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I hope that you 0:03:33.639 --> 0:03:36.040 like speeds and spitting statistician giving you what you need 0:03:36.080 --> 0:03:39.480 to win your leagues and win that cash, and how 0:03:39.520 --> 0:03:41.520 we have a little bit of fun here on Functional 0:03:41.560 --> 0:03:44.240 Sports Radio with my boy Donnie Burns so hot that 0:03:44.280 --> 0:03:46.800 we sweat steam. He gives me that basketball love, he 0:03:46.800 --> 0:03:49.440 gives me that love doctor advice, and we're gonna get 0:03:49.480 --> 0:03:52.040 into the NBA playoffs a little bit. But first I 0:03:52.120 --> 0:03:54.520 gotta give you my starting lineup, and that gets into 0:03:54.560 --> 0:03:56.640 the Major League Baseball news and notes. First thing I 0:03:56.640 --> 0:03:58.920 want to let you guys know the Tigers have activated 0:03:58.960 --> 0:04:01.520 Miguel Cabrera for him the d L. You can and 0:04:01.640 --> 0:04:04.120 put him right back in your lineups as you would. 0:04:04.120 --> 0:04:06.920 He's coming back from that groin injury. On the other side, though, 0:04:07.320 --> 0:04:09.640 the outfield of the Colorado Rockies I think is getting 0:04:09.640 --> 0:04:12.520 a little bit cloudy. Um they say that, uh, you know, 0:04:12.640 --> 0:04:15.680 second year player David dal is still quote unquote a 0:04:15.720 --> 0:04:18.960 ways away. And you know, and also with Reynolds so 0:04:19.040 --> 0:04:21.600 hot at first base they have now that Ian Desmond 0:04:21.600 --> 0:04:24.359 has returned, they're putting Ian Desmond in the outfield. So 0:04:24.400 --> 0:04:26.479 if you're holding onto a guy like David, I don't 0:04:26.520 --> 0:04:28.840 know even if he when he gets back, that outfield 0:04:28.880 --> 0:04:33.120 is going to be very cloudy and very crowded, especially 0:04:33.120 --> 0:04:37.479 with Desmond playing outfield. Right now, the Nationals have sent 0:04:37.560 --> 0:04:40.320 Joe Ross to Triple A. This is a guy, uh 0:04:40.320 --> 0:04:42.599 with a seven point four seven e r A and 0:04:42.680 --> 0:04:45.080 five starts so far this season. And here's the thing, though, 0:04:45.800 --> 0:04:47.599 it's kind of real now, you know, a month of 0:04:47.600 --> 0:04:51.360 the season has gone by, the calendar has turned to May. 0:04:51.520 --> 0:04:53.920 We talk about it in fantasy all the time, that 0:04:54.040 --> 0:04:56.359 you don't really look even at the standings in the 0:04:56.400 --> 0:04:58.480 first month of the season. I'll tell you that God's 0:04:58.480 --> 0:05:00.839 on his truth. I gotta league that I'm in where 0:05:00.880 --> 0:05:03.240 I'm in, like I'm towards the bottom. I'm almost in 0:05:03.279 --> 0:05:06.479 the basement. I'm not concerned yet. Okay, you can't really 0:05:06.480 --> 0:05:09.880 think about it, but now it starts to be important. 0:05:09.920 --> 0:05:11.680 And so Joe Ross, they have cut the chord with 0:05:11.760 --> 0:05:14.120 him the national sending him down to Triple A. The 0:05:14.160 --> 0:05:17.000 Red Sox have play Stephen Wright on the disabled list. 0:05:17.160 --> 0:05:20.040 He aggravated a knee injury. The Yankees have put Greg 0:05:20.080 --> 0:05:22.240 Bird on the d L with an ankle bruise. This 0:05:22.279 --> 0:05:24.760 is something that has been bothering him for a little while. 