Speaker 1: What's up? Everybody? Welcome into another episode of Profit Picks.
If you are new, we do always start this show
by being transparent, and yesterday I ended up going two
and one. My top play was on the Golden State
over Golden State Spurs. That one's pretty easy and a
magic game that we stopped the show for. That was
the other winner that I had, and the loser ended
up being the next game under next day, just a
little bit more than I thought they would offensively, So
two and one profitable day. Try to keep it going here, Veno,
how you doing today? How things been for you?
Speaker 2: Thinks were good?
Speaker 3: Yesterday's skim I know you'd like to use the phrase
shooter shoot, and I haven't really done that at all
this year, but yes to that, add seven NBA plays
went five and two and just predicated on my you know,
and then you were actually listed the sixty eight percent
number to the over before all Star break in, I
played seven games, wound up going five and two with
a whole batch of overs that I won't list here,
but everybody seemed to get there last night, including the
Boston team total over that we left as the best
bet for the show. The Orlando game over that you
talked about just now. I think I mentioned the Clippers
team total over in ninety nine and a half. Yesterday
they get over get to one oh five, so it
was a really good day. And then two and one
in college made it a seven and three overall got
me to the top of that Daily Wager Talk ranking
board SKI for yesternight.
Speaker 2: So we had a good day, picked up about ten units.
Speaker 3: And I don't know we might calm that down today
because I don't see a heck of a lot here
in these three games that we want to invest in.
Speaker 2: But you never know, we could be talked into something.
Speaker 1: Yeah, nice work on that. You know, Let's see if
if we could find something. We won't force anything, but
we find something, you know, we know how to we
know how to open up that wallet and get to
the window. What would you say to Danny here? You know,
I know what I would say. I'm just curious what
you would say.
Speaker 3: And and I kind of blame myself a little bit
because I'm usually a minute or too late to even
sign on.
Speaker 2: So I don't know. I want to take I don't
know what you're gonna say, but I want to take
a little of the responsibility.
Speaker 1: I was never going to say it was you, but
I was just going to say, you know, my show,
we just kind of you know, it's just how it's been.
If you've been around for a while, it's just how
it is. We start when we're ready to start. Sometimes
some things happened before the show. We need a little
bit more time. Sometimes I'm running late. Sometimes other things happen.
You know. It's a little bit more relaxed, chill show
right here. But we do our best to still make
some money.
Speaker 3: And Danny, you need to get involved in the over
under in the check at what time the ship will
actually start.
Speaker 2: You can probably make some money before the ship we
even starts.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I agree, Mark says most of us will be
confused if SK started on time.
Speaker 2: This show has been around.
Speaker 1: Yeah, see guys, now I appreciate you. Guys. All right,
let's get to the game. See if we can make
some money for the day. We'll start with the Bucks
and the Thunder. It opens up minus thirteen and a half.
Still thirteen and a half. I do see it thirteen
though total hasn't really moved. Injury report, we have rawlins questionable.
Jannes South Prince out or Okay, see we have AJ
Mitchell questionable? Is that J Dub? Yeah, it's like JDub
doubtful SGA out. Both of these teams are on the
back to back, right, you never know what you're going
to get throughout the day. With this injury report, I
still want to think that not the most, not the
biggest effort defensively heading into the break. Maybe this total
is still too low. What do you think about this one?
Speaker 2: VI? No know.
Speaker 3: I think it could be and I'm going to go
with the anticipation that Jalen Williams, Nord ched Holmgeren will
play here. Check got hurt late third quarter as well.
Really no sense sending it back out there. I think
it was mission accomplished for okay s last night absolutely
destroyed Phoenix from start to finish. Fly back Home, got
the bucks. We know Oklahoma City's depth is capable of
still scoring. And to tell you the truth, Cam Thomas
with thirty four last night, Milwaukee's going to be capable
of scoring before the All Star break. Post All Star break,
they should be. Okay, the guys they send out there,
I feel like you get very little defensive efforteer Ski,
especially with back to backs total at two fourteen and
a half. We know modern day NBA basketball, that would
be considered a very low number. To fourteen and a half,
you're asking from one o eight to one oh seven
in a game that could just be let's run for
forty eight minutes.
Speaker 2: And see who scores the most.
Speaker 3: So out of everything available today, that kind of even
without home grin, if he doesn't go, even without Jalen Williams,
which I would be very surprised. It just came off
the injured list, Why would you want to risk it
again tonight.
Speaker 2: I think it was a.
Speaker 3: Hamstring last night. Let him rash to get enough time
off for the All Star breaks. So I think over
to fourteen and a half out of all the stuff
to choose from today, might be one of the top looks.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm gonna put that on my list. I don't
think I'm gonna have as long as you know after yesterday.
