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Speaker 2: I promise you will love Buckets. But on today's show,

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Speaker 2: we'll start Brandon. I'll let you take the reins on

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Speaker 2: this one, and I appreciate you putting this together with

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Speaker 2: a little format here.

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Speaker 1: We're gonna start with calvs.

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Speaker 2: It's one of the absolute, like most captivating series, the

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Speaker 2: four or five in the Eastern Conference. The Cavaliers favored

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Speaker 2: in this series, but there's been a lot of movement

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Speaker 2: in the market, I believe on the Knicks. It's a

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Speaker 2: very popular pick. I'm curious to know what your thoughts

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Speaker 1: What's your best bet for calvs?

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Speaker 3: Nicks? I am taking the Knicks here, but I'm gonna

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Speaker 3: take them against the spread in the series. So give

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Speaker 3: me Knicks plus one and a half. Laying a little

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Speaker 3: bit of juice here. I think this series goes long.

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Speaker 3: I the Knicks are a flawed team. You're gonna tell

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Speaker 3: me exactly just how flawed they are, I'm sure, so

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Speaker 3: I won't make that case for them. I think both

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Speaker 3: they haven't been here before, They've lost out of the

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Speaker 3: play in last year. They lack depth. They beat up

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Speaker 3: all about the net ratings and the SRSS and all

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Speaker 3: the advanced metrics. But this season the Cavs had sixteen

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Speaker 3: wins by sixteen or more points. Only three of those

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Speaker 3: win those games. We always talk about in the regular season.

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Speaker 3: You got to win those games, and they blew teams out.

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Speaker 3: Outside of those games, though, they were very average. They're

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Speaker 3: twenty nine to four against sub of five hundred teams,

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Speaker 3: If you look at just games, when was it a

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Speaker 3: I think this is a Spider Man Memes series, right.

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Speaker 3: I think these are both flowed teams. You can't just

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Speaker 3: You're gonna tell me that about the Knicks, it's true.

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Speaker 3: I just think it's true about the Cavaliers too. And

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Speaker 3: I think the Cavs might actually be the Tibbs caricature,

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Speaker 3: the defense, the effort, the maxed out profile. I think

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Speaker 3: Give me the Knicks plus one and a half.

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Speaker 2: Very rare, honestly, because your record is very good on

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Speaker 1: I don't agree you're way off here.

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Speaker 2: How are you on the Knicks here? How are you

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Speaker 2: This season, by the way, that's I'm sorry. The sixteen

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Speaker 2: This season, sixteen and six, seventy three percent straight up

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Speaker 2: They don't just win, they cover Brandon, They cover those

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Speaker 2: The SRS really favors the Cavaliers, and I understand why

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Speaker 2: a much better team. Second, you go back to the

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Speaker 2: But if the Calves are healthy, their starters dominated this

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Speaker 1: Are those guys playing forty five minutes if they are

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Speaker 1: the sure, I'll bet the Knicks.

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Speaker 2: But they're not gonna play. They're not going to play

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Speaker 2: My best bet for this series is absolutely Cavaliers minus

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Speaker 2: it was a sad trombone.

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Speaker 1: Wah wah wah wah.

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Speaker 2: Including Julius Randall, who shot forty two percent from three

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Speaker 2: season outlier games. This is a like the Calves are

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Speaker 2: going to dominate this matchup. They're a much better team.

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Speaker 2: I like Calves in five or less. I'll lay them

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean where we're head to head on it.

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Speaker 3: I don't disagree with a lot of that. Your numbers

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Speaker 3: are very good there. The Calves are a very good team.

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Speaker 3: I don't think the last Knicks team is super relevant here.

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Speaker 3: That was a totally different profile team. I know it

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Speaker 3: seems very similar, but you look at the ratings. Offensively,

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Speaker 3: the Knicks are a top three offense in the NBA.

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Speaker 3: I don't know how. I don't understand it, but the

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Speaker 3: numbers are the numbers. They are what they are. Last

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Speaker 3: time the Knicks we're here, it's because the defense was

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Speaker 3: That's the tib profile. That's how these teams do. This

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Speaker 3: when the Knicks finally got rid of fourty in rows

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Speaker 3: they're thirty seven to twenty, top ten on defense, top

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Speaker 3: Maybe they won't, maybe the Calves win, maybe they'll win

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Speaker 3: still somewhat comfortably. Only four double digit losses means I

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Speaker 3: think we're just gonna get a lot of close games,

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Speaker 3: a lot of tight games. To me, I'm betting on variants.

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Speaker 3: I'm betting on close games, unreliable teams, variants. And here's

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Speaker 3: the flaw on the ointment for me. Nixt plus one

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Speaker 3: and the Calves come to Madison Square Garden and end

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Speaker 3: the season for New York. Well, Donovan Mitchell would sure

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Speaker 2: Nick by the way, not great at home this season,

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Speaker 2: either against the spread or straight up. Not a lot

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Speaker 2: grizz Lakers. This money, the money has come in on

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Speaker 2: Wolves to lock it. Grizzlies now minus one thirty six

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Speaker 2: to win straight up. The series spread in this one

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Speaker 2: Grizzlies minus one and a half is plus one seventy two,

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Speaker 2: tells you a lot about where this market is at. Brandon,

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Speaker 2: what's your best bet for grizz Lakers?

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Speaker 3: This is the one series of everything we got them.

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Speaker 3: Just taking a team taken aside, just give me the

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Speaker 3: Lakers Lakers plus one sixteen, give me a Los Angeles.

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Speaker 3: You're gonna hear this a lot here. I don't think

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Speaker 3: season long profiles of these teams. Regular season is long.

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Speaker 3: We are playing long ragular seasons, and teams are changing

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Speaker 3: they got a complete makeover in the middle of the year.

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Speaker 3: They brought in Jared Vanderbilt, they brought in Dangel Russell,

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Speaker 3: addition by subtraction on Russell Westbrook. In a few guys.

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Speaker 3: Since they brought those guys February eleventh, forward LA plus

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Speaker 3: four and a half, not rating sixth best in the NBA,

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Speaker 3: almost exactly what the Lakers have been since February eleventh.

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Speaker 2: I like the Lakers in the series plus one sixteen.

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Speaker 2: They went to top ten. Luke Canard three's is going

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Speaker 2: There and says, look, guys, we lost Brandon Clark, we

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Speaker 2: Like we're gonna have to beat this team with offense.

