January 21, 2020 • 50 mins
Joe Raineri opens the program looking at how the wagers are coming in fast for the Super Bowl. Joe talks about how Kemba Walker finally got the best of LeBron James, after going 0-28 in his career against the superstar.
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At this forty Niners team is so dangerous, Craig, because
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they don't have egos and they could beat you in
a multitude of ways. On the thirty yard cash chef
scored to he tricked over himself and he should have scored,
didn't He was Samy is awesome, man. I can't wait
to track the next year. He's gonna be all right.
So we'll come back. We'll rib it up with three
questions three minutes about players who stopped Rosen felt yesterday
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in Sports Grade News Update, trade rumors in disrespect as
the Colorado Ronkies turn Nolan Eronado said Monday that he
has felt quote a lot of disrespect from the Rockies
front office of course cabin rumors throughout the winter that
the Rockies have been shopping Eronado have recently pulled all
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trade offers off the table the Atlanta Braves and signed
right handed picture Felix Hernandez to a minor league contracts
with an invitation to spring training. John Hayman of MLB
Network says the King Felix will earn one million dollars
if he is in the majors, and Ken Rosenthal of
The Athletic reports that ESPN broadcaster at Water or Perez
will in fact interview for the Ashers manager Old Vacancy
on Tuesday end. In the NFL coach Konel Shanahan said
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Keevin Coleman did suffer a dislocated shoulder in the NFC
Championship game against the Tankers. Jannan continued that Coleman got
it pop back in has a chance to play in
Super Bowl in thirteen days. Dan Strafford, this has been
your Sports Gred news update. Stay tuned at the top
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going on. This is Sports Grid. Get on the Grid,
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Good morning, wake up, the Morning Line Line up. All right, people,
here we go. It is now let's see one two.
It is now one of January. That would make it
a Tuesday in and we want to welcome you in
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here to another edition of the Morning Line on the
Grid Sports Grip dot Com. I'm Joe An are here
to get you brought up with everything that happened overnight
in the world of sports, and of course take a
look ahead into what is going to be a really
big day, not only in in college hoops, but you're
gonna have some some NBA action again, coming off of
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a full slate of NBA yesterday starting in the afternoon
on Martin Luther King Junior Day. It was a loaded
card in the NBA which featured some amazing performances and
some not so amazing performances. Will go ahead and get
you caught up with that number two team in the
country in college hoops was in action last night at
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home and uh boy, oh boy, they it started so
well and then went so hard left there at the
very end were the Bailor Bears able to hold on
at home against their their Big twelve rival there Oklahoma,
Lon Krueger and company coming into Waco, Texas getting ready
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to take down the Bailor Bears. Would they do it?
We'll let you hear from that game coming up. Plus,
we've got headlines galore with the Super Bowl, super Bowl
fifty four just around the corner in my nectar woods
here in Miami. We have heard a couple of rumors
here over the last twenty four hours regarding quarterback changes.
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Two hundred year old quarterback changes. Tom Brady possibly, Philip Rivers. Possibly.
We may have a look into where both of those
guys may be going, which is which is certainly interesting.
There so plenty to get caught up with, including the
latest lines and where is the big money bets coming
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in from? Have we seen a lot of action coming
in from the from the books? Here are they moving
the line? Is there regionalism right now with the Super
Bowl line? I'm sure at some particular point, you've got
to think the West Coast sports books might shade a
little bit, a little bit of favoritism to uh oh,
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I don't know the forty niners. While I would imagine
those folks in Michigan and Indiana and Iowa and those
in the middle part of this country that have gone
ahead and pass legislation allowing legalized sports betting in their
in their state, I'm sure they're gonna be lining up
the books, possibly backing Kansas City. And then you have
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the East Coast, where where the real degenerates live. And yes,
we'll will be We'll be throwing you propped down from
props all the way on down to sides to totals.
It's gonna be a crazy week. And it does appear
that the total seems to be getting the most action
right now for this upcoming Super Bowl here in Miami,
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and I can tell you, guys, just driving around Miami now,
the NFL has begun the promotional aspect of the of
the Big Game coming to hard Rock Stadium, and all
over the streets, all over the big highways and Bavona.
You were just recently down here, so you so then
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you've seen the UH of the world. And downtown Miami
of course where the Convention Center is, radio row, all
over the place, all the high traffic areas. South Beach
included the NFL signs yes, the Kansas City Chiefs and
Andy Reid along with the San Francisco forty Niners and
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Jimmy Garoppolo man talk about hide your wife, hide your kids. Wow,
Jimmy G come into town in South Beach, the home
of quite a number of porn stars. So Jimmy G
should uh that things could get interesting with with Jimmy
when he shows up here in Miami. But the full
on slought of promotion in full effect in Miami. It's exciting.
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You can feel it as they get ready now t
minus twelve days, twelve thirteen days and counting before the
Big Game, and right now it continues to be the
total that gets pushed up and we're looking at totals
now in some places at fifty three to fifty three
and a half and a couple of books here around
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the country, so yep, it's gonna keep going that way.
And our anticipation is that the total, uh, they will
not expect and we know about the forty niners defensive prowess,
but I would anticipate that the public and they are
saying this is going to be the single most bet
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super Bowl ever. And of course with the now twenty
states and growing this year, another half a dozen by
the summertime, maybe another eight to ten by the end
of the year, that numbers should be coming close to
thirty this time next year. As far as the number
of states that have gone ahead and pass legislation allowing
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sports betting, it's only growing, and of course as it grows,
the recreational money will continue to flood the market. And
why it is so important for you guys, and we'll
do a little gambling you later, to really understand the
importance of the market, of the of the sports betting marketplace,
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and understanding how to read it, what to read it,
and realizing that the books they're not necessarily stupid, that
it's not always about the books. Don't care who wins
or loses. The books only simply care that they have
just about equal liability on both sides of the plays.
So then they make the big and they are plenty happy,
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especially when you're talking about an event like the Super Bowl,
which is going to see more bets, more handle than
ever before. And we actually got to look at some
of the some of the prop that some of the
early prop bet releases from around the country too. That
will share those with you and blown away by the
uh the NBA yesterday a couple of monster performances we had.
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We had one guy drop sixty one yesterday in an
overtime effort that was just phenomenal. And then we watched
another team we'll get just about a hundred and forty
points dropped on them in an embarrassing effort in the NBA.
So yeah, yeah, we had limited card in uh college
hoop stuff, but we definitely had a slate of NBA games.
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like Tevin Coleman of the San Francisco forty Diners has
we know what what the injury was as he went
down early in that game against the Packers in the
NFC Championship game. We really didn't know what what it was.
We know it he looked like he you know, he
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tried to stop himself from hitting the ground. Some people
thought it was a risk. We didn't know if it
was a shoulder and arm. They had to bring the
card out, the doctor was holding it, so nobody was
really sure exactly what it is. But it turns out,
uh that it was in fact a dislocated shoulder. That's
what they're saying, is that he dislocated his shoulder by
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trying to uh, trying to prevent himself from hitting the ground.
They are using his using his hand uh to try
and balance himself and that's what ended up dislocating the shoulders.
So they do say, however, that uh Tevin Coleman, Uh
they hope to have him ready by the Super Bowl. So,
which is interesting enough. And now if you're the forty Niners,
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you had rheam Mozart and you know the rest is history.
There two twenty yards now, I Briata hasn't Matt Brieta
has not been necessarily up the depth chart here over
the last couple of weeks of the season. In fact,
he had fallen out of favor. He was he was
there early on. He was definitely the number one, number
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two choice here. I don't forget they had Jared McKinnon
going into camp. The forty Niners running backs they seemed,
or at least they had a lot of running backs
led by Coleman and McKinnon. And you know, Brieta was there.
And then you know Mostart has been with you know,
nine teams, ten teams. We all know that. Uh So
the scheme running fullback, they are all about the running
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backs here. So Coleman's absence didn't play that bigger role
in the game. It just gave you know, Raheem Mostard
here enough time to rack up two and twenty yards.
