Speaker 1: All right, welcome to the last day of March. But
we still got plenty of madness going on as we
get ready for the Final four, plentying a Major League
Baseball down to the wire in the NBA as well
as the NHL regular seasons. And who better to help
us navigate through it all? As our man is back,
mister Art to Caesar, ready to row. Still no pres
here out on the slopes. I don't know what's going
on there, Art. I don't know if he got Sonny.
Speaker 2: Bono or what he's doing, but he is whoa.
Speaker 1: I'm just saying, watch out for that tree there, Prez.
But hopefully he'll pop in again at some point this week.
In the meantime, we got a lot going on here
in the world of sports, kind of crunch time as
we close out. Can you believe the end of March?
But how did you do? I mean, let's start over
the weekend? Man, it was obviously Duke and Yukon was crazy,
But how did the books end up doing when it
was all said and done.
Speaker 3: When it was all said and done, it's been a
very positive NCAA tournament for us. We've had rarely any
losing days. I want to say that first Saturday of
the first flour or you know, the first weekend was
like our worst day and it wasn't even that bad
of a day. And now too, we sit in really
good positions with the futures. We went on three teams
we lose on one Illinois the one team we lose on.
So when you have three out of the four and
we do extremely well on Michigan and Yukon, Arizona's good too.
But if we can get Michigan or Yukon to get home,
we could get them to play in the final. We
know we're booking a final with the future book. You know,
we got a lot of money kind of not to burn.
But you know, we're just working with a really net
positive before we start really booking this game.
Speaker 4: It's just a really good position to be in.
Speaker 1: Yeah, there was worse positions to be in here, but yeah,
it was it was a fun one. The final four
is going to be a lot of fun. How was
the first weekend of Major League baseball there at the book?
Speaker 3: You know, it was slow, Joe and I don't know
if it was, because like this is the earliest I
can remember us ever starting. I mean, you know, opening
night was March twenty fifth, and then you had some
games the next day, and you know, we're not even
in April yet, and obviously every team's played like four
or five games. I think, you know, people are just
maybe not realizing.
Speaker 4: Wait, hold on, we've been a week.
Speaker 3: We're week into this baseball season, so it's been a
lot slower than I can remember. I'm not saying we're
not taking bets, because we are, but I'll say this,
the Sharp guys haven't really kind of poked their head
out yet. Now it's possible a lot of the people
who you know, we booked to the Sharp guys, they're
waiting for you know, two weeks of data or whatever
it may be. You know, see how this abs affects things.
So it's possible that that's part of it. But listen,
baseball is one of those sports that because it's every day,
there's so many games every day, it's a big thing
for the parlay betters. Baseball is such a parlay you know,
sport for the guys who were in it day in
and day out, who want to bet twenty forty to
fifty bucks and they just do it day in and
day out.
Speaker 4: So baseball is good from that standpoint for us.
Speaker 1: Oh yeah, it's.
Speaker 2: A grind, that's for sure.
Speaker 1: Ye you also have I mean we're wrapping up the
NHL season as well as the NBA season. What are
you seeing now as far as the markets go with
both those? Obviously, the seventeen to eighteen point spreads in
the NBA are hilarious this time of year, But how
about with the NHL or NBA you're starting to see
handle down?
Speaker 2: Are you starting to gear up for the postseason?
Speaker 3: I think in the NBA it's different because you mentioned
there's so many big spreads every day and basically all
the teams are accounted for. You know, we know the
ten teams in each conference. In the NBA, you know,
now it's just kind of jockeing for position here or there.
I think people are just kind of, hey, let's let
these you know, this last ten days because I'm I
want to say, NBA ends April twelfth, which is a Sunday,
So people are just like, hey, let's get to these playoffs.
It's more that AHL's a little different because there's still
a lot at state playoff wise, so you know, people
zero win on the big games like the Islander Penguin
game last night took pretty good handle because that was
a huge game in the Eastern Conference, a huge game
for both teams for playoff position. Obviously, the local Knights,
they just made the firing of their coach, Cassidy brought
in Tortorella. Now, listen, they were a minus three to
fifty favorite, but you know, you saw a little bit
of love there on the puck line for them to
win in regulation the fired coach angle, So people.
Speaker 4: Were looking to bet the Knights that way.
Speaker 3: So definitely more action right now in the NHL than
the NBA.
Speaker 1: Well, I mean, because we got legit tanking teams had
It's very hard to handicap tanking teams at this point.
So what you guys have done a great job at
the books of you know, it's got to be impossible
in that back room out and be like, all right,
let's see Washington has no intentions of winning again. The
Bulls are actually sitting guys in the fourth quarter. I like,
it's got to be impossible to even try to come
up with numbers here at this point.
Speaker 4: Yeah, it's really hard.
Speaker 3: I mean, obviously, you know, the first way you look
at it is you probably can't make the numbers high enough. Yes,
at least big favorites, you know, And I'd mentioned you
guys a couple of weeks ago.
Speaker 4: Really the only way they've met these dogs is.
