WEBVTT - NBA Playoff Talk, Joel Embiid, Rihanna, NFL, and More! 0:00:01.240 --> 0:00:06.040 You're listening to the Fantasy Sports Radio Network. You are 0:00:06.040 --> 0:00:14.880 now about to witness the strength of fantasy knowledge Fantasy 0:00:14.920 --> 0:00:17.560 Sports Radio Network. You are now tuned in to the 0:00:17.640 --> 0:00:21.919 speeds and spitting statistician on Fantasy Freestyle up next on 0:00:22.040 --> 0:00:26.400 that sif FU on the microphone. You know that I'm 0:00:26.440 --> 0:00:33.919 one of the best yet, Martinez, you know what it is? 0:00:33.960 --> 0:00:36.479 This your boy, Dane Martinez, a k A Speeds a 0:00:36.560 --> 0:00:39.960 ka to spitting Statistician and you are listening live to 0:00:40.040 --> 0:00:43.080 the Fantasy Freestyle here in the Fantasy Sports Radio Network. 0:00:43.159 --> 0:00:45.319 As always, a big shout out to all of our 0:00:45.360 --> 0:00:48.760 sports byline affiliates and of course with the American Forces 0:00:48.880 --> 0:00:52.440 Radio Network around the world, the servicemen and women taking 0:00:52.440 --> 0:00:54.720 a little time out, you know, listen to Speeds, the 0:00:54.720 --> 0:00:57.880 spitting statisticians so they could win their leagues and win 0:00:58.400 --> 0:01:00.400 that cash. You know, I give us shout out to 0:01:00.480 --> 0:01:02.520 all of our sports byline listeners to Now I want 0:01:02.520 --> 0:01:04.880 to give a big shout out to fifteen ten am 0:01:05.000 --> 0:01:07.960 w w z N in Boston. We're gonna be talking 0:01:08.000 --> 0:01:10.959 about Boston a lot, I think this show. You know, 0:01:11.000 --> 0:01:15.039 we got Eastern Conference Finals Game one taking place from Boston. 0:01:15.280 --> 0:01:19.080 We also had that draft lottery last night where Boston 0:01:19.200 --> 0:01:21.200 does in fact have that number one overall pick. I'm 0:01:21.200 --> 0:01:23.240 gonna ask my man Donnie Burns a little bit later 0:01:23.280 --> 0:01:26.760 on if now maybe Danny Ainge does want to shop 0:01:26.800 --> 0:01:29.320 that pick a little bit. Uh, you know, Jimmy Butler, 0:01:29.400 --> 0:01:33.399 Paul George, come on down. We will find out. Before that, 0:01:33.440 --> 0:01:35.600 We're also going to get into what was a crazy 0:01:35.720 --> 0:01:39.399 game too in the Western Conference Finals last night where 0:01:39.440 --> 0:01:41.880 the Golden State Warriors blew the doors off. We'll here 0:01:41.880 --> 0:01:44.319 with great Popovitch had to say, and we'll also discuss 0:01:45.280 --> 0:01:48.720 if you know this idea of closing shooters out has 0:01:48.760 --> 0:01:51.120 reached its breaking points. So, in fact, I have a 0:01:51.160 --> 0:01:53.800 poll question up there right now. So many ways you 0:01:53.800 --> 0:01:56.080 could join the show at F and T s Y Radio, 0:01:56.160 --> 0:01:58.640 that Twitter handle. You could always answer the poll that way, 0:01:58.680 --> 0:02:00.800 pose any questions if you want. You could also ask 0:02:00.800 --> 0:02:03.480 me questions or follow me at spitting speeds. So here's 0:02:03.520 --> 0:02:05.800 the poll question that we have up right now. There 0:02:05.800 --> 0:02:08.680 was so much talk about that Zaza Pachulia play, but 0:02:08.800 --> 0:02:11.000 last night there was some other interesting plays. I know 0:02:11.040 --> 0:02:13.440 Donnie Burns has some thoughts on it, but um, my 0:02:13.560 --> 0:02:17.079 question quite frankly, is this. Did the Spurs have any 0:02:17.120 --> 0:02:20.480 kind of revenge or a bounty on their mind against 0:02:20.480 --> 0:02:23.680 the Warriors last night after that Kauaiet Leonard injury. And 0:02:23.720 --> 0:02:26.200 I got some options around not only yes or no, 0:02:26.520 --> 0:02:28.200 but if so, was it a player thing or a 