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[Music]
Yeah Tuesday welcome into the early Edge
I’m Eric cilus and as you see remember
when you were kid and sometimes you had
that like variety pack of cereals and
had all these great ones coming in
that’s what we have today not only do I
have three great serials with me today I
also have NBA playoffs about to start I
have the NFL draft right around the
corner and Major League Baseball ready
to roll and that brings in Matt Snider
Miche MCA and Larry hartstein and we are
ready to roll and let’s start there why
are we starting with baseball here’s why
because Mike McLure and his record has
demanded we start here Mike McClure is 9
and0 against the spread in Baseball to
start the year he’s making a mockery of
wagering I mean what are we doing
Yankees Jays basically in a coin flip
north of the Border Rush records for
everybody Guardians in Boston I am still
at some point in time I’m going to bet
against the Red Sox like 12 straight
nights and make money because I don’t
believe clergy in Milwaukee Braves
Astros two good teams down there in
Texas and the Cubbies who are slugging
right now taking on the NL Champs in
Arizona all part of your notable games
all right let’s do it what’s your best
play Give me one your best best one
Michael McClure the floor is yours your
honor your
honor start with the San Francisco
Giants here tonight EK on the road
against Miami I like the price point
minus 125 on the Giants money line I
priced this all the way up to minus 142
and it’s really wanting to pick on Ryan
weathers a little bit uh the Lefty here
this Giants team very good against
left-handed pitching they do not strike
out against lefties but when I look at
weathers the average exit velocity
against him this year 93 miles per hour
very very close to having literally
every baseball put in play being a hard
hit baseball and it’s really that Barrel
rate that has been there most of his
career I think this Giants team
especially the right-handed hitters are
going to be able to get after him
tonight so I like them minus 125 I would
play it all the way up to minus
140 I like the White Sox tonight and I
like them to lose by multiple runs which
is what they’ve been doing basically
every single day because they can’t
score I mean five runs in their last
four games five runs in five games
against the Kansas City Royals they’re
missing two of their best bats the
manager says they’re working on hitting
the fast ball but you know isn’t that
kind of basic to Major League Baseball
shouldn’t these guys already know how to
hit a fastball Brady singer faced this
same lineup earlier this season it only
took him 72 pitches to go six in a third
Innings play the Royals play them on the
Run
line yeah I’m with you on that in fact I
I was trying to find a way to creatively
just fade the white sock off
uh the team total was three and a half
and there was a ton of juice on it so I
settled on Brady singer to get the win
at minus 125 look the white socks are
awful they’re two and 14 they’re the
worst team in baseball they average 2.13
runs per game they’ve been shut out six
times out of 16 games three other times
they only scored one so more than half
of their games they’ve either scored
zero or one run Brady singer with a 0.98
erra right now he looks like he’s having
another breakout season just like he did
two years ago little bit of a backslide
last year but I think back on track this
year he’s going to work deep into this
game against a terrible white sock
lineup and the Royals are going to win
so either Larry’s pick or my pick or
both well I’ll make it threes a crowd
I’ll go Pulp Fiction Royale wit cheese
Royale wh Cheese look I know this number
is climbing but as long as it’s under $2
I’m going with Kansas City not only do I
get Brady singer and I know he’s not
been as good on the road and as he’s
been at home but it’s still the white
socks I I mean they’re terrible they’re
Dreadful and they’re starting somebody
making his major league debut who had a
577 erra in double a last year I mean
they’re almost not really a major league
team and you can’t tell me and I look at
I make it about a 71% in my simulations
that the Royals win the game so anything
under $2 yeah I’m I’ll be H I feel a
little dirty taking a minus 190 don’t
get me wrong I’ll take whatever abuse I
you want to give me there I I’ll I’ll
earn it but still you find Value where
you find Value and I make this an over
$2 line and I’m getting it under $2 and
earlier today when I grabbed it it was
$170 which went to A180 and now is at
a190 um I’ll kick off the second round
because then one more give me your
second best play and I’ll go Yankees
Jays and I’ll go first five under Carlos
rodon uh you say Kikuchi are both very
good and they metric out higher for me
than what I see in this particular
spread and if you look at the Yankees
last five they’re median run scored is
three for the game and if you look at
the Jays they’ve been slow starters and
their last five their median is four so
I like first five under four and a half
here this checks a lot of boxes for me
Yankees Jay’s first five under four and
a half
Michael I’m gonna back the Yankees side
here EK I think the price point is
extremely friendly you can find this
between even money and minus 110