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Speaker 2: They can win because you can just outperform the Lakers

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Speaker 3: Yeah, that's interesting. I think if I try to make

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Speaker 3: Game one, We've talked about that on buckets. Lebron is

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Speaker 3: So I will buy the price now, but I probably

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Speaker 3: that's true, I just think Lebron can of solve some

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Speaker 3: you here. Some net ratings Lebron and Anthony Davis this

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Speaker 3: It's not a huge number, but I think the Lakers

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Speaker 2: All right, Let's move on to Kings Warriors, the three

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Speaker 1: The Warriors a favorite of favorite, how.

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Speaker 3: So I'm gonna get a little creative with this one.

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Speaker 3: We're at plus one twenty on that one. So I

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Speaker 3: The Warriors early in the series. You and I have

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Speaker 3: thing to actually have to play against it. The warring motion,

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Speaker 3: it's going to because of the twos. The King's defense

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Speaker 3: I think all that movement, all that motion. We're going

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Speaker 3: In the Kings games this season four times against the Warriors,

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Speaker 1: This than you are.

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Speaker 2: I think there's value on the Warriors to win this

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Speaker 2: We strongly feel that they win in six. Like that's

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Speaker 1: They think that the Warriors will let them win at

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Speaker 2: Season series, Steph dominated this matchup plus fifteen in a

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Speaker 2: pick on you.

432
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Speaker 1: If they did that last year where they were just.

433
00:20:01,359 --> 00:20:02,960
Speaker 2: Like, we're gonna run Steph, pick and roll at you

434
00:20:03,040 --> 00:20:05,480
Speaker 2: over and over and over again, they will do that

435
00:20:05,560 --> 00:20:08,359
Speaker 2: versus the Kings, and the Kings will lose those minutes

436
00:20:08,880 --> 00:20:11,679
Speaker 2: and the Warriors will play heavier minutes. The Warriors starters

437
00:20:11,680 --> 00:20:13,720
Speaker 2: are gonna have to play heavier minutes. It's one of

438
00:20:13,760 --> 00:20:15,840
Speaker 2: the reasons why I'll tell you I'm off of Warriors

439
00:20:15,920 --> 00:20:17,719
Speaker 2: futures is. I think that they're gonna be exhausted by

440
00:20:17,760 --> 00:20:19,520
Speaker 2: the time that this run is over. But I do

441
00:20:19,560 --> 00:20:21,400
Speaker 2: think they're gonna take care of business here. I don't

442
00:20:21,400 --> 00:20:24,320
Speaker 2: see anyway. Not I don't see anyway. I think it's

443
00:20:24,400 --> 00:20:27,840
Speaker 2: very likely the Golden State shows up. The defense is

444
00:20:27,840 --> 00:20:29,399
Speaker 2: way better we look. We'll talk about this on the

445
00:20:29,440 --> 00:20:33,879
Speaker 2: buckets pod. The starting lineup. Their road defensive numbers are

446
00:20:33,920 --> 00:20:36,040
Speaker 2: really good. A lot of the numbers are just based

447
00:20:36,080 --> 00:20:38,080
Speaker 2: off of the bench. They won't play as much. The

448
00:20:38,119 --> 00:20:41,960
Speaker 2: starters will play more. The Warriors will win. The Warriors

449
00:20:42,000 --> 00:20:44,520
Speaker 2: will win in five, I think. So I'm gonna take

450
00:20:44,520 --> 00:20:46,120
Speaker 2: the minus two and a half. I'll think the Mius

451
00:20:46,160 --> 00:20:47,400
Speaker 2: one and a half is a head just in case

452
00:20:47,440 --> 00:20:49,760
Speaker 2: I'm wrong. But I do believe that the Warriors are

453
00:20:49,760 --> 00:20:52,520
Speaker 2: gonna win the series in definitely less than seven. I'm

454
00:20:52,560 --> 00:20:55,080
Speaker 2: backing what the number like. I'm basically betting into what

455
00:20:55,119 --> 00:20:57,239
Speaker 2: the market is telling us that they believe. I'll lay

456
00:20:57,240 --> 00:20:59,600
Speaker 2: the Mius one fifty, but I'll also take the minus

457
00:20:59,640 --> 00:21:01,720
Speaker 2: two and a half at plus one ninety eight.

458
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Speaker 1: Thoughts.

459
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Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean there's a lot of warning suns here

460
00:21:04,840 --> 00:21:07,560
Speaker 3: for the Kings. We talked on buckets about the starters

461
00:21:07,640 --> 00:21:09,640
Speaker 3: versus the bench. The Kings are a team that put

462
00:21:09,720 --> 00:21:11,960
Speaker 3: up big bench numbers during the year, but we get

463
00:21:11,960 --> 00:21:15,800
Speaker 3: shorter rotations in the playoffs. Kings were maybe the healthiest

464
00:21:15,800 --> 00:21:18,720
Speaker 3: team among all these playoff teams. So that's a maxed

465
00:21:18,760 --> 00:21:22,240
Speaker 3: out profile that tells us maybe, like, well, but they're

466
00:21:22,280 --> 00:21:24,040
Speaker 3: the three seed. The Kings are the three seed, how

467
00:21:24,040 --> 00:21:26,320
Speaker 3: are they getting more credit? Well, the three seed is

468
00:21:26,320 --> 00:21:28,640
Speaker 3: pretty weak this year. That the sixers are the three seeds.

469
00:21:28,680 --> 00:21:30,919
Speaker 3: The one thing the Kings are the sixers. No nobody

470
00:21:30,920 --> 00:21:33,760
Speaker 3: thinks that, So don't pretend like three seed means a thing.

471
00:21:34,359 --> 00:21:36,520
Speaker 3: This is a week three seed in a week conference

472
00:21:36,840 --> 00:21:40,119
Speaker 3: and probably got boosted by the healthy team and the

473
00:21:40,440 --> 00:21:43,159
Speaker 3: record against sub five hundred teams. Again, and think the

474
00:21:43,280 --> 00:21:47,159
Speaker 3: Kings to stay around in the series. The Warriors offense

475
00:21:47,200 --> 00:21:49,840
Speaker 3: when they actually get a shot up, is even better

476
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Speaker 3: than the Kings. And the Kings, by the way, are

477
00:21:51,440 --> 00:21:53,720
Speaker 3: the number one offense, so that's pretty good better than

478
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Speaker 3: number one. The Kings have to win on rebounding, win

479
00:21:57,800 --> 00:22:00,359
Speaker 3: on turnovers. That's the way that they stay in the US.