0:02:28.200 --> 0:02:30.320 coach thing? You know, did Popovich have something to say 0:02:30.320 --> 0:02:33.440 about this or not? Just a common play? Get on 0:02:33.480 --> 0:02:35.640 at that on that poll right now. We're also I'm 0:02:35.639 --> 0:02:37.960 gonna give you my starting lineup, and we're also gonna 0:02:38.000 --> 0:02:40.360 definitely get what I've been talking about for a while, 0:02:40.440 --> 0:02:43.720 Kyle Turley and his work around marijuana advocacy here in 0:02:43.760 --> 0:02:46.440 the NFL. Come on back, We're gonna start off on 0:02:46.520 --> 0:02:48.920 my starting lineup. That's how we do it here on 0:02:48.960 --> 0:02:52.040 the Fantasy Freestyle on the Fantasy Sports Radio Network. Your 0:02:52.080 --> 0:02:55.200 boy Dane Martinez holding you down, helping you win your 0:02:55.280 --> 0:03:13.320 leagues and win that cash. Come on right back, Fantasy Freestyle. Yeah, 0:03:13.400 --> 0:03:15.359 you know what it is. We get John Blaze here 0:03:15.360 --> 0:03:18.280 on the Fantasy Freestyle. What's your boy, Dame Martinez? SPE's 0:03:18.320 --> 0:03:20.760 the spitting statistician. One quick note I want to tell 0:03:20.800 --> 0:03:24.320 you in an afternoon game the Arizona Diamondbacks in eleven 0:03:24.320 --> 0:03:27.760 innings have just defeated the New York Mets that by 0:03:27.760 --> 0:03:30.040 a score of five to four. The Diamondbacks with that 0:03:30.080 --> 0:03:33.480 win go to five games over five hundred on the season, 0:03:33.480 --> 0:03:37.120 while the Mets fall to six games under five hundred. 0:03:37.120 --> 0:03:39.360 They're also two games under five hundred on the road 0:03:39.840 --> 0:03:44.200 this season. However, Michael Confordo hit another one out and 0:03:44.240 --> 0:03:46.920 he has been absolutely hot. If you want to check 0:03:46.920 --> 0:03:48.680 out in your leagues, if he is still available, go 0:03:48.720 --> 0:03:51.200 out and get him. It's not just the lefty on 0:03:51.360 --> 0:03:53.840 lefty thing. This guy is nice. You need to go 0:03:53.920 --> 0:03:55.680 and pick him up if you can, because he can 0:03:55.760 --> 0:03:59.000 help you win your league. News and notes around Major 0:03:59.040 --> 0:04:03.240 League Baseball, we have some interesting details for you. Markink Lanson, 0:04:03.440 --> 0:04:06.800 Giants closer has been activated from the d L. He 0:04:06.880 --> 0:04:09.000 was coming back from an elbow injury. Right now, Derek 0:04:09.120 --> 0:04:11.880 Law was working the ninth I'm gonna tell you something. 0:04:12.240 --> 0:04:15.240 I wouldn't automatically drop Law either. I would hold onto 0:04:15.360 --> 0:04:18.039 him just to see how this all shakes out. Until 0:04:18.360 --> 0:04:22.520 he's actually not getting opportunities and not getting um you 0:04:22.560 --> 0:04:25.080 know that work. Okay, keeping it moving, Josh Donaldson, it 0:04:25.120 --> 0:04:29.120 looks like no, he will not return as previously reported 0:04:29.160 --> 0:04:32.560 this week from that calf injury, this is lingering. Manager 0:04:32.880 --> 0:04:35.479 Gibbon said that you know, he didn't have a setback, 0:04:35.720 --> 0:04:38.480 it was just a bad timeline. I remind you, guys, 0:04:38.600 --> 0:04:42.280 earlier in this season, when that calf injury first started, 0:04:42.520 --> 0:04:45.320 I told you here on the Fantasy Freestyle that my 0:04:45.400 --> 0:04:49.320 man Scott the King Angle told me that this was 0:04:49.400 --> 0:04:53.160 going to be an issue all season long. And now 0:04:53.240 --> 0:04:56.680 those chickens are coming home to roost, Josh Donaldson still 0:04:57.000 --> 0:04:59.960 not gonna get activated. That's this weekend. As we thought, 0:05:00.120 --> 0:05:02.760 I got another hamstring injury for you as well. I'm 