depending on where you’re shopping in
the market I have them winning this game
56% of the time that implies minus
127 uh I think the starting pitching
matchup is pretty equal here but I think
the Yankees have a distinct Edge when it
comes to the bullpen and the overall
offensive power at any given moment so I
like the Yankees in this one uh I think
they’re undervalued against a matchup
with Kikuchi that is frankly very very
familiar to this organization I’ll take
them at the very cheap price today minus
110 all the way down to even
money yeah I like both of those plays I
mean rhon in particular his splitter
that he kind of introduced this season
has been really effective for him he’s
starting to step up but I don’t want to
digress too far from my play and I’m
going to go all the way down to Houston
and I’m going to go with the Braves
offense in this one it’s over five and a
half at plus money which is great
because they’re averaging almost six and
a half runs per game they’ve been over
five and a half runs 10 of their 15
games so far and they get Hunter Brown
Hunter Brown last time out made dubious
history for the Astros when he only got
two outs so two-thirds of an inning and
he allowed nine runs on 11 hits the 11
hits in less than inning was a major
league record he has been kind of broken
kind of a disappointment last season he
looked like he might be the type of
rookie that could break through in
Houston a little disappointing this year
he’s just straight up and bad and and it
was a disaster last time against the
Royals offense which is good but it’s
not nearly as good as the Braves the
Braves should Feast on him and I also
wanted to point out I got a little
sprinkle on the Sportsline website right
now on Ronald aunia Jr to hit a home run
he hasn’t hit one yet for me that’s not
scary that means he’s due and he was two
two or four last night with a double
last year against Hunter brown two for
three with two doubles he’s due I like
him to go
yard I like the Marlins to kind of do
what the White Soxs are doing they’re
the NL version of the White Sox at 3
and4 and I’m going to play the Giants
just like I did yesterday the Marlins
don’t have their leading RBI man Jake
burer they erupted for three runs
yesterday that was a big Outburst but
their Ops below 600 and they got to face
Jordan Hicks who’s been lights out with
a
0.83 whip and Ryan Weathers On the mound
he’s going to see eight right-handed
bats in the lineup for the Giants and he
is a major regression candidate an ER in
the twos the expected ER almost seven
the price on the Giants pretty cheap
minus
125 yeah I just grabbed that Giants
first five money line I’m going to play
against weathers too you both convinced
me uh Mike the first time Larry the
second time very well done Jens
excellent job let’s get a little happy
recap to go old school Mets broadcast on
you there uh Maddie Snider likes singer
to get the win and Braves to score some
runs six or more uh Mike McClure again
nine and0 in baseball nine and0 to start
the year you know give somebody else a
turn just kidding Giants Yankees Larry
go Royale wit cheese and the Giants and
I like the Royals and the money line and
then I’ll go Yanke ke and Toronto first
five under 4 and a half all right get a
sip of water we got the NBA oh baby
playoffs essentially starting kind of
because it’s the play in tournament do
you want to bet honor against LeBron
honor against Steph Curry best play you
can make next I’m Eric cilus yeah early
Edge
[Music]
back in on the early Edge I’m Eric
cilius all right NBA play in games
tonight and again I’m you know not
everybody still gets this all right
people say why isn’t seven play in 10
okay seven and eight play winner is in
nine- 10 play loser is
out and then the loser of seven and8
plays the winner of nine- 10 for the
final spot so Lakers and Pelicans will
make the playoffs unless they lose two
straight Warriors and Kings will not
make the playoffs unless they win two
straight so either the Warriors or the
Kings their season ends tonight losers
out Lakers Pelicans winner they are
definitely the seven seed in the west uh
let’s get everybody in Tim Doyle will be
on the call for these games that’s going
to be a lot of fun look got the bag out
already Mike McLure is in DFS
multi-millionaire and Sir Lawrence of
Jersey Lar hartstein jumping aboard my
guy on Sports Line all right let’s start
with the Lakers and the Pelicans
look I know the public wants to bet the
Lakers here right and this number the
Pelicans are
favored 224 and a half Brandon Ingram is
back let’s get your feet wet Timmy who
do you like and why oh these teams have
played four times four times okay the
Lakers have won three of them by 16
points or more in E every one of their
wins why is this line New Orleans minus
one and a half I’ll tell you why Lebron
don’t want to see Denver LeBron doesn’t
want to win this game this is bad if the
Lakers win at 21 years in the NBA he
understands the better matchup is the
Lakers taking on the thunder so and
LeBron Gonna Roll the old dice let’s not
forget got a gambling show he’s going to
be doing football picks this year he’s
going to be rolling the old dice here
saying I would rather play at home
and take on that either Warriors or or
Sacramento winner then if we win that
