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00:00Tonight, the NBA Cup starts and I was just talking about whenever they play for money,
00:10the games get, you know, physical and guys play harder and that's just all there is to
00:14it.
00:15Like that basketball tournament, when that thing gets down to like the final four, those
00:19games are violent and there's a million dollars on the table when they get to that last game.
00:24I mean, it is all out war and it's the same way in the NBA.
00:29These guys actually like playing for that money.
00:33They do once they get there, once they realize that there's money at stake.
00:37But a lot of players don't even know that it's a cup game or what's at stake, what does
00:43it actually mean?
00:44I think a lot of fans don't really know or care either.
00:48To be honest, it's an in-season gimmick.
00:52I can't pretend to care or to get excited about it.
00:56It's cool when they get to Vegas and they get into the final four and all that.
00:59The teams do care.
01:00I'm not going to say that once you get there, but you know, the NBA, to me, it's just such
01:06a gimmicky thing here, Scott.
01:08You know what I'm saying?
01:09Let's just be real.
01:10Like their players never play.
01:11So what?
01:12They have to, you know, getting paid $48 million a year isn't enough.
01:15They need to add like another, you know, oh, you're going to get an extra $250K if you
01:19actually care and you actually show up.
01:23I am intrigued tonight, Scott, by Klay Thompson's return to the Bay Area.
01:30And I'm seeing like from a sentimental standpoint, everybody's betting on Klay Thompson tonight.
01:35Right?
01:36Oh, well, Klay Thompson's going back to the Bay.
01:38Klay Thompson's going back to the Bay.
01:40His prop tonight, Scott, is 15 and a half points.
01:44He scored 16 or more points once this year.
01:48Once.
01:49All right.
01:51The dude's scoring nine points a game, 10 points.
01:54So what?
01:55Suddenly tonight, because it's in San Francisco, he's going to go off.
02:00You know, I'm not really buying that.
02:01Doesn't mean, you know, he won't hit a shot or two and there's going to be a sentimental
02:04moment along the way.
02:07But I'm going to be the anti-Klay fade tonight, Scott.
02:10I just saw a tweet from a sports book that said 94% of our bets are on Klay Thompson
02:15to go over two and a half, three point shots, mate.
02:19You know, I'm going to go under.
02:20I'm going to go under.
02:23It's like, okay, you guys are all just betting because of this sentimental stuff.
02:26The numbers don't back it up.
02:28And listen, he might hit three threes and I'll lose the bet.
02:31I don't think he gets the 16 points tonight.
02:33And oh yeah, by the way, it's not like the Golden State Warrior players are going to
02:37say, oh, it's Klay Thompson's back.
02:39Why don't we let him score 30 points on us tonight?
02:43There's a lot of new dudes on this team and just sort of, it's a new, right?
02:47I mean, when you really look at it, they don't care, Scott, exactly.
02:50They're going to shut his ass.
02:53It's like, dude, you're not here anymore.
02:54I am.
02:55Good for you.
02:56You won a bunch of times.
02:57He's never mattered since those injuries, bro.
02:59He's never been, they let him go.
03:00They just, they knew that he wasn't the same player.
03:04He's never been, when he went down there, he was donuts a couple of games.
03:08It was embarrassing.
03:09There's no denying he can shoot.
03:11He's always been able to shoot, but he's not a main cog in that wheel in Dallas.
03:18For me, for Klay Thompson, if I was going to have him on a team, Scott, you bring him
03:21off the bench, hit some threes, you know what I mean?
03:24When your starting unit is not on the floor, but he's not a top tier player anymore.
03:29I'm not trying to pick on him.
03:30He's a cool dude.
03:31I hope he has a great time tonight going back there, but I'm just going to be, I guess I'll
03:35be the Grinch that stole Christmas early here.
03:37I'm going to go, I'm going under on Klay props.
03:40I don't think you're wrong.
03:42I really don't.
03:44How do you think Embiid's going to do finally?
03:47It looks like we're going to see him.
03:48I'd say he's going to be fat and slow.
03:51Dude, I'd rather see Taylor Swift in like the press box than I would hear about Joel
03:58Embiid anymore.
03:59I'm so tired of this dude constantly.
04:02It's never me.
04:03Only five players and this and that, and I'm going to play for three, you know, I'm going
04:07to choose which best country to play for in the Olympics.
04:11I'm just done with Joel Embiid, pushing reporters around, not a reporter, you know, it was a
04:16jackass thing to write.
04:17I would have banned the guy actually if I was a Sixers, but I'm just tired of the Embiid
04:22act.
04:23The Knicks as well.
04:24All I heard before the year started, but all the Knicks are like the big contenders to
04:28the Celtics.
04:29No, they're not like, okay, maybe, you know, I look at the Knicks with their little six
04:34man rotation.
04:35Timberdow is going to run these guys to death before Christmas time.
04:39They're going to be all worn out.
04:41So, you know, this, this whole game, I'm not, I can't feign excitement for this one either,
04:46to be honest with you, Scott.