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Speaker 2: Welcome to the Action Network Podcast NBA Edition. I'm your host,

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Speaker 2: On today's show, I have twenty questions I'm going to

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Speaker 2: go through with those guys. We're gonna go rapid fire

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Speaker 2: style getting through a bunch of questions about where the

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Speaker 2: NBA season sits, about the odds, about the playoffs, about

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Speaker 2: all manner of things. So lets you know where we

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Speaker 2: are at. We are roughly a month away. We're less

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Speaker 2: twenty one NBA Playoffs. I'm very excited. I'm very excited

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Speaker 2: to hit this home stretch. The games have been great

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Speaker 2: the dog days. There's in the NBA season. There's always

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Speaker 2: the playoffs start. These next two weeks are like a

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Speaker 2: golden time in the NBA in terms of game quality.

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Speaker 2: Everybody's trying except for the tanking squads. It's like a

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Speaker 2: excited to do that. We're gonna do twenty questions. Let's

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Speaker 2: kick that off in our marquee, the Marquis. Look you

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Speaker 2: hear the shutter for the crowd, all right, Question number

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Speaker 2: one for you guys, twenty questions about the NBA season

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Speaker 2: so far? Better title chances the Brooklyn Nets or the

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Speaker 2: Philadelphia seventy Sixers. The Nets announced yesterday James Harden Will

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Speaker 2: to miss time. The big talking point out of that

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Speaker 2: to play together with the Big Three. They're basically going

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Speaker 2: philadel Via seventy six Ers, for all the dominance and

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Speaker 2: Big three. Raheem let's start with you. Who do you

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Speaker 2: without continuity or the Sixers with their various weaknesses.

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Speaker 3: I'm gonna go with the Philadelphia seventy six Ers. And

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Speaker 3: it's not because I'm from Philly.

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Speaker 5: I think the talking point that everybody is missing is

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Speaker 5: the fact that the Sixers are likely to get the

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Speaker 5: And I'm big on the accumulation factor of different series.

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Speaker 5: So if the Nets get the number two seed, that

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Speaker 5: And I think that tier of teams, Milwaukee, Philadelphia and

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Speaker 3: How do you make it?

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Speaker 5: How do you make it through those that gauntlet of

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Speaker 5: I think it's a pretty easy choice.

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Speaker 2: the easy answer here, brandonlitear from you before I wig in.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, so I also think it's an easy choice. But

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Speaker 4: I don't think that the Sixers are the easy choice,

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Speaker 4: Like the first round matchup is going to just be

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Speaker 4: June and James Harden will be fine, and Kevin Durant

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Speaker 4: those three guys will be a lot better than fine.

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Speaker 4: They'll be playing together and they'll be really good. And

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Speaker 4: I'm not that afraid of having to play Milwaukee instead

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Speaker 4: but that's not enough for me to swing things if

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Speaker 4: when you've got those three guys, you just have so

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Speaker 4: many answers in a playoff series. There's just so many.

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Speaker 4: There's three guys that can just go win a game

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Speaker 4: right now by myself tonight, just because and Philadelphia has one.

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Speaker 4: Probably we're not even positive because we haven't seen it

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Speaker 4: the Three Stars and the Nets, and to me, Philadelphia,

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Speaker 4: I just don't see. I don't know that they have

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Speaker 4: think this is even close to me. The nets question

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Speaker 2: What's interesting here is right now I at MGM, the

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Speaker 2: Sixers have longer odds than the Bucks. That's really interesting

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Speaker 2: the Bucks are plus eight hundred. I think that's really

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Speaker 2: that's fascinating to me. I have some concerns with the Sixers.

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Speaker 2: don't think Ben Simmons can have a game. Unfortunately, it's

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Speaker 2: I love everything that Simmons does. I just don't think

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Speaker 2: bit to the Celtics of two thousand and eight, right

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Speaker 2: where it's like if Simmons is Ray Allen because he's

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Speaker 2: like KG. Then like can Dibias Harris be your Paul Pierce?

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Speaker 2: But I mean it is an interesting question. I also

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Speaker 2: look at it and say, you know, Brandon, you did

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Speaker 2: say that You're like, I'm not worried about the first round, Okay,

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Speaker 2: So I just I'm not willing to complete I do.

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Speaker 2: I'm not in on them. I'm just not willing to

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Speaker 2: completely disregard the heat right now, because right now the

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Speaker 2: the Heat or not the team to do that against.

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Speaker 2: Like I would not advise screwing around versus the Miami Heat.

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Speaker 2: They have too much talent, They're too well coached, they

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Speaker 2: but I'm very curious about that. I can't figure out

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Speaker 3: I don't know who, Like.

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Speaker 2: You have guys that can probably like hang with Kate,

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Speaker 2: it's a it's a really confusing matchup for me. I

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Speaker 2: just I don't know what to make of Nets Bucks.

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Speaker 2: But you know what you said earlier this year, and

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Speaker 2: I think you actually got me on board.

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Speaker 5: The Nets don't have anybody to build that wall with

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Speaker 5: to stop Giannis, like Yiannis can legitimately average forty in

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Speaker 3: And I think.

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Speaker 5: These these these two teams played in February and it

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Speaker 5: And I think that's a series where it where the

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Speaker 5: So I just I just think I think it's it's

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Speaker 5: it's just too tough to overcome that accumulation factor and

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Speaker 5: then have to play the team in the West. If

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Speaker 5: gonna have to deal with Anthony Davis or Kawhile Leonard.

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Speaker 4: It's just too much, all right, him, you were in

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Speaker 4: on the Nets like a month ago, like we were.

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Speaker 4: We had a podcast about a month ago.

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Speaker 5: I'm still I'm still on the Nets, but I mean

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Speaker 5: they asked me who if we're talking about who she

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Speaker 5: had better finals sides? Like right now, the finals odds

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Speaker 5: are Nets minus one ten and they have all these

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Speaker 4: He's just doing stuff that we're not supposed to do.

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Speaker 5: It, I'm gonna go within. I think the numbers should

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Speaker 4: What I'm curious, Matt, you've brought up before wishing that

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Speaker 2: That's a really good question. I don't have the odds

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Speaker 2: you got him there. I think I think EMBIID lost

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Speaker 2: just can't really stress enough. Like they don't want to

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Speaker 2: I cannot feel confident that Yokic is gonna win when

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Speaker 4: for that. Race AND i could see that. Developing it's

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Speaker 4: all the things that we just. SAID i just think

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Speaker 4: it's too close to the, end And embiid is the

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Speaker 2: Show let's stay with the awards and let's go to

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Speaker 2: would you cash out Your Anthony Edwards rookie the year?

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Speaker 2: Futures now if you're allowed the odds of flip to.

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Speaker 2: Gentlemen Lamela ball is supposed to return this regular. Season

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00:23:52,640 --> 00:23:55,200
Speaker 2: The hornets said yesterday that they are hopeful that he

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00:23:55,240 --> 00:23:58,040
Speaker 2: will return for the regular. Season there's indications that he's

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00:23:58,080 --> 00:24:03,000
Speaker 2: back on the court playing when he given his injury

478
00:24:03,040 --> 00:24:05,439
Speaker 2: and the early indications that they expected him to play

479
00:24:05,920 --> 00:24:10,199
Speaker 2: when his odds dropped to plus two. Hundred every BOOK i,

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Speaker 2: HAVE i put money on plus two. HUNDRED i put

481
00:24:13,080 --> 00:24:15,560
Speaker 2: money On LaMelo at plus, two which is great BECAUSE

482
00:24:15,560 --> 00:24:16,920
Speaker 2: i have to pay off the money THAT i owe

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00:24:17,040 --> 00:24:20,800
Speaker 2: justin fan for Betting Obie toppin Versus LaMelo ball versus the.

