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

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Speaker 1: Straight Fire, Fam, It's me Jason McIntyre, Straight five for Tuesday,

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Speaker 1: October nine. What a night in sports, Holy cal Monday

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Speaker 1: Night football was phenomenal. We will get to the Titans

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Speaker 1: heart stopping win over the Buffalo Bills. I don't understand

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Speaker 1: how it's a controversial finish, but we'll talk about it momentarily.

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Speaker 1: I do need to uh pump up our guest today.

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Speaker 1: As you guys know, the NBA season tips off tonight

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Speaker 1: Lakers Warriors, one of the marquee matchups. Um, yes, your

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Speaker 1: boy will be in attendance. I don't want I'll tape

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Speaker 1: the pod. I don't know if I'll wake up in

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Speaker 1: time on Wednesday morning or do a super duper late

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Speaker 1: night pod. Either way, it's gonna be fire tomorrow. But

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Speaker 1: NBA season tips off, So as a result, we brought

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Speaker 1: in a guy. I think it's our first guest third

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Speaker 1: time by popular demand, Preston Johnson, a K eight sports

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Speaker 1: cheetah NBA. He's an NBA head big time and he's

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Speaker 1: into gambling, So I think you guys will like it.

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Speaker 1: Uh so, definitely stick around for that. However, I gotta

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Speaker 1: start the pod with the bananas. Thirty one thirty four

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Speaker 1: Bills loss to the Titans on the road. Bills, We're

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Speaker 1: we're the better team, no doubt. The Buffalo Bills were

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Speaker 1: the better side. Somehow they kept screwing up in the

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Speaker 1: fourth quarter, ended up getting stalled on fourth and one

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Speaker 1: from like the three yard line, and it was just

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Speaker 1: an unbelievable and to a really hell of a game.

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Speaker 1: If you listen to my picks. I gave them out

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Speaker 1: on the Fox Sports column on Monday over fifty three

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Speaker 1: and a half chitch ing, easy winner. I think in

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Speaker 1: the third quarter Cold Beasley over four and a half

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Speaker 1: receptions chutching. What's his name is, Emmanuel Sanders Over I

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Speaker 1: think it was fifty four and a half yards chutch ing.

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Speaker 1: And the reasoning is sound. I'm not just throwing darts here.

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Speaker 1: Uh you got reading about it on Fox Sports. Of

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Speaker 1: course I also toss ton. Yeah, why why not? I

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Speaker 1: like the Bills? How did the Titans stop them? And

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Speaker 1: of course the Bills don't beat them. Although the Bills

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Speaker 1: they didn't quite lead wire to wire. They lied much

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Speaker 1: and in the fourth quarter, Buffalo. It was just a

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Speaker 1: tough one. You know. Um they run the kickback for

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Speaker 1: had I believe, two points in the game. One was

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Speaker 1: in the fourth quarter. And this is what Tennessee does,

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Speaker 1: these slow ball control drives. Uh five minutes two seconds

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Speaker 1: field goal, four minutes fifty six seconds touchdown, And it's

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Speaker 1: like when you're chewing up clock in the fourth quarter.

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Speaker 1: It's it's it's really tough to beat these guys. Now

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Speaker 1: that I will credit the Buffalo Bills. They did a

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Speaker 1: great job stopping Derrick Henry. I know people don't want

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Speaker 1: to hear it, and Henry want a bunch of fantasy matchups.

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Speaker 1: And everybody's freaking out about this tweet that I put out.

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Speaker 1: All these Tennessee fans. These Homers are coming after me.

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Speaker 1: So Derrick Henry twenty three carries, hundred forty three yards,

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Speaker 1: I'm not ripping him. He did have a seventy six

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Speaker 1: nineteen carries, Derrick Henry did virtually nothing. Sixty seven yards

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Speaker 1: nineteen carris three point five yards per carry. I went

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Speaker 1: small carries or negative yardage. The Buffalo Bills did a

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Speaker 1: great job on him. They did. They didn't lose this

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Speaker 1: Alan who's six five, probably leans forward times out of

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Speaker 1: and it's a stunner, and the Buffalo Bills go down

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Speaker 1: a team that when you look at the schedule, it's

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Speaker 1: Even the Colts to get back in it. The Raiders

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Speaker 1: And this goes to the divide of the old school

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Speaker 1: take chance? Like you what happens when you kick the

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Speaker 1: You're gonna blame the defense. You're gonna blame the coin toss.

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Speaker 1: next up for Buffalo, oh rematch with Miami, which they

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Speaker 1: damn thing. Let's not freak out about a fourth down decision.

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Speaker 1: People are losing their minds. So I didn't need McDermott,

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Speaker 1: You go for it on fourth down. You play to

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Speaker 1: make weak decisions like Mike Zimmer, who I just slaughtered

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Speaker 1: night seven nine seven mindset. You don't do that. That's

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Speaker 1: This was the right move by McDermott. Now, without further ado,

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Speaker 1: Preston Johnson, a k a. The sports Cheetah. Jason likes

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Speaker 1: to think he knows everything when it comes to sports.

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Speaker 1: I know what sports stance want, but for everything he doesn't.

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Speaker 1: He knows a guy who does. Let's just say I

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Speaker 1: All right, let's welcome into straight fire. I guest, you

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Speaker 1: know well, I think he's the first guy to be

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Speaker 1: on here three times. Brussard may have been on here

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Speaker 1: three times, but his name is Preston Johnson, the legend,

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Speaker 1: n f T guy, gambling guy, NBA, college football, NFL.

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Speaker 1: He does it all. He's got his own studio now

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Speaker 1: in Orange County. He's just blowing up everywhere. What's up, Preston.

