keep betting the over?

769
00:40:03,560 --> 00:40:05,560
Speaker 1: They can't stop him. He's on a terror, he's shock

770
00:40:05,680 --> 00:40:09,279
Speaker 1: or whatever everybody was saying. So what happened after the

771
00:40:09,360 --> 00:40:13,160
Speaker 1: honest is back to back forty point games. He fell

772
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Speaker 1: back to earth with under and thirty two in game five,

773
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Speaker 1: I think his total was thirty three and a half.

774
00:40:20,680 --> 00:40:22,880
Speaker 1: I think so under in two straight for your honest?

775
00:40:23,840 --> 00:40:25,680
Speaker 1: Does he flip back and go over in game seven

776
00:40:25,719 --> 00:40:28,759
Speaker 1: in the clothes out, I think I'm gonna pass on that.

777
00:40:28,840 --> 00:40:30,640
Speaker 1: I Listen, I've been wrong on the honest the last

778
00:40:30,640 --> 00:40:33,200
Speaker 1: two games. Now this is really this is a hold

779
00:40:33,239 --> 00:40:36,560
Speaker 1: your nose bet. But there's been nobody hotter than Devin

780
00:40:36,600 --> 00:40:39,480
Speaker 1: Booker the last two games. He since that clunker in

781
00:40:39,560 --> 00:40:43,880
Speaker 1: Game three, has been unbelievable, going for forty two and

782
00:40:44,320 --> 00:40:48,240
Speaker 1: forty in the last two games. His player prop totals

783
00:40:48,280 --> 00:40:50,759
Speaker 1: up to thirty one. That is super high. It was

784
00:40:50,800 --> 00:40:53,799
Speaker 1: like twenty seven or earlier in the series. One could

785
00:40:53,800 --> 00:40:56,759
Speaker 1: say Devin Booker over valued. Now when you go for

786
00:40:56,760 --> 00:41:00,080
Speaker 1: forty two and forty, listen, you're gonna have to raise it.

787
00:41:00,600 --> 00:41:02,879
Speaker 1: I would look at the under on Devin Booker. That's

788
00:41:02,880 --> 00:41:04,439
Speaker 1: a tough one. That's a hold your nose play. Because

789
00:41:04,480 --> 00:41:08,000
Speaker 1: the book is great. I will say this blowout is

790
00:41:08,000 --> 00:41:11,000
Speaker 1: in play. We have seen blowouts when teams come home

791
00:41:11,080 --> 00:41:15,040
Speaker 1: to close it out. Um, We've seen blowout. So I

792
00:41:15,040 --> 00:41:17,239
Speaker 1: would not be shocked if the Sun's got their doors

793
00:41:17,239 --> 00:41:20,680
Speaker 1: blown off here. Um. I think I like the Bucks.

794
00:41:20,719 --> 00:41:24,840
Speaker 1: I like book or under um, and that's pretty much it.

795
00:41:24,880 --> 00:41:28,800
Speaker 1: I would lean to the game under under two. But listen,

796
00:41:28,840 --> 00:41:30,480
Speaker 1: this is a tough one and it's gonna be a

797
00:41:30,560 --> 00:41:32,719
Speaker 1: rough night if if the Bucks win and close it out.

798
00:41:33,000 --> 00:41:34,440
Speaker 1: You know, we can only get to the draft and

799
00:41:34,480 --> 00:41:37,520
Speaker 1: free agency soon enough. But from a gambling perspective, it's

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Speaker 1: get ready for football. We'll talk to you tomorrow