0:00 [Music] All right, guys. It's time to talk about some sad news. Have we seen the last of LeBron James? Oh ████ Is it over? Did he Did he not look that good in the finals? He looked really rough. How much money? How much money did you guys lose? Maybe like We lost $3,000. Oh ████ The opportunity of $3,000. Wait, what? You were going to win? 3,000. That means you put like 50 bucks. Yeah. Yeah. What the heck? at the beginning of the season. It was great. It was lit. We had It was a good ride. It was a really good ride. It was a good bet. Hey, we're still on the Celtics ride or we're still on the Pacers ride. So, we're 50 bucks could have turned into $3,000. It was a long shot. That's Did you do the same bet for other teams like from the beginning? We did. Celtics. Yeah. For the other ones. It's like we we're hedging our Laker
0:52 bet. Smart though. So, we just get our investment back with like a little cheddar on the top. Did you guys bet on the Lakers to win after Luca? No, we bet before the season started. Day before the first You guys locked in those odds. That's legit. Yeah. Plus 2500. But now how do you know like what's which one's going to make it off the playoffs and everything? We don't. We don't. That's the whole point of like the odds. Which is why we're going to bet on the Indiana Fever to win the whole series. Yep. That's the next big one. We're going to bet Indie to We're going to do that. When did this start? Like next week or something like that? I think it starts real Well, real soon. Are we all going to do it together or are you guys going to be selfish boys and do it by yourself? We'll do it with you. You guys together, but you got to respond in a group text once everyone. Thank you. Why is this about me now? Yeah, let's talk about this. Seems way juicier. Stupid's in there. He never responds. He's not. He's not in the group chat. He's not. No. Wow. He never responds. If you
1:44 looked at the group chat, you'd see who's in there. I swear to God, I saw SB. He was just talking about S Steve Green. That's SG's. Steam. Steve Bean. That's not It's not my name. Yeah. Steven Ball Green. Close. It's actually pretty close. He's like, I thought it was a SB. So, that's what the episode's about about Nick Nick ignoring his friends. That's there. All right. LeBron, it's not Okay. The argument is that LeBron wasn't doing what he normally does cuz LeBron was letting Luca Luca. Oh, yeah. Yeah. I think that was a huge move. And it's the chemistry. Fourth quarter, he wasn't scoring at all. Yeah, he was. He does look a little old, right? But they're still playing him for like 40 minutes. Yeah, that's a lot. So it's it's it's reasonable to and we got no big guy. So like LeBron's the biggest. What's his age? 40. And he'll be 41 next season. So is it
2:34 over? He's the oldest player in the league. He's been playing over 20 years. Is he older than Robert Parish when he retired? Robert Parish? I feel like Robert Parish was like 60. I don't know about that. Get out of here. No way. I don't think he's the oldest guy to ever retire. I just think he Oh, okay. He's all his current playing 40 minutes of ████ Yeah, playing 40 minutes. Still has a high scoring average. Yeah, he put up 40 the other day. Damn. But the game is passed to LeBron and I think they figured out the game. I don't think they lost because of LeBron. I just think they lost cuz it's like they're still, like you said, they were supposed to get a center early in the season. They didn't get him. And then on top of that, it's like Luca is still new with the the Lakers squad. I feel like you need a year with a new team. You see what he just uh they just had a post uh season interview with him after the games and stuff and they're like uh who do you guys think you need to get in like the
3:24 offseason? What do you guys need in the offse to you know be a more effective team? And he's like I've been I've seen what you guys do. Like I'm not saying anything. Last time AD said something he got traded so I'm not saying anything. Smart. That's ████ hilarious. Who said that? Luka. LeBron said that. Oh LeBron said that cuz LeBron don't want to be like just like saying like, "Oh, I think we should get and then he gets traded." That's like crazy. Robert Parish was 43, by the way, when he retired. That means LeBron's probably going to go until 44 just to have that stat just to to be better. 44. That's pretty impressive. He's a stat collector. That's very impressive. He He still could do it though. Like if he keeps this up and they just kind of manage his minutes cuz now they have Luca so they don't have to rely on him all the time. That's the reason why they got Luca cuz he's going to be the next big LeBron's true skill now cuz it's not the just physicality is he's just got really high Bball IQ. Yeah. the way he just knows how to like orchestrate
4:14 things or like draw fouls on people or like like make the rest feel a certain way. Like he's just really like when he lays on his stomach and going like this on the ground after falling. It's good though. Like it's effective and the one they just caught him with where he's like he's like doing this ████ Yeah, bro. It's crazy to see the gamesmanship like for NBA you have to play that game because you have to draw foul. That's such a big strategy in all the games. So it's like they kind of do have to play that way even though it is like abysmal to watch. Yeah. But you kind of understand that like this is just the like soccer players they got to like like come on give me a call. Give me a call. They're begging for it. Right. But it does make the sparkle like Yeah. Especially when you see the low lightss like all of them together. You're just like damn this is basketball. Shacked in a fool. If he retired right now, does he have a shot at at claiming the goat status now that there's a lot of talk