484
00:24:20,800 --> 00:24:24,920
Speaker 2: Field don't Think Obie toppin is gonna get. IT i

485
00:24:25,000 --> 00:24:28,359
Speaker 2: just doesn't seem. Likely history will tell my friends who

486
00:24:28,359 --> 00:24:34,000
Speaker 2: the better player. Is but at this, point the odds

487
00:24:34,000 --> 00:24:37,399
Speaker 2: have now, flipped And LaMelo ball AT mgm is minus

488
00:24:37,440 --> 00:24:42,280
Speaker 2: two point fifty like it has. Flipped So. Raheem palmer's

489
00:24:42,320 --> 00:24:44,240
Speaker 2: time to cash out As Anthony edwards futures if you

490
00:24:44,280 --> 00:24:46,520
Speaker 2: got him in at a good price before the move

491
00:24:46,640 --> 00:24:49,160
Speaker 2: or after when everybody thought That LaMelo was gonna miss

492
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Speaker 2: the end of the.

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Speaker 5: Season you, know speaking of, BETS i Think i'm close

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Speaker 5: to clenching That sixers Over.

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Speaker 3: Celtics bet with, you SO i think you're can owe

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Speaker 3: me some money as.

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Speaker 2: Well yeah, yeah, yeah a banner year for.

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Speaker 3: Me i'm catching. OUT i, MEAN i think it's the easy.

499
00:25:05,680 --> 00:25:08,720
Speaker 3: Decision it's kind of it's kind of similar to.

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Speaker 5: Reverse everybody's gonna vote For, LaMelo and there's a reason

501
00:25:13,600 --> 00:25:15,520
Speaker 5: why the books went to minus two. Eighty so cash

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00:25:15,520 --> 00:25:18,240
Speaker 5: out those. Futures LaMelo's gonna, win especially when he gets

503
00:25:18,240 --> 00:25:20,560
Speaker 5: back on the. Court The hornets are a good team

504
00:25:20,960 --> 00:25:25,000
Speaker 5: during the race for a playoff, chances so they sty

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00:25:25,000 --> 00:25:26,359
Speaker 5: should Be LaMelo's gonna win.

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00:25:26,400 --> 00:25:30,560
Speaker 4: This, Brandon, Yeah LaMelo's gonna win. It i'm not catching

507
00:25:30,640 --> 00:25:32,800
Speaker 4: out only BECAUSE i think the value is. Gone LIKE

508
00:25:32,840 --> 00:25:35,960
Speaker 4: i think you've made your. Bed your window to cash

509
00:25:36,000 --> 00:25:38,879
Speaker 4: out was like four minutes after The LaMelo news, broke

510
00:25:38,960 --> 00:25:41,200
Speaker 4: and then five minutes after it was too late because

511
00:25:41,240 --> 00:25:44,720
Speaker 4: the odds moved and they closed. It and LIKE i

512
00:25:44,760 --> 00:25:47,800
Speaker 4: looked at the odds this morning and was, Like, okay,

513
00:25:48,040 --> 00:25:51,680
Speaker 4: WELL i like being. Contrarian Is ant the contrarian pick?

514
00:25:51,800 --> 00:25:55,240
Speaker 4: Now AND i don't think that it's over only in, that,

515
00:25:55,520 --> 00:25:59,080
Speaker 4: Like LaMelo is a rookie who's barely played and he's

516
00:25:59,119 --> 00:26:01,000
Speaker 4: gonna come, back and we don't know what he's gonna look,

517
00:26:01,080 --> 00:26:04,760
Speaker 4: Like like it's very plausible that he comes back plays

518
00:26:04,840 --> 00:26:08,119
Speaker 4: three or four. Games isn't very good because he's not

519
00:26:08,240 --> 00:26:10,359
Speaker 4: totally healthy and ready to go, yet and then they

520
00:26:10,400 --> 00:26:12,760
Speaker 4: shut him. Down it's just too much and we'll try.

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00:26:12,800 --> 00:26:14,639
Speaker 4: Again next to, You, like that's that would be, Normal

522
00:26:14,680 --> 00:26:17,200
Speaker 4: that would be a normal outcome to. Happen and Maybe

523
00:26:17,240 --> 00:26:20,960
Speaker 4: ant has a good end of the. SEASON i think

524
00:26:21,359 --> 00:26:23,480
Speaker 4: if the odds keep dropping and Suddenly aunt is like

525
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Speaker 4: four to one or. SOMETHING i think it could be

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00:26:25,080 --> 00:26:28,359
Speaker 4: an interesting play right Before LaMelo actually plays. Again but

527
00:26:28,520 --> 00:26:30,199
Speaker 4: right now we're just stuck in the, middle and you

528
00:26:30,280 --> 00:26:32,600
Speaker 4: just got to ride it and hope that something swings

529
00:26:32,600 --> 00:26:35,200
Speaker 4: in your favor if you still have your aunt Features.

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Speaker 2: Question number four is this the Year Paul george shakes

531
00:26:42,320 --> 00:26:45,760
Speaker 2: his Playoff foible's reputation is this year playoff pe becomes

532
00:26:46,240 --> 00:26:48,640
Speaker 2: playoff P NOW i hate this narrative BECAUSE i, remember

533
00:26:48,920 --> 00:26:52,240
Speaker 2: LIKE i have Enough Member barris to remember that, playoff

534
00:26:52,440 --> 00:26:55,280
Speaker 2: That Paul george was a beast in the twenty thirteen

535
00:26:55,320 --> 00:26:59,360
Speaker 2: and twenty fourteen playoffs and was. AWESOME i also don't

536
00:26:59,400 --> 00:27:01,800
Speaker 2: think that it was his fault that The thunder lost

537
00:27:01,840 --> 00:27:07,560
Speaker 2: to The blazers Because Billy donovan decided to never put

538
00:27:07,560 --> 00:27:10,639
Speaker 2: two on ball Versus Damian lillard for some goddamn. Reason

539
00:27:11,280 --> 00:27:15,240
Speaker 2: and that playoff That Paul george had two broken shoulders

540
00:27:15,240 --> 00:27:18,080
Speaker 2: that he both had surgery. On but there's this perception of.

541
00:27:18,160 --> 00:27:21,200
Speaker 2: Him george has been playing absolutely amazing over the last.

542
00:27:21,240 --> 00:27:24,280
Speaker 2: MONTH i got the what about? Him why isn't he

543
00:27:24,320 --> 00:27:28,520
Speaker 2: in THE mvp conversation tweets last? Night because everybody belongs

544
00:27:28,520 --> 00:27:32,840
Speaker 2: in THE mvp conversation just absolutely EVERYBODY i apparently deserve

545
00:27:32,880 --> 00:27:37,000
Speaker 2: to be. In SO i will ask You Raheem, palmer

546
00:27:37,840 --> 00:27:40,920
Speaker 2: the first. Believer is this the year That Paul george

547
00:27:41,600 --> 00:27:43,120
Speaker 2: changes the playoff narrative about?

548
00:27:43,160 --> 00:27:44,840
Speaker 5: Him you, KNOW i was about to say the same

549
00:27:44,840 --> 00:27:46,960
Speaker 5: thing as. YOU i, Mean Paul george has had some great.

550
00:27:47,000 --> 00:27:49,679
Speaker 5: PLAYOFFS i just don't know where this narrative that he

551
00:27:49,760 --> 00:27:52,720
Speaker 5: stinks in the playoffs come. FROM i, mean, obviously you

552
00:27:52,720 --> 00:27:55,159
Speaker 5: know he didn't perform well in The, Bubble BUT i

553
00:27:55,200 --> 00:27:57,160
Speaker 5: MEAN i take the bubble with a grain of. Salt

554
00:27:57,160 --> 00:27:59,679
Speaker 5: you had guys playing above their. Head you had guys

555
00:27:59,760 --> 00:28:01,720
Speaker 5: being depressed and just didn't want to be. There But

556
00:28:02,040 --> 00:28:04,520
Speaker 5: Paul george is you, Know he's had some monsters playoff.

557
00:28:04,560 --> 00:28:06,920
Speaker 5: Seats like even in the series against The, blazers he

558
00:28:07,000 --> 00:28:09,960
Speaker 5: scored thirty six in that last he scored thirty six

559
00:28:10,480 --> 00:28:11,760
Speaker 5: In game six.

