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<v Speaker 1>He's the no Stradamis of NBA prognostication. Some call him

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<v Speaker 1>russtra Damas. Now joining us The Ringer's very own Raheem

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<v Speaker 1>Palmer on in.

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<v Speaker 2>The zone talking basketball pretty much all to show along.

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<v Speaker 3>So no better guests to bring on than this guy

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<v Speaker 3>right here, Raheem Palmer, betting analyst from The Ringer. NBA

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<v Speaker 3>season is over, OKC claims the Crown. Do you take

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<v Speaker 3>anything at all away from their championship because of the

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<v Speaker 3>injury situation, the way that it went down in Game seven?

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<v Speaker 3>Are you simply saying let's give them their flowers? They

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<v Speaker 3>were as good as advertised all year long.

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<v Speaker 4>I do think it's a little bit of both. And

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<v Speaker 4>I think they were the best team all year long.

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<v Speaker 4>You were absolutely dominant, and then ultimately if it wasn't

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<v Speaker 4>for them, but been in Game one, this is over

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<v Speaker 4>in Bob. But I mean, we're all gonna look. Can

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<v Speaker 4>wonder what would have happened if Tyre's Caliburton didn't get hurt?

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<v Speaker 4>Because I truly believe that would have been anyone's game.

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<v Speaker 4>We know Game sevens are historically ugly. I mean, besides

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<v Speaker 4>this one, you haven't seen a Game seven which wasn't

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<v Speaker 4>decided by and by more than seven seven points, so

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<v Speaker 4>this would have been a close game. So it's very unfortunate.

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<v Speaker 4>Oklahoma City. They got it done. So they were They've

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<v Speaker 4>been the best team all year long. It's well earned

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<v Speaker 4>and well deserved.

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<v Speaker 3>Let's move to the offseason, Boston shaking things up. Indy

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<v Speaker 3>obviously has major injury concerns because Tyre's Halliburton is gonna

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<v Speaker 3>miss next season. The East feels like it's right for

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<v Speaker 3>the taking. Who do you like as your early early

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<v Speaker 3>lean for a team that can run the conference or

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<v Speaker 3>maybe even a team that can come out of nowhere.

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<v Speaker 4>So I mean a couple of weeks ago they asked

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<v Speaker 4>me this on East Coast bias, and I gave out

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<v Speaker 4>the Orlando Magic at like thirty to one or something

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<v Speaker 4>to one or forty to one. And it's before the

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<v Speaker 4>Band trade. And then you know, obviously they trade the

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<v Speaker 4>Ban to get some shooting in there. Obviously they're gonna

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<v Speaker 4>have Stugs back next year, and they're down to twelve

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<v Speaker 4>to one at this point in times, So you know,

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<v Speaker 4>I don't want to give off the Magic right now.

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<v Speaker 4>I think you got to be looking at a team

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<v Speaker 4>like the Detroit Pistons. You know the other day when

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<v Speaker 4>I checked the eyes out, they were sixty five to one.

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<v Speaker 4>They're down fifty to one now, So you know, I

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<v Speaker 4>think a lot of teams can con and owhere. And

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<v Speaker 4>then obviously you have the Atlanta Hawks. I mean they

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<v Speaker 4>traded for Christash Brazingis and now they get you know,

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<v Speaker 4>one of the best players back in Johnson, and who

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<v Speaker 4>knows what can happen with them. I mean right now

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<v Speaker 4>they're what one hundred and ten to one. So the

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<v Speaker 4>Atlanta Hawks should be a lot better. And I think

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<v Speaker 4>this may be the last year for Trey Young. I

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<v Speaker 4>think this is really an audition year for him. So

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<v Speaker 4>I think they go for it.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 3>I like the starting five of Trey Young, Dyson Daniels,

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<v Speaker 3>Zachary resa Che who was a number one pick, Jalen

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<v Speaker 3>Johnson is a stud and Kristaps Porzingis that can win

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<v Speaker 3>games in the NBA.

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<v Speaker 4>I like that, Yeah, without a doubts. So I think,

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<v Speaker 4>you know, that hundred to one, you know, maybe that's

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<v Speaker 4>one of two what you take a shout on, but

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<v Speaker 4>I think, you know, ultimately Cleveland is the cream of

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<v Speaker 4>the crop there. Running back, you know, follow up by

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<v Speaker 4>New York. But I mean, I think, you know, after that,

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<v Speaker 4>he's definitely got to be looking at Orlando, Detroit in Atlanta.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, I don't know how big of a prospect guy

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<v Speaker 3>you are. I don't think that's necessarily your world. But

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<v Speaker 3>everybody's got an opinion on Cooper Flag. He's going to

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<v Speaker 3>be the number one pick tonight quite obviously. What impact

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<v Speaker 3>do you expect him to make with Dallas out of

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<v Speaker 3>the gate and what kind of player do you expect

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<v Speaker 3>him to be.