5:04 that like he hasn't really had a lot of success lately. So, and he just keeps on adding to to playoff failures. I mean, I think the goat status thing is like there's no one metric to measure it. Like, you would think it's like how many rings you got, but then it's like, okay, well, he doesn't have as many rings, but he's also got the most scored points ever in history. So, you can't like deny those things. Like, Steph Curry's in the conversation cuz he's the greatest shooter of all time. MJ, like of course MJ because of just his legacy and legend. Kobe's in the conversation even though he doesn't technically have similar stats, but it's like it it just really depends on whose dick you ride. Yeah. Yeah. Who you a fan of. But Jordan has six rings and he played way less. I think that's pretty strong. I think what Jordan did in his time is like undoubtedly status. Like he just changed the culture of it. Right. Right. I think
5:54 Kobe is my favorite just because he's my favorite. So he's in the conversation to me. I think what cuz you're a personal bias. Yeah. I think Steph Curry actually did change the game of basketball because of the way he was just shooting. Like people before like Steph Curry, like you were almost doing most of your your field goals in the paint. Like everything was inside two-point shots. And this guy was just like launching threes in like half a millisecond and always making them. So suddenly everybody's like, "We need to shoot threes only." And then Caitlyn Clark comes out of nowhere is like the female Steph. And everyone's like, "Yo, WNBA. Let's check this ████ out." Do you think you have a racial bias cuz all the guys you like are black? Yeah, I hate white guys. I write that on my chest. It hurts. Feel that ████ about Jeremy Lyn. You throw Jeremy Lynn's name one time. I think Jeremy Lynn was ████ amazing. God,
6:44 what a time that year. What a ████ year. He made Time magazine. Like that's insane what he did. He beat Kobe on Christmas Day. Did he get tired afterwards after Linsanity? Cuz he wasn't able to catch that ride away in Taiwan, you know. Yeah. But like that's still crazy. I would rather for one season be like undisputed legendary conversational and then like disappear than like just be great. Like what's the story behind that anyway? Like I know he he like blew up and we were all crazy about it, but like what happened that like it he just had a miraculous year. I just feel like defenses were like, "All right, this guy is crushing us." And then eventually the whole NBA once he got like his name was the biggest name, everyone's like, "All right, we can't take this fool lightly. We got to ████ crush this dude." So everybody just all their game plans were just making sure that he gets stopped because
7:35 he's the point guard. He's running the offense and when he was beating all these teams that they weren't expecting him to beat. I think everybody was like no way Jeremy like Kobe was like who Jeremy Lyn going to drop how much putting up. Imagine like you know when you're just like hot on something usually that lasts for like that one moment that one night. This guy was doing it every night consecutively. He was doing that for like 15 20 games. Yeah. And it was a crazy run out of nowhere. But eventually, I think everyone just said, "F███ this. We're going to stop this dude." And then he just didn't get renewed for his and he was stopped. Well, he he got a big contracts to play other teams, but then again, you go to a different team, different system, other players want to be the stars, you know? So, it's like there's so much like team chemistry that matters whenever you switch. So, it's like you could be the best player, but if you get put on the wrong team in the wrong system, you may not excel as, you know, the best player. How did he end up
8:25 like not in the NBA? I think just over time people just he kept getting switched to different teams. He probably had a little bit less success. They're probably being like, "All right, bention more less pay. Contracts are like, you know, getting washed out. People aren't trading for the right reasons for him." That sucks. And then they were like, "All right, well, you want to play overseas." And I'm for sure the money overseas was probably better than what he was getting in the NBA. Staying in the NBA. He got a ring though, didn't he? Did he? He He was on Was he on a team that they won a championship? Does he have a ring? No. Am I tripping? Oh, you probably not fast enough. Probably not. Yeah, he I think so. 2019. Yeah, with the Raptors. Oh, he went with the Raptors, but he wasn't like playing that much. I think that was one of his last seasons. Damn, dude. That's too bad. When Lindsay happened,
