Speaker 1: From the King of Sports Books comes the key sports
Speaker 1: podcast Unleashed, presented by bet MGM. Here's your host, Olivia
Speaker 1: Harlan Dicker. Welcome back to today's episode of Unleashed from
Speaker 1: the King of Sports Books bet MGM. It's a little
Speaker 1: different as we kick off today. There are changes coming
Speaker 1: to the show as we continue to grow, and we're
Speaker 1: so thankful to everyone who's been along for the ride
Speaker 1: from the beginning into our new listeners. We have some
Speaker 1: big names joining us to tell their stories, share their insight,
Speaker 1: and access the look for the next two weeks. I
Speaker 1: get to bring my favorite two men on the show.
Speaker 1: It's my husband and my dad. So we've been guests
Speaker 1: together on tons of podcasts, my husband, Sam Decker, and me,
Speaker 1: but this is the first time we've ever hosted together.
Speaker 1: So let's see this could be a little interesting. Welcome
Speaker 1: my amazing husband of almost almost three years, Sam Ducker. Hi, Hi,
Speaker 1: almost three years. How how time flies? It's amazing. But
Speaker 1: I'm really excited to be on here with you. I've
Speaker 1: been listening over your shoulder every show you've done, and
Speaker 1: you've done so amazing, So I hope I don't bring
Speaker 1: us down a level, but this should be fun. I'm
Speaker 1: excited and to be in a professional space with you
Speaker 1: here is unique. It'll be exciting to share and see
Speaker 1: we gotta talk about right now. Our loyal listeners will
Speaker 1: remember Sam kind of popped in in one episode with
Speaker 1: sneakerhead Josh Louver and that was a lot of fun.
Speaker 1: But Sam, what's been your favorite episode? I gotta know, Oh,
Speaker 1: there are, Yeah, there are a lot. I actually I
Speaker 1: liked the hockey one actually just because of the stories,
Speaker 1: and I won't want to get a little better with hockey.
Speaker 1: I feel like I'm good with most sports, but hockey
Speaker 1: is just one that I'm not equiped done. So just
Speaker 1: listening to some story season in the background in the
Speaker 1: University of Michigan stories reminded me so much of my
Speaker 1: playing days at Wisconsin and and the Big Ten. So
Speaker 1: I just thought that was very a very fun episode
Speaker 1: and enlightened me a little bit on the on the
Speaker 1: world of hockey. And I've actually watched a little bit
Speaker 1: of it here in the playoffs and it looks like
Speaker 1: so much fun. So I just I gotta get a
Speaker 1: little better with that. Yeah, Marty Turko was very good
Speaker 1: on that. That was an interesting, interesting episode. I love
Speaker 1: that one. So you mentioned you went to Wisconsin. Let's
Speaker 1: do a quick bio. I feel like I talked about
Speaker 1: you a lot on this show. It's actually kind of embarrassing.
Speaker 1: But for those who don't know, let me tell you
Speaker 1: who my husband is. He's a professional basketball player going
Speaker 1: into his seventh season next fall. I can't believe how
Speaker 1: quickly that happened, and his career started at University of Wisconsin,
Speaker 1: went to back to back final fours, played in a
Speaker 1: national championship. Drafted eighteenth overall in the NBA Draft by
Speaker 1: the Houston Rockets, played two seasons there where we met,
Speaker 1: actually that's another side story, and then a season with
Speaker 1: the Clippers, Cavaliers, Washington Wizards, then overseas to Russia, and
Speaker 1: then this past season in Turkey, which we absolutely loved.
Speaker 1: But I love even more that Sam's back. He's a Boygan,
Speaker 1: Wisconsin native, a fanatic for all Wisconsin sports, an amazing husky,
Speaker 1: dad to our beautiful dog, Riggins, and a bourbon connoisseur.
Speaker 1: Sam of everything I just listed, what is the topic
Speaker 1: that brings you the most joy? And your amazing wife
Speaker 1: is not in the list, So that's okay. I was
Speaker 1: gonna say, I said, what about you, man, I'll talk
Speaker 1: about my basketball story a lot, so it's nice when
Speaker 1: I can kind of branch off and talk about different
Speaker 1: things that are going on in my life. The Bourbon
Speaker 1: one was unique. I didn't know that you were going
Speaker 1: to throw that one in there. I'm I wouldn't call
Speaker 1: myself a kind of sewer yet. I say I'm in
Speaker 1: the infancy stages because I've only been like into Bourbon
Speaker 1: for a couple of years now, so I'm just I'm learning.
Speaker 1: I'm slowly where they say opening the palette up to it. Also,
Speaker 1: the husky dad things kind of nice because our boy Riggins,
Speaker 1: you know, there's nothing like there's nothing like a man's
Speaker 1: best friends. So that's that's a fun one to talk
Speaker 1: about too. But I feel like I'm an old book.