game we actually have a legit shot to
beat the Thunder you want to avoid the
nuggets at all cost if you’re the Lakers
I love I repeat Larry I’m G to be
hammering the Pelicans in this
game and the money has started to shift
towards the Pelicans even though Anthony
Davis says he’ll play LeBron is probable
I’m going on Brandon Ingram to play a
lot more minutes than he did on Sunday
that was his first game back he missed
12 games with the knee injury played 23
minutes still grabbed five rebounds
after the game no issues at all full
practice GNA play 35 minutes and he said
in his postgame quotes we need to play
with more Force he probably said it like
three times which means get on the glass
because the Lakers did embarrass them in
the paint Brandon Ingram to get at least
five rebounds which he’s done the last
three meetings against the Lakers with
55 and seven let’s go over four and a
half I think you guys make excellent
points here I want no part of a side
because of the confusing motivation on
the side of the Lakers I do think it’s
in their best interest to still win the
game and only have to play one uh but
when you look at this game here for me
I’m going under 224 and a half this
number has come crashing down from 228
and a half but I don’t think it’s far
enough I made the number 221 here when
you get to this point in the season it’s
playoff basketball for real not even a
seven game series the stakes are
extremely high the defensive intensity
typically shows up here at this point
and the pace of play will slow down
especially on the side of the Lakers
they’re a team that wanted to get out
and run a lot during the regular season
I think that changes in the postseason I
think you play a lot more halfcourt
offense you try to get a quality look
with LeBron and AD you’ve got superstars
with Zion and Ingram on the other side
that to me leads to a lot of shot clock
usage slower pace of play going under
the total here in Lakers
Pelicans um it’s only a lean for me but
I am going to go ahead to with Mike on
this I do lean over the 224 and a half
uh Brandon Ingram is back that juices
the offense for the pels Zion right now
is in a Zone on one end of the court and
that’s the offensive end of the court
right now and that to me drives this
total up and when I look at NBA overs
and I do bake in that it’s the playoffs
and we know that we’re going to have a
little bit of a to let them play a
little more a little more grind it down
but it’s the first game and it’s almost
kind of like a half playoff game the key
to the over is to have a close game that
isn’t a one possession game those games
really speed up late third and into the
fourth and I project this to be exactly
that I think there’s very little blowout
potential and I don’t think this is
going to really just stick there back
into a twoo even twoo even game for a
quarter and a half so I do think there
will be moments where we really can
speed up and go over the 224 and a half
I will say though this is a lean for me
this is not a play and of the four games
this is kind of I like the ones I tell
you I like the East better than I like
the West uh let’s go to the other game
out west and that’s the Warriors and the
Kings Golden State 10-2 in their last 12
that’s the best in basketball and the
Kings right now they’re beat up right no
Malik mon no Kevin herder and if you
look at the betting Trend here golden
state is 27 and4 on the road and the
kings are 18 and 23 at home it feels
like everything is telling you to check
the Warriors and their history and their
guys but this number’s not moving
despite the fact that it seems like
everybody’s taking the Warriors I smell
a trap here Tim Doyle I am scared to
take Golden State but I know I’m not
taking the Kings what are you doing
seems too easy right I mean no doubt
about it they’ve played four times three
of those games have been
decided by one point now I called
Sacramento’s game last week against the
pelicans and man they were terrible they
uh Pelicans shot 60% scored 135 points
Eric they made 22 threes defense for the
Kings is strictly optional but they’re
going to be at home crowd’s going to be
electric and they have the ability to
make 18 19 threes in a game be wildly
exciting and win I think that you know
you’re getting no value with the
Warriors I’m going to bet them on the
money line because I am predicting
Warriors Lakers most watched playin game
of all time to see who makes the
playoffs Steph versus LeBron in La all
TVs will be on for that game so that’s
my philosophy and I’m sticking to it
give me warriors on the money
line I like it Tim I’m going back to the
total again though once again another
under I think these numbers have not
adjusted enough for the difference
between regular season and elimination
basketball which is what you have here
in this game I went under the 224 again
I made the number 222 so more of a lean
than a full play like I liked on the
Lakers Pelicans game but this Kings team
isn’t playing with the pace that they
have in years past I think that they
continue to have that homecourt edge
just a little bit but still play a more
controlled version uh ultimately I think
this is still a half court basketball
game once again so I’m going under the
224 well Tim talked about the Kings a
team capable of putting up 23s or making