But Coleman, let's face it, every weapon possible is going
to be needed to combat and go toe to toe
with Andy Reid and Patrick Mahomes in company. They're one
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of the highest scoring offenses in the NFL, both of
these teams averaging around thirty points a game. So every
weapon would be good. And Coleman went healthy. Of course,
is is just that he's a great weapon, But Shanahan
said yesterday that the dislocated shoulder, they are awaiting the
the mr I results to confirm it. That's what doctors
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are saying. But they do believe, uh, you know, the
dislocated shouldren depending on how bad it was dislocated. They
pop it in. As long as the you know, the
tendons in and around there are okay, Uh, they can
certainly shoot him up and get him in there ready
to go. So it'll be interesting, he said. I don't
want to speculate too much, but usually a week a
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week's rest or a week and a half worth of
rest for a dislocated shoulder. Yeah, he should be able
to get back in there, so Shanahan, if Shanahan selling
you there's a good chance he'll play, then yeah, he'll
be ready for the game. So if you're calling into
work here because you stubbed your toe this week, then
I want you to remember keeping keeping mind Calman dislocated
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his shoulder and he'll be ready to go back to
work here in a couple of in about ten days,
ten of thirteen days here for Super Bowl fifty four.
Just saying put everything in perspective. Now, speaking of work,
last night, the the NBA with that full slate gave
us an opportunity to check out a bit of an
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old school rivalry and Lebron James coming to the East
Coast and in fact, Lebron James going to spend a
little time here on the East coast, especially the northeast
here over the next couple of days. Uh, those fans
that we're kind of bummed out, the Lebron faithful that
didn't have a chance to when he was in Cleveland
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and Miami, you certainly had more opportunities on the East
coast to be able to go check out an NBA
game and see Lebron, although depending if load management was
involved with him or not. But it's kind of hard
when he's in l a and kind of bums out.
And I know a lot of certainly a lot of
Lebron fans here in Miami have been bummed when he left.
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Of course Miami, but even when he was with Cleveland,
they could guarantee themselves a couple of opportunities to see
him a year up and down the coast, but you know,
out on the West coast, and you know, it becomes
very difficult. So when he was in Boston last night.
He'll be in uh A Garden, I believe, tomorrow night,
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and then Thursday he'll be in Brooklyn. Saturday he'll be
in Philadelphia. So Lebron is making the whole Northeast tour
this week, and it did not start off great yesterday
it was. It was actually a beat down of epic
proportions as the Lakers got great news yesterday that Anthony Davis,
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who had been listed as questionable the last couple of
days here, actually was active last night. That's right, Anthony
Davis after pulling on his gluteus maximus there a couple
of weeks ago had had managed to somehow or another
make it to a Green Bay game, I believe was
it the last week. The week prior to that, had
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managed to take in a couple of football games, do
a couple of commercial spots, sitting a chair for a barbershop, do,
a few interviews. Hadn't been out on the court until
last night. So Anthony Davis back for the Lakers. They
just came off a huge win on the road a
couple of days ago against Houston and had an opportunity
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there to take down Harden and Westbrook, and they did
it without Anthony Davis. They did it with a Lebron
and company and they were they were dominant. So day's rest.
Now they get to go into another team here in
the East that is reeling. We are talking about a team, guys,
in the Boston Celtics that has been absolutely abysmal. Uh
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here over the last couple of weeks, since the New year,
since it turned January one, the Celtics have been the worst.
We are talking about a team that is lost to
the Wizards, the Pistons, the Sons at home. Uh. This
has not been good. They have not been able to
put it together. Some of the worst basketball the entire
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season has been played by the Celtics. Not to mention,
they've had some guys hurt. J Allen Brown was questionable.
Kemba Walker was questionable for this game. And with all
of that, what happens You get a return of Anthony
Davis and a line that allowed the Lakers to be
the big favorite in the Boston Garden. That's right, the
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Lakers go into that game three and a half point favorites.
Last night. Everyone's excited. Anthony d You know, you get
the Uni Brow, you get Lebron, you get to see
the Lakers who have been absolutely rolling. Uh, maybe a
little preview is to a possible championship, although a lot
of people think Boston is just not equipped even be
able to make it out of the East or anywhere
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close to it. But this was going to be timing
the rolling in red hot Lakers taking on the reeling
Boston Celtics. And how did it end? It ended in
a beatdown of just epic proportions, one thirty nine to
one oh seven. The Boston Celtics not only cover guys,
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but they made Lebron quit. That's right. Lebron actually had
to sit, I believe, as did Anthony Davis and company. Um.
The beat down was so bad that both Lebron and
a d just took to the bench. Here for the
final eight and a half nine minutes of the game
at the Garden, Uh, it was all of a sudden
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just it was laughable. What was going on there. Lebron
was getting dunked on. Lebron was just getting everywhere he
turned around. Kemba Walker Finally, finally, Kemba Walker was able
to beat Lebron James. And the amazing thing is that
wal in port Kemba was stuck in Charlotte for all
those years. But Kemba Walker actually beat Lebron James for
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the very first time. We are talking about a dude
in Kemba Walker that spent the first eight years of
his career up against Lebron and freaking twenty eight Bavona.
Can you believe that that is second and NBA a
history only two and some of you, some of you
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old school NBA guys, will remember the General Sherman Douglas. Uh,
he was oh and thirty, that's right, oh for thirty
going up against Michael Jordan's back in the day. He
played for the Heat, the Knicks and the Cell. He
played for a bunch of teams, but uh, no matter
what team he played on, he could not beat Michael
Jordan went oh for thirty. So finally, in epic proportions,
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they the big beat down of Lebron happens for Temper
takes them down. Temper excited says that listen, I'm not alone.
There had been a whole lot of diuers here that
uh had had a lot of says beating Lebron James altimate.
Ju He's correct, but picked the past, and we had
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another epic performance last night. We thought about that text
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for details. And uh yeah, it was a loaded card
last night in the n B A a card in
which we told you the Kemba Walker finally was able
to get off the schnide. He is still not as
bad as the Washington General's uh war against a products.
He went into the game last night and eight going
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up against Lebron James and his career, oh and twenty eight.
You're talking about a dude who spent the first eight
years of his career in Charlotte, which is bad enough,
but one dude that you could not beat. He could
not beat was Lebron and that was until last night.
And it was of epic proportions and a one thirtee
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oh seven beat down to the point where you got
Anthony Davis back Laker fans and both him and Lebron
what about nine minutes left to go in the fourth quarter.
It was so bad. Uh though those two were on
the bench at that point, which do I need to
tell you what the what the Boston Garden was like
last night, you know, ripping those guys up on the bench.
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It was not good. But Kember had a pretty good
response as to finally being able to beat good old
Lebron James. You know, anybody's making a big day with
the record of stuff, but you don't have the most
respectful Lebron. And you know, he's one of the greatest
players of all time. And if anybody him, you know,
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if the guy couldn't be, it would beat him. You know,
he's he's such a great player, and he's done so
much in this league. You know, he's been so far,
so you know, it just feels good to know win.
I'm more excited about the way he played. And yeah,
no kidding, because you guys had sucked going into that game.
But very humble Kemba. If you guys haven't had a
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chance to get to know him, Kemba is just one
of the most likable dudes in the n B. A
total difference than than having Kyrie in a locker room. Obviously, Listen,
every NBA team at this time of year goes through
some peaks and valleys. There is a little bit of
a lull in January. It happens every year in the
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NBA season where teams struggle for a little while. They
come out of the gate hot, they they're doing their thing,
and then January comes and it's it's a grind coming
off of the holidays and uh and the busy December schedule,
it gets to be a grind. So this is kind
of the point in the season where some of some
teams take a step back. And then, of course, uh,
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there's always that one game, that one turning point for
a team, and maybe, just maybe that was the game
for the Boston Celtics last night. As everything was working.
Hayward in Jalen Brown had twenty, Enis Cancer had eight
team and eleven boards. As the Celtics said, we don't
care Anthony Davis, Una Brow, it doesn't make a darn
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bit of difference. Let's go get it. And it had
been a rough stretch, a rough January thus far for
the Boston Celtics, but great win for them last night.
Another rough season thus far, and hopefully they're looking for
that spark, that one game that maybe they can turn
the corner with, and they might have gotten it last night.
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The Portland Trailblazers, who every time they turn around somebody
has hurts. Carmelo has been a pleasant surprise, to say
the least. When they brought him in a lot of
people thought that was a desperate move. But Carmelo has
been fantastic for the Portland Trailblazers. But when it comes
to Lillard and McCullum, it's either one or the other.
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Is is sick? Is not there? C J. McCullum not
on the court last night for the Portland Trailblazers at
home taking on the Golden State Warriors, who got D'Angelo
Russell back, And we all know it's a it's been
a little tough stretch here, a tough season for the
Golden State Warriors, but they did get a bit of
good news. It appears that Steph Curry is on track
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to be back in March. Uh. He looks like he
will in fact suit it up there saying by March
here another month or so and you will see Steph
Curry in a Golden State Warriors uniform. They're getting his
groove back on testing some things, but he does appear
ready to return at least in March. Clay Thompson's been
pushing to also return with him, to kind of give
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fans a little sneak peek into next year and and
get back on the court a little bit. So it'll
be interesting to see how they handle it at Golden State.