0:05:24.839 --> 0:05:26.599 Maybe he just needs the rest. Remember you got that 0:05:26.680 --> 0:05:29.200 ten day d L now, and so managers are kind 0:05:29.200 --> 0:05:31.159 of using that to game the system a little bit. 0:05:31.320 --> 0:05:34.960 But they will have people returning will the Yankees. It 0:05:35.000 --> 0:05:37.480 looks like Gary Sanchez will be coming back for this 0:05:37.560 --> 0:05:43.039 weekend series as well Brandon Crawford for the San Francisco Giants. 0:05:43.120 --> 0:05:45.160 Here's what I want to say. We've had another big 0:05:45.200 --> 0:05:48.160 injury in Washington, Adam Eaton, but it's gonna be out 0:05:48.200 --> 0:05:50.440 for the season. Looks like he tore his a c 0:05:50.640 --> 0:05:53.480 l over the weekend. And these Washington Nationals had one 0:05:53.520 --> 0:05:55.599 of the best offenses in baseball, had one of the 0:05:55.600 --> 0:05:59.360 biggest run differentials in baseball. If you know they were 0:05:59.440 --> 0:06:02.360 in fact my pick. If you remember when we did 0:06:02.360 --> 0:06:05.479 our spotlight of thirty teams in thirty days. My World 0:06:05.560 --> 0:06:09.120 Series prediction right now is not looking that bad. I'm 0:06:09.160 --> 0:06:12.320 telling you I had the Washington Nationals over the Houston 0:06:12.360 --> 0:06:16.440 Astros as my World Series prediction. Washington looks great, but 0:06:16.520 --> 0:06:18.280 without Adam Eat and I still think they're gonna storm 0:06:18.279 --> 0:06:21.599 and win that division. But for fantasy purposes, I think 0:06:21.600 --> 0:06:24.200 what we have here is a very interesting spot in 0:06:24.279 --> 0:06:27.640 a lineup that becomes available, and that is the number 0:06:27.640 --> 0:06:31.560 two whole in the Washington Nationals lineup. This is gonna 0:06:31.600 --> 0:06:35.560 be someone whoever inherits that spot, because you know, you 0:06:35.640 --> 0:06:39.480 gotta figure Trade Turner is gonna move to the leadoff spot. 0:06:39.880 --> 0:06:42.840 Whoever has that number two spot in the lineup is 0:06:42.839 --> 0:06:46.479 gonna be right after Trade Turner, right before Bryce Harper, 0:06:46.800 --> 0:06:50.520 Daniel Murphy and the incredibly hot to start the season, 0:06:50.640 --> 0:06:53.520 Ryan Zimmerman. There's a couple of candidates for this role. 0:06:53.560 --> 0:06:55.720 In my opinion, I'm telling you guys here on the 0:06:55.760 --> 0:06:59.960 fantasy freestyle, whoever inherits that role will get a tremendous 0:07:00.040 --> 0:07:03.520 spike in their value in my opinion, and you should 0:07:03.600 --> 0:07:06.640 keep an eye on this situation. In my opinion, there 0:07:06.640 --> 0:07:10.000 are three candidates. They've been putting Jason Worth there, and 0:07:10.040 --> 0:07:12.440 that would be sick for his value. He was hitting 0:07:12.440 --> 0:07:14.280 six or seven in that lineup if he could be 0:07:14.400 --> 0:07:16.280 if he could be in that two hole. I like 0:07:16.360 --> 0:07:19.920 what Jason Worth could do with a steady diet of fastballs. Also, 0:07:20.160 --> 0:07:23.120 Anthony red Don, this is a guy. This is a 0:07:23.120 --> 0:07:25.640 guy who had a bad start to the season. I 0:07:25.640 --> 0:07:27.640 would have told you he was a fool gazy, but 0:07:27.680 --> 0:07:29.960 then over the weekend he had a three homer ten 0:07:30.280 --> 0:07:34.160 RBI game. Maybe putting him in the two spots would 0:07:34.160 --> 0:07:38.840 be a great place to get him better pitches continue 0:07:38.840 --> 0:07:40.560 the hot streak. But I'll tell you who I think 0:07:40.600 --> 0:07:43.560 it could be that, you know, it's kind of under 0:07:43.560 --> 0:07:45.520 the radar, and I think would have the biggest value. 