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Speaker 1: take it. I appreciate it. Yes, Well, I mean when

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Speaker 1: I know you're a huge NBA honk and I think

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Speaker 1: a little bit. Um. I wanted to preview the NBA season,

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Speaker 1: not like one of these nerdy like who's gonna win

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Speaker 1: the storylines, gambling, uh, the ancient fossil Lakers. But where

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Speaker 1: I just I don't really care to be here, and

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Speaker 1: l like he just will not trade Themons Fors on

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Speaker 1: seen is it's played out long enough. Ben Simmons was

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Speaker 1: tired of obviously not getting paid. He's back in practice

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Speaker 1: in Tatum and Brown that were great three in D

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Speaker 1: wings and obviously Tatum and Brown both elevated their games

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Speaker 1: to even being passed considered three in D. That's disrespectful

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Speaker 1: to even say three indeed, to be honest, they're way

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Speaker 1: better than that. But if any of their big acquisitions

428
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Speaker 1: had like worked or not been hurt, and just like

429
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Speaker 1: they were so close anyways, right in the Eastern Conference

430
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Speaker 1: finals twice, right anyways, So it's it's the last year,

431
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Speaker 1: meaning last season was a little weird to me, and

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Speaker 1: I'm not sure if again they got rid of Brad Stevens.

433
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Speaker 1: He's still in the manager role now, which I'm not

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Speaker 1: sure how that's going to roll. But they got a

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Speaker 1: new coach, like I think maybe the refresh button helps

436
00:20:52,520 --> 00:20:54,640
Speaker 1: and they just need someone else kind of dictating things.

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Speaker 1: They bring in Dennis Shooter for a relatively decent contract,

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Speaker 1: Hal Horford again, uh, Marcus Mark so that they bring

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Speaker 1: in Josh Richardson, Like there are guys that for whatever

440
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Speaker 1: it's worth, it might be okay, but it's it's nothing

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Speaker 1: that like. I don't think you can really consider I'm

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Speaker 1: a contender if they had that third guy, which they

443
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Speaker 1: tried three times and it just didn't work out. So

444
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Speaker 1: they're just a little behind everyone else. I think in

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Speaker 1: the East. All right, whatever I bet in the East,

446
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Speaker 1: feel free to scoff at me, call me a square.

447
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Speaker 1: The Chicago Bulls. I'm all in Caru show Alonzo will

448
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Speaker 1: be better defensively. I'm buying all the Patrick Williams stock

449
00:21:27,600 --> 00:21:30,359
Speaker 1: love his game. Um, I know you don't like the Bulls.

450
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Speaker 1: I can see win sing in the zoom. Uh. I'll

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Speaker 1: take it, all right, So I really I love I

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Speaker 1: love Caruso. You know I'm a Laker, Yes, of course, yes,

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Speaker 1: I love a Lonzo because I stand for all the

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Speaker 1: young guys the Lakers drafted that all turned out to

455
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Speaker 1: be pretty good, like even Clarkson Days now, sixth Man,

456
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Speaker 1: Julius Randall, like like they have all like Brandon ingram

457
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Speaker 1: In Lonzo. I have to just stand for all of them.

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Speaker 1: But I thought this was really interesting. I'm gonna get

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Speaker 1: a little bit analytical, but I think people will be

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Speaker 1: able to follow along get a lot and it's important

461
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Speaker 1: because generally you would think preseason basketball doesn't matter. But

462
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Speaker 1: someone Kostya Medvedovsky, he's an NBA analytics guy on Twitter.

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Speaker 1: If you don't follow him at k M E d

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Speaker 1: V E d okay, ok a, right, I can text

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Speaker 1: it to you later, but people can listen back that

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Speaker 1: are following along in the podcast. But he said, I've

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Speaker 1: looked at the predictive power of preseason results before, and

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Speaker 1: there's actually a lot of value here. And he's quote tweeting, uh, Steph, no,

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Speaker 1: and I'll and I'll tell you a little bit more

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Speaker 1: about that in just a second. He's like, I'll do

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Speaker 1: it right up. But in this at the time, the

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Speaker 1: Bulls had a preseason net rating of plus thirty two

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Speaker 1: and a half. They were thirty two and a half

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Speaker 1: points per one possessions better than their opponents dating back

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Speaker 1: to the fifteen years of data that we have on preseason.

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Speaker 1: It was the best in the history of the preseason. Okay,

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Speaker 1: all the other teams that are in that top uh.

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Speaker 1: He said that we're seventeen and a half net rating

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Speaker 1: positive or higher all one at least forty four games

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Speaker 1: which the Bulls win totals like four to an alfty

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Speaker 1: three and a half that one between forty four and

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Speaker 1: fifty nine. He says a plus thirty to a half

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Speaker 1: preseason net rating suggests we should bump our expectation for

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Speaker 1: the Bulls regular season projections by about one and a

485
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Speaker 1: half points per one hundred, which you saw most books

486
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Speaker 1: went from forty to a half to forty three and

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Speaker 1: a half after the Bulls first three preseason games. So

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Speaker 1: the market agreed, like, hey, there might be something here

489
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Speaker 1: with the Bulls, not only because you're bringing in defenders,

490
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Speaker 1: like and Wanzo is just a good all around player

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Speaker 1: to just like I'd love to play pick up with

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Speaker 1: a Lonzo. He'll just find you if you're open, Like

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Speaker 1: it's just so fun to play with the guy. And

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Speaker 1: now he apparently can shoot from three. Very similar and

495
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Speaker 1: everyone's like, oh that they spent money on de rose

496
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Speaker 1: And look, de Rosen had one of his best career

497
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Speaker 1: years similar to Tobias Harris gets a bad reputation because

498
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Speaker 1: of his contract, hit one of his best seasons ever

499
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Speaker 1: last year, and if Lavine still has like the keys

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Speaker 1: to the car, but the Rosin is kind of a

501
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Speaker 1: sidekick now and I have a full healthy season with

502
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Speaker 1: Nicholas Vosovic, who was absolutely a better stretch five center

503
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Speaker 1: than anyone they've had. I'm worried about the depth after Williams,

504
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Speaker 1: you like Kobe White. Uh, there's maybe one or two

505
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Speaker 1: more guys, but like it's pretty thin, but theoretically they're

506
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Speaker 1: starting like five and seven or eight deep is really strong.