But uh, Steph is swearing, as is a lot of
other people, that he will be back before the season
is over, and he's hoping in March. Gonna be a
little too late for them, but it's not too late
for Portland's who's still trying to look even as an
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eight seed there. If they could somehow managed to put
together a little run here over the next month and
a half give themselves an opportunity to be able to
cast your ticket to the playoffs. But they got to
play better, and and they started last night again. No
c J. McCollum for the Portland Trailblazers. There six and
a half point favorites at home, and they're going up against,
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you know, the one of the worst teams in the NBA,
in the Warriors. So what happens in that game? While
it was a one man show, and while Golden State
was taken a two Partland for most of this game,
they could not outdo one guy, and that being Damian Lillard,
the hundred and ninety four million dollar man, the contract
he got in the off season. Uh well, eventually the
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game ended with Portland's winning in overtime, which was a
great and very entertaining game from that standpoint, but it
was watching Lillard drop a career high sixty one points
in the in the process seventeen of thirty seven shooting.
He was eleven of twenty from three point range, and
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get this, a perfect sixteen for sixteen from the free
throw line. He had ten boards, seven assists just to
edit in there, and only two turnovers. Um. Listen, we've
we've come to take for granted the fact that three
pointers are gonna be chucked up at at a ridiculous
rate here in the NBA. But he hit a group
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of three point shots guys in this game to be
able to elevate Portland's into overtime to begin with. That
was just absolutely amazing, including one that tied the game
in the last few seconds of regulation and then again
in the final minute of overtime with three guys on
him and he was still pulling up and you want
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to talk about feeling it, he was grooving it all night. Unbelievable. Uh,
he gets sixty one now in the win. He did
get sixty earlier, and in fact, he did it earlier
in the season, but they lost when he scored sixty
earlier in the season against Brooklyn that was back in
November eight. But that tells you that he's had to
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score a hundred and twenty one points for the Blazers
to a lose in an effort to the Brooklyn Nets
and be actually barely beat in overtime a Golden State
Warriors team. So that tells you everything you need to
know about the Portland Trailblazers season, that this dude is
dropping in sixty one and sixty and he's barely winning.
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And how sixty wasn't even good enough to beat the
Brooklyn Nets back in November. So just decimated by injuries.
Uh Nurkics been out all season like he was half
of last season. There, Zach Collins has played in just
three games. Rodney Hood went down for the season in December. Uh.
Lobby Scare is also on the shelf. They traded Kent
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bays More, I believe, and Anthony Tolliver to the Kings
for Trevor ariza Um. It's been rough of them. They've
got Carmelow. Now they've got a reason starting to put
it together. McCullum was out again last night with an illness.
It just uh if it could go wrong, it has
gone run for Portland's But any time that you can
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put up or put out, I should say, uh, Damian
Lillard on the court, especially at home, you're gonna have
a shot at winning a game. And he was. He
was just lighting it up. And right now, if we're
looking at it, they are nineteen and twenty six to
Portland Trailblazers, but the number seven seed currently occupied by
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the Oklahoma City Thunder. After that, it really does just
fall off a cliff. Guys, we are talking about the
Grizzlies right now. The Memphis Grizzlies are the number eight seed.
As of this twenty and twenty three they are as
the eight seed, that being the Memphis Grizzlies, John Or
and company. Young team also playing some good basketball right now.
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But the truth is at nineteen and twenty six, Portland
is still you gotta get to the dance. If they
can get a little healthier and they can actually put
a little run together, Portland is Portland is Portland. Man.
You get c. J. McCollum, and you get Damian Lillard,
and you mix in a couple of pieces. Now with
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a unbelievable wing player and Trevor Ariza, great defender. You know,
you get Collins back into a groove now all of
a sudden, Hell, even Whiteside on the whiteside in that team.
You even got Hassan Whiteside with a huge block last night. Uh,
they could, they could do some damage, but it starts
we're getting on a roll. And they got on a roll.
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By the way, they had lost ten up their last
four games prior to that one. How dead going for
the trail player? Well, Boston in Portland's monster winds sponster
effort last night. Do then we'll see, We'll take a
look at the mid play point. We'll take a look
at somebody's playoffs standings at the MPG. He's back coming up.
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on this on this Tuesday. It is January the twenty one,
after all, getting ready to embark on the week prior
as one big football game remains the super Bowl here
in Miami, and we've got plenty of time between now
and then to dissect what's going to happen in this game?
Is uh? Andy read yesterday made made it known that
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he celebrated the celebrated the game, the win, finally the
lamar On Trophy, and getting ready to come to Miami.
He had mentioned after the game that maybe he should
start losing a few pounds here so he could fit
into his clothes, especially short since he's coming down to
Miami and it was every bit of eighty two degrees here. However,
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except today, by the way, you guys will be uh
I want you to know I actually had to put
on a jacket here today when I when I left
my house this morning due to the fact that, uh,
it was fifty one degrees this morning, fifty one degrees
when I left, and the wind was blowing. It was
probably one of the coldest things I've ever experienced. So
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I just want you you think you got it bad,
I just want you guys to remember that. So Andy
Reid says that he's gonna lose a little weight, and
then he was asked yesterday about what he did when
he celebrated, like, how did you celebrate Andy when you
went home? And he said, basically, he wolfed down to
cheeseburger and went to bed. Uh. And you gotta love
Andy Reid. You just gotta love Andy Reid. He's growing
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chins by the minute and he just does not care.
And good for him. Man, I'm excited. Kind of hard
to root against Andy Reid. It really really is. And
you know, your heart may say one thing, but of
are the reality of a situation may say another, but
Andy Reid not changing his ways. Give me that damn cheeseburg.
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I'll go to sleep and let's we'll celebrate tomorrow, but
they are getting ready to come down. We've got plenty
of opportunities. So much between now and kick off a
week from this Sunday. In fact, between the prop bets
and uh, the Handle are the anticipation through the roof
guys for this. They are anticipating the single biggest bet
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sporting event ever here legally in this country. We are
anticipating Handle across the sports books, the twenty states that
haven't legalized. It's going to be absolutely epic of epic proportions.
And heading right into March Madness too, they anticipate the Handle,
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and that, of course, outside of the Super Bowl, March
Madness is, without a doubt, the bracket challenges and the games,
the most believe bet of all the sporting events, March Madness.
So they anticipate that is the records are gonna get
blown out of the water with that. So it's gonna
be an awful lot of fun over the next couple
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of months. Then we got the NBA Playoffs and HL
Playoffs and oh yeah, we all get to watch the
Houston Astros and uh, you know, right up the road
from me here in South Florida, it's interesting the Washington
Nationals and the Houston Astros. Um they have a combined
spring training facility together and the Astros on one side,
Nationals on the other, but it isn't the same complex.
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And I imagine the coverage on the Houston Astros this
year is going to be absolutely insane. And guys, that's
just that's forty days away. Just want you to know
it a little over a month away and we'll start
breaking down Major League Baseball future. So it is good
that you are here. It's I'm so happy that you
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guys have found sports Grid and that you're gonna hang
with us, because every step of the way, we will
get you covered here and we'll make sure, uh that
you are gonna make it a profitable shall we say,
next couple of months here and build your bankroll getting
ready for baseball season, or quite honestly, if you don't
like baseball, building up your bankroll to get ready to
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start college football, because it won't be long before August
this year and we start all over again. So plenty
of ways for you to profit this year. But it
starts really over the next thirty days. NBA college basketball,
and of course the big one, the Super Bowl. But
we had told you the n b A only one
game on the card here tonight, and that game is
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going to feature, uh, the Dallas Mavericks tonight, who are
welcoming back Chris Stops port Zingis, who it feels like
has been forever since he's played for them. Don check
has pretty much carried them. But in fact port Zingis
he'll be going against the Clippers here tonight. He's missed
the last ten games, but he is ready to go.
