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Speaker 1: The volume. This is Straight Fire with Jason McIntyre.

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Speaker 2: What is up Straight Fire, fam, It's me Jason McIntyre.

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Speaker 2: Straight Fire for Tuesday, October twenty fourth. What a great

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Speaker 2: Monday night in sports. Holy col The Houston Astros go down.

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Speaker 2: They take that three to two lead in the Alcs.

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Speaker 2: Everybody thinks of going back to the World Series, and

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Speaker 2: the Rangers wins Game six and seven. Rangers throttle them

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Speaker 2: in Game seven. Loved every moment of it. I gotta

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Speaker 2: plead ignorance. I'll listen. You guys know I'd barely watch

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Speaker 2: baseball outside of Yankees and some local Dodgers games. I

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Speaker 2: have never heard of Adulus Garcia. What a show he

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Speaker 2: put on, just banging homers left and right, dominating the Alcs.

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Speaker 1: I saw you. I believe twenty RBI in.

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Speaker 2: The ALCS like a borderline. I think one or two

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Speaker 2: or three off the record. Just an awesome Game seven

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Speaker 2: from the Rangers. Now we get another Game seven tonight,

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Speaker 2: Phillies hosting the Diamondbacks. Diamondbacks obviously beat the Dodgers, so

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Speaker 2: I'm rooting Phillies Phillies Rangers.

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Speaker 1: That works for me.

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Speaker 2: I just you know, I'm not a Houston Astros fan,

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Speaker 2: I have not liked that organization. I do love the

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Speaker 2: nineteen eighties Houston Astros hat. I have one of those.

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Speaker 2: It's a great hat. But you know, I like eighties

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Speaker 2: baseball hats. They trump basically any other hat out there.

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Speaker 2: But I know you guys are here for Niners Vikings talk.

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Speaker 2: Also later in the podcast, Rob G and I we

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Speaker 2: recorded this on late Monday, a quick breakdown of the

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Speaker 2: NBA since the NBA starts tonight, will predict our MVP

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Speaker 2: final four in each conference. Unbelievably, I did not see

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Speaker 2: this coming. Rob G and I have the exact same

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Speaker 2: final four, NBA Finals and NBA champion. I honestly we did.

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Speaker 2: I did not see any of that coming up. So

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Speaker 2: the previews are here. Let me just quickly look at

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Speaker 2: the NBA schedule tonight. I do know that the Lakers

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Speaker 2: traveled to Denver to face Jokic and Jamal Murray. That is, Gabe,

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Speaker 2: what Wembin Yama Webbe d'aba plays Wednesday. The other game

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Speaker 2: on Tuesday, actually, Lakers Nugs is the early game four

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Speaker 2: thirty pm out here in LA. Nuggets favored by five. No,

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Speaker 2: I'm not gambling on that. And then Suns Warriors. Oohoo,

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Speaker 2: that's spicy. How is that line even? You gotta go

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Speaker 2: with the Suns there. I don't even know Draymond's playing.

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Speaker 1: Will Chris Paul start a lot of questions?

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Speaker 2: I listen, it's still NFL season, so I am excited

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Speaker 2: for the NBA, but it's the NFL season, and I

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Speaker 2: gotta say, you guys know, I had a banger of

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Speaker 2: a weekend in the NFL. Even the picks column for

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Speaker 2: Fox Sports. I think three and one and the one

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Speaker 2: pick was the total in rams Steelers that you know,

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Speaker 2: there's just a rough beat, but just absolutely cleaned up.

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Speaker 2: It was a It was second best weekend of the season.

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Speaker 2: It's been a good season, I think on the gambling front,

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Speaker 2: five winning weeks, two losing weeks. In the contest, of

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Speaker 2: course I'm rolling, and the Niners. I had the Niners

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Speaker 2: a stupid play. I should have put the Patriots in there.

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Speaker 1: I knew it.

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Speaker 2: So three and two listens. Three and two sixty percent.

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Speaker 2: If you go three and two every week for the season,

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Speaker 2: you're like, hey, I had sixty percent. That's an amazing season.

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Speaker 2: But you have no chance of winning. You need to

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Speaker 2: hit like seventy seventy five percent, which is crazy, by guys,

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Speaker 2: Get lucky whatever, three and two. We'll see back at

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Speaker 2: it next week. You know, half the season left. Still

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Speaker 2: got a shot. Obviously, never never out of it. But

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Speaker 2: of a chockra listen. Week seven all around was a shocker, guys,

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Speaker 2: let's be real. The Buffalo Bills, huge favorites, go to

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Speaker 2: New England, lose out right. The inp Patriots can't do

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Speaker 2: anything all season. Patriots twenty nine points. Okay, that should

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Speaker 2: have been a sign that some crazy stuff was gonna happen.

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Speaker 2: The Indianapolis Colts, with Gardner Minshew at the helm, put

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Speaker 2: four hundred and seventy six yards on the best defense

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Speaker 2: in the league. Okay, that the Browns gave up four

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Speaker 2: hundred and seventy six yards just insane. The Baltimore Ravens

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Speaker 2: The Lions were five and one. The Bears, who were

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Speaker 2: one in five, started an undrafted rookie. Now I was

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Speaker 2: on the Bears, but they started an undrafted rookie and

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Speaker 2: rolled to victory thirty to twelve. Justin Herbert, the Great

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Speaker 2: second time in three weeks, held without points in the

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Speaker 2: second half. Remember that Raiders game didn't score in the

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Speaker 2: second half, and then against the Chiefs, no points in

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Speaker 2: crazy ass week. Even you could say the Dolphins twelve

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Speaker 2: of knew this, this forty nine ers one was going

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Speaker 2: And sometimes you could just tell early like ah damn.

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Speaker 2: So Kirk Cousins throws the first drive interception Christian McCaffrey,

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Speaker 2: then fumbles in the red zone, second time he's done

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Speaker 2: that in three weeks. The Vikings go down in ten plays,

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Speaker 2: eighty nine yards touchdown, and you're like, wow, I mean,

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Speaker 2: Kevin O'Connell and Kirk Cousins, they look good. Like Kevin

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Speaker 2: O'Connell either had the test answers to the test, or

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Speaker 2: he just called the greatest game I've ever seen him call.

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Speaker 1: I mean it was flawless.

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Speaker 2: I know they only got twenty two points, but it

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Speaker 2: was against the forty nine Ers defense, one of the

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Speaker 2: great performances I've seen. They were eight of thirteen on

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Speaker 2: third down, four hundred and fifty two yards six point

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Speaker 2: was working. The they I mean, Kevin O'Connell was in

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Speaker 2: his bag. The only issue was the red zone ineptitude

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Speaker 2: after that drive, like, nobody does that to the Niners.

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Speaker 2: They don't, and the Niners when they get the ball

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Speaker 2: in the first drive usually score. And the fact that

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Speaker 2: was just pissed off, just frustrating. The Niners did have

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Speaker 2: of those performances. Honestly, you don't want to overreact week

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Speaker 2: to weekly blah blah blah. It felt like the Niners

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Speaker 2: were not a superstar team.

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Speaker 1: Like, you don't.

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Speaker 2: You don't lose a game like this. You don't give

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Speaker 2: superstar team. Now listen, No, Trent Williams, a left tackle

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Speaker 2: A party did okay? He got sacked once, Like I

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Speaker 2: don't know. I mean, you can't blame this loss on

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Speaker 2: not having Trent Williams. You know, they didn't run particularly well.

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Speaker 2: But I think what was really important was other than Ayuk,

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Speaker 2: it looked like a pedestrian effort from the wide receivers

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Speaker 2: seven yard outs. George Kittle had a solid game, but

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Speaker 2: Ray Ray McLeod, who I started in fantasy, didn't get there.

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Speaker 2: For me, two catches twenty yards. They just they lacked

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Speaker 2: the pop. McCaffrey had a decent game, but he only

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Speaker 2: had on what ninety six yards of total offense. A

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Speaker 2: weird game for San Fran. They now go home two

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Speaker 2: losses in a row and they now have to face

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Speaker 2: Joe Burrow in the Cincinnati Bengals and that's like ooh huh.

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Speaker 2: And they're not gonna have Debo. Don't know about Trent Williams.

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Speaker 2: And it's a short week, so things are not looking

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Speaker 2: great for San Fran. Now it's weird because the top

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Speaker 2: schedule is about to get very, very tough. The Niners

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Speaker 2: with the loss, the Lions got their teeth kicked in,

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Speaker 2: I know I called that to Miami, but I think

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Speaker 2: the same thing for Dallas. Like, other than that, Chargers

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Speaker 1: Over the Chargers?

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Speaker 2: Look now, I mean the Chargers lost to Miami, Chargers

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Speaker 2: lost to the Chiefs. Chargers have not looked phenomenal. So

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Speaker 2: I don't know, we're starting to get this, like, well,

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Speaker 2: what the heck's going on? And then and I'll come

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Speaker 2: back to Brock Purdy. I'm not gonna I'm not gonna

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Speaker 2: destroy him. I know everybody's tuning in. You gotta kill

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Speaker 2: Brock Purty. Jake a couple of weeks ago, you said

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Speaker 2: he was top ten, take a deep breath. Let's quickly

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Speaker 2: give the Vikings their flowers. Brian Flores outstanding game defensively,

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Speaker 2: He's really turned it around pretty damn quickly and definitely confused.