Speaker 3: They might take a ten or twenty dollars shot on
a money line I did. I mean, you know, yeah,
they're not taking plus eighteen and a half. You're saying, Okay,
you're gonna give me twelve to one up with twenty
bucks on it, you know.
Speaker 4: And then you see the opposite of it.
Speaker 3: You take the four or five biggest favorites of the
day who were all let's say twelve fourteen plus points,
and they just moneyline parlay them. Try to get to
as close as even money on those big favorites. Maybe
throw a baseball game in there, maybe throw an NHL
game in there, and they try to bet a big
parlay that way crazy.
Speaker 1: It's just yeah, But listen, like you said, final couple
of weeks here of the regular season the NBA, it's
really I mean, Miami wins last night, so Miami is
clinched into it, you know, the play in situation. So
that's not really a whole lot of intrigue as far
as who's going to be playing in It's kind of
the jockey.
Speaker 2: For position and setting yourself up.
Speaker 1: I mean, obviously being a seventh seed is better than
being a ten seed, so and that's kind of what
we have here tonight across the board. So talk to
me first and foremost about some of these games tonight.
As far as the sharp action goes, are you seeing
guys coming to the window back in the Knicks and Houston?
I mean Toronto's there's a game separating the fifth seed
from the eighth seed, so you know Toronto needs to
win these games. You've got a pretty big one between
Portland and the Clippers tonight. What kind of action are
you seeing in the NBA as far as sharp.
Speaker 3: Action goes right now, the only sharp beck to report
is the over in the Hornets game. They took over
two seventeen right now to nineteen and a half. Rarely
do you see the sharp yeah, And rarely do you
see these sharps bet the overs.
Speaker 4: They're normally betting unders.
Speaker 3: I feel like every time I give out an NBA
total and it's sharp, ninety percent of the time, it's
an under for us. And you know it's funny because
I can only speak to what happens with us. Sometimes
I get roasted on Twitter like, oh, well, that's not
the sharp side, that's.
Speaker 4: Not the public side.
Speaker 3: I'm like, dude, I'm just giving you the information from
the west Gate. I can't talk about every other sports book.
I could just see what I'm seeing. So for us,
we actually have a little bit of public money on
the rockets and actually a little bit of public money
on the calves today, So right now that's a public
stuff for us.
Speaker 1: Yes, and again, you know what what you're gonna get
at the Westgate percentage wise, handle wise, ticket wise is
gonna be different than what you're gonna get at a
Draft games or a fandel or a penny or one
of like. So it's just into it all depends on
who is uh, who's booking the action and where it's
coming from. Because most of you know, there's a reason
why the fandals and the draft games over there we
always scratch our head with those lines. It's because it's
not hard to figure out where the public is heading
in those spots. What about the NHL, it's a full
card here tonight. You mentioned a lot still to be determined.
They're any sharp action early with the NHL tonight.
Speaker 3: Yeah, absolutely took a bunch of sharp money overnight and
this morning Stars saw money, Hurricanes saw money, and then
Press Jets, who are they're right there? I mean, you
know correct, there's not many games left, but Winnipeg, you
know they can make a move here because those bottom
West teams none of them seem to want to win.
And you know, obviously we said the night the Knights
just made the big move with their coach, but the
Jets saw money as well. So those three who were
pretty good sized favorites, but you've seen like ten to
fifteen cent moves on them becoming even bigger favorites today.
Speaker 2: All right, you got those.
Speaker 1: Now let's tarn our attention to Major League baseball aret
on good news. By the way, it looks like de
Graham has been named the starter against Baltimore here today.
So anybody thinking it maybe he was a late scratch
over the weekend there he was supposed to open up,
but he was a late scratch. What it looks like
he is going against Eflyn here today. Any early Major
League Baseball shop action you see.
Speaker 3: In today, absolutely the sharp action is we saw pirates
reds over money from eight and a half to nine.
We saw d Backs money at home versus the Tigers.
They were basically like a small dog. They were like tree,
you know, minus one or two. Now we're minus won
twelve on them. So we've seen a ten set move there.
We've seen a little bit of Marlin money, and that's
kind of just been public money, to be honest with
shocking to see public money on the Marlins, but you
know that can happen here.
Speaker 4: So a little bit of public money on the Marlins.
Speaker 3: And I will say this, one of our biggest house
players came in and put down two big, five figure
bets on the Mets to they honeyline and run line.
Speaker 4: Interesting, we're gonna be big.
Speaker 3: We're gonna be big Cardinal fans today because he's got
a lot invested here in the Mets today.
Speaker 1: Senga versus pilone there in that one. And I can
tell you this, so it didn't take me too long
to figure out when you're playing the White Sox and
they're throwing Eric Fetti, you and I might get money.
So the Marlins getting money not as shock against Fetti
and the White Sox, but the White Sox beat him
pretty good. Yesterday scored a whole bunch of runs, so
Marlins might be on their way back here. Oh to listen,
I could not believe the Guardians, off a Sunday night
beat down, had to travel int LA, and boyd they
took it to the Dodgers last night. You know, there's
not one undefeated team left here art in Major League Baseball.