560
00:28:11,600 --> 00:28:14,680
Speaker 3: On fourteen to twenty. Shooting he has some monster.

561
00:28:14,760 --> 00:28:18,879
Speaker 5: Games next, series even Against Joe, eagles he's put UP

562
00:28:18,920 --> 00:28:21,119
Speaker 5: i think game one he was thirty six on thirteen

563
00:28:21,160 --> 00:28:21,440
Speaker 5: to twenty.

564
00:28:21,480 --> 00:28:24,159
Speaker 3: Shooting Paul george is gonna be, fine you.

565
00:28:24,200 --> 00:28:26,359
Speaker 5: Know and most of the playoff Series i've seen him

566
00:28:26,400 --> 00:28:28,760
Speaker 5: in he's, been you, know one of the best players

567
00:28:28,800 --> 00:28:31,080
Speaker 5: in the, Series like even in That raptor series in

568
00:28:31,080 --> 00:28:34,119
Speaker 5: twenty and, sixteen he almost single handedly won. That but

569
00:28:34,240 --> 00:28:36,560
Speaker 5: at some, point you, know the bitch's got to do their.

570
00:28:36,640 --> 00:28:40,320
Speaker 5: Job he held his own twenty seventeen against The.

571
00:28:41,280 --> 00:28:43,720
Speaker 3: Cavs he'll be. Fine The clippers are gonna be.

572
00:28:43,720 --> 00:28:46,640
Speaker 5: FINE i, think you, know other than The, Lakers They're

573
00:28:46,680 --> 00:28:47,560
Speaker 5: they're gonna be a favorite to.

574
00:28:47,600 --> 00:28:49,480
Speaker 3: Anybody AND i think he's gonna show improve this.

575
00:28:49,560 --> 00:28:55,200
Speaker 4: Year Ran SO i, say, NO i agree THAT i

576
00:28:55,720 --> 00:28:58,520
Speaker 4: don't know Why Paul george has their reputation he. Does

577
00:28:58,600 --> 00:29:01,680
Speaker 4: he was awesome for a bunch Of pacers runs and

578
00:29:01,720 --> 00:29:04,240
Speaker 4: he is not like he's been terrible since. Then, however

579
00:29:04,360 --> 00:29:07,560
Speaker 4: reputations are what they, are and for whatever, reason we

580
00:29:07,640 --> 00:29:10,840
Speaker 4: have all agreed That Kawhi leonard is a basketball god

581
00:29:10,880 --> 00:29:13,360
Speaker 4: who does nothing wrong and is A hall Of famer

582
00:29:13,440 --> 00:29:16,640
Speaker 4: and should have won like ten MVPs by. Now And

583
00:29:16,680 --> 00:29:18,960
Speaker 4: Paul george. Sucks he always comes up. Short it's his.

584
00:29:19,000 --> 00:29:21,880
Speaker 4: Fault he's the. Guy AND i feel Like Paul george

585
00:29:22,000 --> 00:29:27,160
Speaker 4: is Like Kevin love Or Chris. Bosh now where the

586
00:29:27,840 --> 00:29:30,680
Speaker 4: question you're asking me, is are The clippers going to

587
00:29:30,680 --> 00:29:33,000
Speaker 4: win the, title because if they don't win the, title

588
00:29:33,280 --> 00:29:35,840
Speaker 4: we have to blame, someone and we can't Blame kawhi

589
00:29:35,880 --> 00:29:38,640
Speaker 4: because he's, impeachable so we have to Blame Paul. George

590
00:29:38,680 --> 00:29:40,480
Speaker 4: AND i don't think The clippers are going to win the,

591
00:29:40,520 --> 00:29:43,040
Speaker 4: title SO i don't think he's going to shake his.

592
00:29:43,360 --> 00:29:46,440
Speaker 2: Reputation question number, five how are you going about The

593
00:29:46,480 --> 00:29:50,600
Speaker 2: lakers When ad is, back Before lebron rahem them size

594
00:29:50,600 --> 00:29:52,040
Speaker 2: from your model about what that's going to look.

595
00:29:52,080 --> 00:29:56,320
Speaker 5: LIKE i Think i'm going to be better in the

596
00:29:56,360 --> 00:29:58,680
Speaker 5: same WAY i bet. Them, Now i'm just gonna be

597
00:29:58,680 --> 00:30:01,880
Speaker 5: picking my spots on different teams because you, know Obviously

598
00:30:02,600 --> 00:30:05,320
Speaker 5: Anthony davis is, great BUT i mean this team doesn't

599
00:30:05,320 --> 00:30:07,520
Speaker 5: have a lot of ball handlers outside Of shrewder And,

600
00:30:07,640 --> 00:30:10,640
Speaker 5: Lebron SO i just they're not a team THAT i

601
00:30:11,040 --> 00:30:12,880
Speaker 5: want to be just you, know playing every.

602
00:30:12,960 --> 00:30:15,120
Speaker 2: Night, NO i MEAN i know that you're always it's

603
00:30:15,120 --> 00:30:17,000
Speaker 2: always about the. NUMBER i get. That i'm just, saying,

604
00:30:17,120 --> 00:30:21,560
Speaker 2: like is it it sounds like from, you you don't

605
00:30:21,600 --> 00:30:24,360
Speaker 2: think that they're going to be underrated by the market

606
00:30:24,480 --> 00:30:25,840
Speaker 2: when he comes. Back you think it's probably the.

607
00:30:25,840 --> 00:30:28,520
Speaker 3: Opposite, yeah without a Doubt.

608
00:30:29,080 --> 00:30:34,160
Speaker 4: Brandon Should Anthony davis be in THE mvp Pickture.

609
00:30:36,600 --> 00:30:39,560
Speaker 1: Brandon anderson is a, Hater.

610
00:30:39,680 --> 00:30:42,200
Speaker 4: Guys not everybody has to be in THE vp. Conversation,

611
00:30:43,400 --> 00:30:45,840
Speaker 4: look we've Seen Anthony davis play with a bunch of

612
00:30:45,960 --> 00:30:48,600
Speaker 4: average players like that's that Was Anthony davis all those

613
00:30:48,640 --> 00:30:50,840
Speaker 4: before The. Lakers it wasn't very. Good So i'm not

614
00:30:50,880 --> 00:30:53,240
Speaker 4: that excited to bet on. Them i'll probably be looking

615
00:30:53,240 --> 00:30:55,800
Speaker 4: to fade it just because they're gonna boost the. Line

616
00:30:55,840 --> 00:30:58,240
Speaker 4: it's The, lakers it's already, boosted and Now davis is,

617
00:30:58,320 --> 00:31:01,320
Speaker 4: Back But i'm not the excited about that. Team they Need.

618
00:31:01,280 --> 00:31:07,000
Speaker 1: Lebron Lebron, james oldest starting player in THE, nba number.

619
00:31:07,000 --> 00:31:15,800
Speaker 2: Six who's in the most Trouble, Dallas portland Or Memphis? Brandon, yes, okay.

620
00:31:15,640 --> 00:31:18,720
Speaker 4: OKAY i think IF i had to pick one of the,

621
00:31:18,760 --> 00:31:21,800
Speaker 4: THREE i Think. PORTLAND i wrote about the game that

622
00:31:21,840 --> 00:31:25,600
Speaker 4: they're playing The nuggets, tonight AND i Think matt you

623
00:31:25,680 --> 00:31:28,360
Speaker 4: said On twitter last night like this kind of feels

624
00:31:28,400 --> 00:31:32,120
Speaker 4: like The blazers last, stand like they're they're they're maybe

625
00:31:32,280 --> 00:31:34,640
Speaker 4: RUSHING i hope, not but they might be rushing game

626
00:31:34,680 --> 00:31:38,160
Speaker 4: back to play in this One nurkic is. Back they

627
00:31:38,440 --> 00:31:41,240
Speaker 4: really needed to beat The clippers. Yesterday they blew it

628
00:31:41,360 --> 00:31:44,920
Speaker 4: and lost by a point at the, end and they're.