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Speaker 1: I'm with you, and I'd say I went because it

508
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Speaker 1: seems high for the Bulls. But Levine took a major

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Speaker 1: league last year. I think he should have been most

510
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Speaker 1: Improved Player. He didn't get it because he was already

511
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Speaker 1: pretty good, but the leap he made too. All Star

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Speaker 1: and you know, top ten in the m v P voting. Uh. Anyways,

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Speaker 1: I'm with you, man, And there's some stats in the

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Speaker 1: preseason to back it up, which normally every one always

515
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Speaker 1: has disregard preseason. It's not necessarily true. I was, yeah,

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Speaker 1: I mean, I am all over Zach Levine. That guy's

517
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Speaker 1: game is so awesome. I mean this is irrelevant, and

518
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Speaker 1: I don't want to go off on a tangent, but

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Speaker 1: if he plays in like the sixties and seventies, what

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Speaker 1: does the average like game like? The guy's game is like,

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Speaker 1: he's so fast and athletic and can splash threes like

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Speaker 1: I just I love Zach Levine anyways, Um, all right,

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Speaker 1: so now I want to get to Luca and I

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Speaker 1: I took a lot of heat when I wanted an

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Speaker 1: undisputed in the off season, said Luke, you know, Luca

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Speaker 1: is the best player in the NBA, and all these

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Speaker 1: people are You're an idiot. Stop being a moron, and

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Speaker 1: you know you throw this stat to them and they

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Speaker 1: just want to disregard them and say, well, who's he

530
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Speaker 1: beating in the playoffs? And then it's like, oh, well,

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Speaker 1: he actually was an underdog against the Clippers both times

532
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Speaker 1: and pushed him to seven and people don't want to

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Speaker 1: hear that. Um, this is what year for for Luca. Um.

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Speaker 1: I think they got a new coach. Um. Yeah, is

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Speaker 1: there a pressure for him to finally get out of

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Speaker 1: the first round here? Or are we just like, hey man,

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Speaker 1: he's like twenty two years old. Could we relax? Yeah?

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Speaker 1: I mean it's similar with like Lebron and who did

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Speaker 1: Lebron beat, you know, his second year in the league.

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Speaker 1: I don't know, like you have to at least it's

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Speaker 1: it's all relative. But now you're comparing Luca Lebron and

542
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Speaker 1: people are gonna get angry. I mean, you know this.

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Speaker 1: I've showed you the clip I was. I was on

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Speaker 1: ESPN like two seasons ago, and I said, I would

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Speaker 1: be shocked if it wasn't Lebron one A, Michael Jordan

546
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Speaker 1: one B and then Luca one See like in twenty years.

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Speaker 1: At the end of the day, I think he was.

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Speaker 1: He's gonna be that good. His numbers are going to

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Speaker 1: be actually better, if not at least versus Jordan, just

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Speaker 1: because there's so many more possessions now in this era,

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Speaker 1: and they offer of ratings are so much higher, and

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Speaker 1: his usage rates so high, and he'll get the assists like,

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Speaker 1: he'll be in the mix. It just comes down to

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Speaker 1: can he win enough titles? And look for what I

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Speaker 1: would say back to those people, they are like, well,

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Speaker 1: who is he beat one dude, the kid he's he's

557
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Speaker 1: so young still, but two his second best players, Hardaway Junior,

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Speaker 1: and they still took the Clippers to seven games. And

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Speaker 1: the year before, when Kawai and the Clippers were massive

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Speaker 1: favorites with the Lakers to be the two that won

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Speaker 1: the title in the Bubble, that took the Clippers to

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Speaker 1: six like Tim Hardaway Junior is Luca's second best player,

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Speaker 1: and poor zingis who's supposed to be that second best player.

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Speaker 1: If you actually look at the numbers, he's been like

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Speaker 1: a net negative. They've been a lot better when he's

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Speaker 1: off the floor. And it's like Dwight Powell that just

567
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Speaker 1: like puts it into perspective. They don't have a roster

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Speaker 1: yet this year. I think that puts him over the

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Speaker 1: top or anything. But to discount what Luca has done

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Speaker 1: because he just hasn't been anyone in the playoffs, is

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Speaker 1: just like ignoring the context of who he's playing with.

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Speaker 1: For one, my question to you, I'm gonna throw this

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Speaker 1: back at you. I think Rick Carl Carlyle's won the

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Speaker 1: greatest coaches we've seen. Now it's Jason Kidd, who probably

575
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Speaker 1: not a coincidence. As soon as he left Milwaukee, they

576
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Speaker 1: started winning a bunch of games, an ultimatal title. I'm

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Speaker 1: i'm I would be bullish Dallas because by the way,

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Speaker 1: they still went over their total last year despite Lucas

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Speaker 1: showing up out of shape the first month, kp not

580
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Speaker 1: playing most of the season, and then when he did play,

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Speaker 1: stunk and they had a whole COVID thing for like

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Speaker 1: three weeks through the whole team, where like nine of

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Speaker 1: their players were missing sporadically and they still went over

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Speaker 1: their total last year. But I can't get over the

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Speaker 1: fact that it's Carlisle to Jason Kidd. I just can't

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Speaker 1: do it. So I'm staying away. That might be like

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Speaker 1: a four win difference right there. It's just hard to say. Um,

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Speaker 1: what about the offseason turmoil with the whole of the

589
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Speaker 1: GM stuff, the Harla Bob who's now out of there.

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Speaker 1: By the way, you guys are friendly, right, No, I

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Speaker 1: mean I know who he is because of the sports background,

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Speaker 1: but we've never met or anything. I thought, because he's

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Speaker 1: a big gambler and you are and then the poker

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Speaker 1: and all that stuff. Yeah, I mean I'm familiar with him,

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Speaker 1: but he probably knows who I am, just on the outside,

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Speaker 1: but never spoken to him before bars back to what

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Speaker 1: he did, and I really don't know. There was like

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Speaker 1: I think more of the drama was with like personally,

599
00:28:05,400 --> 00:28:07,159
Speaker 1: like the don Nelson just trying to stir stuff up

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Speaker 1: to say of his job and like stuff was getting

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Speaker 1: spread around and in the end though, I also think

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Speaker 1: Luca wanted to have a voice that he wanted to

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Speaker 1: be the head. And at some point, when you have

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Speaker 1: a generational talent like that, you just have to say

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Speaker 1: yes to Luca. You don't care if it's Carlinle, you

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Speaker 1: don't care if you bull Garis is one of like

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Speaker 1: the you know, big brains behind a lot of the

608
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Speaker 1: analytics and decision making. You just have to move on

609
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Speaker 1: and say, all right, Luca, who's the guy. And if

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Speaker 1: it's Jason Kidd, all right, Jason is the guy now,

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Speaker 1: and you see what happens because Luca just kind of

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00:28:34,760 --> 00:28:37,359
Speaker 1: determined it all. It's the whole the player era that

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Speaker 1: we're in today. Yeah, they're gonna roll over for him.