Everyone's got a everyone's got an l now across the board.
Speaker 3: Yeah, and listen, not like it was a huge, but
that's always an angle. Yep, Sunday night team who has
to travel and you know, play the next day on
the road. That's always like a good angle. You can
kind of fade those teams. But obviously, yeah, always been
Obviously obviously Cleveland didn't, you know, keep up their end
of the bargain.
Speaker 4: But listen, you know we we've.
Speaker 3: Joked, you know, we joked earlier, I think last week
about how we're going to be fighting Dodger run line
money all year. And you know, they've won a bunch
of games and they've won by like one run, So
you know, the Dodgers not covering these run lines has
been good to us. We always realize Dodgers are going
to be very prevalent in moneyline parlays as the Yankees are,
and you know some of these other popular teams. But yeah,
I mean listen, you know it's hard for people to
want to go lay three dollars with the Dodgers. It's
just they find they try to find other ways to
bet them.
Speaker 1: Hunter Brown going tonight for the astros Otani. He'll be
on the mound for those Dodgers here tonight against Tanner Biby.
Speaker 2: Who was just announced.
Speaker 1: But again you're still laying two fifty, especially with all
tany out there, So it'll be interesting how much money
light run line action you get here today on the
Dodgers late night with that one. Yankees off a two
to one loss freed against Gilbert tonight, two number ones
in that spot there, but lowest total on the board,
I think as well. Here tonight they are with the
one of the late games there with the Yankees and Seattle.
What a cash last night.
Speaker 3: Well, if it's as cold as it was last night,
it's gonna be to night. Those players look freezing last night.
Speaker 4: In the Yankee game.
Speaker 3: They looked miserable, and I think they only maybe had
like ten or eleven combined hits, scored the three runs.
Speaker 4: Obviously you got two of the big pitchers pitching in
that game.
Speaker 3: You know, when the Yankees are basically around a pick
like they were yesterday and they are today, we're gonna
see tremendous Yankee money. So we'll be rooting for the
Mariners like we were last night.
Speaker 2: And of course are plenty of baseball.
Speaker 1: But the initial thoughts on the final here, I mean
we've seen I think everybody and their mother thought pick
them price range for Michigan in Arizona, you know, slight
Michigan favorite here. But again really depends on where you're looking,
but it looks like Illinois. Did you get what a
little more Illinois money than anyplace else?
Speaker 2: Off the start here art?
Speaker 3: You know, we open Illinois too. We open a total
of one forty and a half. We've seen some under money.
We're now one thirty nine and a half, but our
initial money was Illinois. We went to two and a
half and then we saw pretty good Yukon money come in,
so now we're back to two.
Speaker 4: That game seemed really good two way action.
Speaker 3: You know, when you get to the big game, you
know and listen, they're both great games, but obviously, Michigan
Arizona just has more of a feel of maybe one
of the.
Speaker 4: Great games ever.
Speaker 3: We felt comfortable saying, hey, let's open Michigan pick, you know,
that game pick, because that's what we thought the game was.
Speaker 4: That's kind of what the power ratings show as well.
Speaker 3: And then you saw these other places start to go up,
and there were a lot of people starting Michigan one. Yeah,
and we're now Michigan two, you know, and we didn't
really get hit. It's not like people came and said, hey,
give me Michigan pick, give me Michigan one. We kind
of wanted to be ahead of it and say, hey,
you know, if everyone's gonna sit at one one and
a half.
Speaker 4: We go to two.
Speaker 3: Is someone going to bet us Arizona two hasn't happened yet,
you know, someone gonna take Arizona plus one ten on
the money line hasn't happened yet. Obviously, we're a week
out on this. We got plenty of time for this
to kind of work itself out. But you know, Michigan
Bean two, that's probably where it should be because we
haven't had anyone respected come on the other side.
Speaker 4: Total, we were one fifty six and a half.
Speaker 3: I believe we went up to one fifty seven and
a half, just seeing a little bit of move on
the over there, But that's just kind of moving with
the market.
Speaker 4: Nothing really sharp.
Speaker 3: So I would say right now as the final four goes,
we haven't seen anything sharp yet. It's just kind of
been moving with the market or you know, taking bets
on both sides with the Yeah, with the Illinois Yukon game.
Speaker 4: Yep.
Speaker 1: So you have in your neck of the woods beginning
tomorrow to the Crown Tour where we got you're still
part of. You've still got some college basketball going on here.
So Oklahoma, Colorado, Baylor, Minnesota, are you seeing any sort
of push there? I mean, let's face it, the n
T is also the semifinals coming up on Thursday this week.
Speaker 2: Any action in those markets.
Speaker 3: The things the thing I'll say about those two tournaments,
it might just be more daily stuff. I mean, the
Oklahoma line did move, and I think we were seven
and a half we're now eight and a half. So
we saw a little bit of Oklahoma Homa money come in.