480
00:22:00,720 --> 00:22:03,400
Speaker 3: I think they can. I think they can get those

481
00:22:03,480 --> 00:22:05,600
Speaker 3: edges We've seen the Warriors be very prone to making

482
00:22:05,920 --> 00:22:09,119
Speaker 3: those mistakes, so I see the red flags. I just

483
00:22:09,480 --> 00:22:12,760
Speaker 3: I'm trusting my gut on this one. That feels something

484
00:22:12,800 --> 00:22:15,120
Speaker 3: a little off here. I just feel like we're gonna

485
00:22:15,160 --> 00:22:18,840
Speaker 3: get some some wild wonky games, and I think it's

486
00:22:18,880 --> 00:22:21,840
Speaker 3: a longer series because of that. But I see your case.

487
00:22:21,880 --> 00:22:24,359
Speaker 3: I think it's definitely possible that we just get a

488
00:22:24,400 --> 00:22:25,840
Speaker 3: quick exit here for the Kings.

489
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Speaker 1: Let's go to Suns Clippers. What's your best bet for

490
00:22:28,880 --> 00:22:29,800
Speaker 1: Suns Clippers?

491
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Speaker 3: So I'll keep this very easy. My best bet for

492
00:22:32,720 --> 00:22:36,240
Speaker 3: Suns Clippers is don't don't bet. Don't bet the Suns,

493
00:22:36,280 --> 00:22:39,040
Speaker 3: don't bet the Clippers, don't bet game one, don't buy

494
00:22:39,080 --> 00:22:43,119
Speaker 3: the series, don't bet that the futures, and look, don't

495
00:22:43,119 --> 00:22:46,600
Speaker 3: bet is not a cop out. Don't bet sometimes is

496
00:22:46,640 --> 00:22:49,680
Speaker 3: the right bet. I think we know way less about

497
00:22:49,680 --> 00:22:52,320
Speaker 3: either one of these teams. Then we will admit to ourselves.

498
00:22:52,800 --> 00:22:57,840
Speaker 3: Kevin Durant has played six point eight percent of Phoenix's

499
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Speaker 3: minutes for the season. Kevin Durant is eighteenth on the

500
00:23:01,800 --> 00:23:05,320
Speaker 3: Suns in minutes for the season. We don't know anything

501
00:23:05,440 --> 00:23:08,840
Speaker 3: about the Suns. Somehow, Kawhi Leonard is in a series

502
00:23:08,880 --> 00:23:11,399
Speaker 3: where we feel like we know more about his team

503
00:23:11,800 --> 00:23:15,679
Speaker 3: than the other team. Mister hypothetical, I don't think we know.

504
00:23:16,280 --> 00:23:20,000
Speaker 3: Does Kawhi Leonard finals MVP? Is that still there? I

505
00:23:20,040 --> 00:23:23,199
Speaker 3: don't know. Is Kevin Durant god mode still there? Is

506
00:23:23,200 --> 00:23:25,280
Speaker 3: he rested and ready to go? I don't know. Is

507
00:23:25,320 --> 00:23:28,360
Speaker 3: PG gonna play? I don't know. Can the Suns defend

508
00:23:28,680 --> 00:23:31,760
Speaker 3: against real teams? I don't know. We haven't seen any

509
00:23:31,760 --> 00:23:35,240
Speaker 3: of that stuff yet. Sometimes the right bet can be

510
00:23:35,320 --> 00:23:38,720
Speaker 3: to watch. It's a long playoffs, man, we got two months.

511
00:23:39,080 --> 00:23:40,760
Speaker 3: One of these teams, whoever comes up is gonna be

512
00:23:40,880 --> 00:23:43,600
Speaker 3: very dangerous. We're gonna look at title odds and Futuriz

513
00:23:43,560 --> 00:23:46,320
Speaker 3: odds and everything. I have a lot to learn. I

514
00:23:46,359 --> 00:23:49,159
Speaker 3: can't wait to watch we finally get Durant versus Kawhi,

515
00:23:49,200 --> 00:23:52,600
Speaker 3: which never happens. I want to watch. I'm gonna learn.

516
00:23:52,720 --> 00:23:54,680
Speaker 3: I'm not gonna bet it, Howard.

517
00:23:57,000 --> 00:23:59,919
Speaker 2: My last BET's over five and a half games played

518
00:24:00,240 --> 00:24:02,720
Speaker 2: fin then in the market is actually minus one ten,

519
00:24:03,480 --> 00:24:05,040
Speaker 2: so you can get even money for this to go

520
00:24:05,119 --> 00:24:09,119
Speaker 2: six games either way. I lean Clippers plus two and

521
00:24:09,160 --> 00:24:11,240
Speaker 2: a half, which is you have to lay some juice

522
00:24:11,280 --> 00:24:14,879
Speaker 2: on it that number at FanDuel Sportsbook, plus two and

523
00:24:14,920 --> 00:24:16,240
Speaker 2: a half is minus one thirty two.

524
00:24:17,040 --> 00:24:18,960
Speaker 1: I'd rather just play the one ten.

525
00:24:18,920 --> 00:24:22,280
Speaker 2: Because I don't think the Clippers plus two and a

526
00:24:22,320 --> 00:24:24,399
Speaker 2: half factors in, Like, well, what if the Clippers win

527
00:24:24,480 --> 00:24:26,800
Speaker 2: in four or five? And to me, I'm like, no,

528
00:24:27,000 --> 00:24:30,160
Speaker 2: that's that's not happening. Clippers are not going, gentlemen sweep

529
00:24:30,200 --> 00:24:33,359
Speaker 2: the Phoenix Suns, who are undefeated with Kevin Durant. I

530
00:24:33,400 --> 00:24:36,359
Speaker 2: don't believe that this market accurately is describing the Clippers.

531
00:24:36,359 --> 00:24:38,159
Speaker 1: This is a good matchup for them. If they had

532
00:24:38,240 --> 00:24:38,920
Speaker 1: Paul George.

533
00:24:38,960 --> 00:24:41,040
Speaker 2: I would be betting the Clippers straight up if they

534
00:24:41,040 --> 00:24:43,439
Speaker 2: had If Paul George, if Paul George gets announced in

535
00:24:43,560 --> 00:24:46,399
Speaker 2: and if they make a surprise surprise Paul George is

536
00:24:46,440 --> 00:24:47,200
Speaker 2: back for Game four.

537
00:24:47,680 --> 00:24:49,960
Speaker 1: If it's not three O sons, I will be on.

538
00:24:50,400 --> 00:24:54,520
Speaker 2: I'll be betting the Los Angeles Clippers to win the series.

