Clutch Role Players vs Superstars: Making Sense of the Wildest Finals

The basketball world is witnessing one of the most unexpected NBA Finals matchups in recent memory, and the Pick'em Pros are breaking down every angle of the Pacers-Thunder championship series. What started as a predicted gentleman's sweep has evolved into a legitimately competitive battle that has basketball fans divided on who will ultimately hoist the Larry O'Brien Trophy.

At the center of our spirited debate is Pacers guard Tyrese Haliburton, whose postseason heroics have sparked a fascinating discussion. Is he truly a rising NBA star, or as Diego provocatively suggests, merely a "clutch role player" who lacks the game-to-game consistency of established superstars? The panel dissects his impact, his game-winners in each playoff series, and what his performance means for Indiana's championship hopes.

Beyond the on-court analysis, we tackle the concerning ratings slump this Finals has experienced and whether it reflects a broader issue with how the NBA markets its product. Have the league's media partners dropped the ball by focusing exclusively on established superstars while neglecting to properly showcase exciting young teams like the Pacers and Thunder? The telecast production itself comes under fire for lacking the championship atmosphere fans expect from the NBA's biggest stage.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:01):
All right, ladies and gentlemen, welcome back.
You know who it is, I am DerekThompson.

Speaker 2 (00:08):
And I'm Diego Thompson and I'm Christopher
Davis.
And who are we, the Pick'emPros?

Speaker 1 (00:13):
We are the Pick'em Pros coming back at you in the
house with a special episode ofwho you Got.
The final episode of Season 3,last live here man, father-son
dynamic duo and Christopher hedid not say his nickname.
C pain, davis.
What's up y'all?
How we doing, doing great,doing good, all right, all right

(00:34):
, so you got the championshiphat on okay, looking good.

Speaker 3 (00:38):
How about the guy who picked the pacers?
Again, the gentleman sweep isnot happening, so, uh, let's see
if they can get three straight.
Let's see.

Speaker 1 (00:48):
Gentleman's sweep is not happening.
That's true, that's true.
But tell me if I look worried,do I look worried at all?
Just be worried.
Am I worried?
Be worried.

Speaker 4 (00:57):
I don't think you're worried, man.
I'm not worried, be worried.

Speaker 1 (01:01):
I'm not worried.
I'm not worried.
Okay, I'm not concernedwhatsoever.
We will get into that.
We've got a fire show.
Thank you all for checking usout.
We know the comments will beoff the chain today, as well as
probably more questions, as thisis again the live show, last
live show as we wrap up Season 3.
We'll be going into Season 4 inthe fall and there's going to

(01:23):
be a whole new format.
A lot of things are going tochange and evolve for the better
.
Got my man, david, in thebackground here checking us out.
You know, helping out with alot of things that's going to
happen.
We got Joe running things inthe studio.
We got Summer in the backgroundrunning things, brandon in the
background, everybody.
We've got Brianna backstage.
That's going to be joining us.
It's going to be joining us.

(01:43):
Uh, it's going to be great.
We're going to cap the show offby talking about our favorite
season three moments, but we'regoing to start off.
Of course, pacers will then gointo OKC thunder.
Are they choking the seriesaway?
Some people seem to think that.
All right, we're going to gointo Aaron Rogers finally
signing with the PittsburghSteelers Worst kept secret ever.
Okay, does that mean anythingat all.

(02:05):
Are they actually going to goto the playoffs or will that
mean nothing?
Okay, and then we'll give ourpicks for the big game tonight.
The big game four tonight.
Many think this is a pivotalgame, and many folks have the
winner of the game tonightpegged to win the championship.
So some people think this isgame seven.
So we'll talk about the gametonight and then, of course,

(02:25):
finish off with our favoritememory of season three, and then
we'll have our final threeminutes with Brandon.
We got three topics that he'sgoing to hit.
All right, y'all ready to getinto it?
Yes, sir, all right, let's doit.
Let's do it.
Thanks again.

Speaker 2 (02:43):
So Indiana Pacers man , they're celebrating
Everybody's happy.
Oh man, look at that, man, lookat that.

Speaker 1 (02:46):
Christopher C Payne Davis got his chest poked out.

Speaker 2 (02:49):
Man, Happy you know what I mean.
They should buy a beam whilethey're at it, you know what I'm
saying.

Speaker 4 (02:54):
They should have.

Speaker 2 (02:55):
Yes, yes, they should definitely pull a Sacramento.

Speaker 5 (02:58):
They remind me a lot of the.

Speaker 1 (02:59):
Sacramento Kings Remind me a lot of the San
Antonio Spurs remind me a lot ofthose types of teams.
So they should light a beam.

Speaker 2 (03:07):
They definitely should light a beam.

Speaker 1 (03:09):
They're happy.
Everyone's just, oh man, joyful.
It's just good.
Chris, how do you?

Speaker 3 (03:15):
feel man.

Speaker 1 (03:17):
We're in a great spot .

Speaker 3 (03:19):
I mean 1-2-1.
I do think that this is apivotal game for it, but from
what we've seen?

Speaker 1 (03:25):
Oh no, it's not pivotal.

Speaker 5 (03:27):
It's over.
What do you mean?
It's over?
I never said it was over.
I never said it was over.

Speaker 3 (03:31):
Listen, let's be realistic about this Pacer team
One.
Nobody expected us to be here.
I mean, I remember picking themas a dark horse.
I didn't think they would gothis far.
I I thought at least conferencefinals did not expect you know,
two wins away from winning,winning the whole thing.
Okay, so let me let's temperthe expectations with my
patients.

Speaker 6 (03:48):
I did not listen.

Speaker 3 (03:50):
I think they could win now, right.

Speaker 2 (03:52):
But before tempering, oh no.

Speaker 1 (03:55):
Oh no, oh no, sky high, all right, sky high guy,
but I do think.

Speaker 3 (04:00):
I do think, when it comes to this team, that they
are one of the best underdogstories we've seen in recent
memory.
I do also think that this teamis a good story for the NBA.
They finally got a small marketteam that wasn't touted, that
wasn't covered, all of a suddenmaking almost a Cinderella-like
round.
Well, that doesn't feel likeCinderella, because they're
beating a bunch of really goodteams in five and six games and

(04:21):
then there's a game-winner everysingle series, six games, and
then, you know, there's a gamewinner every single series.
So and again calling this aboring brand of basketball.
When we see, like the fourthquarter and everybody kind of
like on the edge of their seatsand see what the pacers might be
able to do, I don't necessarilythink that that makes for a
boring series or a boring team.
So I feel like that, all in all, this has been a great series.
This is and we'll see tonightbecause this is a big one.

(04:44):
I do think that whoever winsthis game is probably going to
win the series.

Speaker 1 (04:47):
Okay, all right.
All right, sounds good.
Now let's do a quick, quicktechnical check.
Hey, summer, do you hear C-Pain?
Well, just give me thumbs up ifyou do.
Okay, all right, okay, I justwant to make sure.
I just want to make sure.
Diego, I know you were smilinga lot while C Payne was giving
his take on the Pacers andsaying how great this is for the

(05:08):
league.