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Speaker 2: Blitzes, and I mean, overall, I thought O'Connor was just

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Speaker 2: Addison murdered me in Fantasy seven for one to three,

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Speaker 2: Powell Osbourne, like everybody delivered, and they were open. Not

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Speaker 1: This was a great performance.

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Speaker 2: But the big picture, I'm gonna zoom out for a

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Speaker 2: we got a new coach, and Kirk, we thank you

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Speaker 2: So you're now ten and seven, you lose in the

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Speaker 2: Like, I just don't see the upside in keeping Kirk Cousins.

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Speaker 1: This win.

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Speaker 2: Maybe this was a showcase win. We're gonna show out Kirk.

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Speaker 2: He carved at the Niners. Kirk Cousins can help you

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Speaker 1: And you could.

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Speaker 2: Scoff at that and say, Kirk Cousins is not winning

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Speaker 1: Okay, you could do that.

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Speaker 2: Jimmy Garoppolo came within like eight minutes of beating the

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Speaker 2: So let's just let's not act like Kirk Cousins in

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Speaker 2: We don't want him for next year. We just want

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Speaker 2: to rent him. It's not going to be expensive. He

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Speaker 2: speed on Hacketts crappy offense is still better than Zack Wilson. Okay,

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Speaker 2: and I know Cousins is not really mobile. That's the

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Speaker 2: But here's the reality. Like, yeah, if if I, if

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Speaker 2: I don't think he's gonna do it because you know

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Speaker 2: you know, I'm not gonna use the phrase star bleeping,

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Speaker 2: coming back next year. Blah blah blah. So let's take

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Speaker 2: could possibly make sense? Well, listen, I know Cleveland is

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Speaker 1: If it's PJ. Walker I'll feel great.

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Speaker 1: You don't want to face that defense in January. You

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Speaker 2: And take a guess which quarterback leads the NFL and turnovers.

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Speaker 2: You guessed it Desmond Ridder with eleven.

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Speaker 2: According to Pro Football Focus, is second most turnover worthy

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Speaker 2: what lies ahead for Atlanta? I mean, they're four and three,

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Speaker 2: I certainly like Atlanta's chances. Then they face Minnesota, Then

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Speaker 1: I mean, are you kidding me? They might win eleven

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Speaker 2: Now, if you put Kirk Cousins in place of Desmond Ridd,

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Speaker 1: He's pretty darn good.

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Speaker 2: I don't know if Arthur Blank is he the owner there,

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Speaker 2: I don't know if he'll have the stomach for it,

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Speaker 2: should things break right, like we saw Jalen Hurts at

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Speaker 2: Jalen Hurts goes down, the Eagles are susceptible. Okay, we

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Speaker 2: getting a franchise quarterback. You trade Kirk Cousins for I

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Speaker 2: You're drafting in the top six. You can have a

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Speaker 2: go down, Merch is gonna go down, advertise everything.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, short term pain for long term game. That's how

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Speaker 2: The backup for now is Jaren Hall, Nick Mullins on IR.

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Speaker 1: Again.

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Speaker 2: If you're asking me, I go all in. I push

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Speaker 2: Kirk Cousins. If I'm Atlanta or the Jets, I make

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Speaker 2: a move And you can say Kirk Cousins won't win

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Speaker 1: That's fine.

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Speaker 2: You know, I had wanted to talk about the Jim

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Speaker 2: Harball story. We're gonna save that for tomorrow. I think, Yeah,

432
00:22:29,480 --> 00:22:33,000
Speaker 2: the Harball story is fascinating, But let me just quickly

433
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Speaker 2: say something on brock Purty. So it's weird what we

434
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Speaker 2: do out here when when someone's successful and on the rise,

435
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Speaker 2: we love it.

436
00:22:43,760 --> 00:22:46,680
Speaker 1: New meat, new blood. Oh this is awesome. We love

437
00:22:46,760 --> 00:22:50,359
Speaker 1: to build guys up. Oh what a story.

438
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Speaker 2: Brock Purty, dead, last pick in the draft. All this

439
00:22:52,520 --> 00:22:55,760
Speaker 2: is so good, we love we love it. And this

440
00:22:55,960 --> 00:22:59,760
Speaker 2: second they fail. Ah, come on, this guy's overrated.

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Speaker 1: Fly the pan.

442
00:23:01,200 --> 00:23:05,119
Speaker 2: I mean, how many times do we see it around

443
00:23:05,160 --> 00:23:08,879
Speaker 2: the league with the likes of like Jared Goff with

444
00:23:08,920 --> 00:23:13,800
Speaker 2: the rams hell Matt Stafford when he was the number

445
00:23:13,800 --> 00:23:17,200
Speaker 2: one pick, people loved him. People can't wait to tear

446
00:23:17,240 --> 00:23:19,800
Speaker 2: down Russell Wilson. Oh my goodness, third round pick, he's

447
00:23:19,840 --> 00:23:22,399
Speaker 2: so good. And now it's just like, ah, he's trash,

448
00:23:22,480 --> 00:23:24,680
Speaker 2: he's washed, he's no Hall of Famer. Oh kind, give

449
00:23:24,680 --> 00:23:26,600
Speaker 2: me a get at it. Like we just love in

450
00:23:26,680 --> 00:23:28,840
Speaker 2: the media to build people up and tear them down.

451
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Speaker 2: And for what fifteen maybe twelve fifteen regular season games,

452
00:23:35,400 --> 00:23:37,040
Speaker 2: brock Purdy was being built up.

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Speaker 1: It was awesome.

454
00:23:38,680 --> 00:23:42,280
Speaker 2: I mean, brock Purdy was on a heater, didn't commit turnovers,

455
00:23:43,080 --> 00:23:46,639
Speaker 2: just was he was rolling. And that win over the

456
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Speaker 2: Cowboys two weeks ago, Connes sort of fortified it right.

457
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Speaker 2: It was like, Okay, Dak is here and he's okay,

458
00:23:54,359 --> 00:23:56,880
Speaker 2: and he's highly paid, but this is Brock's world. I'm

459
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Speaker 2: taking Brock over Dak. And I said it and I

460
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Speaker 2: stand by it. Purdy was incredible that night against Dallas,

461
00:24:03,720 --> 00:24:11,840
Speaker 2: and since that game forty two ten primetime audience, Brock

462
00:24:11,880 --> 00:24:14,920
Speaker 2: Purdy has been on the struggle bus in Cleveland. You

463
00:24:14,960 --> 00:24:18,040
Speaker 2: could say it was weather, you could say he lost

464
00:24:18,720 --> 00:24:20,760
Speaker 2: see Mackett. I think it was halftime or third quarter,

465
00:24:21,880 --> 00:24:24,760
Speaker 2: and he ended up completing forty four percent of his

466
00:24:24,800 --> 00:24:27,400
Speaker 2: passes in inclement weather, four point six yards per teen

467
00:24:27,480 --> 00:24:30,439
Speaker 2: sack three times, had the interception, and they lost. Now,

468
00:24:30,480 --> 00:24:33,160
Speaker 2: he did put them in position to win. Moody missed

469
00:24:33,200 --> 00:24:35,960
Speaker 2: the field goals like a forty one yarder. So then

470
00:24:36,200 --> 00:24:38,919
Speaker 2: he comes back in Minnesota, back to back road games,

471
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Speaker 2: and Purdy.

472
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Speaker 1: Was okay until the fourth quarter.

473
00:24:45,760 --> 00:24:49,720
Speaker 2: Down twice with chances to drive them back for the

474
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Speaker 2: go ahead score, he threw pretty bad interceptions.

475
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Speaker 1: Over the middle.

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Speaker 2: Both of them were picked off by the kid from

477
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Speaker 2: cal a Abram I believe is his name. It just

478
00:25:01,760 --> 00:25:05,120
Speaker 2: it wasn't a great option for Brock Purty. Now, if

479
00:25:05,119 --> 00:25:07,320
Speaker 2: you guys have seen the replay on the second interception

480
00:25:07,400 --> 00:25:09,439
Speaker 2: with like twenty five seconds left. If you look at

481
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Speaker 2: the top of the screen, he had Ayuk isode and

482
00:25:13,040 --> 00:25:15,159
Speaker 2: Ayuk is a pretty damn good receiver, and if you

483
00:25:15,240 --> 00:25:17,520
Speaker 2: get him one on one, the back shoulder throw seems

484
00:25:17,520 --> 00:25:19,359
Speaker 2: to be there. And I know you could say party

485
00:25:19,400 --> 00:25:22,320
Speaker 2: can't make their throw, Actually he can. I don't know

486
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Speaker 2: why he was forced feeding in the middle of the field.

487
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Speaker 1: Maybe the zone.

488
00:25:25,440 --> 00:25:28,720
Speaker 2: From Flores was mixing him up. But not a great

489
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Speaker 2: night for brock Purty.