23s Kean Murray is a guy who could put
up 12 threes himself that’s what he’s
been doing down the stretch he has total
free reign because the focus is on
dearen Fox the focus is on sabonis
somebody else is getting those open
threes Harrison Barnes or Keegan Murray
without Malik monk without Kevin herder
at home at the golden one Center this
guy shoots over 40% from Deep he’s only
31% on the road but he loves shooting at
home so I’m playing him over three and a
half three-pointers big plus money
payout and we could all cash even if k
gets
hot yeah you know I I have Golden State
money line but I will say this it’s like
we ordered dessert and I ordered a nice
piece of you know a pie and then Larry’s
dessert comes out and it’s eight waiters
in a row they have the thing it’s got
the flames shooting out of the top and
I’m like I should have got that that’s
better than what I got I I mean I have
Golden State money line but I like your
play better Larry I I mean you got that
you got everything it’s electric you
know I mean they’re doing the Electric
Slide boogie oogie ooie on their way to
the table that’s the play to me I think
you’ve kind of cracked this thing and as
you pointed out yesterday there are some
two and a halfs you can find if you shop
I mean it goes to minus money but if I
love that even more if you know you want
to play the plus one 46 at three and a
half but you can find a two and a half
and it goes down you know it changes
radically obviously the odds but you’re
still at minus 132 – 138 and you can
find a 2 and a half as well all right so
let’s do the happy recap and find out
what we like with the Warriors and the
Kings and what we’re going with all the
Western to two Western games here Timmy
Doyle he’s going pels and warriors
moneyline let’s not mess around Mike
McClure one word Under The Undertaker
Larry artstein he’s going prop and prop
and I will go over on the Lakers pels
and I think he’s right I think he kind
of cracked the code with that with that
Keegan Murray there all right straight
ahead that is the Western Conference
playing games how about the Easter
Conference I like the Easter Conference
ones better I think there’s a couple of
real opportunities in this series or in
these one Gamers we’ll tell you what the
best play you can make is next I’m Eric
cilus yeah early
[Music]
Edge all right back in on the early Edge
I’m Eric cilus here’s the Wednesday NBA
playing games that’ll be tomorrow so the
two West games are tonight the two East
games tomorrow night and again if you’re
wondering why it’s set up this way you
know you we’ll get used to it eventually
but not everybody understands it right
out of the gate seven and eight play
winner is the seven seed if you win if
you’re the Sixers of the heat you just
make the
playoffs if you lose you drop down and
play the winner of nine and 10 for the
final spot so Bulls Hawks is an
elimination game you lose your out you
win you get one more chance so the Hawks
and the Bulls have to win two to make
the playoffs Heat Sixers make the
playoffs unless they lose two and you
see Sixers four and a half Point
favorites Bulls three and a half Point
favorites totals radically different 206
and a half in that first one 220 and a
half in the second one all right
everybody in the pool I’m Eric cilus
Larry hartstein Mike McClure Tim Doyle
let’s go Heat let’s go Sixers I I’ll be
very I like these two better than I like
the West two uh I’ll be interested to
see what you guys have to say let’s
start with you Timmy D what do you like
with the Heat and the Sixers in
Philly I I’m going to take the heat here
plus the points I think the points could
end up being the difference you know in
the matchups this year between these two
teams every single one of their matchups
was in single digits six seven eight you
know so close game and you know we’ve
been waiting all year for the heat to
flip the old switch and here’s the deal
I’m a RAC tracker guy okay I used to go
to the track there’d be guys there great
nicknames Johnny the mustache Mikey
Northfield Bobby van and we’ get the old
program out and past performances show
the heat the postseason pretty good
right Jimmy Butler’s 35 years old he
can’t bring it all regular season
although he did shoot a career high from
three this year here’s the deal trust
you have to say it out loud do I trust
the 76ers o right we’ve seen this movie
in the postseason I know they’re great
with and be and B was going to win the
MVP but is he really at 100% you just
feel like if Miami gets in look out and
everybody and I repeat everybody wants
the two7 matchup instead of the 1 eight
so they are going to go all in to win
this game uh give me the heat plus four
and a half Hammer Time love them in this
spot Timmy Joel and be looked pretty
good in the five games that he played
all Philly wins 30 points nine boards
50% from the field 10 free throws a game
and there’s a reason the Cavs tanked
that last game of the regular season
they don’t want to play the 76ers who
are basically as good as anyone in the
East maybe outside of the Celtics eight
straight wins coming in great moves at
the trade line Melton is healthy I don’t
think that he’d have the magic this year
like last year I’m gonna lay the
points and I’m GNA look at the total
here guys you know I typically look to