But yeah, I think that that's also going to get
lost in the shuffle a little bit here too. It's
such a great final four, people are gonna kind of
wake up and realize, oh wait, there's games. I mean
the Crowns tomorrow, right, I mean yep, yeah, so I
mean listen, yeah, exactly in Vegas. So I think it's
more gonna be like when I come on, you know,
whatever day may be like tomorrow and it's like, okay,
we saw some stuff move in the morning. I think
that's more gonna be the type of action.
Speaker 4: We're gonna take.
Speaker 2: So we last Art.
Speaker 1: You know, it's so funny the parallels between the women's
tournament and the men's tournament.
Speaker 2: Right now, you got the same exact.
Speaker 1: Final four to get a year ago on the women's side,
four number ones, though Yukon was not a number you know,
people forgot they won the national championship last year with
Page Beckers. They were not a number one seed. They
were a number two seed. But all four UCLA, Texas,
South Carolina, Yukon. You know, watching these games Art, and
if you watched any of the Texas and South Carolina
last night, it's like they're playing a different game than
the rest of the team.
Speaker 2: I mean, there is.
Speaker 1: A clear those top four and everybody else here what
kind of action do you get or are you anticipating
on the women's side anything all Yukon.
Speaker 2: I don't know how you could be all Yukon. No,
because they're all, I mean.
Speaker 4: Tremendous, you know, it's funny Yukon.
Speaker 3: And I don't want to say we were smart, but
we we got on them early with the Future Book
and said, listen, we're gonna force you to bet everybody else.
Speaker 4: We are gonna.
Speaker 3: Book, We're gonna book this thing early to have Yukon
as a crazy minus price to win the national championship.
So basically we lose on all three of the teams,
but we went on Yukon. Yeah, we're fine with of course.
And listen, are you gonna lose the massive amount of
money you would lose on like an Illinois and the
men's of course not the Future Book and the women's
clearly doesn't do you know even a tenth of what
the men's does.
Speaker 4: You know a quarter of what the men's does.
Speaker 3: So we're fine being in a position where, hey, if
Yukon wins, we scooped the pot. I do think though,
with these four teams, and they've clearly been the best
four teams all year. I think we'll see some action.
The one thing you notice is I forget who who
it was? Who will you c l a playing duke
to go to the final four? Yes, the game, they
were down like eight at the half, and then you
know you're booking that second half, you know, and you're like,
all right, what do we open the sets? So we
open it like you see eleven eleven and a half.
Speaker 4: Now you see people.
Speaker 3: Taking the other side, and you say it came back
and ended up covering the original game number yep, which
was eleven and a half.
Speaker 4: I mean we closed thirteen. But you notice that two.
Speaker 3: If any of these teams are down at the half,
you know, bet them in the second half. Now it's
a little different in the final four because you got
all one seeds. But I think we'll see some action
on it for sure.
Speaker 2: Yeah, and I don't think they're gonna be out of again.
Speaker 1: If you have watched any of those four remaining women's
side number ones play, they're playing a different game than
everything else that you've seen the real and a lot
of those players were all part of the same running.
They play together for two three years, you know, four
years are and it's a it's a whole it's a
whole different ballgame here. But I would imagine the second
half booking with Duke and Yukon would have was interesting
as well on Sunday.
Speaker 4: Oh yeah.
Speaker 3: And I mean think about all the them in game
prices too, that people. You know, you get these guys
who chase chase the winners, and they just throughout the
game go, oh well, Duke's up ten. I'm gonna keep
playing the money line. It doesn't matter. It's just free money.
They are winning, so I'm just gonna keep betting in it,
betting and it betting it. You know, they get up
almost twenty, they're up fifteen at the half, and you
see those type of betters they do it in baseball,
team goes goes up early one nothing, all right, they
got the lead. I don't care all lay two to fifty,
let's go. They got the lead.
Speaker 4: Boom boom boom.
Speaker 3: So I mean when any anytime a favorite of that
magnitude in game happens, they're ten to fifteen, almost twenty points,
it's really good for us because yeah, people are always saying,
oh well, there must have been a lot of people
who took Yukon now not really, No, they just you know,
they don't find the value in taking it. Listen, maybe
there's a guy who puts ten bucks on it, but
you know it's not the guys who are willing to
lay five bucks on Duke to get their nickel.
Speaker 4: It just it's totally different with the in game betting.
Speaker 1: Totally different ball game play. I mean, listen, at one
point sixteen and a half, seventeen and a half is
what you could have got with yukon there. I mean,
it looked bleak and it didn't look like they were
gonna shoot a three or make a three at any point.
But you know, championship pedigree matters here, so great stuff
should be a lot of fun to watch it all
unfold this week. In the meantime, on of course, we
do have to come up with a two team are
here tonight? We've got a full board everywhere here, NBA, NHL,
Major League Baseball.
Speaker 2: Where are you thinking about looking on the board here tonight?
Speaker 3: I normally don't like to lay a run and a half,
but I feel like the Phillies need something tonight. I'm
gonna lay a run and a half with the Phillies.
I know it's team doesn't look good. Fans are getting
on him last night. Manager looked like he was gonna implode.
But I think the Phillies are gonna come out to
play tonight. I'm gonna lay the one and a half
with the Phillies.