490
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Speaker 1: So here's the thing.

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Speaker 2: We built him up for his awesomeness over what was

492
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Speaker 2: it five games this year and I think something like,

493
00:25:38,680 --> 00:25:41,320
Speaker 2: you know, nine regular season games last year and then

494
00:25:41,440 --> 00:25:42,879
Speaker 2: a couple of playoff wins and then he got hurt

495
00:25:42,880 --> 00:25:46,320
Speaker 2: against the Eagles. This whole build up of brock Purdy

496
00:25:46,920 --> 00:25:50,800
Speaker 2: has been legitimate. You can't tear someone down after two

497
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Speaker 2: bad games. And again he was at great against Cleveland,

498
00:25:54,040 --> 00:25:56,040
Speaker 2: but they lost guys due to injury. The weather was crap,

499
00:25:56,359 --> 00:25:58,760
Speaker 2: and he nearly got it. So what if they beat

500
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Speaker 2: the Browns when Moody hits the field, you're telling me like, well, actually,

501
00:26:02,280 --> 00:26:04,000
Speaker 2: brock Perty's not that bad because they won that game.

502
00:26:04,040 --> 00:26:05,200
Speaker 1: Like, that's not how it works.

503
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Speaker 2: He sure he did not play great against Cleveland. He

504
00:26:08,960 --> 00:26:14,320
Speaker 2: had a bad ending against Minnesota. But again we're talking

505
00:26:14,359 --> 00:26:18,000
Speaker 2: about a guy who put his team into position to

506
00:26:18,080 --> 00:26:20,920
Speaker 2: win for one and then the second had chances to win.

507
00:26:20,960 --> 00:26:22,520
Speaker 2: And you know what, it's tough to win on the

508
00:26:22,560 --> 00:26:25,480
Speaker 2: road in the NFL, even at the Sorry sad Sack Vikings,

509
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Speaker 2: I'm sorry.

510
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Speaker 1: If you're expecting me to crush brock Party, you came

511
00:26:29,560 --> 00:26:33,600
Speaker 1: to the wrong place. Did he have a subpar game? Yes?

512
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Speaker 2: Was he outplayed by Kirk Cousins. Certainly, Kirk Cousins was phenomenal.

513
00:26:37,960 --> 00:26:40,080
Speaker 2: Kirk Cousins as well, like a ten year veteran, like

514
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Speaker 2: he was outstanding. Am I off brock Party? Well, you

515
00:26:44,320 --> 00:26:46,440
Speaker 2: know what, it doesn't look right now like he's gonna

516
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Speaker 2: win the MVP of that MVP ticket I have is dead. Happens,

517
00:26:49,680 --> 00:26:53,439
Speaker 2: It's probably gonna be Lamar or Patrick Mahomes. But this

518
00:26:53,520 --> 00:26:56,320
Speaker 2: doesn't mean the Niners don't have their guy. Now, if

519
00:26:56,320 --> 00:26:58,919
Speaker 2: this continues, we might.

520
00:26:58,800 --> 00:26:59,439
Speaker 1: Have some issues.

521
00:26:59,520 --> 00:27:01,720
Speaker 2: Let's see what happens against the Bengals. Good bounce back

522
00:27:01,720 --> 00:27:05,119
Speaker 2: spot short week. How does he respond to some adversity

523
00:27:05,240 --> 00:27:09,200
Speaker 2: remember Brock Purdy had trailed once in the fourth quarter

524
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Speaker 2: in all of his games before the last two weeks,

525
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Speaker 2: and that was against the Raiders and not like a

526
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Speaker 2: big spot.

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Speaker 1: Against Cleveland.

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00:27:15,320 --> 00:27:17,120
Speaker 2: He did make a draft comeback on the final drive,

529
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Speaker 2: aided by a couple of flags. Against Minnesota, he had

530
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Speaker 2: two chances.

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Speaker 1: Let's be real. Defense didn't do much for San Fran.

532
00:27:23,359 --> 00:27:27,399
Speaker 2: Okay, they didn't do much, but I didn't expect Purdy

533
00:27:27,640 --> 00:27:29,960
Speaker 2: and the offense to be held to seventeen points.

534
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Speaker 1: So I can't crush Purdy. I'm sorry. You guys can

535
00:27:33,880 --> 00:27:35,520
Speaker 1: come after me all you want. I can't kill Purdy

536
00:27:35,560 --> 00:27:36,040
Speaker 1: for this.

537
00:27:36,040 --> 00:27:39,520
Speaker 2: This game's not on Brock Perdy. He just didn't make

538
00:27:39,560 --> 00:27:42,080
Speaker 2: it happen. This game was about the greatness of Kevin

539
00:27:42,119 --> 00:27:45,800
Speaker 2: O'Connell and Kirk Cousins and the Minnesota offense move mowing

540
00:27:46,280 --> 00:27:48,760
Speaker 2: through the San Fran defense. The vaunted San Fran defense,

541
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Speaker 2: by the way, their corners got cooked by Jordan Addison,

542
00:27:52,119 --> 00:27:54,800
Speaker 2: a tiny rookie who were like, hey, you know the

543
00:27:54,800 --> 00:27:57,159
Speaker 2: book on Jordan Addison. Jam him at the line of

544
00:27:57,200 --> 00:28:01,040
Speaker 2: scrimmage and we'll get pressure on the offensive line and

545
00:28:01,119 --> 00:28:04,280
Speaker 2: Kirk won't make the place well none of those things happen.

546
00:28:04,680 --> 00:28:06,879
Speaker 2: Jordan Nasen was too quick on the get off, the

547
00:28:06,920 --> 00:28:08,560
Speaker 2: offensive line held up, and.

548
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Speaker 1: Kirk Cousins made the throw.

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Speaker 2: It was a nightmare night for the Niners, and uh yeah,

550
00:28:14,520 --> 00:28:20,320
Speaker 2: it happens. So that's it for the NFL Week seven,

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Speaker 2: Week eight on the Horizon. But first, the NBA begins tonight,

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Speaker 2: off tonight, Rob and I.

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Speaker 1: Thought we would quickly go through using.

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Speaker 2: The Draft Kings lines and give up some of our

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Speaker 2: best bets, our thoughts.

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Speaker 1: Title winner, NBA win totals.

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Speaker 2: You know, we've done some NBA previews here in the

576
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Speaker 2: last few weeks, not a ton because it's tough with

577
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Speaker 2: college football NFL, it's tough to get it in there.

578
00:29:46,040 --> 00:29:48,479
Speaker 2: And again, it's an eighty two game season. Honestly, if

579
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Speaker 2: you're doing if you're betting, you know, player props for

580
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Speaker 2: the season and all of this stuff. There's so many injuries,

581
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Speaker 2: guys sitting out. I know they're trying to tighten up

582
00:29:55,840 --> 00:29:57,560
Speaker 2: the rules on that, but it just doesn't make a

583
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Speaker 2: whole hell of a lot of sense.

584
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Speaker 1: And the NBA is to heavy.

585
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Speaker 2: You know, you could bet Nuggets win total over not

586
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Speaker 2: that I'm advocating that, and Jokis misses thirty games.

587
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Speaker 1: I mean, you're not gonna get there, you know.

588
00:30:07,920 --> 00:30:11,240
Speaker 2: So we'd obviously push back against that, But Rob, I

589
00:30:11,280 --> 00:30:15,400
Speaker 2: thought we'd start with the obvious, Uh, the NBA champion.

590
00:30:15,800 --> 00:30:19,640
Speaker 2: This is a little surprising. At DraftKings, currently the two

591
00:30:19,720 --> 00:30:23,160
Speaker 2: favorites are the Bucks plus four hundred and the Celtics

592
00:30:23,160 --> 00:30:25,960
Speaker 2: plus four hundred, not the Nuggets, who are plus five

593
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Speaker 2: to fifty. I'm assuming this has to do with the

594
00:30:29,640 --> 00:30:33,960
Speaker 2: Celtics added Porzingis. The Celtics added Drew Holliday, the Bucks

595
00:30:34,480 --> 00:30:38,280
Speaker 2: added Damian Lillard. The sports books know, hey, people see this,

596
00:30:38,400 --> 00:30:41,200
Speaker 2: they want to bet on this. Let's make them the favorites.

597
00:30:41,280 --> 00:30:44,320
Speaker 2: Let's lower the odds a little bit. We know that

598
00:30:44,440 --> 00:30:46,640
Speaker 2: the Bucks and Celtics like you bet into that, like

599
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Speaker 2: it's one of those two.

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Speaker 1: Probably coming out of the East.

601
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Speaker 2: I don't see the sixers or someone upsetting. I just

602
00:30:52,120 --> 00:30:53,840
Speaker 2: don't see a ton of value in either of those.

603
00:30:54,600 --> 00:30:57,040
Speaker 2: I hate to say it, Rob, but it feels like

604
00:30:57,280 --> 00:31:02,240
Speaker 2: the Suns at plus six point fifty probably weren't serious consideration.