Yesterday I had so many things that were good on
my grocery list, but I just was so overwhelmed and
I just I didn't get you. I just said, let
me take it easy with my three game, but I'll
add this one to my list. I do like that over.
Let's see, let's see, never beat the timing accusations. It
is what it is. Next game, this one I do
like too. Blazers and Jazz opened up minus seven and
a half, looks like eight and a half total, open
two thirty six, and it's going up now. I don't
think I saw that move. It's as high as two
thirty nine, or maybe I did see it and just
forgot Sharp is questionable, Williams is questionable. I don't think
they were on there earlier. They weren't on there earlier.
Henderson is doubtful, Murray doubtful, typo out, Cante, George is questionable,
Herpless is out for the Jazz, you know, and you
did see Jared Jackson Juniors being shut down for the year, right,
so the official official tank is in for the Utah Jazz.
I mean, if George plays, that is a boost. But
and they're at home where they've been good, it's kind
of you know, they've been good at home. The Blazers
have been good on back to backs. I don't know
too much that I want to bet the spread, but
I did bet Donovan clinging over twenty five and a
half points and rebounds, you know, you remember a good
old Clinging, you know, I think you opened up the
wall at one show before another one of those situations
where I'm not expecting Robert Williams to play already said
he's questionable, and Clinging has just been It's a favorable
matchup and he's been good, you know, especially when Williams.
Speaker 2: Is not out there.
Speaker 1: So that's what I rock with in this game. You know,
what do you think?
Speaker 3: Yeah, don have been Clinging. He's a good old Yukon boys,
So obviously I have an affection towards playing him whenever possible.
It's night could be possible because Kyle Philipowski's you're center.
On the other side, none of the seven footers are
going to plays when, like you say, Jaron Jackson Junior
shut down for the season, and he had been playing good.
I think he had back to back twenty plus points
score he and marketing.
Speaker 2: I guess yeah, yeah, down the road, those two guys,
you know.
Speaker 3: With a Spalian company, that and George that could be
a pretty good starting five. But we're talking about tonight,
so Klington does have a huge advantage on the glass
against this team.
Speaker 2: His number, I think the night I bet at.
Speaker 3: Scheme, which was last week was somewhere around twenty four
and a half points and rebounds, which would seem low.
Speaker 2: Again, he did have a game after that.
Speaker 3: I should have followed up, because then he came back
with a game of twenty and seventeen after the one
that I cashed, So he's been pretty solid. I kind
of like Portland here tonight, although the travel spot doesn't
support that at all because Utah got to stay home.
Speaker 2: Portland had to make the trip.
Speaker 3: It is in, you know, in elevation altitude for this game.
But I just without all of that scoring and rebounding
up front, I just think Portland could.
Speaker 2: Take advantage here.
Speaker 3: They still have Drew, they still have Avia on the
other side and clinging as we mentioned Jeremy Grat, I
just think the other side is better personnel. If I
had to play it, it would be Portland. And you
can't in Utah. You can't ignore total. So if anybody
has that on their mind in the chat, I can't
argue you off of it. I'm just thinking that my
first lean would probably be toward the Blazers here because
Utah is so short big guys in this one. It's
a tough number to cover though. It's probably why I
didn't get their ski, because you're asking them to win
almost by ten, double digit win, which is a lot
in a back to back, So it would be my
best thought. But I don't know that I could play,
so I don't want to suggest to anybody that you
should run out and play.
Speaker 2: Well.
Speaker 1: I would agree that it'll be over or nothing. As
far as the total, I also would agree that I
would prefer the Portland side tonight.
Speaker 2: All right, next.
Speaker 1: Scheme up MAVs and Lakers. Both of these teams at
least have a day's rest opened up. Lakers minus six
and a half looks like it's right back there at
six and a half. Total did open two thirty five
and a half, and we'll call it.
Speaker 2: Too thirty six.
Speaker 1: As far as the injury report is concerned, there will
be no Luca. Aighton is also questionable, and then for Dallas,
no Flag Martin is questionable. Na G Marshall also questionable.
Speaker 2: Uh you know.
Speaker 1: I do. I would rather back the Lakers back the
mass even without Luca. If Luca was in there, make
me probably you know, I probably already have it in
my pocket. But I talked about the Lakers not liking
to be embarrassed. I know they got embarrassed again. It's
Lakers are passed for me. As of right now, I'm
not on it. But another game where I think points
can be had. You know, what do you think here?
Speaker 3: Yeah, I would isolate. I would just play Laker team total.
I don't think that Dallas in any way shaite. First
of all, they're a fast paced team that doesn't play
any defense, so that helps right away. We're going to
get extra chances, and the Lakers have more than enough
scoring to get after Dallas here.