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Speaker 1: I did not mention. We haven't mentioned Zion at all. Um,

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Speaker 1: I'm a little sad to even talk about him now

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Speaker 1: that another surgery not even starting the season. Um, what

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Speaker 1: the hell are you hearing on Zion? And this one

618
00:28:51,800 --> 00:28:53,800
Speaker 1: came out of nowhere. I had I didn't know idea

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Speaker 1: it even needed a foot surgery, And all of a sudden,

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Speaker 1: it's like, well, he had surgery, it went smoothly, and

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Speaker 1: we'll reassess in three weeks. It was like, wait, what,

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Speaker 1: Like one of the brightest young stars in the league

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Speaker 1: just had a foot surgery casually, and like, let's be honest,

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Speaker 1: he hasn't been in the best shape before coming into

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Speaker 1: the league. And that's you have a big guy that

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Speaker 1: that's what he does, who relies on his athleticism around

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00:29:14,720 --> 00:29:17,840
Speaker 1: the rim. You're not necessarily thrilled about a foot surgery.

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Speaker 1: It's gonna take a while. By the way, have you

629
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Speaker 1: looked at the Pelicans thirty nine and a half before,

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Speaker 1: even if Zion was playing most of the year and

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Speaker 1: a half, I think a little bit too high, And

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Speaker 1: now you have Zion out for who knows how long.

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Speaker 1: Look in Ingram, look, I'll stand for all the Lakers guys.

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Speaker 1: He's never even when he was with Lebron, they couldn't

635
00:29:34,800 --> 00:29:37,440
Speaker 1: win games. You guys never won games. He was the

636
00:29:37,520 --> 00:29:39,920
Speaker 1: second best player with Zion out and Ingram is there one.

637
00:29:40,160 --> 00:29:43,480
Speaker 1: It's Jonas Valentiunis, who they charged Adams for from Memphis,

638
00:29:43,560 --> 00:29:45,800
Speaker 1: and I actually like Valentunis, But then you go after

639
00:29:45,840 --> 00:29:48,560
Speaker 1: that and it's like they're relying on Nikkila. Alexander Walker.

640
00:29:49,880 --> 00:29:53,560
Speaker 1: I like him last year Fantasy, but of course I

641
00:29:53,560 --> 00:29:55,520
Speaker 1: actually have him the one league I'm in for NBA.

642
00:29:55,560 --> 00:29:58,000
Speaker 1: He's on my team, so there's like upside there. But

643
00:29:58,000 --> 00:30:00,840
Speaker 1: they brought in DeVante Graham, Like, these are guys they're

644
00:30:00,880 --> 00:30:04,240
Speaker 1: not winning you in the West half of your games.

645
00:30:04,640 --> 00:30:07,080
Speaker 1: They're fine, but they're like losing Lon So I think

646
00:30:07,080 --> 00:30:09,040
Speaker 1: it's a pretty big deal. And even obviously drew Holiday

647
00:30:09,040 --> 00:30:11,479
Speaker 1: from the year before that, Like they've downgraded in a

648
00:30:11,480 --> 00:30:14,000
Speaker 1: lot of areas, and now a Zion's out who was

649
00:30:14,040 --> 00:30:16,240
Speaker 1: by far their most impactful player a year ago. It's

650
00:30:16,240 --> 00:30:18,400
Speaker 1: just it's really tough I think for New Orleans to

651
00:30:18,480 --> 00:30:21,120
Speaker 1: get to forty wins. All right, So we'll wrap up

652
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Speaker 1: with the Clippers and Lakers. Um first Clippers. You know,

653
00:30:24,600 --> 00:30:27,120
Speaker 1: everybody's just discounting them, no co while Leonard I kind

654
00:30:27,120 --> 00:30:31,000
Speaker 1: of am too. I mean, I don't know. I just don't.

655
00:30:31,040 --> 00:30:32,440
Speaker 1: I don't know how there's a case that they can

656
00:30:32,440 --> 00:30:34,600
Speaker 1: do any damage. Paul George is a number one, like

657
00:30:34,680 --> 00:30:37,400
Speaker 1: seven years ago shore in Indiana and the East, but

658
00:30:37,560 --> 00:30:40,000
Speaker 1: now in the West, I don't know. Even as a

659
00:30:40,120 --> 00:30:42,400
Speaker 1: number two. It's like, if Paul George is your number three,

660
00:30:42,400 --> 00:30:45,880
Speaker 1: you're great, but number still questionable. Here's do you know

661
00:30:45,880 --> 00:30:48,719
Speaker 1: the Reggie Jackson stats points per possession from last year.

662
00:30:48,760 --> 00:30:52,080
Speaker 1: Have you heard these in the postseason or regular season? No? No,

663
00:30:52,160 --> 00:30:55,120
Speaker 1: I don't so in the regular season last year, and

664
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Speaker 1: they we started bringing it up during the postseason, and

665
00:30:57,520 --> 00:31:01,320
Speaker 1: then he kept crushing in the postseason too. The player

666
00:31:01,400 --> 00:31:05,600
Speaker 1: that had the highest points per possession generated in isolation

667
00:31:05,680 --> 00:31:08,920
Speaker 1: one on one scenarios with like a minimum amount of possessions,

668
00:31:09,120 --> 00:31:10,920
Speaker 1: so say it was a hundred or more, you know,

669
00:31:10,960 --> 00:31:13,160
Speaker 1: the sex amount of players that had a hundred opportunities.