Speaker 1: I'm excited to share a little bit here. Thank you
Speaker 1: for that, you know, nice intro. I could write a
Speaker 1: million pages about you. But yeah, I'm an open book
Speaker 1: and ready to get into it and dive in. I
Speaker 1: have a lot of interests and we both do, and
Speaker 1: I think that's why this will be fun one because
Speaker 1: we can kind of show different side of us that
Speaker 1: not a lot of people may know. So I'm excited
Speaker 1: to just dive into whatever's on our minds on your mind,
Speaker 1: and you know, really show people who were about what's
Speaker 1: your favorite bourbon? Oh, well, the first one that got
Speaker 1: me into bourbon, I would say is bas Laden's, so
Speaker 1: that's kind of got to stay up there. But there's
Speaker 1: different ones for different occasions. I'm actually trying some New
Speaker 1: Kansas City ones. I'm trying all sorts of different bourbons
Speaker 1: that I see that doesn't always have to be bourbon.
Speaker 1: I like any whiskey, So I'm trying my best and
Speaker 1: standard saying don't just say blanket, I'll just drink anything dark.
Speaker 1: Like let be saying, well, I can't just I can't
Speaker 1: just being only a beer guy, because you know, from Wisconsin,
Speaker 1: we drink a lot of beer and but yeah, but
Speaker 1: I need to be a little bit more open. And
Speaker 1: it's funny. You are the one that got me to
Speaker 1: drink wine for the first time in my life. So
Speaker 1: without you, I wouldn't be as good of a consumer
Speaker 1: as I am. Okay, quick funny story. When we started dating,
Speaker 1: I had done an interview article I think that was
Speaker 1: with g Q, and you read it and it said like,
Speaker 1: what's your go to drink? And I said, a Cavernet Sauviignan,
Speaker 1: my friend's joke, that's my blood type. And Sam was
Speaker 1: doing his research before we first met, and he stocked up.
Speaker 1: He had no idea what he was buying. I just
Speaker 1: thought that story was so cute and I was so impressed.
Speaker 1: I was like, look at this guy with some nice
Speaker 1: bottles of red and you have to do your research
Speaker 1: before you meet somebody. So I knew if I ever
Speaker 1: got you to come over for for a glass of
Speaker 1: wine or whatever, that I would actually be stopped. So
Speaker 1: I was. I was a little nervous, didn't know what
Speaker 1: I was buying, didn't even know how to say cabernet.
Speaker 1: So I'm I'm a little better now and thankful you
Speaker 1: because you love your red wine. And I've been trying
Speaker 1: watch from all over the world. So I never thought
Speaker 1: i'd be doing that. And here we are, years into
Speaker 1: our relationship now and I'm getting a little better each day. Yeah,
Speaker 1: you invited me over and I haven't left. So let's
Speaker 1: get back out of the mushy stuff and into sports.
Speaker 1: It's in the thick of the NBA playoffs right now.
Speaker 1: You and I've had some fun watching some games. We
Speaker 1: thought we'd break down all the action before we look
Speaker 1: ahead later in the show about some good value bets
Speaker 1: with bet MGMs, Peter Andrew. So, Sam, how about I
Speaker 1: got the East? You start with the West? What do
Speaker 1: people need to know? Yeah? So for the West, we
Speaker 1: have three series tied to two, which is incredible to watch,
Speaker 1: and that's that's what we want as fans. The Utah
Speaker 1: Memphis series not three one going to wrap up. I
Speaker 1: see Utah's veteran leadership, and you know, Memphis being young,
Speaker 1: they'll get there, but right now I just don't see
Speaker 1: it happening for them. But the three series I really
Speaker 1: want to touch on. It's Phoenix, l A, Denver, Portland's
Speaker 1: and the Clippers and Mavericks. All three of these series
Speaker 1: have they can go either way. You know, teams have
Speaker 1: one on the road, teams have defended home court, so
Speaker 1: we never we don't know what we're gonna see here,
Speaker 1: which is the beauty you have playoff basketball. What I
Speaker 1: love to watch is how teams are responding to each other.
Speaker 1: And the Sun's Lakers series is so such good basketball,
Speaker 1: such good television. To me. Phoenix is throwing punches, and
Speaker 1: that is what you love to see, especially as a player.
Speaker 1: I kind of see the Lakers on the defensive here,
Speaker 1: and you know, these are the big Lakers, these are
Speaker 1: the finals champions of last year, and Phoenix has these
Speaker 1: young guys and then led by Chris Paul, like the
Speaker 1: ultimate veteran that they're just kind of kicking in the teeth,
Speaker 1: kicking in the doors. And the Lakers are trying to lineups,
Speaker 1: how they're trying to new guys, new veterans, and it's
Speaker 1: I can kind of see them on a retreat here
Speaker 1: and they're going back to Phoenix and these last three
Speaker 1: games are gonna really really boil down to who can
Speaker 1: be tougher, who can find these lineups that work. And
Speaker 1: you know, as a player, I kind of see the
Speaker 1: Lakers a little scared here. Maybe I'll eat my words,
Speaker 1: but I think Phoenix is in good shape, especially you know,
Speaker 1: taking one at Staples that that is huge for them.