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Reported they will have a full compliment. Finally, porzingis averaging
about seventeen points nine boards a game this year coming
off of that injury. Nick fans will tell you last year,
of course they missed him, weren't quite sure what they
were gonna get. They went six and four without Porzingis
in the lineup, But Luca don Chick has pretty much
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carried them, so he will be um. It'll be very
interesting now that he is back. Dallas and fifteen on
the season. They currently sit fifth in the West. And
which brings me to my point here. We'll do a
little quick gambling you for you guys, because many many
of you watching right now may have just not been
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paying attention to the NBA thus far. And even college
basketball for that matter. You've been so focused on the
playoffs in the NFL, and you know now that the
big game is here, now that it's one game left,
you may want to start turning your attention to maybe
getting caught up a little bit here in the NBA
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arena as well as the college hoops arena and say,
all right, let me what did I miss what's going on?
And maybe what are some of the approaches I can
take in order to profit a little bit here in
the NBA along the way. And there's a couple of
things that you guys can do, uh NBA fans or
those of you that want to dabble a little bit
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into NBA betting. Um, there's a couple of strategies. And
one of the strategies that a lot of handicappers will
certainly employ when it comes to the NBA is making
sure they dive into the market from the start of
the day, throughout the day, monitoring the markets. And we've
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hammered this point home across that you have to understand
as more and more people enter the sports betting arena
and the sports betting market, these fans, they bring recreational
dollars and we're not talking about professional money here. We're
talking about more and more public money is entering the
market as more and more states past legislation, and so
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more and more people are going, all right, great, let
me let you know, we've got we've got sports, but
we've got mobile betting now, so let me go ahead
and bet on a couple of NBA games. And you've
got to be aware of that. You've got to be
aware of the fact that a lot of these lines
and numbers moving forward, the sports books are counting on
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that recreational dollar. They are counting on the public who
doesn't often bet, but maybe will bet, pushing some of
these numbers one way or together, either over inflating or
maybe devaluing some other teams. There is a great opportunity
to profit here over the next couple of months because
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of that fact. Because now that the NFL is almost over,
there are going to be a bunch of folks here
that are going to start betting on the NBA who
haven't followed all year. And what do we know about
the public. We know they love favorites, They love big
stars and and players names like Lebron uh and they
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love overs because they love scoring. So there is without
a doubt an opportunity for the savvy sports investor to
be able to watch the markets on a daily basis
and watch what happens between some of these UH onlines
in some of these games, like what you watched with
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Boston and UH and the Lakers last night and Anthony
Davis and UH and company. UH figuring out where the
public is going and who they like and who they
are betting on. We'll give you a great opportunity to
be able to profit this NBA season. And how do
we do it? While we call it very simply the
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ability to fade the public right going contral and it's
one of the oldest and tried in true systems in
the world that the public because of their favoritism to
their favorite players or two big names and two teams
that they just think are much better than everyone else.
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The books know this. The book shade the line to
the favorites, and that means more often than not, a
lot of these favorites are getting way more points and
way more value than they should be. So if you're
following the markets on a daily basis from the morning
and just follow it through the afternoon up through tip time,
you'll be able to start to see where does the
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line start, where does it go? And oh yeah, are
we talking about a Lebron team? Are we talking about,
you know, a Kyrie team? Are we talking about one
of these blue blood teams? A perfect example is the
Toronto Raptors this year, guys, they have been one of
the without a doubt, one of the most undervalued teams
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in all of the NBA. And why they're the national champion,
I mean, the world champions here, guys, But they lost Kauai.
So the public perception is that they're no good, They're
not going to be any good, and yet they continue
to roll teams time and time again. So knowing that
and knowing that while the public anytime they play a
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favorite of some sort like Lebron or Kauai or any
one of the the upper echelon teams Milwaukee with the
Greek freak teams are going to get undervalued. And you're
seeing it in Houston right now with the Rockets, who
have Westbrook and hardened. Westbrook and Harden continue to They
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laid seven and a half them was eight points last night,
seven and a half and eight points at home against
a Oklahoma City thunder team that has trucked them less
than a month ago, and you know what, they're still
laying eight points and all okay see has done and
okay see, didn't they trade west Brook? They're no good? Right,
They're terrible? How did it? Yeah? They they rolled the
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Houston Rockets again. So those are kinds of opportunities that
are presented to you just by following the market and
realizing that Houston is not as good as they market
thinks they are. The Lakers at times are not gonna
be nearly as good as everyone says they are. There
are going to be spots during the week in the
NBA where the public is just gonna fall over the
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big names at home, big spreads, big numbers, and the
value and the best plays are going to be in
the underdogs. So rule number one if you're gonna dive
into the NBA here this. Over the next couple of weeks,
guys is start recognizing how to read the market movement
and start recognizing that the public and the books, they're
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already fading the line. They're already shading the line towards
the Hardens, the Westbrooks, the Lebrons of the world. Take
a look at some of those underdogs and some those
teams that have no chance of winning. Take a look
at some of them during the week, and you might
just make yourself a whole lot of extra money on
the side simply by moving away from what the public likes,
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which is of the time the big name favorite. So
there is opportunity, and it's one strategy you guys can
employ if you're going to dive into it. Simply watch
these big favorites, watch the teams that they play, watched
the line move in their favor take a couple of
bucks and move it down on an okay See or
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even the Toronto Raptors, and even Miami this year is
another team, guys that has absolutely not been given the
credit they should because it's Miami. They haven't been any good, right,
Jimmy Butler is he's good? They're not great? Well, Miami
here through the first couple of months of the season
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is one of the most profitable teams against the number
in the lead, as is okay See. And the reason
is that the markets just don't the public doesn't believe
and doesn't realize how good they are. So every team
they play, especially the upper echelon teams in the West
and and Milwaukee and Philip They're always going to be undervalued,
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so eventually the markets will catch up, but they're not
there yet, which means you, guys have some opportunities to
be able to profit by backing some of these what
the public considers lesser teams in the NBA right now.
Those lesser teams, um, yeah, like the Knicks, Cleveland, Detroit's.
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Don't just put the next room because you think they suck. Well,
they may suck, but that doesn't mean you can't profit
from them. So there's a big difference there. We'll talk
way more about this as season moves on, as the
week progresses, we'll get ready. We'll look and make it
rain next year. On the Grid sports grid dot com.
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off the grid, hi over slept Look, I need your
help here did you miss on the morning line? We
are talking about a team, guys, in the Boston Celtics
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that has been absolutely abysmal. Uh here over the last
couple of weeks, since the New year, since it turned January,
the Celtics have been the worst. We are talking about
a team that has lost to the Wizards, the Pistons,
the Sun's at home. Uh. This has not been good.
They have not been able to put it together. Some
of the worst basketball the entire season has been played
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by the Celtics. Not to mention, they've had some guys hurt.
Jalen Brown was questionable, Kemba Walker was questionable for this game.
And with all of that, what happens You get a
return of Anthony Davis and a line that allowed the
Lakers to be the big favorite in the Boston Garden.
That's right, the Lakers go into that game three and
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a half point favorites. Last night. Everyone's excited. Anthony d
You know, you get the Uni Brow, you get Lebron
you get to see the Lakers who have been absolutely rolling. Uh,
maybe a little preview is to a possible championship, although
a lot of people think Boston is just not equipped
even be able to make it out of the East
or anywhere close to it. But this was going to
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be Timy, the rolling in red hot Lakers taking on
the reeling Boston Celtics. And how did it end? It
ended in a beat down of just epic proportions, one
thirty nine to one oh seven. The Boston Celtics not
only cover guys, but they made Lebron quits. That's right.
Lebron actually had to sit, I believe, as did Anthony
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Davis and company. Um. The beat down was so bad
that both Lebron and a d just took to the
bench here for the final eight and a half nine
minutes of the game at the Garden. Uh, it was
all of a sudden just it was laughable. What was
going on there? Lebron was getting dunked on. Lebron was
just getting everywhere he turned around. Kemba Walker Finally, finally,
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Kemba Walker was able to beat Lebron James. And the
amazing thing is that walking port Kemba was stuck in
Charlotte for all those years. But Kemba Walker actually beat
Lebron James for the very first time. We are talking
about a dude in Kemba Walker that spent the first
eight years of his career up against Lebron owing twenty
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and freaking twenty eight Bavona. Can you believe that that
is second in NBA history only two and some of you,
some of you old school NBA guys will remember the
General Sherman Douglas. Uh, he was oh and thirty, that's right,
oh for thirty going up against Michael Jordan's back in
the day. He played for the Heat, the Knicks, and
the Cell. He played for a bunch of teams, but
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no matter what team he played on, he could not
beat Michael Jordan went oh for thirty. So finally, in
epic proportions, they the big beat down of Lebron happened
for Kember takes him down, Kemper excited,
At this forty Niners team is so dangerous, Craig, because
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they don't have egos and they could beat you in
a multitude of ways. On the thirty yard cash chef
scored to he tricked over himself and he should have scored,
didn't He was Samy is awesome, man. I can't wait
to track the next year. He's gonna be all right.
