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Speaker 1: straight fire, fam, It's me Jason McIntyre. If this is

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Speaker 1: straight fire for Tuesday, April nine, The fun night in

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Speaker 1: the NBA. Last night we got a juicy NFL story

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Speaker 1: that does not involve a quarterback. You know, I know

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Speaker 1: this is supposed to be the summer of quarterbacks, moving teams,

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Speaker 1: musical chairs, whatever you want to say. But there's another

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Speaker 1: getting exciting. We'll talk about that very shortly. Quick note.

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Speaker 1: I will be hosting the Dan Patrick Show this morning.

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Speaker 1: That will be nine am Eastern to noon. I believe

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Speaker 1: my partner in crime will be Dug Gottlieb. As usual,

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Speaker 1: he will get combative because I will push him there

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Speaker 1: and it will be fun and I will get text

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Speaker 1: from my friends. Oh my gosh, I can't believe Godlia,

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Speaker 1: how could you work with It's it's guys, it's fine,

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Speaker 1: guys of friends. It's all good. Um asked for the

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Speaker 1: world of sports. Another good night in gambling in the NBA.

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Speaker 1: You guys know I've been on fire. All the picks

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Speaker 1: are posted. I find some inefficiencies in the market. You

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Speaker 1: But I do want to open today's podcast with the

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Speaker 1: NFL because you know, obviously Deshaun Watson's movement, Russell Wilson,

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Speaker 1: just talking absolute chaos at the wide receiver position. Essentially,

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Speaker 1: I mean, I probably would go Cooper Cup. He finally

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Speaker 1: the new move in sports, if you want to distance

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Speaker 1: kind of a passive aggressive move. Anybody out there who's

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Speaker 1: and it probably works in the NBA Major League Baseball

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Speaker 1: He got four years, seventy two million dollars. The key

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Speaker 1: It's ugly? Now. The Green Bay Packers did not want

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Speaker 1: Love watching Deebo Samuel. If you're gonna pay and pay

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Speaker 1: this Niners team it feels a little tenuous. They should

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Speaker 1: they have any star offensive players? Oh? That's right. Derrick

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Speaker 1: he was running with a piano on his back. Carries

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Speaker 1: Derek Henry has been driven into the ground. Ladies and gentlemen,

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Speaker 1: s R to listen live. The only thing better than

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Speaker 1: sitting on your couch watching the game. He's making money

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Speaker 1: while you do it. Here's your best bat. We have

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Speaker 1: Sons hosting the Pels. Yeah, listen, I don't I think

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Speaker 1: the Pelicans have had a great run. Their fans stopped

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Speaker 1: chirping at me finally after the loss when they did

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Speaker 1: not even cover the spread in Game one. Thank you

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Speaker 1: Chris Paul for carrying the team. But let's look at

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Speaker 1: the numbers for tonight's games. Sons opened at ten. It

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Speaker 1: was bet down instantly at one of the sharpest books

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Speaker 1: to nine and a half. So people saw the Pelicans said,

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Speaker 1: m it's thirty seven year old Chris Paul gonna do

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Speaker 1: that again, or you know, is there a chance of

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Speaker 1: pells can do some damage to make this close. They

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Speaker 1: took a nibble on the Pelicans down to nine and

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Speaker 1: a half. Memphis holding steady is a seven point favorite.

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Speaker 1: Miami holding steady is a seven point favorite. Now everybody

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Speaker 1: knows about the Zigzags theory. It's so played out. A

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Speaker 1: team wins and covers in the first game, and then

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Speaker 1: the second game the opponent has to show up, so

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Speaker 1: they try their hardest and they really get the cover.

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Speaker 1: We just saw it happen last night with Dallas. We

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Speaker 1: did not see it with the Raptors who were hurt.

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Speaker 1: I know people are gonna want to bet the Hawks.

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna talk to themselves into Tray Young having like

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Speaker 1: an awesome game. I don't think this is the game

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Speaker 1: for that guy's I think I would hold off. I

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Speaker 1: would keep my powder dry until game three. If you

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Speaker 1: want to fire on Trade Young at home in the

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Speaker 1: Highlight Factory, maybe they steal one or show up and cover.

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Speaker 1: I don't know if this is gonna be the game

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Speaker 1: for Trade Young. I am curious how the Hawks are

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Speaker 1: handling the South Beach flu that I hear is going

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Speaker 1: around now. I'm just kidding South Beach. You know you're

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Speaker 1: there for a couple of days off. It's easy to

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Speaker 1: get in some trouble. Hawks. I'm not saying you're getting

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Speaker 1: in trouble, but it's gonna be a tough one for Atlanta.

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Speaker 1: I would take it for that one. It's Miami or

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Speaker 1: past at seven for me. And then the other one.

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Speaker 1: I think you've got to look hard at Memphis rebounding

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Speaker 1: with authority after that brutal loss in Game one. Obviously,

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Speaker 1: Memphis cannot lose under any circumstances. Game to they lose

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Speaker 1: Game two, series is pretty much dead, and it's Anthony

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Speaker 1: Edwards against the world. Anthony looks so incredible in that

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Speaker 1: game one Saturday. He was phenomenal. The one thing I

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Speaker 1: want to point out Anthony Edwards at thirty six and

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Speaker 1: Karnton Towns at twenty nine. If you look at the Grizzlies,

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Speaker 1: they made thirty two or forty three free throws. They

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Speaker 1: were living in the line. John Moran sixteen or twenty,

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Speaker 1: Dylan Brooks kept getting to the line. It didn't matter

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Speaker 1: when Minnesota hit sixteen threes and Memphis can't make threes,

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Speaker 1: hitting seven, and if that's gonna be the case again

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Speaker 1: and again. This is not a great three point shooting

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Speaker 1: Memphis team other than Desmond Bane and I just I

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Speaker 1: can see this Memphis team getting a little bit tight

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Speaker 1: if Minnesota gets stays pesky early, and I kind of

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Speaker 1: want to take the seven. I feel like everybody in

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Speaker 1: their mom is going to be on Memphis in this one.

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna wait it out. I'll obviously posted on social media.

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna wait see how things are looking. I have

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Speaker 1: some I have a feeling we're gonna see money man

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Speaker 1: of the market on this game. It feels like every

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Speaker 1: square better in the world is going to back the

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Speaker 1: Memphis Grizzlies here. I don't think that's a side I

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Speaker 1: want to be on. All right, guys, that's it for today.

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Speaker 1: We'll talk to you tomorrow. M