unders in these spots but I actually
like the over in this one I think the
markets moved a little little too much
down to 206 and a half I made the number
209 which is right where the market
opened it’s a very low number in the NBA
but what Larry mentioned kind of stood
out it’s Joel embiid he’s been
absolutely fantastic and he’s basically
able to get to the foul line at will I
think this is going to be a very very
competitive game one that both teams
desperately want to win I think it
features a lot of free throws in the
second half of this one and like Tim
mentioned I think it’s going to be very
competitive likely a onep possession
game game here overall so I think
overtime is absolutely in play uh but
definitely a lot of points in the final
few minutes of this one let’s go over
206 and a
half I usually play unders and I try to
find unders in all the sports that we do
but I this you know this this one
crunched as an over that I like a lot
first of all Jimmy Butler is an
offensive demon when he plays against
the Sixers he is 288 and six against
them when you look at his numbers last
year in the playoffs and over the last
two years pretty consistent and Joel
embiid not only are they 31 and eight
when he plays but tell me why right
don’t tell me what tell me why what
doesn’t help a gambler why helps a
wager when he plays they score more than
10 points a game higher than without him
and they give up more when he plays as
opposed to when he doesn’t play so the
Sixers actually score and give up more
with embiid than without him and Jimmy
Butler plays great on the offensive end
against the Sixers and they have it
adjust to the total accordingly it’s
still a very manageable 206 and a half
OV R heat Sixers that’s one of the ones
I really like I also like this one Hawks
Bulls in Timmy Doyle’s home City of
Chicago well I mean where he lives now
he’s a Long Island Boy uh where he grew
up little Timmy Doyle I love the
pictures he always shows you know four
foot you nine inches taller than
everybody else and little bitty
basketball dunking on future accountants
there he was what do you like tonight
with the Hawks and the Bulls you know
thanks for picking on me I didn’t know
this was going to be a therapy session
but yes I was six foot in sixth grade
and Larry and Mike I still had
12-year-old emotions okay I was scared
of the Thunder I would jump in bed with
my parents they’d be like dude you’re
like a grown man jumping in bed with us
okay so thanks let me get that off my
chest all right I’m in Atlanta cuz I’m
on the call tonight of the Western
Conference playing games okay here’s
what the Hawks are you know I was
thinking about this game and I was
thinking about when I travel back home I
have this conversation with my lovely
wife of 11 years often okay because you
know I’ll be putting in some plays maybe
betting a little Aqueduct a little golf
stream and she says this to me and this
is so true about the Atlanta Hawks she
goes you’re here but you’re really not
here right and that’s what I feel like
the Hawks are doing like they’re going
to show up to play basketball but it’s
not very good basketball like every time
they have a win you’re like all right no
no no now they’re going to turn it
around because on paper they’re pretty
good but when they’re there oh they’re
not very good I’m not laying three and a
half with the bulls I’m going to take
the Bulls on the money line here if the
price is too high maybe you want to
throw it in a parlay uh I just don’t
trust the Hawks I trust my wife all
right I I trust me we we’re doing fine
okay the therapy is working things are
going well trying to be more present
when I’m home okay but I’m going to go
uh Bulls money line here and uh yeah
let’s keep the people of Chicago happy
let’s do
it Timmy I don’t trust either of these
teams and the only guy I really trust on
the court is DeMar de rozen because he
gets the ball every single time down he
isolates and he either hits at one of
those mid-range or he gets to the foul
line he’s averaging 31 points a game
this month he’s averaging 41 minutes
this month and that’s who they’re going
to ride and the Hawks don’t have sadique
Bay to stop him so I think it’s going to
be a lot of demard Rosen over 29 and a
half
points I like that play Larry it’s
definitely going to be a lot of demard
De rozan and that speaks to the style of
basketball that Chicago plays in a
playoff one game like this it’s very
hard for that team to blow anybody out
which is why I think you have to take
Atlanta when you’re getting over a full
possession in an NBA game just the way
you can score at the end of the game and
when you look at the scores on the court
like is it going to surprise anyone if
Trey young makes 673 here or bonovich is
Hot Off the Bench or uh you know for
this Hawks team I think that the Bulls
are the better team here I think they
should be favored on their home floor
like this but I don’t think it should be
up over a full possession considering
the style of basketball that they play
don’t like either one of these teams but
when you’re giving me over a full
possession I’ve got to take the points
here with the
Hawks um I’m going to the Hawks team
total I’m going under 109 and a half in
this one um you know I try to find
unders and I find Value here uh pace for