0:07:46.640 --> 0:07:49.920 What about catcher Matt Weaters. What if they put Matt 0:07:49.960 --> 0:07:52.640 Weaters in the two spot, wouldn't that get him some 0:07:52.760 --> 0:07:55.920 great pitches to hit? Um He was toiling down there 0:07:55.960 --> 0:07:58.720 in the eight spot in the lineup. Listen, this lineup 0:07:58.800 --> 0:08:01.360 is sick. So I think if you could put a 0:08:01.360 --> 0:08:03.120 guy like Matt Weeters in that two hole, it could 0:08:03.160 --> 0:08:06.280 even you know, lengthen it some more. Keep an eye 0:08:06.320 --> 0:08:09.280 on this situation now that Adam Eaton has gone down 0:08:09.560 --> 0:08:11.640 with the a c L injury. Here's what I wanna do. 0:08:11.840 --> 0:08:13.800 We haven't been doing this the last couple of days 0:08:13.840 --> 0:08:16.040 here on the Fantasy Freestyle and truth be told us 0:08:16.040 --> 0:08:18.320 because we had so much of the NFL draft coverage 0:08:18.360 --> 0:08:21.800 and recapping and synthesis to do. But I want to 0:08:21.840 --> 0:08:23.320 help you win that cash. So let me tell you 0:08:23.360 --> 0:08:26.160 who's some starters to target tonight. There are three two 0:08:26.160 --> 0:08:28.800 starters that I really like and on fan duel right now, 0:08:29.800 --> 0:08:32.559 you can play that mix up where instead of doing 0:08:32.600 --> 0:08:34.880 a regular full lineup, you're just doing two pictures and 0:08:34.960 --> 0:08:37.800 three position players. And I got some pictures tonight that 0:08:37.840 --> 0:08:39.920 I like. I like two of them. I have been 0:08:40.160 --> 0:08:43.679 on James Paxton all season long, and I like him 0:08:43.720 --> 0:08:47.200 at nineties hundred on Fan Duel against the Los Angeles 0:08:47.200 --> 0:08:51.040 Angels of Anaheim at home. This seven is the is 0:08:51.080 --> 0:08:56.040 the lowest total on the board. Okay, um, as long 0:08:56.040 --> 0:08:58.680 as he can avoid Mike Trout, I think this is good. 0:08:58.720 --> 0:09:01.880 He bounced back already from his only bad start of 0:09:01.920 --> 0:09:05.080 the season. Remember he was so hot early on in April, 0:09:05.080 --> 0:09:07.160 had one bad start, but since that has come back 0:09:07.480 --> 0:09:10.760 and had seven scoreless innings with nine strikeouts against Detroit. 0:09:11.040 --> 0:09:14.960 I love Paxson's k upside. Okay, he is fourth in 0:09:14.960 --> 0:09:17.319 the American League with thirty nine strikeouts, and out of 0:09:17.320 --> 0:09:19.760 the people ahead of him only Salad Danny Salazar in Cleveland. 0:09:19.800 --> 0:09:22.360 As mornings pitch, I like Packson to strike out some 0:09:22.440 --> 0:09:24.880 Angels tonight, and I like Seattle to get a win 0:09:25.760 --> 0:09:30.280 in Seattle. I also like Massa Heiro Tanaka tonight for 0:09:30.280 --> 0:09:33.360 the New York Yankees. He's at member. The Yankees are 0:09:33.360 --> 0:09:36.200 ten and three at home, and the Blue Jays are 0:09:36.320 --> 0:09:41.480 starting Matt Latos. Need I say more and listen, Tanaka 0:09:41.520 --> 0:09:45.760 has looked really