629
00:31:44,960 --> 00:31:48,320
Speaker 4: Slipping the whispers are staying to come about The Terry stotts,

630
00:31:48,360 --> 00:31:51,239
Speaker 4: thing and you, know this team has kind of been

631
00:31:51,320 --> 00:31:53,080
Speaker 4: what it is for a while and it's moving in

632
00:31:53,120 --> 00:31:56,440
Speaker 4: the wrong. Direction AND i feel like once those whispers,

633
00:31:56,480 --> 00:31:58,880
Speaker 4: start and once those things, start it's it's really hard

634
00:31:58,920 --> 00:32:02,880
Speaker 4: to slow. Down their defense is. Abysmal they can't defend.

635
00:32:02,960 --> 00:32:07,800
Speaker 4: Anybody and you, Know dallas has has been quite good

636
00:32:07,840 --> 00:32:10,760
Speaker 4: Since february. First they've been closer to the top tier

637
00:32:10,920 --> 00:32:13,960
Speaker 4: Of west teams than the rest of the. Group memphis

638
00:32:14,040 --> 00:32:17,200
Speaker 4: is about to Get Jaron jackson back and has stayed

639
00:32:17,600 --> 00:32:20,200
Speaker 4: where they're at despite a lot of things all. YEAR

640
00:32:20,760 --> 00:32:22,600
Speaker 4: i JUST i don't have a lot of belief In

641
00:32:22,840 --> 00:32:23,880
Speaker 4: portland left.

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Speaker 1: Welcome to The Terry stadds.

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Speaker 2: Experience rahian go With.

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Speaker 5: DALLAS i can't get a handle on This dallas. TEAM i,

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Speaker 5: mean this team is their offensive minded team that stinks on.

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Speaker 1: Offense Raheem palmer is falling out of.

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Speaker 5: LOVE i mean over the last COUPLE i, mean let's be, real,

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Speaker 5: like over the last couple of. Weeks you, know you're

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Speaker 5: just seventy for offensive, rating scored one hundred and thirteen

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00:32:49,800 --> 00:32:52,200
Speaker 5: points for one hundred. Possessions i'm not really high on The,

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Speaker 5: blazers but at least The blazers have a top five.

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Speaker 5: Offense This dallas, team they're not really good on. Defense

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Speaker 5: they're not really good. Offense it's just It's luca and

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Speaker 5: a bunch of. GUYS i, mean they should have lost

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Speaker 5: to The. Places they should have lost to The. Grizzlies last,

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Speaker 5: week they struggled against The. KNICKS i mean they lost

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Speaker 5: against The. Kings i'm just not impressed with this team at.

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Speaker 5: All they did dropped four out of the last five,

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Speaker 5: games SO i don't know if they've been one of

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Speaker 5: the top teams in The western. Conferences i'm just disappointed with.

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Speaker 5: THEM kp is not the guy that we thought he would.

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Speaker 5: Be luca's, great but they gott to revamped this. ROSTER

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Speaker 5: i don't know What Harali bob is.

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Speaker 3: Doing one of the BEST nba betters of all, time

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Speaker 3: but they gotta do.

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Speaker 2: SOMETHING i will say That portland is the choice. Here.

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Speaker 2: MEMPHIS i actually think like they just had bad. Luck

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Speaker 2: they just they just have had bad, luck they could

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Speaker 2: have won the. Game Versus, denver joh tried to but

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Speaker 2: an off the backboard jam to win the game in,

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Speaker 2: overtime which was bold but probably not the best. Decision

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Speaker 2: Jared Jackson junior probably gets back this. Week we'll talk

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Speaker 2: about him in a. Second The portland game is really.

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Speaker 2: INTERESTING i could see them winning this, game which you'll

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Speaker 2: probably have already happened by how you hear this podcast Versus,

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Speaker 2: denver and that kind of like kicks starting a. Run

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Speaker 2: but the big thing that's kind of becoming a parent

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Speaker 2: if you pay attention to The beat, writers who have

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Speaker 2: always been very defensive Of stots for like good, reasons

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Speaker 2: because they know he's a very good. Coach like that

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Speaker 2: started to shift a little. Bit and one of the

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Speaker 2: things that's become a persistent kind of question is how

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Speaker 2: is it That portland has Added Robert, Covington they Added

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Speaker 2: Rodney hood before they traded, Him they Added Norman, Powell

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Speaker 2: they added all these, guys they have use Of nurkic

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Speaker 2: and the defense still. Sucks how is that the? Deal

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Speaker 2: this team feels very much like a team that needs

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Speaker 2: to get it together and have an emotional, Push and

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Speaker 2: because the season is so, hard they can't find that,

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Speaker 2: energy and THAT i think is why they're in like

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Speaker 2: a really tough spot. Here they're o and seven versus

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Speaker 2: teams that are top ten offense and. Defense their record

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Speaker 2: versus teams that are above five or five hundred or

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Speaker 2: better is the worst amongst all of The Western conference playoff,

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Speaker 2: teams including the ones in the plan in they can't

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Speaker 2: beat good, teams and that's a real like you're gonna

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Speaker 2: have to beat good teams at some. Point they're IN

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Speaker 2: i think real Danger. DALLAS i don't, know Like dallas

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Speaker 2: might just like My dallas might benefit just by. Default

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Speaker 2: like that might be Is memphis is too young to

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Speaker 2: get it together And portland melts. Down but it's going

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Speaker 2: to be an interesting race for that six seed through

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Speaker 2: keeping your gambling. Edge number, Seven why are These Charlotte

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Speaker 2: hornets such long odds to win the? Division The Charlotte

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Speaker 2: hornets are plus twenty two hundred at THAT, mgm the

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Speaker 2: to me is a little. Confusing so The hawks are

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Speaker 2: thirty two and twenty, six The hornets are twenty eight

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Speaker 2: and twenty. NINE i understand that they've The hawks have

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Speaker 2: fewer games. PLAYED i understand that The hawks are six

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Speaker 2: games over five hundred and The hornets are one game.

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Speaker 2: UNDER i understand all of, That, however like this is

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Speaker 2: only a three game differential in the lost. Column atlanta

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Speaker 2: has been inconsistent all, year and yet we're getting twenty

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Speaker 2: two to. ONE i don't really understand, This Brandon. ANDERSON

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Speaker 2: i don't understand why The Charlotte hornets are such long,

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Speaker 2: odds especially if they Get That's LaMelo ball back And

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Speaker 2: Gordon hayward at some.

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Speaker 4: Point, YEAH i. Agree we were looking at division odds

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Speaker 4: AND i was looking through AND i kind of feel

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Speaker 4: like the divisions, are the division races are. OVER i

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Speaker 4: feel like the leaders are what they. Are the one

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Speaker 4: division odd that's not a favorite that caught my attention

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Speaker 4: was This hornets twenty two to. One and it's not

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Speaker 4: even necessarily a bet on The hornets as much as

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Speaker 4: it's just being very very happy to bet against The

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Speaker 4: hawks and The. Heat Like i've not been in on

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Speaker 4: The heat all. SEASON i still don't get excited about The.

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Speaker 4: HEAT i think The hawks are. SOLID i think The

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Speaker 4: hawks are maybe better than we're giving them credit, for

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Speaker 4: but they're still not that. Great AND i still don't

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Speaker 4: be at all surprised to see them like lose four

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Speaker 4: to six, suddenly and you, know The hornets win a few,

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Speaker 4: games AND i don't, know twenty two to one is

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Speaker 4: what is that like four percent? CHANCE i just don't

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Speaker 4: think it should be a four percent. CHANCE i GOT

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Speaker 4: i think The hornets have better than any four percent.

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Speaker 4: CHANCE i think it's a decent long odds to. Take

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Speaker 4: i'm not that excited about who The hornets, are but

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Speaker 4: they're just kind of a middle team that wins some.

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00:38:08,480 --> 00:38:10,960
Speaker 4: Games we know this by. Now we know that they

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00:38:10,960 --> 00:38:15,280
Speaker 4: show up and clutch somehow every. Time And i'm willing

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Speaker 4: to bet against The heat and The.