Speaker 2: Yeah, what in the hell was that philling it?
Speaker 1: You might in Thet's punk you uh in just the
Ultimate Just.
Speaker 2: Yeah, just he's awful.
Speaker 1: Guy's throwing batty awful, Like stop it, Like that's just that's.
Speaker 2: Terrible on so many different levels there.
Speaker 1: All right, I'll go to the NBA here tonight, art
and I kind of like this spot a lot for
the Lakers. You got the Calves coming off a game
in Utah in the altitude. Uh, it wouldn't shock me
if maybe one or two guys takes a rest here.
Jared Allen didn't play last night for the Calves. But
it's not a primetime game. It's on a ten forty,
so it's not gonna be one of those situations where
you know, like everyone's got to play because NBC is
covering it. But the Lakers didn't have don Check last night.
They didn't need a whole lot to beat the uh,
you know, the Wizards here at home.
Speaker 2: You know, Luca pissed off, he got a sixteenth technical.
Speaker 1: Wouldn't shock me if the Lakers show up and show
up in a big way and hold me tonight, both
teams on the second of a back to back. But
I think maybe the Lakers are the right side at
that price here tonight. And as far as the predictive
markets go, we were talking before the show art about
some of these markets, and you know, speaking of the NBA,
we took a look here at the championship market, and
it's I just don't know there's that much separating San
Antonio OKC. But in this market, it's sure as how
looks it, doesn't it. I mean, we're talking almost a
forty cents to Oklahoma, So Oklahoma City, according to the
prediction markets, feel there's a forty percent chance Oklahoma City is.
Speaker 2: Gonna win a chair.
Speaker 1: And you mean to tell me that San Antonio has
half that shot to do it.
Speaker 2: I don't know, man.
Speaker 1: I think Oklahoma City and San Antonio are a heck
of a lot closer than what the market right now
thinks they're gonna be here.
Speaker 4: Yeah, no doubt, man.
Speaker 3: You know, I remember, you know, we probably talked four
or five six weeks ago where we thought, hey, well
maybe Denver can sneak in there. Well, Denver, I think
Denver's done. But now I think you really do look
at the West as a two horse race. And I
know it's different beating people in the regular season, but
the Spurs had a lot of success with Okac yep,
So I mean, you know, you look at it like that,
and I know it's a different beast playing in the
playoffs and okay, SE's been there, but you're right. I
think when you look at the Spurs, you look at
the thunder. Whoever comes out of the West is gonna
win the NBA Championship, And the Spurs are close enough
where they could still maybe get that one seed. Yes,
they have the tiebreaker, they have a shot to get that.
Speaker 4: They can get home court for that young team.
Speaker 3: You know, it's just gonna be one of those things
where you won't have to play a game seven and OKC,
if you get the one seed, tough place to play.
Speaker 4: So I'm with you.
Speaker 3: Obviously, the value there's no value on Oka. See there
hasn't been value on Okac all year. Clearly, the value
on other teams like Denver and San Antonio. And even
though you probably missed all your value on San Antonio, there's.
Speaker 2: Probably a little bit left yep.
Speaker 3: I mean you know, you could probably squeeze a little
bit left out of San Antonio because you're gonna get
one of the two best teams who enter the playoffs
to win the title.
Speaker 1: And the beauty again, the beauty part of this is
I don't really need San Antono. I don't need them
to win the championship. I really if I'm buying in
it eighteen cents, all right, I just need them to
get to the Western Conference finals. They're either gonna be
the one or two seeds, so likely it's going to
be okay see versus San Antonio.
Speaker 2: And as long as that happens, I am I'm gonna get.
Speaker 1: Way more than eighteen cents by the time we get
to the Western Conference finals here. And that's the kind
of adjustment and that's really what we're banking on in
these kinds of markets, is that, hey, I'm betting for
the future. Like I just need Boston to do their
thing and get to the Eastern Conference finals. And if
that's the case, at fourteen cents right now, yeah, I'm
talking about two and a half three three my initial
investment here by the time we get to that. Not
that I'm saying the East is gonna win, but we
don't need them to win. We just need them to
be better than the fourteenth since that you can get
them at right now. Great win by Atlanta last night,
by the way, but it still feels they didn't have
Tatum last night. Still feels like are they the team
to beat in the East?
Speaker 2: Here? Art is the real question?
Speaker 3: Well, I mean you look at the four teams right,
which obviously would be Boston, Cleveland, New York, and Detroit.
I mean Detroit obviously they've gotten killed with you know,
Cuttingham injury. It's hard to trust the Knicks. I don't know,
there's something off about this Nick team. I never want
to trust the Cavs either, But I think if you
were gonna take a shot on a team who's not
Boston would probably have to be Cleveland.
Speaker 4: I wouldn't feel great about it.
Speaker 3: But like you mentioned with the Spurs, yep, all you
need with Boston is get to the Eastern Conference final
or hey, get to the NBA Finals, and then I'm
just out.
Speaker 4: I could just move on.