539
00:24:55,200 --> 00:24:58,080
Speaker 2: The Clippers have a lot more options. This is the

540
00:24:58,359 --> 00:25:00,600
Speaker 2: base of it. You got booked, and you got CP three,

541
00:25:00,600 --> 00:25:02,680
Speaker 2: and you got Durant, and usually the better team wins

542
00:25:02,680 --> 00:25:04,240
Speaker 2: the series. So I think the Suns win the series

543
00:25:04,280 --> 00:25:06,440
Speaker 2: because they have those three and they're gonna win the series.

544
00:25:06,480 --> 00:25:09,120
Speaker 2: Because Paul George is out, all of the matchup stuff

545
00:25:09,520 --> 00:25:12,560
Speaker 2: goes to the Clippers. The Clippers can switch, the Suns can't.

546
00:25:12,600 --> 00:25:14,639
Speaker 2: They don't have that versatility anymore. They got rid of

547
00:25:15,200 --> 00:25:16,280
Speaker 2: their ability to go small.

548
00:25:16,320 --> 00:25:16,919
Speaker 1: They can't do that.

549
00:25:17,160 --> 00:25:19,359
Speaker 2: It's gonna be Bismack Biambo and DeAndre Aiden on the

550
00:25:19,359 --> 00:25:22,680
Speaker 2: floor all the time. If that's a problem. If Aighton

551
00:25:22,760 --> 00:25:24,800
Speaker 2: is dominating that matchup. The Clippers do have the ability

552
00:25:24,840 --> 00:25:27,800
Speaker 2: to go big. They have Mason Plumbley and if it's

553
00:25:27,800 --> 00:25:29,800
Speaker 2: a zubach I like both of those guys in the

554
00:25:29,840 --> 00:25:32,239
Speaker 2: matchup versus Eighten, I'm not worried about Aiden. They can

555
00:25:32,240 --> 00:25:34,680
Speaker 2: switch on the perimeter once or four. They can navigate

556
00:25:34,720 --> 00:25:37,240
Speaker 2: all of this. They have long defenders to Bother guys

557
00:25:37,480 --> 00:25:39,800
Speaker 2: like Chris Paul, Devin Booker, and Kevin Durant are gonna

558
00:25:39,800 --> 00:25:41,280
Speaker 2: get their but it's gonna come down to those other guys.

559
00:25:41,400 --> 00:25:45,880
Speaker 2: Josha Koge, Tory, Craig Landry Shammitt, Damian Lee who shot

560
00:25:45,920 --> 00:25:47,119
Speaker 2: the lights out this year. By the way, I'll be

561
00:25:47,119 --> 00:25:48,560
Speaker 2: looking for Damiane three point props.

562
00:25:49,600 --> 00:25:50,359
Speaker 1: All those guys are.

563
00:25:50,240 --> 00:25:51,560
Speaker 2: Gonna have to be the ones that carry them the

564
00:25:51,560 --> 00:25:53,360
Speaker 2: Clippers are gonna shoot more threes. They've got the math

565
00:25:53,400 --> 00:25:56,720
Speaker 2: advantage because the Suns do almost none. They're mid range shooters.

566
00:25:56,960 --> 00:26:00,320
Speaker 2: They're elite mid range shooters, but they're mid rang shooters.

567
00:26:00,640 --> 00:26:04,080
Speaker 2: So like matchup wise, I have to take the number

568
00:26:04,200 --> 00:26:07,280
Speaker 2: of What I learned last year with Wolves Grizzlies was

569
00:26:07,400 --> 00:26:09,520
Speaker 2: if you have a huge matchup advantage that you see

570
00:26:09,560 --> 00:26:11,760
Speaker 2: on paper, but you know the other team is better,

571
00:26:12,000 --> 00:26:14,160
Speaker 2: don't bet that's the underdog to win.

572
00:26:14,720 --> 00:26:15,720
Speaker 1: Just bet them to hang.

573
00:26:16,359 --> 00:26:18,080
Speaker 2: So plus two and a half I think has good

574
00:26:18,119 --> 00:26:20,760
Speaker 2: value at FanDuel sportsbook, but I like even better over

575
00:26:20,800 --> 00:26:23,119
Speaker 2: five and a half games minus one ten save the

576
00:26:23,119 --> 00:26:26,800
Speaker 2: extra thirty cents may that allows for a four to

577
00:26:26,840 --> 00:26:30,840
Speaker 2: two Suns win. That feels about right to me. I'll

578
00:26:30,840 --> 00:26:32,800
Speaker 2: take over five and a half games minus one ten.

579
00:26:33,520 --> 00:26:36,280
Speaker 3: I like it. I'm just gonna ask one question, and

580
00:26:36,320 --> 00:26:37,960
Speaker 3: I don't have an answer to this, so it's okay

581
00:26:38,000 --> 00:26:40,480
Speaker 3: if you don't. My answer is I'm gonna wait and

582
00:26:40,480 --> 00:26:44,760
Speaker 3: see as a better What is your preferred outcome for

583
00:26:44,920 --> 00:26:47,120
Speaker 3: this series? Not obviously you want your bet to win,

584
00:26:47,560 --> 00:26:50,480
Speaker 3: but looking ahead to the next two months, because one

585
00:26:50,480 --> 00:26:52,320
Speaker 3: of these teams is gonna be a factor. We're gonna

586
00:26:52,320 --> 00:26:55,359
Speaker 3: probably play the Nuggets next. What do you want to

587
00:26:55,400 --> 00:26:57,480
Speaker 3: bet on regarding one of these teams? Who do you

588
00:26:57,520 --> 00:26:58,880
Speaker 3: want to come out of this so that you can

589
00:26:58,920 --> 00:26:59,960
Speaker 3: bet something else later.

590
00:27:00,359 --> 00:27:02,320
Speaker 1: I have a very very very big number on the

591
00:27:02,400 --> 00:27:04,800
Speaker 1: Nuggets to win the title from very very very early

592
00:27:04,840 --> 00:27:05,560
Speaker 1: in the preseason.

593
00:27:05,600 --> 00:27:07,359
Speaker 2: I have a very very very big number on the

594
00:27:07,400 --> 00:27:10,920
Speaker 2: Suns that I got right after the finals. So that's

595
00:27:10,960 --> 00:27:13,800
Speaker 2: eide of the bracket. I'm honestly fine on. I want

596
00:27:13,840 --> 00:27:17,400
Speaker 2: the Suns to win because I get like, I think

597
00:27:17,400 --> 00:27:20,560
Speaker 2: whoever wins this, you know, whoever wins second round is

598
00:27:20,560 --> 00:27:23,800
Speaker 2: probably I think winning the Western Conference. There are other

599
00:27:23,880 --> 00:27:25,840
Speaker 2: numbers I've taken because you know me, I'm always going

600
00:27:25,880 --> 00:27:30,480
Speaker 2: to have a million positions. But to me, I don't

601
00:27:30,480 --> 00:27:32,800
Speaker 2: want to have it be if Suns go out, that's

602
00:27:32,800 --> 00:27:35,040
Speaker 2: a bad outcome for me because I have a big

603
00:27:35,160 --> 00:27:38,719
Speaker 2: allotment from the last month of Suns Celtics finals matchup.