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Speaker 2: Hawks i'm not allowed to bet on us BECAUSE i

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00:38:20,040 --> 00:38:23,719
Speaker 2: can't bet on The Charlotte hornets ever, again because they

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Speaker 2: live to drain the money from my wallet and send

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Speaker 2: it into the. Void, So, raim what do you think

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Speaker 2: about those?

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Speaker 5: ODDS i don't like them at. ALL i, MEAN i

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Speaker 5: think The hornets have fourteen games. Left they might be

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Speaker 5: a favorite in like three of. THEM i mean they

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Speaker 5: HAVE i think they had their favorite Against, cleveland in

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00:38:42,440 --> 00:38:47,200
Speaker 5: a favorite against Probably. Detroit they Played detroit, twice and

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Speaker 5: then Maybe orlando or Or. CHTACKLE i, Mean i'm giving them

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Speaker 5: four games in which they're a favorite. Against SO i

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Speaker 5: just and they have to make up ground at the same.

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Speaker 5: Time and then obviously The hawks are going to get

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Speaker 5: some of their guys. BET i Think John collins returns to.

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Speaker 5: NIGHT i think this is then. Money let's go to number.

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Speaker 5: Eight so this is in regards to in a playoff.

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Speaker 2: Series i'm not even necessarily talking about betting them to

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Speaker 2: win the. SERIES i am talking about finding spots where

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Speaker 2: you think that they are going to be undervalued by the.

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Speaker 2: Market the question, is what are The east Teams you're

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Speaker 2: hoping to get a good matchup for them to bet

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Speaker 2: as an. Underdog so what do you think is a

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Speaker 2: team that can take advantage of their matchups in the?

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Speaker 2: Playoffs like none of us like The east. TEAMS i get,

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Speaker 2: it they're all. Flawed but what's the team in The

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00:39:32,080 --> 00:39:34,520
Speaker 2: Eastern conference that you're looking for to, Say, LIKE i

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Speaker 2: think the market is going to undervalue, them, right and

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Speaker 2: you Say New York.

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Speaker 4: City start spreading the NEW.

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Speaker 3: I gotta go with. THEM i, MEAN i know.

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Speaker 5: What sounds crazy because you, know OBVIOUSLY i got The

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00:39:48,880 --> 00:39:52,440
Speaker 5: New york fan, base BUT i think With thives, coaching

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00:39:52,480 --> 00:39:55,160
Speaker 5: they can steal a couple of. Games they're one of

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00:39:55,160 --> 00:39:58,440
Speaker 5: those teams that it's just gonna sneak up when Somebody

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Speaker 5: So i'm going with.

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Speaker 3: Them, yeah, OKAY.

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Speaker 2: I am one hundred percent against. You they're the Team

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Speaker 2: i'm gonna be probably looking to faith the most here's

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Speaker 2: Why tibbs teams don't have another. Gear they play so

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Speaker 2: hard in the regular season they can't go any like

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Speaker 2: they struggle when everyone tries. Hard like that is the

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Speaker 2: definition of Like tibbs. Teams, plus you know That New

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Speaker 2: york is gonna absolutely get like they're gonna be such

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Speaker 2: a public Team, Rahiem like The knicks are such a

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Speaker 2: public team in the.

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Speaker 5: Playoffs that's, true BUT i MEAN i could see them, PLAYING.

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Speaker 3: I mean here in a fifth seed.

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00:40:32,880 --> 00:40:35,480
Speaker 2: Now mostly just the sign of how little you respect

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Speaker 2: all the Other east. Teams That's that's mostly What.

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Speaker 5: I'm just, Saying like what If boston moves up to the,

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Speaker 5: fourth fourth seed or something like.

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Speaker 3: That, yeah it's just it's, Tough.

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Speaker 4: Brandon, YEAH i don't have a great answer for, this

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Speaker 4: for the same reason THAT i just have a hard

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Speaker 4: time talking myself into An east. Team SO i think

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Speaker 4: that my answer actually is also In New York, Butklyn

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Speaker 4: AND i know that sounds crazy because Where's brooklyn the?

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00:41:01,800 --> 00:41:04,359
Speaker 4: Underdog BUT i think they will. BE i think there's

817
00:41:04,400 --> 00:41:08,720
Speaker 4: going to BE i will watch for the game where

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00:41:08,800 --> 00:41:10,880
Speaker 4: The nets just look like they have no idea how

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00:41:10,920 --> 00:41:13,440
Speaker 4: to play basketball and they're down fifteen in the second,

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00:41:13,520 --> 00:41:18,160
Speaker 4: quarter but they're still playing Like New york Or, miami

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00:41:18,160 --> 00:41:20,600
Speaker 4: you Or, boston AND i will bet The nets because

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00:41:21,160 --> 00:41:23,520
Speaker 4: with those, guys as long as The nuts are, HEALTHY

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00:41:23,840 --> 00:41:26,640
Speaker 4: i will bet them to just, Decide, oh we flipped the,

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00:41:26,680 --> 00:41:29,000
Speaker 4: switch we remember how to play, basketball and we stole this.

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00:41:29,080 --> 00:41:32,280
Speaker 4: Game as as an underdog or as as a moneyline,

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Speaker 4: favorite they have one of those series where they go

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00:41:35,360 --> 00:41:37,680
Speaker 4: down like two games to, one they blow home. Game

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Speaker 4: they everyone has the conversation, of, oh look this the

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00:41:41,320 --> 00:41:43,319
Speaker 4: regular season is coming back to haunt. Them they have

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00:41:43,400 --> 00:41:46,240
Speaker 4: never played basketball, together they don't know how to. Shoot

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Speaker 4: and THEN i will bet the next at like even

832
00:41:48,480 --> 00:41:51,800
Speaker 4: odds or slight underdog, odds so it's not a conventional,

833
00:41:51,840 --> 00:41:55,360
Speaker 4: underdog BUT i will be looking to find a spot

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00:41:55,440 --> 00:41:57,799
Speaker 4: to play The nets BECAUSE i think they're that much

835
00:41:57,840 --> 00:42:00,719
Speaker 4: better than Your east option as long as they're.

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00:42:00,760 --> 00:42:03,640
Speaker 2: HEALTHY i like how you somehow found a way to

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00:42:03,719 --> 00:42:06,680
Speaker 2: go galaxy braying on the nets as an, Underbelt like

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00:42:06,880 --> 00:42:10,120
Speaker 2: you're so contrarian that that's where you went.

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Speaker 4: TO i couldn't find any other.

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00:42:11,800 --> 00:42:15,480
Speaker 2: OPTIONS i love it, mine And i'm gonna stare right

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00:42:15,520 --> 00:42:18,440
Speaker 2: at Racking. Palmer as they say this mine is The Boston.

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00:42:18,480 --> 00:42:23,480
Speaker 2: Celtics so, look they've lost a ton of games to.

843
00:42:23,480 --> 00:42:26,560
Speaker 2: Injury they've been hit harder BY covid than almost any

844
00:42:26,600 --> 00:42:30,200
Speaker 2: other team outside Maybe. Washington, okay they have a switchable,

845
00:42:30,239 --> 00:42:33,720
Speaker 2: defense they have tough shot makers And Jason tatum And Jalen.

846
00:42:33,760 --> 00:42:36,839
Speaker 2: Brown they have a clutch player In Kimball walker who

847
00:42:36,920 --> 00:42:39,200
Speaker 2: definitely has struggle but still has some games where you're,

848
00:42:39,200 --> 00:42:42,560
Speaker 2: like oh, Hey, Kimba like all. Right they still Have Marcus.

849
00:42:42,600 --> 00:42:45,759
Speaker 2: Smart they're still very well. Coached even THOUGH i Think

850
00:42:45,760 --> 00:42:48,600
Speaker 2: Brad stevens has been overrated in, general now he's getting

851
00:42:48,600 --> 00:42:51,200
Speaker 2: to be about accurately, rated if not. Underrated if they're

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00:42:51,200 --> 00:42:55,319
Speaker 2: at a four or five versus The, HAWKS i don't

853
00:42:55,360 --> 00:42:58,000
Speaker 2: know what the oddsmaker is gonna put that, At like

854
00:42:58,080 --> 00:42:58,560
Speaker 2: that's gonna be.