good in my opinion, Tanaka has looked good, 0:09:46.200 --> 0:09:50.240 um since his last you know, since that opening day horrible, 0:09:50.280 --> 0:09:54.400 horrible start, He's had three straight starts with quality starts, 0:09:54.640 --> 0:09:58.920 three straight starts where he has gotten the win. In 0:09:59.000 --> 0:10:02.040 my opinion, you could ride out Tanaka at eight eight 0:10:02.080 --> 0:10:05.720 hundred and Paxton at nineties six hundred. I like them both. 0:10:05.720 --> 0:10:07.600 But more of the story that I've been talking about 0:10:07.679 --> 0:10:11.079 here is, you know, now we're a month into the season, 0:10:11.160 --> 0:10:13.280 right so now are starting to get some of these 0:10:13.360 --> 0:10:16.760 changes starting to actually matter, and if you listen to 0:10:16.760 --> 0:10:18.760 the Fantasy Freestyle, and I don't know many of you do, 0:10:18.800 --> 0:10:21.120 and I know big shout out to people that subscribe 0:10:21.320 --> 0:10:23.800 on the audio Boom, on the Stitcher, on the Google Play, 0:10:23.800 --> 0:10:26.640 on the I Heart Radio, on the iTunes, or when 0:10:26.640 --> 0:10:29.400 you download the Fantasy Sports Radio Network apps you get 0:10:29.400 --> 0:10:34.520 Benny Riccardi, Jake seely Tony Sincoda, Greg Susman, Frank Standfull. 0:10:34.840 --> 0:10:38.720 What and what we've been telling you are all sorts 0:10:38.720 --> 0:10:41.880 of interesting data points, right, and I think that for 0:10:42.040 --> 0:10:43.800 these data points I've been talking about are really what 0:10:43.840 --> 0:10:45.880 you need to look for. I've been telling you about 0:10:46.360 --> 0:10:49.080 um launch angle in home runs. I've been telling you 0:10:49.120 --> 0:10:52.280 about exit velocity. What I want to talk about also 0:10:52.360 --> 0:10:55.440 here is swing percentage and contact percentage. A lot of 0:10:55.480 --> 0:10:59.520 these guys that I've been profiling have seen a dramatic 0:10:59.600 --> 0:11:02.960 dip in their swing percentage. They are not chasing, okay, 0:11:03.000 --> 0:11:06.000 their walk rate is going up, their strikeout rate is 0:11:06.040 --> 0:11:09.480 going down. And that's part of why I love Aaron 0:11:09.720 --> 0:11:13.640 Judge and think that his change is sustainable. He's gone 0:11:13.679 --> 0:11:17.400 up eleven in contact percentage. Yeah, he's dropped a little 0:11:17.440 --> 0:11:20.000 bit in launch angle, but it doesn't matter. He has 0:11:20.000 --> 0:11:22.520 true light tower power, and that is what has helped 0:11:22.559 --> 0:11:24.839 him become only one one of only three people to 0:11:24.960 --> 0:11:28.000 hit three hundred and have ten home runs. Only forty 0:11:28.000 --> 0:11:30.120 four players have ever done that in any month since 0:11:30.160 --> 0:11:33.439 two thousand and ten. So the part that I love 0:11:33.520 --> 0:11:36.240 is that six percentage point dropped in the swing percentage. 