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Speaker 1: is up Straight firefam, It's me Jason McIntyre. Straight Fire

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Speaker 1: for Friday, April fourteenth. That's an NBA playoff weekend. Who's excited.

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Speaker 1: I'm kind of excited. I gotta say, rob Ge kids.

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Speaker 1: Sports have kind of dwindled down a little bit. Obviously,

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Speaker 1: I have my semi final basketball matchup in the men's league,

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Speaker 1: but other than that, it's kind of a wide open weekend.

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Speaker 1: A lot of time to sit around and watch NBA playoffs.

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Speaker 1: I mean, the weather's not great out here in LA,

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Speaker 1: but no, I'm not gonna just sit around. The beauty

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Speaker 1: malls anymore. What am I saying? When you're out and

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Speaker 1: about walking the dog, you can like watch games on

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Speaker 1: your phone. It's pretty darn cool. But before we get

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Speaker 1: to the NBA playoffs, we got an NFL story that's interesting.

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Speaker 1: To start the day, we have maybe shots fired in

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Speaker 1: the NBA at a superstar, but I do like this

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Speaker 1: NFL story. Daniel Snyder, the incompetent owner of the Washington

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Speaker 1: CBS Sports or Sportco. I don't know who had it first,

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Speaker 1: but a six billion dollars sale of the Washington Football

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Speaker 1: Club or Washington Commanders. The new owners Josh Harris. Sixers

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Speaker 1: fans know him well. Josh Harris bought the Sixers. He

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Speaker 1: transfer that to the NFL momentarily. Daniel Snyder in nineteen

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Speaker 1: twenty four years. Twenty four years, seven hundred percent return

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Speaker 1: the owner of a We have a minority steak in

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Speaker 1: a basketball team in New Zealand, the Breakers. They play

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Speaker 1: in the NBL. By the way, NBL had big news

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Speaker 1: And I have a minority steak in a soccer team

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Speaker 1: year making the playoffs. I don't envision seven hundred percent

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Speaker 1: much rather have Well, that's a good question. Would you

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Speaker 1: but I don't think I'm gonna get seven hundred percent.

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Speaker 1: Like Daniel Snyder. The real big story, and the story

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Speaker 1: the draft here. Shortly. I want to go get Lamar

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Speaker 1: But if you're Washington, I think right now, new ownership,

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Speaker 1: stench of Daniel Snyder. Just ruinous owner, just did a

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Speaker 1: horrible job in Washington. We're gonna say I got there's

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Speaker 1: the Atlanta Falcons. Falcons, we don't need a quarterback. Just

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Speaker 1: the podcast heading into the weekend with some NBA playoff picks. Obviously,

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Speaker 1: tonight there's two games Heat hosting the Bulls. Not a

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Speaker 1: lot to like in this one. And even though I

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Speaker 1: love you guys, know him, Zach Lavine, guy, it's a

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Speaker 1: very tall order to win two straight road games. Here.

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Speaker 1: The line went up I saw six yesterday, now back

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Speaker 1: down to five and a half. I don't know. Maybe

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Speaker 1: people just out on the Heat and they would rather

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Speaker 1: have a vacation than get smoked by the Bucks in

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Speaker 1: their first round. And then, okayc Is looks like about

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Speaker 1: a five and a half point dog against the Timberwolves.

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Speaker 1: Rudy Gobert, by all accounts, will be back. No, Jaden

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Speaker 1: McDaniel's back, But I can't get into those games. I

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Speaker 1: think the Saturday games to me are interesting. Nick's in Cleveland,

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Speaker 1: Julius Randalls, it's still unclear if he's gonna play. I'll

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Speaker 1: take and I'm gonna write these down just for good measure.