So we'll come back. We'll rib it up with three
questions three minutes about players who stopped Rosen felt yesterday
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in Sports Grade News Update, trade rumors in disrespect as
the Colorado Ronkies turn Nolan Eronado said Monday that he
has felt quote a lot of disrespect from the Rockies
front office of course cabin rumors throughout the winter that
the Rockies have been shopping Eronado have recently pulled all
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trade offers off the table the Atlanta Braves and signed
right handed picture Felix Hernandez to a minor league contracts
with an invitation to spring training. John Hayman of MLB
Network says the King Felix will earn one million dollars
if he is in the majors, and Ken Rosenthal of
The Athletic reports that ESPN broadcaster at Water or Perez
will in fact interview for the Ashers manager Old Vacancy
on Tuesday end. In the NFL coach Konel Shanahan said
(01:08):
Keevin Coleman did suffer a dislocated shoulder in the NFC
Championship game against the Tankers. Jannan continued that Coleman got
it pop back in has a chance to play in
Super Bowl in thirteen days. Dan Strafford, this has been
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Good morning, wake up, the Morning Line Line up. All right, people,
here we go. It is now let's see one two.
It is now one of January. That would make it
a Tuesday in and we want to welcome you in
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here to another edition of the Morning Line on the
Grid Sports Grip dot Com. I'm Joe An are here
to get you brought up with everything that happened overnight
in the world of sports, and of course take a
look ahead into what is going to be a really
big day, not only in in college hoops, but you're
gonna have some some NBA action again, coming off of
(02:20):
a full slate of NBA yesterday starting in the afternoon
on Martin Luther King Junior Day. It was a loaded
card in the NBA which featured some amazing performances and
some not so amazing performances. Will go ahead and get
you caught up with that number two team in the
country in college hoops was in action last night at
(02:44):
home and uh boy, oh boy, they it started so
well and then went so hard left there at the
very end were the Bailor Bears able to hold on
at home against their their Big twelve rival there Oklahoma,
Lon Krueger and company coming into Waco, Texas getting ready
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to take down the Bailor Bears. Would they do it?
We'll let you hear from that game coming up. Plus,
we've got headlines galore with the Super Bowl, super Bowl
fifty four just around the corner in my nectar woods
here in Miami. We have heard a couple of rumors
here over the last twenty four hours regarding quarterback changes.
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Two hundred year old quarterback changes. Tom Brady possibly, Philip Rivers. Possibly.
We may have a look into where both of those
guys may be going, which is which is certainly interesting.
There so plenty to get caught up with, including the
latest lines and where is the big money bets coming
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in from? Have we seen a lot of action coming
in from the from the books? Here are they moving
the line? Is there regionalism right now with the Super
Bowl line? I'm sure at some particular point, you've got
to think the West Coast sports books might shade a
little bit, a little bit of favoritism to uh oh,
(04:13):
I don't know the forty niners. While I would imagine
those folks in Michigan and Indiana and Iowa and those
in the middle part of this country that have gone
ahead and pass legislation allowing legalized sports betting in their
in their state, I'm sure they're gonna be lining up
the books, possibly backing Kansas City. And then you have
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the East Coast, where where the real degenerates live. And yes,
we'll will be We'll be throwing you propped down from
props all the way on down to sides to totals.
It's gonna be a crazy week. And it does appear
that the total seems to be getting the most action
right now for this upcoming Super Bowl here in Miami,
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and I can tell you, guys, just driving around Miami now,
the NFL has begun the promotional aspect of the of
the Big Game coming to hard Rock Stadium, and all
over the streets, all over the big highways and Bavona.
You were just recently down here, so you so then
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you've seen the UH of the world. And downtown Miami
of course where the Convention Center is, radio row, all
over the place, all the high traffic areas. South Beach
included the NFL signs yes, the Kansas City Chiefs and
Andy Reid along with the San Francisco forty Niners and
(05:40):
Jimmy Garoppolo man talk about hide your wife, hide your kids. Wow,
Jimmy G come into town in South Beach, the home
of quite a number of porn stars. So Jimmy G
should uh that things could get interesting with with Jimmy
when he shows up here in Miami. But the full
on slought of promotion in full effect in Miami. It's exciting.
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You can feel it as they get ready now t
minus twelve days, twelve thirteen days and counting before the
Big Game, and right now it continues to be the
total that gets pushed up and we're looking at totals
now in some places at fifty three to fifty three
and a half and a couple of books here around
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the country, so yep, it's gonna keep going that way.
And our anticipation is that the total, uh, they will
not expect and we know about the forty niners defensive prowess,
but I would anticipate that the public and they are
saying this is going to be the single most bet
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super Bowl ever. And of course with the now twenty
states and growing this year, another half a dozen by
the summertime, maybe another eight to ten by the end
of the year, that numbers should be coming close to
thirty this time next year. As far as the number
of states that have gone ahead and pass legislation allowing
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sports betting, it's only growing, and of course as it grows,
the recreational money will continue to flood the market. And
why it is so important for you guys, and we'll
do a little gambling you later, to really understand the
importance of the market, of the of the sports betting marketplace,
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and understanding how to read it, what to read it,
and realizing that the books they're not necessarily stupid, that
it's not always about the books. Don't care who wins
or loses. The books only simply care that they have
just about equal liability on both sides of the plays.
So then they make the big and they are plenty happy,
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especially when you're talking about an event like the Super Bowl,
which is going to see more bets, more handle than
ever before. And we actually got to look at some
of the some of the prop that some of the
early prop bet releases from around the country too. That
will share those with you and blown away by the
uh the NBA yesterday a couple of monster performances we had.
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We had one guy drop sixty one yesterday in an
overtime effort that was just phenomenal. And then we watched
another team we'll get just about a hundred and forty
points dropped on them in an embarrassing effort in the NBA.
So yeah, yeah, we had limited card in uh college
hoop stuff, but we definitely had a slate of NBA games.
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like Tevin Coleman of the San Francisco forty Diners has
we know what what the injury was as he went
down early in that game against the Packers in the
NFC Championship game. We really didn't know what what it was.
We know it he looked like he you know, he
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tried to stop himself from hitting the ground. Some people
thought it was a risk. We didn't know if it
was a shoulder and arm. They had to bring the
card out, the doctor was holding it, so nobody was
really sure exactly what it is. But it turns out,
uh that it was in fact a dislocated shoulder. That's
what they're saying, is that he dislocated his shoulder by
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trying to uh, trying to prevent himself from hitting the ground.
They are using his using his hand uh to try
and balance himself and that's what ended up dislocating the shoulders.
So they do say, however, that uh Tevin Coleman, Uh
they hope to have him ready by the Super Bowl. So,
which is interesting enough. And now if you're the forty Niners,
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you had rheam Mozart and you know the rest is history.
There two twenty yards now, I Briata hasn't Matt Brieta
has not been necessarily up the depth chart here over
the last couple of weeks of the season. In fact,
he had fallen out of favor. He was he was
there early on. He was definitely the number one, number
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two choice here. I don't forget they had Jared McKinnon
going into camp. The forty Niners running backs they seemed,
or at least they had a lot of running backs
led by Coleman and McKinnon. And you know, Brieta was there.
And then you know Mostart has been with you know,
nine teams, ten teams. We all know that. Uh So
the scheme running fullback, they are all about the running
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backs here. So Coleman's absence didn't play that bigger role
in the game. It just gave you know, Raheem Mostard
here enough time to rack up two and twenty yards.
But Coleman, let's face it, every weapon possible is going
to be needed to combat and go toe to toe
with Andy Reid and Patrick Mahomes in company. They're one
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of the highest scoring offenses in the NFL, both of
these teams averaging around thirty points a game. So every
weapon would be good. And Coleman went healthy. Of course,
is is just that he's a great weapon, But Shanahan
said yesterday that the dislocated shoulder, they are awaiting the
the mr I results to confirm it. That's what doctors
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are saying. But they do believe, uh, you know, the
dislocated shouldren depending on how bad it was dislocated. They
pop it in. As long as the you know, the
tendons in and around there are okay, Uh, they can
certainly shoot him up and get him in there ready
to go. So it'll be interesting, he said. I don't
want to speculate too much, but usually a week a
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week's rest or a week and a half worth of
rest for a dislocated shoulder. Yeah, he should be able
to get back in there, so Shanahan, if Shanahan selling
you there's a good chance he'll play, then yeah, he'll
be ready for the game. So if you're calling into
work here because you stubbed your toe this week, then
I want you to remember keeping keeping mind Calman dislocated
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his shoulder and he'll be ready to go back to
work here in a couple of in about ten days,
ten of thirteen days here for Super Bowl fifty four.