670
00:31:13,760 --> 00:31:16,120
Speaker 1: He was literally number one in the NBA. It was

671
00:31:16,160 --> 00:31:18,760
Speaker 1: like one point to something points for possession. It includes

672
00:31:18,800 --> 00:31:22,280
Speaker 1: now generated means times that he kicks it out and

673
00:31:22,520 --> 00:31:25,400
Speaker 1: gets an assist, so it's assist plus point scored essentially

674
00:31:25,600 --> 00:31:28,360
Speaker 1: every time you're in isolation. And the numbers come from

675
00:31:28,400 --> 00:31:31,160
Speaker 1: like Synergy, I fire recall. So he was number one

676
00:31:31,200 --> 00:31:33,000
Speaker 1: in the league. And then it's like literally you could

677
00:31:33,080 --> 00:31:34,720
Speaker 1: name the next nine because they are the nine guys

678
00:31:34,760 --> 00:31:37,400
Speaker 1: you would think. But number one was Reggie Jackson. N

679
00:31:38,400 --> 00:31:41,200
Speaker 1: Durant was two steps three Lebron like, it's it's all

680
00:31:41,240 --> 00:31:43,240
Speaker 1: those Levine might have been like nine or ten, like

681
00:31:43,240 --> 00:31:44,600
Speaker 1: he snuck it in there because he had such a

682
00:31:44,600 --> 00:31:47,480
Speaker 1: great year. But then in the playoffs, he basically did

683
00:31:47,480 --> 00:31:49,480
Speaker 1: it again and like he was fantastic, they bring him back.

684
00:31:50,360 --> 00:31:52,200
Speaker 1: Part of me wants to believe that there's some sort

685
00:31:52,240 --> 00:31:55,560
Speaker 1: of like, oh, we're overlooking the Clippers. Like it's like

686
00:31:55,600 --> 00:31:57,720
Speaker 1: if Reggie Jackson's your second best player in the West,

687
00:31:57,760 --> 00:32:00,320
Speaker 1: it's just like they're not winning anything. Maybe they won

688
00:32:00,440 --> 00:32:03,320
Speaker 1: enough games to go over your forty four and a half.

689
00:32:03,320 --> 00:32:06,720
Speaker 1: It's possible, but I'm just staying clear and like lakwise,

690
00:32:06,800 --> 00:32:08,400
Speaker 1: one is still one of the best players in the NBA.

691
00:32:09,200 --> 00:32:12,400
Speaker 1: Was Reggie Jackson playing for a contract. Yeah, they had

692
00:32:12,400 --> 00:32:14,160
Speaker 1: to resign him, but they didn't come back this year,

693
00:32:14,200 --> 00:32:16,000
Speaker 1: so but still, I mean I could see a bump,

694
00:32:16,040 --> 00:32:18,920
Speaker 1: but number one in the NBA. That's literally it was.

695
00:32:19,000 --> 00:32:20,720
Speaker 1: It was unreal. He just was on now. Part of

696
00:32:20,720 --> 00:32:22,360
Speaker 1: if you remember, the Clippers had like one of the

697
00:32:22,360 --> 00:32:24,560
Speaker 1: best three point shooting seasons of all the game, and

698
00:32:24,600 --> 00:32:26,880
Speaker 1: so they Reggie Jackson just had guys standing in the

699
00:32:26,920 --> 00:32:28,800
Speaker 1: corner that we're hitting a bunch of threes. That was

700
00:32:28,880 --> 00:32:31,200
Speaker 1: part of the reason it was so high. If you

701
00:32:31,200 --> 00:32:33,800
Speaker 1: looked at just the times he scored, it wasn't number one,

702
00:32:33,960 --> 00:32:36,160
Speaker 1: but it's combined, right, So when he's going off the dribble,

703
00:32:36,280 --> 00:32:39,120
Speaker 1: he's finding the guys open or he's scoring, And it

704
00:32:39,240 --> 00:32:41,120
Speaker 1: was literally that there's no one better last year in

705
00:32:41,160 --> 00:32:44,400
Speaker 1: the league. What's the falloff from Kawhi Leonard defensively to

706
00:32:44,480 --> 00:32:47,560
Speaker 1: Luke Kennard defensively. I don't think he's starting at the three,

707
00:32:47,720 --> 00:32:50,160
Speaker 1: but if he might start the two, Paul George at

708
00:32:50,160 --> 00:32:51,520
Speaker 1: the three, I don't know, or is that a reach.

709
00:32:52,280 --> 00:32:54,520
Speaker 1: I think it's interesting, like Terence Mann kind of had

710
00:32:54,560 --> 00:32:57,680
Speaker 1: a few games, like he's probably the better option of

711
00:32:57,720 --> 00:33:01,800
Speaker 1: like a defender to start you're lining up with not Luconnard,

712
00:33:01,840 --> 00:33:05,000
Speaker 1: Couldnards maybe a better sixth man option. Technically they have

713
00:33:05,160 --> 00:33:08,040
Speaker 1: Eric bledsoe there's I think back so I don't know

714
00:33:08,280 --> 00:33:10,520
Speaker 1: they I don't even know what the surge of Bacca

715
00:33:10,600 --> 00:33:13,000
Speaker 1: situation is. I know he's was hurt the end. Lad Yeah,

716
00:33:13,040 --> 00:33:15,640
Speaker 1: I'm not sure if he's even healthy to start. Marcus

717
00:33:15,760 --> 00:33:17,560
Speaker 1: Morris and like Nicholas but Tum had two of like

718
00:33:17,960 --> 00:33:21,960
Speaker 1: the craziest comeback seasons will ever see. Like it's probably yeah,

719
00:33:22,040 --> 00:33:24,760
Speaker 1: I just think the Reggie Jackson, Marcus Morris, but to them,

720
00:33:24,760 --> 00:33:28,280
Speaker 1: like it's kind of that duplicating that it's not sustainable

721
00:33:28,400 --> 00:33:30,920
Speaker 1: and so there's regression there, no Kauai. Don't try to

722
00:33:30,920 --> 00:33:32,600
Speaker 1: get cute and say the Clippers of the chance, they

723
00:33:32,640 --> 00:33:35,080
Speaker 1: really don't. And we'll wrap up with the Lakers because

724
00:33:35,280 --> 00:33:37,080
Speaker 1: everybody wanted to wait twenty five minutes to hear what

725
00:33:37,160 --> 00:33:41,480
Speaker 1: you have to say about the fossils um, Lebron Westbrook,