604
00:27:38,760 --> 00:27:42,000
Speaker 3: So that's my Okay, I'll give an answer. Actually, I

605
00:27:42,400 --> 00:27:46,399
Speaker 3: think that I prefer that Phoenix wins because I don't

606
00:27:46,400 --> 00:27:49,880
Speaker 3: believe yet in this team as a championship team. I'm

607
00:27:49,920 --> 00:27:52,600
Speaker 3: skeptical of the defense in particular, I'm skeptical of the

608
00:27:52,640 --> 00:27:57,040
Speaker 3: health holding up, but everybody believes. The market believes in Phoenix,

609
00:27:57,600 --> 00:28:00,200
Speaker 3: so I think that I want Phoenix to go and

610
00:28:00,280 --> 00:28:02,480
Speaker 3: win the series. The longer they stick around, the better

611
00:28:02,560 --> 00:28:04,760
Speaker 3: prices I have to get on the other teams I

612
00:28:04,840 --> 00:28:07,480
Speaker 3: actually want to bet on, So I think that's the

613
00:28:07,520 --> 00:28:08,359
Speaker 3: better outcome for me.

614
00:28:08,680 --> 00:28:10,840
Speaker 2: All Right, we're gonna hit one other series that you're

615
00:28:10,840 --> 00:28:11,840
Speaker 2: making a bet on.

616
00:28:11,880 --> 00:28:14,520
Speaker 1: You got sixty seconds. What's another bet you're making a

617
00:28:14,560 --> 00:28:14,800
Speaker 1: bet on?

618
00:28:14,840 --> 00:28:18,040
Speaker 3: The in the playoffs? My favorite series better the first round.

619
00:28:18,119 --> 00:28:20,119
Speaker 3: Give me the Celtics minus two and a half. You

620
00:28:20,119 --> 00:28:22,840
Speaker 3: gotta lay a little bit of juice, But hater, I

621
00:28:23,000 --> 00:28:25,199
Speaker 3: just it's gonna be a quick series. The Celtics are

622
00:28:25,200 --> 00:28:27,280
Speaker 3: the best team in the field. I think they're the

623
00:28:27,320 --> 00:28:29,720
Speaker 3: deepest team. They're well rounded. They canna win an offense,

624
00:28:29,760 --> 00:28:32,440
Speaker 3: they win in defense. They got six or seven guys.

625
00:28:32,480 --> 00:28:34,679
Speaker 3: They can win any night. The Hawks are gonna get

626
00:28:34,720 --> 00:28:36,720
Speaker 3: killed with math. They take a ton of twos. The

627
00:28:36,760 --> 00:28:39,840
Speaker 3: Celtics are great at two point defense, They're not efficient

628
00:28:39,920 --> 00:28:42,560
Speaker 3: offense or defense. Boston ranks near the top league in

629
00:28:42,640 --> 00:28:46,080
Speaker 3: those things. Atlanta is dead last in three point attempt rate.

630
00:28:46,360 --> 00:28:49,920
Speaker 3: Boston is top five in attempts and percentage they're gonna

631
00:28:49,920 --> 00:28:53,720
Speaker 3: win with threes. Three is greater than two. Boston scored

632
00:28:53,800 --> 00:28:57,000
Speaker 3: with a one twenty nine offensive rating in the two

633
00:28:57,000 --> 00:29:00,040
Speaker 3: games that were meaningful between these teams this year, so

634
00:29:00,280 --> 00:29:03,160
Speaker 3: I think this is a walkover. I also am not

635
00:29:03,400 --> 00:29:04,880
Speaker 3: just gonna play the minus two and a half that

636
00:29:04,920 --> 00:29:07,560
Speaker 3: mean Celtics in the five or less. I'm gonna give

637
00:29:07,640 --> 00:29:11,040
Speaker 3: Quinn Snyder in Atlanta possibly a game, but I'm gonna

638
00:29:11,040 --> 00:29:13,400
Speaker 3: play the Celtics sweep too. I'll play a little bit

639
00:29:13,400 --> 00:29:15,840
Speaker 3: of the plus two to eighty for this sweep. If

640
00:29:15,880 --> 00:29:18,360
Speaker 3: we get Boston up two Oho, which I'm certainly counting

641
00:29:18,440 --> 00:29:20,680
Speaker 3: on with us, bet we go to Atlanta and get

642
00:29:20,680 --> 00:29:23,360
Speaker 3: the third game. With all the stuff Atlanta's gone through

643
00:29:23,400 --> 00:29:26,240
Speaker 3: this year, the Trey Young rumors already starting up, I

644
00:29:26,280 --> 00:29:28,240
Speaker 3: think we're a one two three kN kun in a hurry,

645
00:29:28,400 --> 00:29:31,000
Speaker 3: So I would take the sweep as well, but I

646
00:29:31,080 --> 00:29:33,600
Speaker 3: expect Boston to make quick work of the Hawks. I

647
00:29:33,640 --> 00:29:36,080
Speaker 3: don't know any avenue where Atlanta wins two games in

648
00:29:36,080 --> 00:29:38,680
Speaker 3: this series. Give me Boston minus two and a half.

649
00:29:38,880 --> 00:29:39,920
Speaker 1: We all have numbers for this yet.

650
00:29:39,920 --> 00:29:42,720
Speaker 2: Recording this on Thursday, afternoon and the playing games or

651
00:29:42,720 --> 00:29:47,800
Speaker 2: Friday night, whoever wins the East one eight seed playing

652
00:29:47,800 --> 00:29:52,640
Speaker 2: game between the Heat and the Bulls, I'll bet Bucks sweep.