Just saying put everything in perspective. Now, speaking of work,
last night, the the NBA with that full slate gave
us an opportunity to check out a bit of an
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old school rivalry and Lebron James coming to the East
Coast and in fact, Lebron James going to spend a
little time here on the East coast, especially the northeast
here over the next couple of days. Uh, those fans
that we're kind of bummed out, the Lebron faithful that
didn't have a chance to when he was in Cleveland
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and Miami, you certainly had more opportunities on the East
coast to be able to go check out an NBA
game and see Lebron, although depending if load management was
involved with him or not. But it's kind of hard
when he's in l a and kind of bums out.
And I know a lot of certainly a lot of
Lebron fans here in Miami have been bummed when he left.
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Of course Miami, but even when he was with Cleveland,
they could guarantee themselves a couple of opportunities to see
him a year up and down the coast, but you know,
out on the West coast, and you know, it becomes
very difficult. So when he was in Boston last night.
He'll be in uh A Garden, I believe, tomorrow night,
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and then Thursday he'll be in Brooklyn. Saturday he'll be
in Philadelphia. So Lebron is making the whole Northeast tour
this week, and it did not start off great yesterday
it was. It was actually a beat down of epic
proportions as the Lakers got great news yesterday that Anthony Davis,
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who had been listed as questionable the last couple of
days here, actually was active last night. That's right, Anthony
Davis after pulling on his gluteus maximus there a couple
of weeks ago had had managed to somehow or another
make it to a Green Bay game, I believe was
it the last week. The week prior to that, had
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managed to take in a couple of football games, do
a couple of commercial spots, sitting a chair for a barbershop, do,
a few interviews. Hadn't been out on the court until
last night. So Anthony Davis back for the Lakers. They
just came off a huge win on the road a
couple of days ago against Houston and had an opportunity
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there to take down Harden and Westbrook, and they did
it without Anthony Davis. They did it with a Lebron
and company and they were they were dominant. So day's rest.
Now they get to go into another team here in
the East that is reeling. We are talking about a team, guys,
in the Boston Celtics that has been absolutely abysmal. Uh
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here over the last couple of weeks, since the New year,
since it turned January one, the Celtics have been the worst.
We are talking about a team that is lost to
the Wizards, the Pistons, the Sons at home. Uh. This
has not been good. They have not been able to
put it together. Some of the worst basketball the entire
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season has been played by the Celtics. Not to mention,
they've had some guys hurt. J Allen Brown was questionable.
Kemba Walker was questionable for this game. And with all
of that, what happens You get a return of Anthony
Davis and a line that allowed the Lakers to be
the big favorite in the Boston Garden. That's right, the
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Lakers go into that game three and a half point favorites.
Last night. Everyone's excited. Anthony d You know, you get
the Uni Brow, you get Lebron, you get to see
the Lakers who have been absolutely rolling. Uh, maybe a
little preview is to a possible championship, although a lot
of people think Boston is just not equipped even be
able to make it out of the East or anywhere
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close to it. But this was going to be timing
the rolling in red hot Lakers taking on the reeling
Boston Celtics. And how did it end? It ended in
a beatdown of just epic proportions, one thirty nine to
one oh seven. The Boston Celtics not only cover guys,
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but they made Lebron quit. That's right. Lebron actually had
to sit, I believe, as did Anthony Davis and company. Um.
The beat down was so bad that both Lebron and
a d just took to the bench. Here for the
final eight and a half nine minutes of the game
at the Garden, Uh, it was all of a sudden
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just it was laughable. What was going on there. Lebron
was getting dunked on. Lebron was just getting everywhere he
turned around. Kemba Walker Finally, finally, Kemba Walker was able
to beat Lebron James. And the amazing thing is that
wal in port Kemba was stuck in Charlotte for all
those years. But Kemba Walker actually beat Lebron James for
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the very first time. We are talking about a dude
in Kemba Walker that spent the first eight years of
his career up against Lebron and freaking twenty eight Bavona.
Can you believe that that is second and NBA a
history only two and some of you, some of you
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old school NBA guys, will remember the General Sherman Douglas. Uh,
he was oh and thirty, that's right, oh for thirty
going up against Michael Jordan's back in the day. He
played for the Heat, the Knicks and the Cell. He
played for a bunch of teams, but uh, no matter
what team he played on, he could not beat Michael
Jordan went oh for thirty. So finally, in epic proportions,
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they the big beat down of Lebron happens for Temper
takes them down. Temper excited says that listen, I'm not alone.
There had been a whole lot of diuers here that
uh had had a lot of says beating Lebron James altimate.
Ju He's correct, but picked the past, and we had
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another epic performance last night. We thought about that text
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for details. And uh yeah, it was a loaded card
last night in the n B A a card in
which we told you the Kemba Walker finally was able
to get off the schnide. He is still not as
bad as the Washington General's uh war against a products.
He went into the game last night and eight going
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up against Lebron James and his career, oh and twenty eight.
You're talking about a dude who spent the first eight
years of his career in Charlotte, which is bad enough,
but one dude that you could not beat. He could
not beat was Lebron and that was until last night.
And it was of epic proportions and a one thirtee
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oh seven beat down to the point where you got
Anthony Davis back Laker fans and both him and Lebron
what about nine minutes left to go in the fourth quarter.
It was so bad. Uh though those two were on
the bench at that point, which do I need to
tell you what the what the Boston Garden was like
last night, you know, ripping those guys up on the bench.
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It was not good. But Kember had a pretty good
response as to finally being able to beat good old
Lebron James. You know, anybody's making a big day with
the record of stuff, but you don't have the most
respectful Lebron. And you know, he's one of the greatest
players of all time. And if anybody him, you know,
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if the guy couldn't be, it would beat him. You know,
he's he's such a great player, and he's done so
much in this league. You know, he's been so far,
so you know, it just feels good to know win.
I'm more excited about the way he played. And yeah,
no kidding, because you guys had sucked going into that game.
But very humble Kemba. If you guys haven't had a
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chance to get to know him, Kemba is just one
of the most likable dudes in the n B. A
total difference than than having Kyrie in a locker room. Obviously, Listen,
every NBA team at this time of year goes through
some peaks and valleys. There is a little bit of
a lull in January. It happens every year in the
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NBA season where teams struggle for a little while. They
come out of the gate hot, they they're doing their thing,
and then January comes and it's it's a grind coming
off of the holidays and uh and the busy December schedule,
it gets to be a grind. So this is kind
of the point in the season where some of some
teams take a step back. And then, of course, uh,
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there's always that one game, that one turning point for
a team, and maybe, just maybe that was the game
for the Boston Celtics last night. As everything was working.
Hayward in Jalen Brown had twenty, Enis Cancer had eight
team and eleven boards. As the Celtics said, we don't
care Anthony Davis, Una Brow, it doesn't make a darn
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bit of difference. Let's go get it. And it had
been a rough stretch, a rough January thus far for
the Boston Celtics, but great win for them last night.
Another rough season thus far, and hopefully they're looking for
that spark, that one game that maybe they can turn
the corner with, and they might have gotten it last night.
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The Portland Trailblazers, who every time they turn around somebody
has hurts. Carmelo has been a pleasant surprise, to say
the least. When they brought him in a lot of
people thought that was a desperate move. But Carmelo has
been fantastic for the Portland Trailblazers. But when it comes
to Lillard and McCullum, it's either one or the other.
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Is is sick? Is not there? C J. McCullum not
on the court last night for the Portland Trailblazers at
home taking on the Golden State Warriors, who got D'Angelo
Russell back, And we all know it's a it's been
a little tough stretch here, a tough season for the
Golden State Warriors, but they did get a bit of
good news. It appears that Steph Curry is on track
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to be back in March. Uh. He looks like he
will in fact suit it up there saying by March
here another month or so and you will see Steph
Curry in a Golden State Warriors uniform. They're getting his
groove back on testing some things, but he does appear
ready to return at least in March. Clay Thompson's been
pushing to also return with him, to kind of give
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fans a little sneak peek into next year and and
get back on the court a little bit. So it'll
be interesting to see how they handle it at Golden State.