726
00:33:41,480 --> 00:33:44,000
Speaker 1: A lot of guys hurt already. Anthony Davis coming off

727
00:33:44,040 --> 00:33:47,400
Speaker 1: the injury, where are you on the Lakers? I think

728
00:33:47,440 --> 00:33:51,400
Speaker 1: you could be an utter disaster at least at least

729
00:33:51,440 --> 00:33:54,080
Speaker 1: to start. I think it might be worse than Again,

730
00:33:54,080 --> 00:33:55,880
Speaker 1: you don't want to put a ton of stock into preseason,

731
00:33:55,960 --> 00:33:59,160
Speaker 1: but there's some valid numbers that come out of the preseason,

732
00:33:59,400 --> 00:34:01,840
Speaker 1: especially the two games that Lebron comes in and says,

733
00:34:01,840 --> 00:34:03,360
Speaker 1: all right, we're playing these ones like for real, so

734
00:34:03,440 --> 00:34:06,360
Speaker 1: I can get into playing shape again and in the mix.

735
00:34:06,600 --> 00:34:10,239
Speaker 1: And look, Russell Westbrooks points per possession in the preseason

736
00:34:10,840 --> 00:34:13,680
Speaker 1: was I believe the number was point to nine like

737
00:34:13,760 --> 00:34:16,239
Speaker 1: the NBA average is like over one. He was point

738
00:34:16,280 --> 00:34:18,760
Speaker 1: to nine. He just turned it over or missed almost

739
00:34:18,800 --> 00:34:21,520
Speaker 1: every time he had the ball. You would say, hey, look,

740
00:34:21,800 --> 00:34:25,120
Speaker 1: Anthony Davis, Lebron, Russell Westbrook, that's not a really good fit.

741
00:34:25,400 --> 00:34:27,920
Speaker 1: It doesn't really make sense. And I would say, you're

742
00:34:27,960 --> 00:34:30,160
Speaker 1: probably right, this is weird. But if they play a

743
00:34:30,280 --> 00:34:32,560
Speaker 1: D at the five and they bring in two wings

744
00:34:32,600 --> 00:34:34,719
Speaker 1: and shooters, which they tried, right, they brought in Malik Monk,

745
00:34:34,800 --> 00:34:38,120
Speaker 1: they have bays More now now they have th h

746
00:34:38,239 --> 00:34:40,440
Speaker 1: t h Taylor, Horton Tucker. But now these guys are

747
00:34:40,480 --> 00:34:43,840
Speaker 1: all hurt, and they just signed Avery Bradley UH Monday

748
00:34:43,880 --> 00:34:46,160
Speaker 1: to to bring him on to UH at least help

749
00:34:46,200 --> 00:34:48,640
Speaker 1: with this wing scenario. They still have Rondo on the roster,

750
00:34:48,760 --> 00:34:51,160
Speaker 1: but like if you said, okay, two rosters, like they'll

751
00:34:51,200 --> 00:34:54,359
Speaker 1: have some shooters there all right, like Trevor Reza, another

752
00:34:54,400 --> 00:34:56,319
Speaker 1: guy that's injured. It's the way that they brought into

753
00:34:56,360 --> 00:34:58,920
Speaker 1: maybe a three D guy. I'd say, Okay, they're starting

754
00:34:59,000 --> 00:35:01,879
Speaker 1: DeAndre Jordan, it's center, and Davis is playing the four

755
00:35:02,000 --> 00:35:04,840
Speaker 1: lebron the three in Russell Westbrook the one who's shooting,

756
00:35:05,000 --> 00:35:06,879
Speaker 1: and all the other guys are hurt other than Kent

757
00:35:06,960 --> 00:35:10,600
Speaker 1: base Moore. And then they bring in Bradley, like camp

758
00:35:10,640 --> 00:35:14,040
Speaker 1: Basemo was your best shooter on the floor. I don't,

759
00:35:14,040 --> 00:35:17,080
Speaker 1: I don't. Monks hurt and Kendrick Nuns hurt. That's another

760
00:35:17,080 --> 00:35:18,839
Speaker 1: guy they brought into You know, you don't usually get

761
00:35:18,880 --> 00:35:23,120
Speaker 1: fired up, but you are animated around trying to believe,

762
00:35:23,200 --> 00:35:26,040
Speaker 1: and I just can't, especially with all of the spacing

763
00:35:26,080 --> 00:35:29,000
Speaker 1: issues and in the year the NBA, if you can't

764
00:35:29,000 --> 00:35:31,440
Speaker 1: shoot threes, it doesn't matter if you're Lebron and Anthony Davis,

765
00:35:31,840 --> 00:35:34,000
Speaker 1: it just doesn't matter. And the fact that there were

766
00:35:34,080 --> 00:35:37,160
Speaker 1: reports six weeks ago that Davis would start at the

767
00:35:37,239 --> 00:35:39,200
Speaker 1: five and that they were going to open things up

768
00:35:39,200 --> 00:35:41,440
Speaker 1: and David's finally agreed to it pisces me off that

769
00:35:41,760 --> 00:35:45,120
Speaker 1: in every preseason game it was DeAndre Jordan's like, okay,

770
00:35:45,600 --> 00:35:47,719
Speaker 1: so that's not gonna happen. Good luck trying to squire,

771
00:35:47,760 --> 00:35:49,239
Speaker 1: are you know? Guys? Bet under two twenty and a

772
00:35:49,280 --> 00:35:51,600
Speaker 1: half at the Warriors plus three and a half for

773
00:35:51,719 --> 00:35:55,359
Speaker 1: the game here Tuesday night, Like I'm embarrassed. I think

774
00:35:55,440 --> 00:35:58,600
Speaker 1: under fifty two and a half wins if they figure

775
00:35:58,640 --> 00:36:01,040
Speaker 1: it out. It's like in Januar worry, like this will

776
00:36:01,080 --> 00:36:03,919
Speaker 1: take some time, so which is good. Yeah, you're gonna

777
00:36:03,920 --> 00:36:06,319
Speaker 1: be going to many games this year, probably not. I don't.