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<v Speaker 2>Is he somebody that's just going to be.

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<v Speaker 3>Rock solid across the board or do you think he

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<v Speaker 3>actually has more upside than that where he can be

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<v Speaker 3>an MVP type player. We have a specific read on

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<v Speaker 3>what you think he's going to do in the NBA.

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<v Speaker 4>I think he's going to be rock solid across the board,

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<v Speaker 4>But offensively, I don't know if he is there. Like

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<v Speaker 4>I think right now, Dylan Harper might be better than him. Offensively,

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<v Speaker 4>I think like Dylan Harper is a guy I'm looking

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<v Speaker 4>at like, Wow, you know, he has the playmaking and

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<v Speaker 4>scoring ability. I don't know if Cooper Flag necessarily has that,

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<v Speaker 4>but I think he's rock solid. I think he's you know,

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<v Speaker 4>incredible defensively. I mean, there's a reason they brought him

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<v Speaker 4>on when he was seventeen, eighteen years old to play

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<v Speaker 4>with the US Olympic team, and they said he was

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<v Speaker 4>working guys. But I still don't know if he's there Offensively,

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<v Speaker 4>He's not a guy I want to veto will be

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<v Speaker 4>the Year? To be honest with you, I think he's

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<v Speaker 4>going to be overpriced. I saw him like minus four

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<v Speaker 4>hundreds of other day, and he's also going to be

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<v Speaker 4>in a bad position with all the vets around him.

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<v Speaker 4>So I want to look elsewhere for will be the Year?

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, I tend to agree with that. We're talking about

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<v Speaker 3>Raheem Palmer betting analysts from the Ringer. Anthony Davis is

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<v Speaker 3>going to mop up so much of that production in

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<v Speaker 3>terms of the front court with Dallas.

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<v Speaker 2>So I think that's a good way to look.

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<v Speaker 3>Where do you stand on the most controversial pick in

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<v Speaker 3>round one of the draft, Ace Bailey, who continues to

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<v Speaker 3>turn down meetings, seemingly sticking up his nose at the process.

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<v Speaker 3>Some could look at that and say, hey, it's smart.

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<v Speaker 3>Try and orchestrate where you want to go, because this

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<v Speaker 3>might be your only shot to be where you want

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<v Speaker 3>to be. And then I think a lot of NBA

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<v Speaker 3>vets are looking and saying you can't do that.

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<v Speaker 2>I saw Paul George came out.

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<v Speaker 3>And said, you're not even in the league yet, So

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<v Speaker 3>acting this entitled is a really bad look.

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<v Speaker 2>Where do you stand on the Ace Bailey issue?

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<v Speaker 4>If you don't want to go to one specific place,

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<v Speaker 4>I'm cool with that, But to go out there and

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<v Speaker 4>not work out for anything, like how do you not

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<v Speaker 4>work out for anything?

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<v Speaker 2>Dead?

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<v Speaker 4>I mean, like I don't know, that's a fit in

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<v Speaker 4>me of entire and let's just say you just want

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<v Speaker 4>to go to book, go work out for books at

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<v Speaker 4>least like somebody see you. Like, so I think I

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<v Speaker 4>just think he's being mismanaged properly. And then you know, apparently,

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<v Speaker 4>you know, the team managing him was like Sharif Cooper's five.

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<v Speaker 4>I mean, Sharif Cooper is not even an NBA player

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<v Speaker 4>at this point in time. So you know, if it

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<v Speaker 4>was Rich Paul, they wouldn't know how to handle this,

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<v Speaker 4>Like you just gotta go to right people. So you know,

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<v Speaker 4>c AA, Rich Flaul, somebody, I don't know what they're doing.

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<v Speaker 4>This is this is absolutely actually good joke to me.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, it's probably gonna land him outside of the top

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<v Speaker 3>five tonight. Is there a bet that you like tonight

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<v Speaker 3>of you taking a stab at anything just for the

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<v Speaker 3>fun of.

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<v Speaker 4>It, Jeremiah fears. And it's unfortunately, because it's unfortunate because

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<v Speaker 4>this just got bet down heavy. I liked him to

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<v Speaker 4>go a top five pick, and you could have got

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<v Speaker 4>that plus money, you know, that's all. I think that's

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<v Speaker 4>minus one twenty five now. And I also like them

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<v Speaker 4>under six and a half, which means, you know, he

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<v Speaker 4>has to be taken before it. I like those, I

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<v Speaker 4>mean those stood out to me. But you know, these

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<v Speaker 4>draft markets, I mean, he gets beat up pretty quick,

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<v Speaker 4>even like a guy like Contain Nipple, you know, into

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<v Speaker 4>the top five, you could have got that, you know,

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<v Speaker 4>like plus money or so, and you know, and how

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<v Speaker 4>that's pretty much gone. So you know a lot of

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<v Speaker 4>these two they just they just get bet bet up

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<v Speaker 4>really quickly and all these numbers disappear.