Speaker 2 (05:08):
He said you know, while watching the fourth
quarter people were quote on theedge of their seats while
watching the Indiana Pacers ballout in the fourth quarter.
So yeah, I just thought thatwas funny.
This is probably the worst NBAFinals I've ever seen in my life
.
Funny this is probably theworst NBA Finals I've ever seen
in my life, just like in total,the enjoyableness to watch and

(05:30):
the Pacers being in it just kindof ruins the whole vibe.
To answer the question, thePacers are not winning the NBA
Championship.
That's not going to happen.
The series is over.
As you said, the Thunder got itin the bag.
They're going to Golden StateWarrior.
They're going to tie up 2-2, goback to OKC.

Speaker 5 (05:48):
It's going to be 3-2, then they control the series
Wow.

Speaker 3 (05:53):
OK, the classic.

Speaker 2 (05:54):
Now that does sound.
That's why I'm wearing this hatright here.
The Golden State Warrior.

Speaker 1 (05:59):
OK, now you do have a history in calling this.
You did fly to Game four of theCeltics Warrior Series back in
2022.
I think we may have that on thenews where you called that, so
you may not be new to this.

Speaker 2 (06:16):
You just might indeed be true to this Tonight.
We're coming back tonight.
We're going to tie it up 2-2,go back to Golden State, then
3-2.
Then we're going to control theseries.
Okay, you did the exact samething, just with OKC.

Speaker 3 (06:28):
Same thing.

Speaker 2 (06:28):
Okay, Got the MVP Shea Going to do his little
mid-range Average at getting his30, his 36 and 6.

Speaker 6 (06:35):
And the free throws as well, mr Consistent.

Speaker 2 (06:38):
A few free throws sprinkled in there.

Speaker 6 (06:39):
Yeah, you know whatever gets the job done.

Speaker 2 (06:42):
and you know, yeah, we're going to walk home with it
.

Speaker 1 (06:45):
Okay, okay, I like that and we'll do a deeper dive
into Game 4 later in the show.
So we'll dive into that, sincethis is such a big game, big,
pivotal game, so we'll dive intothat.
But as a whole, I think we knowwhere we stand for the series,
so to speak.
So you definitely still haveall the confidence in the world
in OKC.
You think there's no way in theworld the Pacers are going to

(07:08):
win this C-Pain.
You believe that the Pacers aregoing to win.
You definitely stepped up atthe King show last week.
Shout out to everybody thatchecked that out.
It came out that was a fireshow.
We had a great time, witheverybody Still putting a lot of
clips out from that.
So, thank you, you've got a lotof buzz and a lot of people are
reaching out wanting to get onthe show as a result of that one
.
So we appreciate that.

(07:29):
But so, c-pain, you definitelyare dug in to the Pacers.
So it's good, not onlyanalytically but emotionally,
and I like it.
I like it.
I like it, I like when theheartstrings get into it a
little bit.
So that's good.
Now we got everybody rightwhere we want them.

Speaker 2 (07:48):
Just like Steph at the Celtics.
Right where we wanted them,they got us 40.

Speaker 1 (07:54):
And so you know, just to throw my little two cents in
.
You know, yes, I still amriding with the OKC Thunder.
They will win this series.
I'll go deeper into it later.
But as far as the game three, Iwill say I was very
disappointed with OKC.
I think people are overreactingwith the Pacers right now
because they're acting like theyhave been dominating the entire

(08:15):
series where in all actualityOKC was up double digits.
Game one, game two clearly thebetter team in game one.
Game two okay.
Game three it was back andforth six point lead, eight
point lead, both teams right.
Much more evenly contested game.
And at about the nine and ahalf minute mark, okc just

(08:37):
fumbled, totally fumbled, thebag when they had that bad
turnover where all they had todo it was what we used to teach
your uh parks and rec team,right, I think it was.
Uh.
Jaylen williams had the ball,totally panicked, right, he was
getting pressured and there wasno reason.
There's no five second count inthe nba.
He did not have to pass theball.
All you had to do was keeppivoting and waiting for

(09:00):
somebody to come open.
But he panicked and felt likehe had to get rid of the ball.
Horrible turnover.
Pacers go down the court becausethey were up four or six and
looked like they were going toscore.
Go up eight, take control ofthe game.
Awful turnover that led to afast break point by the Pacers.
Then credit to the Pacers.
They steal the inbounds, playright and then boom, then it's a

(09:20):
ballgame.
Crowd's in it, Game.
Boom, then it's a ballgame,Crowd's in it.
Game was over.
Right there, Game was totallyover.
So that was the big momentumshift.
But I feel like and this happenswith the NBA Finals just period
People overreact on both sidesright after every game.
But I feel like now theconsensus except with the
betting public and darn it wemight have.

(09:41):
So I can place, do do a littlesomething before the game starts
.
But the um, the line is sointeresting though, because the
line was five and a half.
Okc is a favorite.
When I went to bed last nightand then when I woke up it was
six and a half.
So everybody except the bettingpublic seems to think that the

(10:04):
Pacers have control of thisseries.
But anyway, we'll get to gamefour.
We'll get to game four later.
C-pain, you want to makeanother statement, since you are
riding high right now, you wantto make another statement
before we talk about your guyHalliburton.

Speaker 3 (10:17):
I just think that it's interesting how we had a
whole discussion on OKC being,you know, a team that's
reminiscent of the Bulls and thegreat Warriors.
Yes, discussion on OKC being,you know, a team that's
reminiscent of the Bulls and thegreat Warriors teams of all.

Speaker 2 (10:25):
Yes, still is.

Speaker 3 (10:26):
And I do think that we kind of might have jumped the
gun on that, because again youare seeing their youth in some
of the games, where again ChetHolmgren does have like a
dominant half and then hedisappears.
Jalen Williams has a dominanthalf again.
Shane is having a great seriesOutside of game three.
He has played phenomenally.
So I'm not taking that awayfrom him at all.

(10:48):
But the rest of the team, withthe bench players, with
everything, I think, because thePacers bench has really been
the difference in the series,plus Tyrus Halliburton's clutch
shot in game one, that has beenthe true difference of this
series, this game.
This has to be OKC's benchstepping up as well, because
Shea can't do it all, becauseyou saw at the end of the game
everybody was gassed,everybody's hands on their knees

(11:09):
, you know, staying down alittle extra second, trying to
get your win back.
Right, I don't know, I feellike again, I don't know what
I'm going to call game four.

Speaker 1 (11:19):
I do, we'll see, we'll wait and see, we will get
into that for sure.
But yeah, the bench has to stepup, but more than that, the
team needs to feature the bench.
They just dumped the ball offthe SGA and everybody else just
stood back and it was way toomuch of that.
Not enough ball movement at all.

(11:40):
I feel that they make their wayback to that and swing the ball
and share the ball more.
So it was way.
It was way too much SGA, forfor sure.

Speaker 2 (11:48):
Also need to take advantage of their bigs, too,
cause with these smaller lineupsI think they can do that,
especially with Chet'sversatility that helps them
still being big and versatile.
That helps.

Speaker 1 (11:57):
Agreed For sure For sure, all right.
Well, let's move on to the nexttopic.
Let's talk about Halliburton.
Okay, guys, taking the leagueby storm, all right.
Okay, he was on that list ofbeing most overrated in the NBA.
That was a list voted on by hispeers.
Okay, that was not a media, nota media poll.
That was a player poll.