605
00:31:03,360 --> 00:31:05,200
Speaker 2: You know, we had someone on Rick Buker on last

606
00:31:05,200 --> 00:31:07,720
Speaker 2: week talking about how Nurkic is kind of an under

607
00:31:07,760 --> 00:31:11,600
Speaker 2: the radar signing who's a tough center. Obviously, when we

608
00:31:11,680 --> 00:31:13,840
Speaker 2: put this, you know, the podcast out on social media,

609
00:31:13,880 --> 00:31:15,480
Speaker 2: a bunch of people in the comments were like, oh,

610
00:31:15,480 --> 00:31:18,160
Speaker 2: come on, nurkis stinks Ayden was a better defender, Like

611
00:31:18,200 --> 00:31:20,200
Speaker 2: they didn't like Adon in the locker room. Dude, I

612
00:31:20,200 --> 00:31:22,800
Speaker 2: think that's an upgrade. I think Bradley Beal looks tremendous.

613
00:31:23,640 --> 00:31:26,320
Speaker 2: The question, of course, is is health. Can Kevin Durant

614
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Speaker 2: stay healthy? We know Devin Booker, can we know Bradley

615
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Speaker 2: Beal if he's healthy, is going to be very very good.

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Speaker 1: Bradley Beal is a number three option.

617
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Speaker 2: He was He was the number one in Washington for

618
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Speaker 2: like the last four years, putting up ridiculous numbers when

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Speaker 2: they knew, when opponents knew that it was all about

620
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Speaker 2: Bradley bial So I actually think the Phoenix Suns at

621
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Speaker 2: plus six point fifty are probably the best bet to

622
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Speaker 2: win the title.

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Speaker 1: Lakers plus twelve hundred. We'll see.

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00:31:52,440 --> 00:31:57,240
Speaker 2: It's you know, if they get it right and save

625
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Speaker 2: ad and save Lebron for the playoffs, they're gonna have

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Speaker 2: a shot.

627
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Speaker 1: Last year they went in, you know season was a

628
00:32:03,080 --> 00:32:04,600
Speaker 1: bit of a struggle, but then.

629
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Speaker 2: You know they get this as the I think they

630
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Speaker 2: were the seven, no, no, they had to win in

631
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Speaker 2: the play in they get the seven.

632
00:32:09,920 --> 00:32:11,920
Speaker 1: They barely escaped the Timberwolves in the play in. By

633
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Speaker 1: the way, if you remember that game, I was there.

634
00:32:13,720 --> 00:32:14,800
Speaker 1: Great game, but they got.

635
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Speaker 2: Lucky, like a super close game, and then they steamrolled

636
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Speaker 2: the Grizzlies, and then they take down the Warriors, and

637
00:32:20,280 --> 00:32:22,160
Speaker 2: they ran into the buzz saw that was the Nuggets.

638
00:32:22,400 --> 00:32:24,040
Speaker 2: I don't think I would bet on the Nuggets to

639
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Speaker 2: go back to back, even though they're very young. I

640
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Speaker 2: think if you're asking me who I'm betting, I would

641
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Speaker 2: go Suns plus six point fifty, and then after that

642
00:32:32,680 --> 00:32:35,000
Speaker 2: I would go Celtics plus four hundred. Those would be

643
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Speaker 2: my two to win the title. If you're looking for

644
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Speaker 2: someone outside of the Big one two three for five

645
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Speaker 2: six Warriors or plus thirteen hundred outside of the Big six,

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Speaker 2: you know I can't quit them. I can't Dallas Mavericks

647
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Speaker 2: plus two twenty sorry two thousand plus twenty two hundred

648
00:32:51,320 --> 00:32:54,000
Speaker 2: for the Dallas Mavericks here, I am butchering math plus

649
00:32:54,040 --> 00:32:54,959
Speaker 2: twenty two hundred.

650
00:32:55,720 --> 00:32:56,160
Speaker 1: I'm sorry.

651
00:32:56,200 --> 00:32:58,000
Speaker 2: I'm pot committed to Luca. I'm all in on the

652
00:32:58,040 --> 00:33:00,920
Speaker 2: Luca Doncis train. I've been all in on trains before

653
00:33:00,960 --> 00:33:04,400
Speaker 2: it's worked and it hasn't. And I trust Luca. I

654
00:33:04,480 --> 00:33:06,240
Speaker 2: mean it's gonna be difficult to get out of the West.

655
00:33:06,240 --> 00:33:07,080
Speaker 1: It's such a slog.

656
00:33:07,520 --> 00:33:10,000
Speaker 2: But I can't find anyone in the East. Like I

657
00:33:10,040 --> 00:33:12,560
Speaker 2: don't see the Knicks in the NBA Finals. I mean,

658
00:33:13,600 --> 00:33:15,160
Speaker 2: are they You're gonna get out of the first round.

659
00:33:15,560 --> 00:33:18,520
Speaker 2: So those would be my three, the MAVs plus twenty

660
00:33:18,520 --> 00:33:22,200
Speaker 2: two hundred, the Suns plus six fifty, and then the

661
00:33:22,320 --> 00:33:23,640
Speaker 2: Celtics plus four hundred.

662
00:33:23,720 --> 00:33:26,400
Speaker 3: Rob g Yeah, I'm not mad at that. I think

663
00:33:26,480 --> 00:33:28,160
Speaker 3: it makes sense why the Bucks and the Thuts will

664
00:33:28,160 --> 00:33:30,280
Speaker 3: be favored, because, as you mentioned, it definitely feels like

665
00:33:30,280 --> 00:33:32,360
Speaker 3: a two horse race in the Eastern Conference. And as

666
00:33:32,360 --> 00:33:34,400
Speaker 3: far as the Denver Nuggets, as talented as they are,

667
00:33:35,040 --> 00:33:38,040
Speaker 3: the fact that the next five odds after Milwaukee and

668
00:33:38,080 --> 00:33:40,960
Speaker 3: Boston are all Western Conference teams, I think does not

669
00:33:41,040 --> 00:33:44,680
Speaker 3: bode well for their chance to repeat. It's Buck, Celtics,

670
00:33:44,720 --> 00:33:48,600
Speaker 3: then it's Nuggets, Suns, Lakers, Warriors, Clippers, and you could

671
00:33:48,600 --> 00:33:50,640
Speaker 3: make a legitimate argument that any one of those five

672
00:33:50,680 --> 00:33:53,400
Speaker 3: teams could represent the Western or represent the West in

673
00:33:53,440 --> 00:33:56,800
Speaker 3: the NBA Finals. I do like the Phoenix Suns at

674
00:33:56,800 --> 00:33:59,000
Speaker 3: plus six to fifty if if I was a betting man,

675
00:33:59,000 --> 00:34:02,520
Speaker 3: but because I prefer to bet small win big, and

676
00:34:02,600 --> 00:34:04,760
Speaker 3: you like to bet big and kind of win equal.

677
00:34:05,760 --> 00:34:08,880
Speaker 3: The two teams that I'm looking at top is the

678
00:34:08,960 --> 00:34:11,440
Speaker 3: Lakers plus twelve hundred and the Warriors plus thirteen hundred,

679
00:34:12,360 --> 00:34:13,920
Speaker 3: both of those teams that, like I said, I think

680
00:34:13,960 --> 00:34:17,680
Speaker 3: are capable of winning just period. But the number the

681
00:34:17,719 --> 00:34:19,960
Speaker 3: odds on those two teams, to me, I think are

682
00:34:20,040 --> 00:34:24,600
Speaker 3: are way too low because Golden State, even though the

683
00:34:24,640 --> 00:34:27,320
Speaker 3: Lakers kind of ran through them last season in the playoffs,

684
00:34:28,080 --> 00:34:33,040
Speaker 3: they still play the brand of basketball that most teams

685
00:34:33,080 --> 00:34:35,840
Speaker 3: just can't match up with the threat of Steph Curry

686
00:34:35,920 --> 00:34:39,359
Speaker 3: running down twenty different screens and Klay Thompson, you know,

687
00:34:39,480 --> 00:34:42,719
Speaker 3: popping threes, and you know, if they can add a

688
00:34:42,719 --> 00:34:45,479
Speaker 3: little bit more size, I think that they can give

689
00:34:46,080 --> 00:34:48,080
Speaker 3: the Nuggets and my Lakers for that matter, just to

690
00:34:48,160 --> 00:34:51,560
Speaker 3: run for their money, because it's so difficult to prepare

691
00:34:51,640 --> 00:34:54,360
Speaker 3: for Steph Curry, even more so than a guy like

692
00:34:54,440 --> 00:34:56,279
Speaker 3: Nikola Jokic. You might be, and Nikola Yohic is the

693
00:34:56,320 --> 00:34:58,439
Speaker 3: best player in the NBA, But as far as which

694
00:34:58,480 --> 00:35:00,960
Speaker 3: guy puts the most fear into any opposing defense, I

695
00:35:00,960 --> 00:35:03,680
Speaker 3: think it's still Steph Curry hands down. Again, I like

696
00:35:03,680 --> 00:35:05,080
Speaker 3: the Lakers I don't want to get too deep into it,

697
00:35:05,080 --> 00:35:07,080
Speaker 3: because you don I'm a Lakers fan, but I like

698
00:35:07,120 --> 00:35:09,520
Speaker 3: the Lakers' depth. I think for the regular season they

699
00:35:09,520 --> 00:35:13,120
Speaker 3: have enough guys to get them to the postseason, hopefully healthy,

700
00:35:13,160 --> 00:35:15,799
Speaker 3: and then we'll see from there. But as far as

701
00:35:15,800 --> 00:35:18,960
Speaker 3: like my biggest long shot, and I'm gonna probably take

702
00:35:19,000 --> 00:35:20,520
Speaker 3: some gruff for you for this one, because I've been

703
00:35:20,600 --> 00:35:26,600
Speaker 3: very vocal about not liking the narrative around heat culture.