Speaker 1: And like I said, when you're led by a guy
Speaker 1: like Chris Paul, everyone is uh is gonna be feeling
Speaker 1: a little better. Yeah, when you say the Lakers are
Speaker 1: looking scared, what's that look like As a player, what
Speaker 1: makes you tip off on that the kind of the
Speaker 1: shell shocked look, you know, kind of wide eyed. Like
Speaker 1: even guys like Lebron, who is you know, neither one
Speaker 1: or two all time best players to play basketball, you
Speaker 1: can tell he's almost like man like these guys are.
Speaker 1: They just keep coming Lake He's will score and the
Speaker 1: Phoenix will get the ball out of the net and
Speaker 1: just push it. And that is the response that you
Speaker 1: need to have if you're the Sons, you need to
Speaker 1: matter what happens, keep pushing it, keep pushing it, keep
Speaker 1: pushing it. And they're dictating the pace, they're dictating the physicality,
Speaker 1: and you know, in the playoffs, it's not always who's
Speaker 1: most talented, it's who's toughest, the grittiest, and the Suns
Speaker 1: are really showing that to me. So it's it's been
Speaker 1: impressive to watch. And what about the other two series? Again,
Speaker 1: we're recording this Tuesday morning, so by Thursday will know
Speaker 1: some answers. But what are you seeing in some of those? Yeah,
Speaker 1: Denver Portlands another one of those tight lock series at
Speaker 1: two two, and I see almost an old school way
Speaker 1: of basketball playing out in those series, because you got
Speaker 1: some these big guys, you got the Kis who is
Speaker 1: probably gonna be m VP if Nurkic and these guys colliding, uh,
Speaker 1: these big monsters of humans shooting midrange jump shots. C J. McCullum,
Speaker 1: who was on the show, loves his midrange game, Carmelo
Speaker 1: Anthony King mid range King step back. It's one of
Speaker 1: these things that it's almost this old school nineties style
Speaker 1: of basketball that has been really fun to watch. It's
Speaker 1: kind of a throwback game. And then you have guys
Speaker 1: like Damian Lillard and Michael Porter Jr. Who are as
Speaker 1: talented as people that will ever find mixed in between
Speaker 1: making these ridiculous shots and these acrobatic layups. It's been
Speaker 1: a really fun series. Like I said, this kind of
Speaker 1: throwback style with this new school incorporated. So Denver Portland
Speaker 1: for those basketball peerists, this is a fun series. And
Speaker 1: whoever comes out of this series I think actually has
Speaker 1: a chance to take the West. I don't know. I
Speaker 1: think the West is more tight locked than the East,
Speaker 1: and I think whoever wins this Denver Portland series has
Speaker 1: a chance to win the West. I know that's a
Speaker 1: three six matchup, but it's just these two teams have
Speaker 1: some depth and toughness to them. And like I said,
Speaker 1: this could be my prediction, I could be the only
Speaker 1: one predicting this, but I think the winner of this
Speaker 1: series has a chance to win the West and then
Speaker 1: in l A in Dallas. It's been the ultimate flip
Speaker 1: flop series. You know, Dallas kills the Clippers both games
Speaker 1: in l A and then turn around Clippers take both
Speaker 1: in Dallas. And this doesn't bode well for the Mavericks.
Speaker 1: You know, they're led by Luca and Kristaps and Tim
Speaker 1: Hardaway Jr. The Clippers they got some dogs and when
Speaker 1: you have Kawhi Leonard and Paul George leading the ship here,
Speaker 1: this is trouble zone for for the Mavericks because when
Speaker 1: a team like the Clippers, who people think we're softer
Speaker 1: back down last year they responded to two losses at
Speaker 1: home and go into Dallas, a tough place to win,
Speaker 1: and snatch it from him and Kauai who just looks
Speaker 1: like a robot out there doing whatever he wants when
Speaker 1: he's playing at this level, and Paul George as well,
Speaker 1: they are forced to be reckoned with, so they are
Speaker 1: dangerous if they wrapped the series up. Another that's another
Speaker 1: team that could make a push here and uh, you
Speaker 1: know this is They've been impressive winning these two games.
Speaker 1: I'm excited to see what happens to finish this one up. Okay,
Speaker 1: that was really good. Again. I always say to you
Speaker 1: that I think you have a great future and being
Speaker 1: an analyst if you want to hop on the mic
Speaker 1: and get in the family business. Okay, but now I'm
Speaker 1: going to break down the East, right, So I want
Speaker 1: to start with Nets Celtics. Remember the Celtics how to
Speaker 1: win their play in game to face number two Brooklyn
Speaker 1: and they're currently up in the series three one. They
Speaker 1: play tonight Tuesday night, so we'll know by Thursday. But look,
Speaker 1: the Nets really gave it to them in the fourth game.