(12:17):
Wow, okay, but he's takingshots at the media, but that was
the players that did that.
But anyway, okay.
And so, man Diego, you seem tohave coined an amazing phrase of
clutch role player.
Yeah, so, man, that you reallyreally did it with that one.
But so Halliburton, diego, ishe a superstar or is he a clutch

(12:38):
role player, as you have coined?
I think we clearly know whereyou stand oh yeah, he's
definitely a clutch role player.

Speaker 2 (12:45):
Just the consistency being off is why I call him that
, because role players usuallyaren't as consistent as super
superstars such as SGA, forexample.
Day in, day out give you theirnumbers consistency.
Well, this guy over heredecides to be inconsistent some
days and he hits a clutch shotevery now and then, which is why

(13:05):
I call him a clutch role player, because he is very clutch.
I've given him that he's veryclutch and he was at home last
night.
He did have a good game onWednesday, whatever it was, and
role players do play better athome.
So, yes, I will give him thatas well, nice.

Speaker 3 (13:20):
That's all I got to say on that.
Okay, nice man.
I gotta say on that, okay, allright, all right.
So I don't know what this manhas to do to like get rid,
because the whole superstar roleplayer debate with him it's it
is interesting.
I will say he's very good.
I think he's a star superstar.
That's reserved for, like theupper echelon.
That's consistency over time.
So I do agree with you on that.

(13:41):
But acting like he's a roleplayer is absolutely insane,
because to me it's like a clutchrole player.

Speaker 5 (13:47):
Okay, all right.

Speaker 3 (13:48):
For a game winner in every single series.
You are the engine of thisoffense.
You're the reason that thisteam is able to go as far,
because of your heroics incertain games, robert Ory.

Speaker 2 (13:59):
That's true.
Yes, robert Ory Did Robert Oryhave 35-12-15?

Speaker 7 (14:02):
Did.

Speaker 3 (14:02):
Andre Goddard, did he have 35-12-15 in an Eastern
Conference final?

Speaker 1 (14:07):
I don't know, by the way he played in the Western
Conference.

Speaker 3 (14:09):
But that's what I'm asking.

Speaker 2 (14:10):
Andre Goddard won a Finals MVP.
That was a role player.

Speaker 3 (14:15):
That's the Finals MVP that you admit Steph should
have won, so you don't even gotto like that one, still to even
be in the running.
You're a Steph fan and youadmit that he shouldn't have had
that one.

Speaker 2 (14:22):
Still to even be in the running is impressive for a
clutch role player.

Speaker 6 (14:25):
All right, this guy didn't win the MVP.

Speaker 1 (14:29):
He hadn't even won the MVP, he hadn't even won
nothing.

Speaker 2 (14:31):
That was Siakam who was their best player.
One of the easier conferencefinals.
Mvp.
Most consistent and best playerVersatile.

Speaker 1 (14:39):
Plays defense.
So you say he is a star.

Speaker 3 (14:47):
I would say star, superstar.
That's reserved for people whohave already cemented legacy,
like a Steph, like a LeBron,like a KD.
I think that we were trying topush Ant there.
Ant's not there yet.
I think Shay is a superstarBecause again MVP and again the
accolades Jokic superstar.
There has to be a combinationof accolades and consistency.
So I'm with you with the factthat there are moments where he
isn't the like.

Speaker 2 (15:12):
Shiny person on his team, but I do don't think that
takes away from the fact of himbeing a star.

Speaker 1 (15:17):
Look when he scored three points in a and a half
game.
To that that dude, that didhappen, did happen.
So he had six assists in thatgame too.
He reminds me of the playerthat is not as talented, that
gets in the game, that scores abasket and then everyone loses

(15:38):
their mind.
You know, it's like, oh, that'sso good they scored.
You know what I mean.
That's a lot of what reminds me, because when he does have a
big game, when he scores 22,right, less than SGA everybody
loses their mind on what a greatgame he had Right.
And when he doesn't do well, itdoesn't.
You know, getting out with thefinals has gotten, you know, a

(15:59):
little more attention.
But yeah, it's very interestingbecause he doesn't have the
same expectations as otherplayers.
So you certainly can't put himin a superstar status because
nobody even expects anythinglike that of him.
Kind of similar to a roleplayer, although he has.
I guess he's the one on theroster that you can name and I

(16:21):
think that's why, a lot of, whyhe's kind of gotten this
superstar label, because we justwe still don't really know the
Pacers.
Yeah, we don't really know themlike that.
And then you know, to even goback to I'm kind of going back
to the other topic a little bitwith the Pacers here and you
know this, for the NBA, you knowthey're still trying to recover
last year of the Pacers goingas far as they did this year.

(16:43):
Ratings are atrocious right now, absolutely atrocious.
Like we were in lids beforecoming over here and we were
looking for hats and you know weasked them.
We were asked about pacers andokc and they were like okay,
what league is that?
Like okay, that that's the nba,that's okay, it's in that
section.
It was this little bitty columnon the wall of their nba hats

(17:07):
and like on the all the otherwalls, like all these you know
major league baseball hats andall these nfl hats, and the nba
just had this little sliver ofjust a couple hats.

Speaker 3 (17:16):
I have a question about that.
So you don't think it's more soa problem of the NBA inability
to talk about small Americanteams?
Because they're still talkingabout, again, my favorite team
in June and again, as a fan ofthe Lakers, I'm not going to lie
it does get irritating becauseI'm getting a little Cowboys
feeling with us during theselater LeBron years where it's
like we're going to win thefinals and then we get stomped

(17:36):
in the first round.
And again, this is me beingvery realistic about that and
y'all can finally quote me onthat, because I did have a
god-awful take about us winningthe championship.
But I will say I do think thatit's a problem with the media as
well.
It can't.
It's not solely just people arejust interested.

(17:57):
There's not an again with thenfl, it's like poetry with all
these small market teams.

Speaker 7 (17:58):
It's with all like yeah, it is a media issue?

Speaker 1 (17:59):
yeah, but it's not a media issue because of the
market.
The market has nothing to dowith it, a la lebron, james and
cleveland.
Cleveland's a small market andthat wasn't an issue there and
it wasn't an issue even in okcwhen kd and westbrook and all
those guys and Harden were there.
So it's not so much the smallmarket, it's the fact that the

(18:21):
NBA has fallen so in love withagain Steph LeBron and all those
guys.
They never featured theup-and-coming teams all year.

Speaker 2 (18:30):
Yes, because LeBron Steph KD they keep hanging
around All year.
Yes, because LeBron Steph KDthey keep hanging around and
with the Olympic stuffespecially off that they keep
just branding those guys and theother teams that are actually
winning and doing things.
Like the Celtics when they won,they didn't get that much
attention when the Nuggets won.
So NBA just focuses onmarketing the older guys who

(18:51):
just keep hanging around.
Because they just keep hangingaround.
Yeah, for sure, for sure.

Speaker 1 (18:58):
So, yeah, I think it's more of that.
On Christmas Day, that was aprime time to highlight the
up-and-coming guys and what theydo Same old same old, same old.
So they really need to do that.
Hopefully it's next year.
They do a better job of that.
Also, hopefully that's anotherthing the telecast and thank you
for the comments, the commentsto want to acknowledge some of
those but the telecast has beentrash, absolute trash.

(19:24):
Espn has done an awful ABC.
Espn is.
They've done a terrible job andI cannot wait for this to move
the NBC.
Why, why are we not showing thestarting lineups for the games
and getting everybody high?

Speaker 2 (19:36):
No starting lineups, no national anthem.