653
00:29:52,840 --> 00:29:54,200
Speaker 2: I'm gonna have to lay juice on it, and I'm

654
00:29:54,200 --> 00:29:56,840
Speaker 2: fine on that. They can't give me. They probably won't

655
00:29:56,840 --> 00:29:59,760
Speaker 2: give me a deep number on it, but I'm gonna

656
00:29:59,800 --> 00:30:01,560
Speaker 2: lay it because I don't think either of these teams

657
00:30:01,600 --> 00:30:05,000
Speaker 2: are even in the stratosphere of Milwaukee. Don't love Milwaukee

658
00:30:05,960 --> 00:30:07,680
Speaker 2: long term right now. I'm very much in it on

659
00:30:07,680 --> 00:30:11,080
Speaker 2: the Celtics right now, but I do think Milwaukee, Milwaukee,

660
00:30:11,160 --> 00:30:12,560
Speaker 2: I think is the team that's going to sweep. I

661
00:30:12,600 --> 00:30:15,160
Speaker 2: have more confidence in them than Boston. Okay, we've got

662
00:30:15,200 --> 00:30:17,560
Speaker 2: one conference or title picks. We're talking about futures. Now,

663
00:30:17,640 --> 00:30:20,000
Speaker 2: what's your best bet for a conference or title pick.

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Speaker 3: I'm going to take the East. I'm going to take

665
00:30:23,040 --> 00:30:25,520
Speaker 3: the whole East. Give me the Eastern Conference to win

666
00:30:25,560 --> 00:30:28,240
Speaker 3: the title to minus one to thirty. This is a

667
00:30:28,320 --> 00:30:31,040
Speaker 3: very anti Brandon pick. I usually love my long shots here.

668
00:30:31,080 --> 00:30:32,800
Speaker 3: Don't worry. I got one more for you before we

669
00:30:32,840 --> 00:30:35,880
Speaker 3: get out of here. But I wrote about parody on

670
00:30:36,000 --> 00:30:37,959
Speaker 3: Action Network. I've got a couple water cools up. What

671
00:30:37,960 --> 00:30:40,080
Speaker 3: do we do when we look at the West and say,

672
00:30:40,720 --> 00:30:44,480
Speaker 3: what in the world they're all these decent, middling teams.

673
00:30:44,560 --> 00:30:47,560
Speaker 3: There's no elite team out here. What happens who comes

674
00:30:47,600 --> 00:30:50,520
Speaker 3: out of the West. I don't really know, to be honest,

675
00:30:50,600 --> 00:30:53,040
Speaker 3: I don't think you know. I don't think anyone knows.

676
00:30:53,080 --> 00:30:57,040
Speaker 3: History says that the seeding usually holds up. So usually

677
00:30:57,120 --> 00:30:59,080
Speaker 3: it's these teams at the top, even if they're weaker

678
00:30:59,280 --> 00:31:03,120
Speaker 3: top seeds, but history overwhelmingly size whoever it is. It

679
00:31:03,160 --> 00:31:06,840
Speaker 3: doesn't matter whoever comes out, they lose in the finals

680
00:31:06,880 --> 00:31:10,160
Speaker 3: to the team from the better conference. That's the whole point.

681
00:31:10,360 --> 00:31:13,560
Speaker 3: The best three teams in the NBA, I think are

682
00:31:13,600 --> 00:31:16,640
Speaker 3: all in the East right now. Celtics box clearly one

683
00:31:16,680 --> 00:31:19,680
Speaker 3: and two for me, Even with my Sixers hate Matt,

684
00:31:19,720 --> 00:31:21,800
Speaker 3: I still think they're probably the third best team. They're

685
00:31:21,840 --> 00:31:24,840
Speaker 3: just third best in their own conference too. Any of

686
00:31:24,840 --> 00:31:27,040
Speaker 3: those three teams, one of them is going to be

687
00:31:27,040 --> 00:31:30,000
Speaker 3: in the finals, and they will have home court advantage.

688
00:31:30,520 --> 00:31:33,479
Speaker 3: That means Game one at home. That means that I'm

689
00:31:33,520 --> 00:31:35,840
Speaker 3: going to have a longer odds if I wait and

690
00:31:35,880 --> 00:31:38,480
Speaker 3: bet the finals. Whoever it is, I'm not getting a

691
00:31:38,520 --> 00:31:40,720
Speaker 3: minus one thirty, then I'm gonna get something longer than

692
00:31:40,720 --> 00:31:43,480
Speaker 3: minus one thirty. So just give me a blind right now,

693
00:31:43,520 --> 00:31:46,560
Speaker 3: whoever the finals is. I'll take the Celtics, the Box

694
00:31:46,680 --> 00:31:48,760
Speaker 3: or the Sixers because I'm not getting a minus one

695
00:31:48,840 --> 00:31:51,720
Speaker 3: thirty later. They're the teams I like. The West. Teams

696
00:31:51,760 --> 00:31:54,680
Speaker 3: are flawed, They've got a longer, harder path ahead all

697
00:31:54,720 --> 00:31:57,800
Speaker 3: these first round matchups. We think these three East teams

698
00:31:57,920 --> 00:32:00,040
Speaker 3: might sweep or get close in the first round and

699
00:32:00,440 --> 00:32:03,719
Speaker 3: keep it easy. I'll add later. I like Celtics, I

700
00:32:03,840 --> 00:32:07,160
Speaker 3: like Box. I'll do a fancy escalator approach thing like

701
00:32:07,240 --> 00:32:09,520
Speaker 3: you know I do. But just give me the East.

702
00:32:09,560 --> 00:32:11,480
Speaker 3: I think the East wins the finals. That's what history

703
00:32:11,520 --> 00:32:12,440
Speaker 3: says happens here.

704
00:32:12,920 --> 00:32:16,360
Speaker 2: I like Celtics to beat Sun's finals matchup exact outcome

705
00:32:16,400 --> 00:32:20,440
Speaker 2: that gets you plus fourteen hundred. That's a longer shot. Look,

706
00:32:21,080 --> 00:32:23,360
Speaker 2: the Sons haven't lost with Kevin Durant. They're the best

707
00:32:23,400 --> 00:32:26,240
Speaker 2: team in the conference. They're priced appropriately as the favorite.

708
00:32:26,280 --> 00:32:28,560
Speaker 2: I have questions about Denver's floor. I think Denver can

709
00:32:28,560 --> 00:32:30,600
Speaker 2: win that matchup with Phoenix. I think they can win.

710
00:32:31,320 --> 00:32:33,800
Speaker 2: I don't know if they will. Phoenix has to be favored.

711
00:32:34,240 --> 00:32:36,720
Speaker 2: I like Phoenix to beat whoever they're going to face

712
00:32:37,880 --> 00:32:40,440
Speaker 2: in a conference finals, even if it's Golden State, because

713
00:32:40,440 --> 00:32:43,960
Speaker 2: I think Golden States can be tired Boston. I really

714
00:32:44,000 --> 00:32:45,760
Speaker 2: like this lay for them. The Sixers have never been

715
00:32:45,760 --> 00:32:48,560
Speaker 2: able to beat them. I really think that the Celtics

716
00:32:48,560 --> 00:32:51,440
Speaker 2: team is is by margin better than everyone else in

717
00:32:51,520 --> 00:32:51,880
Speaker 2: the East.