704
00:35:27,200 --> 00:35:32,400
Speaker 3: Oh but Miami at plus twenty eight hundred feels like

705
00:35:32,480 --> 00:35:34,799
Speaker 3: stealing to me. You know, I'm not a big fan

706
00:35:34,840 --> 00:35:36,919
Speaker 3: in heat culture. That's well documented. I think it's fake.

707
00:35:37,000 --> 00:35:42,879
Speaker 3: I think it's fugezy. However, for whatever reason, they have

708
00:35:42,960 --> 00:35:45,719
Speaker 3: the Boston Celtics number in the postseason. I don't know

709
00:35:45,760 --> 00:35:48,160
Speaker 3: what it is. I don't know why it is. I

710
00:35:48,200 --> 00:35:51,200
Speaker 3: think that Boston has like three of the top four

711
00:35:51,239 --> 00:35:54,160
Speaker 3: players in that series at any one point, that's including

712
00:35:54,200 --> 00:35:56,600
Speaker 3: bam Adabio, just because I think that Boston's roster is

713
00:35:56,640 --> 00:36:02,120
Speaker 3: pretty loaded, and yet they there's this certain mental toughness

714
00:36:02,239 --> 00:36:07,760
Speaker 3: and the coaching mismatch is so slanted in Miami's favor

715
00:36:08,400 --> 00:36:12,560
Speaker 3: that if they can somehow avoid Milwaukee in their path

716
00:36:12,560 --> 00:36:15,760
Speaker 3: to the Eastern Conference Finals. If somehow Milwaukee and Boston

717
00:36:15,800 --> 00:36:19,400
Speaker 3: have to face each other around two, then Miami getting

718
00:36:19,440 --> 00:36:22,960
Speaker 3: back to the NBA Finals is not like Super out

719
00:36:22,960 --> 00:36:26,320
Speaker 3: of the realm of possibility. Tyler Herroes coming back, Jimmy

720
00:36:26,360 --> 00:36:29,759
Speaker 3: Butler's still there, bam Adebayo is still there. I think

721
00:36:29,760 --> 00:36:32,960
Speaker 3: they probably need another wing player. I don't know. Maybe

722
00:36:33,000 --> 00:36:34,960
Speaker 3: that's guy's on the roster. Maybe it's Heimi hawk Kiz,

723
00:36:35,000 --> 00:36:39,600
Speaker 3: maybe it's Conically Jovic already, but I don't know. But

724
00:36:39,719 --> 00:36:42,000
Speaker 3: they always have some guy that you're not expecting that

725
00:36:42,080 --> 00:36:44,120
Speaker 3: kind of pops off. And so if I were to

726
00:36:44,320 --> 00:36:48,640
Speaker 3: bet three teams, I'm looking at Lakers Warriors heat.

727
00:36:49,600 --> 00:36:50,399
Speaker 1: I would love to see.

728
00:36:50,400 --> 00:36:53,520
Speaker 2: If I could find make miss playoffs, I would seriously

729
00:36:53,520 --> 00:36:55,520
Speaker 2: consider the Heat missing. The only problem is with the

730
00:36:55,560 --> 00:36:58,520
Speaker 2: play in now, so you get what ten of sixteen

731
00:36:58,680 --> 00:37:01,240
Speaker 2: technically make the oh No, ten to fifteen, I'm sorry,

732
00:37:01,320 --> 00:37:04,759
Speaker 2: make the playoffs. It's like, come on, if the bar

733
00:37:04,960 --> 00:37:07,000
Speaker 2: is just making the play and is in, I don't

734
00:37:07,040 --> 00:37:07,520
Speaker 2: think the heat.

735
00:37:07,840 --> 00:37:09,680
Speaker 1: I just don't see it this year. I see them.

736
00:37:09,840 --> 00:37:12,719
Speaker 2: Falling, falling back a little bit. I don't even have

737
00:37:12,760 --> 00:37:15,520
Speaker 2: like a deep sleeper for the time. I mean, I

738
00:37:15,600 --> 00:37:18,160
Speaker 2: guess you could count Dallas, but I just look, they're

739
00:37:18,200 --> 00:37:18,640
Speaker 2: not that deep.

740
00:37:18,680 --> 00:37:20,839
Speaker 1: They met the Western Conference finals two years ago. All right,

741
00:37:20,880 --> 00:37:23,520
Speaker 1: So the next one rob MVP.

742
00:37:23,960 --> 00:37:27,359
Speaker 2: So we know Doncic has two I'm sorry, Joker has

743
00:37:27,440 --> 00:37:30,799
Speaker 2: two MVPs, Yannis has I think two.

744
00:37:33,640 --> 00:37:34,879
Speaker 1: Kevin Durant's not getting the MVP.

745
00:37:35,040 --> 00:37:37,880
Speaker 2: So the odds the favorite is Jokic at plus four fifty,

746
00:37:38,000 --> 00:37:42,080
Speaker 2: followed by Luca plus five hundred, Yannis plus five fifty,

747
00:37:42,440 --> 00:37:45,440
Speaker 2: Embiid who won it last year plus six fifty, and.

748
00:37:45,280 --> 00:37:46,000
Speaker 1: Then my vet.

749
00:37:46,400 --> 00:37:49,960
Speaker 2: Here we go, my guy, Jason Tatum plus eight hundred.

750
00:37:50,360 --> 00:37:53,840
Speaker 2: If if you're a believer that the Celtics finally with

751
00:37:53,880 --> 00:37:56,319
Speaker 2: the addition of Holiday and Porzingis.

752
00:37:55,800 --> 00:37:57,200
Speaker 1: And they're able to somehow stay healthy.

753
00:37:58,040 --> 00:37:59,880
Speaker 2: I know the bench isn't deep, but I mean, Tatum's

754
00:37:59,880 --> 00:38:02,160
Speaker 2: been an All NBA player the last few years. He

755
00:38:02,320 --> 00:38:04,719
Speaker 2: really has improved his game. You get Marcus Smart out

756
00:38:04,760 --> 00:38:07,200
Speaker 2: of the locker room, listen, I don't know I have

757
00:38:07,360 --> 00:38:09,000
Speaker 2: men in the locker room. I don't know if Tatum

758
00:38:09,080 --> 00:38:11,200
Speaker 2: is the leader. He seems like a quiet leader on

759
00:38:11,360 --> 00:38:11,920
Speaker 2: like like say.

760
00:38:11,800 --> 00:38:12,520
Speaker 1: A Kobe Bryant.

761
00:38:13,480 --> 00:38:15,920
Speaker 2: Maybe maybe he's more of like the Kawhi Leonard realm

762
00:38:15,920 --> 00:38:18,960
Speaker 2: of Leader. I think Jason Tatum plus eight hundred to

763
00:38:18,960 --> 00:38:20,759
Speaker 2: win the MVP is a really good bet.

764
00:38:20,960 --> 00:38:23,400
Speaker 1: Here's the thing. He doesn't miss a ton of games.

765
00:38:23,440 --> 00:38:25,600
Speaker 2: He plays a lot, probably too much, and he's gonna

766
00:38:25,640 --> 00:38:26,920
Speaker 2: his minutes are gonna have to be up because their

767
00:38:26,960 --> 00:38:30,000
Speaker 2: bench depth is not there and we and a lot

768
00:38:30,040 --> 00:38:31,560
Speaker 2: of this has to get into the psychology.

769
00:38:31,920 --> 00:38:32,520
Speaker 1: Rob, you know this.

770
00:38:32,640 --> 00:38:36,279
Speaker 2: Of the voters, there was some Jokics fatigue last year.

771
00:38:36,920 --> 00:38:39,399
Speaker 2: Even though Yoki was great nuggets for the number one see,

772
00:38:39,440 --> 00:38:41,040
Speaker 2: there was still like, ah, he's given it to him

773
00:38:41,040 --> 00:38:42,359
Speaker 2: the last year, so let's give it to him.

774
00:38:42,400 --> 00:38:43,320
Speaker 1: Beat Okay.