Speaker 1 (19:39):
Nothing.
The game just starts.

Speaker 2 (19:40):
It should at least be like a mini Super Bowl type of,
because the finals it's achampionship.
The Super Bowl does all thisstuff and the NBA does nothing.
To where even?
I remember when the Warriorswere playing, they would show
the national anthem and thestarting lineup and all this
stuff, at least showing thelogos Something more than just
like.

Speaker 3 (19:57):
Oh, the one thing that the last series, I felt
like the finals, was the Celticsand Warriors.

Speaker 1 (20:02):
Yes, no doubt.

Speaker 2 (20:04):
You see the gold lettering you get the feeling of
like they had the gold logos,they had the trophy outside.
It was just little stuff likethat.

Speaker 1 (20:11):
No doubt.

Speaker 3 (20:12):
No doubt, no doubt, no doubt.

Speaker 1 (20:13):
No doubt, no doubt.

Speaker 3 (20:15):
No doubt, no doubt.
That had to be said, that justhad to be said.

Speaker 1 (20:20):
Well, let's move on to the OKC Thunder.
All right, let's move on hereand let's talk about man.
Are they choking the seriesaway, or are the Pacers just
that?
Good, let's talk about this.
So, diego, what's your take onOKC so far?
Are they choking this away?

Speaker 2 (20:41):
They're not choking it away because I believe
they're going to win, but if thelike, they could have
definitely won some of the twogames that they lost.
So I believe they did chokeaway game three, actually both
of the games they did choke away.
But as far as the whole NBAFinals, I believe they'll bounce
back.
I believe they've had controlof the series and it's just

(21:03):
Indiana's had these moments thathave got them two games.
But if OKC continues to keepcontrol for these whole games,
then they will win for sure.
All confidence.

Speaker 1 (21:16):
Now, hypothetically, let's say Halliburton and crew
Halliburton.
Who else plays for the Pacers?
Anthony?

Speaker 3 (21:22):
Bethlehem Pascal Siakam Miles Turner, tj
McConnell.

Speaker 1 (21:26):
All those guys.

Speaker 3 (21:28):
Oh, those guys, I know their coach Rick Carlisle.

Speaker 1 (21:30):
The coach.
So, if Rick Carlisle can leadthem to win the NBA championship
, just like he led the DallasMavericks to shock the world
against the Heat, right Againstthe LeBron, lebron Wade, bosh
Heat what will this do for OKC?
How big of a stain is it?
We've already seen one coachget fired for losing to the

(21:51):
Pacers.
We've already seen staffmembers get fired for Pacers
being on Diego.
What would this mean for OKC ifthey were to lose to the Pacers
in the finals?

Speaker 2 (22:02):
It would be bad.
It would definitely be bad.
For sure, the coach might haveto get fired.
Actually, you know what They'dhave to clean house, get rid of
everybody.
Get rid of the coach, the wholecoaching staff.
Trade, sga trade Jalen Williams, chet.
Get rid of Sam Presti, just getrid of everybody.
Start over and bring KevinDurant back, maybe Russell

(22:24):
Westbrook, bring the whole crewand just start from there.

Speaker 1 (22:27):
Just go retro.

Speaker 6 (22:28):
Just clean house Go retro, all right.

Speaker 2 (22:30):
And bring the Adidas jerseys back.
Just go, total retro.
Okay, bring the Adidas jerseysback.

Speaker 1 (22:35):
You know, just Total retro all the way back may have
to move back.

Speaker 2 (22:37):
Yeah, bring a horn in there too.

Speaker 3 (22:39):
That's how much you believe that they're gonna win
the series.

Speaker 2 (22:42):
Yes.

Speaker 3 (22:49):
Well, when it comes to okay, see, I don't think that
I think that they are a verytalented team.
It's just the youth is showing,especially when it comes to
Jalen, I don't think that Ithink that they are a very
talented team.
It's just the youth is showing,especially when it comes to
Jalen Williams and Chet Holmgren, because Jalen Williams had a
great game yesterday but itdidn't feel like it was like
really dominating.
It didn't feel like it was, itwas like putting a stamp on it.
I do think that Chet has shownup in moments and then he's

(23:12):
disappeared.
Shea's consistently been thebest player, but now the way
they're guarding him, it's likenobody else seems to be really,
you know, helping him out.
That's the thing with this okcteam.
It's because they're led byshay, but they have a great,
like great roster around him.
So, my big thing with this team, and for them to win these, win
three straight, it literallyhas to be okay, shay, you're,

(23:35):
you just pick at the big moments, this is when we need you, but
the rest of the game, somebodyelse has to step up to help him
out.
And that's why I think theylost these two games, because,
again, shea literally had 40 inthe first game.
I'm not going to be out heresaying that Shea is having a bad
series.
I think last game it was reallybecause of how they were
guarding him and he's just tiredbecause he's like carrying this
team and that's not how okc hasbeen built.

Speaker 1 (23:57):
This whole entire season they've been dominant
because they played really goodteam basketball, so yeah okay
yeah yeah, I feel that uh, youknow I won't go as far as uh as
diego on if they were to losethis, that they'd have to clean
house, but I do feel and I wascompletely against this before,

(24:18):
but I felt that with theirtrajectory, with all the picks
that they had, they're built forthe long haul to continue to
stay competitive, to get atleast three titles, and just
that.
Sam Presti had done amagnificent job of constructing
this team to be good for a longtime.
However, now, after getting tothis point, if they were to then
lose to the Pacers after beingsuch an overwhelming favorite, I

(24:42):
feel that they would have toentertain trying to go and get
KD and do something for nothingelse other than to get the
attention off the fact that theycollapsed in the NBA Finals,
right, other than to get theattention off the fact that they
collapsed in the NBA finalsRight, similar to the Golden
State Warriors back in what wasit?
2015?
2016.

Speaker 3 (25:03):
After 3-1.

Speaker 1 (25:03):
Yeah, when they lost 3-1, right, that was all man's
state and they were about toreally, really really get killed
.
But, then about a week later,they signed KD and that just
changed the whole entire topic,whole entire narrative.
Let me hit this comment here.
Thanks everybody, much love foryour comments and support.
So let's see Professor says NBAprefers a seven-game series.

(25:25):
Yeah, yeah, so that's my dad,based on revenue for a small
market series.
My dad has always been on that.
So that's so, so funny.
Whenever the Bulls would lose,coming up, my dad would always
say it was fixed.
It was fixed.
The NBA wants it to go longer.
I always say that.

Speaker 7 (25:47):
So shout out.

Speaker 3 (25:48):
Shout out to Pounce.
Man Shout out to Pounce.

Speaker 1 (25:51):
What's love there and I'm going to try to keep my eye
on the comments.
So I what's love there and I'mgoing to try to keep my eye on
the comments.
I'm not looking at that screenbut I definitely.
Since this is the last liveshow, I want to try to be a
little more mindful of thosetoday.
And if you have a question thenwe'll hold that up and we'll
make sure we answer yourquestion.
If you have any of those, allright, but yeah, so I believe if
they do end up falling short,they may want to, for nothing

(26:13):
else, for morale, for everything.
Okay, let's change thenarrative, let's use all these
picks, let's do something tomake a big splash, to kind of
take the attention off the factthat we just let this go.
So that'll be very interestingto see what happens there.
They might have to deviate fromthe plan, all right, so we are
going to bring on Brianna next.

