00:00in the NBA the Houston Rockets taking on the Detroit Pistons you see this number open up
00:04around three overnight Joe now we're seeing four and a half even five starting to creep into the
00:09marketplace the Houston Rockets played the Sixers last night into overtime now headed back out on
00:13the road to take on the Pistons and a total at 217 and a half Rockets Pistons show what's your
00:19spread line for this game tonight well that was the interesting thing right because it was uh
00:24Donnie in that spot about three three and a half but the minute that game went to overtime boy you
00:29started to see the money overnight coming in on the Pistons and listen I mean they they're pretty
00:36good they just won a road game uh without their best player on Wednesday and now they are home to
00:42face obviously a much tougher opponent in Houston but second of a back-to-back these are tricky spots
00:49uh especially for a team that just came out of overtime so it's not a shock that the money is
00:54coming in overnight on Detroit but is always with the NBA Donnie really important to know who
01:01exactly is playing for who and this is uh one of the lower totals on the board here tonight as well
01:07as what 217 Donnie somewhere in that ballpark 216 and a half yeah uh know who's playing for the
01:15Rockets here tonight for sure Phoenix Suns taking on the Atlanta Hawks tonight this line opened up as a
01:20two and a half point favorite for the Phoenix Suns here the total listed at 233 and a half Suns Hawks
01:26here from A-Town yeah well I'll tell you the Suns are now whole right they got Jalen Green back uh
01:33finally they've been waiting for him with uh he only played a handful of games not before he pulled
01:37his hamstring back in November uh but boy oh boy the Suns may be the most surprising team
01:42in the NBA this year sitting at 27 and 17 here meanwhile the Atlanta Hawks are a team that
01:51they might have finally figured some things out big win on the road against uh Memphis they played
01:57Monday early against Milwaukee and came back from 23 points in the first half down to almost winning
02:03that game it feels like the Trey Young era is almost officially gone here and these new players with
02:10Jalen Johnson putting it together but that's not going to stop the market from loving what they're
02:15seeing from the Phoenix Suns and maybe a little too much love here at this point right back on the
02:21early line yes it is a football Friday but my goodness we take time out of our show to bring
02:25the coach in which we will in just a few moments to talk NBA action sometimes it's even more hot off
02:30the court than it is on the court at this point your boy DRS Joe Reniero let's welcome into coach James
02:35Young because we got to get to it coach people are slandering people out here LeBron James the savior
02:40of the Lakers genie bus you don't know what you're talking about I can't believe that pompous ego of
02:45LeBron James what is going on in la la land and also welcome into the show coach it's good to be all
02:51with you guys and yeah there is drama in la la land and LeBron James is front and center surprised
02:57I think not and I think guys I'm going to say this I think this is all a plot to get him out of there
03:04I think he's frustrated I think he's looking for anyone to scapegoat but here is a thing to
03:10understand the number is 119.4 you know what that is that's the Lakers defensive rating with LeBron
03:20James and the lineup they're getting torched left and right I think the Lakers do believe give up the
03:27most points per game the small forwards this year hint hint guess who plays small forward LeBron James
03:33so to me this is a sign that I think things are going in a different direction and interesting
03:38that genie bus is now at the center of it with LeBron now talking about he saved the franchise
03:43the first exercise the Lakers are like the Knicks they're never going to be irrelevant they're always
03:50going to be relevant because where they're located but if you're going to say that you saved the
03:54franchise you better want to talk about that seven foot monster from Kentucky that you helped get you
03:59a ring named Anthony Davis at the center position when you run it in the bubble if you want to claim
04:05that you brought the team back sure but you better include Anthony Davis in your thoughts
04:09I mean coach you've watched it honestly though what what is the ceiling for this Lakers team
04:16I mean what happens if this thing goes up in flames here with Luca and everyone else I mean what
04:22what goes on with the Lakers they're not going to tolerate not making the playoffs or being
04:27you know another seven or eight it's just not going to work is it no I think you're going to
04:32start to look at the fact of who becomes a fall guy the first person you're going to look at is JJ
04:36Redick but here's the thing guys at some point you got to start shuffling the deck of of the actual
04:42coach and start looking at the player we saw this with Atlanta right you know uh Lloyd Pierce Nate
04:49McMillan Quincy and people like wait a minute maybe trace the problem they don't play defense
04:56they don't have anybody that's worth trading I mean maybe Austin Reeves but that's what you have to
05:01think about if you're the Lakers you got to make a big swing right if you want to try and win right now
05:05which I still don't think they're a top 16 in the west but if you swing you're either trading
05:11LeBron or Austin Reeves so now you have to think about this what do you value winning just this
05:18year if it's just this year sure trade Austin Reeves you can get more back than LeBron or do you