0:05:02.800 --> 0:05:05.880 telling you guys, hamstring injuries for days here in the 0:05:05.920 --> 0:05:08.320 early part of the baseball season. This time it is 0:05:08.360 --> 0:05:11.720 Pittsburgh Pirates Gregory Polanco going on to the d L. 0:05:12.080 --> 0:05:15.680 He got injured actually on Sunday, and they're making this 0:05:15.800 --> 0:05:19.240 d L stint retroactive to Sunday. Yet another case where 0:05:19.240 --> 0:05:21.960 they're trying to see if guys can you know, hack it, 0:05:22.000 --> 0:05:24.240 and it's only three or four games he's missing, then 0:05:24.279 --> 0:05:26.839 they put you on the d L retroactive in essence 0:05:26.839 --> 0:05:30.080 saving you from yourself because my man Polanco now is 0:05:30.120 --> 0:05:32.960 eligible to come off the d L, you know, middle 0:05:32.960 --> 0:05:35.120 of next week, so when you think about it, that 0:05:35.160 --> 0:05:37.640 way part of this ten day d L. Also, Trevor 0:05:37.680 --> 0:05:39.480 k Hill is going to the ten day d L 0:05:39.560 --> 0:05:42.320 for the San Diego Padres. He's got a shoulder issue. 0:05:42.360 --> 0:05:45.680 He has been decent all season long, okay, And why 0:05:45.680 --> 0:05:48.000 do I know? Because I have him on my season 0:05:48.040 --> 0:05:50.960 long fantasy team. So I need to find someone else 0:05:51.160 --> 0:05:52.880 to get me some start start for k Hill with 0:05:52.880 --> 0:05:55.400 a shoulder injury going onto the ten day d L. 0:05:55.720 --> 0:05:58.360 One thing I mentioned to you guys yesterday. I told 0:05:58.360 --> 0:06:01.920 you keep an eye on the Seattle Mariners closer job. 0:06:01.960 --> 0:06:05.040 I told you about how Edwin Diaz had four walks, 0:06:05.080 --> 0:06:07.440 gave up runs, And I told you that Steve c 0:06:07.680 --> 0:06:12.600 Check was activated from the d L yesterday well with 0:06:12.680 --> 0:06:15.279 a lead in the ninth inn and the Seattle Mariners 0:06:15.400 --> 0:06:19.240 turned to Steve c Check. What did he do? He 0:06:19.440 --> 0:06:22.719 gave up runs and blew the save yesterday and his 0:06:22.800 --> 0:06:26.800 first opportunity. I'm telling you, though, still I don't think 0:06:27.680 --> 0:06:30.640 that he has officially kind of lost the opportunity. If 0:06:30.680 --> 0:06:33.080 you did get Steve c Check, I would hold on 0:06:33.160 --> 0:06:35.960 and see what happens next time. The Mariners are winning 0:06:36.000 --> 0:06:38.360 going into the ninth inning, keeping it moving here. I 0:06:38.400 --> 0:06:40.760 want to give you my starting lineup because I help 0:06:40.800 --> 0:06:44.080 you win your leagues and win that cash. Although I 0:06:44.200 --> 0:06:47.359 must admit I hold myself accountable. I had a good game, 0:06:47.640 --> 0:06:51.920 but not so much yesterday. Benny Riccardi last hour said, 0:06:52.160 --> 0:06:54.160 it ain't about putting up the highest score. It's about 0:06:54.160 --> 0:06:56.720 putting up point one more points than what you need. 0:06:57.160 --> 0:06:59.600 And I had a pretty damn good score last night. 0:06:59.640 --> 0:07:03.680 On and Duel, I put up one sixty five. I 0:07:03.800 --> 0:07:08.240 told you that I liked Mr Thomas last night. I 0:07:08.279 --> 0:07:10.800 like your Monte Thomas. He went four home. He hit 0:07:10.840 --> 0:07:13.360 a home run, got you twenty one point seven Fantasy points. 