Speaker 3: So yeah, I mean Boston clearly should be the you know,
I remember talking over a month ago too, how hey,
we went to Boston as a favorite, and we feel
comfortable with it because they should be the favorite. You know,
they were getting Tatum back, and Boston always takes money.
So we put ourselves in a position where let's get
ahead of this early and not be you know, dragging
our feet on Boston because they're gonna take money.
Speaker 1: Thirty six cents currently right now to win the Eastern Conference.
And you mentioned Cleveland. I mean, it's New York. Are
we giving them? But it is Listen, Philadelphia pissed me
off last night. I mean, how you can be the
rested team go into Miami and you know, allow a
fourteen oh run at the end of the game is
beyond me. To a team that was just basically collapsing
in front of you and you gave them life. But
I don't know if they're fully healthy. I mean, it's
something else watching they are. Paul George, Embiid, Maxie and
Edgeca all of those guys out on the court at
the same time. That's an interesting team in a short series.
Speaker 4: They certainly have the talent, they have a championship coach.
Speaker 2: Mm hmm.
Speaker 3: I mean, I you know, I don't know, and I
never loved Paul George, but he's come back and played
pretty well. That dynamic backcourt, yeah no, and they have
the dynamic young backcourt and you know, you can always
throw it into em beat and get a bucket.
Speaker 4: I just don't know.
Speaker 3: I don't know if it's you know, they're gonna have
enough time to really put it together and then you're
gonna ask them to go win series after series after series.
But I mean, if you're taking a long shot, yeah, yeah,
I mean the Sixers will the Sixers would be I
mean I think I think Philly and Atlanta would be
the two teams you would look at outside of the
Big Four. I mean, I'm not breaking any news there,
but those would be the teams if you wanted to
take a shot.
Speaker 1: Right And Charlotte is one of those teams that's gonna
be coming out of it. They're gonna be coming out of
me the playing and listen, I wouldn't exactly be thrilled
to play them either, but you know what I mean,
But that's gonna be interesting to see how that works out.
And you know, seating is gonna matter here and with
a four game lead right now, Detroit with what seven
eight games left to go in the season, and they
sat everybody last night. I don't know if they're sitting
anybody here tonight, but yikes, Detroit's just like, we're good
at this point. Let's just get us to the finish line.
And I don't know, I mean, kid Cunningham, they're hoping
to get him back. I don't know if they're going
to get him up in time.
Speaker 3: Yeah, exactly. You can't count on that collapse long know,
like that feels like season over to me. But you know,
these guys are obviously professional athletes and come back.
Speaker 4: I mean, no one thought Tatum was going to play
this year, and look at him. He's playing sore.
Speaker 3: I mean, I get they're different injuries, but you know,
these guys recover in different ways than.
Speaker 4: Us normal people. But I wouldn't feel great about having
the Pistons. I just wouldn't.
Speaker 1: Nope, I would not in any way, shape or form
either their art. So some interesting markets that we have
in front of us here and a couple of different
ways to approach. I still think there's some value there.
And as your mind changed at all in the NHL.
Are are we still is it Colorado and Tampa's world
and we're all just looking to.
Speaker 2: Fit in it? Or are you?
Speaker 1: Are you going a little further down the board these
days in the NHL for a Stanley Cup Finals?
Speaker 3: I mean, you know, in the West, when we talked
and we started doing this, I thought there was value
in the Knights. I don't feel that way anymore. And
you know, listen, they could turn it around. But you know,
when you fire your coach this late, bringing an outsider
like Tortorella, who's there to obviously light a fire under
the Knights asses because they've played so poorly. And listen,
they won last night at home, but they beat the
worst team in the league. You're supposed to win those
type of games. I Colorado obviously is the favorite, and
they should be. I think those other teams in the
Central are dangerous. You know, when you talk about Dallas
and you talk about Minnesota, I think the East is
more interesting. I get the Tampa and Carolina are up there,
and they should be. And then you really drop off
to that third choice.
Speaker 4: Which Buffalo.
Speaker 3: But Buffalo to me is the team that could really,
you know, upset it here and come out of the East.
You know, I know, President I were talking about them
a while back, and we feel you know, I got
an eighteen to one East ticket on Buffalo. I mean,
I love the Sabers. I think they have a real chance. Obviously,
Tampa has been dealing with injuries, and Carolina never seems
to break through in these playoffs. They're always good, they
always win the division. They always crap out in the
second round or they make the Eastern Conference final and
they can't score a goal. So I think the value
in the East is still Buffalo. And I think if
you're just looking to fade Colorado in the West, you
got to look at those other Central teams, whether it
be Dallas or Minnesota, because Colorado's gonna have to go
through a gauntlet just to get to the Western finals.
Speaker 1: It's fascinating that Colorado and Tampa is still the top
there twenty three and what fifteen cents right now with
Colorado and Tampa and Carolina is right there at thirteen cents,
And like you said, it's either gonna be Carolina or Tampa.
Is that fair representing the East and likely going to
be Colorado and or Dallas or is there somebody in Minnesota.
Speaker 2: Should we be looking further down the board?