But uh, Steph is swearing, as is a lot of
other people, that he will be back before the season
is over, and he's hoping in March. Gonna be a
little too late for them, but it's not too late
for Portland's who's still trying to look even as an
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eight seed there. If they could somehow managed to put
together a little run here over the next month and
a half give themselves an opportunity to be able to
cast your ticket to the playoffs. But they got to
play better, and and they started last night again. No
c J. McCollum for the Portland Trailblazers. There six and
a half point favorites at home, and they're going up against,
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you know, the one of the worst teams in the NBA,
in the Warriors. So what happens in that game? While
it was a one man show, and while Golden State
was taken a two Partland for most of this game,
they could not outdo one guy, and that being Damian Lillard,
the hundred and ninety four million dollar man, the contract
he got in the off season. Uh well, eventually the
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game ended with Portland's winning in overtime, which was a
great and very entertaining game from that standpoint, but it
was watching Lillard drop a career high sixty one points
in the in the process seventeen of thirty seven shooting.
He was eleven of twenty from three point range, and
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get this, a perfect sixteen for sixteen from the free
throw line. He had ten boards, seven assists just to
edit in there, and only two turnovers. Um. Listen, we've
we've come to take for granted the fact that three
pointers are gonna be chucked up at at a ridiculous
rate here in the NBA. But he hit a group
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of three point shots guys in this game to be
able to elevate Portland's into overtime to begin with. That
was just absolutely amazing, including one that tied the game
in the last few seconds of regulation and then again
in the final minute of overtime with three guys on
him and he was still pulling up and you want
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to talk about feeling it, he was grooving it all night. Unbelievable. Uh,
he gets sixty one now in the win. He did
get sixty earlier, and in fact, he did it earlier
in the season, but they lost when he scored sixty
earlier in the season against Brooklyn that was back in
November eight. But that tells you that he's had to
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score a hundred and twenty one points for the Blazers
to a lose in an effort to the Brooklyn Nets
and be actually barely beat in overtime a Golden State
Warriors team. So that tells you everything you need to
know about the Portland Trailblazers season, that this dude is
dropping in sixty one and sixty and he's barely winning.
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And how sixty wasn't even good enough to beat the
Brooklyn Nets back in November. So just decimated by injuries.
Uh Nurkics been out all season like he was half
of last season. There, Zach Collins has played in just
three games. Rodney Hood went down for the season in December. Uh.
Lobby Scare is also on the shelf. They traded Kent
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bays More, I believe, and Anthony Tolliver to the Kings
for Trevor ariza Um. It's been rough of them. They've
got Carmelow. Now they've got a reason starting to put
it together. McCullum was out again last night with an illness.
It just uh if it could go wrong, it has
gone run for Portland's But any time that you can
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put up or put out, I should say, uh, Damian
Lillard on the court, especially at home, you're gonna have
a shot at winning a game. And he was. He
was just lighting it up. And right now, if we're
looking at it, they are nineteen and twenty six to
Portland Trailblazers, but the number seven seed currently occupied by
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the Oklahoma City Thunder. After that, it really does just
fall off a cliff. Guys, we are talking about the
Grizzlies right now. The Memphis Grizzlies are the number eight seed.
As of this twenty and twenty three they are as
the eight seed, that being the Memphis Grizzlies, John Or
and company. Young team also playing some good basketball right now.
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But the truth is at nineteen and twenty six, Portland
is still you gotta get to the dance. If they
can get a little healthier and they can actually put
a little run together, Portland is Portland is Portland. Man.
You get c. J. McCollum, and you get Damian Lillard,
and you mix in a couple of pieces. Now with
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a unbelievable wing player and Trevor Ariza, great defender. You know,
you get Collins back into a groove now all of
a sudden, Hell, even Whiteside on the whiteside in that team.
You even got Hassan Whiteside with a huge block last night. Uh,
they could, they could do some damage, but it starts
we're getting on a roll. And they got on a roll.
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By the way, they had lost ten up their last
four games prior to that one. How dead going for
the trail player? Well, Boston in Portland's monster winds sponster
effort last night. Do then we'll see, We'll take a
look at the mid play point. We'll take a look
at somebody's playoffs standings at the MPG. He's back coming up.
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on this on this Tuesday. It is January the twenty one,
after all, getting ready to embark on the week prior
as one big football game remains the super Bowl here
in Miami, and we've got plenty of time between now
and then to dissect what's going to happen in this game?
Is uh? Andy read yesterday made made it known that
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he celebrated the celebrated the game, the win, finally the
lamar On Trophy, and getting ready to come to Miami.
He had mentioned after the game that maybe he should
start losing a few pounds here so he could fit
into his clothes, especially short since he's coming down to
Miami and it was every bit of eighty two degrees here. However,
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except today, by the way, you guys will be uh
I want you to know I actually had to put
on a jacket here today when I when I left
my house this morning due to the fact that, uh,
it was fifty one degrees this morning, fifty one degrees
when I left, and the wind was blowing. It was
probably one of the coldest things I've ever experienced. So
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I just want you you think you got it bad,
I just want you guys to remember that. So Andy
Reid says that he's gonna lose a little weight, and
then he was asked yesterday about what he did when
he celebrated, like, how did you celebrate Andy when you
went home? And he said, basically, he wolfed down to
cheeseburger and went to bed. Uh. And you gotta love
Andy Reid. You just gotta love Andy Reid. He's growing
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chins by the minute and he just does not care.
And good for him. Man, I'm excited. Kind of hard
to root against Andy Reid. It really really is. And
you know, your heart may say one thing, but of
are the reality of a situation may say another, but
Andy Reid not changing his ways. Give me that damn cheeseburg.
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I'll go to sleep and let's we'll celebrate tomorrow, but
they are getting ready to come down. We've got plenty
of opportunities. So much between now and kick off a
week from this Sunday. In fact, between the prop bets
and uh, the Handle are the anticipation through the roof
guys for this. They are anticipating the single biggest bet
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sporting event ever here legally in this country. We are
anticipating Handle across the sports books, the twenty states that
haven't legalized. It's going to be absolutely epic of epic proportions.
And heading right into March Madness too, they anticipate the Handle,
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and that, of course, outside of the Super Bowl, March
Madness is, without a doubt, the bracket challenges and the games,
the most believe bet of all the sporting events, March Madness.
So they anticipate that is the records are gonna get
blown out of the water with that. So it's gonna
be an awful lot of fun over the next couple
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of months. Then we got the NBA Playoffs and HL
Playoffs and oh yeah, we all get to watch the
Houston Astros and uh, you know, right up the road
from me here in South Florida, it's interesting the Washington
Nationals and the Houston Astros. Um they have a combined
spring training facility together and the Astros on one side,
Nationals on the other, but it isn't the same complex.
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And I imagine the coverage on the Houston Astros this
year is going to be absolutely insane. And guys, that's
just that's forty days away. Just want you to know
it a little over a month away and we'll start
breaking down Major League Baseball future. So it is good
that you are here. It's I'm so happy that you
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guys have found sports Grid and that you're gonna hang
with us, because every step of the way, we will
get you covered here and we'll make sure, uh that
you are gonna make it a profitable shall we say,
next couple of months here and build your bankroll getting
ready for baseball season, or quite honestly, if you don't
like baseball, building up your bankroll to get ready to
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start college football, because it won't be long before August
this year and we start all over again. So plenty
of ways for you to profit this year. But it
starts really over the next thirty days. NBA college basketball,
and of course the big one, the Super Bowl. But
we had told you the n b A only one
game on the card here tonight, and that game is
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going to feature, uh, the Dallas Mavericks tonight, who are
welcoming back Chris Stops port Zingis, who it feels like
has been forever since he's played for them. Don check
has pretty much carried them. But in fact port Zingis
he'll be going against the Clippers here tonight. He's missed
the last ten games, but he is ready to go.
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Reported they will have a full compliment. Finally, porzingis averaging
about seventeen points nine boards a game this year coming
off of that injury. Nick fans will tell you last year,
of course they missed him, weren't quite sure what they
were gonna get. They went six and four without Porzingis
in the lineup, But Luca don Chick has pretty much
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carried them, so he will be um. It'll be very
interesting now that he is back. Dallas and fifteen on
the season. They currently sit fifth in the West. And
which brings me to my point here. We'll do a
little quick gambling you for you guys, because many many
of you watching right now may have just not been
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paying attention to the NBA thus far. And even college
basketball for that matter. You've been so focused on the
playoffs in the NFL, and you know now that the
big game is here, now that it's one game left,
you may want to start turning your attention to maybe
getting caught up a little bit here in the NBA
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arena as well as the college hoops arena and say,
all right, let me what did I miss what's going on?