Speaker 1: They put up a hundred forty one points. But this
Speaker 1: game got way more attention for the drama with Kyrie Irving.
Speaker 1: He did this kind of stomp on the mid court
Speaker 1: leprechn logo, which you know what, whatever, we see this
Speaker 1: in sports all the time. Football players do it all
Speaker 1: the time on the midfield logo. They've even planted flags midfield.
Speaker 1: But then a Celtics fan took it way too far.
Speaker 1: They threw a water bottle at Kyrie's head, got arrested.
Speaker 1: It was a whole deal. So it's not good for
Speaker 1: the narrative of Boston sports fans. And this, by the way,
Speaker 1: was the first game game with full capacity, So we're
Speaker 1: seeing this all in this first series. People throwing popcorn
Speaker 1: at Russell Westbrook, spitting on Tree Young, saying awful things
Speaker 1: to job Morant's family, running on the court in Washington.
Speaker 1: We're seeing awful behavior from fans who have been pent
Speaker 1: up for a year and not going to games for
Speaker 1: a year. But this is this is an excusable What
Speaker 1: do you make of this? Yeah, it's not good. Players
Speaker 1: and fans both have a line they can't cross, and
Speaker 1: the players are trying to do their job, especially in
Speaker 1: the playoff environment. You're pent up, you have aggression, you
Speaker 1: have adrenaline. You don't want someone coming into your workspace
Speaker 1: and in trying to distract you, trying to touch you,
Speaker 1: trying to you know, we're at we're at work, and
Speaker 1: so you know, these fans got to understand that we
Speaker 1: are not toys or zoo animals. We are trying to
Speaker 1: do our job and you're there to watch cheer, boo, yell, scream, whatever.
Speaker 1: Just don't get physical, don't cross that line. You're in
Speaker 1: seats for a reason, and I have the support of
Speaker 1: the players seats of a reason. Yeah, I have. I
Speaker 1: have the support of the players. We got to be
Speaker 1: protected and we're trying to do a job like we
Speaker 1: said and give the fans a good product. I like that.
Speaker 1: What's the worst thing you've ever had said to you?
Speaker 1: And is it more college or pro or is it
Speaker 1: in Europe? What is it? Probably in Europe? Yeah, the
Speaker 1: fans like in Siabia will throw things on the court
Speaker 1: and throw batteries at you, lighters, so that's probably where
Speaker 1: it's the worst. Yeah, it gets a little dangerous or
Speaker 1: heard of smoke bomb stories, so you're rope. It's a
Speaker 1: different culture in a different world. Oh my gosh, that
Speaker 1: is wild. And in general, fans in Europe are so
Speaker 1: animated and the cheers it's like soccer like they stand
Speaker 1: on their feet the whole time. It's really fun. Yeah,
Speaker 1: on their feet, wistening chance flags. It's it's fun. Oh
Speaker 1: my gosh, so fun. Okay, moving on Nick's Hawks. They
Speaker 1: play Wednesday night again. We'll know the answer. But the
Speaker 1: Hawks are going into Madison Square Garden up three, one
Speaker 1: chance to advance and This one has been spicy. It's
Speaker 1: been physical, drama, emotional. There is no love lost between
Speaker 1: these two. So the Hawks, I'm sure, are eager to
Speaker 1: move on. And then Buck's heat, that's been the only
Speaker 1: sweep so far. The last game they won by seventeen,
Speaker 1: six players in double digits. And they played at Miami,
Speaker 1: played in the finals last year. They look nothing like
Speaker 1: that in this round one playoffs, Sam, real quick, why
Speaker 1: did the Heat look so bad? Just different environment and
Speaker 1: bubble is different. You know, the young guys in the
Speaker 1: bubble could step up. They didn't feel the pressure from
Speaker 1: the fans, they didn't have travel. You know, it's completely
Speaker 1: It was almost more a U style. And the Bucks,
Speaker 1: I think they're feeling they won't respond, especially honest he
Speaker 1: seems boys. But I think the difference maker there is
Speaker 1: Drew Holiday. He brings that toughness, he brings that mentality.
Speaker 1: I love Drew Holiday. I've been a Drew Holiday fan
Speaker 1: my whole life. Yeah, and there's nothing he can't do.
Speaker 1: And off the court too. You just you love that family.
Speaker 1: Why oh, just incredible guy, incredible people. They've been through
Speaker 1: a lot, they gave back lots of New Orleans and
Speaker 1: now you know in Milwaukee and they just pledge I
Speaker 1: think was a four million I could be wrong. Million
Speaker 1: dollars the other day, just helping people good well you know,
Speaker 1: kind hearted but also unbelievable basketball players. So this is
Speaker 1: you know, this is something that I see for the Bucks.
Speaker 1: You know, this is a guy they want around and
Speaker 1: I think they have a good chance to win the East.
Speaker 1: Awesome and small disclaimer. We are Bucks fans where Wisconsin
Speaker 1: Swords fans. And then the last series in the seventy
Speaker 1: Sixers and Wizards. So Game four was wild Monday night.
