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00:00If I were to reinvest into the longer-term futures market, right,
00:07I'd have to be very picky and choosy about it.
00:11I don't think I would be able to invest in the presently very low Oklahoma City
00:16or Boston numbers.
00:17Even the Cleveland number might be a tick too low.
00:21For you right now, and so I'll go back to you first, Coach,
00:24though, kind of having an open slate in front of you tickets-wise,
00:28is there a team that is calling your name?
00:32You know, the east bracket is sad.
00:34A lot of the west is, we have a good idea.
00:37I keep looking at Minnesota.
00:39Maybe it's just wild that I'm just over-projecting what I think they can become
00:44and what they could be.
00:46But as wild as it sounds, like I wish that they were sitting
00:51and they're going to end up at 6 or 7.
00:53Because I think for them, that pathway, I could see them, you know,
00:57probably going 7 and taking out Houston and then maybe getting an award
01:01with the Lakers and then going a pathway there.
01:05But to me, that would be the only one I'm sitting on.
01:08Listen, you go to the east, you know, I can't take Boston.
01:13I don't believe in Cleveland.
01:15I'm a Knicks fan.
01:16Could the Knicks go to the NBA Finals?
01:17Kevin Durant thinks so.
01:18They could also lose 4-1, 4-2 to Detroit.
01:21I don't know where they're going.
01:22I don't even know who's going to do what on that team, namely the coach.
01:26So to me, it's Minnesota, Tom, and the rest of it I kind of stay away from
01:30at this point.
01:31So if we're buying into the matchups and the bracket in the west,
01:35you know, I know, Kevin, you want to make an argument for the Lakers
01:37at 15-1 currently?
01:39No.
01:40Not at the current price, no.
01:41So here's how I'd go about that.
01:43If there's one bet to make that I wouldn't mind,
01:46you actually wouldn't bet on the Lakers to win the NBA championship.
01:49You'd actually bet on Luka at 24-1 to win Finals MVP.
01:53No, I don't agree with that.
01:54Yes.
01:55If you were trying to extract the most value,
01:57the only way Luka gets that award,
02:00you're getting a better number compared to the 15-1.
02:02You're getting it at 24-1 effectively.
02:04The problem is that if he gets to the Finals,
02:07there's also the LeBron fact.
02:09And that's fine.
02:10And that's fine.
02:12That's a risk grab.
02:12We're talking about long shot perspective.
02:14Yeah, but wouldn't you rather take, what's the LeBron ticket?
02:17It's 50-1.
02:18You wouldn't rather that?
02:19Sure, but I also want to talk about
02:20which player do I actually think is going to get it done?
02:23If we're talking about who's the best player in the series,
02:25it would be Luka 1, and then it would be LeBron Tatum.
02:28Yeah, until the Finals MVP is on the line.
02:30I mean, I...
02:31So the argument I'm making is the same thing for LeBron at 50-1.
02:38Sure.
02:38I think the LeBron number is interesting at 50-1, quite frankly.
02:42The...
02:43Look, here's the other thing.
02:45What happened last year with Boston is a very rare instance
02:50where, like, the best guy actually didn't win it.
02:54And I don't mean the best guy in the series.
02:56I mean, like, we all know who the best player on the Boston Celtics is.
02:59Tatum not winning either one of those is an astonishing upset,
03:02which we don't have to...
03:03I spent an hour unpacking with my guy Pat before the show.
03:07So, um...
03:10Like, what's the SGA price?
03:13To win a Warden?
03:14To the Finals MVP.
03:15Plus 175.
03:16That's an insane number.
03:17That's an atrocious...
03:18Like, but he is...
03:20If it is going to be the Thunder, it is going to be him.
03:22Yes.
03:23I guess I...
03:24To me,
03:25as much as I say the benefit for LeBron is that Luka is better than him,
03:30right, or at least in theory,
03:32it'll allow LeBron to be the second-best player,
03:34I still don't know what happens when you get...
03:37If they get to the Finals and they match up with Boston,
03:40the Celtics, to some degree, will feel better about probably,
03:43I would think, what they can throw at Luka
03:45versus what they can throw at LeBron
03:47just due to LeBron's power and size.
03:50Yeah.
03:50Right?
03:51If that's the matchup that you're projecting.
03:53I think to, though, copy a little bit of what you're saying
03:56of how can we just get bigger tickets,
03:59an example would be OKC to beat Cleveland.
04:02Exact result plus 720, right?
04:06I think that same wager,
04:08which is on FanDuel at plus 1020,
04:11is like 17-1, 18-1 on DraftKings, right?
04:13OK.
04:14So that would be a little bit more interesting for me right now
04:19than the Finals MVP...
04:21For me right now than the Finals MVP market.
04:24OK.
04:25What's the Brunson cat gap for Finals MVP?
04:29That would be...
04:30I mean, we're talking big numbers here now.
04:31For Brunson...
04:33Because the Knicks are 34-1.
04:3555, cat is 80.
04:36So 55 for Brunson, 80 for cat.
04:40I mean, if it were to...
04:41I know this sounds crazy as a Knick fan.
04:44If the Knicks are going to make the Finals
04:47and win the Finals...
04:50Cat has to do more than Brunson.
04:50It's got to be cat.
04:51Cat has to do more than Brunson.
04:53Because that means cat is going to have to destroy Hartenstein
04:56or Schengen or have a big matchup advantage.
05:01Let's say it's the Lakers.
05:03So to me, I would look at...
05:05And the fact that all those teams have premier guards
05:08that I think Brunson is going to get hidden or abused defensively.
05:11So to me, if the Knicks win the Finals,
05:14which I may cry on air.
05:17I may not come on air.
05:18You may not see me for...
05:20You want to talk about a celebration.
05:21Between me being a Jet, Matt, and Knicks fan,
05:23you may not see me for a month.
05:25Go find me a milk box carton.
05:26But I would look at cat at 80-1.
05:29Like, it's very funny, man.
05:32Like, Jalen Brown is 21-1 as the reigning Finals MVP.
05:36And then Chris Stapps is 25.
05:38Who bet the Chris Stapps number?
05:40Why is Chris Stapps as the third option 25-1?
05:44That's wild.
05:45What's the Chet Holmgren price?
05:4795-1?
05:48You got to consider it.