0:11:36.240 --> 0:11:39.199 He is a more discerning eye. Remember I told you 0:11:39.200 --> 0:11:42.920 guys that about um Eric Thames as well, remember when 0:11:42.960 --> 0:11:46.960 he came back from the Korean Baseball organization. So I 0:11:47.000 --> 0:11:49.600 think that is something very interesting. On the flip side, 0:11:50.240 --> 0:11:52.760 Mike Mustakas he might be trying to do a little 0:11:52.800 --> 0:11:55.319 bit too much. His swing percentage is ten percent up. 0:11:55.800 --> 0:11:59.960 He is swinging at a ton more pictures. His contact 0:12:00.040 --> 0:12:02.280 great though, is down, and his launch angle is up. 0:12:02.640 --> 0:12:05.000 I think he's trying to just straight pull it. I 0:12:05.040 --> 0:12:08.400 think that, uh, he's feeling a little bit of a 0:12:08.440 --> 0:12:12.800 grind on that Kansas City offense. Okay, you need to 0:12:12.840 --> 0:12:14.960 look at some of these numbers because that helps you, 0:12:14.960 --> 0:12:17.560 you know, take the isolated power and that these are 0:12:17.559 --> 0:12:20.360 the things that really matter as we're moving on. So 0:12:20.400 --> 0:12:22.360 when you're on fan graphs and things like that, look 0:12:22.400 --> 0:12:25.800 for that swing rate, look for that launch angle. Look 0:12:25.840 --> 0:12:28.160 at that isolated power pictures are the same things. We'll 0:12:28.160 --> 0:12:30.439 continue to talk about it all season long here in 0:12:30.480 --> 0:12:32.600 the Fantasy Freestyle. But when we come back, we're gonna 0:12:32.600 --> 0:12:34.320 answer the site from a man Donnie Burns and I. 0:12:34.440 --> 0:12:36.959 We're gonna break down the NBA playoffs a little bit, 0:12:37.120 --> 0:12:39.280 answer the poll questions, a lot of things to do. 0:12:39.520 --> 0:12:42.839 It's your boys, Speeds, the Spitting Statistician. You're listening live 0:12:43.080 --> 0:12:47.960 to the Fantasy Freestyle here on the award winning Fantasy 0:12:47.960 --> 0:13:00.520 Sports Radio Network. Coming right back. You know what it 0:13:00.559 --> 0:13:03.680 is you should boy, Dane Martinez Speeds, Spitting Statistician, You're 0:13:03.679 --> 0:13:06.000 listening live to the Fantasy Freestyle here on the Fantasy 0:13:06.040 --> 0:13:08.599 Sports Radio Network. If you want to holler at me, 0:13:08.679 --> 0:13:11.320 you absolutely can at eight four four eight four three 0:13:11.360 --> 0:13:13.840 six eight seven nine. You could also catch us on 0:13:13.840 --> 0:13:16.600 that f n T s Y Radio Twitter handle. You 0:13:16.600 --> 0:13:19.679 could also ask any questions or follow me at Spitting 0:13:19.760 --> 0:13:23.199 Speeds on Twitter. You know, check this out. The Rangers 0:13:23.240 --> 0:13:25.920 have gotten out to a one nothing lead early on. 0:13:26.200 --> 0:13:28.640 You may have heard, you may have heard the cheer. 0:13:28.920 --> 0:13:31.520 We are here at Rock and Riley's in Studio thirty 0:13:31.520 --> 0:13:35.400 four here in Manhattan, across the street from Madison Square Garden. 0:13:35.480 --> 0:13:38.280 A couple of pregame parties going on here at Rock 0:13:38.320 --> 0:13:41.400 and Riley's. It was Matt Zukorello who got the goal. 0:13:41.840 --> 0:13:44.600 Rangers are up one nothing, Indians get on the board 0:13:44.600 --> 0:13:47.800 in the first standing against the Tigers. Diamondbacks up one 0:13:47.880 --> 0:13:51.760 nothing against the Nationals, and the Yankees are all over 0:13:52.200 --> 0:13:54.960 the Blue Jays. Matt Latos I told you about Matt 0:13:55.040 --> 0:13:57.840 Lato's Yankees are already of one nothing, still threatening with 0:13:57.880 --> 0:14:01.040 men on second and third. Nobody out here in the 0:14:01.040 --> 0:14:03.400 Bronx keeping it moving as we enter the cipher which 0:14:03.520 --> 0:14:06.720 boys speeds the spitting