05:25leave trade LeBron and think about the long-term ramifications by putting that backcourt of Austin
05:31Reeves and Luka Doncic together something tells me it's behind door number two and I will not be
05:36shocked if LeBron is gone by the trade deadline and that trade deadline is coming up coach but also
05:42maybe the biggest fish in the pond is Giannis Antetokounmpo we've heard now for almost basically
05:46a year that he wants out he doesn't want out he's demanding a trade he's not demanding a trade
05:50they're frustrated with him he's frustrated with them they want them to make a trade to make them
05:53better he might want out of town coach what is the latest on Giannis and also the chances that he
05:58moves at the deadline or even moves on at all from Milwaukee you know guys I was at a point where I
06:03thought that that it was going to happen after this season but guys the way they're playing
06:09there's this is another team what do they have that's tradable Miles Turner is basically a more
06:17expensive Brook Lopez Kevin Porter Jr. can't stay healthy Kyle Kuzma plays no defense Doc Rivers don't
06:23get me started so to me at that point if you got no tradable assets you have to look at this and this
06:28is the big part that I've always said on this network for the last four years since I started
06:32you either are winning or you're rebuilding the worst thing you can be as a team stuck in the
06:40middle and that's what Milwaukee is and the problem is Giannis doesn't want to be the bad guy he wants
06:46to probably live in Milwaukee after he retires he wants to go out in his white horse no boom I say
06:51to heck with that Giannis go Hollywood Hulk Hogan go you know black and white and just go for it and
06:59sell him out throw them all under the bus the only thing I'm saying is if you get traded I don't know
07:05if a team's going to take your two brothers hmm honeymoon over with Carl Anthony Towns coach what
07:13what's the deal what are we doing what are we doing you know what I know I knew this was coming
07:20Brunson the Sixers what do we got guys give me you guys there's a report Dallas uh you're talking
07:26about Memphis guys there's been talks about Michael Scott I think is one of the guys uh that was been
07:30reporting us as well in regards to the fact of of being a possible trade for Carl Anthony Towns they
07:36don't they look disjointed a little bit in how they play there's nothing ever wrong between Brunson
07:41and Cat it's almost like one or the other if you're moving one you're definitely not moving
07:46Brunson because he's the king of New York right now so where can you look to go yes Giannis would
07:52be the pipe that's the dream everyone wants it New York wants it Milwaukee probably doesn't want
07:56it because you have to send Cat to a third team but there's other plays they're intriguing Jerry
08:01Jackson Jr is very intriguing he's not as good as Cat but he doesn't demand the ball like him and he's
08:09better rim protector and doesn't fall all over the floor there's an interesting one that came out a
08:15couple days ago about possibly Orlando and I want people to think about this if you can move Cat and
08:21you're bringing in someone like a Jalen Suggs and you're bringing in a Wendell Carter Jr that becomes
08:27the one I would want why the next defensive point of attack comes much better because Brunson that is
08:32starting a real high caliber defensive guard but then you bring Wendell Carter Jr who's basically like
08:38a Cat like what makes way less money and a better rim protector the next guy is 60 point win versus
08:45the Nets who cares it's the Nets we all know they stink it'll be about the next week we can have
08:50if the Knicks don't make a run and start to play better basketball one or two things happen
08:56Cat gets traded or the sneaky one knows I'm talking about Mike Brown gets fired we saw this a while ago
09:031996 Riley goes to Miami what happens you bring an offensive coach Don Nelson the team loses their
09:11defensive identity and within a half a year he was fired and that's how Jeff Van Gundy got his
09:17opportunity absolutely tremendous stuff out of the coach by the way quickly the Boston Celtics here
09:23opportunistic at the deadline coach what do you think I think so maybe look at Porzingis or a center
09:28I'll give you a center to look at the no one's talking about good for Boston Nick Claxton would be a
09:33great pickup oh there you go JY one of the best pickups out there pick it up coach with a nice
09:38little J as we fade into the break we'll be right back right here on the early line blowout city last
09:43night at the Philadelphia 76ers getting some points at home go to overtime and take down the Houston
09:47Rockets for a W for me and I'm looking to go back to the association today on a Friday Phoenix Suns
09:53taking on the Atlanta Hawks in Atlanta this line overnight was around three and a half as a favor
09:57towards the road team Phoenix Suns now we're actually seeing two and a half in the marketplace
10:01I grabbed the three and a half tonight the underdog Atlanta Hawks only getting 25 percent of the tickets
10:07early on a Friday morning nobody wants to take the Atlanta Hawks but you know what your boy DRS he's
10:13going to take on the Atlanta Hawks that sounds like two basketball games show tonight to go 2-0 on a
10:18Friday yeah and listen I mean the Hawks are starting to figure it out don't forget they added two new
10:23pieces with that trade of Trey Young right McCollum slotting in very good Corey Kispert also starting
10:30to make his presence felt here and they still don't have Porzingis so this could be a very dangerous
10:36Hawks team moving forward Donnie I'm with you
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