the Bulls 24th and if you look at it if
they were even just a little slower
they’d be like 29th so it’s not like
24th but like 12 to 24 is about the same
they’re actually at the higher end of
the cost and they’re really a slow Place
team uh Pace team also their guards that
guard room is the best defensive guard
room or second best maybe third at the
worst in the NBA their guards play D so
they their defensive strength goes right
into where Atlanta wants to score the
basketball so I’m going to be able to
dig in at home play in D the way I want
to play strength on strength with a slow
paac game and you got to get to a buck
10 and what’ll be a playoff environment
and a playoff whistle I expect to Pace
to be even slower that defense to be
allowed to do even a little more and I
like the Hawks under 109 a half as a
team total in this one all right let’s
get everybody up and see what they’re
doing here so we want to recap this so
you can see what our guys like you know
Larry and Timmy will go head-to-head on
the Heat and the
Sixers right and you see the Hawks plays
there plus with Mike Tim go Bulls money
line so you know we do have some head to
heads kind of the only true head to head
that heat Sixers head-to-head with Larry
and Timmy and I like old over in one
game and team total under in the other
all right who do you want to bet to win
the NBA title right now there’s a way to
play this that you can get this done and
have a really smart wager East West best
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all right back in the early Edge I’m
Eric cilus Timmy Doyle Larry hardstein
Mike mclen um what if we had the Eastern
future in our hands and we could look at
the crystal ball and figure out who was
going to win the East what would it look
like where are the odds and where’s the
best play obviously the Celtics are
going to be the big favorites but is
there another way to play this cuz you
know they’re not giving Boston away now
one thing always say people say do you
want the Celtics or everybody else you
don’t get everybody else you get the
three teams who play the Celtics right
that’s it you’re getting three teams you
don’t get everybody else the three teams
who play the Celtics so is it the
Celtics or somebody else where do we
want to go if we look at the East
where’s the best play Larry hartstein
you’re first well this number is coming
down but I still think value on the
76ers this was the team with the best
net rating up until 2024 when injuries
started to hit and now they’re healthy
they added buddy heel they added Kyle
Lowry DeAnthony Melton is back and Joel
embiid is an MVP and you just added him
in they’re eight and0 and would it
surprise anyone if Nick nurse who has
won an NBA title out coaches Joe
Missoula in a Eastern Conference Finals
I like the way this sets up for the
76ers if they get that seven seed to go
all the way and take the
east no doubt there’s some value on the
76ers side but I am on the chalk here on
the Celtics uh this team is clearly the
best team in what I think is a watered
down Eastern Conference overall but it’s
really how they’re doing it unheard of
offensive rating really strong defensive
rating but perhaps the thing that I like
most is they do it while playing with a
well below League average pace of play
they’re just in control they’re a
fantastic basketball team that has all
the pieces to play playoff basketball I
think this is their year to at least get
to that final I like it here still at
minus 190 I honestly believe this still
should be a minus 250 price
point I I’m just laughing because I have
the magic I just went like you ever get
free bets by the way thank you for those
we need more free bets and I have the
magic at 40 to1 in two different free
bets to win the Eastern Conference now
they’re 65 to1 so I guess I guess I
don’t even have much value of these bets
I made them like three four months ago
um you know when I have a late night
Eric I look like Elvis directly before
he died like I’m bloated and stuff but
I’m going to take a page from the King
and say it’s now or never like if you
don’t win this year in Boston they
brought in porzingis they brought in
Drew holiday EK what are they going to
do break them up again like I I I I just
I can’t see I I I’ve been on the 76ers
train before with Harden so I get what
Larry’s saying but man they’ve broke my
heart so many times if you’re thinking
of betting the Bucks
come out to Chicago I’ll kick you in the
shin I’ll give you half the money back
that you’re thinking of wagering they
have no chance okay so uh you know I
can’t really make a case for anybody
else in the East so I think the heat are
intriguing if they can flip that switch
so I think it’s Boston or
Boston we need a game show because I
literally wrote down Celtics Sixers with
a question mark and then wrote nobody
else and that’s what we got I mean
that’s what I mean look i m is A90
offends me
no no I saw that movie last year it
wasn’t that good I mean they did it once
they’re not doing it again that’s too
many games in a row right and no the
Sixers maybe because they’re 31 and
eight with embiid if he’s healthy and
they get on a roll maybe especially
because if they win they would get in
the seven seed they’d be on the opposite
side of the Eastern Conference bracket