855
00:42:58,560 --> 00:43:03,319
Speaker 4: INTERESTING i don't think. So The celtics were the other

856
00:43:03,360 --> 00:43:07,239
Speaker 4: team THAT i thought about, answering BUT i feel like

857
00:43:07,280 --> 00:43:09,960
Speaker 4: they're an. ANSWER i. AGREE i agree with all the

858
00:43:10,000 --> 00:43:12,759
Speaker 4: things you just. Said The celtics are another team they

859
00:43:12,920 --> 00:43:15,759
Speaker 4: love to just like fall way behind and come way

860
00:43:15,800 --> 00:43:18,080
Speaker 4: back or go way ahead and then let the other

861
00:43:18,120 --> 00:43:21,600
Speaker 4: team come. Back SO i would be looking for These celtics.

862
00:43:21,640 --> 00:43:23,560
Speaker 4: Opportunities LIKE i said with The, NETS i just don't

863
00:43:23,560 --> 00:43:25,320
Speaker 4: think they're gonna be around long enough for it to

864
00:43:25,760 --> 00:43:28,320
Speaker 4: matter that. Much like they could come from behind in the,

865
00:43:28,440 --> 00:43:31,400
Speaker 4: series down three to one in the first round if

866
00:43:31,440 --> 00:43:34,520
Speaker 4: they're playing Like miami Or atlanta or, someone and win the.

867
00:43:34,560 --> 00:43:37,000
Speaker 4: Series or they'd come from down fifteen in the game

868
00:43:37,040 --> 00:43:39,840
Speaker 4: and win the. Game they have that moxie in. Them

869
00:43:40,239 --> 00:43:42,360
Speaker 4: then after the first round and, whatever they're. Done, like

870
00:43:42,560 --> 00:43:45,160
Speaker 4: it's not gonna last that. LONG i don't think they

871
00:43:45,200 --> 00:43:48,680
Speaker 4: have any chance of being underdog against The. Hawks, THOUGH i.

872
00:43:48,640 --> 00:43:52,120
Speaker 2: Have one more for. You what did The heat grab

873
00:43:52,200 --> 00:43:54,000
Speaker 2: the six and It's Bucks heat.

874
00:43:54,000 --> 00:43:57,360
Speaker 4: Again, Yeah i've been looking at that one and wondering

875
00:43:57,719 --> 00:44:01,280
Speaker 4: if The, heat, like would you put it Past Jimmy

876
00:44:01,320 --> 00:44:05,359
Speaker 4: butler and The heat to tank into the sixth seed

877
00:44:05,440 --> 00:44:07,759
Speaker 4: at the end of the season just to Get? Milwaukee

878
00:44:07,920 --> 00:44:10,279
Speaker 4: AND i would not put it past them because these

879
00:44:10,360 --> 00:44:13,640
Speaker 4: aren't good AND i would IF i were, THEM i

880
00:44:13,680 --> 00:44:16,960
Speaker 4: would openly. TANK i would play the worst guys on

881
00:44:17,000 --> 00:44:20,800
Speaker 4: the roster and start them just so That milwaukee knows

882
00:44:21,000 --> 00:44:23,600
Speaker 4: we're coming for. YOU i want you to know we

883
00:44:23,640 --> 00:44:26,319
Speaker 4: are purposely. Losing we want you in the first round

884
00:44:26,400 --> 00:44:27,759
Speaker 4: because we know we're gonna beat.

885
00:44:27,800 --> 00:44:28,760
Speaker 3: You if.

886
00:44:30,440 --> 00:44:33,600
Speaker 5: This is craziness that he can't score points this, Season,

887
00:44:33,680 --> 00:44:36,560
Speaker 5: LIKE i just THINK i think people are so reptive

888
00:44:36,600 --> 00:44:38,600
Speaker 5: on what they saw last. YEAR i know a lot

889
00:44:38,640 --> 00:44:41,360
Speaker 5: of people expect The celtics to beat The, heat WHICH i.

890
00:44:41,440 --> 00:44:44,839
Speaker 5: Didn't BUT i, Mean Tala harroll is not the same.

891
00:44:44,880 --> 00:44:47,919
Speaker 5: Guy Victor oladipo was on his last. Legs who knows

892
00:44:48,200 --> 00:44:52,600
Speaker 5: if he's coming. Back all of their shooters. Regress this

893
00:44:52,680 --> 00:44:54,840
Speaker 5: team can't score. POINTS i mean they almost lost to

894
00:44:54,880 --> 00:44:56,680
Speaker 5: The nest the other day in a game in which

895
00:44:56,719 --> 00:45:00,080
Speaker 5: cop in WHICH kd got, hurt big. Game THEY i

896
00:45:00,080 --> 00:45:02,040
Speaker 5: should have lost that. GAME i Just i'm not impressed

897
00:45:02,040 --> 00:45:04,520
Speaker 5: with this team at. All they're a great defensive, team but,

898
00:45:04,600 --> 00:45:07,239
Speaker 5: OFFENSIVELY i think The bucks beat them in.

899
00:45:07,560 --> 00:45:07,880
Speaker 3: Five.

900
00:45:10,040 --> 00:45:15,319
Speaker 2: Wow, okay all, Right, Wow i'm gonna have to chew

901
00:45:15,400 --> 00:45:17,880
Speaker 2: through that all. Right west, team same. Question what's The

902
00:45:17,880 --> 00:45:19,399
Speaker 2: west team that you're? LIKE i want TO i want

903
00:45:19,440 --> 00:45:21,440
Speaker 2: to see if they get into a good matchup and

904
00:45:21,480 --> 00:45:23,279
Speaker 2: bet them as a, dog whether it's game by game

905
00:45:23,360 --> 00:45:23,600
Speaker 2: or for the.

906
00:45:23,640 --> 00:45:30,360
Speaker 4: Series, Brandon, YEAH i think that it's probably The Dallas.

907
00:45:30,400 --> 00:45:35,120
Speaker 4: Mavericks BUT i don't feel great about. It it's of

908
00:45:35,160 --> 00:45:38,359
Speaker 4: all the teams that are expected to be, seeded all

909
00:45:38,360 --> 00:45:42,480
Speaker 4: the teams that should be an underdog in any, Series east Or,

910
00:45:42,520 --> 00:45:44,920
Speaker 4: west they're the team THAT i would feel best about

911
00:45:45,640 --> 00:45:49,280
Speaker 4: because at any, moment in any game or any, series

912
00:45:49,800 --> 00:45:52,160
Speaker 4: they can have the best player on the court or

913
00:45:52,160 --> 00:45:54,879
Speaker 4: in the. Series AND i don't know IF i think

914
00:45:54,920 --> 00:45:57,400
Speaker 4: that about any of those other underdog. Teams And i'm

915
00:45:57,440 --> 00:46:00,360
Speaker 4: not Saying luca will, be but he could. Be he

916
00:46:00,400 --> 00:46:02,840
Speaker 4: could take that, step he could just take over in a.

917
00:46:02,920 --> 00:46:06,840
Speaker 4: Game they do look really good When porzingis is healthy

918
00:46:06,840 --> 00:46:08,759
Speaker 4: in to play as, well even if it doesn't happen that.