Speaker 1: Philly was up three nothing, chance to close it out,
Speaker 1: but they lose the game. They also lose Joel and
Speaker 1: Bead with the knee injury, and that was when a
Speaker 1: Wizard's fan ran on the court. But look, they avoid
Speaker 1: a sweep. Philly is up three one, so it's exciting
Speaker 1: to see if the Wizards Canna can pull that one out. Sam,
Speaker 1: great job, thank you doing my best. You know you
Speaker 1: said this could be in the future, so you never know.
Speaker 1: And I love I love talking hoops and giving some insights.
Speaker 1: So this is as a player, this is fun for
Speaker 1: me as well, and I love putting you to work,
Speaker 1: whether it's cleaning up our dog's footprints in the main hallway,
Speaker 1: or helping me out on the podcast Thank You coming
Speaker 1: up Next. As we like to do on the show,
Speaker 1: a lot talk about movies that pertain to our topic.
Speaker 1: So this week we thought, what about good date night
Speaker 1: sports movies? You'll want to catch it? Okay, Sam? When
Speaker 1: we're not binging a Netflix show, I feel like we
Speaker 1: are big movie watchers. I love cozine in, opening a
Speaker 1: bottle of wine, cabernet, you know it, and watching a movie.
Speaker 1: But it's even better if we both love the movie,
Speaker 1: and if it's kind of like a sports topic that
Speaker 1: also has some romance. So I charged you with the
Speaker 1: task of making a little list, and I'm curious if
Speaker 1: any of ours overlap. So if you don't mind, I'll start.
Speaker 1: That's fine. Is that how a lot of marriage conversations go. Okay, well,
Speaker 1: I guess this will this will probably get a little
Speaker 1: competitive to it. Think no, no, no, I just think
Speaker 1: it's good if you're a girl listening, if you're like, oh,
Speaker 1: my guy loves this sport, what's a good movie we
Speaker 1: can watch? So I want to start with the most
Speaker 1: romantic sports movie of all time, Love and Basketball. Yes,
Speaker 1: pulls up all your heart strings. It is so romantic,
Speaker 1: so sweet, kind of will make you cry or make
Speaker 1: you want to go hoop, It'll make you want to
Speaker 1: do everything. What do you think of that one? Well,
Speaker 1: to be honest, this was also my number one. Really,
Speaker 1: I wanted to hit on loving Basketball. So I think
Speaker 1: we get some brownie points in in our marriage for
Speaker 1: that one. Yeah, Loving Basketball unbelievable movie. I think the
Speaker 1: thing I love about Loving Basketball is what I love.
Speaker 1: Love and Basketball. The whole movie. Their life is almost
Speaker 1: like they're going through a game of basketball. There's up
Speaker 1: and downs, nump and downs, and they have to find,
Speaker 1: you know, the right things that work. And I think
Speaker 1: it's a beautiful movie. And I think that's great to
Speaker 1: uh you know, as a kid, you watch it, you
Speaker 1: want to fall in love with that movie. So I'm
Speaker 1: glad you love that one too, Honey. Do you want
Speaker 1: my number two? Yes, Seftball that was on my list too. Really, Yes,
Speaker 1: that is such a heartbreaker. We did not do this
Speaker 1: one together. No, I don't even know if I've watched
Speaker 1: this one with you. Yeah, we have, we have, and
Speaker 1: it's really unexpected and sad. Well, Jake Jillan Hall is
Speaker 1: amazing in it. It's the one sports movie that I've
Speaker 1: cried to. So that's why I had to put it on.
Speaker 1: Because if you're with if you're with a lady and
Speaker 1: you show that tender side of you, I think you'll
Speaker 1: you'll you'll move up in her power ranking. So to
Speaker 1: show that tender size self. Pall has everything. It's got
Speaker 1: the highs, it's got the lowss, got great music, the guy.
Speaker 1: You know. I don't want to spoil everything, but it's
Speaker 1: such a redemption story and I'll lose everything and trying
Speaker 1: to get a backstory, and wow, two for two for us.
Speaker 1: I know, Okay, this next one, I don't think you'll have,
Speaker 1: but I think it's a great love story, love that
Speaker 1: is romantic and family and everything. Draft Day Jennifer Garner,
Speaker 1: Kevin Costner, I did not expect you to have Draft Day,
Speaker 1: but I did not have it on there explain I
Speaker 1: love that movie so much. So Kevin Costner, who we
Speaker 1: also love in Yellowstone, Oh my gosh, he's the GM
Speaker 1: of the Browns. And Jennifer Garner. I want to say
Speaker 1: it's like his secretary or something less stereotypical than that,
Speaker 1: but they are expecting their first child together and no
Speaker 1: one knows, and it's the draft, and it's really, I think,
Speaker 1: kind of realistic of what that week of being a
Speaker 1: GM and the NFL must look like, you know, minus
Speaker 1: the pregnant secretary. I think. But it's such a good
Speaker 1: movie and such a good story. Don't you love that movie?