778
00:36:06,360 --> 00:36:07,920
Speaker 1: I don't tend to go to a ton because I've

779
00:36:08,000 --> 00:36:10,400
Speaker 1: been in Las Vegas. Until just last year we got

780
00:36:11,440 --> 00:36:13,319
Speaker 1: so I was staying away, but I think now I'll

781
00:36:13,320 --> 00:36:15,720
Speaker 1: probably need to get yeah, you know the on court

782
00:36:15,800 --> 00:36:19,279
Speaker 1: before games. You know, you got a nice little in there.

783
00:36:19,320 --> 00:36:22,160
Speaker 1: So we'll have to figure out yes, yes, credentials anymore myself,

784
00:36:22,239 --> 00:36:24,279
Speaker 1: So I'll have to find a bout. I think you'll

785
00:36:24,280 --> 00:36:26,279
Speaker 1: be all right, all right. He's Preston Johnson, a K

786
00:36:26,480 --> 00:36:30,879
Speaker 1: the sports thanks a lot man. Fox Sports Radio has

787
00:36:30,920 --> 00:36:33,799
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00:36:45,120 --> 00:36:49,120
Speaker 1: your couch watching the games. He's making money while you

792
00:36:49,360 --> 00:36:54,480
Speaker 1: do it. Here's your best bat, Preston Johnson. Everyone just

793
00:36:54,719 --> 00:36:57,960
Speaker 1: so full of good NBA nuggets. I'm glad that he's

794
00:36:58,000 --> 00:36:59,799
Speaker 1: with me on the Bulls. I don't have a ton

795
00:36:59,840 --> 00:37:02,319
Speaker 1: of NBA futures bets, but the Bulls over is one

796
00:37:02,360 --> 00:37:04,799
Speaker 1: of them. That the problem is, And I'm gonna make

797
00:37:04,840 --> 00:37:07,560
Speaker 1: predictions here for the NBA season right now on the pod.

798
00:37:08,040 --> 00:37:10,360
Speaker 1: I'm not going full out predictions. I'll put those on

799
00:37:10,520 --> 00:37:15,040
Speaker 1: maybe social media later today. But the problem is injuries

800
00:37:15,080 --> 00:37:17,279
Speaker 1: and the eighty two game season. Injuries happen so much

801
00:37:17,360 --> 00:37:21,600
Speaker 1: that these wind totals can hinge. If someone's out two weeks,

802
00:37:21,880 --> 00:37:25,919
Speaker 1: three weeks, any injury of significance and wind totals are shot.

803
00:37:26,360 --> 00:37:28,920
Speaker 1: So it's tough for me to pot commit this early

804
00:37:29,400 --> 00:37:33,719
Speaker 1: big bets or even half unit wagers on some of

805
00:37:33,760 --> 00:37:36,960
Speaker 1: these futures. That being said, if you're asking me right now,

806
00:37:37,040 --> 00:37:39,759
Speaker 1: who do I like to win the championship, I have

807
00:37:39,960 --> 00:37:42,279
Speaker 1: to get a little chalky with it, and I've got

808
00:37:42,440 --> 00:37:46,800
Speaker 1: to go with the Brooklyn debts in the East plus

809
00:37:46,880 --> 00:37:50,800
Speaker 1: two forty the favorites slight favorites over the Bucks or

810
00:37:50,840 --> 00:37:56,840
Speaker 1: plus eight twelve and um, you know, actually those are

811
00:37:56,880 --> 00:38:00,239
Speaker 1: the two. Those are the only two really lone Miami plus.

812
00:38:01,040 --> 00:38:03,879
Speaker 1: I would take a gander on them. That being said,

813
00:38:03,920 --> 00:38:07,279
Speaker 1: they were a little older. So as Preston articulated, like

814
00:38:07,320 --> 00:38:08,840
Speaker 1: they're not going to be great in the regular season,

815
00:38:08,920 --> 00:38:11,520
Speaker 1: you can probably when they are, you know, I don't know,

816
00:38:11,640 --> 00:38:14,600
Speaker 1: twenty three and fifteen or something, probably get them at

817
00:38:14,719 --> 00:38:18,160
Speaker 1: lower than plus better odds, But I would I would

818
00:38:18,160 --> 00:38:19,720
Speaker 1: take the nets. I mean, how can you bet against

819
00:38:19,719 --> 00:38:22,520
Speaker 1: Harden and Durant as long as they're healthy. I don't

820
00:38:22,520 --> 00:38:25,920
Speaker 1: even care about Kyrie, Harden and Durant healthy. They're way

821
00:38:26,000 --> 00:38:28,400
Speaker 1: better than the Box. They were destroying the Bucks in

822
00:38:28,480 --> 00:38:33,719
Speaker 1: that series with Kyrie uh and Kevin Durant and James Hard,

823
00:38:33,800 --> 00:38:37,279
Speaker 1: they were destroying, destroying the Box. It was to nothing.

824
00:38:37,320 --> 00:38:39,759
Speaker 1: It looked like it was gonna be a sweet and

825
00:38:39,840 --> 00:38:41,560
Speaker 1: then the injury happened to Kyrie and Harden was a

826
00:38:42,000 --> 00:38:44,360
Speaker 1: percent and bing bang boom in the West. And I

827
00:38:44,480 --> 00:38:47,960
Speaker 1: know Preston made great points that this Lakers experiment could

828
00:38:47,960 --> 00:38:51,439
Speaker 1: be an utter disaster. As such, I do think they'll

829
00:38:51,480 --> 00:38:52,880
Speaker 1: figure it out. And as long as Lebron and a

830
00:38:53,000 --> 00:38:54,440
Speaker 1: d are healthy, they've got to be the team to

831
00:38:54,480 --> 00:38:55,719
Speaker 1: beat in the West. There's no I mean, there's no

832
00:38:55,840 --> 00:39:00,320
Speaker 1: denying that. With Kauai hurt and unlikely to play and

833
00:39:00,400 --> 00:39:03,439
Speaker 1: Jamal Murray out probably the entire regular season, they're saying

834
00:39:03,440 --> 00:39:05,319
Speaker 1: he's a chance he could come back for the final month,

835
00:39:06,320 --> 00:39:08,839
Speaker 1: the Lakers are definitely going to be the best team