0:07:13.480 --> 0:07:15.360 I told you I was stacking some of those low 0:07:15.400 --> 0:07:18.080 priced cubs Ian Halp, he hit a home run, got 0:07:18.160 --> 0:07:20.840 your thirty one point four points in FanDuel. I liked 0:07:20.840 --> 0:07:23.720 even Candelario at only at third base. He got me 0:07:23.760 --> 0:07:26.720 twelve point five. I told you how I liked Stephen 0:07:26.800 --> 0:07:29.600 Vote and Yonder Alonzo against the Jon the Rty out 0:07:29.600 --> 0:07:32.400 of Seattle. Both of them put up points. I told 0:07:32.440 --> 0:07:35.440 you how I had the boomstick Nelson Cruz. He went 0:07:35.560 --> 0:07:39.480 yard as well. But it just still wasn't enough. I 0:07:39.520 --> 0:07:41.440 told you to believe in Dallas Kiko, and he did 0:07:41.480 --> 0:07:43.400 get the win to go to seven and oh but 0:07:43.440 --> 0:07:47.160 he only only through five innings and only struck out four. 0:07:47.280 --> 0:07:49.320 I was hoping for a little bit better than that. 0:07:49.360 --> 0:07:51.720 I think they pulled Kaiko because after five innings they 0:07:51.760 --> 0:07:53.800 were already up ten to two. So you know, you 0:07:53.880 --> 0:07:56.920 gotta preserve those guys. You gotta save that innings, you know, 0:07:56.960 --> 0:07:59.240 for when stretching them out, especially now that the Astros 0:07:59.280 --> 0:08:02.920 have designs on the postseason. So you know, it depends 0:08:02.920 --> 0:08:04.720 on what tournament you went into, It depends on what 0:08:04.840 --> 0:08:06.920 cash game. But if you use my line up last night, 0:08:06.920 --> 0:08:08.679 you got a hundred and sixty three or a hundred 0:08:08.720 --> 0:08:11.480 sixty five fan duel points. Unfortunately, that was not enough 0:08:11.480 --> 0:08:14.040 to cash. It was a very productive day in Major 0:08:14.080 --> 0:08:17.800 League Baseball last night. Here's what I want to do though, 0:08:17.840 --> 0:08:20.400 I want to tell you who to target tonight, and remember, 0:08:20.440 --> 0:08:22.960 starting pitchers are the way to go when it comes 0:08:23.000 --> 0:08:24.800 to uh, you know how you're gonna win that cash. 0:08:24.840 --> 0:08:28.040 So tonight there's a couple of guys I like my 0:08:28.120 --> 0:08:29.840 number one starter tonight that I want to tell you 0:08:29.920 --> 0:08:32.640 guys about at eighty six hundred on fan duel is 0:08:32.720 --> 0:08:35.599 Michael Paneda. Usually going into this season, I used to 0:08:35.640 --> 0:08:38.400 call him Michael pin Yata because he got hit up 0:08:38.440 --> 0:08:43.600 big time. But listen, Panada has looked very good this season. 0:08:43.720 --> 0:08:45.640 I think he's the value at eight six hundred. I 0:08:45.640 --> 0:08:48.480 think he has strike out upside. And who's he playing 0:08:48.520 --> 0:08:51.480 against tonight, The Kansas City Royals. One of the things 0:08:51.480 --> 0:08:53.439 I have been telling you guys about for the last 0:08:53.480 --> 0:08:56.600 week is that I am fading that Kansas City offense. 0:08:56.840 --> 0:08:59.600 They still have scored only a hundred and twenty runs 0:08:59.640 --> 0:09:03.040 all season long. That is the lowest and major League Baseball. 0:09:03.240 --> 0:09:06.439 That is thirty five runs less than the second worst 0:09:06.480 --> 0:09:09.280 team in the American League. I like Michael Pineda. The 0:09:09.360 --> 0:09:12.640 only thing that would give me pause is the fact 0:09:12.640 --> 0:09:15.200 that opposing him tonight is Jason Vargas, and Vargas has 0:09:15.240 --> 0:09:17.560 something like a one point zero one e r A. 0:09:18.000 --> 0:09:21.080 You would think about liking Vargas, but not against that 0:09:21.200 --> 0:09:23.520 Yankees lineup. I think the Yankees have been hot, and 0:09:23.520 --> 0:09:25.800 I think the Yankees can get to almost any picture 0:09:25.840 --> 0:09:28.280 at this point in time. So I do like Pineda 0:09:28.480 --> 0:09:30.960 to shut down the Royals and hopefully get a win tonight. 