Speaker 3: You yeah, I mean, if I want to and listen,
Tampa and Colorado being up there. Listen, they've played great
and all that, but they also have championship detigree. A
lot of those guys have been deep in these one
Stanley Cups. Obviously, we know what Tampa's done. Colorado won
a couple of years ago. They're always good these teams
championship coaches. So you know, obviously Tampa's got the goalie.
You don't love Colorado's goaltending as much as Tampa's, but
you know, obviously Tampa's got that unlock. I think, like
I said, I think Buffalo is a shot in the
East if you want to go outside the top two.
And I think when you yeah, and I think when
you look at the West, if you're just saying, let
me fade Colorado, I think Dallas would probably be the
team you would want to look at.
Speaker 2: Now.
Speaker 4: Don't get me wrong.
Speaker 3: If the Knights all of a sudden in these next
ten days figure it out and Tortorello really likes to
ire under them and they went out, sure, I mean
it's possible. Obviously, Edmonton, you can't go with Edmonton because
they no dry title, I mean, no dry Sattle. It's
gonna be hard to think that they can make a
deep run. He's so important to them. So yeah, I mean,
I don't like to take favorites, so I think I
would look outside of the favorites.
Speaker 1: That's Buffalo winning the East at thirteen cents sitting right there.
But three horse race, it feels like thirty cents for Tampa,
twenty six for Carolina, thirteen cent for a buck. I
don't think we get We're not giving Ottawa, Boston. Nobody
else is making a run here, right, It's just gonna
be those three.
Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean Montreal's good, they're good and young, but
I don't know, I don't know how deep they can go.
That would probably be my fourth choice. And they're playing
really well at the end of the year. I think
they've won four or five in a row, so you know,
Montreal's kind of maybe peaking at the right time. They
had some playoff experience last year, which I think is
gonna help them. So once again, if you're looking at
maybe outside at the top two, want to take a
shot with someone.
Speaker 4: I think my fourth choice they would be Montreal.
Speaker 1: Yeah, listen, Tampa and Carolina are going to be likely.
Speaker 2: You're one and two, right, So yep.
Speaker 1: All I need them to do is get the Eastern
Conference Finals.
Speaker 2: Guys.
Speaker 1: Yeah, we buy in at those prices and we're buying
low and we're selling.
Speaker 2: I don't really need them to win the.
Speaker 1: Eastern Conference Final, just need them to give me a
more of a return and ROI here from what we
purchase and get them in on. So but I do
think they're clearly the class and you're right. If you're
going to go with anybody, I think Buffalo would the
NHL would be beside themselves if Buffalo actually was relevant,
they really would. They would absolutely love it there, So
good stuff. Art got a lot of fun stuff happening
over the next couple of months here. Obviously, playoffs are
just around the corner. What else do you have going on?
What's happening over it?
Speaker 2: Westgate?
Speaker 1: You still got the UFC nights Friday nights. What's going
on Saturday?
Speaker 4: Yeah? Absolutely still rocking the UFC.
Speaker 3: Obviously with it being on paramount now you get really
good crowds in the book on Saturday night. You know,
I know, I didn't get give out any UFC information
last week. It's hard when you're deep in this college
basketball and that's really the main thing. But I promised
this Friday to give out some of the sharp information
for the UFC cards, which we see week in and
week out.
Speaker 4: So I promise I will not forget that.
Speaker 3: And listen, this is gonna be great once we get
into the NBA and NHL playoffs. To be able to
every day break down two or three playoff games at
both sports, that's going to be phenomenal. Throw on top
of it, obviously all the great baseball stuff which we love.
If I start to see and I hate to say
this because I think it's terrible, if I start to
see any UFL sharp action, I promise to share it.
I know that league just started, which I think is
a you know, abysmal, but you know, that's a story
for another day. But they do bet this stuff, so
I promise if I see any UFL stuff, I'll try
to throw that out there as well.
Speaker 2: Love it's art.
Speaker 1: Yeah, did you see that Grosso knockout? My goodness, I
thought she killed Yeah, I thought she absolutely killed her.
That was fantastic stuff there, all right, Plenty of UFC
still to come here as well. Art, We'll see you tomorrow.
We'll get all the latest updates and all the good stuff,
my man. Enjoy the rest of the day. We'll see
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let's do a couple of rundowns here for you before
we close it up. We'll start, I guess with Major
League Baseball, and let's start coming up a little late afternoon.
I just told you it was announced Jacob deGrom has
been scheduled to go here today again Zach Efflin and
the Aureoles. Hopefully we get to see a little more
vintage de Grom here in this one. I'm looking forward
to seeing him back on the mound. But he is
getting up there in age here, but I think he's
got enough. I like Texas in the first five and
that one there again, I'd mentioned Eric Fetti pitching for
the White Sox. I don't care who they're playing against.
Doesn't shock me that Art said. Starting to see a
lot of Marlins money in the marketplace there over as
well for the Pirates and the Reds. Chandler against Williamson there.
Feels like the Reds bats finally starting to figure it out.
If they're not striking out, they're hitting home runs.
Speaker 2: Here.