statistician. News and notes from the NFL. 0:14:07.800 --> 0:14:11.960 Jamal Charles has signed a one year deal with the 0:14:12.000 --> 0:14:16.000 Denver Broncos and a f C West rival. That deal 0:14:16.080 --> 0:14:19.280 is up to at least up to three point seven 0:14:19.400 --> 0:14:23.920 five million dollars if Jamal Charles reaches certain incentives in 0:14:24.000 --> 0:14:26.480 that contract. This is also the time of year where 0:14:26.520 --> 0:14:28.480 you need to find out if teams are gonna pick 0:14:28.560 --> 0:14:31.160 up the fifth year option on some of the players 0:14:31.200 --> 0:14:34.320 that they drafted three four years ago. And so there 0:14:34.400 --> 0:14:37.400 was news here. Eric Ebron's option has been picked up 0:14:37.400 --> 0:14:40.800 by the Detroit Lions. Calvin Benjamin's option picked up by 0:14:40.800 --> 0:14:45.560 the Panthers. However, Calvin Pryor's option was not picked up 0:14:45.560 --> 0:14:48.400 by the Jets. Remember the Jets drafted to safeties with 0:14:48.440 --> 0:14:52.280 their first and second round picks last weekend. Teddy Bridgewater's 0:14:52.320 --> 0:14:56.720 option not picked up by the Minnesota Vikings. That that 0:14:56.800 --> 0:15:00.840 injury that he sustained last year, serious knee injured. Doesn't 0:15:00.840 --> 0:15:04.600 look good for Teddy After this declaration by the Minnesota Vikings, 0:15:04.640 --> 0:15:07.120 and maybe what must be what might be the most 0:15:07.160 --> 0:15:10.520 surprising one of them all, the Buffalo Bills have decided 0:15:10.560 --> 0:15:17.040 to decline the fifth year option on Sammy Watkins. Sammy 0:15:17.080 --> 0:15:19.720 Watkins is pretty much the best receiver they have and 0:15:19.720 --> 0:15:22.560 the only option they have. What is going on in Buffalo? 0:15:22.600 --> 0:15:26.960 Remember they fired GM Doug Whalley right after the draft, 0:15:27.000 --> 0:15:29.560 so they are, you know, turning the page. It looks 0:15:29.600 --> 0:15:32.240 like in Buffalo at least priming the pump for that 0:15:32.280 --> 0:15:35.640 to happen. Let's talk Buccaneers running backs. Real quick news 0:15:35.680 --> 0:15:38.840 out of the Buccaneers running back room um the j 0:15:39.120 --> 0:15:42.040 g M Jason Licht is saying that Doug Martin looks 0:15:42.240 --> 0:15:45.200 very good in practice, that they believe in him that 0:15:45.240 --> 0:15:47.320 they are willing to, you know, kind of still ride 0:15:47.320 --> 0:15:50.640 with him despite the three games suspension that he will 0:15:50.680 --> 0:15:53.480 have to serve. At the start of the football season, 0:15:53.520 --> 0:15:56.280 head coach of Tampa Bay Though, Dirk Cutter, I was 0:15:56.320 --> 0:15:59.280 talking a little bit about fifth round pick Jeremy McNichols, 0:15:59.280 --> 0:16:02.000 saying that he has the potential to be a three 0:16:02.040 --> 0:16:05.560 down back in the NFL, which sounds like good praise, right, 0:16:05.760 --> 0:16:07.920 But then on the flip side, he's saying that he's 0:16:07.960 --> 0:16:11.000 gonna have to work to even make the team because 0:16:11.040 --> 0:16:14.160 remember they do also in that room, besides Doug Martin 0:16:14.280 --> 0:16:18.120 have Jock Quiz Rogers why affectionately called Pop Quiz Jock 0:16:18.160 --> 0:16:20.720 Quiz all season long, and they also have Charles Sims 0:16:20.760 --> 0:16:23.280 in that backfield. So