And maybe what are some of the approaches I can
take in order to profit a little bit here in
the NBA along the way. And there's a couple of
things that you guys can do, uh NBA fans or
those of you that want to dabble a little bit
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into NBA betting. Um, there's a couple of strategies. And
one of the strategies that a lot of handicappers will
certainly employ when it comes to the NBA is making
sure they dive into the market from the start of
the day, throughout the day, monitoring the markets. And we've
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hammered this point home across that you have to understand
as more and more people enter the sports betting arena
and the sports betting market, these fans, they bring recreational
dollars and we're not talking about professional money here. We're
talking about more and more public money is entering the
market as more and more states past legislation, and so
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more and more people are going, all right, great, let
me let you know, we've got we've got sports, but
we've got mobile betting now, so let me go ahead
and bet on a couple of NBA games. And you've
got to be aware of that. You've got to be
aware of the fact that a lot of these lines
and numbers moving forward, the sports books are counting on
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that recreational dollar. They are counting on the public who
doesn't often bet, but maybe will bet, pushing some of
these numbers one way or together, either over inflating or
maybe devaluing some other teams. There is a great opportunity
to profit here over the next couple of months because
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of that fact. Because now that the NFL is almost over,
there are going to be a bunch of folks here
that are going to start betting on the NBA who
haven't followed all year. And what do we know about
the public. We know they love favorites, They love big
stars and and players names like Lebron uh and they
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love overs because they love scoring. So there is without
a doubt an opportunity for the savvy sports investor to
be able to watch the markets on a daily basis
and watch what happens between some of these UH onlines
in some of these games, like what you watched with
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Boston and UH and the Lakers last night and Anthony
Davis and UH and company. UH figuring out where the
public is going and who they like and who they
are betting on. We'll give you a great opportunity to
be able to profit this NBA season. And how do
we do it? While we call it very simply the
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ability to fade the public right going contral and it's
one of the oldest and tried in true systems in
the world that the public because of their favoritism to
their favorite players or two big names and two teams
that they just think are much better than everyone else.
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The books know this. The book shade the line to
the favorites, and that means more often than not, a
lot of these favorites are getting way more points and
way more value than they should be. So if you're
following the markets on a daily basis from the morning
and just follow it through the afternoon up through tip time,
you'll be able to start to see where does the
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line start, where does it go? And oh yeah, are
we talking about a Lebron team? Are we talking about,
you know, a Kyrie team? Are we talking about one
of these blue blood teams? A perfect example is the
Toronto Raptors this year, guys, they have been one of
the without a doubt, one of the most undervalued teams
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in all of the NBA. And why they're the national champion,
I mean, the world champions here, guys, But they lost Kauai.
So the public perception is that they're no good, They're
not going to be any good, and yet they continue
to roll teams time and time again. So knowing that
and knowing that while the public anytime they play a
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favorite of some sort like Lebron or Kauai or any
one of the the upper echelon teams Milwaukee with the
Greek freak teams are going to get undervalued. And you're
seeing it in Houston right now with the Rockets, who
have Westbrook and hardened. Westbrook and Harden continue to They
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laid seven and a half them was eight points last night,
seven and a half and eight points at home against
a Oklahoma City thunder team that has trucked them less
than a month ago, and you know what, they're still
laying eight points and all okay see has done and
okay see, didn't they trade west Brook? They're no good? Right,
They're terrible? How did it? Yeah? They they rolled the
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Houston Rockets again. So those are kinds of opportunities that
are presented to you just by following the market and
realizing that Houston is not as good as they market
thinks they are. The Lakers at times are not gonna
be nearly as good as everyone says they are. There
are going to be spots during the week in the
NBA where the public is just gonna fall over the
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big names at home, big spreads, big numbers, and the
value and the best plays are going to be in
the underdogs. So rule number one if you're gonna dive
into the NBA here this. Over the next couple of weeks,
guys is start recognizing how to read the market movement
and start recognizing that the public and the books, they're
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already fading the line. They're already shading the line towards
the Hardens, the Westbrooks, the Lebrons of the world. Take
a look at some of those underdogs and some those
teams that have no chance of winning. Take a look
at some of them during the week, and you might
just make yourself a whole lot of extra money on
the side simply by moving away from what the public likes,
(45:13):
which is of the time the big name favorite. So
there is opportunity, and it's one strategy you guys can
employ if you're going to dive into it. Simply watch
these big favorites, watch the teams that they play, watched
the line move in their favor take a couple of
bucks and move it down on an okay See or
(45:35):
even the Toronto Raptors, and even Miami this year is
another team, guys that has absolutely not been given the
credit they should because it's Miami. They haven't been any good, right,
Jimmy Butler is he's good? They're not great? Well, Miami
here through the first couple of months of the season
(45:56):
is one of the most profitable teams against the number
in the lead, as is okay See. And the reason
is that the markets just don't the public doesn't believe
and doesn't realize how good they are. So every team
they play, especially the upper echelon teams in the West
and and Milwaukee and Philip They're always going to be undervalued,
(46:19):
so eventually the markets will catch up, but they're not
there yet, which means you, guys have some opportunities to
be able to profit by backing some of these what
the public considers lesser teams in the NBA right now.
Those lesser teams, um, yeah, like the Knicks, Cleveland, Detroit's.
(46:41):
Don't just put the next room because you think they suck. Well,
they may suck, but that doesn't mean you can't profit
from them. So there's a big difference there. We'll talk
way more about this as season moves on, as the
week progresses, we'll get ready. We'll look and make it
rain next year. On the Grid sports grid dot com.
Good luck which plays today, guys will call up tomorrow.
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to serve you the fanatic. This is sports Cride. Get
off the grid, hi over slept Look, I need your
help here did you miss on the morning line? We
are talking about a team, guys, in the Boston Celtics
(47:48):
that has been absolutely abysmal. Uh here over the last
couple of weeks, since the New year, since it turned January,
the Celtics have been the worst. We are talking about
a team that has lost to the Wizards, the Pistons,
the Sun's at home. Uh. This has not been good.
They have not been able to put it together. Some
of the worst basketball the entire season has been played
(48:11):
by the Celtics. Not to mention, they've had some guys hurt.
Jalen Brown was questionable, Kemba Walker was questionable for this game.
And with all of that, what happens You get a
return of Anthony Davis and a line that allowed the
Lakers to be the big favorite in the Boston Garden.
That's right, the Lakers go into that game three and
(48:31):
a half point favorites. Last night. Everyone's excited. Anthony d
You know, you get the Uni Brow, you get Lebron
you get to see the Lakers who have been absolutely rolling. Uh,
maybe a little preview is to a possible championship, although
a lot of people think Boston is just not equipped
even be able to make it out of the East
or anywhere close to it. But this was going to
(48:52):
be Timy, the rolling in red hot Lakers taking on
the reeling Boston Celtics. And how did it end? It
ended in a beat down of just epic proportions, one
thirty nine to one oh seven. The Boston Celtics not
only cover guys, but they made Lebron quits. That's right.
Lebron actually had to sit, I believe, as did Anthony
(49:16):
Davis and company. Um. The beat down was so bad
that both Lebron and a d just took to the
bench here for the final eight and a half nine
minutes of the game at the Garden. Uh, it was
all of a sudden just it was laughable. What was
going on there? Lebron was getting dunked on. Lebron was
just getting everywhere he turned around. Kemba Walker Finally, finally,
(49:39):
Kemba Walker was able to beat Lebron James. And the
amazing thing is that walking port Kemba was stuck in
Charlotte for all those years. But Kemba Walker actually beat
Lebron James for the very first time. We are talking
about a dude in Kemba Walker that spent the first
eight years of his career up against Lebron owing twenty
(50:01):
and freaking twenty eight Bavona. Can you believe that that
is second in NBA history only two and some of you,
some of you old school NBA guys will remember the
General Sherman Douglas. Uh, he was oh and thirty, that's right,
oh for thirty going up against Michael Jordan's back in
the day. He played for the Heat, the Knicks, and
the Cell. He played for a bunch of teams, but
(50:23):
no matter what team he played on, he could not
beat Michael Jordan went oh for thirty. So finally, in
epic proportions, they the big beat down of Lebron happened
for Kember takes him down, Kemper excited,
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