919
00:46:08,880 --> 00:46:12,680
Speaker 4: OFTEN i think there's something like twenty two and eleven

920
00:46:12,840 --> 00:46:16,239
Speaker 4: since the start Of, february like genuinely, good like not

921
00:46:16,440 --> 00:46:21,200
Speaker 4: quite in that bottom tier of. Teams AND i just,

922
00:46:21,239 --> 00:46:23,520
Speaker 4: think as long as you Have, luca you have a

923
00:46:23,560 --> 00:46:26,840
Speaker 4: shot and you're GONNA i would give them a, shot

924
00:46:26,920 --> 00:46:29,760
Speaker 4: where most of my other underdog Options i'm not giving

925
00:46:29,960 --> 00:46:33,440
Speaker 4: much of a shot. Too so in the first ROUND

926
00:46:34,080 --> 00:46:38,279
Speaker 4: i will likely be looking to play The mavericks game

927
00:46:38,320 --> 00:46:40,919
Speaker 4: by game and in the series even to come back

928
00:46:40,960 --> 00:46:44,080
Speaker 4: in the, series they're going to likely be playing against

929
00:46:44,480 --> 00:46:46,839
Speaker 4: probably The sons of The, clippers two TEAMS i don't

930
00:46:46,880 --> 00:46:50,600
Speaker 4: have a ton of confidence, in especially as closing out

931
00:46:50,680 --> 00:46:53,719
Speaker 4: sort of, teams you, know like they're teams that are,

932
00:46:54,400 --> 00:46:57,400
Speaker 4: unproven that need to show they can win and finish a.

933
00:46:57,480 --> 00:47:00,279
Speaker 4: Job and The mavericks feel like a team that would

934
00:47:00,320 --> 00:47:03,360
Speaker 4: play with nothing to, lose that could overcome that sort of.

935
00:47:03,400 --> 00:47:07,000
Speaker 4: Thing SO i could see. IT i don't know that will.

936
00:47:07,040 --> 00:47:09,640
Speaker 4: HAPPEN i watched The mavericks the other. Night it was just, like,

937
00:47:09,960 --> 00:47:12,399
Speaker 4: man this team just, stinks like it's just it's it's

938
00:47:12,520 --> 00:47:14,680
Speaker 4: that ceiling THAT i want to be, there that the

939
00:47:15,000 --> 00:47:17,920
Speaker 4: numbers think are, there That luca thinks is. THERE i

940
00:47:17,960 --> 00:47:20,600
Speaker 4: don't know that it's, there BUT i haven't found it

941
00:47:20,600 --> 00:47:23,840
Speaker 4: for many of my other. Options So Dallas, Rain.

942
00:47:24,440 --> 00:47:26,040
Speaker 3: I'm Going i'm gonna skip to the second. Round go

943
00:47:26,080 --> 00:47:26,640
Speaker 3: with The Phoenix.

944
00:47:26,680 --> 00:47:28,760
Speaker 5: SUNS i, mean they're likely gonna be an underdog against

945
00:47:28,760 --> 00:47:30,680
Speaker 5: somebody in the second in the second, round.

946
00:47:30,640 --> 00:47:31,239
Speaker 3: AND i think they're.

947
00:47:31,280 --> 00:47:32,840
Speaker 5: LIVE i, think you, know this is probably one of

948
00:47:32,840 --> 00:47:34,840
Speaker 5: the best teams in the league that's still not getting

949
00:47:34,840 --> 00:47:37,799
Speaker 5: respect from the. MARKET i, mean in the, playoffs when

950
00:47:37,840 --> 00:47:40,480
Speaker 5: the shots get, harder you have two guys And Chris

951
00:47:40,480 --> 00:47:43,520
Speaker 5: paul And Devin. Booker Devin booker is in the ninety

952
00:47:43,520 --> 00:47:47,200
Speaker 5: seven percent now in mid RACE uvue, Percentage Chris paul is.

953
00:47:47,160 --> 00:47:47,799
Speaker 3: In the ninety third.

954
00:47:47,840 --> 00:47:51,640
Speaker 5: Percentile this team is top tenant offense and top ten in.

955
00:47:51,760 --> 00:47:55,120
Speaker 5: Defense they're championship. Contender does not really be respect being?

956
00:47:55,160 --> 00:47:57,680
Speaker 5: Respected to, me they're better than The. Jazz so if

957
00:47:57,680 --> 00:47:59,400
Speaker 5: they played The jazz at some point in the, Playoffs

958
00:47:59,400 --> 00:48:01,839
Speaker 5: i'm all over the all over the. SIGNS i think

959
00:48:01,880 --> 00:48:03,800
Speaker 5: they're live against The. Clippers as much AS i like The,

960
00:48:03,800 --> 00:48:06,839
Speaker 5: clippers they're live against The. Lakers they get to the second,

961
00:48:06,920 --> 00:48:09,360
Speaker 5: ROUND i, MIGHT i, MIGHT i might be on The.

962
00:48:09,400 --> 00:48:10,160
Speaker 3: Suns.

963
00:48:10,880 --> 00:48:13,200
Speaker 2: Yeah so if they get to let's say they grabbed

964
00:48:13,200 --> 00:48:15,640
Speaker 2: the one, seed let's say The jazz stumble and, trip

965
00:48:15,680 --> 00:48:17,799
Speaker 2: and The jazz grab the one, seed which is still very,

966
00:48:17,800 --> 00:48:24,080
Speaker 2: possible and they get The lakers second, ROUND i DON'T

967
00:48:24,120 --> 00:48:27,200
Speaker 2: i maybe be really curious to see how the books treat,

968
00:48:27,239 --> 00:48:30,600
Speaker 2: that you, know like like what does that line look?

969
00:48:30,719 --> 00:48:33,399
Speaker 2: Like you, know because The lakers were such a big

970
00:48:33,440 --> 00:48:35,920
Speaker 2: favorite in so many games last, year but their competition

971
00:48:36,000 --> 00:48:39,480
Speaker 2: was also very, Weak so it's, like does that look

972
00:48:39,520 --> 00:48:43,480
Speaker 2: like maybe five and a half less like game, One

973
00:48:44,200 --> 00:48:47,160
Speaker 2: game One Suns. Lakers you think it's, less you think

974
00:48:47,160 --> 00:48:49,279
Speaker 2: it's the Like lakers at, home or like what two

975
00:48:49,280 --> 00:48:49,400
Speaker 2: and a.

976
00:48:49,440 --> 00:48:52,400
Speaker 5: Half i'm struggling to price that right now BECAUSE i

977
00:48:52,520 --> 00:48:55,319
Speaker 5: just DON'T i don't have many metrics on a like

978
00:48:55,440 --> 00:48:57,719
Speaker 5: on The lakers full season right, now AND i just

979
00:48:57,760 --> 00:48:59,880
Speaker 5: don't know How lebron ad are going to look come.

980
00:48:59,920 --> 00:49:01,719
Speaker 2: In SO i feel, LIKE i, mean part of it,

981
00:49:01,719 --> 00:49:03,440
Speaker 2: though is like they have because The lakers are such

982
00:49:03,440 --> 00:49:05,080
Speaker 2: a public, team it's got to get it's got to.

983
00:49:05,080 --> 00:49:07,720
Speaker 2: Get like that's maybe the choicest selection because The lakers

984
00:49:07,719 --> 00:49:09,640
Speaker 2: are such a public. Team you get you get an

985
00:49:09,719 --> 00:49:13,480
Speaker 2: Underrated suns team versus The lakers with a popularity, bump,

986
00:49:14,160 --> 00:49:17,200
Speaker 2: right because The clippers are not gonna get that same public.

987
00:49:17,200 --> 00:49:20,000
Speaker 2: Support they, won't you, know like if, anything The sharps

988
00:49:20,000 --> 00:49:22,680
Speaker 2: are going to go the other. Way, Yeah so like that's.

989
00:49:22,719 --> 00:49:24,879
Speaker 2: GOOD i think that's gonna be really. Interting we're gonna

990
00:49:24,880 --> 00:49:26,919
Speaker 2: do one. More we'll do the other ten next week

991
00:49:26,960 --> 00:49:29,600
Speaker 2: in part two of our of our twenty questions because,

992
00:49:29,680 --> 00:49:31,920
Speaker 2: particlably we've gone, long because these guys have lots of

993
00:49:31,920 --> 00:49:34,279
Speaker 2: saale all the. Time number ten is why did we

994
00:49:34,320 --> 00:49:36,640
Speaker 2: not jump On Julius randall to Win Most Improved player?