836
00:39:08,840 --> 00:39:13,200
Speaker 1: in the West. There there's no denying that. However, seven

837
00:39:13,280 --> 00:39:15,480
Speaker 1: game series, weird things happen. I just don't see who

838
00:39:15,520 --> 00:39:17,719
Speaker 1: the team is to take them down. If you give

839
00:39:17,760 --> 00:39:20,440
Speaker 1: me healthy Lakers healthy sons. I'll tell you tell you

840
00:39:20,520 --> 00:39:24,000
Speaker 1: Lakers in five or six. You give me healthy Lakers,

841
00:39:24,080 --> 00:39:27,840
Speaker 1: healthy nuggets, healthy anybody Like, I've got to go with

842
00:39:27,920 --> 00:39:30,560
Speaker 1: the Lakers. You taught Jazz. Really they scare you. They

843
00:39:30,600 --> 00:39:34,400
Speaker 1: couldn't take down the Clippers when I got hurt, Like

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Speaker 1: I I mean, I like Rudy go Baron Mitchell as

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Speaker 1: much as anybody, but come on, so it's gotta be

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Speaker 1: Lakers nets. I know that's ultra chalky. I do think

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Speaker 1: the Lakers will struggle early, as President said, and I

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Speaker 1: think you'll be able to get them in way better

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Speaker 1: than plus three s nine maybe plus five could could

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Speaker 1: they could? They dropped that low. I don't know. We'll

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Speaker 1: see m v P s where it gets kind of

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Speaker 1: interesting and I listen. I don't know if they're is

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Speaker 1: going to be one of these situations where like Lebron

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Speaker 1: tries to play the season so he could be an

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Speaker 1: MVP at thirty seven and be the oldest m v P,

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Speaker 1: although I actually know Karl Malone might have been an

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Speaker 1: older MVP. I'll have to double check that. I personally

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Speaker 1: would go with Luca don Chech, who is the favorite,

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Speaker 1: and I know that Jason you're getting super Chalky. Well,

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Speaker 1: what I'm gonna say. I do have some money on

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Speaker 1: Harden when he was plus one, and he's way down

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Speaker 1: out of fourteen fifteen to one. I mean, I love

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Speaker 1: Jayson Tatum. I don't think here the Celtics gonna be

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Speaker 1: top three in the in the East. I don't see

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Speaker 1: that happening. Zion is probably not gonna play enough. Kd's

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Speaker 1: always heard it beats always hurt. I don't think Curry's

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Speaker 1: Warriors are gonna be as good as everybody thinks, and

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Speaker 1: you know more Warriors fan, so I would go with

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Speaker 1: Luka don Chech. Rookie the Year is the interesting one.

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Speaker 1: I listen, I oh, I thought all along I would

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Speaker 1: take Jalen Green first over Kate Cunningham, and I I will.

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Speaker 1: I will put my money on Jalen Green to win

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Speaker 1: the Rookie of the Year. I just think Kate Cunningham's

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Speaker 1: Pistons are gonna be awful Houston, despite being super young.

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Speaker 1: They will be bad as well, but they will be exciting.

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Speaker 1: And Jalen Green is probably gonna have more thirty point

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Speaker 1: nights than you think he's gonna put up. I don't

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Speaker 1: know if you put up numbers like the kid Anthony

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Speaker 1: Edwards did. He was just a scoring machine. But I'm

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Speaker 1: just telling you, Jalen Green is gonna get buckets and

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Speaker 1: surprising people. And I will guarantee you by Thanksgivings or Christmas,

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Speaker 1: we're gonna be saying, man, how did they not take

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Speaker 1: Jalen Green number one? The kid is electrifying? Now. Is

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Speaker 1: he a guy that you can build a franchise around?

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Speaker 1: Can he do everything that Cunningham could do? Probably not?

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Speaker 1: Probably not. Now for sure we've seen cunning him do

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Speaker 1: it in college. Jalen Green in the G League, which

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Speaker 1: a scorer, not as much of a facilitator as cunning him.

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Speaker 1: So I'll go Jalen Green Rookie of the Year. But

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Speaker 1: the guy to watch. And I don't know how you

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Speaker 1: can't get excited as Davion Mitchell and Sacramento. If there

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Speaker 1: is a world where the King's surprise everybody and get

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Speaker 1: the seventh seed, it's not a world any of us

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Speaker 1: have ever seen. But Davion Mitchell to get with the

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Speaker 1: best nickname in the NBA. He's nicknamed off Night because

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Speaker 1: he's such a good defender that he guarded the opposing

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Speaker 1: tomes best player, and that guy always has a bad

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Speaker 1: game and he says, oh, I had an off night. Actually, no,

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Speaker 1: Davan Mitcho was in your jersey. So those are some

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Speaker 1: of my NBA predictions. I'm sure someone will snip this

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Speaker 1: off throughout my face in a month or two or

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Speaker 1: three and say, all, Jason, you were so off. Listen.

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Speaker 1: That's part of the game. We make predictions. You hit some,

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Speaker 1: you lose some, and I will I'll wrap on this

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Speaker 1: for the Tennessee Titans fans, I went into this season

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Speaker 1: look like anybody who's looked at the numbers and said, oh,

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Speaker 1: there's no no way Derrick Henry has a good season.

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Speaker 1: There's just no way. History says players who carry the

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Speaker 1: ball X amount of times and have this kind of

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Speaker 1: workload they do not hold up. That's what history has

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Speaker 1: said into the NFL running backs for the last forty years.

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Speaker 1: Derrick Henry is shattering all those numbers and just breaking

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Speaker 1: down walls left and right like he's uh, the kool

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Speaker 1: a guy running through that wall. I mean, Derreck Henry

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Speaker 1: is an unbelievable bionic human being. He's just killing people.

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Speaker 1: He's trucking people. He doesn't look like he wears out

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Speaker 1: and as much as I just gassed up Derrick Henry

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Speaker 1: and the Titans, I am taking the Chiefs on the

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Speaker 1: road in Tennessee this week. Now. If you didn't listen

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Speaker 1: to the whole podcast, you missed that. But that's my

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Speaker 1: best bet of the week, and it's early. We'll talk

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Speaker 1: to you tomorrow.