(26:34):
All right, out of Arizona.
Let's bring on Bri.
Here we go.
What's up, bri?
Hi what's going on?
It's been a minute when youbeen.

Speaker 6 (26:45):
Oh my gosh.

Speaker 1 (26:50):
I know you've done a lot man Graduated, been, you
know, doing a bunch, been goingto big games, taking photos with
big time stars, whatever.
I think I saw one I don't wantto steal all your thunder, but I
did see one with SpiderMitchell I believe that you took
.
So you know making big inroadsthere.
But before we ask you anythingelse, I do just again want to do

(27:12):
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make sure that you check thatout, all right.
So, bree, we're going to.
I tell you what.
Let's pivot to our next topic.
Let's talk Aaron Rodgers.
Talk some football with you,okay, and then we'll get your

(27:33):
take on uh the series in gamefour.
So let's talk aaron rogers,talk some football with you,
okay, and then we'll get yourtake on uh the series and gang
four.
So let's talk about that.
And I also want to plug uh mysports journey, because I know
you recently did an interviewwith will hernandez that's out
on the channel right now.
So definitely want everyone tocheck that out.
But, um, with football.
All right, you'll help ustransition over to this.

(27:53):
So your, your boy is, as welike to say, aaron Rodgers, that
you talked about earlier, hasfinally signed with the
Pittsburgh Steelers, so I'mgoing to do a two-parter on this
.
Are you surprised at all, andwill this make any difference?
Will they make the playoffs asa result of them signing Aaron
Rodgers?
Yeah, as a result of themsigning Aaron Rodgers.

Speaker 6 (28:17):
Yeah, I'm not really surprised because he's like he
has respect for the coach, so Ithink that kind of made him want
to do it more.
I think the make-up is off.
That's probably like a verycontroversial thing to say, but
I think they put it off Okay.
Well, mainly because I mean TomBrady when he went into the

(28:38):
Bucs he was 43 and he got asuper plan.
So and it happened with Manningtoo, so like, and he has DK
Manning- yeah, he does have DKManning.
And even though he's old, thatdoesn't really mean anything to
me.
I think he's a good player andhe's gone through a lot.
Yeah, Okay.

Speaker 1 (28:58):
All right.
All right, we will see.
So we'll definitely go aroundand get everyone else's take on
that, but you might be on anisland.
We'll see if you are with thatone and then we'll definitely
have to revisit that later.
Shout out to Johnny O.
I saw your comment there,johnny O, thank you.
Shout out, man Again, last livehere.
Shout out to you.
Shout out to the Detroit famAunt Deanna, kevin, brian,

(29:25):
everybody, florence, everybody,thank you.
Saw your comments there, sowant to call that out.
And then let's see, I got amessage here.
Oh yeah, ok, I saw that.

Speaker 2 (29:34):
All right, so, diego let's go to you next, man.
What is your take on AaronRodgers Again?
Are they, is this going to makea difference?
Are they going to make theplayoffs season?
Just, aaron rogers, like it'sjust kind of been toxic ever

(29:56):
since last year in green bay.
It's just been a lot of a toxicattitude and just not, and just
not the play to back it up.
So I think this is going to bevery similar to similar to last
year when there was a bunch ofhype with him coming into the
jets after the torn achilles,but uh, then there was really
nothing there.
And I think this it's going tobe similar right here.

(30:17):
I just don't see it.
And then DK he's a goodreceiver, but I do think he's a
bit overrated.
I put him closer to GeorgePickens' category.
I think he's right there inthat realm where some people
might put him way, way higherand they're overpaying him.
They're paying him, I think,think close to 30 million a year

(30:37):
.
Yeah, he's up there, paid withtop receivers, so just yeah, and
he's he's all they got toreceiver, like they don't have
anyone else.
They're running game they have.
They have jaylen warren, um,and like that's about it.
Tj watt hasn't been going tominicamp.
So there's just a lot of dramain Pittsburgh.
I just don't see them doinganything.

Speaker 1 (30:58):
Now one follow-up to that Opening night.
They play the Jets.
I don't know, where that is.
I don't know if it's in NewJersey or if that's in
Pittsburgh.
We'll get a check on that.
Those folks are looking that upright now.
That might determine, but wherewould you who wins that opening

(31:19):
night game?
The?

Speaker 3 (31:20):
Jets, it's in Jersey.
Okay, it's in Jersey.

Speaker 1 (31:22):
So it's in.
So the Jets are home.
Oh, thanks for looking that up.
So Jets are home.
Putting you on the spot whowins that game.
Man, that's a tough one.

Speaker 3 (31:37):
Give me the jets.
Okay, give me the jets, give me.

Speaker 6 (31:39):
Justin fields his first game first game was a jet.

Speaker 2 (31:41):
Okay, he's got breese hall.
Hand the ball off to him youknow throw it to garrett get it,
get him a few touches.

Speaker 1 (31:47):
Yeah, okay, I will um see pain.
You still have that.
When does that come on?
Is that a sunday night?
1 pm oh, that's a 1 pm.

Speaker 3 (31:54):
1 pm, thank God listen, jet Steelers, listen
with Odear Rogers and JustinFields.
That screams 1613.
Let's keep it real.

Speaker 2 (32:07):
That deserves to be in the Carolina.

Speaker 5 (32:09):
Panthers.
They got the Carolina PanthersMemorial 1 pm right there with
us oh my gosh, we got a Mondaynight game, week 12.

Speaker 2 (32:19):
So I mean, everybody's looking forward to
that, you know, and beating theCardinals too.

Speaker 6 (32:26):
Beating the Cardinals yearly.

Speaker 2 (32:28):
Looking forward to that, and we low-key own the
Cardinals, though right A littlebit cardinals are gonna be good
you know what, you know whatbrie and brie.

Speaker 1 (32:45):
We've got a little echo on your side, so I don't
know if there's anything you cando about it.
But, um, you know what brie, itmay depend on if they can
resign, will hernandez?
So you know me, that might be.
That may depend on if they canre-sign, will Hernandez?
So you know what I mean.
That might be the key.
It may determine what they cando there.
All right, so C-Pain, do youhave anything else on this one?

Speaker 3 (33:05):
Listen, if Aaron Rodgers has no haters, I have
left this earth.
So I'm just going to say thisvery honestly I have no faith in
this.
And Mike Tomlin is a coachwho's known for having a bunch
of divas on his team, and wherehas that gotten him in the past
few years With the Le'Veon Belland with Antonio Brown, which we
don't even got to mention whathappened yesterday, but just

(33:27):
throwing it out there, a lot ofdivas, a lot of people with big
personalities on that team andnobody and I mean it has not
worked out for this steelersteam.
So you think, signing a 47 yearold quarterback, who's just,
who has to learn a new offensewithin two months to compete
against two mvp caliberquarterbacks and whatever the

(33:48):
browns are throwing out there,but it's still the two of the
top five quarterbacks in theleague are in your division and
you've got to see them twice ayear and we think, oh yeah, this
team's going to get the MikeThomas special and go like 10-7,
9-8.
That's not happening this year,not at all.

Speaker 1 (34:02):
Not at all, not this year.
Well, I'm going to side withBree.
I'm going to side with Bree.
I should say yes, yes, yes.
So that may be good or bad foryou, brie, we'll see.
I'm siding with you.
I'm going with history.
Okay, tomlin has never had alosing season.
This will be no different.