0:09:31.160 --> 0:09:33.200 I'm not going Vargas, even though he has that one 0:09:33.240 --> 0:09:35.640 point oh one e r A. I'm not going Garrett 0:09:35.640 --> 0:09:39.120 Cole either, because he's up against that Washington National's offense. Okay, 0:09:39.360 --> 0:09:41.120 the other two guys I think you can go with. 0:09:41.320 --> 0:09:44.680 I think you can go with Irwin Santana. The only 0:09:44.720 --> 0:09:47.600 thing is he's d right now. Okay, he does have 0:09:47.720 --> 0:09:50.840 quality starts in seven of his last eight outings, and 0:09:51.000 --> 0:09:54.440 he's facing for the Colorado Rocky tonight. German Marquez, who's 0:09:54.520 --> 0:09:57.120 like a young kid journeyman who's only one and two, 0:09:57.160 --> 0:09:59.360 would have almost five e r A. So a nice 0:09:59.360 --> 0:10:02.439 little match up for Irwin Santana tonight. But you may 0:10:02.480 --> 0:10:05.360 not want to pay ninety three hundred on Fan Duel. 0:10:05.400 --> 0:10:08.360 I like Paned, a better up against the worst offense 0:10:08.360 --> 0:10:10.880 would strike out upside at eighty six hundred. If you 0:10:10.920 --> 0:10:13.439 want to go a little cheaper, check out Jesse Hahn 0:10:13.600 --> 0:10:17.160 for the A's against the Mariners tonight. That Seattle Mariners 0:10:17.200 --> 0:10:21.160 lineup is not there a lineup, Okay. Remember Robinson Canoe 0:10:21.200 --> 0:10:23.640 is dealing with that quad injuries, so he's not in 0:10:23.679 --> 0:10:26.560 the lineup. Really, all you gotta worry about in that 0:10:26.640 --> 0:10:28.959 offense is like two three four, which is I think 0:10:29.000 --> 0:10:32.920 Ben Gammel and probably Nelson Cruz and then Kyle Seeger. 0:10:33.120 --> 0:10:36.240 But Seeger has not had a great start to the season. 0:10:36.280 --> 0:10:38.880 Trust me, I know he is on my season long 0:10:38.880 --> 0:10:41.480 fantasy team. So I like Jesse Hahn at seventies six 0:10:41.559 --> 0:10:44.880 hundred tonight, and I like Michael Paneda at eighty six 0:10:44.960 --> 0:10:48.080 hundred tonight. Those prices are with fan duel. And I'm 0:10:48.080 --> 0:10:51.920 telling you obviously, we will hold ourselves accountable here on 0:10:51.960 --> 0:10:54.160 the fantasy freestyle. That's what I do day by day. 0:10:54.200 --> 0:10:57.760 I let you guys know, and I hold myself accountable. Okay, 0:10:57.840 --> 0:11:00.000 so last night that one six three could have been good. 0:11:00.240 --> 0:11:02.320 I don't know if it was good enough for you. 0:11:02.960 --> 0:11:04.960 Another way though, that you could win your leagues and 0:11:05.000 --> 0:11:08.200 win nan cash. Now that we're here midway through, uh, 0:11:08.240 --> 0:11:10.559 you know you're really getting into Fantasy baseball. Is the 0:11:10.640 --> 0:11:14.400 Rhodo Experts dot com exclusive Edge in season Fantasy Baseball package. 0:11:14.559 --> 0:11:16.960 Check it out. It is your ultimate bench coach for 0:11:16.960 --> 0:11:19.559 the two thousand and seventeen season. 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McCarthy went Monday, rich 0:12:36.720 --> 0:12:39.920 Hill coming back from the d L yesterday, Kershaw already. 0:12:39.920 --> 0:12:42.720 When I think with seven scoreless innings now is when 0:12:42.720 --> 0:12:44.439 we're gonna start to see at the end of the 0:12:44.480 --> 0:12:46.599 week how it goes. I think this will conclude with 0:12:46.720 --> 0:12:49.040 Kenta Maeda coming off the d L and being the 0:12:49.120 --> 0:12:54.400 seventh new starter on Sunday and as Donnie Burns plays 0:12:54.520 --> 0:12:57.520 rock him back again. That's what's gonna happen with Kenta 0:12:57.559 --> 0:13:00.000 Mayada on Sunday. Come on back, We're gonna start talking 0:13:00.160 --> 0:13:03.480 NBA playoffs and NBA Draft Lottery. What's your boy? Dane 0:13:03.480 --> 0:13:06.760 Martinez speeds the spitting statistician here on the Fantasy Freestyle 0:13:06.800 --> 0:13:28.360 on the award winning Fantasy Sports Radio Network. Yeah, lean