than Celtics and then maybe he gets a
little you know more into it as things
go completely healthy when they get
there and all the pressure on Boston I
think that’s the only way you could do
it you either take the long shot with
the Sixers or you take the chalk with
the Celtics and that is the only two
teams that I could see coming out all
right let’s go west young man that’s
Horus gy for you historians he’s the one
who said that anyway the West is brutal
brutal I mean just look at the first
round series either Anthony Edwards or
Kevin Durant is going home right either
kawii Leonard or Lucas going home I mean
I this is this is ugly this is the SEC
in football in their Heyday who’s coming
out of here I don’t know I’m just trying
to find Alabama what’s the best bet out
west Timmy you’re first here I I I I
think it goes through Denver I I know
it’s kind of boring to take the two
chalks here but you could go through
every team and I’m sure Mike and Larry
will of yes there’s some Intrigue and
there’s some Superstars but man there’s
some pimples and they are some really
ugly white heads that I always POP
whitee heads I don’t know about you guys
but uh I I I I just can’t touch so many
issues with so many teams whether it’s
youth or health or defense or too old so
at the end of the day I said this before
and I’ll say it again that guy right
there is the modern day Larry Bird the
Moder Day Magic Johnson rolled into one
and in every single year in the 80s one
of those guys made the finals I’m not
betting against yage at the height of
his powers so give me the
Nuggets yeah I’m right there with you
it’s the Denver Nuggets here you got the
best basketball player on the planet in
Nicole yic they’ve been here before I
love Jamal Murray he simply plays his
best basketball against the best
competition but you have to talk about
the other Supporting Cast Michael Porter
Jr just a freak athlete that can go have
big games at any given moment and Aaron
Gordon one of the best on ball defenders
in the NBA especially when they run into
matchups whether it’s Kevin Durant
LeBron James
he has the athleticism and the size to
slow those guys down just enough I love
Nicole yogic I love the Nuggets here
they should be the favorite not quite as
big as Boston because the strength of
the conference but I still think this
thing should be even money for the
Denver Nuggets well you guys are really
going out on a limb there I’m gonna take
the Phoenix Suns to upset the apple cart
because this team is healthy they won 49
games and they did not have the big
three healthy for a lot of those games
but it’s not just the big three talking
about Beal Durant and Booker but nurkic
is playing well Grayson Allen’s playing
well top 10 defense over the last couple
of months of the Season that they had a
Murderers Row schedule to finish the
season and they went seven and three and
oh yeah they won twice in Denver this
season so if there’s one team that can
take down the Nuggets I think it’s the
Phoenix
Suns the only other team I saw other
than uh Denver and and you know I like
joic like I think we’re related like I
think I’m one of the yic Brothers all
tatted up sitting behind the basket like
I mean I I argue he should won he should
won the MVP four straight years it’s
there’s no two ways about it the only
other team that I would make a small
case for believe it or not is Dallas
because I have the great player they
were 16 and two before their last two
games of the regular season and when
they put Daniel Gafford in the starting
lineup they suddenly became this
defensive monster on the inside what no
Center had more than 16 points against
them in the last 18 games and there was
a bunch of good
we kept killing it on the props suddenly
they now play defense it’s the Nuggets
don’t get me wrong but if I were going
to pick a second team I think we’ve hit
it you go Suns you go Dallas but man
that West is just brutal all right um
pick to win the whole thing let’s make
it quick we got to do it um look if you
like the Celtics and Denver if you want
to go Exacta that’s plus 250 if you want
to call both of them that’s probably the
better way to go right plus 250 and you
get D the the Celtics Denver but Tim
Doyle what’s your pick to Wi the whole
thing let’s move
it uh a hilarious Maverick story uh the
GM Nico Harrison and I were at a game
together and I said you guys need a lot
of help he didn’t find my comment to be
too funny uh give me the Nuggets here
plus 300 I’m going down with the joker
he makes hard baskets and there’s still
value here so give me
Denver I’m right there with you Tim it’s
the Denver Nuggets 3 to one uh we
haven’t even talked about some of the
altitude advantage that they get after
the those long seven game series when
you get to that point in the season
they’re the best team with the best
player in my opinion they are battle
tested they’ve been there before we’ve
seen Boston choke many times I like the
Denver Nuggets here three to one I’ll
take a shot 16 to one on the Sixers I do
not believe this is the same team
they’ve got a better Coach they’re
healthy and like I said they have they
led the NBA in net rating when they were
healthy in the first part of the
Season look I like Celtics Denver zaka
at plus 250 and if you think Denver’s
going to win that goes to 650 Denver to