Speaker 1: Feels like we're gonna get some runs in that game there, Painter,
the heralded rookie, gonna get to the mound for the
Phillies trying to bounce back against the Gnats here today,
seeing a lot of Phillies money in there. Nats bats
are hot early on. Keep an eye on that one.
The Blue Jays they're taking on the Rockies. Max Schurzer
is on the mound going up against Feltner there. Yeah,
I'm gonna have to go in an over here. Don't
trust Schurzer all that much these days. And the Rockies
are capable of putting up a couple of runs to
help us get that thing up and over versus Suarez.
Speaker 2: There, Braves taking on the Athletics.
Speaker 1: I think the Athletics are a little sneaky in this
one here. I would maybe look at that run and
a half in that spot. The Cubs and the Angels,
Jamison Tyon versus Soriano. Tyon's been great at Wrigley Field.
Cubs bounced back last night. I think they get it
done at a good price here tonight. You got the
Rais and the Brewers Mcallahan versus Woodruff. Yeah, I mean,
I'd love to go under, except I don't know. The
raised bullpen is atrocious here. I am thinking maybe we
get some runs up and over there. I think the
Mets handle business against the Cards here tonight. I do
like the Red Sox to bounce back against Hunter Brown.
I think the Brandon fought casey Mei's situation here for
the Tigers and Diamondbacks. The number keeps rising here.
Speaker 2: This is too.
Speaker 1: This is two totally different pitchers than what we saw
last night with an eighty year old Justin Verlander. I'm
looking at the under in that one, like Max Fried
and the Yankees to get one back here. I do
like the Giants and Logan Webb in his second start
facing Herman Marquez. Yeah, I'll go with the Giants here,
although they did get a nice win last night. And yeah,
Otani at three dollars over Tanner Biby and the Guardians
likely looking at ringing a run of the Dodgers in
the first five. So there you go. That's your Major
League Baseball run down. A quick look here at the
final four end listen. I think the best way to
approach the Final Four, at least the way I'm going
to approach it, is figure out who it.
Speaker 2: Is that you like to win it all.
Speaker 1: I had a five percent play on Yukona over Duke,
and a big reason why it was because of that
championship pedigree. That's exactly what they bring to the table.
I happen to think the Michigan Arizona game might not
be as good as the Illinois and Yukon game is,
although I think Michigan just has more ways to beat
you than what Arizona does. Arizona, again, is not a
great three point shooting team. They haven't had to be.
But Michigan, Yeah, they got four players that can absolutely
toss it in from outside the perimeter. Here one hundred
and fifty five three pointers between Lendesborg, Kadu, McKenny, and Burnett.
What does that mean. It means that they don't need
to be in the paint to beat you. Arizona needs
to be in the paint to beat you. And I
don't know anybody outside of Arizona who will defend the
paint better than Michigan. So Arizona's gonna have to hit
some shots from the outside. Not saying they're not capable,
but I just think Michigan is going to be a
little too much for him in that spot.
Speaker 2: But I do think this.
Speaker 1: Illinois Yukon game is going to be the best one
of the final four and would very well be who's
coming out to win the national Championship. I'll have more
on all of that as we get a little bit
closer to the weekend here, But in the meantime, let's
take a look here at the NBA here tonight. Some
awful games, and I mean awful games getting ready to
take center stage. But we got some ones that actually
have a little bit of juice here. The Suns in
the Magic you not with my money? You trust the
Orlando Magic? I do not, Sons on the second of
a back to back. Do not trust the Magic after
that disgusting performance against Toronto the other night. The Nets
in the Hornets you heard or tell you a lot
of over money in this game. I'm going to Hornets
team total up and over in this spot. The Bucks
taking on the MAVs. This would be another one. You'd
be hard pressed to get me to believe we're gonna
get anything except a lot of points from both these
teams in this spot. Don't forget Cooper Flag desperately trying
to get enough for that Key of the Year award,
and Jason Kidd and others in the organization are pushing
for it. So I expect the MAVs to showcase some
offense here tonight. I like the over there the Knicks
and the Rockets. Still don't trust the Rockets. I think
the Knicks are looking to bounce back after that lost OKC.
I think they will. I do think that the Pistons,
even on the second of a back to back, will
hand all the Raptors. I do believe all the guys
that sat out last night, I believe durn will go
Tobias Harris and go. You'll get some guys back in
that lineup for the Pistons here tonight at home, and
that should be more than enough to handle the Raptors.
Lakers told I told you guys like the Lakers like
the spot for them here. With Luca back in the
lineup tonight, and the Clippers and the Trailblazers, this is
a seven versus eight currently in the playing game if
the season ended tonight, So some jockeying for position. There
no grant still for the Trailblazers. I'm not stepping in
front of the Clippers here. Kawhi is on that court.
They're at home. Numbers starting to come back down. It
was at six six and a half this morning, it's
now five and a half.
Speaker 2: I still like the LA Clippers, and.
Speaker 1: That will do it here, guys, as we get ready
for a monster Final four weekend. Plenty of Major League
Baseball the playoffs will be here, both in the NBA
as well as the NHL, so a lot going on.
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