back, 0:13:29.080 --> 0:13:32.840 lean back, lean back, lean back. You know what it is. 0:13:32.840 --> 0:13:35.520 It's your boy Day Martinez Speeds the Spitting Statistician, and 0:13:35.559 --> 0:13:38.800 you are listening live to the Fantasy Freestyle here on 0:13:38.880 --> 0:13:40.800 the Fantasy Sports Radio Network. If you want to get 0:13:40.800 --> 0:13:42.920 at me about these NBA playoffs coming up this hour, 0:13:43.200 --> 0:13:45.319 you can do that at eight four four eight four 0:13:45.440 --> 0:13:47.520 three six eight seven nine. You could also get at 0:13:47.600 --> 0:13:50.400 us on Twitter, at f and T s Y Radio, 0:13:50.640 --> 0:13:52.640 or you could always holler at your boys Speeds the 0:13:52.640 --> 0:13:55.800 Spitting Statistician at Spitting Speeds. We're gonna get into the 0:13:55.800 --> 0:13:58.520 cipher right now. And also big shout out again thanks 0:13:58.720 --> 0:14:01.400 to my boys Jason and Ken college basketball players who 0:14:01.400 --> 0:14:02.920 came on in and talked a little bit about what 0:14:02.960 --> 0:14:05.600 was an unnatural close out made their predictions. We were 0:14:05.600 --> 0:14:08.240 talking a lot of stuff as the draft lotto happened yesterday, 0:14:08.280 --> 0:14:09.880 but we're gonna get into that in a hot second. 0:14:09.920 --> 0:14:12.000 I do have some news and notes from around the 0:14:12.120 --> 0:14:14.400 NFL that I want to get into real quick. The 0:14:14.440 --> 0:14:20.520 Eagles have signed my man LGBT LGBT rights le Garrett 0:14:20.600 --> 0:14:23.240 Blunt has signed with the Philadelphia Eagles, who a one year, 0:14:23.520 --> 0:14:27.160 two point eight million dollar deal, And there are now 0:14:27.200 --> 0:14:30.760 reports that Ryan Matthews may need to start sprucing up 0:14:30.800 --> 0:14:34.440 his resume. There is a crowded backfield now in Philadelphia, 0:14:34.440 --> 0:14:36.440 and La Garrett Blunt is probably gonna be the hammer 0:14:36.800 --> 0:14:39.720 of that piece. The running back room in Washington is 0:14:39.760 --> 0:14:42.720 also interesting. Jay Gruden is saying that some G P Ryan, 0:14:42.720 --> 0:14:46.160 their rookie out of Oklahoma, is definitely a contender to start, 0:14:46.240 --> 0:14:49.360 even framing it that Rob Kelly will be a good 0:14:49.400 --> 0:14:52.440 compliment to p Rhyan. Okay, so there are some other 0:14:52.520 --> 0:14:55.400 running backs where it's a big cloudy situation, p RN. 0:14:55.560 --> 0:14:58.680 Maybe an interesting running back to watch in your drafts 0:14:58.720 --> 0:15:02.000 coming up this summer. The NFL is also likely to 0:15:02.120 --> 0:15:06.200 approve two roster spots now for that I are designated 0:15:06.240 --> 0:15:09.320 to return uh situation where they can come back in 0:15:09.360 --> 0:15:12.960 weeks eight or ten. They're looking to expand that as well. 0:15:13.040 --> 0:15:16.160 Jamore Charles, they're saying, is now only fifty fifty to 0:15:16.200 --> 0:15:18.640 make the fifty three man roster in Denver. Remember he 0:15:18.720 --> 0:15:21.520 signed in what was a one year incentive late in deal. 0:15:21.760 --> 0:15:24.560 Remember you got c. J. Anderson there, you got Booker there. 0:15:24.600 --> 0:15:27.280 They also drafted a running back, so it's gonna be crowded. 