(34:23):
All right, and they are goingto make the playoffs, all right.
So we'll revisit this a littlelater in season four and see
where we, where we, check out onthis one.
All right, Okay, all right, allright.
So, brie, let's play a quickclip from your most recent
interview with Will Hernandez,and then we're going to get your

(34:45):
take on the NBA finals.
All right, all right, all right, let's play this, and then
again, you can all see this onthe my sports journey playlist.
Let uh, hit this real quick.

Speaker 5 (34:56):
Kyler murray is a very fun and pleasant
quarterback to work for and toblock for.
He's that kind of splash playerthat obviously we all seen what
he can do right.
He runs fast and he has an arm.
He also does a lot of behindthe scenes things that make us
look good sometimes.
One time I had a guy slip byand he was on his way to sack
Kyler and Kyler was able to getaway from him because he's so

(35:19):
fast.
Playing for a quarterback likethat definitely has its perks.
I get along with him great.
I think he's a great player andmakes everybody around him look
good.

Speaker 1 (35:30):
Yeah, so definitely make sure you check that out
Again.
My Sports Journey.
So, bree, can you tell us maybesome people you've been
connecting with or who might becoming up what you got for us?

Speaker 6 (35:42):
Yeah, so recently I partnered with Swish Den
Basketball Training Facility, sowe're hoping to get a lot of
athletes in there and hopefullyI can interview them as well.
Just lots of big things coming.
I've met a few Sunslayers andthe donovan mitchell, so never
know never know, never knowwho's gonna be popping through.

Speaker 1 (36:04):
Yeah, when I saw that pic I was like, oh man, okay,
big time.
And I know, you know you'restill still uh shooting your
shot to a booker, so we're stillstill trying to get it.
We're gonna get them, we'regonna get them.
Yeah, all right, all right, allright.
So, brie, let's get your takeum and then we'll put you back
uh stage for a little bit andthen bring you back for.

(36:24):
To just recap season three, butuh finals.
So who you got for the seriesoverall and who do you have
tonight between the pacers and,uh, the thunder?

Speaker 6 (36:36):
series overall.
And who do you have tonightbetween the pacers and, uh, the
thunder?
Okay, that's really a harddecision just because both teams
like obviously game three Okay,sorry.

Speaker 1 (36:48):
That's all right.

Speaker 6 (36:49):
Game three was not as good as a lot of people were
expecting.
So I think they're going toturn it around and I think OCC
is going to win tonight and Ithink they're going to win the
series.
Actually, I don't know now,maybe the okay.
That's such a hard decision forme now, now that I'm actually
thinking about it, I'm like okay, we could win tonight, but the

(37:11):
Pacers could still win it all.
So now I'm like kind ofconflicted now, but I'm going to
stick with OKC.
Okc, just lock in my answer.

Speaker 1 (37:20):
Okay, there you go.
Okay, sticking with OKC, andOKC is the favorite.
Last I checked they were sixand a half point favorite
tonight, Still the overwhelmingfavorite to win this series.
So we will see.
We've got game four tonight,8.30 pm Eastern.
Oh, my goodness, we're going tofinish this show on time so
everybody can get to this series.

(37:42):
Okay, well, bree, we'll see youback in a few minutes as we
kind of talk about our favoritemoments from season three, and
we'll see you in a bit Perfect,all right, all right, fellas.
So, man Diego, game seven, Imean game four Tonight.

(38:03):
Man Indiana, in Indianapolis,who you got, can I get some
money?

Speaker 2 (38:09):
Oh yeah, there you go .

Speaker 7 (38:10):
Thank you got, can I?

Speaker 1 (38:10):
get some money, oh yeah.

Speaker 2 (38:11):
There you go.
Thank you, I'm not scaredThunder Winning today.
They're winning in six.
They're going to go 2022.
Golden State Warrior it Controlthe series from here Put my
money where my mouth is Thunder.

Speaker 1 (38:28):
The money that you borrowed?
Okay, money I borrowed.

Speaker 2 (38:31):
Yeah, you can have it back now.

Speaker 3 (38:33):
Parenting, great parenting, okay, great parenting
over there, solid, all right.
Listen, I actually think OKC isgoing to win this game, but the
Pacers are still going to winthis series.
I do think it's going to go downto the wire.
I do believe that the Pacersstill have the capabilities to

(38:55):
win this series.
But again, okc, I feel likethey're going to come out with a
bit more desperation, becauseeven in the Knicks series there
was a game where the Pacers wethought, ok, they're going to
wrap this up at five.
They dropped game five becauseof a great performance by the
Knicks.
Pascal Siakam has said thatthere were moments during these
playoffs where certain teamsplay harder, so I do think that

(39:16):
this will be the moment for theThunder.
Now I still have the Pacerswinning the series, the Pacers
winning at seven, though I'm notsaying six.

Speaker 6 (39:23):
I'm not going as far as saying six.

Speaker 3 (39:25):
But listen, listen, if they, I think that they could
pull it off in seven.
But right now I'm just, I'mjust excited to see another game
similar to a game winning gamethree.
That's, that's what I'm excitedfor.

Speaker 1 (39:37):
Okay, I like that.
Well, christopher C Payne Davis, I have something that's going
to shock you with you.

Speaker 3 (39:48):
Wait, hold up this.
Better not be like the LamarBills thing.

Speaker 6 (39:53):
This.
Better not be like that,because that would set me back
for a good couple months I wasnot happy.

Speaker 3 (40:00):
After that, the good old reverse jinx.

Speaker 1 (40:05):
But I'm actually not going to pull that out on you,
I'm not going to do that to you,but I do agree that this is
going to out on you.
I'm not going to do that to you,but I do agree that this is
going to go seven.
So I agree with you.
I'm also adjusting and evolvingas this series is going along.
This is going to go seven.
The Indiana Pacers are going towin tonight.
They're going to win the gametonight in Indiana, be up 3-1.

(40:30):
And then the OKC Thunder aregoing to be the first team to
legitimately come back from a3-1 deficit and win the NBA
championship.
They will not need a stimuluspackage from the NBA to do it.

Speaker 3 (40:46):
So it's LeBron's fault for Draymond being a crash
.
How is that our fault?
How is that?

Speaker 2 (40:50):
our fault?
How is that our fault?
Draymond hit him.

Speaker 3 (40:53):
That's our fault.
Knowing that he had all thosetexts.
That's our fault.

Speaker 1 (40:59):
LeBron egged that on.
If we're going to revisit thathe was in the press conference
being all dramatic, talkingabout he's a husband and a
father and all this type ofstuff.

Speaker 3 (41:10):
How many years have we seen Draymond literally fail?

Speaker 2 (41:14):
get technical fails it's literally been there, yeah,
but LeBron really took it overthe edge there.
You know what I'm saying.
We ain't got to start thislittle LeBron discussion.

Speaker 3 (41:21):
We're talking about the finals.
We're talking about the finals.

Speaker 6 (41:23):
That is why.