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<v Speaker 3>Because exactly, it's an information game and if you're on

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<v Speaker 3>the inside, you can get a jump on this stuff.

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<v Speaker 3>U CA Nipple looks like he's definitely gonna go to Charlotte,

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<v Speaker 3>and I'm assuming Jeremiah, here's top five. If he goes

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<v Speaker 3>top five, that's probably a Utah pick. Is uh, is

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<v Speaker 3>there a team before I let you go? How much

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<v Speaker 3>have you been betting the w n B A And

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<v Speaker 3>and if so, is there a team right now that's

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<v Speaker 3>just out there printing money that we need to get

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<v Speaker 4>Actually haven't been much w NBA, to be honest with you,

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<v Speaker 4>I really haven't. I mean, obviously the New York Liberty

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<v Speaker 4>they were printing money because they turned off the seatons.

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<v Speaker 4>They didn't move until like last week, so you know,

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<v Speaker 4>obviously with them. But this is probably the least I've

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<v Speaker 2>Is there a reason for that? Because you've been betting

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<v Speaker 2>the w n B A for years?

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<v Speaker 4>Be honest with you, I'm just tired. And then also I.

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<v Speaker 2>Love then this is why I ask you these things.

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<v Speaker 4>I mean, this year, more than any I've been, like

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<v Speaker 4>really really really betting foreign basketball, like I mean, I've

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<v Speaker 4>bet more foreign basketball, like I've been been foreign basketball

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<v Speaker 4>for years. But I mean, you gots saw I don't

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<v Speaker 4>know if you saw it, but I literally gave everybody

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<v Speaker 4>in your league future and it hit like I mean,

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<v Speaker 4>and you know what you with foreign basketball yeah, we

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<v Speaker 4>have the best. You have the best European teams and

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<v Speaker 4>in the euro League, but then they also play in

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<v Speaker 4>our domestic league. And right now as we speed, you know,

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<v Speaker 4>you have the domestic league championship, like you have the

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<v Speaker 4>Spanish League championship, got the French League championship, which India yesterday,

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<v Speaker 4>you have the Turkish League championship. So I've been following

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<v Speaker 4>more leagues than I ever followed in my life, and

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<v Speaker 4>I'm just I'm kind of spent. Like yesterday I had

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<v Speaker 4>Paris basketball against as Monaco. You know, Thiago Switter, who

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<v Speaker 4>to the plays that to be their assistant coach. So

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<v Speaker 4>I've been filwing so many different leagues, like I've probably

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<v Speaker 4>bet twelve thirteen different basketball leagues. The ship.

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<v Speaker 3>I mean, Rahim's out here playing four D chess ladies

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<v Speaker 3>and gentlemen five steps ahead. Rahiman Palmer vetting analysts from

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<v Speaker 3>the Ringer at I am ross for Damis to follow

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<v Speaker 3>him and his plays on social media.

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<v Speaker 2>Thanks so much for him. Yes you too. In Minnesota

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<v Speaker 2>Links by the way, twelve and two best team in the.

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<v Speaker 3>W NBA, and I've been watching a lot of Indiana

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<v Speaker 3>fever basketball because I'm a casual WNBA fan like anybody

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<v Speaker 3>else that likes the league.

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<v Speaker 2>They're clean, seven and seven.

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<v Speaker 3>It's not exactly the They're not exactly the ATM that

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<v Speaker 3>you would think with how good Caitlin Clark has turned

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<v Speaker 3>around to be. And how about those Chicago Sky I

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<v Speaker 3>turned that game on for a minute last night. Boy

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<v Speaker 3>was that a rough watch. They are four and ten,

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<v Speaker 3>only to be outdone by the team they were playing

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<v Speaker 3>last night, the Los Angeles Sparks.

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<v Speaker 2>This is how you know.

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<v Speaker 3>This is how you know what time of year it

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<v Speaker 3>is that I'm watching two teams in the WNBA that

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<v Speaker 3>are seven games under five hundred.

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<v Speaker 2>But this is where we're at.

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<v Speaker 3>Coming up next, I'm going to pitch some of my

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<v Speaker 3>draft notes the way of Tyler Karen.

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<v Speaker 2>We'll see how that goes. The home buying process is

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<v Speaker 2>a bear to deal with.

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<v Speaker 4>The