775
00:38:44,200 --> 00:38:49,480
Speaker 2: The only guy outside of Luca in the top seven

776
00:38:50,160 --> 00:38:53,640
Speaker 2: who hasn't won the MVP. Durance wanted, Curry's wonted, Tatum

777
00:38:53,680 --> 00:38:56,920
Speaker 2: has not, Luka Doncic has not. I don't see SGA

778
00:38:57,040 --> 00:38:59,719
Speaker 2: plus sixteen hundred, save your money, don't don't. Don't flush

779
00:38:59,719 --> 00:39:02,200
Speaker 2: it down the toilet. Booker and KD will cancel each

780
00:39:02,200 --> 00:39:05,919
Speaker 2: other out. Jason Tatum's a guy. Rob, nobody's voting Drew

781
00:39:06,040 --> 00:39:08,839
Speaker 2: Holliday MVP of the league. It's just not happening. He's

782
00:39:08,840 --> 00:39:11,399
Speaker 2: a great supplemental player. He goes from being the two

783
00:39:11,440 --> 00:39:14,840
Speaker 2: in Milwaukee last year, sorry Middleton two to three the clear.

784
00:39:14,600 --> 00:39:16,560
Speaker 1: Three in Boston. I think it's a great upgrade.

785
00:39:16,640 --> 00:39:19,320
Speaker 2: Tatum will be the leader, he'll be the best player

786
00:39:19,440 --> 00:39:20,720
Speaker 2: on the best team in the East.

787
00:39:21,000 --> 00:39:23,120
Speaker 1: The West is just brutal.

788
00:39:23,719 --> 00:39:26,120
Speaker 2: I can definitely see Boston having the best record, the

789
00:39:26,200 --> 00:39:28,520
Speaker 2: number one seed in the East, and Jason Tatum win's

790
00:39:28,520 --> 00:39:29,760
Speaker 2: the MVP plus eight hundred.

791
00:39:29,760 --> 00:39:32,320
Speaker 1: What say you?

792
00:39:32,480 --> 00:39:35,600
Speaker 3: Jason Tatum will be my second bet. Everything that you

793
00:39:35,600 --> 00:39:37,719
Speaker 3: said is accurate. You know I'm a big, big fan

794
00:39:37,719 --> 00:39:40,200
Speaker 3: of future Laker Jason Tatum. Can't wait a couple of years,

795
00:39:40,239 --> 00:39:42,200
Speaker 3: Donny the Purple and Gold. It's going to be fantastic.

796
00:39:42,960 --> 00:39:46,760
Speaker 3: But everything that you said is accurate because voter fatigue

797
00:39:46,840 --> 00:39:48,960
Speaker 3: is real. I know a handful of voters personally, and

798
00:39:49,000 --> 00:39:50,919
Speaker 3: I can tell you that voter fatigue is real. They'll

799
00:39:50,920 --> 00:39:52,279
Speaker 3: tell you that it's not, but then you talk to

800
00:39:52,320 --> 00:39:54,759
Speaker 3: him long enough and you notice that they're kind of

801
00:39:54,800 --> 00:39:58,719
Speaker 3: talking themselves out of certain guys strictly because they don't

802
00:39:58,719 --> 00:40:01,080
Speaker 3: want him set the precedent of a guy winning his

803
00:40:01,200 --> 00:40:02,880
Speaker 3: second in a row or third in a row, or

804
00:40:03,280 --> 00:40:06,279
Speaker 3: he's already won one. Blah blah blah. That's real, and

805
00:40:06,320 --> 00:40:08,920
Speaker 3: that's why I think Nikola Jokic at plus four to

806
00:40:08,960 --> 00:40:11,480
Speaker 3: fifty is a terrible bet. Yeah, he's he's the best

807
00:40:11,520 --> 00:40:14,400
Speaker 3: player he is Statistically, he's probably gonna put up the

808
00:40:14,480 --> 00:40:16,359
Speaker 3: numbers that would give you an MVP. But again, voter

809
00:40:16,400 --> 00:40:20,400
Speaker 3: fatigue is real. Yannis m b Well, Yannis, I think

810
00:40:20,480 --> 00:40:22,760
Speaker 3: is good. Giannis and KD are gonna lose votes because

811
00:40:22,760 --> 00:40:24,480
Speaker 3: the rest of their team is so loaded, So that

812
00:40:24,640 --> 00:40:27,200
Speaker 3: crossed them off the list. Steph Curry. As much as

813
00:40:27,200 --> 00:40:29,520
Speaker 3: I like the Warriors has a long shot NBA title,

814
00:40:30,080 --> 00:40:31,799
Speaker 3: I don't think their team is going to be good

815
00:40:31,880 --> 00:40:34,919
Speaker 3: enough in the regular season for him to pay off

816
00:40:34,920 --> 00:40:37,800
Speaker 3: at plus fifteen hundred. Luca, I think they're going to

817
00:40:37,840 --> 00:40:40,560
Speaker 3: actually miss the playoffs altogether. That team is going to

818
00:40:40,600 --> 00:40:43,319
Speaker 3: be blown up by the trade deadline. Heard it here first,

819
00:40:43,360 --> 00:40:46,160
Speaker 3: keeping eyeut on Kyrie Irving trying to make ways to

820
00:40:46,200 --> 00:40:48,640
Speaker 3: get back to the Lakers again. Just throw third eyes

821
00:40:48,680 --> 00:40:49,319
Speaker 3: open right now.

822
00:40:49,400 --> 00:40:51,879
Speaker 1: Oh my goodness, So it comes down to two.

823
00:40:52,640 --> 00:40:55,440
Speaker 3: That comes down to two. Jason Tatum, who I think

824
00:40:55,440 --> 00:40:58,160
Speaker 3: at plus Henry is a great bet, and the one

825
00:40:58,200 --> 00:41:00,640
Speaker 3: you said throwing money down the toylet. I think Sga

826
00:41:00,680 --> 00:41:05,600
Speaker 3: at plus sixteen is a sneaky good bet for two reasons.

827
00:41:06,320 --> 00:41:09,719
Speaker 3: Number One, he's already an All NBA player. He's already established,

828
00:41:09,719 --> 00:41:12,680
Speaker 3: he's made the leap to superstardom. He's gonna put up

829
00:41:12,680 --> 00:41:16,239
Speaker 3: good numbers, and he's gonna have the narrative around him

830
00:41:16,600 --> 00:41:20,400
Speaker 3: that voters tend to gravitate to. Number two. To me,

831
00:41:20,600 --> 00:41:24,280
Speaker 3: this Oklahoma City Oklahoma City Thunder team is the twenty

832
00:41:24,320 --> 00:41:27,160
Speaker 3: twenty three to twenty twenty four version of the Sacramento Kings.

833
00:41:27,680 --> 00:41:29,799
Speaker 3: They're gonna be the team that jumps up to the

834
00:41:29,800 --> 00:41:31,840
Speaker 3: top half of the Western Conference in the regular season.

835
00:41:32,400 --> 00:41:34,279
Speaker 3: I don't know if they'll finish there. Maybe at the

836
00:41:34,320 --> 00:41:36,319
Speaker 3: end they'll kind of slip back to five six, but

837
00:41:36,360 --> 00:41:39,560
Speaker 3: they are gonna be comfortably in the Western Conference playoff.

838
00:41:39,600 --> 00:41:41,640
Speaker 3: It's not gonna be a playing team. They are a

839
00:41:41,760 --> 00:41:46,360
Speaker 3: legitimate stamp it playoff top six team in the Western Conference.

840
00:41:46,640 --> 00:41:46,879
Speaker 2: Shake.

841
00:41:47,440 --> 00:41:49,719
Speaker 3: Alexander is gonna be an All NBA player again. I

842
00:41:49,719 --> 00:41:50,960
Speaker 3: don't know if he'll be first team, but he'll be

843
00:41:51,000 --> 00:41:55,000
Speaker 3: All NBA. And when you have him being clearly the

844
00:41:55,040 --> 00:41:58,400
Speaker 3: best player, a most important player on the Darlings, of

845
00:41:58,440 --> 00:42:02,520
Speaker 3: the NBA that that media narrative is gonna pick up

846
00:42:02,640 --> 00:42:06,399
Speaker 3: and him at plus sixteen hundred feels like a good

847
00:42:06,440 --> 00:42:06,840
Speaker 3: bet to me.

848
00:42:07,840 --> 00:42:10,240
Speaker 1: So, first of all, that's crazy.

849
00:42:10,600 --> 00:42:13,000
Speaker 2: Second of all, I don't know who they're at the

850
00:42:13,040 --> 00:42:15,680
Speaker 2: top sex in the West, like that's insane, but they

851
00:42:15,719 --> 00:42:17,799
Speaker 2: don't have enough national TV games. It's just it's not

852
00:42:17,840 --> 00:42:20,080
Speaker 2: gonna happen. I am excited for Holmgren and I don't

853
00:42:20,120 --> 00:42:23,719
Speaker 2: hate the Kings of twenty twenty three. Take that being said, Rob,

854
00:42:24,120 --> 00:42:27,319
Speaker 2: I just scan down the numbers. I was like, oh, yeah,

855
00:42:27,600 --> 00:42:29,400
Speaker 2: what it's like to put a couple bucks on Victor

856
00:42:29,400 --> 00:42:30,879
Speaker 2: wembin Yama to an MVP.

857
00:42:31,040 --> 00:42:32,960
Speaker 1: No rookie has ever done it? Right now, I don't.

858
00:42:32,960 --> 00:42:35,399
Speaker 1: I'm almost certain I had to look.

