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00:00But with renari and myself during deadline week in the nba, we told everybody put a pin in these nba championship odds
00:07Remember where they are now
00:09Entering the deadline remember where they will be in about a week and a half
00:12During the all-star break and here we go down the stretch run the celtics
00:17Remain the short favorites to win that nba championship, but only a quarter in front of okc
00:24At two to one the cavaliers who alongside okc
00:27Tied for the best record at the all-star break 44 and 10 that third best price at nine to one
00:33Jy will get the value in maybe an nba championship pick that you like based on those odds in just a moment
00:40But as you look at the odds board, what's the number one storyline headline narrative that stands out to you?
00:48The fact that the celtics are just overwhelming favorites over
00:52Cleveland I mean, I mean this is just this is a humongous number
00:57Of a note over seven dollars and listen, we understand that cleveland has the best record boston
01:04I do believe got the win versus cleveland in their last matchup, but there's more about the fact of who's been there
01:10And who's done it versus who hasn't done and I think that
01:15Find it interesting because a boston team that even though they have the second best record eastward conference
01:20There are times where you question their play and their focus
01:24Also their propensity to rely ben on the three-point shot probably going to shatter
01:29Nba records with number threes taken and threes made so that lends itself to in a seven game series
01:36Can you catch them on cold shooting night?
01:39I think cleveland still gets disrespected a little bit and we talked about this when I was on during chip all week
01:45I love the addition of deandre hunter
01:48I I think this is a perfect guy for that team his ability to be a 3d guy
01:54I would almost equate him to a a poor man's og and an obi
01:59Probably in regards to not in regards. It's not talked about as much but similar type of game
02:04But what that allows with deandre hunter at six nine to do ben is it allows cleveland to play two ways
02:10They can go really big what they've started with with six nine six eleven seven foot with moby and alan
02:16But then you can go small a little bit because deandre is good enough rebounder defender inside
02:22Where you can play him at the four with moby or alan
02:26So I think this trades a lot better than people think it brings their their level of game up
02:32And makes them a real contender in the eastern for the nba title
02:36We take a look at contenders and pretenders so much
02:39Let's just say the under 20 to one teams here the team I look at right there
02:42The lakers at the fandle sportsbook coach 18 to 1 are they more contender than pretender or the opposite way around in your mind?
02:51to me
02:52In my mind when the mark williams trade fell through they went to more of a pretender than contender for me because when you look
02:58At the west who may they have to go through they got to go through joker, you know, they got to go through
03:04Uh, you know anthony davis
03:06If he's healthy, right?
03:07Uh, you look at the hartstein holmgren front court. Look at alfaron chungun, right? You look at rudy gobert
03:14I think the lakers have a problem on the defensive end of the floor in the front court
03:20You lose your best rebounder and you lose your best rim protector and anthony davis guys
03:24They have to go get alex laying off the scrap heap and literally take him off the scrap heap
03:30And almost put him into the starting lineup because jackson hayes can't do it for you
03:34So to me because of the fact that that trade got rescinded
03:38For you know for whatever reasons medically I personally think lakers
03:43pretenders more than contenders