9:15 was he with Golden Gate? No, he was with uh the Knicks. And the story was crazy cuz he's sleeping on his teammates's couch. He was on like a 10-day contract. My dad, he tells me the story every night. He wants me to remember about Jeremy Lynn. He'll send me videos to this day. Like, wait, who sends you videos? My dad. Oh, your dad. Glorious moment. He'll send like one of the coaches, like his name is like Mike Deanton or whatever, and he'll send me a video of him talking about Jeremy Lynn. And I'm like, "Dad, this is from like eight months ago. Why are you sending this to me? It's over. Just give up on the pipe dream." Do you think LeBron stays a Laker if he comes back? Cuz I think I think if he Well, one, Bronnie's there right now. Yeah. And then two, like He's at the clearly at the tail end of his legacy. You don't want to like do what like Jordan did and like came back to like the Wizards and then just like, you know, you might as well just finish strong and like be good. Like the Fool's
10:06 already like a billionaire basically. His legacy cemented. There's no point in trying to like revital unless they like build some super team for and around him again to give him a true shot or the contract and the money is so undeniable, which not many people are going to be willing to trade for that right now. You think they're going to try to pick up a big guy right now in the offseason? I think they need to. Who they giving up? They given up. They're not giving up Austin. Austin Ree, I think. Well, it just depends. Like, so for example, like I don't think they're going to get him, but like let's say uh Giannis on Ko, right? Like to trade for him, you would need to give up real people for that. You're obviously not giving up Luca. You're not going to give up LeBron. That's why when they were going to get that center from Cleveland. Yeah. Like why didn't that go through? Do you know why that didn't go through? It said something about like he didn't pass some sort of physical test. I don't ████
10:56 know. That's some ████ Looks It looks like it's on some weird shady ████ Maybe maybe on some undercover stuff he was like uh on some like ████ gear or some ████ I don't know. Oh, really? I don't know. You do some shady business like we can't have you in our Lakers empire if you're going to do this kind of stuff. Low key. What' you think of the Pistons last night? Honestly, I took a day off of basketball after I took a day off. I was like, I can't ████ do this. I'm too emotional. I've been losing money left and right. You put a bet on them. I put a bet on almost every playoff game. You've been losing them all. That up until my last one. My last one was a Hail Mary. And I only bet like Nino was like, "How much you bet?" I was like, "Dude, it's five bucks at a time. I just want to enjoy everything." Okay. A little bit. Is it Is it five bucks? Except for the Lakers. Yeah. How much you put on Lakers? I only bet like 50 bucks. Okay. Other than I Or the odds were they favorites? It's still like
11:47 very low. That's nice. Yeah. We do responsible bets. Yeah, it's because we're just betting every day. You spend more on the food you eat during the game. Yeah, I might average like 20 bucks a day because I'm betting on like multiple games or multiple parlays. Yeah, I got to stay away from gambling, guys. Yeah, if I'm with you guys. Oh, it's going to be fun. And then you guys are going to start spending more, too. No, I know. It's going to be fun. We're pretty reason. Sometimes we'll put like a $3 bet on something just because it's like we want to be involved. That's it. You just want to feel something. You know how you're just emotionally numb all day and you don't really feel anything? We just want to feel something at night. At least you're not just buying scratchers tickets or something. When you guys choose your teams, like what's the lot, like what's your reasoning behind it? Like when so early the Pacers, that's my team and I love yellow's my favorite color. Like in general, having an emotional connection to a team is just the most
12:38 fun. Yeah. But it's bad for betting, but it's fun. Cuz if you just go on the numbers, right, like it's it's dry. It's It's good if you win, but it's still kind of dry is all you want to be like, I ████ hate this team. Like Denver Nuggets, another great team. ████ hate them. Why do you hate wiped out the Lakers multiple playoff runs and then they just like Jamal Murray, I hate that ████ cuz he's like he's like the number one. He's a baller, bro. Baller in terms of like regular season. He's like, "Okay." And suddenly in the playoffs, he turns into like a allstar. Yeah. If I see if I see one s█████ fan, like I know I know like two s█████ Denver Nuggets fans and now I hate the Nuggets. Do you guys think you'll ever be like those guys, those professional sports betterers that get into the numbers, stats, everything? I'm more likely to live under a bridge, dude. But still betting. Yeah, but still
13:28 betting. Yeah, ████ it. You just like I'll always find a way. I The problem is I ride, right? Cuz I I get I like my teams and I fun part. That's the fun part. That's what I like about it because when you make a bet and you do it like you said by the numbers and you win, it doesn't feel as good. No, it doesn't feel as good as when you bet on your emotions and then they win and then you're like, "Oh my god, this and plus you always you lowkey always want to bet for the underdog which is against the numbers, but that's also like in favor of the numbers if you win because then you get a bigger payout." But then if you you feel like you beat the book for a second cuz you won 15 bucks. Yeah. And you're invincible and you're you're like I can't pick wrong. Like imagine like I like to imagine how it felt for like people when they voted or voted but like bet on Cubs when they won. Yeah. Like that must have felt like ████ Oh yeah. Long shot. Million bucks, man. For sure. But that's how it always is too. It's like it's like the Dodgers, right?