Speaker 2: I don't know.
Speaker 3: I guess maybe these are nationally televised games. I think
you have to go to Amazon Prime to get these.
If you don't have it, the NBA really doesn't care.
They won't put it on a regular television station for you.
But I do think that the Raiders are the Lakers
are national television, So in that regard, I think there's
some sense of caring. Whenever Lebron's on national TV, can
generally figure that they're going to put up pretty good performance.
And again, the defense on the Dallas side, just to me,
it has been invisible and they continue to play up
tempo basketball.
Speaker 2: The Lakers will fall into that.
Speaker 3: I'm pretty sure here, and it could be a huge
night for Reeves, it could be a huge night for
a couple of guys for la I would think that
after the night Hachi Murra had two nights ago, that
there would be some bounce back.
Speaker 2: In his offense as well. It was just such a.
Speaker 3: Bad shooting night for him. He had a lot of
clean looks that he just didn't make. Figure they'll go here,
So to me, Ski, I looked at the number team total,
and I'm on the fence here. I probably could take
a little nudge and get there. With Lakers over one
twenty one and a half. I feel like they could
end this contest. Again, will emphasize the fact that these
games before the All Star Break, this being the very
last game, defense just doesn't tend to show up. I
think Lakers team total over probably a good look. In
all that said, as I listened to myself talk here,
I wouldn't want to probably exclude Dallas. I think the
reason why I played Lakers team total is because I
can't trust them to cover because they don't get stops themselves,
So then why would you exclude Dallas?
Speaker 2: But I probably would i'd isolate Lakers.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I don't. I don't really trust the Lakers defense
too much, although they should play more inspired after a gatst,
you know, to back embarrassing games. We'll see if they
bring it or if they're just ready for a break.
You never know in this game, but I do agree
that really should bounce back. They didn't have his props
up earlier, so I don't know what his numbers are.
Couldn't even bet them if I wanted to earlier. Maybe
they're up now. Maybe they're waiting for the injury report
to you know, shake up or whatever might happen. I
don't know. I think we did a good enough job
three games day before the break. Yeah, we'll get to
best bets. But before we do, what can we toss
on the screen? You know, we'll go good old faithful.
Ten days of all access for the price of seven.
Can save sixty nine dollars that way. And they also
have that Valentine's Day special, right, the real sixty nine
special three days plus another three days. I forget what
it is, you know, do you know what it is?
I just noticed the Valentine's Day Special.
Speaker 3: That's that's all we ever promo it as on the
Early Morning College Troops show. Is the Valentine's Day special
Take the truth. I don't know how many days it
goes for. I probably should, but the point I don't.
Speaker 1: The point is there's a lot of different ways to
get involved, a lot of different specials if you guys
want to take advantage of them. So we'll just rock
with it like that, you know, and we'll go to
best bets. If there's anything else you'd like to promote,
you know, go for it. If you best bet, we'd
love to hear it. If you don't, don't worry about it.
Speaker 2: Now.
Speaker 3: This is tough, Ski, because we're going to be off
for a few days now, and you hate to leave
here giving the chat nothing. I feel like I should
actually play right now so I can give.
Speaker 2: I'll leave you with this.
Speaker 3: I mean, I'm almost positive I'm gonna get there, and
it'll probably be a client play as well, because I
want to at least release one NBA play today, So
I'm gonna leave you with the Lakers team total over
one twenty one and a half. I just gave you
all the reasons why I feel like LA offensively has
a lot of advantages in this game against this Dallas defense,
and of course when you're playing overs, you want plenty
of scoring opportunities.
Speaker 2: I think you'll get them here because Dallas plays up tempo.
Speaker 3: So I'm gonna leave that as a best bet, and
I will bet that myself and probably be a client
release Lakers team total over one twenty one and a half.
Speaker 1: All right, good stuff being out for myself. I'll just
rock with that, clinging over twenty five and a half.
I did make that bet a couple of hours ago.
I'm not sure where it's at right now, but you know,
I do expect it to go up, and I think
he's gonna get thirty plus. So don have been clinging
over twenty five and a half points rebounds my best
bet for the show. You know, appreciate you taking the
time to catch these games with us. We'll be gone
for what about a week, so yeah, hopefully, hopefully you
can enjoy your time off and you know, we can
refresh and come back with the same momentum that we
have right now. Because I see you on top of
the leaderboard, and I'm not that far, you know, right
behind you on the leaderboard, so I really almost hate
to see things stop but we'll pick it up after
it comes back chat. We appreciate you guys. Yeah, like
I said, we'll be back next Thursday. So until then,
best of luck everybody on all your action and we
will catch you all then