859
00:42:35,440 --> 00:42:39,520
Speaker 2: I see plus seventy five hundred ball. Yeah, I don't

860
00:42:39,520 --> 00:42:41,760
Speaker 2: think a rookie's ever done it. Jalen Brunson's plus eight thousand.

861
00:42:41,760 --> 00:42:45,239
Speaker 2: Oh there's one bin Yama plus nine thousand.

862
00:42:46,120 --> 00:42:46,480
Speaker 1: Okay.

863
00:42:47,160 --> 00:42:49,000
Speaker 2: I often joke about, Hey, if I don't have a

864
00:42:49,040 --> 00:42:51,000
Speaker 2: side in an NFL game, let's just throw some pizza

865
00:42:51,000 --> 00:42:53,200
Speaker 2: money on it. Twenty five fifty bucks And don't say

866
00:42:53,480 --> 00:42:54,400
Speaker 2: j fifty bucks is.

867
00:42:54,400 --> 00:42:55,440
Speaker 1: Pizza money, guys.

868
00:42:55,520 --> 00:42:59,080
Speaker 2: I order pizza and breadsticks every Sunday to watch NFL

869
00:42:59,440 --> 00:43:01,640
Speaker 2: for the family, you know, like I watch it and

870
00:43:01,680 --> 00:43:03,759
Speaker 2: I eat the cheese, steaks, breadsticks, whatever, and the kids

871
00:43:03,800 --> 00:43:05,280
Speaker 2: and then we make that lunch and dinner.

872
00:43:05,560 --> 00:43:07,880
Speaker 1: It's like fifty plus dollars at Papa John's.

873
00:43:07,960 --> 00:43:09,960
Speaker 2: Papa John's not a sponsor, so I shouldn't plug them,

874
00:43:10,000 --> 00:43:13,120
Speaker 2: but so fifty bucks is pizzabody. If you want to

875
00:43:13,200 --> 00:43:15,680
Speaker 2: root for Wemby and Rob, did you see yes or no?

876
00:43:16,000 --> 00:43:19,760
Speaker 2: The photo of Webby Yama blocking and Andrew Wiggins three pointer?

877
00:43:19,960 --> 00:43:20,520
Speaker 1: Have you seen that?

878
00:43:22,200 --> 00:43:24,799
Speaker 3: I've seen all of the and with the women ye

879
00:43:24,840 --> 00:43:25,400
Speaker 3: on my highlights.

880
00:43:25,440 --> 00:43:27,760
Speaker 1: Yes, I mean, dude, it's an increase. It's a photo

881
00:43:27,800 --> 00:43:30,279
Speaker 1: that like you're just like, where's this guy from? Is

882
00:43:30,320 --> 00:43:30,760
Speaker 1: he an alien?

883
00:43:30,800 --> 00:43:32,160
Speaker 3: It looks photoshops.

884
00:43:31,880 --> 00:43:35,399
Speaker 2: It does look photoshop, but it's not. And I mean,

885
00:43:35,400 --> 00:43:37,800
Speaker 2: if you I'm going to be rooting openly for Wemby,

886
00:43:37,840 --> 00:43:38,160
Speaker 2: I'm not.

887
00:43:38,120 --> 00:43:40,040
Speaker 1: Less Spurs fan. I know a bunch of Spurs fans

888
00:43:40,040 --> 00:43:41,319
Speaker 1: and medms.

889
00:43:41,239 --> 00:43:44,160
Speaker 2: And it's like I can't I can't ride with the Spurs,

890
00:43:45,000 --> 00:43:47,040
Speaker 2: but I can with with Wemby. And I don't think

891
00:43:47,040 --> 00:43:51,000
Speaker 2: he's gonna play enough games. But just for fun, let's

892
00:43:51,000 --> 00:43:54,160
Speaker 2: say who didn't somebody as a rookie didn't Tim Duncan

893
00:43:54,320 --> 00:43:57,719
Speaker 2: they have like a twenty five win swing when he

894
00:43:57,840 --> 00:43:59,560
Speaker 2: showed up from Wake Forest. I feel like they had

895
00:43:59,560 --> 00:44:01,880
Speaker 2: a massive Now, I think they had injuries to year

896
00:44:01,880 --> 00:44:04,160
Speaker 2: prior and a good roster Spurs don't have that. But

897
00:44:04,360 --> 00:44:08,440
Speaker 2: on the off chance that Wembin Yama is like a

898
00:44:08,520 --> 00:44:13,279
Speaker 2: comment hitting the NBA and they somehow unbelievably, we'll go

899
00:44:13,400 --> 00:44:16,920
Speaker 2: forty two and forty not happening, trust me, I'd be

900
00:44:17,160 --> 00:44:19,880
Speaker 2: happy to have a Wembin Yama ticket because the excitement

901
00:44:19,960 --> 00:44:23,520
Speaker 2: and the buzz around him every performance. Rob people are

902
00:44:23,560 --> 00:44:26,319
Speaker 2: going crazy, and I think even the media gets on board.

903
00:44:26,320 --> 00:44:30,719
Speaker 2: So just for fun, some pizza money on Wembin Yama

904
00:44:30,840 --> 00:44:32,960
Speaker 2: to win MVP. It's one hundred thousand percent not going

905
00:44:33,000 --> 00:44:36,200
Speaker 2: to happen. That being said, I would definitely do it

906
00:44:36,280 --> 00:44:36,840
Speaker 2: just for fun.

907
00:44:37,000 --> 00:44:37,480
Speaker 1: Now, Rob.

908
00:44:37,600 --> 00:44:40,800
Speaker 2: The final thing I want to touch on on NBA

909
00:44:41,040 --> 00:44:43,120
Speaker 2: is and this one's a little.

910
00:44:43,000 --> 00:44:45,680
Speaker 1: More difficult because again, injuries.

911
00:44:45,160 --> 00:44:47,960
Speaker 2: Matter more than in this than any other sport, I

912
00:44:48,000 --> 00:44:48,960
Speaker 2: think more than football.

913
00:44:49,200 --> 00:44:50,960
Speaker 1: You know, in football you lose players.

914
00:44:51,080 --> 00:44:53,279
Speaker 2: Obviously it hurts but as long as the quarterback standing upright,

915
00:44:53,320 --> 00:44:57,360
Speaker 2: you've got a shot. NBA is different, Like, if you

916
00:44:57,480 --> 00:45:01,000
Speaker 2: tell me right now, across the board, none of the

917
00:45:01,040 --> 00:45:03,799
Speaker 2: top thirty stars in the league get hurt. I can

918
00:45:03,840 --> 00:45:05,680
Speaker 2: say with some confidence who I think is gonna go

919
00:45:05,719 --> 00:45:11,440
Speaker 2: to the two final four teams in the NBA. But

920
00:45:11,560 --> 00:45:14,120
Speaker 2: you don't know, like how's Dame gonna hold up? Like

921
00:45:14,160 --> 00:45:16,120
Speaker 2: it's tough for me in the East Rob to not

922
00:45:16,239 --> 00:45:20,160
Speaker 2: just automatically pencil in Bucks Celtics, Like, I don't see

923
00:45:20,200 --> 00:45:23,960
Speaker 2: who the spoiler is in the East. Now your scenario

924
00:45:24,120 --> 00:45:29,279
Speaker 2: of well if somehow like the Bucks or Celtics, one

925
00:45:29,280 --> 00:45:32,120
Speaker 2: of them falls to four and the other one's one

926
00:45:32,200 --> 00:45:34,360
Speaker 2: and they have to face off in the second round, well,

927
00:45:34,400 --> 00:45:36,560
Speaker 2: you know that's a huge win for this say the six.

928
00:45:36,480 --> 00:45:39,600
Speaker 1: Ers or two three, the Caves. You're right, something like that.

929
00:45:40,239 --> 00:45:42,920
Speaker 2: I just it's tough for me to envision that scenario

930
00:45:43,080 --> 00:45:46,040
Speaker 2: right now. But I guess if I had to pick

931
00:45:46,040 --> 00:45:48,080
Speaker 2: a third team in the East, who could who could

932
00:45:48,120 --> 00:45:51,239
Speaker 2: shock everybody? I'll go with, she said, can't believe I'm

933
00:45:51,239 --> 00:45:55,799
Speaker 2: saying this. The Cleveland Cavaliers, Donovan Mitchell, Evan Mobley. I

934
00:45:55,960 --> 00:46:00,719
Speaker 2: like that team they're good, they're fun, tough issues on

935
00:46:00,760 --> 00:46:02,640
Speaker 2: the wing, ran into it against the Knicks last year.

936
00:46:02,680 --> 00:46:03,040
Speaker 1: I get it.

937
00:46:03,719 --> 00:46:05,520
Speaker 2: But I would say the Caves in the East. In

938
00:46:05,600 --> 00:46:09,279
Speaker 2: the West, I'll say the Western Conference Finals. And again

939
00:46:09,520 --> 00:46:14,160
Speaker 2: it's difficult blindly not knowing the seeds and the health,

940
00:46:14,400 --> 00:46:16,640
Speaker 2: but i have the Sons in there for sure, and

941
00:46:16,719 --> 00:46:19,520
Speaker 2: I'm gonna go with a bit of a surprise, and

942
00:46:19,560 --> 00:46:22,600
Speaker 2: I will go with Rob G's La Lakers to the

943
00:46:22,680 --> 00:46:28,280
Speaker 2: conference finals. Lebron in year seventy seven, the Cyborg from Akron.