beat the Celtics in the final so you
could do that if you believe in the
Celtics instead of going nuggets 300 you
go nuggets over the Celtics at plus 650
and take that one if you wanted instead
um but yeah I I I could see where you’re
headed there all right let’s go recap
and see where we are uh NBA man I’m into
it love it love it love it love it look
look at that look at those handsome
jents Tim got the shoulder swug right
there look at that one shoulder closer
look at Larry Larry’s got that I know
smile right there I know I’m right and
Mike McClure decided to go with the
beard looking good and there are your
selections everybody kind of likes
Denver you know you get the Joker when
the pay window opens up that guy was
certainly there every game last year all
right NFL draft props the one you got to
play right now that one’s coming at you
next I’m Eric cilus yeah sports line
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down to single digits before the NFL
draft right week from Thursday we get
going round one so let’s put the NFL
draft on the clock I’m Eric cilus Mike
McClure Larry
hartstein give me your best one right I
mean I always like when we just get
right to it no sense messing around
right let’s go right for the lobster
tail we got the claws and fighting with
all that let’s go right to the best part
of it what is your best NFL draft prop
Larry your first Joe Walt from Notre
Dame to go number seven to the Titans
it’s only minus 105 it’s a no-brainer
pick you get a guy who’s almost 69 322
pounds your starting left tackle for 10
to 15 years to protect will Levis he is
clearly the number one offensive lineman
in the draft and you look at the odds
it’s getting even a little bit juicier
on Al because it’s such a no-brainer
pick dominant in the Run game dominant
in the pass game that’s what the Titans
should do and will do at number
seven I am right there with you Larry
it’s Joe Al uh you know remember EK we
did a show about this earlier uh and I
said first offensive lineman minus 250
absolutely free money that is balloon to
minus 500 and it has not moved enough uh
that’s one where you may not even get an
odd on it by the time the draft actually
starts Larry’s dead on joal is coming
off the board first you look at what’s
going to happen in the draft it’s going
to be four quarterbacks and two wide
receivers the Titans are absolutely
locked in to taking an offensive tackle
Al is the man here uh I think it’s an
absolute no-brainer Joe Al to be seventh
overall I I like Brock Bowers to the
Jets uh Mike you were on this first I
was on either offensive line or tight
end for the Jets and I was sort of like
straddling the fence you left and said
it’s going to be Brock Bowers and then
eventually I came down every time I look
at this the numbers getting worse for me
I mean this was plus 250 two days ago
and then yesterday we did it it was plus
210 now it’s down to plus 185 and
shrinking they basically are going to go
offensive line or tight end they’re in
win now mode they’re not a defensive a
team that needs a a specific defensive
guy that’s going to fit when they have
the number 10 overall selection so it’s
going to be offense it’s going to be
offensive line or it’s going to be tight
end if alt is off the board Bowers is
the natural fit they need it and we can
see that tight ends make immediate
impact look at Sam leaport look at
Dalton concade he is a better Prospect
than either of those and he’ll fit
perfectly into that Jets offense makes
too much sense all right quickly give me
a long shot draft prop I don’t really
have one Mike you’re
first I’ll take a shot with McCarthy JJ
McCarthy to the Broncos still you can
find this 9 to one I think there’s a
chance they end up trading up to grab
him and ultimately lands in the top four
picks uh I I think that Shawn pton
really wants a quarterback that is a
traditional throwing quarterback which
is exactly what McCarthy is with those
routes and I think Harbaugh hyping him
up absolutely helps so I love McCarthy
here as a long shot to the Broncos nine
to one you know guys the jury is still
out on Bryce young the number one
overall pick you have to give him some
weapons to find out if he is going to be
a good quarterback so they trade for
Deontay Johnson and now what if the
Carolina Panthers at number 33 draft
Xavier worthy out of Texas a guy with
4.21 speed in the 40 the perfect
compliment to Deontay Johnson who runs
all those very precise short routes plus
1100 it’s a deep wide receiver draft so
I believe worthy could fall to the
second
round the only one I found and I don’t
even love it is Marvin Harrison to be
picked third overall at plus 1700 what
what what if the Patriots Don’t Love
Drake May and what if somebody loves
Harrison and says I’ve got to trade up
to jump Arizona to grab him there’s a
couple of different ways this could come
in and it’s you know 15 to1 17 to1 that
would be the only one that I would like
well done so you see what we want you to
do with the draft uh you know it’s going
to be fun right and you want to make
sure that you’re involved in what we’re
doing because we’re constantly looking
at these odds for you and making sure
you have everything you need but this
has been a lot of fun thank you for
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