a lot of options now for 0:16:23.320 --> 0:16:26.120 the Tampa Bay Bucks. Many people I saw coming out 0:16:26.120 --> 0:16:30.960 of the draft thinking that Jamie's Winston's fantasy value increase 0:16:31.040 --> 0:16:33.840 the most. Remember they went and drafted I believe it 0:16:33.880 --> 0:16:35.960 was O. J. Howard to help him out. They signed 0:16:35.960 --> 0:16:39.000 to Shaun Watson, excuse me, to Shawn Jackson in the 0:16:39.040 --> 0:16:41.640 off season to help with that receiving corps that already 0:16:41.680 --> 0:16:44.800 had guys like Cameron Brad and Mike Evans. The Bucks 0:16:44.840 --> 0:16:47.080 could be a team where the offense is on the rise, 0:16:47.280 --> 0:16:49.440 and so J P. Ryan they're saying is a quote 0:16:49.520 --> 0:16:53.840 unquote instant challenger to Rob Kelly in the Washington backfield. 0:16:53.840 --> 0:16:57.360 That could also spell trouble for Matt Jones. Who Matt 0:16:57.480 --> 0:17:00.720 Jones in the Washington backfield? Keep it moving though here 0:17:00.840 --> 0:17:03.120 And I want to bring you my boy Donnie Burns. 0:17:03.200 --> 0:17:05.760 He he is not only the love doctor on the 0:17:05.800 --> 0:17:09.840 Fantasy Freestyle, he is also the basketball correspondent. And Donnie, 0:17:09.840 --> 0:17:13.199 we were getting into the Spurs Rockets series and the 0:17:13.280 --> 0:17:17.560 Rockets made a statement in Game one in San Antonio, 0:17:17.720 --> 0:17:21.399 blowing the doors off of the Spurs. They wanted to 0:17:21.560 --> 0:17:24.359 ninety nine. And here's the key for me. We have 0:17:24.480 --> 0:17:27.439 been saying for weeks now that the Rockets are this 0:17:27.560 --> 0:17:31.000 kind of team that like, if they get hot, they 0:17:31.040 --> 0:17:34.040 can compete with anybody. If they shoot the ball, well, 0:17:34.320 --> 0:17:36.800 if they are able to push that pace in space, well, 0:17:37.240 --> 0:17:41.160 they hit twenty two of their fifty three pointers last night, 0:17:41.440 --> 0:17:45.400 a forty percent clip. That will be enough to compete 0:17:45.400 --> 0:17:48.800 with anybody. A reason. Look good, Ryan Anderson looked good. 0:17:48.920 --> 0:17:52.119 It didn't even all come from James Harden, as we 0:17:52.119 --> 0:17:55.000 were talking about before we gone in on air. But 0:17:55.119 --> 0:17:58.119 my question, honestly, don is more about the San Antonio 0:17:58.280 --> 0:18:01.760 Spurs than it is about the Houston Rockets. We have seen, 0:18:01.880 --> 0:18:05.000 and we have all said that the Rockets are capable 0:18:05.280 --> 0:18:08.400 of this kind of explosion, scoring in the one twenties, 0:18:08.840 --> 0:18:13.640 hitting twenty plus three pointers, but LaMarcus Aldridge with four points, 0:18:15.200 --> 0:18:19.560 Tony Parker not looking that spry. I would almost ask 0:18:19.680 --> 0:18:23.440 what do the Spurs have to rely on besides Kauai Leonard? 