Speaker 1 (41:24):
That is why I, that is why I'm going to miss the
cutoff, so I'm actually miss outon some funds.
But with OKC being such a bigfavorite, I actually wanted to
put something down on Pacers, soI wanted to do that.
I'm not going to be able to dothat, but well, actually I might
be able to.
It's not until 830.
But, yes, the Pacers wintonight at home, everybody's
going to be fired up.
Oh man, over, over, over,stephen A, everybody's going to

(41:47):
be saying it's over and they'regoing to win game five.
Oh okay, they're at home,they're supposed to win that.
Then they're going to come backto the scene of the crime, fix
everything, figure it out inChicago Bulls style.
All right, figure them out.
And then come back to gameseven and that's when the
pressure will be on.
See, pacers are a really,really, really good team with no

(42:10):
expectations and no pressure.
Yes, all right, so they'll goup 3-1, and then sprinklers are
going to start to get a littletight and that's when it's all
going to fall apart.
That's what's going to happenin this series.

Speaker 2 (42:25):
It's going to be so fun.
I like that.

Speaker 3 (42:30):
It's going to be so fun, like that it's gonna be, so
I I will.
I hope that happens, yeah, yeah, oh yeah, you're not shut
around with the misery.
Yeah, it ain't happening.

Speaker 2 (42:33):
It ain't happening let's like that over the golden
state.

Speaker 3 (42:36):
Warriors special action yes, yeah also this is
better than steph not getting agig of fifth ringing.
You can unequivocally say he'sbetter than lebron.
That that'd feel bad.

Speaker 2 (42:43):
I mean, he already is better than lebron, so all
right, he doesn't need a fifthring.
He 15 y'all, don't worry aboutthat LeBron has, I'll give him
three and a half.
Three and a half is crazy, thatbubble.
Give him half Half a ring.

Speaker 1 (42:57):
He gonna go oh yeah, hey, man, you got to comment on
your hat.
So Johnny O said your hat isfire.
Oh, yes, and let us know, hey,who's winning tonight, who's
winning game four tonight andwho's winning the series.
We definitely want to.
Oh, mashika, oh, shout out toMashika and Trey.
Yes, yes, can't wait, oh, can'twait for the.
I want to get it right, thetriple 20.

(43:19):
I think it is party, whereyou've got about five 90s and I
think we're adding a few morethemes.
We can't wait for that.
So we will see you at your bigtriple 20 party.
We can't wait for that.
So, pacers, okay, mashika andTrey have the Pacers, all right.
So, yeah, let us know who yougot, all right, so we are going

(43:41):
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So let's go ahead and recapthis season three Again.
This is our last live show.
We have a lot in store for youas we move forward, moving into
a new studio, new format.
There's a lot that's going tobe reimagined, more and more

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guests.
So I'll just kind of just startoff with the last three seasons
and then I want to go througheverybody.
Kind of tell us some of yourfavorite moments of the season.
If you want to chime in throughcomments, let us know what
stood out to you and if you evenhave any suggestions of what
you want to see in the future.
But you know we started thisalmost four years ago, you know,
with season one, diego, and youknow the two of us were doing a

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lot, you know, going back andforth, just picking games,
talking, talking, junk andwhatnot.
Great, great.
Season one you know we're atthe finals, you know we both
picked, had a lot of correctpicks that year.
Then, as we moved into seasontwo all right, season two
Desmond Clark who's on our introof our show he was a staple for
that year was with us theentire season.

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So that was a really fun yearand we went back at it, back and
forth, established a greatchemistry of Desmond Clark and I
know Desmond Clark is going tobe coming back soon with a lot
of our episodes.
So that was really the bighighlight of season two.
Then season three oh man, one ofthe big highlights, clearly, of
season three and let me bringon Brianna as I do this One of

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the big highlights of seasonthree was that we met two great,
great people here that are withus.
That really added to what we'vegot going on.
So we met Christopher C PayneDavis and he's been a staple,
been on every show this year.
So that's been a big highlightfor season three giving your hot
fire takes, you know, lamarJackson and LeBron James Lakers

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and all that.
So that's been fun and whatnot.
And then Brianna Brianna, youknow your mother, you know,
reached out and we met and hitit off and you joined us on
Thanksgiving.
Right was there with us livefor Thanksgiving.
We were in Dallas and that wasa, you know, a great start.
And then you flew down here andyou know, we, you know, had a
show in person and then, I thinkI was there soon after that.
So we've done a lot and you arenow interviewing athletes and

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whatnot and that's just beenspectacular.
So, uh, this has definitely beena great season and then again
we're looking to evolve.
We're going to have more, moreguests, more, you know, you know
, analysts and associates andpeople that are part of us and
that are on our shows.
And, like I said, we've gotDavid back here.
You know, scoping us out isgoing to be helping with
sponsorship and it's going to bea big movement as we move into

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the new studio and do a lot.
But let me stop and let's justkind of go around and, diego,
let me go to you, man, anythingthat you want to highlight as
far as season three.

Speaker 2 (48:39):
Yeah, the shows at King's have been great.
Yeah, we mentioned that, butthat's been great, Just getting
everything.
Meeting Bree and Chris and allthat it was all great.
Yeah, great year.

Speaker 1 (48:50):
It's been great, Just getting everything meeting Bree
and Chris and all that.
It was all great.
Yeah, great year.
It's been good.
It's been a lot of fun.
It's been a lot of fun.
C-pain how about you man?

Speaker 3 (48:55):
Yeah.
So again, top three.
Again, this has been myfavorite thing that I've been
doing, really doing what I'vealways dreamed of doing talking
about sports, kicking it withyou guys has been amazing.
My favorite thing is especiallyDiego's takes.
You feel me, listen, I hopehe's wrong about OKC, because

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this kid it's weird, he's rightvery early.
He's right very early.
It's the weirdest thing ever.
Because with CJ Stroud he waslike, oh yeah, he's not going to
have a good second season.
I was like, okay, I'll believeit.
Then it turns out they didn'thave a good season.
The MVP discussion that we allhad you know me with LeBron
Y'all stuck with Josh Allen.
I didn't see it.

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Josh Allen somehow won.
So again, it's just with Diego,especially he's not running as
early and especially with youyou know the captain of this all
, seeing how you pour into thecommunity, how you've poured
into so many people during thelive shows, all that stuff, it's
been really great to see.
So again, really grateful forthe show and Brianna, all the
interviews and just killing itdoing your thing, man, and

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especially the live show.
Seeing you just grow before oureyes at the live show, that was
really crazy.
So again, really appreciatey'all for a great season three.

Speaker 1 (50:07):
Oh yeah, man, no doubt, no doubt.
Thank you, thank you Very, verywell said, all right, how about
you Bri?

Speaker 6 (50:13):
Just being a part of this, like having faith in me on
that Thanksgiving show wasamazing, and coming down to you
guys, that was also an amazingopportunity, so I love
everything about this.
I had so much fun doing it.

Speaker 7 (50:25):
Oh yeah, thank I had so much fun doing it.
Oh yeah, Thank you.

Speaker 1 (50:27):
Thank you, yeah, yeah .
Those are just fantastic,fantastic moments.
And then you know being able tocome there and you know enjoy
the games and see you, you knowgetting out and you're
networking and moving andshaking and you know just
creating other opportunities andthat's something that you know.
We certainly did not see that.
We started this, as you know,father-son, but we've been able

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to pour into the community.
We've been able to createopportunities.
We want nothing more than tosee people like Christopher C,
payne, davis, brianna, comethrough, go on to major networks
, maybe come back as we continueto grow, whatever.
But we want Pick'em Pros to bea support system, ecosystem for
you to really launch your careerand to be able to get in other

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doors and then pay it forwardfull circle and just kind of
keep that movement going.
So it's been, that's been agreat product, byproduct of this
.
And then we see Johnny O righton cue and Johnny, of course,
johnny O has been a great guest,was on the fandom show and won
the shoes.
It has been a staple as well.