718
00:32:51,920 --> 00:32:54,120
Speaker 1: I think there's actually this idea that being very close.

719
00:32:54,560 --> 00:32:56,240
Speaker 2: The more I've kind of looked at it, I really

720
00:32:56,240 --> 00:32:58,400
Speaker 2: do think the Celtics are a significant step ahead. The

721
00:32:58,440 --> 00:33:00,760
Speaker 2: numbers bear that out, that the Celtics are just better

722
00:33:00,880 --> 00:33:02,960
Speaker 2: than everybody else. So I'm willing to go ahead and

723
00:33:03,280 --> 00:33:05,280
Speaker 2: right now I'm getting my money in free flop with

724
00:33:05,320 --> 00:33:08,160
Speaker 2: the best hand. I'm betting on aces here. I'm betting

725
00:33:08,200 --> 00:33:11,440
Speaker 2: Suns Celtics. I'm betting Celtics to beat the Suns at

726
00:33:11,440 --> 00:33:14,040
Speaker 2: plus fourteen hundred because if I'm right and we get there,

727
00:33:14,200 --> 00:33:16,120
Speaker 2: the Suns are are gonna be the ones that are dogs.

728
00:33:16,120 --> 00:33:18,120
Speaker 1: So I get I come back on the other side.

729
00:33:18,800 --> 00:33:21,680
Speaker 2: Phoenix loses Game one, I'll bet back on Phoenix at

730
00:33:21,680 --> 00:33:22,800
Speaker 2: that point to hedge profit.

731
00:33:23,960 --> 00:33:25,760
Speaker 1: I'm a profile better. You'll find it out if you

732
00:33:25,800 --> 00:33:26,400
Speaker 1: listen to the buckets.

733
00:33:26,400 --> 00:33:28,400
Speaker 2: So I got a lot of options here, but right now,

734
00:33:28,440 --> 00:33:30,040
Speaker 2: if you're looking to bet one thing and you're looking

735
00:33:30,080 --> 00:33:32,400
Speaker 2: for a juicy number, that fourteen hundred is a good one.

736
00:33:33,920 --> 00:33:35,880
Speaker 2: Before we get out of here, one finals or conference

737
00:33:35,960 --> 00:33:38,840
Speaker 2: MVP pick. Excited to hear this from you, I have mine,

738
00:33:39,280 --> 00:33:40,840
Speaker 2: Go ahead and lay it on me. What's your conference

739
00:33:40,880 --> 00:33:42,000
Speaker 2: or finals MVP pick?

740
00:33:42,360 --> 00:33:44,760
Speaker 3: All right, you want the long shot. I gotta give

741
00:33:44,800 --> 00:33:47,520
Speaker 3: my long shot bat here to wrap up, Matt, You'll

742
00:33:47,600 --> 00:33:51,760
Speaker 3: never believe this, but everything is coming up. Lakers. Give

743
00:33:51,800 --> 00:33:57,600
Speaker 3: me a Lebron James plus fifteen hundred Western Conference Finals MVP.

744
00:33:58,520 --> 00:34:01,760
Speaker 3: This is the dream Laker draw. We have talked on

745
00:34:01,920 --> 00:34:06,479
Speaker 3: buckets ad nauseum for weeks, for months. Who gets the

746
00:34:06,480 --> 00:34:08,719
Speaker 3: weaker half of the bracket in the West? Who gets

747
00:34:08,719 --> 00:34:11,200
Speaker 3: the dream draw? And then on top of it, the

748
00:34:11,239 --> 00:34:15,040
Speaker 3: Grizzlies lost Steven Adams and lost Brandon Clark. We did

749
00:34:15,080 --> 00:34:17,400
Speaker 3: the whole matchup thing. I love those matchup for the

750
00:34:17,480 --> 00:34:20,440
Speaker 3: Lakers in that series. Then you get the Kings or

751
00:34:20,480 --> 00:34:22,759
Speaker 3: the Warriors in the second round. Look, the Warriors are

752
00:34:22,800 --> 00:34:24,919
Speaker 3: the champs, but this is not last year's team. Let's

753
00:34:24,920 --> 00:34:27,400
Speaker 3: be real, and the Kings are the Kings, Kings, Lakers.

754
00:34:27,400 --> 00:34:29,720
Speaker 3: We've seen that one a couple of times. The Suns

755
00:34:29,719 --> 00:34:31,480
Speaker 3: are on the other half, the Nuggets are on the

756
00:34:31,520 --> 00:34:34,000
Speaker 3: other half. Kawhi is on the other half of the bracket.

757
00:34:34,239 --> 00:34:37,319
Speaker 3: This is the perfect outcome. The Lakers could not have

758
00:34:37,400 --> 00:34:41,279
Speaker 3: drawn it up any better for themselves. It's a week conference. Hey,

759
00:34:41,680 --> 00:34:44,680
Speaker 3: have I ever seen a week conference before where Lebron

760
00:34:44,760 --> 00:34:47,120
Speaker 3: comes out and makes the finals. I've seen that like

761
00:34:47,239 --> 00:34:49,680
Speaker 3: seven hundred times. This is what happens in the NBA.

762
00:34:49,760 --> 00:34:54,040
Speaker 3: Matt Lebron makes the finals. Everything's coming up Lakers. Here's

763
00:34:54,080 --> 00:34:56,560
Speaker 3: why I have to bet us the Lakers. Depending where

764
00:34:56,560 --> 00:34:59,359
Speaker 3: you look, our priced around plus seven hundred plus eight

765
00:34:59,480 --> 00:35:03,279
Speaker 3: hundred two the West. Lebron's plus fifteen hundred to be

766
00:35:03,320 --> 00:35:06,600
Speaker 3: the MVP when that happens. I'm sorry, you're telling me

767
00:35:07,239 --> 00:35:11,200
Speaker 3: that we're really gonna give Anthony Davis MVP in the

768
00:35:11,200 --> 00:35:15,359
Speaker 3: Western Conference finals. There's a trophy for an MVP type thing,

769
00:35:15,719 --> 00:35:17,959
Speaker 3: and we're not gonna give it to Lebron. The team

770
00:35:18,040 --> 00:35:20,040
Speaker 3: that just won. Get all the way out of here.