0:18:23.760 --> 0:18:26.760 And while I am not gonna bury a Greg Popovich 0:18:26.880 --> 0:18:31.320 team after Game one, this does not look good, Donny. Yeah. 0:18:31.359 --> 0:18:33.639 Here's the thing though, and this is what I'm worried 0:18:33.640 --> 0:18:37.760 about most. The Spurs are the best, if not one 0:18:37.800 --> 0:18:40.560 of the best, at running teams off the three point line. 0:18:40.600 --> 0:18:44.280 And if you have the Rockets, out of all teams, 0:18:44.280 --> 0:18:48.000 shooting almost from the three point line, and one of 0:18:48.040 --> 0:18:50.560 your best players in LaMarcus Aldri just can't get double 0:18:50.600 --> 0:18:54.000 digit points, that's gonna be a long series. That's gonna 0:18:54.040 --> 0:18:56.080 be a very long series. And so we ask people 0:18:56.080 --> 0:18:58.320 on that f n T s Y Radio Twitter handle, 0:18:58.400 --> 0:19:01.240 and thanks to everybody who's already voting. Big shout out 0:19:01.240 --> 0:19:03.159 to the people who follow us on the fn T 0:19:03.320 --> 0:19:05.680 s BI radio Twitter handle. Big shout out to the 0:19:05.720 --> 0:19:09.520 people who follow me at spitting speeds um right now 0:19:10.119 --> 0:19:13.800 sixt so two thirds of the votes right now are 0:19:13.840 --> 0:19:16.400 for the Houston Rockets. Think that the Houston Rockets will 0:19:16.440 --> 0:19:21.800 advance to the Western Conference Finals. Uh, we have you 0:19:21.880 --> 0:19:24.600 on record though already, right Donnie. Yeah, Well, here's the 0:19:24.640 --> 0:19:26.640 thing I was really high on. That's why I don't 0:19:26.680 --> 0:19:28.880 I don't really want people to sleep on the Spurs 0:19:28.920 --> 0:19:31.720 because I was super high on two teams before the 0:19:31.760 --> 0:19:33.639 playoffs even started. If you remember, I was high on 0:19:33.680 --> 0:19:36.040 the Wizards and I was high on the Rockets. But 0:19:36.080 --> 0:19:39.880 I've seen both struggle at times. So it's one game. 0:19:39.920 --> 0:19:42.560 You can't gauge that after I mean, they were up 0:19:42.600 --> 0:19:46.119 thirty at one point, it was like seventy three to 0:19:46.280 --> 0:19:49.119 thirty nine at one point. You can't gauge a team 0:19:49.119 --> 0:19:52.520 with pedigree like Spurs out after one game. I feel 0:19:52.520 --> 0:19:54.800 like that's a little you know, I'll tell you what 0:19:54.920 --> 0:19:56.919 it will definitely end and and you know, if you 0:19:57.000 --> 0:19:59.080 listen to the Fantasy Freestyle here in the Fantasy Sports 0:19:59.119 --> 0:20:01.520 Radio Network, you list and to win that cash. And 0:20:01.560 --> 0:20:04.320 in the NBA and playoff basketball, there has been for 0:20:04.520 --> 0:20:08.399 years the zigzag theory where series kind of pendulum swing 0:20:08.480 --> 0:20:10.639 back and forth these kind of series. I would not 0:20:10.680 --> 0:20:13.960 be surprised if the San Antonio Spurs come out Game 0:20:14.000 --> 0:20:18.800 two at home and respond, well, I'd be laying heavy 0:20:18.960 --> 0:20:23.000 coin bitcoin, maybe even on the San Antonio Spurs in 0:20:23.119 --> 0:20:25.159 Game two. How do you like that, Donnie? Yeah, And 0:20:25.880 --> 0:20:28.320 a lot of people forget the Spurs can shoot the 0:20:28.320 --> 0:20:31.480 three two at a high clip and unctually they're they're 0:20:31.520 --> 0:20:33.639 pretty high percentage. They don't do it a lot, but 0:20:33.760 --> 0:20:36.879 when they do that and they recognized her making beyond 0:20:36.880 --> 0:20:40.119 the arc, they will continue to shoot that clip until 0:20:40.520 --> 0:20:42.960 the percentage drops and they'll shoot it at a high percentage. 0:20:42.960 --> 0:20:44.560 All right. So we'll see. We'll see if the Golden 0:20:44.600 --> 0:20:47.280 State Warriors tonight in their Game one, if they put 0:20:47.280 --> 0:20:49.280