0:15:27.440 --> 0:15:30.160 We're gonna see if Jamoral Charles can stay healthy, and 0:15:30.200 --> 0:15:33.320 then if he makes the fifty three man roster out 0:15:33.360 --> 0:15:35.200 there in Denver, I also want to tell you out 0:15:35.200 --> 0:15:38.120 in Cleveland, they have said Hugh Jackson has said Cody 0:15:38.280 --> 0:15:42.280 Kessler is the number one quarterback as of now. Hugh 0:15:42.360 --> 0:15:44.840 Jackson has said other people have to compete and try 0:15:44.880 --> 0:15:48.520 to take it from him. Remember I am I am 0:15:48.560 --> 0:15:51.280 not down on Cody Kessler. I think he is a 0:15:51.360 --> 0:15:55.200 legit NFL quarterback. He has some interesting, you know, solid 0:15:55.240 --> 0:15:57.920 stats and kind of grew in that opportunity he had 0:15:57.960 --> 0:16:00.360 for a few weeks last season. I think they could 0:16:00.400 --> 0:16:02.520 do a lot worse. I think he will outshine the 0:16:02.600 --> 0:16:06.880 rookie Deshaun Kaiser. I think he will outshine, of course 0:16:07.320 --> 0:16:10.960 brock Oswidler as well. Let's keep it moving though here 0:16:11.200 --> 0:16:13.560 on the Fantasy Freestyle. We're getting into the cipher and 0:16:13.600 --> 0:16:15.440 as we have been doing for the last couple of weeks, 0:16:15.480 --> 0:16:18.080 I am so happy to have not only the love Doctor, 0:16:18.200 --> 0:16:21.960 but the basketball correspondent, my man Donnie Burns on the 0:16:21.960 --> 0:16:25.040 ones into so hot that we sweat steam. A lot 0:16:25.080 --> 0:16:26.960 of things to get into it, my man Donnie. As 0:16:26.960 --> 0:16:29.920 it comes to the NBA Playoffs, So last night, Game 0:16:30.000 --> 0:16:33.480 two of the Western Conference Finals and the Warriors boat 0:16:33.560 --> 0:16:36.920 race the Spurs winning one thirty six to one hundred. 0:16:37.160 --> 0:16:40.040 We've talked about how now without Kauai Leonard, how LaMarcus 0:16:40.080 --> 0:16:43.760 Aldridge really needed to be that dude he was in 0:16:43.800 --> 0:16:46.000 that close out game against the Houston Rockets going for 0:16:46.120 --> 0:16:49.320 thirty four and fourteen. I believe it was not so 0:16:49.400 --> 0:16:53.560 much last night, only eight points at a LaMarcus Aldridge. 0:16:53.640 --> 0:16:56.360 After the game. You even saw in the press conference 0:16:56.560 --> 0:17:00.480 Popovich kind of calling out LaMarcus Aldress saying, yeah, he 0:17:00.600 --> 0:17:03.120 needs to score. He needs to be part of how 0:17:03.200 --> 0:17:06.879 we score offense without Kawhi Leonard, because really, who is 0:17:07.160 --> 0:17:09.480 the other option? Is it gonna be Danny Green? Is 0:17:09.480 --> 0:17:11.960 it gonna be John Simmons. Simmons was the only one 0:17:11.960 --> 0:17:14.480 who came to play. He scored twenty two points when 0:17:14.520 --> 0:17:17.480 eight for seventeen from the field. Nobody else really even 0:17:17.480 --> 0:17:21.560 shot above fifty for the Spurs, and on the Warriors side, 0:17:22.400 --> 0:17:25.639 don't look now, but Steph Curry is warming up. He 0:17:25.680 --> 0:17:28.480 did it again, twenty nine points, seven rebounds, seven assists, 0:17:28.640 --> 0:17:31.800 was six of nine from three point range, eight of 0:17:31.920 --> 0:17:35.240 thirteen from the floor. He did all this only in 0:17:35.440 --> 0:17:38.920 thirty one minutes because the Warriors were so far ahead. Listen, 0:17:39.119 --> 0:17:42.320 they scored at least thirty points each quarter, going thirty nine, 0:17:42.359 --> 0:17:44.520 thirty three, thirty four, and thirty points to make up 0:17:44.520 --> 0:17:48.600 their hundred thirty six. I'm telling you they looked really good. 0:17:48.640 --> 0:17:51.320 A Donnie Burns. We're gonna get into that other close 0:17:51.359 --> 0:17:53.879 out in a second. But um, if this is the 0:17:53.920 --> 0:17:57.080 way the Spurs are gonna look without Kawhi Leonard, uh, 0:17:57.240 --> 0:17:58.879 this might be a quick series. Huh you know, I 0:17:58.920 --> 0:18:01.639 mean this series is actually over and we kind of 0:18:01.640 --> 0:18:04.440 touched what no one's running road game yet? Doesn't a 0:18:04.480 --> 0:18:07.040 series not really get started until someone wins a return game? 0:18:07.119 --> 0:18:09.640 We touched