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Speaker 1: Rob I will go with Cleveland in six, Brooklyn Philly,

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Speaker 1: I will go Philly in five. Uh, Atlanta, Boston, I

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Speaker 1: go Boston in five, and Bucks versus m whoever Milwaukee

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Speaker 1: in four any disagreement, I think Sixers are gonna sweep

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Speaker 1: the Nets. Um. The Calves Nick series could be so

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Speaker 1: spicy if we knew if Julius Randall was playing, and

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Speaker 1: that's been wild card. If I knew he was playing,

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Speaker 1: I might pick the Knicks in that series because I

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Speaker 1: like the Tom Thibodeau like grind you out type of

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Speaker 1: you know, schemes that they be able to run. They

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Speaker 1: have a much deeper roster than than the Calves do.

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Speaker 1: He just hasn't been good Thibodeau in the playoffs, his postseason,

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Speaker 1: not since he had rows back in the day. He's

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Speaker 1: not not a lot of winning. Um, yeah, I'm trying

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Speaker 1: to do you think Brooklyn gets swept Nick Claxton. No, again,

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Speaker 1: he's done up pounds to Joelnbeid. Yeah, but they got

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Speaker 1: Dorian Finney Smith, the guy who you think single handedly

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Speaker 1: caused Ammon Johnson Bridges. There's a world where they hit

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Speaker 1: a million threes and shocked the world. But I think

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Speaker 1: they can get one now. So I got I got

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Speaker 1: six or sweep. I got Celtics in five over the Hawks.

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Speaker 1: I got Calves in six over the Knicks. And Milwaukee,

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Speaker 1: depending If they get Miami, they might lose a game.

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Speaker 1: If they get Chicago, I think it's a sweep. Uh.

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Speaker 1: In the West Nuggets, I would not be shocked if

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Speaker 1: it's Okay. See, if it's Minnesota, I think Minnesota could

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Speaker 1: probably get one. I am gonna go Nuggets in five.

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Speaker 1: I will go Lakers in six. Oh boy, I know

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Speaker 1: I hear Rob getting restless over there. I would go

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Speaker 1: Warriors in six, and that's still not knowing the Andrew

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Speaker 1: Wiggins news. I mean he's gonna play, we just don't

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Speaker 1: know how much he's gotta be out of minutes restriction.

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Speaker 1: And then I will go Sons in foe, which are

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Speaker 1: assuming Rob agrees with everything except Lakers. No. I think

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Speaker 1: you know, I think the Lakers in six feels good.

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Speaker 1: I think the Lakers are gonna definitely win Game one

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Speaker 1: because they'll be all rested. Game two, I think they

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Speaker 1: could probably get smacked, but I think they've rebound to

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Speaker 1: win in six. If Minnesota wins the playing game tonight,

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Speaker 1: I think they can push Denver to six games. Huh,

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Speaker 1: just because I think their roster is uniquely qualified to

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Speaker 1: match up with Denver. I think Denver is the better team.

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Speaker 1: But in the playoffs, it's all about matchup. So if

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Speaker 1: it's Minnesota, it goes six. If it's Oklahoma City, it's

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Speaker 1: four because Oklahoma City has no size whatsoever. The Russell

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Speaker 1: Westbrook revenge series against Kevin Durant. I'm talking about this

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Speaker 1: all week. Still not gonna pick the Clippers, thinking the

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Speaker 1: Suns in six, but six not gonna be a sweep. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: it's not gonna be right. And let's see what's the

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Speaker 1: other one, Lakers in six. So yeah, now this is

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Speaker 1: where it gets interesting. Warriors Kings. I was kind of

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Speaker 1: swayed by the interview we had yesterday. I may I'm

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Speaker 1: kind of feeling good about the Kings. I may give

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Speaker 1: them more of a chance than I would have otherwise.