771
00:35:20,120 --> 00:35:24,320
Speaker 3: Lebron is the MVP. If the Lakers win, it's double

772
00:35:24,360 --> 00:35:27,680
Speaker 3: the odds here. If the Lakers win the conference and

773
00:35:27,760 --> 00:35:31,120
Speaker 3: make the finals. It has to be because Lebron has

774
00:35:31,160 --> 00:35:32,880
Speaker 3: a better gear than we saw the other night. It

775
00:35:32,920 --> 00:35:36,480
Speaker 3: has to be that. Gimme Lebron fifteen to one. Everything's

776
00:35:36,480 --> 00:35:38,560
Speaker 3: coming up, Lakers, Let's go Lebron.

777
00:35:39,120 --> 00:35:41,800
Speaker 2: I've bet Anthony Davis Finals MVP forty two hundred.

778
00:35:42,360 --> 00:35:43,240
Speaker 1: That's on my best bet.

779
00:35:43,280 --> 00:35:45,320
Speaker 2: But I'll just tell you I think it's entirely possible.

780
00:35:45,320 --> 00:35:47,680
Speaker 2: This is the passing the Torch season. If the Lakers win,

781
00:35:47,760 --> 00:35:49,200
Speaker 2: it's gonna have to be. Like I'll just tell you this.

782
00:35:49,360 --> 00:35:51,959
Speaker 2: If the Lakers win, it's because Anthony Davis finally reached

783
00:35:51,960 --> 00:35:53,680
Speaker 2: the potential that everyone wanted him to have and he

784
00:35:53,719 --> 00:35:56,600
Speaker 2: stayed healthy. Like, they're not winning if it's not and

785
00:35:56,600 --> 00:35:58,360
Speaker 2: if Davis is there, the only way they're winning is

786
00:35:58,360 --> 00:36:00,560
Speaker 2: if he puts up these numbers. And Davis was the

787
00:36:00,560 --> 00:36:03,040
Speaker 2: one getting MVP consideration when he had that stretch earlier

788
00:36:03,120 --> 00:36:06,520
Speaker 2: this season. Like Davis when putting up those numbers, Lebron,

789
00:36:07,320 --> 00:36:09,880
Speaker 2: it's an age thing. With age, you don't lose your fastball,

790
00:36:09,920 --> 00:36:12,000
Speaker 2: you lose your consistency. Lebron will have great games in

791
00:36:12,040 --> 00:36:13,920
Speaker 2: the finals that they make it, but he won't have

792
00:36:13,960 --> 00:36:16,840
Speaker 2: as many Davis will have more. So to me, Davis

793
00:36:16,920 --> 00:36:19,239
Speaker 2: is the better value because as much as voters want

794
00:36:19,239 --> 00:36:21,239
Speaker 2: to reward him, they know that like Lebron's got him,

795
00:36:21,520 --> 00:36:23,920
Speaker 2: like Lebron, they don't need to reward Lebron.

796
00:36:24,040 --> 00:36:24,839
Speaker 1: They this.

797
00:36:25,080 --> 00:36:27,480
Speaker 3: He doesn't have a Conference Finals MVP. We only have

798
00:36:27,560 --> 00:36:30,120
Speaker 3: that for one year. So everything you said is right,

799
00:36:30,200 --> 00:36:33,200
Speaker 3: Everything is absolutely right. It's all very logical. It's Lebron.

800
00:36:33,280 --> 00:36:35,440
Speaker 3: Throw the logic out the window. Lebron gets the trophy.

801
00:36:36,120 --> 00:36:40,240
Speaker 2: My best bet is Devin Booker Finals MVP plus nineteen

802
00:36:40,600 --> 00:36:41,799
Speaker 2: hundred and wanting to bet this.

803
00:36:42,200 --> 00:36:44,080
Speaker 1: Talked about it weeks ago.

804
00:36:46,320 --> 00:36:49,319
Speaker 2: Bookers is going to get overshadowed until we actually get there,

805
00:36:49,320 --> 00:36:51,280
Speaker 2: and it's going to be like book had thirty five

806
00:36:51,400 --> 00:36:55,720
Speaker 2: and eight, like his assist numbers skyrocketed in the games

807
00:36:55,840 --> 00:36:58,960
Speaker 2: with Katie because he's able to be playmaker and engine.

808
00:36:59,320 --> 00:37:02,880
Speaker 2: He'll stagger with the second unit. He'll play more with

809
00:37:02,960 --> 00:37:05,759
Speaker 2: the starters without KD. Because they're actually having KD in

810
00:37:05,760 --> 00:37:06,839
Speaker 2: that second unit right now.

811
00:37:06,920 --> 00:37:07,680
Speaker 1: That may change.

812
00:37:08,160 --> 00:37:11,839
Speaker 2: Booker is more of an engine than KD is. It's

813
00:37:11,840 --> 00:37:13,359
Speaker 2: not that Katie is not a good passer. I think

814
00:37:13,360 --> 00:37:16,520
Speaker 2: he's really underrated in that respect, but Devin's better. Chris

815
00:37:16,600 --> 00:37:18,960
Speaker 2: is taking a step back, Devon's taking a step up.

816
00:37:19,080 --> 00:37:19,799
Speaker 1: He is leveled up.

817
00:37:19,840 --> 00:37:22,520
Speaker 2: Booker is on that level. I've been skeptical of Devin Booker,

818
00:37:22,880 --> 00:37:25,200
Speaker 2: but he's turned me. He started turning around three years

819
00:37:25,239 --> 00:37:27,040
Speaker 2: ago and then he was like, well he's this level.

820
00:37:27,080 --> 00:37:29,520
Speaker 2: I was like, well, yeah, back off, He's that level.

821
00:37:29,520 --> 00:37:29,719
Speaker 1: Now.

822
00:37:29,840 --> 00:37:31,560
Speaker 2: If the Suns win, I think you genuinely are going

823
00:37:31,600 --> 00:37:33,640
Speaker 2: to see like wow, Devin Booker was the most impactful

824
00:37:33,640 --> 00:37:36,680
Speaker 2: guy in that series. You know, Kde averaged twenty nine,

825
00:37:37,080 --> 00:37:40,239
Speaker 2: but Devin had that massive Game six with forty points

826
00:37:40,520 --> 00:37:42,960
Speaker 2: and eight assists, and his assist numbers are better and

827
00:37:42,960 --> 00:37:45,400
Speaker 2: he shot better from the field. Devin Booker plus nineteen

828
00:37:45,480 --> 00:37:47,520
Speaker 2: hundred I think is great value for a long shot

829
00:37:47,520 --> 00:37:49,680
Speaker 2: Finals MVP right now. If you want to hear more

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Speaker 2: joining us. We'll see you guys again next time. Till then,

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Speaker 2: let's get buckets.

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