995
00:49:36,640 --> 00:49:39,120
Speaker 1: Earlier Julius, randall.

996
00:49:41,680 --> 00:49:43,960
Speaker 2: He's now the heavy. Favorite why DID i don't know

997
00:49:44,000 --> 00:49:46,680
Speaker 2: what we were. Thinking we just like we watched every

998
00:49:46,680 --> 00:49:50,839
Speaker 2: week as he was a dog To Jeremy, grant who

999
00:49:50,880 --> 00:49:53,800
Speaker 2: clearly was not gonna make the playoffs and clearly was

1000
00:49:53,800 --> 00:49:56,080
Speaker 2: playing a little bit of a. Ceiling and we watched

1001
00:49:56,120 --> 00:49:58,200
Speaker 2: The knicks, like hang in, there and hang in, there

1002
00:49:58,200 --> 00:50:01,760
Speaker 2: and hang in there in the, playoffs and we never, jumped,

1003
00:50:01,760 --> 00:50:04,719
Speaker 2: like we never seriously like grabbed. It why did we?

1004
00:50:04,800 --> 00:50:07,759
Speaker 2: Not like he's Very to, Me i'm, like he's obviously gonna,

1005
00:50:07,760 --> 00:50:10,520
Speaker 2: Win he's gotta he's he is in The why are

1006
00:50:10,520 --> 00:50:14,279
Speaker 2: we not talking about him FOR mvp group of fifty other, Players, Like,

1007
00:50:14,520 --> 00:50:16,920
Speaker 2: YEAH i can't believe we let the, Slide LIKE i

1008
00:50:16,920 --> 00:50:19,240
Speaker 2: don't remember us doing this On back to The future

1009
00:50:19,280 --> 00:50:19,520
Speaker 2: If i'm.

1010
00:50:19,560 --> 00:50:22,359
Speaker 3: WRONG i ACTUALLY i mentioned it at one.

1011
00:50:22,400 --> 00:50:25,360
Speaker 5: Point, Yeah BUT i think the thing, is this is

1012
00:50:25,400 --> 00:50:28,480
Speaker 5: probably the deepest field we've ever seen For Most Improved. Player,

1013
00:50:28,920 --> 00:50:32,440
Speaker 5: LIKE i think we expected The knicks to regress for various.

1014
00:50:32,480 --> 00:50:33,759
Speaker 3: Reasons but THEN i, mean you.

1015
00:50:33,680 --> 00:50:35,600
Speaker 5: Also have to look at the fact That Jalen brown

1016
00:50:35,719 --> 00:50:38,440
Speaker 5: is having a monster season like. HE i, Mean brandon

1017
00:50:38,480 --> 00:50:40,880
Speaker 5: actually Mentioned Jalen. Brown he's the type of guy who

1018
00:50:40,920 --> 00:50:42,280
Speaker 5: would normally Win Most Improved.

1019
00:50:42,280 --> 00:50:46,960
Speaker 3: Player Zach. Levine we mentioned HIM.

1020
00:50:46,040 --> 00:50:48,320
Speaker 1: Nda All Star Zach.

1021
00:50:48,440 --> 00:50:51,239
Speaker 5: Levine he's also the type of guy who won The

1022
00:50:51,239 --> 00:50:51,920
Speaker 5: Most Improved.

1023
00:50:51,920 --> 00:50:53,920
Speaker 3: PLAYER i, mean both of these guys have had forty

1024
00:50:53,960 --> 00:50:55,000
Speaker 3: and fifty point games this.

1025
00:50:55,080 --> 00:50:57,960
Speaker 5: Year so it's just LIKE i can see where we

1026
00:50:58,080 --> 00:51:02,160
Speaker 5: never really made a definitive. Choice and obviously this season

1027
00:51:02,160 --> 00:51:04,279
Speaker 5: has been longer than any. Other it feels, like you,

1028
00:51:04,320 --> 00:51:07,400
Speaker 5: know we've had A stott Where Kristen wood was the.

1029
00:51:08,239 --> 00:51:10,680
Speaker 5: Favorite we had a stat Where Jeremy grant was the.

1030
00:51:10,719 --> 00:51:13,040
Speaker 5: Favorite there has been so many.

1031
00:51:13,160 --> 00:51:17,520
Speaker 2: Names, yeah so, like, yeah it's gonna Be it's gonna

1032
00:51:17,520 --> 00:51:19,360
Speaker 2: Be randal, though like it's very. OBVIOUS i feel, like

1033
00:51:20,000 --> 00:51:21,640
Speaker 2: until LIKE i saw that, NUMBER i was, like why

1034
00:51:21,719 --> 00:51:23,520
Speaker 2: why have we just not been? Betting why why did

1035
00:51:23,560 --> 00:51:24,239
Speaker 2: we not jump on that?

1036
00:51:24,280 --> 00:51:24,640
Speaker 3: Earlier?

1037
00:51:25,480 --> 00:51:29,520
Speaker 4: YEAH i, AGREE I I i'm. Mad i'm mad that

1038
00:51:29,600 --> 00:51:31,440
Speaker 4: we didn't see, it that none of us got. THERE

1039
00:51:31,480 --> 00:51:34,680
Speaker 4: i know we have mentioned. It it's it's come up

1040
00:51:34,719 --> 00:51:37,600
Speaker 4: and we've just none of us get credit for it

1041
00:51:37,640 --> 00:51:40,319
Speaker 4: because none of us grabbed it and pushed for. It for,

1042
00:51:40,400 --> 00:51:43,680
Speaker 4: me WHY i missed it is my blinders were on

1043
00:51:43,760 --> 00:51:46,640
Speaker 4: For Jalen. Brown he was my preseason. Pick we talked about.

1044
00:51:46,719 --> 00:51:49,600
Speaker 4: EARLY i think that HE i think you should be

1045
00:51:49,640 --> 00:51:51,080
Speaker 4: like on the. BALLOT i think it should be a top.

1046
00:51:51,120 --> 00:51:53,239
Speaker 4: THREE i think he's been really good and really. IMPROVED

1047
00:51:53,680 --> 00:51:57,520
Speaker 4: i also know that the most improved winner typically is

1048
00:51:57,560 --> 00:52:02,440
Speaker 4: a player that isn't Isn't Jeremy, grant who like is better?

1049
00:52:02,600 --> 00:52:06,480
Speaker 4: Now yay more points and stuff. Like the recent most

1050
00:52:06,520 --> 00:52:09,840
Speaker 4: improved player winners are guys that make a bigger step

1051
00:52:10,160 --> 00:52:13,720
Speaker 4: into that upper echelon of, players into the ALL nba.

1052
00:52:13,800 --> 00:52:18,160
Speaker 4: Conversation for, ME i never Thought Julius randall could get.

1053
00:52:18,239 --> 00:52:22,720
Speaker 4: There he's there, Now he's in that. Conversation The knicks

1054
00:52:22,719 --> 00:52:27,320
Speaker 4: are in that, CONVERSATION i. THINK i never Thought Jeremy

1055
00:52:27,360 --> 00:52:30,280
Speaker 4: grant was a real, choice So i've always been looking

1056
00:52:30,320 --> 00:52:32,440
Speaker 4: for the other. CANDIDATE i just thought the other candidate

1057
00:52:32,480 --> 00:52:35,160
Speaker 4: Was Jalen, brown WHO i think should is in that,

1058
00:52:35,280 --> 00:52:39,239
Speaker 4: range the fringe ALL nba range sort of. Conversation BUT

1059
00:52:39,560 --> 00:52:42,040
Speaker 4: i kept waiting for The knicks to fall. OFF i

1060
00:52:42,120 --> 00:52:45,240
Speaker 4: kept waiting For Julius randall's legs to fall, apart because

1061
00:52:45,239 --> 00:52:47,879
Speaker 4: that's what happens When tibbs plays you like seventy five

1062
00:52:47,960 --> 00:52:51,600
Speaker 4: minutes a, night and it just didn't. Happen and it's

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00:52:51,719 --> 00:52:54,440
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