on it yesterday though. When the Warriors run 0:18:09.640 --> 0:18:12.359 through Steph Curry bright the engine, it opens up a 0:18:12.400 --> 0:18:14.760 lot of other things. If they used Kevin Durant, it's 0:18:14.800 --> 0:18:17.440 in terms of efficiency, and that's kind of what Mike 0:18:17.440 --> 0:18:18.960 Brown is trying to do. He's trying to use Kevin 0:18:19.040 --> 0:18:22.080 Durant used that post game a little bit. But like 0:18:22.119 --> 0:18:24.960 we said, if Steph Curry is the engine, either Clay 0:18:25.160 --> 0:18:27.440 or Kevin Durant could hit on all cylinders. And it's 0:18:27.480 --> 0:18:30.520 looking like that after last night, definitely, and listen, there's 0:18:30.640 --> 0:18:32.320 a couple of there's a critical player I want to 0:18:32.320 --> 0:18:34.160 get into with you, Donnie Burns a little bit. Remember 0:18:34.200 --> 0:18:36.479 we had my boys, Jason Kenton on yesterday and one 0:18:36.520 --> 0:18:38.040 of the things Kenton was talking about, you know, from 0:18:38.040 --> 0:18:40.560 the perspective of a college basketball player, when you're actually 0:18:40.600 --> 0:18:43.720 trying to close out like that, you're like running through 0:18:43.800 --> 0:18:45.760 the shooter. You know you talked about that on the 0:18:45.800 --> 0:18:49.000 sideline right, you're basically running through them. Um, there was 0:18:49.040 --> 0:18:50.360 a play I know it's getting a lot of play 0:18:50.400 --> 0:18:53.480 on social media today where LaMarcus Aldres just trying to 0:18:53.560 --> 0:18:55.560 do the same thing getting hand in his face up 0:18:55.920 --> 0:18:57.760 Kevin Durant when he was kind of on the wing 0:18:57.800 --> 0:19:00.840 shooting at three and a lot of people are questioning 0:19:00.880 --> 0:19:03.680 this one. If you look at the footage, Uh, LaMarcus 0:19:03.720 --> 0:19:05.800 Aldridge kind of goes in and then even sticks his 0:19:05.880 --> 0:19:08.679 left foot out a little bit more into that space 0:19:08.720 --> 0:19:11.200 where k d is, you know, that landing zone where 0:19:11.200 --> 0:19:14.480 he's supposed to land. We were talking about this off air, Donnie, 0:19:14.560 --> 0:19:17.120 you think that it wasn't that big of a deal 0:19:17.160 --> 0:19:20.120 and that it was in fact less, you know, unnatural 0:19:20.160 --> 0:19:22.560 that when we saw out of Jaza can you compare 0:19:22.560 --> 0:19:24.920 and contrast these two the Zaja play on the sideline 0:19:25.000 --> 0:19:27.359 and what we saw out of LaMarcus Aldridge. Absolutely, we 0:19:27.400 --> 0:19:29.960 know that Durant, you know, didn't land and sprain his ankle. 0:19:30.240 --> 0:19:33.880 That's one difference. But from an endpoint standpoint, like are 0:19:33.880 --> 0:19:36.600 those how are those different plays? So we could kind 0:19:36.600 --> 0:19:39.159 of start we we started off yesterday, we could talk 0:19:39.200 --> 0:19:42.560 about this zas out play. So here's the thing. Zaza 0:19:42.720 --> 0:19:44.359 came from the top of the three point line and 0:19:44.440 --> 0:19:47.280 Kauai was already set in this corner and he was 0:19:47.480 --> 0:19:50.359 around the sidelines, And we talked about this yesterday. As 0:19:50.400 --> 0:19:53.959 a basketball players, Zaza knows the only place Kauai can 0:19:54.000 --> 0:19:56.440 go is out of bounds. And me and Kenton were 0:19:56.480 --> 0:19:59.800 kind of an agree, Right, you guys, you should be 0:19:59.840 --> 0:20:01.760 doing is going through the ball. You can alter the 0:20:01.800 --> 0:20:04.880 shot going through that shot. You don't have to kind 0:20:04.880 --> 0:20:06.800 of undercut him. He didn't even go up to defend 0:20:06.840 --> 0:20:09.840 the shot. So that's one thing. And the other thing 0:20:09.920 --> 0:20:12.720