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Speaker 1: But no, it's gonna be Warriors. If the Warriors lose this,

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Speaker 1: this would be probably the biggest upset since the number

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Speaker 1: one seed MAVs lost to Monte Ellis and them not

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Speaker 1: Monte Baron Davis, Do we believe Warriors? Yeah, I mean

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Speaker 1: I can't think they're living off that. It's kind of crazy. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: Baron Davis, I mean he's gonna live for I love

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Speaker 1: him out here. Um, this is where I will differ

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Speaker 1: from the masses. Give me the Denver Nuggets in seven

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Speaker 1: over Phoenix. Wow, Yeah, I got I got Denver, Okay,

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Speaker 1: and then I'll go Warriors. Warriors are risky because there's

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Speaker 1: this scenario where I think they lose to the Kings,

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Speaker 1: but I know I just picked him in six, and

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Speaker 1: I'll go Warriors over the Lakers in six and Denver

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Speaker 1: over in seven over Phoenix. Go ahead. Oh my goodness. Well,

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Speaker 1: by the way, I just want to remind people this

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Speaker 1: time last year, not many people had the Celtics over

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Speaker 1: the Bucks, and I don't think anybody had the Warriors

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Speaker 1: were what seed were they last year? Weren't they They

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Speaker 1: weren't like the one or two six? Yeah? Yeah, they

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Speaker 1: came kind of out of nowhere. Um, because I think

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Speaker 1: the f was hurt a lot of Clay Clay was

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Speaker 1: in and out of the lineup, so they didn't they

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Speaker 1: didn't have their big three together I think more than

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Speaker 1: like one hundred minutes of the season. So then it

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Speaker 1: all came together in the playoffs. Um. So I have

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Speaker 1: the one seed Denver versus the three seed Golden State.

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Speaker 1: There's no way both those are getting there. Yeah, the

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Speaker 1: Golden State Warriors were the three seed, last three seed,

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Speaker 1: so the one seed Phoenix lost to Dallas. When the

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Speaker 1: two seed Memphis lost to Golden State. In the East,

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Speaker 1: Miami was the one. Boston was the two. UM, and

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Speaker 1: Boston survived in Game seven. UM. So yeah, i'man guessing

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Speaker 1: you have Phoenix and Lakers. Yes, I do, No, way,

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Speaker 1: I absolutely do. Wait, do you have Lakers of the finals? No? No, no.

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Speaker 1: I would love to pick the Lakers. But if they

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Speaker 1: I think if they run into the Phoenix Suns or

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Speaker 1: the Los Angeles Clippers, I think that they lose those series.

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Speaker 1: I just think it's it's very bad matchups for that

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Speaker 1: and anybody else. I want all the smoke. I really don't. Warriors, Kings, Nuggets,

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Speaker 1: the Grizzles, I don't care. This would be big if

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Speaker 1: Durant got back to the finals. He's played with some

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Speaker 1: of the most stacked teams in the last twenty five

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Speaker 1: years and has only been in the finals once outside

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Speaker 1: of Golden State. Could not get there with Brooklyn, got

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Speaker 1: there with Okase, but then the Presty traded Harden. I

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Speaker 1: think this is you know, I don't want to get

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Speaker 1: We're not going to do the Durant legacy now, but

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Speaker 1: this would be I think it'd be massive for Durant

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Speaker 1: to winner title without Curry, So on some level I'm

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Speaker 1: rooting for him. And oh, by the way, I did

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Speaker 1: a player points pool, just like how I did win

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Speaker 1: in the NSA tournament, and I want it. I had

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Speaker 1: the third pick. Jannis went first, Tatum went second. I

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Speaker 1: took KD third, And I know, how are you picking

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Speaker 1: against Curry? What are you doing? The Sons are the

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Speaker 1: favorites in the West. I've got to kind of follow

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00:31:22,520 --> 00:31:25,360
Speaker 1: the odds there. And essentially the way to win these

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Speaker 1: things is predict who's going to go to the finals.

