00:00The Wizards NBA schedule came out.
00:02I was at Monumental yesterday afternoon.
00:06Me and the big man taped a fantasy football show.
00:08It was actually pretty fun.
00:10As the Wizards schedule was coming out.
00:12And I was like, should we be having like a party?
00:14Like, I don't know.
00:16I feel like here's what I don't want to happen with the Wiz.
00:21I feel like a lot of national media dogged on the Trey Young contract.
00:26Then I think Jay LeBron gets traded to the Sixers.
00:29LeBron goes to the Sixers.
00:31Kawhi's back to Toronto.
00:32Giannis goes to Miami.
00:34Like, don't slow down my excitement for this Wiz season.
00:37I don't care about your hot takes on Trey Young's contract.
00:40I don't care about LeBron on Broad Street.
00:43Like, the Wiz have been a tough watch for a number of years now.
00:48Yeah.
00:48They shouldn't be.
00:49Now, I don't know if they're the sixth seed, the one seed playing.
00:52But like, let's just let it be fun and be excited for some hoops.
00:56I'm with it.
00:58So, the Wizards open the season October 21st at home against the Bucs.
01:05All right.
01:07I'm no expert, but the Giannis-less Bucs should suck, right?
01:11Didn't they get like eight picks for them?
01:12I would think they will.
01:14They should suck this year.
01:16We got a line on that?
01:18Wiz minus four and a half.
01:20How about the Wiz?
01:22Now, I have no idea what the actual line is, but the Wiz being favorites for a home opener?
01:30Yeah.
01:30That would be fun.
01:31That's kind of juicy, right?
01:32Yeah.
01:32We haven't had that in a long time.
01:33So, we'll see.
01:35Give me a line for Wiz Bucs October 21st.
01:38We can't find one.
01:39We still don't have one yet.
01:41Bees, if you're listening, send me one.
01:44So, look, the NBA schedule is 82 games.
01:46I'm not going to pretend to be too locked into every game, but the first two are at home.
01:51The Giannis-less Bucs, then the Raptors.
01:55Do we have any idea what's going on with Kawhi?
01:58I think he's still in the holding pattern because they said something else popped up.
02:03You know, he didn't just have that one little deal.
02:06He had another deal.
02:07Something was interesting, though.
02:09This past weekend, he was spotted front row at a tennis tournament in Toronto.
02:14So, it's kind of like, what's going on there?
02:17Well, I mean, he's in Toronto.
02:19He's practicing, but he probably hadn't been able to be completely clear to just join the team.
02:25Yeah, he hasn't yet.
02:26The trade is still kind of going through the corporate works right now with the investigation.
02:32It's in a holding pattern.
02:34White Bryant, what camera do I look at?
02:38The green dot?
02:40Put this on Instagram.
02:42Washington Wizards are starting 2-0.
02:44I'm calling my shot right now.
02:45You got the Giannis-less Bucs.
02:47There's no chance Kawhi is playing game two.
02:49Just like Cade Cavalli was throwing that no-hitter last night, Jay.
02:52Wizards are starting the season 2-0.
02:54Tony Kornheiser.
02:55They'll be 1-1 now.
02:57No, 2-0.
02:582-0.
03:002-0.
03:02Tony Kornheiser had this column.
03:04I feel like I'm red.
03:05And he made a joke about how he wrote it every year.
03:08The Wiz start 9-20.
03:10Not happening this year.
03:11Starting 2-0.
03:12I don't know what will happen after that.
03:14Dude, back-to-back home games against...
03:19Name me a buck.
03:22Is Damon Lillard still there?
03:26Best player is probably Ryan Rollins.
03:29Yeah.
03:30Tree Rollins' nephew.
03:31I have no idea who that guy is.
03:33Who the hell is Ryan Rollins?
03:34Sounds like a baseball player.
03:36He's pretty good.
03:37He had like 16-5 last year.
03:40If Sports Encyclopedia White Brian can only name Ryan Rollins, I'm feeling good about my...
03:44Hey, Tyler Hero.
03:45Tyler Hero is a guy.
03:47He was the centerpiece of the Giannis.
03:48The centerpiece of that trade.
03:49The guy that got beat up in Miami?
03:50The guy that got beat up.
03:52Yeah.
03:53Who beat him up?
03:54Bam?
03:54Bam.
03:55I don't think you want to fight a dude named Bam.
03:58Just Bam Bam.
03:59Bam Bam Bigelow.
04:02Wiz are going to start 2-0.
04:03See where I can wager on that.
04:05Do I need to go to like Polymarket or whatever?
04:07I don't know how I can get a...
04:09Cal sheet.