944
00:46:28,560 --> 00:46:31,000
Speaker 2: The Lakers go to the conference finals, we get a

945
00:46:31,120 --> 00:46:35,160
Speaker 2: Lebron Kevin Durant playoff showdown, first time that's happened since

946
00:46:35,239 --> 00:46:38,040
Speaker 2: Durant and the Warriors wiped the floor with Lebron and

947
00:46:38,520 --> 00:46:42,600
Speaker 2: a cast of characters from my rec league. I'll go

948
00:46:42,680 --> 00:46:44,560
Speaker 2: Suns Lakers in the Conference finals, and I would go

949
00:46:44,640 --> 00:46:47,440
Speaker 2: Sons Celtics in the finals. Give me this, give me

950
00:46:47,480 --> 00:46:50,799
Speaker 2: the Celtics shocking the Suns. My guy, Jason, I'm all

951
00:46:50,840 --> 00:46:52,680
Speaker 2: in on Jason Tatum. I know this is crazy. I

952
00:46:52,680 --> 00:46:56,280
Speaker 2: don't even like Boston the city, never have liked the Celtics.

953
00:46:56,320 --> 00:46:59,040
Speaker 2: I'm a Lakers guy, I'm a Knicks guy. Can't stand them,

954
00:46:59,040 --> 00:47:01,520
Speaker 2: but I think their team is really really good one

955
00:47:01,600 --> 00:47:05,960
Speaker 2: through six. I don't know if there's a better one

956
00:47:05,960 --> 00:47:07,879
Speaker 2: through six in the league. Like the Suns are really good,

957
00:47:07,880 --> 00:47:10,120
Speaker 2: the Nuggets are good, but I mean Lakers are good.

958
00:47:10,239 --> 00:47:12,040
Speaker 2: But I just I like that Celtics, So I'll go

959
00:47:12,239 --> 00:47:17,160
Speaker 2: Lakers over Suns in seven and Tatum MVP Tatum NBA

960
00:47:17,280 --> 00:47:18,280
Speaker 2: Finals MVP.

961
00:47:18,760 --> 00:47:21,840
Speaker 3: Well, for selfish reasons, I hope that doesn't happen, because

962
00:47:21,920 --> 00:47:25,040
Speaker 3: if the Celtic Quinn Championship, then the hashtag future Laker

963
00:47:25,080 --> 00:47:27,520
Speaker 3: Jason Tatum ticket kind of gets flushed down the toilet,

964
00:47:27,640 --> 00:47:30,640
Speaker 3: so we kind of need them to flame out. However,

965
00:47:30,960 --> 00:47:33,400
Speaker 3: taking my being objective about it, I think that they

966
00:47:33,400 --> 00:47:35,359
Speaker 3: are going to make the NBA Finals. I think that

967
00:47:35,600 --> 00:47:39,520
Speaker 3: to your point, Jason Tatum is ready to take the

968
00:47:39,560 --> 00:47:42,399
Speaker 3: next next league. He's already a superstar, but now you're

969
00:47:42,440 --> 00:47:45,720
Speaker 3: going to see him being talked about in the Yokic

970
00:47:46,719 --> 00:47:49,960
Speaker 3: Yannis conversation. I think he's right there, and I think

971
00:47:50,000 --> 00:47:53,359
Speaker 3: that once he puts together the kind of postseason run

972
00:47:53,400 --> 00:47:55,120
Speaker 3: of consistency, because so far it's kind of been up

973
00:47:55,120 --> 00:47:57,040
Speaker 3: and down during this playoff run up because of injury

974
00:47:57,120 --> 00:47:59,480
Speaker 3: or or just running into the Miami heat for whatever

975
00:47:59,480 --> 00:48:03,640
Speaker 3: reason he show against them. But I like Boston. I

976
00:48:03,640 --> 00:48:06,120
Speaker 3: think Boston Milwaukee feels like a lock to be the

977
00:48:06,120 --> 00:48:09,439
Speaker 3: Eastern Conference Finals. Give me Boston. I like their depth.

978
00:48:09,480 --> 00:48:13,760
Speaker 3: I think that they match up well enough to slow

979
00:48:13,840 --> 00:48:16,239
Speaker 3: down the Damian Lillard Giannis pick and roll. I think

980
00:48:16,280 --> 00:48:20,520
Speaker 3: that again, give me Boston. The Western Conference is really

981
00:48:20,560 --> 00:48:23,800
Speaker 3: tough because to me, I think there's there's three teams

982
00:48:23,800 --> 00:48:28,080
Speaker 3: who are really like Denver, Phoenix and again my Lakers.

983
00:48:28,520 --> 00:48:31,560
Speaker 3: Whatever teams can avoid the other one on the path

984
00:48:31,600 --> 00:48:34,200
Speaker 3: to the Western Conference Finals, like that's the favorite. Right

985
00:48:34,680 --> 00:48:38,759
Speaker 3: So in this scenario, because the regular season is gonna

986
00:48:38,800 --> 00:48:40,239
Speaker 3: matter a hell of a lot more than it ever

987
00:48:40,320 --> 00:48:48,400
Speaker 3: has because of the playoff seeding, give me Lakers Suns

988
00:48:48,560 --> 00:48:52,239
Speaker 3: in the Western Finals, because I think that the Denver

989
00:48:52,400 --> 00:48:54,280
Speaker 3: Nuggets gonna have to work in a couple of young guys.

990
00:48:54,280 --> 00:48:56,359
Speaker 3: It's not going to be peaches and cream to start

991
00:48:56,400 --> 00:49:01,560
Speaker 3: off with. And that Phoenix Suns offense in the regular season,

992
00:49:01,640 --> 00:49:03,640
Speaker 3: especially when there's you can't game plan for a team

993
00:49:03,640 --> 00:49:05,880
Speaker 3: the cannon playoffs. They are going to run rough shot

994
00:49:06,000 --> 00:49:08,040
Speaker 3: over everybody. They're gonna put up one hundred.

995
00:49:08,040 --> 00:49:10,239
Speaker 1: We have points a game, like, we have the same

996
00:49:10,320 --> 00:49:10,719
Speaker 1: final four.

997
00:49:10,920 --> 00:49:15,279
Speaker 3: I think we have the same final four. Yes, I

998
00:49:15,320 --> 00:49:17,920
Speaker 3: have Phoenix making the West making the NBA Finals over

999
00:49:17,920 --> 00:49:21,840
Speaker 3: my Lakers. As much as I like the matchups wise,

1000
00:49:21,880 --> 00:49:25,160
Speaker 3: I just think that at some point talent just overwhelms

1001
00:49:25,160 --> 00:49:26,719
Speaker 3: and Phoenix has a whole hell of a lot of it,

1002
00:49:26,800 --> 00:49:29,120
Speaker 3: barring injury. Again, that's the big thing, is barring injury.

1003
00:49:29,120 --> 00:49:33,400
Speaker 3: I give me Frank Vogel, former Laker getting back to

1004
00:49:33,440 --> 00:49:34,720
Speaker 3: the NBA Finals.

1005
00:49:35,000 --> 00:49:36,640
Speaker 1: Wow, I forgot. I totally forgot.

1006
00:49:36,640 --> 00:49:38,040
Speaker 3: He's the new Celtics.

1007
00:49:38,560 --> 00:49:39,040
Speaker 1: I forgot.

1008
00:49:39,520 --> 00:49:42,080
Speaker 3: I have the Boston Celtics winning the championship.

1009
00:49:42,480 --> 00:49:45,480
Speaker 2: We have the exact same final four, finals and title

1010
00:49:46,280 --> 00:49:46,600
Speaker 2: we do.

1011
00:49:47,840 --> 00:49:49,160
Speaker 1: It's definitely not gonna happen. I don't like it.

1012
00:49:49,280 --> 00:49:53,320
Speaker 2: Totally forgot vocal yeah yeah, was back.

1013
00:49:53,080 --> 00:49:53,719
Speaker 1: At the head coach.

1014
00:49:53,760 --> 00:49:56,239
Speaker 2: I was like, what geez, wow, all right, so there

1015
00:49:56,320 --> 00:49:59,960
Speaker 2: is your condensed NBA preview. I'm excited for the Sea.

1016
00:50:00,239 --> 00:50:04,360
Speaker 2: We will definitely be checking out NBA action tonight. Lebron

1017
00:50:04,400 --> 00:50:07,719
Speaker 2: starts in Denver. I'm sure Jokic cares greatly about Game

1018
00:50:07,760 --> 00:50:10,759
Speaker 2: one of eighty two. Probably misses his horses and the

1019
00:50:10,800 --> 00:50:12,560
Speaker 2: farm back in Serbia.

1020
00:50:12,800 --> 00:50:14,880
Speaker 1: But enjoy the games tonight. Talk to you tomorrow.