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Speaker 1: Have those players, and then you get like five extra

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Speaker 1: games and you're not gonna lose. So, for instance, like

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Speaker 1: my second pick, I had the choice of Jamal Murray

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Speaker 1: or Donovan Mitchell, and I believe Denver's going to the

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Speaker 1: conference finals or the NBA finals, so I took Jamal

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Speaker 1: Murray over Donovan Mitchell. But as Rob noted to me,

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Speaker 1: like Donovan Mitchell is going to score way more than Murray,

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Speaker 1: and if Murray gets bounced, I'm pretty much toast. So

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Speaker 1: as a hedge in the third round, don't laugh, rob

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Speaker 1: I took Donovan, Sorry, I took Malcolm Brogden. Ai. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: but if you look at in the playoffs, he plays

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Speaker 1: a lot, and he's a veteran. They trust him. Brogden

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Speaker 1: is essentially after Tatum and Brown. Brogden is the third guy. Yes,

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Speaker 1: and you know I think the Celtics, well we haven't

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Speaker 1: got to the East yet, but I believe the Celtics

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Speaker 1: are going to the finals. Um, and I think Brogden's

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Speaker 1: gonna have a good postseason like Derek White's. Okay, Brogden's

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Speaker 1: a better score. So that was my reasoning. Anyway, I

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Speaker 1: got off track. Um, so you have Phoenix coming out

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Speaker 1: of the West. I have Denver. I'll go back to

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Speaker 1: the East. Um, first Bucks are one, they will face Cleveland.

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Speaker 1: I'll go bucks In five. Uh yeah, Bucks, No, but

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Speaker 1: I'll go Buck six, and I will go Boston five,

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Speaker 1: and then I will go Boston seven. Okay, I have

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Speaker 1: Bucks in seven over Cleveland and Doun too seven seven.

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Speaker 1: You like this Cleveland team. It's just matchups, It's really

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Speaker 1: all it is. Because I think Colin even said it

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Speaker 1: earlier this week that this version of the Milwaukee Bucks

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Speaker 1: know they're the best team in the league record wise,

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00:33:12,520 --> 00:33:14,320
Speaker 1: but they're not as good as the previous Bucks teams

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Speaker 1: that out of the last couple of years. They're slow,

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00:33:18,640 --> 00:33:22,160
Speaker 1: they're they're kind of unathletic. Outside of Yannis and Andrew Holiday,

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00:33:23,040 --> 00:33:25,959
Speaker 1: Chris Middleton is obviously dealing with the injuries that are

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Speaker 1: much worse than I think even people around the like

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Speaker 1: the Beat writers believe it is. He's definitely limited, and

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Speaker 1: that that's why I don't think you're gonna get Milwaukee

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Speaker 1: in the finals. That's why I like you. I have

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Speaker 1: Boston coming out of these I think Boston beats Philadelphia

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Speaker 1: in five, which I was kind of shocked that we

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Speaker 1: were on the same page there on that one. And

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Speaker 1: I think Boston gets by Milwaukee again because it's gonna

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Speaker 1: be Yannis versus the best, the deepest team in the league.

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Speaker 1: So Yannis is gonna put up monster numbers just like

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Speaker 1: last year, but the depth, the overall talent of Boston

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Speaker 1: is going to be what gets them back to the

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Speaker 1: NBA Finals. And you go Boston Phoenix. I think, Boston, Wow,

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00:34:05,960 --> 00:34:08,080
Speaker 1: we're in lockstep. I have the Celtic. Now, you guys

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Speaker 1: don't have a huge Jason Tatum fan. I don't like

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Speaker 1: any Boston teams. I was born in New York. I'm like,

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Speaker 1: it's in my blood that I cannot like anyone from Boston.

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00:34:17,719 --> 00:34:20,240
Speaker 1: I just love Jason Tatum's game, Dude. It is so smooth,

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Speaker 1: and I think they win. I'll go Tatum MVP. Celtics

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00:34:24,600 --> 00:34:26,160
Speaker 1: win the title. I don't know what that will do

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Speaker 1: for your Jalen Brown wanting to get out of town.

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Speaker 1: Take the reason for him to leave. I've got the chip.

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Speaker 1: Let me get out and what get paid. Be the man. Absolutely,

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Speaker 1: that's fair. So the picks are in. We'll be enjoying

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Speaker 1: some NBA over the weekend and we'll be back on Monday.

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Speaker 1: Everybody'd be safe out there. Talk to you then,