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So thanks for riding with us,johnny.
We definitely appreciate that.
Been to all the King shows beento everything.
So Johnny has been amazing aswell.
So, yeah, yeah, well, it'sgreat to you know, share these
moments and yeah, stay tuned,stay tuned, because if y'all
know what you know, share thesemoments and yeah, stay tuned,
stay tuned, because if y'allknow what you know, we're only
going to go bigger and better.
So, and in the studio, thestudio this was a season three

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thing with Joe.
You know, we've got Joe backthere, so this was a season
three thing.
So, yeah, yeah, the only thingthat we were already doing
before was Kings.
That was still season two, buta lot of the other items with

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the studio and whatnot came intoplay in season three, so that
was great, all right.
Well, bree, on that note, wewill definitely be looking for
the next'll.
You know we'll figure all thatout and make some big
announcements soon.
But yes, keep us posted onwhat's coming out and we'll be
talking to you soon.

Speaker 6 (52:36):
Perfect Will do.

Speaker 1 (52:37):
All right, thanks, bree.
Yes, so, and then greatcomments.
So then, summer, I saw a fewthings.
I saw you put up there the King.
Yeah, the live shows at Kingshave been.
Yeah, I saw you put up therethe King.
Yeah, the live shows at Kingshave been.
Yeah, those have been great.
Meeting the fans, that's been alot of fun, and so we'll see,
you know, what we do with thosegoing forward.
But that's another fun thing tobe able to kind of get out and,

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you know, reach out and toucheverybody and be up close and
personal with everyone.
So we'll see as we continue toevolve, but just looking to make
things better, just looking tomake things better for sure, All
right.
Well, we have one more segment.
We're going to bring on Brandonfor our final three minutes.
We've got three topics that heneeds to talk about with us and

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he's got a minute for each one.
So we've got our final threeminutes with Brandon.
I think Brandon is prepped andcued and ready.
He's going to, with his firstminute, give us his take on the
finals Second minute.
He's going to give us his takeon the man I can't read my
writing the Rodgers, aaronRodgers, and what they're going
to do.
And then the final minute recapseason three with us, all right

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.
So let's bring on Brandon.
What's going on, my man?

Speaker 7 (53:47):
Oh, what's going on?

Speaker 1 (53:52):
oh, what's going on?
Hey, hey, all right, oh, okayyou represent is that the
vikings justin jefferson?
Okay, I like that, I like that.
Yeah, yeah, I love that.
Okay, my man.
So, uh, yeah, we'll kick offthese three minutes here.
So this first minute, uh, tellus, man, uh, finals, who you got
.

Speaker 7 (54:09):
So in the finals I would say I got Indiana, as in
the comments I said Indiana Ithink they would have.
I could say it would be a totalteam effort and I could see,

(54:34):
like Halliburton have a 20-10game next time.
Oh okay, like it's kind ofcrazy because, like the Pacers,
whenever the Pacers winHalliburton has a good game,
when they don't, he doesn't havea good game.
So it really depends on whatversion of Tyrese Halliburton

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we're going to get tonight andwhatever version of Tyrese
Halliburton we get tonight.
That's what.
That's what decide this gametonight and probably the rest of
the series.

Speaker 1 (55:07):
OK, ok, yeah, yeah, I like that.
I can definitely, definitelysee that.
We'll see what version we get.
Really interesting to see whichone shows up.
Okay, this next minute, the uh.
Aaron rogers, what's your takeon this?
Does tomlin uh finally have alosing season?
Do they make the playoffs?
What's gonna happen?

Speaker 7 (55:25):
they'll have a winter season, but they'll just miss
the playoffs.
They'll go 9-8.
I think Cincinnati would getthe last spot in with a 10-7
record.
I also have Broncos and theChargers also in the wild card.
My division winners are Buffalo, kansas city, baltimore and

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houston.
Um, I have houston at three,buffalo at one, kent city at two
and baltimore at four.
On the nfc side I have eaglesat one, okay, I have rams at two
, I have the lions at three andtop at four, okay, and I have

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the commanders at five, I havethe niners at six and I have the
seattle seahawks being the lastteam in it with a 10-7 record,
also with the 7th seed.
So those are my playoff teamsfrom the AFC NFC side, but going

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back to the A&R situation likehere.
I have a solid season, but itwon't be enough for the Steelers
and they'll just miss theplayoffs at 9-8.

Speaker 1 (56:52):
They'll just miss the playoffs, okay.
And then, lastly, so weborrowed some time there, so you
just got 15 seconds left.
Highlight of Season 3.
What's your quick highlight?

Speaker 7 (57:02):
Diego, switching back and forth, talking about the
Panthers.
I love that.
I love that.
Oh, great, great, out thePanthers.

Speaker 1 (57:13):
I love that.
I love that, oh, great, Great.
Well, Brandon man, and anotherbig, another big highlight has
been you and just getting toknow you and working with you.
So we appreciate you behind thescenes keeping us informed.
Thank you for the messages.
Keep me informed.
I don't get to reply to all ofthem, but I do see everything.
So thanks for keeping me up todate and making sure that we're
looking good on the show.

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My man, Thank you.

Speaker 7 (57:34):
You're welcome.

Speaker 1 (57:42):
All right, okay, my man.
All right, that is the one andonly Brandon.
All right.
So let's see here.
Summer, is there anythingbefore we drop here, anything
that we need to acknowledge?
Is there anything, before wedrop here, anything that we need
to acknowledge?
Any questions, any comments?
Okay, I see head and back.
Okay, I think we're prettyclean.
So I apologize if I did not seeyour comment or question.
If you want to pipe somethingin real quick, let us know.
But otherwise, again, just soappreciative Thank you for

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rocking with us on this Fridaynight.
Again, we've got a lot in store.
We can't wait to come back toyou for Season 4.
So, check us out there.
And, yeah, enjoy the game,enjoy the series, and we'll see
what shakes out in the next week.
Here it looks like we've gotpossibly a seven-game series on
our hands.
All right, okay, all right,y'all.

(58:27):
Well, on that note, note, Ithink we are going to sign out
officially.
We appreciate you.
Much love from everyone.
Oh, a shout out, shout out tomy wife.
Definitely want to make sure.
Love you, baby, appreciateeverything from you.
Thanks for all that you do andallowing us to do all of this.
So thank you so much forkeeping us there.
Oh, and I said it before thecomment too.
I said it before the comment.

(58:48):
I didn't even see the commentand I said it before the comment
too.
I said it before the comment.
I didn't even see the commentand I was acknowledging before
you even saw that baby.
See, that's extra perks onFather's Day weekend.
Don't forget about me on that.
Yes, yes, save that.
And see, all y'all futurehusbands, I'll peep, peep game
on that, peep game on that.

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Oh, and Hartenstein back in thelineup tonight.
Okay, thanks for that news,brandon.
Thank you, appreciate that.
See, that's Brandon doing histhing.
All right, cool, all right,y'all.
Well, we're going to sign offon that.
Much love.
We will see you next season,season four.
Until then, pick'em Pros, weare out Later, thank you, thank

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