14:18 It's like you bet on the Dodgers every cuz that's your team, right? And then suddenly we get show and then you win and suddenly you're like I knew it. You're walking around. We're always number one. I've always been saying his name my way, brother. Right. Right. Yeah. But you want to do that like for me. Betting is like having stakes in the game, too. And then you actually win together. Not just like you enjoy the sport. You watch. You're not just like sitting at the bar and going like, "Yay, we won." You're going like, "Oh my god, I need I need to ████ win this game. My rent is on this game." And even though we put like 20 bucks in the other day, I was joking, Anthony. I was like, "It feels like we just lost five grand. It hurts so bad cuz it hurts bad." It's funny. There's probably people in that room that did. Oh, I'm sure. But yeah, it's just way more exciting. 99% of the bets that we make on UFC while these ████ hoo-ha right
15:08 here are talking about all this junk, I have no idea who it is. I just want money on it. Yeah. Yeah. But when we won that parlay, dude. And Yeah. Dude, I'll say this for the casuals since we've been having to actually put our picks out. Yeah. Then I'm like, "All right, I got to be serious about these picks." Your boys been hitting. I've only been missing one on each. You hit that last one really. Welcome. You don't tell us when like we need to win money. Are you betting though when you guys do those picks? Are you not betting on my bookie? Oh, thanks for the invite, buddy. Let's get in the group chat with Subie. Let's uh Yeah, hold on. Sub's calling me right now. I got to figure Every time you do give me these bets though, it always the names always look like my cat walked across my keyboard. And that's how we know they're going to win. That's how we know they're going to win. Double check. The more consonants in there, the
16:00 better, dude. I'm like scared. As I'm putting in the bets, Nikki's like, "What? What's so intense? You're licking your lips." I do that when I'm like really really focused. And I'm like, "I got to make your lips making the right bet cuz Nick sent me like looks like ████ he went like this on the keyboard." What do you What do you Those are real names. We do Station Casino or I do Bet MGM, too. When I'm in California, I do prize picks, which is just overunder parlays. Oh. Because you can't use either of those in California. Oh. station. You can't just use VPN stuff. No, they sniff it. How do they That means Oh, that's Vegas, dude. Yeah, they got that. How come you don't go into the casino and do it? I do that mostly. Because you know how ████ easy this is? Yes. Wait, it's like done. Done. It's in. Done. But the atmosphere is You know what's awesome, too? You never withdraw the money. You just always bet it. Never pull it out. Cycle continues. Never pull it out. All I do, that's
16:51 literally all I do. I just deposit on the station. Station app probably ████ loves me. They'd probably give me a cocktail shrimp if I ever came in there. When you're at Vegas and you know one with one dipping sauce. You guys ever sports bet at a casino? Yeah. Yeah. So, did do you do they let you change the channel? Like if you're watching No, no, no, no. Cuz they have all the screens. So everything that's on, they have it already in the sports. Well, how did they choose? Like cuz you be seeing like college crochet. You have ████ random ████ like you you have volleyball, you have basketball. They make sure that they just put whatever people are betting most on. Yeah. Oh, like for example, like I went when we went into Sun Coast uh and we're trying to watch like the Laker game and they wouldn't the two biggest screens was
17:42 Vegas Knights cuz they're playing for the Stanley Cup. It's like everybody in Vegas wants to see this hockey team win there. No, there's no way they're going to put our ████ outof region basketball game on the big screen, you know? And I was just at at a pub for the NFL draft and me and me and my group of fantasy football buddies, we were all huddled around the TV and they were they came up to us like in an hour we're going to change it to the Knights and we're like, "Oh, ████ Makes sense." Yeah. Well, thanks though, huh? Oh, that was wild. But thankfully, they were chill after a while. Like they had enough screens and they saw enough people weren't doing it. But that's how crazy people are about the night. Are doing really well. Oh yeah, they're doing great. They just won the They just won their series. They're always talking about them and ████ Should we put a bet on Nice? Yeah. Right now for the Stanley Cup. Yeah, we're going to put a bet on the fights right now. I'm going to Do you guys watch all the games you bet on? ████ no. Absolutely. I do.
18:32 Well, sometimes on like Sundays multiple games are going on at the same time, so you're just like betting parlays and you're just like jumping back. I wish basketball if it was more frequent. It's like uh remember like NFL like what's it called? Red Zone. Yeah. Oh yeah. where it's basically a channel that always changes to uh whatever game they're in the red zone or they're in like they're about to score in the range of sport. So you don't get the in between random ████ It only cuts to when something's That's good. That's I would watch that. So if they did that would be so ████ dude. But if they did that for like fourth quarter would be so cuddy. Fourth quarter. Fourth quarter if you're within 10. Yeah. Fourth quarter. Yeah. No blog. But that's why honestly playoff NBA is lit. the best playoffs and almost almost every game is a fight. It's almost a fight. They don't do that during the regular season. So, it's totally different. And we're getting to game
19:22 seven. Yes, you
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