Speaker 1: That is good? No, I do love it. I do
Speaker 1: love it. I just didn't. There's a lot of movies
Speaker 1: that could be on the similar I mean, I think
Speaker 1: in that same regard as kind of Moneyball we've which
Speaker 1: we've watched together. That was on my list, GM centric,
Speaker 1: family centric, not being with your family centric, you know,
Speaker 1: the type of thing, also historical, just great movie. I
Speaker 1: didn't have it on my list because I didn't don't
Speaker 1: think it would be high on your list. So that's
Speaker 1: why I didn't put it. I did put it high
Speaker 1: on my list because to fit our theme of what's
Speaker 1: a great date night sports movie? I think if you're
Speaker 1: maybe not into sports, if you're a girl. I don't
Speaker 1: want to stereotype, but if you're a girl who's not
Speaker 1: into sports and you want to watch sports movie with
Speaker 1: your man, you know, at least you get to sit
Speaker 1: and look at Brad Pitt for like two hours. So
Speaker 1: that's not a bad kayf or Jonah, Okay, what about
Speaker 1: Fever Pitch, Drew Barrymore, Jimmy Fallon. So I was thinking
Speaker 1: of this, but I was like, is this to you know, dating?
Speaker 1: And I know I didn't know if we were supposed
Speaker 1: to put funny that is like the ultimate date fevorit
Speaker 1: pitch Fenaway Park. You know, so much romance within Fenerway
Speaker 1: Park and the nostalgia of baseball. I was thinking about it,
Speaker 1: but again, you're not the biggest baseball girl, so I
Speaker 1: was thinking more along your lines. So the One but
Speaker 1: I love that movie. It is great movie. But the
Speaker 1: one movie that I thought you would have. And if
Speaker 1: I were thinking for Olivia Harland Decker, what movie would
Speaker 1: she want to watch? That's if she wants to watch
Speaker 1: something easy but also sports centric. I'll remember The Titans
Speaker 1: because you love Remember the Titans? I do. Who doesn't
Speaker 1: though that every age? Every person loved that movie. I
Speaker 1: know I had one that I don't you know, I
Speaker 1: did four because I didn't know if you want a
Speaker 1: top three top of so four I think one that's
Speaker 1: important to watch, and I think is an awesome movie
Speaker 1: forty two about Jackie Robinson. Yeah, I've never seen it.
Speaker 1: I think it's so important historically, and I think it's
Speaker 1: so important currently. And you know, him in getting signed,
Speaker 1: breaking the color area and baseball, I mean, made a
Speaker 1: dream come true for himself, but then for so many
Speaker 1: other young men and women during that time period and
Speaker 1: still to this day. You know, it's so good in
Speaker 1: Chadwick Bosman Rest in Peace, I mean to him to
Speaker 1: play Jackie Robinson and the things that he was able
Speaker 1: to do in his acting career. I just think such
Speaker 1: a good movie, one that I think not just baseball
Speaker 1: fans should watch, but everyone should watch to see what
Speaker 1: Jackie went through and to this day that is still remembering.
Speaker 1: So I think that is such a good good movie
Speaker 1: to watch. Um for yourself. Well, now I know what
Speaker 1: we're doing tonight, So thank you for your list. Coming
Speaker 1: up next, Peter Andrew joins us for our lions Lock.
Speaker 1: Joining us now, Peter Andrew with our bet MGM lions Lock.
Speaker 1: He's going to tell you where to put your money
Speaker 1: this weekend so that you come out looking smart and
Speaker 1: feeling rich. Peter Andrew, thank you for joining us. And
Speaker 1: Sam I'm a little embarrassed because this is the other
Speaker 1: man in my life lately. I know, I've been listening
Speaker 1: to him a lot lately, and I'm like, who's this guy?
Speaker 1: Olivia keeps saying these in depth conversations. Yeah, I just
Speaker 1: wanted to get a piece of That's why I came
Speaker 1: on today to talk to him about some hoops, but
Speaker 1: also get to know who is this guy? Peter. So, Peter,
Speaker 1: thanks for coming on. What's up man? How are you guys? Sam?
Speaker 1: Big fan? So nice to have the whole power couple
Speaker 1: on board here today. Oh that's good. That's good. Well,
Speaker 1: we were just talking off air about Joel and Beads
Speaker 1: injury and what that means to some of the bets
Speaker 1: going forward. So, um, Peter, how does that affect everything?
Speaker 1: And Sam, what's your thought too on Ebid's impact on
Speaker 1: the team. Yeah, I mean it's tough. I told you guys,
Speaker 1: I've been a kind of a big supporter of the Sixers.
Speaker 1: I know everybody's all over Brooklyn, but I think with
Speaker 1: you know, indeed, obviously they're their force, but now with
Speaker 1: this injury that's happened, this knee ornus, I think you
Speaker 1: have to start looking a couple of different directions, maybe
Speaker 1: looking at a at a Brooklyn at Milwaukee both having
Speaker 1: pretty pretty good first rounds, and there's a lot you
Speaker 1: probably have to look at. The West is wide open.