04:10Dude, did you...
04:11I've read this thing that this is messed up.
04:14All these crazy fires going on in the world.
04:16Our own Drab T-Shirts family was affected.
04:18Yeah.
04:18Certainly sending our thoughts and prayers.
04:19People are betting on these fires, which is leading people to believe that could...
04:24People are sending them.
04:24Yeah.
04:25Well, they did think...
04:27They got to rein this stuff in.
04:28They think it was an arsonist in Washington.
04:30Well, and I heard that they think it was an arsonist for the Palisades, for the LA one.
04:35The one that was like in the city, too.
04:36And the one that was in California.
04:38I mean, in Canada.
04:40I'm about to come out of the...
04:43Balau.
04:44Go ahead.
04:45David Balau.
04:46All right.
04:46So, outside of the two first games, it doesn't appear...
04:52Wiz aren't playing Christmas.
04:54They're not playing Thanksgiving.
04:55They do have that...
04:57They always play...
04:58And I applaud them for this.
04:59They always play a day game on MLK Day.
05:01And they try to honor Martin Luther King in that game.
05:05I've taken my kids to that.
05:06They're playing...
05:07I assume MLK is January 18th.
05:09That's usually about when it is.
05:12They have a 3 o'clock day game against the Celtics on a Monday.
05:15I'm going to assume that's their annual MLK game.
05:19Outside of that, maybe they're...
05:22The schedule I'm looking at doesn't highlight when there are national games.
05:26Which is cool to me because I love watching C-Mill and Drew.
05:29But I want them to get some shine.
05:33Because you've got the number one pick in A.J. DeBonta.
05:36Anthony Davis, Trey Young, Will Riley, Alex Zarr.
05:39You want to see them.
05:39I want them to be seen on a national stage.
05:43You say you know how many national games they have, Stallion?
05:46So, okay.
05:47Let me ask this question before.
05:48Do we count an app?
05:50Like a streaming app?
05:51No.
05:52Amazon.
05:53I guess you do.
05:55I don't know, B.
05:55Do you?
05:56Not really.
05:57Those Amazon...
05:58Amazon spent a zillion dollars.
06:01Yeah, it is national now.
06:02So you count that.
06:03Okay.
06:03So they have 6 national games.
06:05And they have...
06:07Now, here's the thing.
06:08Is one's on NBC.
06:09One's on ESPN.
06:10Another's on NBC.
06:11And the 3 other ones are Peacock and Prime Video.
06:15So 3 national games technically with 3 national apps.
06:20That makes it 6.
06:21That's 6.
06:22Alright.
06:22So 3 ABC ESPN joints?
06:25Yes.
06:25NBC now.
06:26So, give me those games.
06:28Okay.
06:29So, November 9th against the Pistons.
06:317 p.m. on Peacock.
06:32Is that a Tuesday?
06:33Sure.
06:34A Thursday?
06:35Hold on.
06:35I got a calendar in front of me.
06:36Give me a second.
06:37November 9th, Monday night on Peacock.
06:40And then November...
06:40Hold on.
06:41That's going up against Monday Night Football?
06:43Alright.
06:43That's tough.
06:45That's basically not a national game.
06:46It ain't going to be too many people watching.
06:48And then this is a tough one, too.
06:49November 24th against the Celtics at home in D.C.
06:54on NBC.
06:558 p.m.
06:55That's juicy.
06:56That is juicy.
06:58That's a very real national game.
07:00You're not going up against football.
07:02Maybe matching that week?
07:03I don't know.
07:04But like...
07:05With Celtics on a Tuesday on NBC.
07:08Ding, ding, ding.
07:08That's the real deal.
07:10And then December 16th in Boston on ESPN.
07:14December 16th, Wednesday night?
07:16That counts.
07:18That counts.
07:18That's legit.
07:19Yeah.
07:19Then January 12th in Philly on NBC.
07:24Jay, we're going to that game, man.
07:25Me and you.
07:26I mean, we know a guy with connections to the Sixers.
07:29Yeah.
07:31Bring all of us.
07:32We would love to come.
07:33No, no, no.
07:33We never said you were going.
07:34Okay.
07:35We'd have to stay the night.
07:36That's an 8 o'clock tip.
07:38Nah.
07:39Ryan could be waiting outside to drive us back.
07:42I'll DD.
07:43No, you won't.
07:45Yeah, you're right.
07:46You ain't going to be a designated driver.
07:49You must be the designated drinker.
07:51Yeah, you're right.
07:51That would be fun, dude.
07:52We could go to that Sixers game.
07:54I like that arena.
07:57I don't know if WIP would let me in to do the show the next morning from there.