Speaker 1: I've mentioned a couple of times. I love the Clippers
Speaker 1: coming out of their Lakers now with a bit of
Speaker 1: trouble with a D hurt. So yeah, you have to
Speaker 1: start thinking different things. Where my head has been at
Speaker 1: is exact matchups. So so thinking about Milwaukee potentially against
Speaker 1: against the Clippers plus fourteen hundreds to go to the
Speaker 1: NBA Finals, as much as it pain is going to
Speaker 1: say it, looking at Brooklyn potential the same, I think
Speaker 1: odds just slightly slightly worse, but but similar in themselves.
Speaker 1: And then you really have to start thinking about, you know,
Speaker 1: NBA Finals, MVPs as well for sure. And I actually
Speaker 1: touched on early in the show how tightly packed the
Speaker 1: West is. I feel like there could be four teams
Speaker 1: that could come out of the West. You never know.
Speaker 1: So the East is a little bit easier to navigate
Speaker 1: because Brooklyn has been so strong, Milwaukee getting a sweet
Speaker 1: you know, they'll have some some rested legs, and now
Speaker 1: here with the Sixers, Sixers were one of my favorites
Speaker 1: to coming out of the East. But without Joel, you
Speaker 1: don't know what that and he is. You know, now
Speaker 1: with modern medicine and you know, these guys freaking athletes,
Speaker 1: they can bounce back. But without him this year they
Speaker 1: were a sub five hundred team, so they need him
Speaker 1: to be him. You know, he's a seven ft one
Speaker 1: giants of a human being that can move like a guard.
Speaker 1: You need that on the court if you want to
Speaker 1: come out of the East. So you may spell trouble
Speaker 1: for them if Philly isn't full strength. But I still
Speaker 1: like them or Brooklyn coming out of the East. You know,
Speaker 1: I love watching Milwaukee do well because where we're from.
Speaker 1: Me and Olivia live still in Sheboygan, Wisconsin. But you know,
Speaker 1: having they're starting to guard Di Vincenzo out for the
Speaker 1: rest of playoffs, their depth is gonna go to be
Speaker 1: a little shot. I still just like Philly, your Boston
Speaker 1: or Philly, your Brooklyn excuse me, coming out of the East. Yeah, absolutely,
Speaker 1: I'd wonder to get your thoughts too on that one
Speaker 1: other team that we probably haven't talked about, Atlanta looking
Speaker 1: to uh clean up against the Knicks. What do you
Speaker 1: think their chances are. I actually love Atlanta. It's it's
Speaker 1: one of those things though, that it's just the powerhouse
Speaker 1: of Brooklyn, you know, that realm of possibility that Brooklyn
Speaker 1: is firing alls on all cylinders. I don't know if
Speaker 1: they can be bested, but Atlanta is fun. You know.
Speaker 1: They're young and exciting and athletic, like a bunch of
Speaker 1: freak athletes, and that's that's part of the thing. It's
Speaker 1: almost as they don't know any better, you know, they're
Speaker 1: just out there playing hard. Training On's accepted this role
Speaker 1: as the heel of the NBA right now, yelling at
Speaker 1: the Madison Square Garden fans. It's it's you love to
Speaker 1: see it. These guys are fearless. They have big sprinkling,
Speaker 1: a couple of vets of guys that have been in
Speaker 1: big spots of Gallinari, but a lot of them are
Speaker 1: still just young guys having fun. And that's you kind
Speaker 1: of see that with Phoenix as well. It's just guys
Speaker 1: having fun, playing hard and really just throwing the first punch.
Speaker 1: And that's huge in the playoffs, and they're they're gonna
Speaker 1: be exciting in the next round if they beat the
Speaker 1: next year, I in the spirit of fun, Trey Young
Speaker 1: NBA Finals m v P plus six. It's gonna take
Speaker 1: a lot for him to win that obviously to get there,
Speaker 1: but like I said, in the spirit of fun, ten
Speaker 1: bucks to win six sixty, I think it's a good one.
Speaker 1: As you mentioned, if you're not a if you're not
Speaker 1: a Knicks fan, I think you're respecting what he's doing.
Speaker 1: The heel of the NBA, at least for the last week,
Speaker 1: it's one that everybody can ride. Well. It's amazing seeing
Speaker 1: a guy as young as he is fully embracing the
Speaker 1: MSG crowd yelling at am, screaming atam. And that's what
Speaker 1: I love about playoff basketball is one Trey Young's not
Speaker 1: taking it personally from the crowd and the crowd is
Speaker 1: not taking it. They both love it. They both are
Speaker 1: gonna act mad and that they hate each other, but
Speaker 1: MASSR Square Garden wants somebody yell at. They craved that
Speaker 1: every time, and then Trey Young's fully like, this is cool,
Speaker 1: this is fun. I'll embrace it. And Trey is a
Speaker 1: great guy, a young guy, kind heart. But the fact
Speaker 1: that he's like, okay, I'll do this, it's really cool.