08:00Yeah, I doubt it.
08:01But we could just bring our comrades.
08:02I doubt it very seriously.
08:02We might have to do...
08:03That might...
08:04If we're going to do a show from Philly, that might...
08:05For you, you'd go anywhere.
08:07For me, it might be undisclosed location time.
08:11Then, February 27th in Utah, 1 p.m. Prime Video.
08:16Hey.
08:18February 27th is a Saturday.
08:223 p.m.
08:23Stallion.
08:251 p.m., I know.
08:26No.
08:27Why are you giving times in the mountain time zone?
08:30It's a 3 o'clock Eastern tip.
08:31Well, this is off Google, JP.
08:33I don't know.
08:34It's what...
08:34Okay, 1 p.m.
08:35So what is it?
08:364 p.m. local or 3 p.m.?
08:38I just said 3.
08:383 p.m.
08:39Mountain is 2 hours.
08:41Okay.
08:42Okay, so 3 p.m.
08:42Why would you possibly give times in the night hard time zone?
08:44I'm just going off Google.
08:45I'm going off Google.
08:47Just trust Google.
08:48Or not.
08:493 o'clock on a Saturday on an app, B.
08:52Eh.
08:53It's going to be tough.
08:54College football?
08:55Nah, there's nothing else.
08:57It's February 27th.
08:58I'm sure we're...
08:58Nah, nah, nah.
08:59You're good.
08:59They're good.
09:00I mean...
09:00Not going to be a lot of people watching, but they're going to be all right.
09:02College hoops.
09:04Yeah, I wonder...
09:06Getting coached in March Madness?
09:07That's on Amazon?
09:08Yeah, that's on...
09:09Getting coached in March Madness?
09:11Yeah, Dubby, what are the Amazon audiences for NBA games?
09:14Like, massive?
09:15Small?
09:17I'm not sure.
09:19Well, Google it, man.
09:20You guys really trust him with this researcher stuff.
09:23I mean, he botches our bets every day, and yet we just constantly ask him questions.
09:27That's true.
09:27That's true.
09:28All right.
09:28And you know, he finds his stuff real quick, and he talks like he knows all that stuff
09:32already.
09:33He's just reading.
09:34What else you got?
09:35All right.
09:35This is the last one.
09:36March 1st in Phoenix on Peacock.
09:39There is no time for that as of right now.
09:42There is a time for it.
09:43It's 9.30 Eastern.
09:45All right.
09:46So it starts at 7.30 in Phoenix.
09:48Perfect.
09:48Amazon Prime averaged 1 million U.S. viewers across 67 games last year.
09:53What is, like, an ESPN game average?
09:56Probably in the same article, right, Brian?
10:01All right.
10:01But the thing with the NBA, they can flex these joints anytime.
10:04Like, you can get swapped up to the national level or down.
10:09Should the Wiz have a season that I'm hoping?
10:14This week gets pretty juicy.
10:17Timberwolves on a Sunday night, because NBC does Sunday night basketball.
10:21So I'm sure the current schedule for NBC on March 14th is a different game.
10:27But if the Wizards are good and they're playing the Timberwolves and Ann Edwards and that crew,
10:32I feel like that's flexible.
10:34This whole week seems juicy to me, B.
10:36They got the Timberwolves March 14th in Minnesota.
10:40It's an 8 o'clock Eastern start stallion because they're playing at 7 o'clock there.
10:44Then Tuesday night at home, Knicks.
10:48Thursday night at home, Sixers.
10:51Saturday afternoon, the 20th, in MSG.
10:54Okay.
10:55I feel like one or a number of those games could be nationally relevant.
11:02So they're currently, Joey texted me a stat.
11:05This is pretty wild.
11:08The Wiz are scheduled for more national primetime games this season with six
11:13than the last five seasons combined with five.
11:17Damn.
11:19That's crazy, right?
11:21That's very rad.
11:22I mean, they also had a, I think they have a kind of cool, juicy game on New Year's Day.
11:33New Year's Day, they play the Spurs at home at five o'clock.
11:38The only problem with that, think about all the kids in this area probably want to go see Wemby for
11:42the first time.
11:44The only problem with that, I believe you're going heads up with the Rose Bowl.
11:49And whatever, you got to play games when other sports are on.
11:51That's just the nature of the calendar.
11:53You just might lose, but okay.
11:56Yeah.
11:56You want me to set a line for Wiz Spurs at home?
12:01Wiz are getting five and a half, six in that game.
12:05Kind of like him as home dogs.
12:09All the action I'm going to have on New Year's Day, I'll throw a little something on the Wiz.
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