Speaker 1: And it gives one. I think the TV broadcasts love it,
Speaker 1: but also the fans and the players love it too,
Speaker 1: and you can just beat off of that for the playoffs. Peter,
Speaker 1: you mentioned finals M v P. What are some of
Speaker 1: the other odds and names that people should know? What
Speaker 1: do you like there? Yeah? So I think in this
Speaker 1: case you have to stay away from Brooklyn. You've got
Speaker 1: three guys that potentially could win it. I mean, Duran's
Speaker 1: the odds on favorite. I think he's plus four fifty
Speaker 1: right now. But between the three of them, the other
Speaker 1: day they succored I think a hundred four points. So
Speaker 1: it really tells you that anybody could win it. So
Speaker 1: that leads me to leave you stay away from that.
Speaker 1: Couple others that I like. I think Kawhi Leonard plus
Speaker 1: eleven hundred. He looked good the last couple of games.
Speaker 1: I think he's got sixty some points in his last
Speaker 1: two games, be honest, plus six fifty. Again, I'm thinking
Speaker 1: of teams that have that real one superstar that if
Speaker 1: they win the finals, that that's the guy that's going
Speaker 1: to take him there, and then it ultimately depends on
Speaker 1: Mbia's health. If a team like the six can can
Speaker 1: get healthy and get there. It's got to be with embiid.
Speaker 1: He's plus nine hundred. If they do win the finals,
Speaker 1: you know he's the guy that's going to take him there.
Speaker 1: And Peter, I don't have it in front of me,
Speaker 1: But do you have Paul George's odds at finals MVP?
Speaker 1: Because I think that could be a cool story because
Speaker 1: everyone's ragging on him, and if they go to the
Speaker 1: finals and he has even a good finals you know,
Speaker 1: twenty four points per game type of thing, I think
Speaker 1: he could win that or just as this big redemption story,
Speaker 1: you know what I mean? So what are what are
Speaker 1: his odds? So funny enough, I mentioned kawais plus eleven hundred,
Speaker 1: Paul George not too far behind him at plus fourteen hundred.
Speaker 1: But I think the way you look at it, you
Speaker 1: can sprinkle a little bit on both of those guys
Speaker 1: and you get really good value. So even if you
Speaker 1: take one or the other again to the point of
Speaker 1: mid four, if if the Clippers are winning it, it's
Speaker 1: got to be one or two of those guys. So
Speaker 1: even if you put twenty bucks on each, the payout
Speaker 1: you're gaining is is pretty sizeable. So I think he
Speaker 1: can't go wrong. If if George kind of plays his
Speaker 1: part the way he started this first round, I think
Speaker 1: it's got to be both of them that help help
Speaker 1: take them to the finals and ultimately win the title.
Speaker 1: Totally great. So Peter, looking forward to this weekend, some
Speaker 1: series are going to go to six, seven games. Where
Speaker 1: is a really safe bet if you're a little tentative
Speaker 1: and want to put a hundred bucks somewhere? Well, first off,
Speaker 1: I did have Blazers Nuggets going to uh seven if
Speaker 1: you remember a couple of weeks ago, that was one
Speaker 1: of my big bets. Yeah, you know, I think that
Speaker 1: serious has kind of played out the way I hoped
Speaker 1: it would. I think you've got guys like Joke It's
Speaker 1: on one side that are i mean, m VP of
Speaker 1: the league. But then you've got the three point shooting
Speaker 1: of a team like the Blazers Dame, You've got Covington
Speaker 1: who can hit threes. You've got a lot of guys
Speaker 1: there that can do that. So I wanted to just
Speaker 1: make sure I'm finally getting a bet, right. I think
Speaker 1: that's going to seven. As for the other series, I
Speaker 1: guess it really depends. I'm expecting Philly to wrap it
Speaker 1: up in six, so I think that I'm sorry in five.
Speaker 1: I think that series goes for one. Nick's probably extend
Speaker 1: this series. I think that's a safe bet, especially going
Speaker 1: back to the Garden. I think that's going at least
Speaker 1: to Atlanta, potentially going seven games. I mean, we haven't
Speaker 1: seen anything from Julius Randall. At some point, he's got
Speaker 1: to come out of his shell. I know, yeah, close
Speaker 1: to twenty the other day, but the deficiency just has
Speaker 1: been there. I think eventually they have a breakout game.
Speaker 1: They extend that series a little bit. As much as
Speaker 1: I love training the guys, I think it goes six
Speaker 1: or seven for sure. I think Julius breaks out here
Speaker 1: live averages. Well, thank you so much, Peter. It's fun
Speaker 1: to have my work husband and my real husband here
Speaker 1: talking hoops. Thanks guys, Thank you guys, see you next week.
Speaker 1: I appreciate that it was fun. Well, that sure was
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